May 5 2018 Daily Brief Highlights Birthdays and Sports
Today features notable birthdays including Kierkegaard Marx Bly Power Palin Williams David Cavill Brown Adele and Brown. Also notes Tchaikovsky guest conductor at Carnegie Hall opening in 1891 and Secretariat’s 1973 Derby record. Includes Kierkegaar quote, 21 modern era perfect games list up to 2018, and moon phase between April 29 full moon and May 7 last quarter.
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Karl Marx
Nellie Bly
Tyrone Power
Michael Palin
John Rhys-Davies
Brian Williams
Craig David
Henry Cavill
Adele
Chris Brown
Pyotr Tchaikovsky
New York
Carnegie Hall
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Secretariat
Soren Kierkegaara
Cy Young
Boston Red Sox
Trump’s legal defense escalates as Giuliani details hush money
Giuliani on Sean Hannity claimed the $130,000 payment to Stormy Daniels was not campaign money and was funneled through a law firm with Trump repaying Cohen. He said Trump knew the general arrangement but not the specifics, challenging Mueller and signaling a tougher phase in the probe.
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Rudy Giuliani
Sean Hannity
Stormy Daniels
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Michael Cohen
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Cohen
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Giuliani
Hannity
Robert Mueller
Twitter
Clifford
Rudy
Rod Rosenstein
Mueller
Department of Justice
Republican House
Ty Cobb
Emmet Flood
Williams & Connolly
Bill Clinton
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Tasteless ethics at White House Correspondents Dinner sparks debate
Cal Thomas laments the liberal bias of media and the vulgar display by Michelle Wolf at the White House Correspondents Dinner. He recalls past dinners, questions civility, and predicts ongoing estrangement between Trump allies and press. The piece urges accountability and civility in journalism.
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Washington
Michelle Wolf
Trump
Sarah Huckabee Sanders
Kellyanne Conway
Wolf
Margaret Talev
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Talev
Radio and Television Correspondents Association
Don Imus
Clinton
Imus
Hillary Clinton
the Clintons
Dee Dee Myers
Myers
Sarah Sanders
Smoky Eye
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Conway
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Clintons
Donald Trump
Anthony Scaramucci
Staten Island
Grimm
Criminal convictions a badge in GOP politics
Washington Post columnist Karen Tumulty reports that criminal records have become a political asset for some Republicans. Ex inmates like Grimm and Blankenship tout jail time as bonafides while Trump defends allies, draws praise for Arpaio, and faces possible obstruction of justice questions tied to Flynn.
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Law and Order
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Trump
Michael Grimm
Morgantown
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Blankenship
Tempe
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Mike Pence
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Arpaio
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National Security
Michael Flynn
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Russia
James Comey
Flynn
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Karen Tumulty
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