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3:55 PM ET, April 9, 2019

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New York Times:
The Democratic Electorate on Twitter Is Not the Actual Democratic Electorate  —  A detailed look at the voters with the numbers to decide the 2020 Democratic nominee.  —  Democrats on social media  —  Progressive activists Other Democrats  —  The Democratic electorate off social media
Discussion: Townhall, Instapundit and Balloon Juice
Ross Douthat / New York Times:
Trump's Immigration Crisis  —  Behind the flailing lies a potential disaster for immigration hawks.  —  Across the decade that preceded Donald Trump's election, American politicians of both parties consistently tried to pass big, sweeping immigration bills that would legalize …
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Axios:
Trump orders dramatic changes in immigration policy, aims to accelerate deportations  —  President Trump has directed top officials to execute the most aggressive changes in immigration policy since his inauguration, sources tell Axios.  Some officials consider the moves legally and politically dubious.
Vicki Divoll / New York Times:
Subpoena Isn't the Only Way to Get the Mueller Report  —  By law, the House and Senate Intelligence Committees should already have certain investigative materials relating to Russian election meddling.  —  PAUL KRUGMAN  —  Why Does Trump Want to Debase the Fed?  —  The tax cut fizzled; send in the clowns!
Damian Paletta / Washington Post:
Mnuchin reveals White House lawyers consulted Treasury on Trump tax returns, despite law meant to limit political involvement  —  Treasury Department lawyers consulted with the White House general counsel's office about the potential release of President Trump's tax returns …
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Alan Rappeport / New York Times:
Mnuchin Says White House and Treasury Discussed Trump Tax Return Request
Jonathan Bernstein / Bloomberg:
Trump's Homeland Security Purge Is Destined to Fail  —  The president wants to run immigration policy from the White House.  History suggests that's a big mistake.  —  After ousting Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen, President Donald Trump has continued what everyone is calling a “purge” of the department this week.
Discussion: ThinkProgress, CNN and HuffPost
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Adam Shaw / Fox News:
Border Patrol official: Caravan-size influx of migrants arriving every week in Rio Grande Valley
Discussion: RedState, The Gateway Pundit and Slate
Seung Min Kim / Washington Post:
Grassley warns White House not to oust any more top immigration officials
Zachary Basu / Axios:
Ex-FBI official says 2 Cabinet members were open to invoking 25th Amendment  —  Former FBI General Counsel James Baker told the House Judiciary Committee last October that it's his understanding that Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein said there were 2 members of President Trump's Cabinet …
Discussion: Politico and Raw Story
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Associated Press:
The Latest: Facebook, Google condemn hate crimes  —  WASHINGTON — The Latest on the House Judiciary Committee hearing on white nationalism and social media (all times local):  —  Policy leaders from Facebook and Google are condemning hate crimes and defending their companies' policies on hate speech at a congressional hearing.
Washington Post:   The full Mueller report could be released — if the House opens preliminary impeachment hearings
Jonathan Broder / Newsweek:
How Ilhan Omar Is Changing the Conversation About Israel—and Upending the 2020 Campaign  —  In late March, some 18,000 people crowded into a grand ballroom the size of a commercial airline hangar in downtown Washington, D.C., for the annual conference of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee …
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Eric Levitz / New York Magazine:
If You Are Defending Stephen Miller, You Are an Ally of Anti-Semitism
Discussion: ABC News, ThinkProgress and The Hill
Brian Naylor / NPR:
FACT CHECK: Trump Wrongly States Obama Administration Had Child Separation Policy  —  President Trump repeated a false claim to reporters Tuesday, wrongly blaming the Obama administration for instituting a policy in which children were separated from their parents at the southern border.
Discussion: The Guardian and Fox News
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Brooke Singman / Fox News:
Trump says no plan to revive family separations, blames Obama for uproar
Discussion: Breitbart
Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
Kirstjen Nielsen's attempt to suck up to Trump ended badly. It always does.
Michael Gerson / Washington Post:   Trump takes an honor of a lifetime and turns it into a black hole
Sam Stanton / Sacramento Bee:
First Twitter, now The Fresno Bee: Devin Nunes files lawsuit against McClatchy  —  In his latest legal onslaught against perceived critics of his policies, U.S. Rep. Devin Nunes, R-Tulare, filed a $150 million defamation suit Monday in a Virginia circuit court against the McClatchy Co …
Discussion: CANNONFIRE and Law & Crime
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Fox News:
Nunes files $150M lawsuit against McClatchy, alleging conspiracy to derail Clinton, Russia probes
Justin Elliott / ProPublica:
Congress Is About to Ban the Government From Offering Free Online Tax Filing.  Thank TurboTax.  —  ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom based in New York.  Sign up for ProPublica's Big Story newsletter to receive stories like this one in your inbox as soon as they are published.
Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Democrats plan to use hearing to press Barr on Mueller report  —  House Democrats plan to grill Attorney General William Barr about his handling of special counsel Robert Mueller's final report when he appears before an Appropriations subcommittee on Tuesday morning.
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Steve Vladeck / Slate:
Trump Is Abusing His Authority to Name “Acting Secretaries.”  Here's How Congress Can Stop Him.  —  One of the more interesting legal phenomena of the Trump administration has been the attention paid to previously obscure federal statutes—and how the legal authorities they provide can be abused …
Discussion: Vox
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Catherine Clifford / CNBC:
Billionaire Jack Dorsey's 11 ‘wellness’ habits: From no food all weekend to ice baths  —  The ancient philosophy of Stoicism - which teaches to be satisfied with what you have and includes practices like self-denial — has become a trend among Silicon Valley elites.
New York Times:
Trump Says the U.S. Is ‘Full.’ Much of the Nation Has the Opposite Problem.  —  An aging population and a declining birthrate among the native-born population mean a shrinking work force in many areas.  —  President Trump has adopted a blunt new message in recent days for migrants seeking refuge …
Haaretz:
Israel Election 2019: Gantz and Netanyahu Tied; No Clear Path to Premiership for Either — Exit Polls  —  Netanyahu's party places 1,200 hidden cameras in Arab polling sites ■ Gantz helps injured motorcyclist ■ 6.3 million people eligible to vote
Discussion: Al Jazeera
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Matthew Gault / Motherboard:
Read the Best Parts of Alex Jones's 159-Page Deposition About Pepe the Frog  —  Jones is getting sued for allegedly violating the copyright of Pepe the Frog's creator by selling Pepe posters on Infowars.  —  In a court deposition obtained by Motherboard, Infowars's Alex Jones claimed Pepe the Frog was more than just a cartoon frog.
Erik Wasson / Bloomberg:
Moderate Democrats Back Balanced-Budget Amendment, Countering Liberals  — Group backs balanced budget amendment to Constitution  — Move by Blue Dogs highlights differences with progressives  —  A group of moderate House Democrats is proposing a balanced budget amendment …
Discussion: Splinter
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John Bresnahan / Politico:   House Dems cancel vote on budget plan amid internal revolt
Bryan Lowry / Kansas City Star:
'We can't confirm him,' Pat Roberts warns of potential Kobach nomination for DHS  —  One of the GOP senators from Kris Kobach's home state said Tuesday that the Senate would not be able to confirm the Kansas Republican if President Donald Trump tapped him for a cabinet post.
Pew Research Center:
Race in America 2019  —  Public has negative views of the country's racial progress; more than half say Trump has made race relations worse  —  More than 150 years after the 13th Amendment abolished slavery in the United States, most U.S. adults say the legacy of slavery continues …
Discussion: Vox, The Root, CNN, Axios and Boing Boing
New York Times:
At Trump's Florida Resort Empire, a Quiet Effort to Eliminate an Undocumented Work Force  —  PALM BEACH, Fla. — Behind the clipped hedges of President Trump's sumptuous private clubs in South Florida, including his Mar-a-Lago estate where he has spent many getaway weekends …
Discussion: Politico
Peter Nicholas / The Atlantic:
Why Trump Is Serious About Herman Cain  —  A couple of months back, President Donald Trump privately told aides that he was ready to make a surprise announcement and that he would shake up the nation's central bank with an unconventional pick for the governing board: Herman Cain, best known for an ill-fated presidential bid.
Discussion: Raw Story
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Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Why Does Trump Want to Debase the Fed?
Discussion: Vanity Fair, Daily Kos and CNBC
 
 
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Washington Post:
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Discussion: The Atlantic and New York Times
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Hackers attacked California DMV voter registration system marred by bugs, glitches
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New York Times:
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Zack Beauchamp / Vox:
White supremacists are trying to recruit American teens through video games
Discussion: Raw Story
Nic Wispinski / Data For Progress:
The West Wing's Biggest Fans Are On The Furthest Ends of the Political Spectrum
Steven Shepard / Politico:
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Katie Notopoulos / Business Insider:
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David Bauder / Associated Press:
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