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11:55 AM ET, May 7, 2018

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Ronan Farrow / New Yorker:
Israeli Operatives Who Aided Harvey Weinstein Collected Information on Former Obama Administration Officials  —  In June, 2017, Ann Norris, a former State Department official, received an e-mail containing an unusual proposal.  Norris is married to Ben Rhodes, a former foreign-policy adviser …
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James Hohmann / Washington Post:
The Daily 202: Rudy Giuliani is repeating seven mistakes that brought down previous Trump advisers … THE BIG IDEA:  —  Rudy Giuliani has neither reduced Donald Trump's legal exposure nor helped him in the court of public opinion during his weeklong media blitz, but the former …
Discussion: Townhall, Vox, CNN and CNBC
Washington Post:
Giuliani pleased with his media tour: 'Everybody's reacting to us now'
Andrew C. McCarthy / National Review:
Outrageous Redactions to the Russia Report  —  The FBI and DOJ have been burying the investigators' questionable judgments and information helpful to Flynn.  —  Cute how this works: Kick off the week with some “the Department of Justice is not going to be extorted” bombast …
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Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Trump's GOP ‘warriors’ lead charge against Mueller  —  Trump has hailed a quartet of aggressive House Republicans whom Democrats say are trying to ‘sabotage’ the Russia probe.  —  They have demanded thousands of documents central to special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation.
Laura Jarrett / CNN:
Nunes, in spat with Justice Department, threatens Sessions with contempt over Russia materials  —  (CNN)House Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin Nunes warned Sunday that he plans to urge lawmakers “this week” to hold Attorney General Jeff Sessions in contempt of Congress for failing to hand …
Wall Street Journal:   The Mystery of Michael Flynn's Guilty Plea
Ta-Nehisi Coates / The Atlantic:
I'm Not Black, I'm Kanye  —  I could only have seen it there, on the waxed hardwood floor of my elementary-school auditorium, because I was young then, barely 7 years old, and cable had not yet come to the city, and if it had, my father would not have believed in it.
Discussion: Daily Wire and The Week
New York Times:
‘Smoke and Mirrors’: Emails Detail Pruitt's Drive for Secrecy at the E.P.A.  —  WASHINGTON — The invitation-only breakfast at the Mandarin Oriental Hotel in Washington gathered 250 executives from the nation's largest electric utilities, assembled in a ballroom to meet with Scott Pruitt …
John McCormack / Weekly Standard:
Exclusive: Two West Virginia Internal Campaign Polls Show Blankenship Narrowly Edging GOP Rivals  —  Republicans are panicking as internal polls show Don Blankenship, a coal baron who spent time in jail for a mining disaster that killed 29 workers, surging into the lead in the West Virginia Senate GOP primary …
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Katherine Mangan / Chronicle of Higher Education:
He Makes a Joke.  She Isn't Laughing: ‘Lingerie’ Comment in Elevator Leads to Uproar Among Scholars  —  He says he was joking when he asked to be let off an elevator at the ladies' lingerie department.  A female scholar who was attending the same annual meeting of the International Studies Association …
Danielle Paquette / Washington Post:
People think she's a Parkland ‘crisis actor.’ It's terrifying.  —  NEW YORK — The strangers mocked her on social media.  They called her old boss, saying she should be arrested.  Now she feared one was stalking her.  —  Emma Gonzalez became an Internet obsession after a gunman killed 17 people …
Denver Newspaper Guild:
Denver Post Newsroom Statement on Resignation of Editorial Page Editor Chuck Plunkett  —  To our readers:  —  Newspapers tell the truth.  —  They must.  Always.  —  That is why we, the newsroom of The Denver Post, are outraged at the unconscionable censorship imposed on our now-former editorial page editor, Chuck Plunkett.
Washington Post:
Inside Melania Trump's complicated White House life: Separate schedules, different priorities … Donald and Melania Trump's remarkably separate daily routines begin with him getting up around 5:30 a.m., watching cable news shows and tweeting.  —  The first lady wakes in her own bedroom a bit later …
David Leonhardt / New York Times:
Save Barnes & Noble!  —  Barnes & Noble is in trouble.  You hear that, in worried tones, when you talk to people in the book business.  You feel it when you walk into one of the chain's stores, a cluttered mix of gifts, games, DVDs (DVDs?) and books.  And you really see the problems if you dig into the company's financial statements.
David Morgan / Reuters:
Republicans in key election races turn down volume on Trump's tax cuts  —  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Right after Republicans in the U.S. Senate passed their income tax overhaul in December, delivering tax cuts to businesses and most American taxpayers, Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell was buoyant.
George Bennett / Post On Politics:
Shocker: Republican candidate says ‘I was just wrong’ — and Obama was right  —  ORLANDO — Candidates rarely admit being wrong about anything.  —  It's even more rare for a candidate in a Republican primary to say he was wrong and former President Barack Obama was right.
Discussion: Raw Story
Circa / WJLA-TV:
Southwest Airlines plane struck by truck at BWI Airport in Maryland  —  Southwest Airlines plane is struck by truck at BWI Airport in Maryland (Photo provided to WJLA by Michael Simon, @Thee_Tree)  —  WASHINGTON (WJLA) - A pickup truck hit a Southwest Airlines plane coming into BWI Airport …
Katie Glueck / McClatchy Washington Bureau:
GOP is scrambling to identify headliners who might boost enthusiasm on the 2018 trail  —  WASHINGTON  —  Republicans don't just suffer an enthusiasm gap this year.  They also have the weighty problem of finding a headliner who can close it.  —  Sen. John McCain, once one of the GOP's …
Eric Levitz / New York Magazine:
The Liberal Media Can Have Ideological Diversity Without Conservatives  —  Donald Trump's election exposed the irrelevance of conservative intellectuals — and thereby, the incoherence of many a liberal publication's mission statement.  —  During the 2016 primaries, the right-wing intelligentsia mobilized in opposition to Trump.
Aram Roston / BuzzFeed:
This American Is A General For A Foreign Army Accused Of War Crimes In Yemen  —  “We would call him ‘Little Napoleon.’”  —  Stephen Toumajan spent most of his professional life as an officer in the US Army — but these days the country he serves is not the US but the United Arab Emirates.
Caitlin O'Kane / CBS News:
Boy regains consciousness after parents sign papers to donate his organs  —  A 13-year-old boy who suffered severe brain trauma in an accident regained consciousness after his parents signed paperwork to donate his organs.  Trenton McKinley of Mobile, Alabama, suffered the injury two months ago …
Discussion: RT, The Week, KTLA, KFOR-TV, CBS 4 and twitchy.com
Tanya Snyder / Politico:
Did Elaine Chao's DOT interviews help her family's business?  —  In at least a dozen interviews with Chinese and Chinese-American media outlets since her nomination, Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao has appeared beside her shipping magnate father, whose company carries goods between …
E.J. Dionne Jr. / Washington Post:
No wonder there's an exodus from religion … Do you wonder why the proportion of Americans declaring themselves unaffiliated with organized religion has skyrocketed in recent decades?  —  This trend is especially pronounced among adults under 30, roughly 40 percent of whom claim …
Stephen Collinson / CNN:
Trump divines his own truth without consequences  —  Washington (CNN)Donald Trump has learned he can get away with anything.  —  While the President has always profited from creating his own reality, the impact of having a commander in chief who so frequently bends fact is only beginning to be understood.
Discussion: Althouse, Washington Post and The Week
Kyle Olson / The American Mirror:
MAXINE MELTDOWN: Waters shouts ‘Damn this president!’  —  California Congresswoman Maxine Waters had another meltdown this weekend as she bloviated about what she thinks President Trump is doing to the country.  —  “We're in a difficult time in this country,” Waters said during an appearance …
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Lisa Mascaro / Associated Press:
From Bakersfield to DC, McCarthy's unlikely rise in GOP  —  BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (AP) — People watching Rep. Kevin McCarthy's political rise often marvel at how he got here.  He's the not-so-serious guy who used to bop around town selling sandwiches and cars before dipping into politics.
Kirk Semple / New York Times:
AIDS Runs Rampant in Venezuela, Putting an Ancient Culture at Risk  —  The disease threatens an entire indigenous population, the Warao people of the Orinoco Delta, as government programs collapse.  —  JOBURE DE GUAYO, Venezuela — After the other villagers had drifted away to do chores …
Washington Post:
Americans are starting to suffer from Trump's health-care sabotage  —  IT IS a tribute to the resilience of the United States' public and private institutions that, despite President Trump's incoherent management, the country has, by many measures, continued to improve, notching …
 
 
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Associated Press:
Iranians say uncertainty over nuclear deal is bringing fear
Discussion: Wall Street Journal
Thomas Beaumont / Associated Press:
Pelosi: Democrats have cash and environment to win House
Sean Stevens / Heterodox Academy:
Research Summary: Education Is Related To Greater Ideological Prejudice
Daniel Lippman / Politico:
BIRTHDAY OF THE DAY: Mark Murray, NBC News senior political editor
Bloomberg:
Record Numbers of Women Running for Office May Not Mean Big Gains in Congress
Jonathan Turley / The Hill:
Mueller puts politics above the law
Washington Post:
Republicans whose jobs once seemed safe are struggling for a 2018 survival strategy
Discussion: Daily Kos, Politico and Political Wire
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Sheera Frenkel / New York Times:
Scholars Have Data on Millions of Facebook Users. Who's Guarding It?
Washington Post:
Iraq's prime minister is making electoral history in the former jewel of the Islamic State
Discussion: Power Line
Andrew Kerr / The Daily Caller:
How Buzzfeed's ‘Data-Monster’ Leveraged User Data To Fuel Super PACs, Target Voters
Jacob Bernstein / New York Times:
The Man Who Bought New York
Wall Street Journal:
House Democrats Plan to Release 3,000 Russian-Linked Facebook Ads
Discussion: AOL, more at Techmeme »
Katie Rogers / New York Times:
Kellyanne Conway's Husband Takes White House to Task on Twitter
Corey Kilgannon / New York Times:
96-Year-Old Secretary Quietly Amasses Fortune, Then Donates $8.2 Million
Discussion: The Week