Uber and Lyft Drivers Strike Over Wages and More. Read more: https://roguerocket.com/2019/05/08/uber-and-lyft-drivers-unite-in-strike-over-wages-and-more/ https://t.co/aTmXcoa8hA

Nearly half of white Republicans say it bothers them to hear people speaking foreign languages https://wapo.st/2HkqmIX

Why China decided to play hardball in trade talks. Trump’s rants at the Fed’s Powell helped convince China that Trump thought US economy was weak and he would settle for a weak deal. ⁦@Lingling_Wei⁩ and me. https://www.wsj.com/articles/why-china-decided-to-play-hardball-in-trade-talks-11557358715

**Big development** Trump is now questioning his administration’s hardline policy in Venezuela. He feels backed in a corner, is frustrated w/ Bolton, thinks Maduro is a “tough cookie.” Story by ⁦@agearan⁩ ⁦@jdawsey1⁩, me & ⁦@seungminkim⁩ https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/a-frustrated-trump-questions-his-administrations-venezuela-strategy/2019/05/08/ad51561a-71a7-11e9-9f06-5fc2ee80027a_story.html

ATF uncovers massive cache of weapons from upscale home in Los Angeles https://cbsn.ws/2J8sSVT

Left: The Onion, 2015 Right: The New York Times, 2019

"This is the worst damn stage I've ever seen," says @POTUS at #MAGA rally in the #Florida Panhandle, explaining he's standing on a "piece of ice." (?) "Stupid people did this one -- or brilliant, they may be the enemy."

Kentucky teen who sued over school ban for refusing chickenpox vaccination now has chickenpox. https://nbcnews.to/2H1ozrK

At a Florida rally, Trump just appeared to reference cost-sharing negotiations with South Korea. "We lose four and a half billion dollars to defend a country that's rich as hell and probably doesn't like us too much."

Joe Biden gives protesting union Kaiser workers the cold shoulder in L.A. today: https://www.latimes.com/politics/la-na-pol-joe-biden-los-angeles-20190508-story.html

🚨EXCLUSIVE: Acting WH Chief of Staff @MickMulvaneyOMB tells @MajorCBS he didn’t know Don Jr. would be subpoenaed by the Senate Intel Cmte. Not receiving the heads up was “bad form," he says. We'll have more throughout the day and the full ep out Friday! https://www.cbsnews.com/video/white-house-chief-of-staff-says-he-didnt-know-don-jr-would-be-subpoenaed/

Trump jokes he could stay in office for “10 or 14” years http://hill.cm/QN3HCby

The Liberal Party is resisting calls to dump one of its candidates who linked same-sex couples with paedophilia. http://bit.ly/2JdKFLk

Lawsuit against R. Kelly allowed to proceed after lawyers argue he can't read http://hill.cm/c4LJ9ec

**Big development** Trump is now questioning his administration’s hardline policy in Venezuela. He feels backed in a corner, is frustrated w/ Bolton, thinks Maduro is a “tough cookie.” Story by ⁦@agearan⁩ ⁦@jdawsey1⁩, me & ⁦@seungminkim⁩ https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/a-frustrated-trump-questions-his-administrations-venezuela-strategy/2019/05/08/ad51561a-71a7-11e9-9f06-5fc2ee80027a_story.html

The average adult in the USA spends $1,497 a month on nonessential items. All told, that's roughly $18,000 a year on things we can all do without. http://bit.ly/2vIbNZZ

Howard Schultz has basically stopped his pre-campaign campaign. Back surgery forced him to cancel public appearances but he’s not posting on FB or Twitter, stopped running FB ads, and his aides have gone silent on social media too https://www.thedailybeast.com/howard-schultz-has-largely-stopped-his-2020-presidential-prep-work

“The Treasury Department is resisting” new sanctions against China over the Uighur issue, reports ⁦@JaxAlemany⁩. Very interesting interagency spat https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/paloma/powerup/2019/05/09/powerup-trump-administration-looks-other-way-on-china-s-detention-of-uighurs-as-trade-break-down/5cd307791ad2e506550b2fc6/

NEW from @NBCNews this morning: Buttigieg is the only top Democratic candidate not offering his staffers health care coverage https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2020-election/buttigieg-only-top-2020-candidate-not-offering-staffers-health-care-n1003481

As more 2020 Dems join @foxnews for town halls and media hits, @sethmoulton has gone a step further, nabbing a top personality from the network’s stable of contributors to a be a top campaign aide. My first on the prez beat for @thedailybeast http://bitly.ws/3Vv6

Today in “Cancel Wall Street,” a ⁦@SocGen_US⁩ analyst wonders why Americans are so stressed even though the economy is good and settles on the Fed.

If this video doesn’t stop you in your tracks... what will? Wow. “I had my hand around a metal baseball bat... if I was going to go down, I was going to go down fighting.” He’s 12. https://t.co/vsVLKuJEPi

Millions of people uploaded photos to the Ever app. Then the company used them to develop facial recognition tools. (by @oliviasolon and @cfarivar) https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/security/millions-people-uploaded-photos-ever-app-then-company-used-them-n1003371

HOW FAR WILL TRUMP GO IN VENEZUELA? @MajorCBS asked the acting chief of staff for this week's very newsy episode of @TakeoutPodcast, which drops tomorrow... Mulvaney: "I don't think we're going to take affirmative action to make [Guaido] become the leader."

lol fuck off @Delta

Judge rules 3-year-old must receive chemotherapy against parents' wishes @CNN https://cnn.it/2LyoQIx

Hitler hated the factual reporting in German from @VOANews transmissions beamed across the Atlantic from Ohio. “Cincinnati Liars!” he blustered. That legacy has now inspired a lager. Prost! https://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/2019/05/08/grainworks-brewing-co-unveil-cincinnati-liars-lager-june-15-fundraiser/1148478001/

Is shooting through your own windshield with one hand while driving during a chase NOT protocol? https://lat.ms/2vMcema

I agree with Leader McConnell: this case is closed. The Mueller Report cleared @DonaldJTrumpJr and he’s already spent 27 hours testifying before Congress. Dems have made it clear this is all about politics. It’s time to move on & start focusing on issues that matter to Americans. https://twitter.com/WSJ/status/1126225660656214016

Paul Manafort can't practice law anymore — he's been disbarred in DC in light of his criminal convictions, per a court order this morning: https://assets.documentcloud.org/documents/5994639/Paul-Manafort-Disbarment.pdf He previously resigned from the Connecticut bar in advance of a disbarment proceeding: https://www.apnews.com/17d16f44834f478b8da0bb20cb08de04

Three Mile Island is closing after a rescue attempt in the legislature stalled. The nuclear plant produces more zero-carbon electricity than all the state's wind, solar, and hydro put together. It's expected to be replaced by gas and coal for now: https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/three-mile-island-nuclear-plant-to-proceed-with-closure/2019/05/08/f7e90f24-719d-11e9-9331-30bc5836f48e_story.html?utm_term=.fe4c1d9aa15f

My jaw hit the floor, when Donald Trump's ambassador to Hungary told me: "I can tell you, knowing the president for a good 25 or 30 years, that he would love to have the situation that Viktor Orbán has." https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2019/06/george-soros-viktor-orban-ceu/588070/

BREAKING: Masonique Saunders reaches plea deal to avoid being tried as an adult. She pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter. https://wosu.pm/2DZNv2a

lol fuck off @Delta

BREAKING / NBC News: Federal prosecutors and the FBI in New York have announced the seizure of North Korean vessel "Wise Honest" for transporting coal from North Korea in exchange for cash, a violation of U.S. and international sanctions, court documents show. Story to come...

We taking Kobe or like Delonte West? https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/kim-jong-wanted-famous-us-basketball-players-part/story?id=62920773

BREAKING: Alabama Republicans just tried to sneak through a measure that would make nearly all abortions a felony punishable by up to 99 years in prison without even so much as a normal a roll call vote. Watch all hell breaking loose on the Alabama Senate floor: https://t.co/C9KKSGqbqG

Sessions says that one of the things he has in common with Rosenstein is both were unsuccessfully nominated to the federal bench. Maryland's senators blocked Rosenstein's nomination, saying he was needed as US atty. Sessions' nomination failed in 1986 amid allegations of racism.

>> In a close-doors GOP lunch, Burr walked through the backstory of the subpoena for Don Jr and defended his investigation’s work, per to people directly familiar. McConnell also spoke up, the people said, offering his support for Mr. Burr and his handling of the committee.

Chilling piece by @JoshMeyerDC CIA Sent Warnings to 3 Khashoggi Associates About New Saudi Threats. The three are: Norway-based @iyad_elbaghdadi, Canada-based @oamaz7, and a third person based in the US. http://time.com/5585281/cia-warned-jamal-khashoggi-associates/

James Mattis called HR McMaster 'an unstable asshole' for requesting options to attack North Korea, not realizing McMaster and his staff were still on the line, listening on speaker phone https://washex.am/2vOOJJ2

Delta made two anti-unionizing apps that can send push notifications to their employees.

Bezos: "We don't want to stop using energy. But it is unsustainable."

Bezos: "The good news is that if we move out into the solar system for all practical purposes, we have unlimited resources."

Today, Blue Origin—the private spaceflight company founded by Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos—officially revealed Blue Moon, the company's lunar lander designed for towing cargo. http://popm.ch/b8A0EGH

Exclusive: Trump the billion-dollar loser — I was his ghostwriter and I saw it happen https://yhoo.it/2VmjmF0 by @CharlesLeerhsen

BREAKING A U.S. judge will fast-track a decision on President Trump's bid to quash a House subpoena for financial records from his accounting firm, saying he will decide the full case, not just Trump's motion for a preliminary injunction, after a hearing Tuesday.

BREAKING: President Donald Trump intends to nominate Patrick Shanahan to be secretary of defense, the White House says. The former Boeing executive has been acting secretary since Jan. 1. http://apne.ws/iYTX7MM

So the Red Sox's Tom Werner spoke to reporters briefly and said this happened: Trump "is a pretty good raconteur of history and he did say that, uh—he was talking about Abraham Lincoln losing the war and said ‘Well, I know you guys have lost a game or two, but this was a war.’”