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1:30 PM ET, April 29, 2017

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Bret Stephens / New York Times:
Climate of Complete Certainty  —  This is Bret Stephens's first column.  —  When someone is honestly 55 percent right, that's very good and there's no use wrangling.  And if someone is 60 percent right, it's wonderful, it's great luck, and let him thank God.  —  But what's to be said about 75 percent right?
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Chris Perez / New York Post:
Times columnist blasted by ‘nasty left’ for climate change piece … A New York Times columnist who was “harangued” for months by “bullying Trump supporters” says he's now being blasted by the “nasty left” — after he penned a piece about how absurd it was to blindly support climate change …
Brooke Seipel / The Hill:
Trump team did background check on Flynn, knew of Turkey ties: report … The White House and President Trump's transition team reportedly did a background check on former national security adviser Michael Flynn in addition to his already approved security clearance, MSNBC's Rachel Maddow reported Friday evening.
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The Daily Beast:
White House Weighs Kicking Out Sebastian Gorka
Discussion: Talking Points Memo and Raw Story
Katherine Faulders / ABC News:
Trump blames Obama for not vetting former national security adviser Michael Flynn
Discussion: Politico and Political Wire
Ben White / Politico:
Trump's mad dash to 100 days  —  President Donald Trump has dismissed the idea of measuring the success of his first 100 days in office as “ridiculous.”  But the president and his top officials have made a number of startling moves this week with the deadline in mind, and Trump has privately obsessed …
Discussion: Breitbart and ABC News
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Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
Trump signs one-week funding bill to avoid shutdown  —  President Trump has signed a stopgap spending bill to avert a government shutdown, the White House announced Friday evening.  —  The measure funds the government through May 5, giving lawmakers more time to reach an agreement …
Discussion: The Week and The Daily Signal
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Bloomberg:
If Republicans Can't Get This Lawmaker, Obamacare Repeal May Be Dead
Discussion: ABC News and Talking Points Memo
Telegraph:
Live North Korea ‘tests ballistic missile’ amid reports Pyongyang stating war ‘imminent’  —  Yonhap news agency said the missile appeared to have blown up a few seconds into flight.  —  US President Donald Trump told Reuters in an interview on Thursday a “major, major conflict” …
Discussion: Raw Story
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Ryan Browne / CNN:
North Korea's missile test fails, US military says
Yonhap News Agency:
(LEAD) N. Korea fails in missile test: S. Korean military
Associated Press:
Trump: North Korea ‘disrespected’ China with missile test
Discussion: Politico
Todd Spangler / Variety:
Hacker Leaks Stolen ‘Orange Is the New Black’ Season 5 Episodes to Piracy Network  —  An anonymous hacker has carried through on a threat to release “Orange Is the New Black” season five episodes online — after Netflix allegedly failed to respond to the cybercriminal's shakedown demands.
Chloe Gordon / New York Magazine:
I Worked at Fyre Festival.  It Was Always Going to Be a Disaster.  —  In early March, a friend of mine texted me to ask if I wanted to be a talent producer for the Fyre Festival.  I'd never heard of it, but the gig involved going to the Bahamas and being paid extremely well.  So I said yes and packed my bags.
Sam Roberts / New York Times:
Florence Finch, Unsung War Hero Who Took On Japanese, Dies at 101  —  Florence Finch was an atypical hometown hero.  For nearly 50 years after World War II, virtually no one outside of her family knew that she was a highly decorated Coast Guard veteran and a former prisoner of war whose exploits had been buried in time.
Discussion: JustOneMinute
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 …
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Josh Feldman / Mediaite:
Conservative Radio Host Hugh Hewitt May Be Getting a Show on MSNBC
Chris Mooney / Washington Post:
EPA website removes climate science site from public view after two decades  —  The Environmental Protection Agency announced Friday evening its website would be “undergoing changes” to better represent the new direction the agency is taking, triggering the removal of several agency websites …
Julian Borger / The Guardian:
UK was given details of alleged contacts between Trump campaign and Moscow  —  In December the UK government was given reports by former MI6 officer Christopher Steele on possible collusion between Trump camp and the Kremlin  —  The UK government was given details last December …
Liz Robbins / New York Times:
On Long Island, Sessions Vows to Eradicate MS-13 Gang  —  CENTRAL ISLIP, N.Y. — The attorney general of the United States, Jeff Sessions, came on Friday to this Long Island area besieged by the transnational gang known as MS-13, and in a 20-minute speech to local police commissioners …
Discussion: SARAH PALIN and The Last Tradition
Michael Workman / Chicago Tribune:
John Waters, in town and in rare form, as usual  —  John Waters will be talking about his new book, “Make Trouble,” and other things during a Sunday stop at the Studebaker Theater in Chicago.  (Stephen Maturen photo)  —  An icon not only of the shock and trash cinema that marked the beginning …
Turkey Blocks:
Wikipedia blocked in Turkey  —  The Turkey Blocks monitoring network has verified restrictions affecting the Wikipedia online encyclopaedia in Turkey.  A block affecting all language editions of the website detected at 8:00AM local time Saturday 29 April.  The loss of availability is consistent …
Justin Fenton / Baltimore Sun:
Baltimore prosecutors told to consider consequences for prosecuting illegal immigrants for minor crimes  —  Chief Deputy State's Attorney Michael Schatzow.  —  The Baltimore State's Attorney's Office has instructed prosecutors to think twice before charging illegal immigrants with minor …
 
 
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ProPublica:
Former Director of Anti-Immigration Group Set to Be Named Ombudsman at U.S. Immigration Agency
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Rong-Gong Lin II / Los Angeles Times:
Man vandalizes three Rodeo Drive boutiques by driving Mercedes into them, police say
Discussion: KTLA
Marie Mawad / Bloomberg:
French Election Is Facebook's Fake News Litmus Test
Politico:
Trump's immigration crackdown is well underway
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Op-Ed Trump's Candy Land School of Tax Reform
Thomas D. Williams, Ph.D. / Breitbart:
Pope Francis Warns Against ‘Invasion’ of Libertarianism
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Maria Sacchetti / Washington Post:
ICE data shows half of immigrants arrested in raids had traffic convictions or no record
Discussion: Business Insider
Peter Hasson / The Daily Caller:
Documents Tie Berkeley Riot Organizers To Pro-Pedophilia Group, NAMBLA
Discussion: SARAH PALIN
Andrew Sullivan / New York Magazine:
Maybe America Wasn't Crazy to Elect Donald Trump
Nellie Andreeva / Deadline:
‘Roseanne’ Getting Revival With Roseanne Barr, John Goodman, Sara Gilbert & Co.
Discussion: SARAH PALIN, KXAN-TV and The Guardian