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8:50 AM ET, March 20, 2017

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Lisa Rein / Washington Post:
White House installs political aides at Cabinet agencies to be Trump's eyes and ears  —  The political appointee charged with keeping watch over Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt and his aides has offered unsolicited advice so often that after just four weeks on the job …
Carl Hulse / New York Times:
Gorsuch Confirmation Presents Democrats With 2 Difficult Paths  —  WASHINGTON — When it comes to the Supreme Court nomination of Judge Neil M. Gorsuch, Senate Democrats appear to have two options: Get out of the way or get run over.  —  Senate Republicans' enthusiastic backing …
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Seung Min Kim / Politico:
Inside Democrats' battle plan against Gorsuch
Discussion: ABC News
Associated Press:
Senate hearings get underway on Trump Supreme Court pick
Discussion: Politico
The Huffington Post:
Democrats May Be Botching This Supreme Court Confirmation Fight
Discussion: The Daily Caller and Hit & Run
Associated Press:
Hill Russia inquiry goes _ at last _ before public hearing  —  A congressional inquiry into Russian interference in the presidential election that has so far unfolded behind closed doors moves into the open with a public hearing featuring FBI Director James Comey.
Discussion: Politico
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New York Times:   Russia Inquiries Overlap in a Tangle of Secrets and Sniping
Jennifer Vanlaar / Townhall.com:
Devin Nunes' “Fox News Sunday” Interview Was Far More Nuanced Than Reported
Discussion: Scripting News and RedState
Tommy Christopher / Shareblue:
Top intel Dem: “circumstantial evidence of collusion” and direct evidence “of deception” on Russia
Discussion: Mediaite
Kara Swisher / Recode:
Uber president Jeff Jones is quitting, citing differences over ‘beliefs and approach to leadership’  —  He is leaving after apparently deciding the current controversies are too much to handle.  —  Jeff Jones, the president of Uber, is quitting the car-hailing company after less than a year.
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Heather Somerville / Reuters:
Uber president Jeff Jones quits, deepening turmoil
Discussion: naked capitalism
Mike Isaac / New York Times:
Two Executives to Leave Uber, Adding to Departures
Erica Orden / Wall Street Journal:
New York Attorney General Steps Up Scrutiny of White House  —  Eric Schneiderman hires a public-corruption prosecutor to target the Trump administration  —  New York state's attorney general, to date one of the most vocal antagonists of President Donald Trump, is preparing to escalate …
Discussion: Political Wire and Raw Story
David E. Sanger / New York Times:
Rex Tillerson's Hope for a Media-Free Bubble May Burst  —  SEOUL — Rex W. Tillerson, the new secretary of state, offered the diplomatic understatement of the month on Saturday when he told the sole reporter he permitted on his airplane: “I'm not a big media press access person.  I personally don't need it.”
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Simon Denyer / Washington Post:
In China debut, Tillerson appears to hand Beijing a diplomatic victory
Discussion: Just Security and Daily Kos
Ben Terris / Washington Post:
How two old-school Washington insiders became the cool kids of Trumpism  —  The day after a tape of Donald Trump bragging about sexually assaulting women went public in October, Matt Schlapp, the chairman of the American Conservative Union, appeared on Fox News to defend him.
The Hill:
Republicans take heat on Trump's tax returns  —  Most of the Republicans who have called for President Trump to release his tax returns have declined to join efforts to use the power of Congress to make it happen.  —  Only two Republicans who think Trump should make his finances public …
myajc:
Trump voters in South Georgia come to terms with GOP health plan  —  ATLANTA-NEWS By Craig Schneider and Misty Williams - The Atlanta Journal-Constitution  —  Kenneth Peek had a rough year.  The South Georgia farm where he and his wife grow corn, wheat and soybeans faced a drought and lost money in 2016.
Kurtis Lee / Los Angeles Times:
Here's what Trump supporters mean when they talk about the ‘deep state’  —  Donald Trump waits to step out onto the portico of the U.S. Capitol for his inauguration in January.  (Patrick Semansky / Associated Press)  —  Leaks to reporters.  Supposed wiretaps of Donald Trump during the presidential campaign.
Dean Balsamini / New York Post:
Guy wearing Trump hat sues bar for refusing to serve him  —  Greg Piatek says his pro-Trump hat got him bounced from The Happiest Hour in the Village.  —  Angel Chevrestt  —  Bartenders at a West Village hot spot served up discrimination — with a liberal twist — refusing to serve …
Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
Tracking the special treatment media get when they play nice with the White House  —  Some people regard Tomi Lahren as a racist.  —  The social-media star's past commentary on the conservative website the Blaze, including her disparagement of the Black Lives Matter movement …
James Vincent / The Verge:
Jeff Bezos looks a little too happy piloting a giant mechanical robot  —  Add this one to the growing pile of evidence that the world is slowly transitioning into a sci-fi dystopia: a billionaire entrepreneur with a side-line building space rockets has been showing off piloting a 13-foot-tall robot.
Emily Q. Hazzard / ThinkProgress:
Ryan announces major changes to Trumpcare, wants vote before Congress learns its impact on Americans  —  Passing a bill of this size before letting the CBO assess it is unprecedented.  —  Speaker Paul Ryan announced Sunday he would be willing to make major changes to the Republican health care bill …
Discussion: Hullabaloo
Elizabeth Kolbert / New Yorker:
Can Chuck Schumer Check Donald Trump?  —  After suggesting that he might be able to work with the President, the Senate Minority Leader is taking a harder line.  —  On a morning not long after Michael Flynn, having lied about conversations with the Russian Ambassador, was forced to step …
 
 
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Rachael Bade / Politico:
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Roger Kimball / American Greatness:
A Government of Laws, Not Men
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Andreas Rinke / Reuters:
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Discussion: Occupy Democrats
Joe Schoffstall / Washington Free Beacon:
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Kyle Smith / New York Post:
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Josh Gerstein / Politico:
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Peter Beinart / The Atlantic:
The Denationalization of American Muslims
Olivia Beavers / The Hill:
Ex-intelligence official: Napolitano's British wiretapping claim 'didn't get it right'
Discussion: RedState
New York Times:
G.O.P.'s Health Care Tightrope Winds Through the Blue-Collar Midwest