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Raw Story:
Trump admits he thought being president would be a lot easier than his old life  —  DON'T MISS STORIES.  FOLLOW RAW STORY!  —  He misses driving, feels as if he is in a cocoon, and is surprised how hard his new job is.  —  President Donald Trump on Thursday reflected on his first 100 days …
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Daniel Lippman / Politico:
White House eyeing Clarke for Homeland Security post  —  The White House is considering David Clarke, the sheriff of Milwaukee County, Wisconsin, for a position at the Department of Homeland Security, three people familiar with the administration's planning told POLITICO.
Politico:
What It's Really Like to Cover Trump
Josiah Ryan / CNN:
Journalist: Trump brought Electoral map handouts of his wins to interview
Discussion: RedState and New York Magazine
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Trump now agrees with the majority of Americans: He wasn't ready to be president
MJ Lee / CNN:
First on CNN: Ahead of Trump's 100th day mark, Obama says Obamacare is more popular than Trump  —  One moment from each of Trump's first days  —  New York (CNN)Former President Barack Obama hailed the political resilience of his signature health care law at a private event Thursday …
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Byron York / Washington Examiner:
Why can't House repeal Obamacare?  Because a lot of Republicans don't want to  —  “We're going to go when we have the votes,” Speaker Paul Ryan said Thursday when asked when the House will pass a bill to repeal and replace Obamacare.  Lawmakers will not be constrained by any “artificial deadline,” Ryan declared.
Fox News:
‘The First 100 Days’: Trump says he's ‘disappointed’ with congressional Republicans  —  President Trump told Fox News' Martha MacCallum on Friday that he's “disappointed” with how congressional Republicans have handled big legislation on health care and other issues, as he reflected on his first 100 days in office.
CNN:
CNN/ORC poll: Expectations plummet for health care overhaul
Eliana Johnson / Politico:
DeMint set to be ousted from Heritage Foundation  —  The controversial president of The Heritage Foundation, former Sen. Jim DeMint, may soon be out of a job, following a dispute with board members about the direction of conservative think tank, according to three people with knowledge of the situation.
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New York Times:
Jim DeMint Is Said to Be Out at Heritage Foundation
Charlie Savage / New York Times:
N.S.A Halts Collection of Americans' Emails About Foreign Targets  —  WASHINGTON — The National Security Agency is stopping one of the most disputed forms of its warrantless surveillance program in which it collects Americans' emails and texts to and from people overseas and that mention …
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NSA.gov:
NSA Stops Certain Section 702 “Upstream” Activities
Discussion: Politico, The Atlantic and NPR
Rachel Stockman / Mediaite:
EXCLUSIVE: Advanced Talks Underway For New Conservative Network Amid Fears Fox News Moving Too Far Left  —  On the heels of major shakeups at the Fox News Network, an alternative conservative network is being actively discussed amongst conservative fat cats.
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Marisa Guthrie / Hollywood Reporter:
Murdochs Exploring Fox News Options as Pressure on Bill Shine Mounts  —  The company has quietly put out feelers for a possible new head of Fox News with the preference, say sources, that it be a woman.  —  The Murdochs may be preparing for a leadership change at Fox News.
The Daily Beast:
White House Weighs Kicking Out Sebastian Gorka  —  The Trump administration is actively exploring options to remove controversial national security aide Sebastian Gorka from the White House and place him at another federal agency, multiple sources tell The Daily Beast.
Discussion: Raw Story
Philip Rucker / Washington Post:
Kasich: Trump should ‘eradicate’ North Korean leadership  —  Ohio Gov. John Kasich, a former Republican presidential candidate, said Friday that President Trump ought to “eradicate” North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and his top lieutenants in a surgical military strike designed to give rise to a more benign leadership in Pyongyang.
Discussion: The Week and Political Wire
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Reuters:
Exclusive: Trump says ‘major, major’ conflict with North Korea possible, but seeks diplomacy
Alex Young / Consequence of Sound:
$12,000 luxury Fyre Festival is basically a disaster zone  —  This weekend was to mark the launch of Fyre Festival, a boutique, luxury music festival taking place in Exumas, Bahamas.  Tickets to the festival ran between $4,000 and $12,000, with the price of admission including a chartered flight from Miami …
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Page Six:
A-listers told to avoid disastrous Fyre Festival before it began
Discussion: New York Magazine
Julian Robinson / Daily Mail:
'It's worse than a refugee camp': Disastrous Bella Hadid-backed Bahamas Fyre Festival is CANCELLED …
Discussion: The FADER, Refinery29 and Althouse
Elena Schneider / Politico:
Dems withhold cash from Montana special election  —  As early voting kicks off in Montana this week, national Democrats are holding back from heavy investments in the state's May 25 special House election, believing Democratic candidate Rob Quist still has a steep hill to climb to win a state …
Discussion: The Hill and Washington Times
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USA Today:
Grading Trump — Has it only been 100 days?: Opinionline
Discussion: Althouse
Matthew Continetti / Washington Free Beacon:
The Democrats' First 100 Days  —  Let's reverse angle.
Discussion: Betsy's Page
Charlie Warzel / BuzzFeed:
Alex Jones Suffers Defeat In Custody Hearing  —  “Mr. Jones is like a cult leader,” the conspiracy blogger's ex-wife told the jury.  “And we've seen the horrific damage cult leaders do to their followers.”  —  Reporting From  —  AUSTIN — After a grueling 10-day trial …
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Austin American-Statesman:
VERDICT: Ex-wife of Alex Jones wins joint custody after bitter trial
Tina Nguyen / Vanity Fair:
Milo Yiannopoulos Is Starting a New, Ugly, For-Profit Troll Circus  —  With what he says is a $12 million stake from secret investors, the former Breitbart tech editor is launching Milo Inc., a live-event touring company, dedicated to making progressives' lives a “living hell.”
Tarini Parti / BuzzFeed:
The Convicted Con Artist Of The Winter White House … WEST PALM BEACH, Florida —  An admitted fraudster who owes hundreds of thousands of dollars to his victims has had access to President Donald Trump through his wife, who is the guest reception manager of Mar-a-Lago, the Winter White House.
Discussion: Shakesville and The Week
Yashar Ali / New York Magazine:
Conservative Radio Host Hugh Hewitt in Talks for MSNBC Show, Sources Say  —  MSNBC is in talks with conservative radio host Hugh Hewitt about creating a show for him on weekend evenings, four well-placed sources at the network tell Daily Intelligencer.  Initially MSNBC was keen on having Hewitt host …
Morgan Eads / Lexington Herald-Leader:
‘You are safe,’ Transylvania attacker says to Republican student in coffee shop  —  A man who used a machete to attack a Transylvania University student in a campus coffee shop Friday first asked people about their political affiliations, a witness said.  —  The assailant, thought …
Rachana Pradhan / Politico:
Trump names anti-abortion leader Yoest to top HHS post  —  President Donald Trump on Friday said he would name one of the most prominent anti-abortion activists in the country to a top communications post at HHS.  —  Charmaine Yoest, tapped to be assistant secretary of public affairs, is a senior fellow at American Values.
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Johana Bhuiyan / Recode:
Here's the first look at how Elon Musk's ‘boring’ car tunnels will work  —  Cars will be lowered into the tunnel from the roads on what Musk calls a car “skate.”  —  At the TED conference today, Elon Musk gave a first look at the underground tunnels his new company, The Boring Company, is shooting to develop in the future.
Discussion: Motherboard, Mashable and Eschaton
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Living in the Trump Zone  —  Fans of old TV series may remember a classic “Twilight Zone” episode titled “It's a Good Life.”  It featured a small town terrorized by a 6-year-old who for some reason had monstrous superpowers, coupled with complete emotional immaturity.
Discussion: Hullabaloo, Raw Story and CNN
Mark Penn / The Hill:
Why the polls are wrong about Trump.  Again.  —  Today we live in a polling bubble - surveys taken from the perches in New York, Washington and Los Angeles may be obscuring rather than illuminating many of the underlying views and trends of the American electorate.
Ellen Mitchell / The Hill:
Pentagon probing whether Army Rangers killed by friendly fire  —  The Defense Department is looking into whether two U.S. Army Rangers who died Wednesday may have been killed by friendly fire, according to a Pentagon spokesman.  —  Navy Capt. Jeff Davis told reporters Friday that the deaths of Sgts.
Discussion: IJR
Lizzie Dearden / The Independent:
Austrian President calls on all women to wear headscarves in solidarity with Muslims to fight ‘rampant Islamophobia’  —  'It is every woman's right to always dress how she wants, that is my opinion on the matter'  —  The President of Austria has called for all women to wear headscarves …
 
 
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CNN:
UK police foil second alleged London terror plot in a day
Discussion: Daily Wire and Geller Report
Andrew Sullivan / New York Magazine:
Maybe America Wasn't Crazy to Elect Donald Trump
Politico:
What the Press Still Doesn't Get About Trump
Financial Times:
EU prepares for post-Brexit membership for united Ireland
Discussion: Daily Mail
Sean Moran / Breitbart:
Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Ajit Pai told Breitbart News in an exclusive interview …
Discussion: Motherboard
Nellie Andreeva / Deadline:
‘Roseanne’ Getting Revival With Roseanne Barr, John Goodman, Sara Gilbert & Co.
Discussion: KXAN-TV and The Guardian
Elisabeth Moss / National Review:
The Handmaid's Hysteria  —  No, the Hulu series based …
Discussion: RedState
 Earlier Items: 
BBC:
Oxford University sorry for eye contact racism claim
Discussion: The Daily Caller
David Frum / The Atlantic:
Will Political Normality Return in 2017?
Peter Weber / The Week:
Trevor Noah wants you to cut the outrage over Obama's $400,000 Wall Street speech
Steven Hayward / Power Line:
Can the Liberal Arts Be Saved?
Joanna Weiss / Politico:
The Strange Psychological Power of ‘Fox & Friends’
Jordain Carney / The Hill:
Schumer blocks one-week stopgap funding bill
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