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9:00 AM ET, May 14, 2017

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Philip Rucker / Washington Post:
White House ‘systems failed’ with Comey firing, but Trump pushed the buttons  —  In deciding to abruptly fire FBI Director James B. Comey, President Trump characteristically let himself be guided by his own instincts — fueled by his creeping anger and sense of victimhood about a probe …
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Veronica Stracqualursi / ABC News:
Trump denies he asked Comey for loyalty, threatens to cancel press briefings  —  Donald Trump is denying recent reports that he asked for former FBI Director James Comey's loyalty a few days after he was sworn in as president.  —  Sources told ABC News that Trump posed the question to Comey …
Discussion: Axios and Associated Press
CNN:
Isolated and agitated, Trump rattles White House from within  — Many in Trump's circle now view the past four days as the worst stretch of Trump's presidency so far  — Pence wasn't fully briefed on the President's reasoning for firing Comey before he went in front of cameras, an aide said
Jesse Byrnes / The Hill:
Gingrich urges Trump: ‘Close down the press room’
Discussion: RedState
Alexandra Berzon / Wall Street Journal:
Former Employees of Donald Trump Say They Saw Him Tape Conversations  —  Three former employees say they saw Mr. Trump tape phone calls in Trump Tower before he was president  —  A tweet from President Donald Trump on Friday suggesting that he might have taped phone conversations …
Jose Pagliery / CNN:
Russian money-laundering details remain in the dark as US settles fraud case  —  US officials feared for Russian witness  —  New York (CNN)A major US investigation into Russian money laundering has come to an abrupt end.  —  The case aimed to expose how Russian mobsters allegedly stole $230 million …
Washington Post:
THE PAINFUL TRUTH ABOUT TEETH … SALISBURY, Md. — Two hours before sunrise, Dee Matello joined the line outside the Wicomico Civic Center, where hundreds of people in hoodies, heavy coats and wool blankets braced against a bitter wind.  —  Inside, reclining dental chairs were arrayed in neat rows across the arena's vast floor.
Discussion: Daily Kos
Mike Allen / Axios:
Scoop: Trump, irked at cabinet and staff, mulls sweeping shake-up  —  At the urging of longtime friends and outside advisers, most of whom he consults after dark, President Trump is considering a “huge reboot” that could take out everyone from Chief of Staff Reince Priebus and chief strategist Steve Bannon …
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John Podesta / Washington Post:   Trump's top aides must go
Mallory Shelbourne / The Hill:
Comey's 9-year-old neighbor baked him cookies after he was fired: report  —  Former FBI Director James Comey's nine-year-old neighbor reportedly baked and hand delivered chocolate chip cookies to him after he was fired by President Trump this week.  —  A reporter for NPR recounted a text she received from the little girl's mom.
Discussion: RedState, Mashable and twitchy.com
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Rebekah Lowin / Food & Wine:   James Comey's 9-Year-Old Neighbor Baked Him Chocolate Chip Cookies
patribotics:
EXCLUSIVE: Sealed Indictment granted against Donald Trump  —  Separate sources with links to the intelligence and justice communities have stated that a sealed indictment has been granted against Donald Trump.  —  While it is understood that the Supremacy Clause of the Constitution means that …
Discussion: CANNONFIRE and Raw Story
Kyle Smith / New York Post:
Why working class Americans voted with their middle finger  —  MORE FROM: … 'We're voting with our middle finger," a Trump supporter in South Carolina told a reporter last fall.  No doubt.  —  Many a liberal observer saw the Trump vote as a rageful taunt aimed at racial and sexual minorities.
Discussion: Instapundit
Lucas Nolan / Breitbart:
Ann Coulter Tweet About Alleged Illegal Immigrant Rape Flagged as ‘Hate Speech’ by Twitter  —  Conservative firebrand Ann Coulter had a tweet linking to a recent article flagged as “hate speech” by Twitter.  —  Ann Coulter posted a link to a recent article on her website titled “To Say, ‘Stop Raping Me!’
Reuters:
North Korea fires missile days after new South Korea leader pledges dialogue  —  North Korea fired a ballistic missile on Sunday in defiance of calls to rein in its weapons program, days after a new leader in its old rival South Korea came to power pledging to engage it in dialogue.
Ali Vitali / NBC News:
Trump at Liberty University Bashes ‘Critics’ in First Commencement Address  —  LYNCHBURG, Va. — President Donald Trump wasn't in Washington, but the politics the nation's capital embodies wasn't far from his mind after a week of uproar engulfing his administration.
Discussion: The Hill and Raw Story
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Emma Green / The Atlantic:
Trump: ‘In America We Do Not Worship Government, We Worship God’
Discussion: Mother Jones
Jonathan Cohn / HuffPost:
A Top Trump Official Just Flunked The Jimmy Kimmel Test  —  It's fine to pay for sick kids, Mulvaney says, but diabetics are another story.  —  You've heard of the undeserving poor?  Get ready for the undeserving sick.  —  A top Trump administration official defended the American Health Care Act …
Discussion: ThinkProgress and Axios
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New York Times:   The Health Care Bill's Insults to Women
 
 
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Drew Harwell / Washington Post:
At Mar-a-Lago, the star power of the presidency helps charities — and Trump — make more money
Sam Hananel / Associated Press:
APPEAL IN BOY'S BURP ARREST CASE RELIES ON GORSUCH DISSENT
Discussion: Axios and NPR
Lizzy Acker / Oregonian:
Man arrested after ‘masturbating vigorously’ in public because he ‘hates Portland’
Discussion: Walid Shoebat
Michael Walsh / New York Post:
Comey's firing is a gift to the FBI
Masha Gessen / NYR Daily:
The Autocrat's Language  —  Donald Trump has an instinct for doing violence to language.
Kristine Phillips / Washington Post:
Woman attempts to drive GOP congressman off road over health-care vote, police say
 Earlier Items: 
Jonah Goldberg / National Review:
The Comey Debacle  —  Rather than rationalizing and enabling …
Alexi McCammond / Axios:
Pope Francis previews meeting with Trump
Jacob Gershman / Wall Street Journal:
Court Rules Kentucky Print Shop Has Right to Avoid Making Gay Pride T-shirts
Discussion: Vox Popoli
Elaina Plott / Washingtonian:
Jason Chaffetz Has Been Telling House Republicans He Will Join Fox News
Discussion: Mediaite, Axios and Talking Points Memo
Benny Johnson / IJR:
FCC Chairman Ajit Pai Reads Mean Tweets on Net Neutrality
Discussion: Gizmodo
New York Times:
The Election Is Over, but Trump Can't Seem to Get Past It
 

 
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Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
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Wall Street Journal:
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Karen Weise / New York Times:
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