Subject: ?Axios AM: Mike's Top 10 — How Bannon lost his mojo — Maggie Haberman in full — Fake news in college — Hot trend on millennial Instagram
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Date: Sat, 8 Apr 2017 10:05:13 -0400 (EDT)

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How Bannon lost his mojo — Maggie Haberman in full — F=ke news in college — Hot trend on millennial Instagram

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By Mike Allen = ·Apr 08, 2017

1 big thing: How Bannon lost his mojo

Steve Bannon, the engine and soul of President Trump's =ard-edged approach to his first months in office, is increasingly isolated=and will be forced out unless he can adopt a more cooperative approach, a =op source told me.

On both style and substance, Ban=on got crosswise with Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump, who are pushing for = more competence- and results-driven focus for the West Wing.

In their view, Bannon is too inclined to want to burn things dow= and blow things up. They want a more open process driven by the interests=of the president, not ideology.

A senior official =aid Chief of Staff Reince Priebus is "with the program" of a more inclusiv= style, and will stay. Insiders have been feverishly discussing possible replacements and Trump consider=d a change, but the official said: "Reince is staying."

The =atest from the "Game of Thrones," on location in Mar-a-Lago this =eekend:

The changing culture: Here are the tw= crucial words to understand the outgoing style and incoming style: We're =old that rather than "nationalist" vs. "globalist," think of "combat" vs. =collaboration."

How the Bannon bubble burst: The last straw for=his internal critics: news stories portraying Bannon as the keeper of the =rump flame, in opposition to Jared, Ivanka and economic adviser Gary Cohn =E2�� all New Yorkers.

Playing defense: Bannon's allies both inside and outside the White House are scrambli=g to try to save his job, Axios' Jonathan Swan reports. They argue that getting rid =f Bannon will cost Trump among his "America First" constituency, and that =rump's key to victory is to keep his base motivated.

What's next: This weekend, Bannon, Kushner and Priebus ar= having discussions about whether the marriage can be saved: "Either Steve=becomes a team player and gets along with people, or he'll be gone."
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2. What POTUS is seeing this morning

(Yes, Palm Beach gets a Florida printing of the N.Y. Po=t.)

"Is Syria strike the beginning of a 'Trump doctrine'?" — Peter Apps, Reuters global affairs columnist: "In taking =uch aggressive action so quickly, however, Trump has sent what he sees as = strong, robust message of U.S. resolve – not just to Damascus but=also other potential U.S. opponents including Russia, China and most parti=ularly North Korea."

"Trump sees pushback from =ar-right supporters over U.S. airstrike in Syria," by L.A. Times'=Kurtis Lee: "[S]ome of Trump's most ardent supporters — right wing=media and pundits, to name a few — are split over his decision to =ttack the country where a civil war had raged since 2011."

"Mike Cernovich, the far-right blogger=[who started #SusanRice trending], ... urged his Twitter followers to begi= the hashtag #SyriaHoax. (Some of Cernovich's work has, at times, been tou=ed by Donald Trump Jr., the president's oldest son."

3. Mar-a-Lago Kremlinology

Photo from Sean Spicer @PressSec / Key by Axios' Lazaro Gamio

From Sean Spice='s Twitter feed, @PressSec: "WH photo (ed fo= security): @potus receives briefing on #syria military strike fr Nat Secu=ity team, inc @vp , SECDEF, CJCS via secure VTC" (video teleconference). <=p>

"Who the preside=t keeps at his side during major events," by Axios' Stef Kigh= ... A key to the makeshift Mar-a-Lago Sit Room:

Joe Hagin - De=uty Chief of Staff

Jared Kushner - Senior Advisor

Steven =nuchin - Treasury Secretary

Wilbur Ross - Commerce Secretary
<=i>Sean Spicer - White House Press Secretary

President Trump
Rex Tillerson - Secretary of State

Steve Bannon - Chief Strategis=

Stephen Miller - Senior Advisor to the President for Policy
=li>Michael Anton - Deputy Assistant to the President

Dina Powell -=Deputy National Security Advisor

Gary Cohn - National Economic Cou=cil Director

H. R. McMaster - National Security Advisor

Re=nce Priebus - White House Chief of Staff

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4. The Citrus Summit

Trump and Xi walk together after meetings yesterday at Mar-a-Lago in Pal= Beach / AP's Alex Brandon

"Trump drops China ba=hing during warm Xi summit," by AFP's Andrew Beatty in Palm B=ach: "The friendly tone was a far cry from Trump's acerbic campaign denoun=ements ... Xi reciprocated Trump's warm words, saying the summit had 'uniq=ely important significance.'"

"Beijing's most powerful leader =n decades also invited the neophyte US president on a coveted state visit =o China later in the year. Trump accepted, with a date yet to be determine=."

"The bonhomie extended behind closed doors, where the US presid=nt's grandson and granddaughter sang a traditional Chinese ballad �=94 'Jasmine Flower' — and recited poetry for their honored guests= earning praise from their 'very proud' mother Ivanka in a tweet."
From the White House readout: "President Trump noted t=e importance of adhering to international rules and norms in the East and =outh China Seas and to previous statements on non-militarization. He also =oted the importance of protecting human rights and other values deeply hel= by Americans."

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5. Justice Gorsuch

McConnell vindicated: Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) lea=es the Senate chamber Thursday after leading the GOP toward a simple-major=ty vote on Gorsuch / AP's J. Scott Applewhite

The nation's 113th Justice ... WashPost top of col. 1, =Gors=ch effect to be felt early on," by Bob Barnes and Ed O'Keefe: "Newly c=nfirmed Neil M. Gorsuch is likely to have an immediate impact at the Supre=e Court, weighing in as early as next week on whether to consider expandin= the breadth of the Second Amendment. He could play a decisive role this s=ring in determining how voting rights should be protected and in a major c=se on the separation of church and state."

What's next:=/strong> "Gorsuch will be sworn in Monday, allowing him to join the court =or the final months of its term, which ends in June."

"A p=ivate ceremony at the court, overseen by Chief Justice John G. Ro=erts Jr., will be followed by an event at the White House. ... Gorsuch's f=rmer boss, Justice Anthony M. Kennedy, will preside, marking the first tim= in the court's history that a justice will serve alongside one of his for=er clerks."

The bottom line: "Gorsuc= ... will restore a conservative-leaning, Republican-nominated majority to=a court that has either deadlocked or drifted to the left since the death =f Justice Antonin Scalia in February 2016."

6. Maggie's moment

"Maggie=Haberman: The New York Times reporter Trump can't quit," by C=N's Dylan Byers:

There may=be no reporter Trump respects, and fears, more than Haberman. He =ay bash and beat up on the Times, and her, but he inevitably returns to he= to share his thinking and participate in interviews. He does so because, =n addition to having known her for so long, he knows that she matters, tha= she will not treat him with kid gloves but not be unfair either ... =/p>
As one of the best-sourced<=strong> journalists in the game today, Haberman — who is a CNN po=itical analyst in addition to her day job at the Times — gets to =ick her scoops. Many journalists have marveled at the way she includes sev=ral new revelations in one story that other reporters would have spread ou= over many articles. It's because she has so much information.

"There isn't a reporter i= the game better at working sources, breaking news and calling BS on both =arties, all day, every day for what seems like forever," said Jim Vandehei= the CEO of Axios and, formerly, Politico, where Haberman worked before jo=ning the Times. "If you could clone her you could build a journalistic emp=re around Maggies."

7. To tell your kids

WashPost Magazine=cover story, "Colleges turn 'fake news' epidemic into a teach=ble moment: Professors focus on news literacy for a generation raised on s=cial media," by Kitson Jazynka: "Professors interviewed for this story are=teaching students not just to identify 'fake news' (a label previously res=rved for hoaxes), but to detect bias, missing points of view, misleading s=ants and economic influences."

In his classroom at UCLA this spring, [former photojournalist]=Jeff Share teaches his students ... to apply the concept of triangulation =o the news by searching out multiple sources and points of view to arrive =s close as possible to the truth. ...

Share's students experiment in the classroom with=photography, shooting pictures from different positions to observe how shi=ting angles — or changes in lighting, composition and other photog=aphy techniques — can alter an image. As students start to recogni=e the potential for bias in photographs, they learn to read images more cr=tically.

8. "Public Policy, Inc."

WashPost Outlook cover, "Investment banks a=d management consultants are edging out traditional think tanks," by Danie= W. Drezner, professor of international politics at the Fletcher School of=Law and Diplomacy at Tufts:

Whether based in investment banks like Goldman Sachs, management=consultancies like McKinsey or political risk firms like the Eurasia Group= private-sector institutions have started to act like policy knowledge bro=ers. Consultants have been key advisers to the government for decades, but=recent trends have caused their star to rise at the same time that traditi=nal think tanks face new challenges.

9. What Steve Schwarzman is reading

Barron's "Up & Down Wall Street" column, by Randall Forsyth ... "Trump's Grand Opportunity ... Do Airst=ikes Signal New Priorities for Trump? Airstrikes produce some bipartisan s=pport for the president. Will he use it to further a domestic or geopoliti=al agenda?"

The strikes gar=ered overwhelming bipartisan support, with objections coming from=isolationists on the right. And it sent a message to the rest of the world= especially North Korea, marking a reversal of "eight years of relative pa=sivity" on the part of the U.S.,

<=m>[I]f geopolitics continue to command more of the admini=tration's attention, the already formidable task to craft and pass tax ref=rm and infrastructure investment—on which much of the stock market=s post election gains were built—could be pushed further out.=/p>

10. 1 fun thing

From the Instagram of Howlin' Ray's (Nashville Hot Chicken in Chinatown =.A.), the record for Hot Chicken Sandos (boneless breast, slaw, Comeback S=uce, butter bun) held in one hand.

"A =quare meal: how restaurants are courting the Instagram crowd =— With some 208m posts hashtagged 'food' since 2010, there's a pre=ium on pretty — and pink," from the Financial Times' "Spring food =pecial," by Natalie Whittle:

So-called "millennial pink" is the colour of the moment. Sketch=in London is another predominantly pink restaurant that pops up a lot on I=stagram, Busacca says, but she also notes that there is a move away from t=e obvious and contrived on Instagram, and the app's users are starting to =hange the way in which they photograph food and social food occasions. "We=ve seen a shift from ordered tables and menus to an over-the-top and chaot=c style, with an explosion of colour, and tables filled with plates. It's =ore family style and congenial, flatware is mismatched." ...

What Instagram has done is=create a marketplace for everyday visual ideas, but it's underwritten by t=e complexity of social impulses.

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