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7:10 AM ET, April 8, 2018

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Washington Post:
‘When you lose that power’: How John Kelly faded as White House disciplinarian … After White House chief of staff John F. Kelly pressured President Trump last fall to install his top deputy, Kirstjen Nielsen, atop the Department of Homeland Security, the president lost his temper …
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Jonathan Swan / Axios:
John Kelly blew up at Trump in Oval Office meeting, threatened to quit  —  White House Chief of Staff John Kelly threatened to quit on March 28, according to sources familiar with the events.  —  What I'm hearing: Kelly blew up at Trump in an Oval Office meeting that day …
New York Times:
In His Haste to Roll Back Rules, Scott Pruitt, E.P.A. Chief, Risks His Agenda  —  Want the latest climate news in your inbox?  You can sign up here to receive Climate Fwd:, our new email newsletter.  —  WASHINGTON — As ethical questions threaten the Environmental Protection Administrator …
Discussion: Daily Kos
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Michael Grunwald / Politico:
The Myth of Scott Pruitt's EPA Rollback  —  EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt's spiraling ethics scandals and perilous job status were big news this week, but he also made headlines with his latest assault on President Barack Obama's environmental legacy.  “Pruitt Announces Rollback …
Discussion: The Daily Caller, CNN and ABC News
Eli Rosenberg / Washington Post:
'That's bizarre': Realtors weigh in on Scott Pruitt's $50-a-night condo room deal in D.C.
Discussion: ThinkProgress
Brent D. Griffiths / Politico:
Pruitt gets Trump's tweet of approval: ‘Scott is doing a great job!’
Discussion: Breitbart
CBS New York:
1 Man Dead, 6 Firefighters Hurt Following 4-Alarm Fire At Trump Tower  —  NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) - A man has died of his injuries following a four-alarm fire at Trump Tower.  —  The FDNY responded to an automatic alarm that sounded on the 50th floor of the high-rise on Fifth Avenue shortly after 5:30 p.m. Saturday.
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New York Post:
1 dead, 4 firefighters hurt in Trump Tower blaze  —  Flames erupted inside Trump Tower early Saturday evening, killing one resident inside the luxury Manhattan building, authorities said.  —  The four-alarm fire blaze broke out on the 50th floor of the high-rise on Fifth Avenue near 56th Street …
Jessica Finn / Daily Mail:
Man, 67, is KILLED and four firefighters are hurt in huge blaze in 50th floor residential apartment at Trump Tower: Flames engulf several stories of president's New York home as burning debris falls on Fifth Avenue  — The fire erupted on the 50th floor was a fourth alarm with well over 200 firefighters and EMS personnel on the scene
Discussion: twitchy.com, Breitbart and Mediaite
Reuters:
U.S.: If True, Deadly Syria Chemical Attack Demands International Response; Russia to Blame  —  Washington cited a history of chemical weapons use by Syria's Assad and blamed Russia for their ‘unwavering support for the regime’ while Russia dismissed the reports
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Heather Nauert / US Department of State:
On the Chemical Attack in Douma  —  Press Statement  —  Department Spokesperson  —  Washington, DC  —  We continue to closely follow disturbing reports on April 7 regarding another alleged chemical weapons attack, this time targeting a hospital in Douma, Syria.
Discussion: NBC News, KTLA and fox5sandiego.com
New York Times:   Poison Gas Attack Reported by Syrian Anti-Government Activists
Ross Douthat / New York Times:
Among the Abortion Extremists  —  A few weeks ago, The Washington Post's deputy editorial page editor, Ruth Marcus, wrote two columns explaining why, had either of her children been diagnosed with Down syndrome in utero, she would have accepted the “ghastly” nature of a second-trimester abortion and terminated the pregnancy.
Jon Herskovitz / Reuters:
Keystone pipeline leak in South Dakota about double previous estimate: paper  —  (Reuters) - The Keystone crude oil pipeline leak in November in rural South Dakota was nearly double the original estimate, making it one of the largest U.S. inland spills since 2010, a newspaper report on Saturday said.
Nicole Lafond / Talking Points Memo:
Ex-Trump Aide Says Jason Miller Forcing Long Custody Battle For ‘Revenge’  —  A.J. Delgado feels she has been misled by Jason Miller since the two first started dating while working as high-profile spokespeople for President Donald Trump's 2016 campaign.  —  At the start of their relationship …
Discussion: Mediaite
Josh Delk / The Hill:
Ted Nugent likens Democrats to ‘rabid coyotes’ that should be shot on sight  —  Musician Ted Nugent compared Democrats to “rabid coyotes” in a Friday discussion on gun control with InfoWars host Alex Jones, and said they should be shot on sight.  —  Asked by Jones, a right-wing conspiracy theorist …
Frank Bruni / New York Times:
Watch Out, Ted Cruz.  Beto is Coming.  —  HOUSTON — Count me among the swelling ranks of the infatuated.  I, too, have been Beto-struck.  —  I have seen the alternative to Ted Cruz — Lord knows we need an alternative to Ted Cruz — and he's a peppy, rangy, toothy progressive with ratios …
Andrew Kaczynski / CNN:
Roger Stone claimed to know of WikiLeaks email release date, despite saying otherwise  —  (CNN)Roger Stone, a longtime associate of President Donald Trump, said he knew the date of upcoming WikiLeaks disclosures in October 2016, despite claiming on Friday in an interview with CNN's Anderson Cooper that he didn't.
Discussion: The Hill, Raw Story and RedState
Julia Marsh / New York Post:
New School professor had orgy with students: lawsuit  —  Administrators at The New School let a star psychology professor who sexually harassed multiple students and even participated in an orgy with lab students quietly resign, according to a lawsuit by one of his alleged victims.
Discussion: Daily Mail and Breitbart
Daniel Marans / HuffPost:
Democrats' Chances Of Taking Over The House Just Got Better, Per New Forecast  —  The outlook is rosy despite Donald Trump's rise in the polls.  —  Democrats' shot at taking control of the U.S. House of Representatives just got slightly better, according to a new analysis of polling data conducted by The Cook Political Report.
Discussion: Washington Post and Daily Kos
Loveday Morris / Washington Post:
Palestinian journalist in vest marked ‘PRESS’ shot dead by Israeli troops in Gaza … GAZA CITY — Yaser Murtaja had often filmed from the sky, but he never lived to fulfill his dream of flying on an airplane though the clouds.  —  The young journalist shot drone images and video for Ain Media …
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David M. Halbfinger / New York Times:   Though Deadly, Gaza Protests Draw Attention and Enthusiasm
Christopher Wylie / The Guardian:
Why I broke the Facebook data story - and what should happen now  —  The whistleblower at the centre of the Cambridge Analytica storm asks if Britain will now address the hard issues which it has raised … In January, I told the British authorities that the app that was used to harvest data …
Bob Davis / Wall Street Journal:
The Architect of Trump's Threatened China Trade War  —  U.S. Trade Rep Bob Lighthizer argued that years of negotiation with Beijing had produced little and now the time had come for a confrontational approach  —  WASHINGTON—President Donald Trump's tough policy on China trade took shape …
Discussion: CNBC
Victoria Kim / Los Angeles Times:
How an anti-illegal immigration YouTuber turned a $280 fine into a federal criminal trial  —  It began as a $280 citation for using a video camera in a courthouse.  —  But to Gary Gileno, at stake was much more than the couple hundred bucks he was told to pay.
Sarah Rumpf / RedState:
Twitter Not Too Concerned About Death Threats Against Republican, Apparently  —  A 38-year-old man was arrested Friday for tweeting death threats against Rep. Bob Goodlatte (R-VA), but Twitter's response has been nonexistent.  Not only has his account not been suspended …
Discussion: IJR and Daily Wire
William A. Jacobson / Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion:
Michelle Obama may be best Dem hope for 2020, but says she doesn't want the job  —  I'm still predicting that if Republicans hold the House and Senate in November 2018, Democrats will beg Michelle to run.  —  In my New Year's 2018 predictions, I wrote:  —  1. Republicans will pick …
Fair Anchorage:
Breaking: Fair Anchorage Announces Defeat of Prop 1  —  ANCHORAGE — Today Fair Anchorage announced, based on the most recent numbers released by municipal officials, that Proposition 1, a ballot measure that would have removed nondiscrimination protections for transgender people from Anchorage's city ordinances, has been defeated.
 
 
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New York Times:
Farmers' Anger at Trump Tariffs Puts Republican Candidates in a Bind
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Melissa Korn / Wall Street Journal:
Justice Department Probes Colleges' Early-Decision Admission Practices
John Bowden / The Hill:
Bill Maher defends Ingraham: Parkland student calling for a boycott is wrong
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Reason:
The Radical Freedom of Dungeons & Dragons
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Yoram Hazony / Wall Street Journal:
The Dark Side of the Enlightenment
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Michael Savage / The Guardian:
Richest 1% on target to own two-thirds of all wealth by 2030
Discussion: Common Dreams and Daily Kos