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11:55 AM ET, April 8, 2018

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Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Trump calls out Putin by name for “backing Animal Assad”  —  President Trump responded on Twitter to the alleged chemical attack by Syrian government forces that left dozens dead, calling out Russian President Vladimir Putin by name for his backing of the Assad regime. … This tweet is important.
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Ben Hubbard / New York Times:
Dozens Suffocate in Syria as Government Is Accused of Chemical Attack  —  BEIRUT, Lebanon — Dozens of Syrians choked to death after a suspected chemical attack struck the rebel-held suburb of Douma, sending a stream of patients with burning eyes and breathing problems to medical clinics, aid groups said on Sunday.
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Statement on the latest attack in Douma, Syria  —  Statement by the Spokesperson on the latest attack in Douma, Syria  —  Reports from Douma, under the siege and bombardment by regime forces and its allies, indicate that a high number of civilians were killed yesterday evening …
Jonathan Lemire / Associated Press:
Trump calls out ‘Animal Assad’ for suspected chemical attack  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Sunday condemned a “mindless CHEMICAL attack” in Syria that killed women and children, but he offered no evidence to support the claim by Syrian opposition activists and rescuers that poison gas was used.
Kareem Shaheen / The Guardian:
Dozens killed in suspected chemical attack on Syrian rebel enclave
Washington Post:
Dozens killed in apparent chemical weapons attack on civilians in eastern Ghouta — rescue workers
Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money
Reuters:   U.S.: If True, Deadly Syria Chemical Attack Demands International Response; Russia to Blame
Chris Graham / Telegraph:
Scores feared dead in Syria ‘chemical attack’ as US demands international response
Discussion: Townhall
Associated Press:   Syrian gov't: Rebels to give up last Ghouta suburb
Caroline Linton / CBS News:
Trump Tower fire is second 2018 blaze in sprinkler-free residential tower  —  The fire on the 50th floor New York City's Trump Tower that left 67-year-old Todd Brassner dead and six firefighters injured was the second fire in the building in 2018.  President Trump's centerpiece Manhattan skyscraper opened …
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CNN:
Fire at Trump Tower leaves man dead and 6 firefighters injured
New York Post:
1 dead, 4 firefighters hurt in Trump Tower blaze
Mike Allen / Axios:
Trump's budget “undo” button  —  President Trump may try to hit “undo” on a slice of the $1.3 trillion spending bill that he signed last month after threatening a veto, and now regrets.  —  The big picture: Republican aides in the House and Senate tell me they're working with the White House …
Discussion: Mediaite and Hullabaloo
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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 …
Stan Collender / Forbes:   Trump Trillion Dollar Budget Deficits Officially Begin This Week
Jonathan Martin / New York Times:
Republicans Seize on Impeachment for Edge in 2018 Midterms  —  WASHINGTON — As Republican leaders scramble to stave off a Democratic wave or at least mitigate their party's losses in November, a strategy is emerging on the right for how to energize conservatives and drive a wedge between …
George F. Will / Washington Post:
There's no good reason to stop felons from voting … The bumpy path of Desmond Meade's life meandered to its current interesting point.  He is a graduate of Florida International University law school but cannot vote in his home state because his path went through prison …
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George Will / National Review:
What Government Interest Is Served by Disenfranchising Felons?
Discussion: Power Line
Jonathan Lemire / Associated Press:
Trump suggesting China will ‘take down’ its trade barriers  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — Amid rising concerns about a possible trade war between the U.S. and China, President Donald Trump suggested that Beijing will ease “because it is the right thing to do” and that the economic superpowers can settle …
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New York Times:
Farmers' Anger at Trump Tariffs Puts Republican Candidates in a Bind
Discussion: Hullabaloo, Political Wire and Politico
Erica Pandey / Axios:
Trump: “Xi and I will always be friends” despite trade issues
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.
Discussion: The Atlantic
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Sady Doyle / HuffPost:
There Is No Reasonable Way To Say ‘Abortion Is Murder’
Discussion: Longreads and The Daily Beast
Carl Arbogast / RedState:
Stop Trying To Make Beto Happen; Ted Cruz Will Trounce Him and Here's Why  —  Beto O'Rourke is different than most politicians in Washington DC.  It may sound mean, but most of the elected people walking the halls of the U.S. Capitol look as though they fell out of the ugly tree and hit every branch …
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Frank Bruni / New York Times:
Watch Out, Ted Cruz. Beto is Coming.
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.
Sydney Ember / New York Times:
Denver Post Rebels Against Its Hedge-Fund Ownership  —  The Denver Post is in open revolt against its owner.  —  Angry and frustrated journalists at the 125-year-old newspaper took the extraordinary step this weekend of publicly blasting its New York-based hedge-fund owner and making the case …
Jordain Carney / The Hill:
GOP worries Blankenship surge will cost party W. Va. Senate seat  —  MARTINSBURG, W.Va. — A former coal CEO's post-prison rise is scrambling the GOP battle to unseat Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin  —  (W.Va.).  —  Don Blankenship, released from jail less than a year ago …
Discussion: National Journal
Ben Smith / BuzzFeed:
This Is What It Was Like Learning To Report Before Fake News Was The Biggest Problem In The World  —  As a young reporter in Eastern Europe in 2001, I expected to witness the “end of history” and the flowering of democracy.  That was just one of the mistakes I made.  —  BuzzFeed Editor-in-Chief
Chris Thompson / Deadspin:
Indians Fans Taunt, Mock, And Scream Obscenities At Native American Protesters At Home Opener  —  The Cleveland Indians finally made the decision to at least scale back the use of the Chief Wahoo logo, starting next season, when the racist caricature will be removed from Indians uniforms …
Jason Hancock / Kansas City Star:
Missouri braces for bombshell as report on Greitens scandals is set for release  —  JEFFERSON CITY  —  The series of slow-burning scandals that have besieged Gov. Eric Greitens over the last three months could soon transform into an inferno that engulfs his administration.
Rachel Ohm / Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel:
Skowhegan bull chase an example of how not to react, experts say  —  While admitting a bull is a large, strong animal, experts counsel being calm and giving a bull its space.  —  When the Skowhegan police chief recently chased a loose bull through town and fatally shot it …
Des Moines Register:
20 cents on the dollar  —  In Tatum Woods' case, Amerigroup, his Medicaid company, offered to pay $575 of the $3,500 manufacturer cost of the wheelchair-like device known as a gait trainer, which suspends him above the floor and allows him to “walk” by propelling himself on wheels.
Adam B. Vary / BuzzFeed:
This New Film Is Resurrecting Ted Kennedy's Darkest Scandal  —  “It is a damning portrait because there's no other way to tell it,” Chappaquiddick director John Curran told BuzzFeed News.  —  On the night of July 18, 1969, Sen. Ted Kennedy — the last surviving son of the powerful Kennedy …
 
 
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Discussion: Washington Post and Daily Kos
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Ex-Trump Aide Says Jason Miller Forcing Long Custody Battle For ‘Revenge’
Discussion: Mediaite
Michael Grunwald / Politico:
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