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2:05 PM ET, April 6, 2019

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Tarpley Hitt / The Daily Beast:
‘No Celebrities’: Embarrassing Turnout at Trump's Beverly Hills Fundraiser  —  Tickets for the event allegedly started at $15,000 and went as high as $150,000.  —  BEVERLY HILLS, California—Late Friday afternoon, Donald Trump landed in Los Angeles for a re-election fundraiser.
Jeff Murray / Elmira Star-Gazette:
Steuben County man makes death threats against Rep. Ilhan Omar, federal official say  —  Speaker Nancy Pelosi says the House will vote on a resolution condemning anti-Semitism, Islamophobia and other forms of hate after an upheaval that split Democrats and clouded their agenda.
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Allison Quinn / The Daily Beast:
Feds Arrest New York Man for Allegedly Threatening to Kill Rep. Ilhan Omar  —  A 55-year-old New York man was arrested Friday for allegedly threatening to kill freshman congresswoman Ilhan Omar, the Elmira Star-Gazette reports.  The man, identified as Patrick W. Carlineo …
Discussion: The Daily Beast
Associated Press:   FBI: NY man threatened to kill Minn. Congresswoman
Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: W.H. resurrects health care push  —  DRIVING THE DAY  —  FIRST IN PLAYBOOK — W.H. HEALTH CARE PUSH NOT OVER ... NANCY COOK: “White House acting chief-of-staff MICK MULVANEY is convening a meeting at Camp David this weekend with top White House staffers and key Cabinet members …
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Karen Tumulty / Washington Post:
Joe Biden's rustiness is showing
Discussion: The Root, Balloon Juice and CNN
New York Times:
Biden Didn't Rush Into 2020. The Race Came to Him Anyway.
Discussion: VICE News
Associated Press:
A 2016 hangover: Some Bernie Sanders supporters still upset  —  IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — It was hard to miss Cheri Pichone's excitement about Bernie Sanders' second presidential run.  She showed up to a recent Iowa rally decked out in Sanders gear, complete with a figurine of the Vermont senator and progressive icon.
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Aída Chávez / The Intercept:
Bernie Sanders Is the Most Popular 2020 Candidate Among Hispanic Voters, New Polling Finds
Discussion: Boing Boing
Post and Courier:
Former SC Governor, U.S. Senator Ernest F.  ‘Fritz’ Hollings dies at 97 … Fritz Hollings celebrates his 1998 victory over Republican challenger Bob Inglis to retain his U.S. Senate seat.  It would be his final campaign.  File/Matthew Fortner/staff  —  Fritz Hollings is sworn …
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David Travis Bland / The State:   Former U.S. Senator Ernest ‘Fritz’ Hollings has died
Reuters:
President Trump says has not read Mueller report  —  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said on Saturday he had not read Special Counsel Robert Mueller's report investigating contacts between his 2016 campaign and Russia that his Democratic opponents say should be released in full.
Discussion: Political Wire
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Alexandra Hutzler / Newsweek:   Republican Senator John Kennedy Suggests Someone Could Be ‘Killed’ if Unredacted Mueller Report Is Released
William Saletan / Slate:
Republicans Have Made 18 Extraordinary Claims About the Mueller Report. Are Any of Them True?
Discussion: Washington Post and Quartz
Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Congress' new Mueller fight: Do Dems need to begin impeachment to see secret files?  —  Do Democrats have to begin the process of impeaching President Donald Trump in order to access special counsel Robert Mueller's secrets?  —  That legal debate began raging inside the House Judiciary Committee …
Discussion: Lawfare and Raw Story
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Heather Long / Washington Post:
Trump administration nearly doubles H-2B guest visa program, which brings many Mexican workers  —  As President Trump threatened to shut down the U.S.-Mexico border in recent days, his Department of Homeland Security nearly doubled the number of temporary guest worker visas available this summer.
Discussion: Mother Jones, Axios and Breitbart
Richard Fausset / New York Times:
3 Black Churches Have Burned in 10 Days in a Single Louisiana Parish  —  ATLANTA — Three historically black churches have burned in less than two weeks in one south Louisiana parish, where officials said they had found “suspicious elements” in each case.  The officials have not ruled …
Discussion: The Root
Corky Siemaszko / NBC News:
Revolutionary War hero Casimir Pulaski might have been a woman or intersex  —  Researchers noticed the Polish officer's delicate bone structure after the skeleton was extracted from the Pulaski monument in Savannah, Georgia.  —  Casimir Pulaski, hero of the Revolutionary War and the pride …
Nancy Scola / Politico:
Here's a Trump campaign strategy Democrats are eager to embrace  —  President Donald Trump left many in Washington scratching their heads when he put his 2016 campaign's digital chief in charge of his entire reelection effort.  —  But now Democrats are embracing that strategy too.
Discussion: POLITICUSUSA and Raw Story
Ed Condon / Catholic Herald:
‘As a bishop, it is my duty to warn the West’: An interview with Cardinal Sarah  —  Cardinal Sarah kneels before the Blessed Sacrament in Toronto (University of St Michael's College)  —  The Vatican cardinal discusses his hard-hitting new book in this exclusive interview with La Nef
Bandy X. Lee / New York Daily News:
Trump's mental condition seems to be getting worse: He should subject himself to a rigorous assessment now  —  Two years after organizing a conference at Yale about how mental health professionals could warn the public ethically and effectively, our predictions have borne out to be true …
Discussion: Raw Story
New York Times:
A Mysterious Infection, Spanning the Globe in a Climate of Secrecy  —  The rise of Candida auris embodies a serious and growing public health threat: drug-resistant germs.  —  Last May, an elderly man was admitted to the Brooklyn branch of Mount Sinai Hospital for abdominal surgery.
HuffPost:
Trump Lawyers Fight Release Of The President's Tax Returns  —  In a letter, the president's lawyers argued that the release of his returns, as House Democrats have requested, wouldn't be “consistent” with the law.  —  President Donald Trump's lawyers are pushing back against the idea of releasing his tax returns.
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Paul Kane / Washington Post:
Pelosi outlines a path to victory for House Democrats in 2020 — and guarantees it  —  Barely three months into her second turn in charge, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has already mapped out a plan to overwhelm Republicans in the 2020 elections.  —  “I'm going to have our races won by this November,” the California Democrat said.
Discussion: Raw Story
Abraham Riesman / New York Magazine:
Whatever Happened to the Israeli Left?  On the eve of the Jewish state's elections, an appraisal of the battered opposition.  —  Barreling down a barely existent road in the South Hebron Hills, as I sit in the passenger seat of Nasser Nawaja's well-worn Dacia Duster, the conversation turns to the fate of the Holy Land.
Neil Irwin / New York Times:
What's at Risk if the Fed Becomes as Partisan as the Rest of Washington  —  The credibility of the Federal Reserve around the world has been built over decades.  —  Politicians have had strong opinions on what the Federal Reserve should and shouldn't do throughout its 105-year history.
Maeve Reston / CNN:
First on CNN: Captain America dives into politics  —  Rep. Crenshaw shows off superhero-inspired glass eye  —  (CNN)Actor Chris Evans blasted a video to members of Congress late Friday night offering new clues about his secret, non-partisan civic engagement project, which he is calling “A Starting Point.”
Discussion: Mashable
 
 
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Erica L. Green / New York Times:
Education Department Has Stalled on Debt Relief for Defrauded Students
ABC News:
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Lauren Kelley / New York Times:
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Roger Cohen / New York Times:
Biden, Honorable Patriot, Should Side With Restraint
Gerard Baker / Wall Street Journal:
The Deep Rot Exposed by the Biden Flap
Discussion: Althouse
Associated Press:
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David Jackson / USA Today:
Donald Trump says he will again skip the White House correspondents dinner
Hell World:
I hate what they've done to almost everyone in my family
Marcy Wheeler / Washington Post:
We already knew Barr's summary was too easy on Trump. Public records prove it.
Discussion: Raw Story
Liz Mair / USA Today:
Free speech means I don't have to be nice to Devin Nunes on Twitter. So why's he suing me?
ProPublica:
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Daniel Wiessner / Reuters:
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Gaby Del Valle / The Verge:
The US Senate reauthorizes FISA's Section 702; some communication service providers had threatened to stop cooperating with the US government in case of a lapse

Foo Yun Chee / Reuters:
Sources: EU may accept Apple's proposal to open its NFC payments tech to rivals, and may close its antitrust probe in May, letting Apple avoid hefty fines

 
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