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1:20 PM ET, March 4, 2017

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Philip Rucker / Washington Post:
Trump, citing no evidence, accuses Obama of ‘Nixon/Watergate’ plot to wiretap Trump Tower  —  President Trump on Saturday angrily accused former president Barack Obama of orchestrating a “Nixon/Watergate” plot to tap the phones at his Trump Tower headquarters last fall in the run-up to the election.
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Tim Hains / RealClearPolitics:
Mark Levin: Was Obama Using NSA Against Trump During 2016 Campaign?  —  Radio host Mark Levin spent most of his Thursday evening show discussing the alleged scandal surrounding Attorney General Jeff Sessions and what he says is the real scandal: A “silent coup” by the former Obama administration against President Trump.
Brooke Seipel / The Hill:
Top Obama adviser to Trump: ‘No president can order a wiretap’  —  A former policy adviser to President Obama is firing back at President Trump's claim that Obama wiretapped Trump Tower, saying it didn't happen — at least not under Obama's orders.  —  “No President can order a wiretap.
John Hinderaker / Power Line:
Trump Goes Nuclear With Claim Obama Wiretapped Him During Election [Updated]  —  Early this morning, President Trump unleashed a barrage of tweets accusing then-President Barack Obama of wiretapping his office in Trump Tower during the presidential election:
Discussion: IJR and Geller Report
David Shepardson / Reuters:
Trump says Obama wiretapped him during campaign; gives no evidence  —  U.S. President Donald Trump on Saturday accused former President Barack Obama of wiretapping him in October during the late stages of the presidential election campaign, but offered no evidence to support the allegation.
Discussion: Joe.My.God.
Mallory Shelbourne / The Hill:
Graham: 'I'm very worried' about Trump's wiretapping accusation
Discussion: ThinkProgress and The Week
New York Times:
Trump Team's Links to Russia Crisscross in Washington  —  WASHINGTON — During the 2016 campaign, Donald J. Trump's second campaign chairman, Paul Manafort, had regular communications with his longtime associate — a former Russian military translator in Kiev who has been investigated in Ukraine …
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Steven Shepard / Politico:
Russia investigations a ‘witch hunt’?  Not according to polls  —  President Donald Trump insists questions about once-hidden contacts between his inner campaign circle and Russian officials are a “witch hunt.”  Public-opinion polls suggest Americans don't agree.
Discussion: Political Wire
Andrew C. McCarthy / National Review:
A Special Prosecutor . . . For What?  —  There is no crime to probe in the matter of the Trump campaign's contact with Russians.  —  S  —  o, Attorney General Jeff Sessions has recused himself.  Great!  —  Just one question: From what?  —  Yes, yes, Sessions is a good and decent man.
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Maggie Haberman / New York Times:
Sessions Controversy Heightens Trump's Feeling of Being Under Siege
Discussion: Axios
Eli Watkins / CNN:
Grassley denies calls for Sessions to testify on Russian ambassador meetings
Discussion: WGBH News, Mediaite and RedState
Wall Street Journal:
The Mob at Middlebury  —  A mob tries to silence Charles Murray and sends a prof to the ER.  —  Once again a scholar invited to speak at a university has been shouted down by an angry mob clearly unable to challenge him intellectually.  On Thursday at Middlebury College …
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Addison / Addison County Independent:
Middlebury College professor injured by protesters as she escorted controversial speaker
Scott Jaschik / Inside Higher Ed:
Shouting Down a Lecture  —  Middlebury students chant and shout …
Adolfo Flores / BuzzFeed:
A 13-Year-Old Girl Sobbed While Recording Her Immigrant Father Get Arrested By ICE Agents  —  Romulo Avelica-Gonzalez was arrested this week while dropping off his daughter at a school in Los Angeles.  —  A sobbing 13-year-old girl recorded the arrest of her undocumented immigrant father …
Discussion: The Root
New York Times:
Trump Inherits a Secret Cyberwar Against North Korean Missiles  —  WASHINGTON — Three years ago, President Barack Obama ordered Pentagon officials to step up their cyber and electronic strikes against North Korea's missile program in hopes of sabotaging test launches in their opening seconds.
Discussion: Axios
Fred Barbash / Washington Post:
Decades-old mass grave of children of unwed mothers confirmed in Ireland  —  Between 1925 and the 1960s, in a tiny town called Tuam in western Ireland's County Galway, thousands of “fallen women” and their “illegitimate” children passed through the Mother and Baby Home operated by the Congregation of the Sisters of Bon Secours.
Discussion: The Week and NPR
James Dyer / Empire:
Schwarzenegger Fires The Apprentice  —  Fans of Celebrity Apprentice are about to lose the show's biggest asset as Arnold Schwarzenegger will not be returning to host another season of the show.  “I learned a lot, I had a great time, it was a really great opportunity,” Schwarzenegger said, speaking exclusively to Empire.
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Damian Paletta / Washington Post:
White House split on import tax puts Congress in limbo  —  A major split among senior White House officials over whether to effectively create a new tax on imported goods has stalled the broader tax overhaul effort on Capitol Hill, with Republicans looking to the Trump administration …
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James Wolcott / Vanity Fair:
Why the Alt-Left Is a Problem, Too  —  Much of the media spotlight has been on the “alt-right.”  But the “alt-left” provides a mirror image distortion: the same loathing of Clinton, rejection of “identity politics,” and itch for a reckoning.  —  Internet clickbait promotes mental tooth decay …
Discussion: CANNONFIRE and New York Magazine
 
 
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Josh Dawsey / Politico:
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