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10:00 AM ET, May 8, 2017

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Jonathan Swan / Axios:
WH officials eager to toss Flynn overboard  —  If West Wing officials could make one person disappear, it would be Mike Flynn.  Sources from all factions of the White House seem unified in their distrust of the President's former national security adviser — and their willingness to throw him under the bus.
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Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Trump wants his staff to stop dumping on Flynn  —  On the eve of Sally Yates' testimony before the Senate on her warnings about Mike Flynn, the President wants any of his staff who've been feeding negative lines about Flynn to the media to stop immediately.  —  White House officials …
Devlin Barrett / Washington Post:
Sally Yates to testify about her discussions with the White House on Russia  —  Sally Yates was the attorney general for only 10 days — an Obama administration holdover whose role was to quietly manage the Justice Department until the Trump administration could quickly replace her.
Ryan Struyk / ABC News:
The Note: Sally Yates goes under oath on Russia
Discussion: Joe.My.God. and RedState
Coral Davenport / New York Times:
E.P.A. Dismisses Members of Major Scientific Review Board  —  WASHINGTON — The Environmental Protection Agency has dismissed at least five members of a major scientific review board, the latest signal of what critics call a campaign by the Trump administration to shrink the agency's regulatory reach …
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Mike Allen / Axios:
Trump's agenda will take longer than planned
Discussion: Politico
Juliet Eilperin / Washington Post:
EPA dismisses half of its scientific advisers on key board, citing ‘clean break’ with Obama administration
Discussion: New York Magazine
Adam Nossiter / New York Times:
Why Macron Won: Luck, Skill and France's Dark History  —  PARIS — The French presidential runoff transcended national politics.  It was globalization against nationalism.  It was the future versus the past.  Open versus closed.  —  But in his resounding victory on Sunday night …
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Angelique Chrisafis / The Guardian:
Emmanuel Macron vows unity after winning French presidential election
Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Trump to Announce Slate of Conservative Federal Court Nominees  —  WASHINGTON — Having filled a Supreme Court vacancy, President Trump is turning his attention to the more than 120 openings on the lower federal courts.  On Monday, he will announce a slate of 10 nominees to those courts …
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Jonathan H. Adler / Washington Post:
Here come Trump's judges: President to put forward more strong judicial nominees
Discussion: Hot Air
Edward-Isaac Dovere / Politico:
Obama urges ‘political courage’ to save Affordable Care Act  —  BOSTON — Barack Obama on Sunday night called on members of Congress to exercise the “political courage” to not repeal Obamacare — his first public comments about the law since the House voted to repeal it on Thursday …
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Jasmine Lee / CNN:
Obama calls for ‘courage’ to oppose Obamacare repeal
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
Hadas Gold / Politico:
George Will joins MSNBC  —  Washington Post columnist George Will has joined MSNBC and NBC News as a contributor.  —  Will, a Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist, was most recently a contributor at Fox News, though he became a free agent in January when Fox declined to renew his contract.
Discussion: RedState and Joe.My.God.
Tim Mak / The Daily Beast:
A Hidden Hand in the Trump-Russia Drama Owns a Ramen Shop.  No, Seriously. … One of the better-connected, more knowledgeable people on the ties between the Kremlin and Trump Tower—other than the investigators currently working full-time on the topic—is a ramen shop owner named Jeff Jetton.
Sarah Ferris / Politico:
Coming soon: The fiscal cliff to end all fiscal cliffs  —  If President Donald Trump and the Republican Congress think they've been under pressure to produce lately, just wait a few months.  —  Over the next several months, Republicans will have to figure out how to cut deals with Democrats …
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Republicans Party Like It's 1984  —  There have been many bad laws in U.S. history.  Some bills were poorly conceived; some were cruel and unjust; some were sold on false pretenses.  Some were all of the above.  —  But has there ever been anything like Trumpcare, the health legislation Republicans rammed through the House last week?
Nicole Gelinas / New York Post:
The debt-bubble landmine Obama left for Trump  —  MORE FROM: … President Trump came in for much jeering when he told reporters he had “inherited a mess” from President Barack Obama.  On the economy, though, Obama did indeed leave behind a hidden mess: a seemingly healthy jobs market dependent on cheap debt.
Maegan Carberry / Salon:
Why doesn't anyone know we're incredibly close to replacing the Electoral College with the popular vote?  —  The National Popular Vote Interstate Compact has passed a total of 35 state legislative chambers in 23 states  —  It's been six months since the divisive 2016 election …
Discussion: Outside the Beltway
James Barragán / Dallas Morning News:
Gov. Greg Abbott signs ‘sanctuary cities’ ban into law on Facebook Live  —  This is a developing story.  Check back in for updates.  —  AUSTIN — Gov. Greg Abbott has signed the state's sanctuary city ban into law, achieving one of his major goals for the legislative session and enacting …
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Associated Press:
Texas governor bans sanctuary cities
Adam Gopnik / New Yorker:
We Could Have Been Canada  —  Was the American Revolution such a good idea?  —  And what if it was a mistake from the start?  The Declaration of Independence, the American Revolution, the creation of the United States of America—what if all this was a terrible idea, and what if the injustices …
Bernard L. Fraga / Washington Post:
Why did Trump win?  More whites — and fewer blacks — actually voted.  —  Why did Trump win — and Clinton lose — the 2016 U.S. presidential election?  That's been debated widely, to understate the case.  Nominees include each campaign's ground game, messaging, FBI Director James B. Comey's …
 
 
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John Bowden / The Hill:
‘Pepe the Frog’ creator kills off cartoon that became alt-right meme
Discussion: RedState, The Guardian and The Verge
Renée Cross / Washington Post:
In Texas, almost all non-voters have a photo ID — but few understand the voter identification rules
Aaron Klein / Breitbart:
EXCLUSIVE - Congressional Expert: North Korea Prepping EMP Catastrophe Aimed At U.S. Homefront
Discussion: Daily Mail
Sarah Kliff / Vox:
The Trump administration is making Obamacare more expensive
Christopher Mele / New York Times:
Minnesota Sees Largest Outbreak of Measles in Almost 30 Years
Discussion: RedState and The Gateway Pundit
Tony Briscoe / Chicago Tribune:
Police: 2 dead, 8 hurt in shooting at Brighton Park memorial for earlier rifle slaying
Discussion: Washington Post
Susan B. Glasser / Politico:
Do Democrats Need to Tweet More Like Trump?
 Earlier Items: 
Austin Wright / Politico:
Trump-Russia probes could seep into 2018 midterms
Roll Call:
Democratic Poll Gives Gianforte Single-Digit Lead in Montana
Glenn Kessler / Washington Post:
Decoding HHS Secretary Price's spin on the American Health Care Act
Wall Street Journal:
Chinese-North Korean Venture Shows How Much Sanctions Can Miss
Roger Simmons / Orlando Sentinel:
Sonic boom rattles Central Florida as secret military space shuttle lands at Kennedy Space Center
Discussion: NPR, Mashable and The Verge
Pam Key / Breitbart:
Andrea Mitchell to Price: You Have White Men Cutting Heath Care for Women
Reuters:
Communist-ruled Cuba hosts first transgender Mass
Cyra Master / The Hill:
Trump voters lament deportation of their neighbor
Discussion: Raw Story