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6:10 PM ET, April 14, 2017

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New York Times:
China Warns of ‘Storm Clouds Gathering’ in U.S.-North Korea Standoff  —  HONG KONG — North Korea said on Friday that nuclear war could break out on the Korean Peninsula “at any moment,” accusing the United States of escalating tensions that have set off fears of war and calls for calm by countries in the region.
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Peter Baker / New York Times:
For Trump, a Steep Learning Curve Leads to Policy Reversals  —  WASHINGTON — For President Trump, the road to changing his mind on China included a discussion with corporate executives in the State Dining Room of the White House in February.  When the conversation turned to China's currency …
Peggy Noonan / Wall Street Journal:
Does Steve Bannon Have Something to Offer?  —  In 2014 the beleaguered White House aide raised important moral questions about today's capitalism.  —  My late friend Bill Safire, the tough and joyous New York Times columnist, once gave me good advice.  I was not then a newspaper columnist, but he'd apparently decided I would be.
Ben Schreckinger / Politico:
If Trump Fired Bannon, Would He Seek Revenge?  —  When Steve Bannon vacated a home in Florida in 2015, his landlord complained that an entire Jacuzzi had apparently been coated in acid.  After conservative media star Dana Loesch left Bannon's employ at Breitbart News in 2012 …
CNN:
As North Korea brews, Trump again in Mar-a-Lago
Discussion: The Root and NBC News
Bloomberg:
China Warns of War Risk as Trump Rattles Saber at North Korea
Discussion: Axios
Annie Waldman / ProPublica:
DeVos Pick to Head Civil Rights Office Once Said She Faced Discrimination for Being White  —  The new acting head of the U.S. Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights once complained that she experienced discrimination because she is white.  —  As an undergraduate studying calculus …
Sune Engel Rasmussen / The Guardian:
‘It felt like the heavens were falling’: Afghans reel from MOAB impact  —  Locals describe the moment the ‘mother of all bombs’ was dropped, as critics question the wisdom of deploying the weapon … After his evening prayers, Mohammad Shahzadah closed the house gates and sat down for dinner.
Discussion: New York Times, RedState, RT and BGR
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CNN:
36 ISIS fighters killed by US ‘mother of all bombs’: Afghan official
Ellen Mitchell / The Hill:
Why the US dropped the ‘mother of all bombs’ in Afghanistan
Discussion: Raw Story and The Daily Caller
Amanda Prestigiacomo / Daily Wire:
New Video: The Moment The ‘Mother Of All Bombs’ Killed 36 ISIS Members
Nolan D. McCaskill / Politico:
White House says it won't make visitor logs public  —  President Donald Trump's administration announced Friday that the White House won't release records of its visitors, raising new concerns from transparency advocates.  —  The decision not to voluntarily disclose White House visitor logs …
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John Wagner / Washington Post:
Trump will keep list of White House visitors secret  —  The Trump administration announced Friday that it would not follow former president Barack Obama's policy of voluntarily disclosing the names of most visitors to the White House complex, citing “grave national security risks and privacy concerns.”
Josh Dawsey / Politico:
White House showdown on Paris deal set for next week  —  President Donald Trump's most senior advisers will huddle next week to resolve long-simmering tensions over whether the United States should stay in the Paris climate change agreement, a major point of dispute between the moderate …
Media Matters for America:
Trump Ally Alex Jones: “The Word Is” President Obama's Daughters “Aren't Even His Kids”  —  ALEX JONES (HOST): This is out of The Hill, Obama reportedly spending a month in French Polynesia, where there is no criminal extradition to the United States and it's funny they just brought …
Ezra Klein / Vox:
How to fix the Supreme Court  —  The way we choose Supreme Court nominees is broken.  Here's how to fix it.  —  It's worth taking a step back to realize just how broken the process for selecting Supreme Court justices now is.  —  In 2016, Senate Republicans responded to Antonin Scalia's death …
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Rafael Mangual / City Journal:
The Supreme Court Was “Politicized” Long Ago
Jee Lee / The Wellesley News:
Free speech is not violated at Wellesley  —  Many members of our community, including students, alumnae and faculty, have criticized the Wellesley community for becoming an environment where free speech is not allowed or is a violated right.  Many outside sources have painted us as a bunch …
Alex Pfeiffer / The Daily Caller:
Facebook Discovers ‘Major Spam Operation,’ USA Today Likes Plummet  —  Clinton Communications Director On Obama: ‘He Looked Kind Of Like A Jackass’  —  Watch The ‘Mother Of All Bombs’ Explode All Over ISIS In Afghanistan  —  VIDEO: Maine Dems Caught On Cam Laughing About Rising Suicide Rates Among White Males
Andrew Sullivan / New York Magazine:
Why Do Democrats Feel Sorry for Hillary Clinton?  —  Every day, the incoherence deepens: He's going to cover “everyone,” but he's going to push 24 million people off their health insurance.  He's going to wipe out the debt, but his tax cuts and spending spree will add trillions to it.
Carl Prine / sandiegouniontribune.com:
Decorated Navy SEAL moonlighting as a porn star  —  Joseph John Schmidt III during one of his many community outreach events for the Navy SEALs.  (photo courtesy of U.S. Navy)  —  Navy Chief Special Warfare Officer Joseph John Schmidt III has been living dual lives.
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Dan Nowicki / Arizona Republic:
Sen. Jeff Flake weathers brutal, 2 1/2-hour Mesa town hall  —  The Arizona senator was battered with questions about Trump's proposed border wall; internet privacy; taxpayer funding for Planned Parenthood; and his opposition to ‘Obamacare.’  —  U.S. Sen. Jeff Flake endured a brutal face …
Jason Horowitz / New York Times:
A Trump Tower Neighbor Is the Point Man for Europe's Populists  —  PALM BEACH, Fla. — George Guido Lombardi spotted President Trump's young son Barron alone on a couch playing a video game in the gaping and gilded living room of Mar-a-Lago, his father's private oceanfront club in Palm Beach.
Zaid Jilani / The Intercept:
New York Times Promises Truth and Diversity, Then Hires Climate-Denying Anti-Arab White Guy  —  Following Donald Trump's election, The New York Times promised its readers that it would aggressively pursue truth and challenge power in the days and months ahead.
Brian Ross / ABC News:
Analysts identify #SyriaHoax as Russian-fueled propaganda  —  As Syrian president Bashar al-Assad called videos of last week's chemical attack a “fabrication,” a piece of propaganda promoted by a Russian cyber operation and bearing the hashtag #SyriaHoax has gained traction in the United States, analysts tell ABC News.
Michael Tomasky / The Daily Beast:
Expecting Donald Trump To Grow on the Job?  Imagine If Jerry Jones Had Hired Him To Coach the Cowboys.  —  Honestly.  Donald Trump is “growing”?  That's what they're saying on my teevee.  The truth is more brutal.  —  Everyone, including the Beast, took note of the President's six flip-flop Wednesday.
Discussion: Hullabaloo
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Donald Trump Is Just George W. Bush But Racist  —  Donald Trump ran an ethnonationalist cult-of-personality presidential campaign, in which his status as a (real) nonpolitician and (imaginary) business genius would allow him to transcend and solve every policy problem.
Discussion: The Atlantic and Raw Story
Jesus Rubalcava / Arizona Republic:
Democratic lawmaker on voucher-bill sponsor: ‘I wanted to punch her in the throat’  —  578 Shares  —  Democratic Rep. Jesus Rubalcava, angered over passage of the controversial school-voucher style legislation last week, wrote on social media he wanted to throat-punch its sponsor, Republican Sen. Debbie Lesko.
Discussion: RedState and The Daily Caller
Anthony Breznican / EW.com:
Star Wars: The Last Jedi trailer makes its long-awaited debut  —  “It's time for the Jedi to end.”  —  The trailer for The Last Jedi just dropped at Star Wars Celebration, sending chills across the fandom and providing our first glimpse into the galaxy after civil war was reignited in The Force Awakens.
Matthew Chapman / Shareblue:
Small-town resistance: Dems pull off shocking red-seat wins across Illinois  —  This week saw an amazingly close race in the special election for Kansas's 4th Congressional District, one of the most conservative parts of the country.  Democrat James Thompson came within 7 points of Republican Ron Estes …
Discussion: Washington Monthly and Daily Kos
Tom Boggioni / Raw Story:
DON'T MISS STORIES.  FOLLOW RAW STORY!  —  During a panel discussion on CIA director Mike Pompeo's accusation that Wikileaks is a “hostile intelligence service,” two CNN contributors stated that it just adds to questions about Russian involvement with the Trump administration, with one adding that Trump's people must be terrified.
Matthew Balan / Mediaite:
Shark Jumped: Priest on MSNBC Compares United Passenger to Jesus  —  The commentary reacting to the United Airlines passenger controversy achieved a new level of ridiculousness, Friday, when Fr. James Martin, a Jesuit priest, likened the issue to Jesus's crucifixion.
Discussion: TheBlaze
Caren Chesler / Popular Mechanics:
The Blood of the Crab  —  Horseshoe crab blood is an irreplaceable medical marvel—and so biomedical companies are bleeding 500,000 every year.  Can this creature that's been around since the dinosaurs be saved?  —  Meghan Owings plucks a horseshoe crab out of a tank and bends …
Discussion: FiveThirtyEight
Bloomberg:
Russia Says Evidence Growing Syria Chemical Attack Was Staged  —  U.S. actions in Syria seek regime change, Lavrov says  —  Foreign ministers of Russia, Iran, Syria meet in Moscow  —  Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said a chemical-weapons attack in Syria that provoked U.S. missile strikes …
Discussion: RedState, Fox News Insider and Forbes
 
 
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Theodore Schleifer / CNN:
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Tim Wu / Wired:
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Andrew Kaczynski / CNN:
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Discussion: Talking Points Memo and Raw Story
Al Weaver / Washington Examiner:
RNC chair to GOP: show you can govern or lose in 2018
Discussion: Hot Air and Political Wire
Ben Kamisar / The Hill:
Justice Department drops North Carolina bathroom lawsuit
Discussion: RedState
Glenn Greenwald / The Intercept:
Trump's CIA Director Pompeo, Targeting WikiLeaks, Explicitly Threatens Speech and Press Freedoms
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Andrew Kaczynski / CNN:
Attorney General Jeff Sessions: Consent decrees ‘can reduce morale of the police officers’
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
CBS San Francisco:
Suicide Barriers Going Up At Golden Gate Bridge After Over 1.5K Deaths
Discussion: RT and The Daily Caller
MA Towery / Opinion Savvy:
Poll: Ossoff Increases Lead in GA6; Runoff Likely
Discussion: Political Wire
BostonGlobe.com:
Paul LePage says he might run for Senate, but doesn't think he would ‘make a very good legislator’
Scott McConnell / Vox:
I voted for Trump. After the Syria strikes, I'm second-guessing my choice.
Discussion: Raw Story
Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
Stealth caucus gains ground in Trump White House
Discussion: RedState and Daily Wire