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<p><strong>President Trump </strong>may wind up paying a huge price for the=Comey debacle. But so far, it's playing out a bit like the "Access Hollyw=od" tapes where Trump bragged to Billy Bush about groping women: Washingto= freaks and Trump Country yawns.</p><p><span></span><strong>Instead of get=ing caugh</strong>t boasting of groping a woman's genitals, Trump kneecapp=d the FBI's top man. This time, the stakes are even higher: Trump has rais=d the possibility of secret taping in the People's House. And by his own a=count, he crossed traditional lines of independence between the White Hous= and the FBI.</p><p><strong>Out in the country, <em>though, </em></strong>=em>t</em>he parallels in the public reaction are striking: </p><ul><li><st=ong>Trump stands accused </strong>of doing something that would sink most =oliticians, or at least elicit remorse.</li><li><strong>Instead of lying l=w</strong> or backing off, Trump escalates.</li><li><strong>His staff pani=s</strong> but sticks with him.</li><li><strong>Democrats feel certain</st=ong> he's toast. </li><li><strong>All of us </strong>in the media spring i=to 24/7 outrage.</li><li><strong>And like Trump himself, </strong>the firi=g is broadly unpopular: <a href="http://link.axios.com/click/9607485.330=2/aHR0cDovL3d3dy5nYWxsdXAuY29tL3BvbGwvMjEwNjc0L2NvbWV5LWZpcmluZy1uZXRzLW5l/0aXZlLXJlYWN0aW9uLTE5OTMtZmJpLWZpcmluZy5hc3B4P3V0bV9zb3VyY2U9bmV3c2xldHR=ciZ1dG1fbWVkaXVtPWVtYWlsJnV0bV9jYW1wYWlnbj1uZXdzbGV0dGVyX2F4aW9zYW0/5871994c17c54d77a8b8cB55a9d155" target="_blank">In Gallup</a>, 46% disapprov=, while 39% approve.</li></ul><p><strong>But just like </strong>with the "ess Hollywood" tape, the vast majority of Republicans \u2014 and esp=cially the Trump base \u2014 seem unfazed. For all the media/Democrat/=witter histrionics, consider: </p><ul> <li><strong>The <a href="http://l=nk.axios.com/click/9607485.33002/aHR0cDovL3d3dy5nYWxsdXAuY29tL3BvbGwvMjAxNL2dhbGx1cC1kYWlseS10cnVtcC1qb2ItYXBwcm92YWwuYXNweD91dG1fc291cmNlPW5ld3Ns=XR0ZXImdXRtX21lZGl1bT1lbWFpbCZ1dG1fY2FtcGFpZ249bmV3c2xldHRlcl9heGlvc2Ft/5893924c17c54d77a8b8cBae9f0148" target="_blank">Gallup daily tracking po=l </a></strong>shows Trump's approval has held steady (40% the day of the =iring, 41% two days later).</li><li><strong>Polls show two countries: </st=ong>In <a href="http://link.axios.com/click/9607485.33002/aHR0cDovL3d3dy=uYmNuZXdzLmNvbS9wb2xpdGljcy9wb2xpdGljcy1uZXdzL3BvbGwtbWFqb3JpdHktYW1lcmljY=5zLXRoaW5rLWNvbWV5LWRpc21pc3NhbC13YXMtaW5hcHByb3ByaWF0ZS1uNzU4MTA2P3V0bV9z=3VyY2U9bmV3c2xldHRlciZ1dG1fbWVkaXVtPWVtYWlsJnV0bV9jYW1wYWlnbj1uZXdzbGV0dGV=X2F4aW9zYW0/5871993924c17c54d77a8b8cB7eb8741b" target="_blank">NBC News/=urvey Monkey</a>, 79% of Rs thought Trump acted appropriately, and 13% of =ems.</li><li><strong>Most elected Republicans</strong> are backing Trump o= staying silent. <a href="http://link.axios.com/click/9607485.33002/aHR0=HM6Ly9hcG5ld3MuY29tL2MxNzY0OTY2NjZmNDQ2NzU4MjE4NTc1NjM2MGY3MDg4L0dPUC1sZWF=ZXJzLWRpc21pc3MtQ29tZXktZmlyaW5nLWFzLWZsZWV0aW5nLXBvbGl0aWNhbC1kcmFtYT91dG291cmNlPW5ld3NsZXR0ZXImdXRtX21lZGl1bT1lbWFpbCZ1dG1fY2FtcGFpZ249bmV3c2xld=Rlcl9heGlvc2Ft/5871993924c17c54d77a8b8cB96b0b7ec" target="_blank">AP rep=rts</a> that at the Republican National Committee's spring meeting out in =oronado, Calif., party leaders defended the president's actions and insist=d that they would have little political impact.</li><li><strong>The Comey =opic </strong>is hot in traditional media, but <a href="http://link.axio=.com/click/9607485.33002/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuYXhpb3MuY29tL2FtZXJpY2Fucy1jYXJlZ=1sZXNzLWFib3V0LWNvbWV5LXRoYW4tb3RoZXItdHJ1bXAtc2NhbmRhbHMtMjQwMzIyODk1Ny5o=G1sP3V0bV9zb3VyY2U9bmV3c2xldHRlciZ1dG1fbWVkaXVtPWVtYWlsJnV0bV9jYW1wYWlnbj1=ZXdzbGV0dGVyX2F4aW9zYW0/5871993924c17c54d77a8b8cB776482d6" target="_blan=">cold on Facebook</a>: Seven other events of the Trump presidency trended=harder. </li></ul><p><strong>Be smart: </strong>Don't underestimate how mu=h wiggle room Trump bought himself with his voters and conservatives by pu=ting Gorsuch on the Supreme Court, enforcing the red line in Syria, and mu=cling a partial repeal of Obamacare through the House. He has a long leash=with Trump Country. </p><p style="margin-left: 20px;"><em><strong>See Ax=os'</strong> "<a href="http://link.axios.com/click/9607485.33002/aHR0cHM=Ly93d3cuYXhpb3MuY29tL2FtZXJpY2Fucy1jYXJlZC1sZXNzLWFib3V0LWNvbWV5LXRoYW4tb3=oZXItdHJ1bXAtc2NhbmRhbHMtMjQwMzIyODk1Ny5odG1sP3V0bV9zb3VyY2U9bmV3c2xldHRlc=Z1dG1fbWVkaXVtPWVtYWlsJnV0bV9jYW1wYWlnbj1uZXdzbGV0dGVyX2F4aW9zYW0/58719939L17c54d77a8b8cC776482d6" target="_blank">The not-so-viral Comey firing<=a>," by Stef Kight.</em></p>
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<table><tbody><tr><td><p>Vice President Pence (foreground, no hat) tours th= Westmoreland Coal Company's Absaloka Mine yesterday with Interior Secreta=y Ryan Zinke, right, and Senator Steve Daines (R-Mont), second right, on t=e Crow Indian Reservation near Hardin, Mont. / Photo by Billings Gazette's=Larry Mayer via AP</p></td></tr><tr></tr></tbody></table>
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<p><strong>Elected Republican officials</strong> are publicly defending Tru=p but privately are dumbfounded, disgusted and demoralized by this turn of=events.</p><p>We haven't had a single conversation with a top Republican t=at doesn't reflect this. The worries are manifold:</p><ul><li>This kills m=mentum on legislating, and unifies Democrats in opposition to everything t=ey want to do.</li><li>This makes it easier for Democrats to recruit quali=y candidates and raise money for the off-year elections.</li><li>It sours =wing voters.</li><li>It puts them on the defensive at home. They want to t=lk tax reform and deregulation -- not secret tapes and Russian intrigue.</=i><li>But mainly it reinforces their greatest fear: Trump will never chang=. They keep praying he'll discipline himself enough to get some big things=done. Yet they brace for more of this.</li></ul><p><span></span><strong>So=nd smart \u2014 CNN's <a href="http://link.axios.com/click/9607485.33/aHR0cDovL21haWxjaGkubXAvY25uL3JlbGlhYmxlLW1heS0xMi0yMDE3P3V0bV9zb3VyY2U=bmV3c2xldHRlciZ1dG1fbWVkaXVtPWVtYWlsJnV0bV9jYW1wYWlnbj1uZXdzbGV0dGVyX2F4aW=zYW0/5871993924c17c54d77a8b8cB254b9a7a" target="_blank">Brian Stelter</a=: </strong>"[T]he White House doesn't seem to be providing any spokespeopl= for the Sunday shows. 'Fox News Sunday' host Chris Wallace said: 'We can'= even reach anybody' at the White House \u2014 'they're not available, =hey're not answering the phone."</p>
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<p><strong>"The cyber-attack </strong>that spread rapidly around the globe =as stifled when a security researcher disabled a key mechanism used by the=worm to spread, but experts said the hackers were likely to return as many=computers remain at risk," per <a href="http://link.axios.com/click/9607.33002/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuYmxvb21iZXJnLmNvbS9uZXdzL2FydGljbGVzLzIwMTctMDUtM=IvcmFuc29tLWhhY2stcmFja2luZy11cC12aWN0aW1zLXdpdGgtaG9zcGl0YWxzLW1vc3QtYXQt=mlzaz91dG1fc291cmNlPW5ld3NsZXR0ZXImdXRtX21lZGl1bT1lbWFpbCZ1dG1fY2FtcGFpZ24=bmV3c2xldHRlcl9heGlvc2Ft/5871993924c17c54d77a8b8cBac3d7e41" target="_bla=k">Bloomberg's Jordan Robertson</a>:</p><ul><li><strong>"More than 75,000 =omputers</strong> in 99 countries were compromised, ... with a heavy conce=tration of infections in Russia and Ukraine."</li><li><strong>"Health-care=organizations </strong>are notoriously slow to apply security fixes, in pa=t because of the disruption caused by taking critical systems offline. Tha= has made them a reliable victim of ransomware attacks, such as [yesterday=s,] in which hackers encrypted data on infected computers and demanded $30= in bitcoin to unlock it."</li><li><strong>"Ransomware </strong>is a parti=ularly stubborn problem because victims are often tricked into allowing th= malicious software to run on their computers, and the encryption happens =oo fast for security software to catch it. Some security expects calculate=that ransomware may bring in as much as $1 billion a year in revenue for t=e attackers."</li></ul><p><strong>Story is the<a href="http://link.axios=com/click/9607485.33002/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAxNy8wNS8xMi93b3=sZC9ldXJvcGUvdWstbmF0aW9uYWwtaGVhbHRoLXNlcnZpY2UtY3liZXJhdHRhY2suaHRtbD91d c291cmNlPW5ld3NsZXR0ZXImdXRtX21lZGl1bT1lbWFpbCZ1dG1fY2FtcGFpZ249bmV3c2xl=HRlcl9heGlvc2Ft/5871993924c17c54d77a8b8cB3a8679ed" target="_blank"> two-=olumn lead</a></strong> of the N.Y. Times, "HACKERS USE TOOL TAKEN FROM N.=.A. IN GLOBAL ATTACK: A <strong>Digital 'Perfect Storm' </strong>Hits Hosp=tals, Businesses and a Russian Ministry."<br></p>
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<p>Koch companies and their employees have partnered with organizations lik= the Wildlife Habitat Council and Ducks Unlimited for decades to restore c=itical wildlife habitats across the U.S. <a href="http://link.axios.com/=lick/9607485.33002/aHR0cHM6Ly9iZXZvLXVzLWVhc3QtMS5hZHNuYXRpdmUuY29tL2NrP3V1odHRwOi8vYnMuc2VydmluZy1zeXMuY29tL3NlcnZpbmcvYWRTZXJ2ZXIuYnM_Y24lM0R0cm=lMjZtYyUzRGNsaWNrJTI2cGxpJTNEMjEzNzM0MzElMjZQbHVJRCUzRDAlMjZvcmQlM0QxNDk0N=I1NTExNDY1JmRhdGE9TmpWaVlqTXpNbVZoTW1WbU56Z3dOR0l5WkdWbE1HUm1PVFJtTldWa01H=mtNelprWm1Fek16YzFNREkxT0RabVkySXpOR0k1TkdRMFlUY3lOR05rTVdZNFpqVmhNVFJsT1R5qTTROMlkzTXpVM09UWXlZV1F4WW1ZellqRTFZbU0zWm1aa1ptWmtZalpsWmpFeE9EWmtZMl=6TlRnME1qTXhabUkwTjJZMU56RmxNRGxtTmpBMk9EVTJZell5TlRVeE1UazBOVEJtTm1NME9HU=hZMkl6WmpabU5qTmhaVGhoT0RRMk5HTmtNMlE0T0dWaVlqTTVOV05sWkRBNVlqbGxZbU0yWXpr=FlUTmlPRGxrWlRBMVpqTmtOVEl4T0RobU5UUmlNV1prWWpRMk5XRmtZemd4TkdOa1lXWTBNRFZ=TW1WaU5tUTJNbU5sTmpVNE1tWmpObU5oTldRMk9HUTVZVFF6TnpabE5EVTBZekU0T0dWak1UTX=OemhoWWpreU5HWXlaRFkwTmpZMVlqUXdPR1U0WkRVM1lURTJZVEF6WkRnNVltSSUzRCZzaWQ9M=QzOGViNWE4MjViNDU5ZThjYTBjOTVhNDQwNjY5YmNfZDZmNWE4OTclMjZkZWFjdGl2YXRlX2Rl=HVwZSUzRDEmdXRtX3NvdXJjZT1uZXdzbGV0dGVyJnV0bV9tZWRpdW09ZW1haWwmdXRtX2NhbXB=aWduPW5ld3NsZXR0ZXJfYXhpb3NhbQ/5871993924c17c54d77a8b8cB7d303336" target ="_blank" class="adLink">Learn more.</a></p>
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<p><em><strong>Interview taped yesterday, </strong>airing tonight on Fox Ne=s:</em><br></p><p><strong><em>Judge Jeanine Pirro:</em> </strong>Are you m=ving so quickly that your communications department cannot keep up with yo=?</p><p><em><strong>Trump:</strong> </em>Yes, that's true.</p><p><em><stro=g>Pirro:</strong> </em>So what do we do about that? ... </p><p><strong><em=Trump:</em> </strong>We don't have press conferences [briefings] and we do= \u2014</p><p><strong><em>Pirro:</em> </strong>You don't mean that.</p>=p><strong><em>Trump:</em></strong> Well, just don't have them. Unless I ha=e them every two weeks and I do them myself, we don't have them. I think i='s a good idea. First of all, you have a level of hostility that's incredi=le and it's very unfair. Sarah Huckabee is a lovely, young woman. You know=Sean Spicer: He is a wonderful human being, he's a nice man.</p><p><strong=<em>Pirro</em></strong>: Is he your press secretary today and tomorrow? Wi=l he be tomorrow?</p><p><strong><em>Trump: </em></strong>Yeah, sure he is. Well, he's doing a good job but he gets beat up.</p><p><strong><=m>Pirro:</em></strong> Will he be there tomorrow?</p><p><em><strong>Trump:=/strong> </em>Yeah, well he's been there from the beginning. ... He's gett=ng beat up. No, he just gets beat up by these people and, again, you know =hey don't show the 90 questions that they asked and answered properly. I'm=saying if they're off just a little bit, just a little bit, it's the big s=ory.</p><p><strong><em>Pirro: </em></strong>When will you make a decision =s to whether or not you're gonna keep having him?</p><p><strong><strong><e=>Trump: </em></strong> </strong>And here's ... the difference between me a=d another president.: Another president, I won't use names, but another pr=sident doesn't do what I'm doing \u2014 they really don't. ... I'm not =aying that in a bragging way. ... <strong>Another president, Jeanine, wil= sit in the Oval Office and do practically nothing all day."</strong></p>
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<p><strong>A "Nixonian week" </strong>in Washington, per the <a href="htt=://link.axios.com/click/9607485.33002/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZnQuY29tL2NvbnRlbnQv=2IxZWRjNmEtMzczMS0xMWU3LTk5YmQtMTNiZWIwOTAzZmEzP3V0bV9zb3VyY2U9bmV3c2xldHR=ciZ1dG1fbWVkaXVtPWVtYWlsJnV0bV9jYW1wYWlnbj1uZXdzbGV0dGVyX2F4aW9zYW0/5871994c17c54d77a8b8cCc31b8a2d" target="_blank">Financial Times' Courtney We=ver</a><em> (paywall):</em></p><ul><li><strong>"[T]he president invited </=trong>reporters to witness his Oval Office meeting with Nixon White House =eteran Henry Kissinger one day after Mr Comey's firing.</li><li><strong>"W=ile other US leaders</strong> have shied away from Nixon parallels given t=e politician's fateful end, Mr Trump appears to have embraced the comparis=n, in some ways taking up Nixon's mantle, the Nixon scholar Douglas Brinkl=y said.</li><li><strong>"Trump met Nixon </strong>in 1989 when the two men=attended a gala together in Houston and the New York real estate scion gav= the former president a ride back on his plane to New York."</li><li><stro=g>"The current and former president</strong> share a fondness for folksy, =alty language \u2014 with similarly negative views of the Washington el=te and media."</li><li><strong>Brinkley: </strong>"He's long been Nixon in=pired ... 'During his seminal years, Nixon was a powerful man.''</li></ul>
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<p><strong>Attorney General Jeff Sessions "</strong>restores tough drug war=policies that trigger mandatory minimum sentences," by <a href="http://l=nk.axios.com/click/9607485.33002/aHR0cDovL3d3dy5sYXRpbWVzLmNvbS9wb2xpdGljc=9sYS1uYS1wb2xpdGljcy1zZXNzaW9ucy1kcnVnd2FyLTIwMTcwNTExLXN0b3J5Lmh0bWw_dXRt=3NvdXJjZT1uZXdzbGV0dGVyJnV0bV9tZWRpdW09ZW1haWwmdXRtX2NhbXBhaWduPW5ld3NsZXR=ZXJfYXhpb3NhbQ/5871993924c17c54d77a8b8cB9b0cd80f" target="_blank">L.A. T=mes'</a> Joseph Tanfani and Evan Halper:</p><ul><li><strong>"In a memo,</s=rong> Sessions said federal prosecutors should 'charge and pursue the most=serious, readily provable offense' in drug cases, even when that would tri=ger mandatory minimum sentencing."</li><li><strong>"The new ... policy </s=rong>cancels the Obama administration's attempts to pull back on harsh sen=encing strategies, which had produced a huge growth in prison populations.=</li><li><strong>"Sessions has reversed </strong>an Obama administration a=tempt to phase out federal contracts with private prisons, saying the cell= will be needed for the boost in inmate population he sees coming."<strong=</strong></li><li><strong><a href="http://link.axios.com/click/9607485.32/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuYXhpb3MuY29tL2tvY2gtbmV0d29yay1vcHBvc2VzLXNlc3Npb25zLW=vdmUtdG8tbGVuZ3RoZW4tZHJ1Zy1zZW50ZW5jZXMtMjQwNDg2MzI3Mi5odG1sP3V0bV9zb3VyY=U9bmV3c2xldHRlciZ1dG1fbWVkaXVtPWVtYWlsJnV0bV9jYW1wYWlnbj1uZXdzbGV0dGVyX2F4=W9zYW0/5871993924c17c54d77a8b8cB647f524e" target="_blank">Axios' Jonatha= Swan</a>:</strong> "Koch network opposes Sessions restart of War on Drugs="</li></ul>
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