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6:30 AM ET, April 5, 2017

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Burgess Everett / Politico:
Gorsuch's writings borrow from other authors  —  Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch copied the structure and language used by several authors and failed to cite source material in his book and an academic article, according to documents provided to POLITICO.
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Chris Geidner / BuzzFeed:
A Short Section In Neil Gorsuch's 2006 Book Appears To Be Copied From A Law Review Article  —  WASHINGTON — A short section in Judge Neil Gorsuch's 2006 book appears to copy — at times word-for-word — from a 1984 law review article by a lawyer in Indiana.
Discussion: RedState
Ed Whelan / National Review:
Bastardized Charges  —  Surprise, surprise.  Another desperate 11th-hour smear, something that appears to have become a rite of passage for Republican Supreme Court nominees.  —  Someone (David Brock, call your office?) is shopping around to news outlets baseless claims …
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Charlie Warzel / BuzzFeed:
Here's How The White House Is Legitimizing The Pro-Trump Media
Jonathan Easley / The Hill:   WH: Internal Bannon think tank never actually existed
Ryan Lizza / New Yorker:
Susan Rice and the Latest Bogus Attempt to Justify Trump's Wiretapping Tweet
Mollie Hemingway / The Federalist:
Why Is CNN Refuting The Susan Rice Story It Refuses To Cover?
Discussion: CNN
Jim Norman / Gallup:
Affordable Care Act Gains Majority Approval for First Time  —  WASHINGTON, D.C. — Fifty-five percent of Americans now support the Affordable Care Act (ACA), a major turnaround from five months ago when 42% approved and 53% disapproved.  This is the first time a majority of Americans …
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The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation:
Kaiser Health Tracking Poll - April 2017: The Fall of the AHCA and Next Steps for the ACA  —  Ashley Kirzinger, Bianca DiJulio, Bryan Wu, and Mollyann Brodie  —  KEY FINDINGS:  — The latest Kaiser Health Tracking Poll, conducted the week after House Republicans pulled the American Health Care Act …
Discussion: The Hill, CNBC, Axios and Mother Jones
David Leonhardt / New York Times:
How to End the Politicization of the Courts  —  Mainstream news coverage has a hard time making subtle distinctions between the behavior of the two political parties.  When Democratic and Republican tactics are blatantly different — on voter suppression, for instance — journalists are often comfortable saying so.
Discussion: Daily Kos
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Ian Mason / Breitbart:
Go for Launch: Mitch McConnell Tees Up Showdown on Constitutional Option
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
Chris Cillizza / CNN:
The Senate is about to change forever
Discussion: IJR, USAPP, FiveThirtyEight and The Atlantic
Axios:
Trumpcare revival talks falling apart ahead of Pence meeting  —  Attempts to reach a deal this week on health care are unraveling fast, with conservatives already blaming House Speaker Paul Ryan for blocking the White House bill, and leadership sources saying that's nonsense and that the Freedom Caucus …
Discussion: Reuters, Hot Air, Politico and Hullabaloo
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The Hill:
Centrists push back on new ObamaCare repeal plan  —  A new proposal from the White House and GOP leaders to revive ObamaCare repeal is facing pushback from centrist Republicans who were already wary of the legislation.  —  Seeking to win over conservative holdouts, Republicans have talked …
Rebecca Nelson / Cosmopolitan:
Ivanka Trump's Wine-Drinking, Fur Coat-Clad Neighbor Is a Little Confused Why The Internet Loves Her  —  “It's so weird, because I don't even quite understand what the word ‘go viral’ means.”  —  On Saturday night, hundreds of people danced outside of Ivanka Trump's Washington home …
Richard Wolf / USA Today:
Federal appeals court: Civil rights law covers LGBT workplace bias  —  A federal appeals court in Chicago ruled Tuesday that a 1964 law barring sex discrimination extends to sexual orientation, marking a major workplace victory for gays and lesbians.  —  The 8-3 decision by the full U.S. Court …
Discussion: Occupy Democrats
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Ariane de Vogue / CNN:
LGBT employees protected from workplace discrimination, appeals court rules
Discussion: The Slot
Lambda Legal:
Federal Court Rules Employers Can't Fire People for Being Gay
Discussion: Washington Post and NPR
Gideon Resnick / The Daily Beast:
Roger Stone: Kushner Is Leaking Intel to Scarborough  —  During a segment on InfoWars today, Roger Stone, who was previously an adviser during the early months of President Trump's campaign, claimed to host Alex Jones that Trump's own son-in-law Jared Kushner was leaking information to MSNBC's Joe Scarborough.
Discussion: Occupy Democrats
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John Hinderaker / Power Line:
One More Sign That Liberals Have Lost Their Minds  —  The White House has just released an official portrait of Melania Trump.  It is beautiful, in my opinion.  But the left-wing Boston Globe somehow found something sinister in what any normal person would consider a lovely portrait:
Discussion: BostonGlobe.com
Ben Popken / NBC News:
Advertisers Flee Fox's Bill O'Reilly Show Amid Sexual Harassment Lawsuits  —  Fox News is in a jam this week as major automakers and smaller outfits pull their ads from the network's popular “O'Reilly Factor” show, following a series of sexual harassment claims against host Bill O'Reilly.
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Media Matters for America:   These Are Bill O'Reilly's Advertisers
Dan Alexander / Forbes:
Eric Trump Offers Surprisingly Candid Thoughts On Nepotism  —  No modern president has put as much power in the hands of so many family members as Donald Trump.  On January 9, he named son-in-law Jared Kushner as his senior advisor despite anti-nepotism laws previously believed to prevent such an appointment.
CBS News:
Ivanka Trump interview: “If being complicit is wanting to be a force for good ... then I'm complicit”  —  In her first interview since becoming assistant to the president, Ivanka Trump addressed critics who have said she and her husband, White House senior adviser Jared Kushner, are “complicit” with President Trump.
Megan Cassidy / Arizona Republic:
Tent City, infamous home of inmates who wear pink underwear and a major piece of Arpaio's legacy, is closing … Tent City, the outdoor facility that Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio created as a low-cost solution to overcrowded jails, will shut down, according to Sheriff Paul Penzone.
Discussion: The Week and Raw Story
Matthew Daly / Associated Press:
BILL TO IMPROVE WEATHER FORECASTS HEADS TO PRESIDENT'S DESK  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — The National Weather Service would have to boost research - including some from private companies - to improve forecasts and storm warnings under a bill headed to the president's desk.
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Evan Osnos / New Yorker:
Can Trump Match Xi Jinping's Game?
Discussion: Washington Monthly
Christopher Mele / New York Times:
Why You Shouldn't Walk on Escalators  —  The train pulls into Pennsylvania Station during the morning rush, the doors open and you make a beeline for the escalators.  —  You stick to the left and walk up the stairs, figuring you can save precious seconds and get a bit of exercise.
Discussion: Gizmodo
Mother Jones:
Trump Hypocrisy: Blaming Syrian Chemical Attack on Obama  —  After a grisly chemical attack left dozens of people dead in Syria on Tuesday, White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer was quick to blame—of course—former President Barack Obama.  —  “Today's chemical attack in Syria …
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Dr. Susan Berry / Breitbart:
Trump Halts U.S. Funding of United Nations Population Fund  —  President Trump's administration is ending U.S. funding of the United Nations Population Fund - an agency that human rights activists have linked to the support of population control programs such as China's coercive abortion “one-child policy.”
 
 
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Anna Giaritelli / Washington Examiner:
Border apprehensions hit 17-year low in March
David Dayen / The Nation:
THIS BUDDING MOVEMENT WANTS TO SMASH MONOPOLIES
Discussion: Daily Kos
Masuma Ahuja / CNN:
Harvard students launch course on resisting ‘the Trump agenda’
Anna Silman / New York Magazine:
Kendall Jenner Evokes Iconic Protest Imagery to Sell Pepsi
Discussion: Mediaite, Mother Jones and twitchy.com
 Earlier Items: 
Brad Reed / Raw Story:
WATCH: Boos erupt after Trump tells room full of construction workers that he won most of their votes
Rachel Stoltzfoos / The Daily Caller:
Former Border Chief: Arizona Wall Put A Dramatic Stop To Illegal Crossings
Discussion: Washington Examiner
Ali Abdelaty / Reuters:
Islamic State says U.S. ‘being run by an idiot’
Discussion: Business Insider, TalkLeft and TheBlaze
Hans Fiene / The Federalist:
Why Men and Women Can Never Be ‘Just Friends’
Washington Post:
White House explores two new tax ideas …