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3:10 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.
Discussion: Joe.My.God.
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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
Haaretz:
Netanyahu Says Will Begin Annexing West Bank if Re-elected Prime Minister  —  Netanyahu tells Channel 12 he will not divide Jerusalem nor ‘evacuate any community’  —  Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told Israel's Channel 12 News on Saturday evening that he will start extending Israeli sovereignty …
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Abraham Riesman / New York Magazine:   Whatever Happened to the Israeli Left? …
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.
Discussion: Daily Wire
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: Daily Kos, The Root and Balloon Juice
New York Times:   Biden Didn't Rush Into 2020. The Race Came to Him Anyway.
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
Alexandra Hutzler / Newsweek:
Republican Senator John Kennedy Suggests Someone Could Be ‘Killed’ if Unredacted Mueller Report Is Released  —  Republican Senator John Kennedy suggested that someone could be “killed” if the unredacted version of the Special Counsel Robert Mueller's Russia investigation is released to the public.
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Reuters:
President Trump says has not read Mueller report
Discussion: Political Wire
William Saletan / Slate:
Republicans Have Made 18 Extraordinary Claims About the Mueller Report. Are Any of Them True?
Discussion: Politico, Washington Post and Quartz
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: theGrio and The Root
Tal Axelrod / The Hill:
Obama: I worry progressives may undercut Democratic allies  —  Former President Obama expressed concern about the progressive wing of the Democratic Party, saying he feared it could end up undercutting allies.  —  Speaking at a town hall event on Saturday for the Obama Foundation in Berlin …
Discussion: The Guardian, Slate and POLITICUSUSA
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: Axios, Mother Jones and Breitbart
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
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.
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New York Times:
Herman Cain Opens a New #MeToo Minefield for Republicans
Discussion: The Week
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 …
Discussion: The Guardian
Charlie Warzel / New York Times:
This Guy Is the President's Favorite Meme-Maker  —  A stay-at-home dad in Kansas reveals how the lines have blurred between viral trolling and the business of politics.  —  Mr. Warzel is an Opinion writer at large. … Welcome to 2019, where it takes just 19 hours for a faked homemade video …
Hayes Brown / BuzzFeed News:
Justin Trudeau Used To Make People Go — Now It's More Like  —  One recent opinion poll had the Canadian prime minister with a lower approval rating than Donald Trump.  How did this happen?  —  The last time you thought about Prime Minister Justin Trudeau (if you're a US citizen) …
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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Elliot Spagat / ABC News:
US wants 2 years to ID migrant kids separated from families
Tal Axelrod / The Hill:
Candace Owens to testify in congressional hearing on hate crimes and white nationalism
Maeve Reston / CNN:
First on CNN: Captain America dives into politics
Discussion: Mashable
Erica L. Green / New York Times:
Education Department Has Stalled on Debt Relief for Defrauded Students
Ed Condon / Catholic Herald:
‘As a bishop, it is my duty to warn the West’: An interview with Cardinal Sarah
ABC News:
Trump pulls ICE director nominee amid threats to close border over illegal immigration
 Earlier Items: 
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
Discussion: Raw Story
Lauren Kelley / New York Times:
America's Leaders Need Sex Ed
Paul Kane / Washington Post:
Pelosi outlines a path to victory for House Democrats in 2020 — and guarantees it
Discussion: Raw Story
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
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