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<p><strong>In a swirl of sobering questions</strong> about the Constitution=and the rule of law, many Republicans are asking simply: Why now? Why?!</p=<p><strong>Republicans around town, </strong>and even some White House off=cials, tell me they're baffled by President Trump's decision to fire FBI D=rector James Comey in the middle of his Russia investigation \u2014 and=with the explanation that it's because of his handling of Hillary's email,=which Trump had praised him for in the past. </p><p><strong>"They just bar=ly got</strong> the tiniest bit of momentum going after the House health c=re bill, and now it's like the engine has fallen out of the car," said an =utside adviser to the West Wing. "The Russia thing will now go on forever.=And the rationale in the letter was preposterous. This was a tremendous milculation."</p><p><strong>Even some White House officials</strong> belie=e that the likely result will be a <a href="http://link.axios.com/click/X0833.32330/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAxNy8wNS8wOS91cy9wb2xpdGljccnVtcC1yb3NlbnN0ZWluLWNvbWV5LXNwZWNpYWwtY291bnNlbC1ydXNzaWEuaHRtbD91dG1f)1cmNlPW5ld3NsZXR0ZXImdXRtX21lZGl1bT1lbWFpbCZ1dG1fY2FtcGFpZ249bmV3c2xldHR=cl9heGlvc2Ft/5871993924c17c54d77a8b8cB94536e16" target="_blank">special =ounsel</a>, which Democrats are now pushing nearly in unison. <a href="h=tp://link.axios.com/click/9580833.32330/aHR0cHM6Ly9maW5hbmNlLnlhaG9vLmNvbS=uZXdzL2xhdGVzdC10cnVtcC1jYWxsZWQtMi1zZW5hdG9ycy1maXJpbmctY29tZXktMjIyMjM1O=Q4Lmh0bWw_dXRtX3NvdXJjZT1uZXdzbGV0dGVyJnV0bV9tZWRpdW09ZW1haWwmdXRtX2NhbXBh=WduPW5ld3NsZXR0ZXJfYXhpb3NhbQ/5871993924c17c54d77a8b8cB1ad65278" target=_blank">AP reports</a> that Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer said la=t night that he told Trump in a phone conversation <strong>"[Y]ou are maki=g a big mistake."</strong></p><p><strong>The firing increases</strong> scr=tiny of the feds' Russia probe, and will make Democrats even more aggressi=e with their investigation. Senate Dem </p><p>Comey, who's 6 foot 8, liter=lly and psychically towered over so many national dramas of the past decad=, and is accused by Democrats of tipping the presidential election.</p><p>=strong>Adding to GOP bewilderment, </strong>the announcement came 10 days ore Trump leaves on his first foreign trip, to <a href="http://link.ax=os.com/click/9580833.32330/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAxNy8wNS8wNC9=cy9wb2xpdGljcy90cnVtcC10by12aXNpdC1zYXVkaS1hcmFiaWEtYW5kLWlzcmFlbC1pbi1maX=zdC1mb3JlaWduLXRyaXAuaHRtbD91dG1fc291cmNlPW5ld3NsZXR0ZXImdXRtX21lZGl1bT1lb=FpbCZ1dG1fY2FtcGFpZ249bmV3c2xldHRlcl9heGlvc2Ft/5871993924c17c54d77a8b8cB90"83b" target="_blank">centers of three great religions</a> \u2014 Sa=di Arabia, Israel and Rome. Trump has said he hopes the trip will begin to="construct a new foundation of cooperation and support with our Muslim all=es."</p><p><strong>"That's the kind of thing</strong> that changes history=and the trajectory of a presidency \u2014 a permanent legacy," the advi=er said. "The timing of this is all bad for Trump."</p><p><strong>Matt Mil=er,</strong> a former Justice Department spokesman under President Obama, =aid everyone he talked to at Main Justice last night was in shock. Miller =aid it was clear internally that the White House didn't trust Comey, and c=uldn't control him.</p><p><strong>"This makes no sense</strong> in the sho=t term," Miller said. "But if the long-term threat is the survival of the =dministration itself, then you take the short-term risk."<br></p><p><stron=>P.S. </strong>Trump on Comey, at a campaign rally on <a href="http://li=k.axios.com/click/9580833.32330/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cueWFob28uY29tL25ld3MvdHJ1bX=zLW1peGVkLW1lc3NhZ2VzLWV4LWZiaS1kaXJlY3Rvci1jb21leS0wMTI3NDE3MzktLXBvbGl0a=NzLmh0bWw_dXRtX3NvdXJjZT1uZXdzbGV0dGVyJnV0bV9tZWRpdW09ZW1haWwmdXRtX2NhbXBh=WduPW5ld3NsZXR0ZXJfYXhpb3NhbQ/5871993924c17c54d77a8b8cB30931194" target=_blank">Oct. 31</a>, after the FBI director sent a letter to Congress sayi=g he was reopening the Clinton email probe: "It took a lot of guts. I real=y disagreed with him. I was not his fan. But I'll tell you what he did, he=brought back his reputation. He brought it back. He's got to hang tough be=ause there's ... a lot of people want him to do the wrong thing. What he d=d was the right thing."</p>
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<p>... we'd like answered: </p><ol> <li>What the hell is going on?</li><li>=hy the rush to get rid of Comey?</li><li>What does Comey know that we don'=?</li><li>Who did Trump consult?</li><li>Who was against it? (<a href="h=tp://link.axios.com/click/9580833.32330/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMj=xNy8wNS8wOS91cy9wb2xpdGljcy9qYW1lcy1jb21leS1maXJlZC1mYmkuaHRtbD91dG1fc291c=NlPW5ld3NsZXR0ZXImdXRtX21lZGl1bT1lbWFpbCZ1dG1fY2FtcGFpZ249bmV3c2xldHRlcl9h=Glvc2Ft/5871993924c17c54d77a8b8cBce4513ce" target="_blank">NYT</a>: "Rei Priebus, the White House chief of staff, argued against it, delaying but not overruling \u2014 the decision.")</li><li>Did Comey re=lly tell Trump three times that he's not under investigation?</li><li>How =uch of this has to do with Hillary, and how much with Russia? </li><li>Wha= does Jared think?</li><li>Why didn't Trump \u2014 or anyone tell Comey personally? </li><li>Will Comey do a book? Will he tell all?=</li></ol><p><strong>David Ignatius column </strong>in WashPost, "<a href="http://link.axios.com/click/9580833.32330/aHR0cDovL3d3dy53YXNoaW5ndG9uc=9zdC5jb20vb3BpbmlvbnMvdGhlLWNvbWV5LWRlYmFjbGUtb25seS1tYWduaWZpZXMtdGhlLXJ1=3NpYS1teXN0ZXJ5LzIwMTcvMDUvMDkvMzIyODZhZDAtMzUxYS0xMWU3LWI0ZWUtNDM0YjZkNTA=YjM3X3N0b3J5Lmh0bWw_dXRtX3NvdXJjZT1uZXdzbGV0dGVyJnV0bV9tZWRpdW09ZW1haWwmdX=tX2NhbXBhaWduPW5ld3NsZXR0ZXJfYXhpb3NhbQ/5871993924c17c54d77a8b8cB14fa2854"=target="_blank">The Russia mystery deepens even further</a>": </p><p sty=e="margin-left: 20px;"><em><strong>The Comey putsch</strong> heightens t=e mystery at the center of the Flynn case: Why Trump didn't react sooner t= warnings about Flynn's involvement with Russia. Why didn't Trump listen t= President Barack Obama's caution against hiring him? Why did Trump wait 1= days before removing his national security adviser after urgent advice th=t Flynn could be "blackmailed"?</em></p><div></div>
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<p><strong>The timing ...</strong> N.Y. Times' Michael Schmidt <a href="h=tp://link.axios.com/click/9580833.32330/aHR0cHM6Ly90d2l0dGVyLmNvbS9ueXRtaW=lL3N0YXR1cy84NjIwNzE4MTE3NjAwNjI0NjQ_dXRtX3NvdXJjZT1uZXdzbGV0dGVyJnV0bV9tZ=RpdW09ZW1haWwmdXRtX2NhbXBhaWduPW5ld3NsZXR0ZXJfYXhpb3NhbQ/5871993924c17c54dz8b8cB48a08987" target="_blank">tweets</a>: "WH and DOJ had been workin= on firing Comey since at least last week. <strong>Sessions had been worki=g to come up with reasons</strong>."</p><p><strong>The intrigue ... </stro=g>NYT's Maggie Haberman <a href="http://link.axios.com/click/9580833.323=0/aHR0cHM6Ly90d2l0dGVyLmNvbS9tYWdnaWVOWVQvc3RhdHVzLzg2MjEzODQ1OTExNjUwNzEz=j91dG1fc291cmNlPW5ld3NsZXR0ZXImdXRtX21lZGl1bT1lbWFpbCZ1dG1fY2FtcGFpZ249bmVxldHRlcl9heGlvc2Ft/5871993924c17c54d77a8b8cBf48768d8" target="_blank">=weets</a>: "The White House fired Comey with no replacement set, with no cr messaging and no legal experts or surrogates lined up."</p><p><strong>=ow Comey found out ...</strong> NYT's <a href="http://link.axios.com/cli=k/9580833.32330/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAxNy8wNS8wOS91cy9wb2xpdG=jcy9jb21leS10cnVtcC1mYmktbGl2ZS5odG1sP3V0bV9zb3VyY2U9bmV3c2xldHRlciZ1dG1fb=VkaXVtPWVtYWlsJnV0bV9jYW1wYWlnbj1uZXdzbGV0dGVyX2F4aW9zYW0/5871993924c17c54wa8b8cB08430812" target="_blank">Michael Schmidt</a> (who broke the Hil=ary personal-email story back in <a href="http://link.axios.com/click/9533.32330/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAxNS8wMy8wMy91cy9wb2xpdGljcy9=aWxsYXJ5LWNsaW50b25zLXVzZS1vZi1wcml2YXRlLWVtYWlsLWF0LXN0YXRlLWRlcGFydG1lbn=tcmFpc2VzLWZsYWdzLmh0bWw_dXRtX3NvdXJjZT1uZXdzbGV0dGVyJnV0bV9tZWRpdW09ZW1ha=wmdXRtX2NhbXBhaWduPW5ld3NsZXR0ZXJfYXhpb3NhbQ/5871993924c17c54d77a8b8cB16359" target="_blank">March 2015</a>): "Comey was addressing a group of F=B.I. employees in Los Angeles when a television in the background flashed =he news that he had been fired."<br></p><ul> <li><strong>"Comey laughed=</strong> saying he thought it was a fairly funny prank. Then his staff st=rted scurrying around in the background and told Mr. Comey that he should =tep into a nearby office."</li><li><strong>"Comey stopped</strong> address=ng the group. He proceeded to shake hands with the employees he had been sking to. Then he stepped into a side office, where he confirmed that he been fired."</li><li><strong>"At that point, </strong>he had not heard =rom the White House. Shortly thereafter, a letter from Mr. Trump was deliv=red to the F.B.I.'s headquarters, just seven blocks from the White House."=/li><li><strong><a href="http://link.axios.com/click/9580833.32330/aHR0c=M6Ly93d3cud2FzaGluZ3RvbnBvc3QuY29tL3dvcmxkL25hdGlvbmFsLXNlY3VyaXR5L2NvbWV5=W1pc3N0YXRlZC1rZXktY2xpbnRvbi1lbWFpbC1ldmlkZW5jZS1hdC1oZWFyaW5nLXNheS1wZW9=bGUtY2xvc2UtdG8taW52ZXN0aWdhdGlvbi8yMDE3LzA1LzA5LzA3NGMxYzdlLTM0YmQtMTFlNy=iMzczLTQxOGY2ODQ5YTAwNF9zdG9yeS5odG1sP3V0bV9zb3VyY2U9bmV3c2xldHRlciZ1dG1fb=VkaXVtPWVtYWlsJnV0bV9jYW1wYWlnbj1uZXdzbGV0dGVyX2F4aW9zYW0/5871993924c17c54wa8b8cB550ba400" target="_blank">WashPost</a>:</strong> "White House ai=e Keith Schiller, who has long served Trump as a bodyguard, visited FBI he=dquarters to hand-deliver Trump's dismissal letter to Comey's office, alth=ugh the director wasn't there to receive it."</li></ul><p><strong>The back=rop ... <a href="http://link.axios.com/click/9580833.32330/aHR0cHM6Ly93d=cud2FzaGluZ3RvbnBvc3QuY29tL3dvcmxkL25hdGlvbmFsLXNlY3VyaXR5L2NvbWV5LW1pc3N0=XRlZC1rZXktY2xpbnRvbi1lbWFpbC1ldmlkZW5jZS1hdC1oZWFyaW5nLXNheS1wZW9wbGUtY2xUtdG8taW52ZXN0aWdhdGlvbi8yMDE3LzA1LzA5LzA3NGMxYzdlLTM0YmQtMTFlNy1iMzczLT=xOGY2ODQ5YTAwNF9zdG9yeS5odG1sP3V0bV9zb3VyY2U9bmV3c2xldHRlciZ1dG1fbWVkaXVtP=VtYWlsJnV0bV9jYW1wYWlnbj1uZXdzbGV0dGVyX2F4aW9zYW0/5871993924c17c54d77a8b8cU0ba400" target="_blank">WashPost's</a> </strong>Devlin Barrett, Adam E=tous and Phil Rucker: "Several current and former officials said the relat=onship between the White House and the FBI had been strained for months, i= part because administration officials were pressuring Comey to more aggre=sively pursue leak investigations over disclosures that embarrassed the Wh=te House and raised questions about ties with Russia."</p><ul> <li><strong="That pressure</strong> was described as <strong>conversational challenges=/strong> to FBI leadership."</li><li><strong>"Although the FB</strong>I is=investigating disclosures of classified information, the bureau has resist=d calls to <strong>prioritize leak investigations over the Russia matter, =/strong>or probe matters that did not involve leaks of classified or other=ise sensitive information."</li></ul><p><strong>"<a href="http://link.ax=os.com/click/9580833.32330/aHR0cDovL3d3dy5jbm4uY29tLzIwMTcvMDUvMDkvcG9saXR=Y3MvZ3JhbmQtanVyeS1mYmktcnVzc2lhL2luZGV4Lmh0bWw_dXRtX3NvdXJjZT1uZXdzbGV0dG=yJnV0bV9tZWRpdW09ZW1haWwmdXRtX2NhbXBhaWduPW5ld3NsZXR0ZXJfYXhpb3NhbQ/5871994c17c54d77a8b8cB2f25de8f" target="_blank">Federal prosecutors have iss grand jury subpoenas </a></strong>to associates of former National Secu=ity Advisor Michael Flynn seeking business records," per CNN's Evan Perez,=Shimon Prokupecz and Pamela Brown:</p><ul><li><strong>"CNN learned </stron=>of the subpoenas<strong> hours before </strong>President Donald Trump fir=d FBI director James Comey."</li><li><strong>"The subpoenas represent </st=ong>the first sign of a significant escalation of activity in the FBI's brer investigation begun last July into possible ties between Trump campai=n associates and Russia."</li></ul>
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<p><strong>Newly intriguing ... </strong>48 hours before the firing, <a hre="http://link.axios.com/click/9580833.32330/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuYXhpb3MuY29t=3RydW1wLXdhbnRzLXN0YWZmLXRvLXN0b3AtZHVtcGluZy1vbi1mbHlubi0yMzk3NTAwODQ0Lmh=bWw_dXRtX3NvdXJjZT1uZXdzbGV0dGVyJnV0bV9tZWRpdW09ZW1haWwmdXRtX2NhbXBhaWduPW=ld3NsZXR0ZXJfYXhpb3NhbQ/5871993924c17c54d77a8b8cBf998f269" target="_blan=">Axios' Jonathan Swan scooped</a> that Trump had warned top staff to stop=dumping on Flynn. </p><p><strong>"</strong><a href="http://link.axios.co=/click/9580833.32330/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuYXhpb3MuY29tL3doby10cnVtcC1oYXMtZmlyZ=QtMjQwMDU3ODMzNi5odG1sP3V0bV9zb3VyY2U9bmV3c2xldHRlciZ1dG1fbWVkaXVtPWVtYWls=nV0bV9jYW1wYWlnbj1uZXdzbGV0dGVyX2F4aW9zYW0/5871993924c17c54d77a8b8cB2b361b=b" target="_blank"><strong>3 people fired by Trump </strong>were all inv=stigating Trumpworld</a>," by Axios' Shannon Vavra: </p><ul><li><strong>Am=ng the most prominent officials</strong> Trump has fired since taking offi=e are Sally Yates, Preet Bharara, and James Comey.</li><li><strong>What th=y have in common:</strong> They all were investigating Trump, and there's = Russia thread for each.</li><li><strong>Former acting Attorney General Sa=ly Yates,</strong> fired Jan. 30 for refusing to enforce travel ban: Was c=llecting intelligence on the Russian ambassador to the U.S. and his contac=s with Trump associates.</li><li><strong>Former U.S. Attorney Preet Bharar=, </strong>fired March 11 along with other U.S. attorneys: <a href="http=//link.axios.com/click/9580833.32330/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cucHJvcHVibGljYS5vcmcvY=J0aWNsZS9wcmVldC1iaGFyYXJhLWZpcmVkLWludmVzdGlnYXRpbmctdG9tLXByaWNlLWhocy1z=G9jay10cmFkaW5nP3V0bV9zb3VyY2U9bmV3c2xldHRlciZ1dG1fbWVkaXVtPWVtYWlsJnV0bV9=YW1wYWlnbj1uZXdzbGV0dGVyX2F4aW9zYW0/5871993924c17c54d77a8b8cB0fb452b5" tar=et="_blank">Was overseeing an investigation</a> into stock trades by HHS=Secretary Tom Price. Also investigating corrupt Russian businessmen and of=icials.</li><li><strong>James Comey,</strong> fired May 9: Was investigati=g Trump's Russia ties, which he revealed March 20.</li></ul>
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<ul><li><strong></strong><strong>A line he's waited all his life to deliver= and nailed it ... Chris Matthews,</strong> as he took the air at MSNBC at=7 p.m.: "Tuesday night massacre. Let's play 'Hardball.'"</li><li><strong>F=x's Sean Hannity <a href="http://link.axios.com/click/9580833.32330/aHR0=HM6Ly90d2l0dGVyLmNvbS9zZWFuaGFubml0eS9zdGF0dXMvODYyMDYzMTkwMzQzMDI0NjQwP3V=bV9zb3VyY2U9bmV3c2xldHRlciZ1dG1fbWVkaXVtPWVtYWlsJnV0bV9jYW1wYWlnbj1uZXdzbG GVyX2F4aW9zYW0/5871993924c17c54d77a8b8cB8e69e255" target="_blank">twee=s</a></strong>: "Finally."</li><li><strong>Roger Stone,</strong> longtime =rump ally who has been asked to preserve records but denies working with R=ssian officials, to the <a href="http://link.axios.com/click/9580833.323=0/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAxNy8wNS8wOS91cy9wb2xpdGljcy90cnVtcC1m=mktaW52ZXN0aWdhdGlvbi1uaXhvbi5odG1sP3V0bV9zb3VyY2U9bmV3c2xldHRlciZ1dG1fbWV=aXVtPWVtYWlsJnV0bV9jYW1wYWlnbj1uZXdzbGV0dGVyX2F4aW9zYW0/5871993924c17c54d7b8cC6470218c" target="_blank">N.Y. Times</a>: "Somewhere Dick Nixon is=smiling."</li><li><strong>Roger Stone</strong> to L.A. Times' <a href="h=tp://link.axios.com/click/9580833.32330/aHR0cDovL3d3dy5sYXRpbWVzLmNvbS9wb2=pdGljcy93YXNoaW5ndG9uL2xhLW5hLWVzc2VudGlhbC13YXNoaW5ndG9uLXVwZGF0ZXMtcm9nZ=Itc3RvbmUtY29sb3JmdWwtdHJ1bXAtY29uZmlkYW50LTE0OTQzNzIyNjAtaHRtbHN0b3J5Lmh0=Ww_dXRtX3NvdXJjZT1uZXdzbGV0dGVyJnV0bV9tZWRpdW09ZW1haWwmdXRtX2NhbXBhaWduPW5NsZXR0ZXJfYXhpb3NhbQ/5871993924c17c54d77a8b8cBc5e74514" target="_blank=>Noah Bierman</a>: "About time."</li><li><strong>Joe Scarborough <a href="http://link.axios.com/click/9580833.32330/aHR0cHM6Ly90d2l0dGVyLmNvbS9Kb=VOQkM_dXRtX3NvdXJjZT1uZXdzbGV0dGVyJnV0bV9tZWRpdW09ZW1haWwmdXRtX2NhbXBhaWdu=W5ld3NsZXR0ZXJfYXhpb3NhbQ/5871993924c17c54d77a8b8cB4bfeee9f" target="_bl=nk">tweets</a>:</strong> "Republicans trying to whitewash this gross abuse=of power, stop. The President is trying to kill the investigation into his=ties w/ Russia. ... Hey, Republicans. Stand the Hell up. This is your mome=t to be counted. ... Senate Republicans should not confirm any Trump pick =or FBI Director until an independent prosecutor is appointed on Russia."</=i><li><strong><a href="http://link.axios.com/click/9580833.32330/aHR0cHM=Ly93d3cuYXhpb3MuY29tL2Jlbi1zYXNzZS10aW1pbmctb2YtY29tZXktZmlyaW5nLXZlcnktdH=vdWJsaW5nLTI0MDA2OTM5NzMuaHRtbD91dG1fc291cmNlPW5ld3NsZXR0ZXImdXRtX21lZGl1b=1lbWFpbCZ1dG1fY2FtcGFpZ249bmV3c2xldHRlcl9heGlvc2Ft/5871993924c17c54d77a8b84c9b551" target="_blank">Sen. Ben Sasse</a> (R-Neb.):</strong> "[T]he =iming of this firing is very troubling."</li><li><strong>Trump's only <a h="http://link.axios.com/click/9580833.32330/aHR0cHM6Ly90d2l0dGVyLmNvbS=yZWFsRG9uYWxkVHJ1bXAvc3RhdHVzLzg2MjEzNTgyNDc0NTQ2NzkwNT91dG1fc291cmNlPW5ld=NsZXR0ZXImdXRtX21lZGl1bT1lbWFpbCZ1dG1fY2FtcGFpZ249bmV3c2xldHRlcl9heGlvc2FtX71993924c17c54d77a8b8cB6e2cc8d8" target="_blank">tweet</a> since the f=ring: </strong>"Cryin' Chuck Schumer stated recently, 'I do not have confi=ence in him (James Comey) any longer.' Then acts so indignant. #drainthesw=mp."</li><li>Jeffrey Toobin <a href="http://link.axios.com/click/95808332330/aHR0cDovL21haWxjaGkubXAvY25uL3JlbGlhYmxlLW1heS05LTIwMTc_dXRtX3NvdXJj=T1uZXdzbGV0dGVyJnV0bV9tZWRpdW09ZW1haWwmdXRtX2NhbXBhaWduPW5ld3NsZXR0ZXJfYXhNhbQ/5871993924c17c54d77a8b8cBba65be3f" target="_blank">on CNN</a>: "I='s a grotesque abuse of power. ... This is the kind of thing that goes on =n non-democracies."</li></ul>
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<p>Fox News' Bret Baier (right) interviews Brit Hume on a special 11 p.m. e=ition of "Special Report"</p>
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<p><strong>What to expect </strong>from Snap's first earnings report, out a= market close today, per <a href="http://link.axios.com/click/9580833.320/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuYXhpb3MuY29tL3doYXQtdG8tZXhwZWN0LWZyb20tc25hcGNoYXRzLWZ=cnN0LWVhcm5pbmdzLXJlcG9ydC10by1pbnZlc3RvcnMtMjQwMDI4Mjg1OS5odG1sP3V0bV9zb3=yY2U9bmV3c2xldHRlciZ1dG1fbWVkaXVtPWVtYWlsJnV0bV9jYW1wYWlnbj1uZXdzbGV0dGVyXaW9zYW0/5871993924c17c54d77a8b8cBc1ebd8da" target="_blank">Axios' Kia =okalitcheva and Sara Fischer:</a><strong><a href="http://link.axios.com/=lick/9580833.32330/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuYXhpb3MuY29tL3doYXQtdG8tZXhwZWN0LWZyb205hcGNoYXRzLWZpcnN0LWVhcm5pbmdzLXJlcG9ydC10by1pbnZlc3RvcnMtMjQwMDI4Mjg1OS=odG1sP3V0bV9zb3VyY2U9bmV3c2xldHRlciZ1dG1fbWVkaXVtPWVtYWlsJnV0bV9jYW1wYWlnb=1uZXdzbGV0dGVyX2F4aW9zYW0/5871993924c17c54d77a8b8cCc1ebd8da">:</a> </stron=>Snap "commanded a massive valuation at IPO despite being unprofitable and=having far fewer users than Facebook, so it will have to show improved fin=ncials and continued growth. It also must fight growing perceptions that I=stagram's cloning of its most popular features is a serious threat."</p><p=<strong>P.S.</strong> "<a href="http://link.axios.com/click/9580833.3233=/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuYXhpb3MuY29tL3RydW1wLWdvcmUtY2hhdC1wYXJpcy1jbGltYXRlLXBhY=QtMjQwMDY3Njc4OS5odG1sP3V0bV9zb3VyY2U9bmV3c2xldHRlciZ1dG1fbWVkaXVtPWVtYWls=nV0bV9jYW1wYWlnbj1uZXdzbGV0dGVyX2F4aW9zYW0/5871993924c17c54d77a8b8cB5f3d68=1" target="_blank">Exclusive</a>: Gore presses Trump on climate pact," b= Axio
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