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9:00 AM ET, May 11, 2017

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Washington Post:
How Trump's anger and impatience prompted him to fire the FBI director  —  Every time FBI Director James B. Comey appeared in public, an ever-watchful President Trump grew increasingly agitated that the topic was the one that he was most desperate to avoid: Russia.
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New York Times:
‘Enough Was Enough’: How Festering Anger at Comey Ended in His Firing  —  WASHINGTON — The countdown to President Trump's dismissal of James B. Comey, the F.B.I. director, began last weekend, which the president spent stewing over Mr. Comey's testimony to Congress last week in which he provided …
Wall Street Journal:
As the FBI Reels, Candidates Emerge to Run Agency  —  The Justice Department moved on Wednesday to find a temporary successor for fired FBI Director James Comey, as Attorney General Jeff Sessions and his top deputy interviewed five candidates amid continuing fallout over the controversial dismissal.
Discussion: Raw Story and The Week
New York Times:
An Open Letter to the Deputy Attorney General  —  Dear Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein:  —  It's rare that any single person has to bear as much responsibility for safeguarding American democracy as you find yourself carrying now.  Even before President Trump's shocking decision …
Jake Tapper / CNN:
Source close to Comey says there were 2 reasons the FBI director was fired  —  Washington (CNN)There are two reasons why President Donald Trump fired James Comey, according to a source close to the now-former FBI director:  — Comey never provided the President with any assurance of personal loyalty.
David Choi / Business Insider:
Trump's deputy attorney general reportedly threatened to resign after being painted as the mastermind behind Comey's firing  —  While President Donald Trump's decision to fire FBI director James Comey came as a shock for many, one of the alleged architects of the dismissal was also reported …
Mike Allen / Axios:
Trump puts agenda, presidency at risk  —  The answers to why Trump canned Comey are becoming clear: The president was filled with grievance about the FBI probe and acted on impulse without clearly thinking through the fallout, numerous sources tell me.  —  The consequences are also becoming clear …
Discussion: Politico, CNN and Politicus USA
The Daily Beast:
White House Lawyers Warned Trump: Stay Away From Michael Flynn … White House lawyers have had to warn President Donald Trump repeatedly against reaching out to his fired National Security Adviser Michael Flynn, two people familiar with the matter tell The Daily Beast.
United States House Committee on Oversight …:
Chaffetz Statement on Comey Firing  —  Letter to DOJ IG asks for expansion of ongoing review  —  WASHINGTON - Today, House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Jason Chaffetz (R-UT) released the following statement after sending a letter to the Department of Justice (DOJ) Inspector General Michael Horowitz:
National Review:
The Comey Ouster  —  A combination photo of James Comey and Donald Trump (Reuters:Jonathan Ernst/Kevin Lamarque)  —  President Trump has fired FBI director James Comey, who had made himself eminently fireable.  —  Last July, Comey took it upon himself to become not only the nation's top policeman …
The Daily Beast:
New FBI Boss Could Be More Controversial Than Comey … James Comey's replacement at the FBI may be even more controversial than Comey himself.  He takes the reins at the FBI during one of its most tumultuous moments in recent memory—and his temporary leadership there may not be enough to calm a bureau that's reeling.
Discussion: Washington Post and Breitbart
John Hinderaker / Power Line:
The Associated Press Goes Around the Bend on Comey
Discussion: LifeZette and The Daily Caller
Wall Street Journal:   Rod Rosenstein's Justice
Bret Stephens / New York Times:
The Easy Tells of Comey's Canning
Kevin Drum / Mother Jones:
The White House Story On Comey Just Gets Worse and Worse
Marc Fisher / Washington Post:
Why Trump expected only applause when he told Comey, 'You're fired.'
Discussion: Raw Story
Jeremy W. Peters / New York Times:   For Trump Supporters, the Real Outrage Is the Left's Uproar Over Comey
Lucian K. Truscott IV / Salon:   Americans are witnessing a slow-motion coup
Eliana Johnson / Politico:   Sessions emerges as Trump's most valuable ally
Brett T. / twitchy.com:
WaPo story on Trump and Comey cites more than 30 officials but can't beat this one editor's note
Joshua Keating / Slate:   If It Happened There: Political Chaos as Regime Purges Powerful Security Chief
Michael R. Bloomberg / Bloomberg:
After Comey, Justice Must Be Served
Mike Lillis / The Hill:
Pelosi threatens to force vote on outside Russia probe
Discussion: TheBlaze
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
More very bad news for Trump: His poll numbers just hit a bunch of new lows
New York Times:
How Every Lawmaker Has Reacted to Comey's Firing So Far
Economist:
What is Trumponomics and how does it differ from standard Republican economics?  —  Well it's an interesting question.  I don't think it's ever been asked quite that way.  But it really has to do with self-respect as a nation.  It has to do with trade deals that have to be fair, and somewhat reciprocal, if not fully reciprocal.
Carol Morello / Washington Post:
Presence of Russian photographer in Oval Office raises alarms  —  A photographer for a Russian state-owned news agency was allowed into the Oval Office on Wednesday during President Trump's meeting with Russian diplomats, a level of access that was criticized by former U.S. intelligence officials as a potential security breach.
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Susan B. Glasser / Politico:
Russia's Oval Office Victory Dance  —  When President Donald Trump hosted Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov in the Oval Office on Wednesday just hours after firing the FBI director who was overseeing an investigation into whether Trump's team colluded the Russians, he was breaking …
David Weigel / Washington Post:
'I didn't come here to defend the president tonight' — Republican who rescued health-care bill faces voters  —  WILLINGBORO, N.J. — Rep. Tom MacArthur (R-N.J.), the co-author of an amendment that rescued the House Republicans' health-care bill from the doldrums, told his audience that he'd come …
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ABC News:   Constituent loses his temper at Rep. Tom MacArthur over health care
Clive Irving / The Daily Beast:
U.S. to Ban Laptops in All Cabins of Flights From Europe … The Department of Homeland Security will ban laptops in the cabins of all flights from Europe to the United States, European security officials told The Daily Beast.  The announcement is expected Thursday.
Hadas Gold / Politico:
Trump holds auditions while Spicer's away  —  Press secretary Sean Spicer's absence from the briefing room on Wednesday comes at a tenuous time, as President Donald Trump has asked senior advisers for weeks if he needs to change the face of his administration, several White House officials and outside advisers to the president said.
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Steve Benen / MSNBC:
Sean Spicer ‘spent several minutes hidden in the bushes’
U.S. Senator Richard Burr of North Carolina:
Notification: Senate Intel Committee Subpoenas Former National Security Advisor Flynn for Documents Regarding Russia Probe  —  WASHINGTON - Senator Richard Burr (R-NC), Chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, and Senator Mark Warner (D-VA), Vice Chairman of the Senate Select Committee …
Discussion: Vox, NPR, The Atlantic and Daily Kos
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CNBC:
Russia probe: Senate requests Trump documents from agency that monitors money laundering
Discussion: NPR and IJR
Katherine Faulders / ABC News:
President Trump expected to launch commission on ‘election integrity’  —  President Donald Trump is expected to sign an executive order today establishing a commission to review alleged voter fraud and voter suppression in the American election system, multiple senior administration officials tell ABC News.
Michael Brendan Dougherty / National Review:
Experts Now Agree: The Deplorables Really Are Deplorable  —  New social-science surveys help Democrats explain away Trump's win: Yes, his voters are racist.  —  Scene: The lab-coated man comes in from the room.  “It was a troubling case,” he admits.  “This question of why you voted for Trump.”
Discussion: FiveThirtyEight and TheBlaze
 
 
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Tom Ciccotta / Breitbart:
Cal Poly Professor Argues Squirrels Are Subjected to Racially-Charged Media Bias
Bbauer / Lawfare:
How It Was Done: The Problem is Not Only That Trump Fired Comey, but How He Did It
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Commentator who amplified Macron hacks given White House press access
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Alex Sherman / CNBC:
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Jeff Jarvis / BuzzMachine:
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Andrew Marchand / The Athletic:
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