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1:15 PM ET, March 6, 2018

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Awful scandal porn: Nunberg gone wild — MSNBC dubbed it “a historic interview.” CNN's Jake Tapper called it “a wild edition of ‘The Lead.’” Drudge's banner headline, with a cable screengrab: “cRaZy!” — Here's what it was: A sad, epic meltdown — a troubled Trump flunky …

Discussion: National Review, Salon, Daily Wire, Hullabaloo, Washingtonian, Mediaite, Splinter, Taylor Marsh, Washington Post, twitchy.com, CNNMoney, Outside the Beltway, The Daily Beast, Fox News, Daily Kos, Townhall.com, JONATHAN TURLEY, TVNewser, Raw Story, NPR and emptywheel

Associated Press:

Ex-Trump aide says he'll likely cooperate with Mueller — WASHINGTON (AP) — A former Trump campaign aide spent much of Monday promising to defy a subpoena from special counsel Robert Mueller, even throwing down the challenge to “arrest me,” then backed off his defiance by saying he would probably cooperate in the end.

Discussion: Washington Post, Talking Points Memo, Mediaite, Politico, Bustle, Gizmodo, Splinter, CNN and Political Wire

Olivia Nuzzi / New York Magazine:

Sam Nunberg on Mueller, His Media Spree, and His Message for Trump — At 11:30 on Monday night, Sam Nunberg returned a call from New York. Usually easy to get ahold of, Nunberg had been tied up for hours, busy creating absolute mayhem of a variety not enjoyed by American media consumers since the brief era of Anthony Scaramucci.

Discussion: Mediaite, CNN, Vox, Bustle, CBS Los Angeles, Shareblue Media, KTLA, Weekly Standard, CBS San Francisco, The Atlantic, Washington Free Beacon, New York Times and MSNBC

McKay Coppins / The Atlantic:

Sam Nunberg's Spectacular Stunt — “By the way, you know I'm the number one trending person on Twitter?” — It was just after 8 p.m. on Monday night, and the suddenly-famous Sam Nunberg had phoned me from Dorrian's Red Hand Restaurant, a yuppie hangout on Manhattan's Upper East Side, where he was reveling in his triumph.

Discussion: CNN, The Guardian, NBC News, Daily Wire, Vox, Lawfare, Fox News Insider, TheBlaze, twitchy.com, WGN-TV, Washington Post, Mashable, BuzzFeed, CANNONFIRE, Mediaite and Mother Jones

Timothy L. O'Brien / Bloomberg:
Trump Doesn't Have a Best-and-Brightest Problem

Discussion: Daily Wire, Politico and CNN

Saagar Enjeti / The Daily Caller:
EXCLUSIVE: Sam Nunberg Apologizes To Sarah Sanders, Is Complying With Mueller And Thinks The Media Was Fair To Him

Discussion: MSNBC, Variety, The Daily Beast, Raw Story, twitchy.com, Breitbart and Mediaite

Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:
Sam Nunberg goes dark on Tuesday after his spectacular media meltdown

Discussion: Mediaite, CNN, Washington Post and New York Magazine

Natalie Neysa Alund / Tennessean.com:

Nashville Mayor Megan Barry is expected to announce her resignation Tuesday morning — Nashville Mayor Megan Barry speaks to the press in Old Hickory after a ribbon cutting ceremony Michael Schwab — Nashville Mayor Megan Barry is expected to announce her resignation at a press conference Tuesday morning.

Discussion: WKRN-TV, MusicRow, Breitbart, The Daily Caller, Political Wire, Mediaite and Washington Free Beacon

Jonathan Mattise / Associated Press:

Nashville mayor resigns after affair, pleads guilty to theft — NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Nashville Mayor Megan Barry resigned Tuesday and pleaded guilty to a felony theft charge, a month after the rising Democratic star admitted to an affair with her bodyguard.

Discussion: Women in the World and Tennessean.com

New York Times: Nashville Mayor Megan Barry Pleads Guilty to Theft and Agrees to Resign

Natalie Neysa Alund / Tennessean.com:
Nashville Mayor Megan Barry pleads guilty to felony theft

Discussion: The Daily Beast and NPR

Choe Sang-Hun / New York Times:

North Korea Is Willing to Discuss Giving Up Nuclear Weapons, South Says — SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea's leader, Kim Jong-un, has told South Korean envoys that his country is willing to begin negotiations with the United States on abandoning its nuclear weapons and that it would suspend …

Anna Fifield / Washington Post:
North Korea says it will halt nuclear and missile tests while talking with U.S., Seoul says

Discussion: Los Angeles Times and Weekly Standard

James Gordon Meek / ABC News:

Flynn selling house to pay legal bills in Trump probe — Michael Flynn, the retired Army general and ex-Trump national security adviser who pleaded guilty last year to lying to FBI agents about his Russian contacts, has put his Virginia home up for sale to pay mounting legal fees, friends and family members told ABC News.

Discussion: The Daily Beast, New York Post, Axios, Talking Points Memo, IJR and Mediaite

Jonathan Turley / The Hill:
If Andrew McCabe lied, could he be charged like Michael Flynn?

Discussion: ABC News and Instapundit

Andrew Kaczynski / CNN:

GOP Senate hopeful's radio show listed pro-southern secession group as a ‘favorite’ website — (CNN)The radio show hosted by Republican Senate candidate Chris McDaniel listed a group that advocates for southern secession among a list of ‘favorite websites’ featured on the show's website.

Discussion: The Clarion Ledger

Nathaniel Rakich / FiveThirtyEight:
How Things Could Go Wrong For Republicans In Mississippi's New Senate Race

Discussion: The Clarion Ledger, New York Times, NPR, Weekly Standard, CNN, Lawyers, Guns & Money and KTLA

Harry Enten / CNN:
Can a blue wave take down Ted Cruz in Texas?

Discussion: Washington Post and CNBC

CNN:

West Virginia lawmakers reach deal to give striking teachers pay raise — Charleston, West Virginia (CNN)West Virginia lawmakers said Tuesday morning that a deal has been reached to deliver a 5% pay raise for all state employees, including striking teachers, according to the state committee meeting on the matter.

Discussion: ThinkProgress, WV News, New York Times, Jacobin, Outside the Beltway, FOX6Now.com, Daily Kos and Balloon Juice

ABC News:
West Virginia leaders reach deal to end teachers strike

Discussion: Associated Press, WV MetroNews, Mother Jones, Politico, NPR, Common Dreams, NBC News, TheBlaze and CBS Pittsburgh

Jake Zuckerman / Charleston Gazette-Mail:
Gov. Justice says WV teacher strike is over, teachers want to see bill signed

Discussion: The Daily Beast and WOWK-TV

Bloomberg:

EU Raises Stakes for Trump With Tariffs Targeting GOP Heartland — Tit-for-tat tariffs of 25% to hit $3.5 billion of U.S. goods — Retaliatory list includes jeans, cosmetics, bourbon, boats — The European Union is preparing punitive tariffs on iconic U.S. brands produced …

Discussion: ThinkProgress, CNBC, Axios and The Committee …

New York Times:
Trump Reaffirms Commitment to Tariffs but Opens Door to Compromise

Discussion: Politico, CNBC, Washington Post, The Atlantic, ABC News, Jamie Dupree - PBP, IJR, Infowars, Bustle, Breitbart, Roll Call, The Daily Caller, RedState, Washington Times, Wall Street Journal and TheBlaze

Haley Byrd / Weekly Standard:
Frustrated Republicans Dread Legislative Response to Trump's Tariff Proposal

Discussion: Bloomberg, Los Angeles Times and The Gateway Pundit

TheHill:

Australian diplomat whose tip prompted FBI's Russia-probe has tie to Clintons — The Australian diplomat whose tip in 2016 prompted the Russia-Trump investigation previously arranged one of the largest foreign donations to Bill and Hillary Clinton's charitable efforts, documents show.

Discussion: Power Line, The Daily Caller, Mediaite, The Gateway Pundit, The Resurgent and The American Spectator

Bloomberg:

Trump Believes Cohn Will Leave If Tariffs Instituted, Sources Say — President says turnover, debate are part of governing strategy — Economic adviser Cohn has mounted effort to thwart tariffs — President Donald Trump has told advisers that he believes economic adviser Gary Cohn …

Discussion: RedState, Political Wire and Dealbreaker

Jennifer Bendery / HuffPost:

Instead Of Thoughts And Prayers, Oregon Passes New Gun Safety Law — Gov. Kate Brown signed a bill to stop convicted stalkers and domestic abusers from buying and keeping firearms. — WASHINGTON Oregon Gov. Kate Brown (D) signed new gun safety legislation into law on Monday …

Discussion: Salt Lake Tribune and Axios

Caitlin Ryan / The BeeHive:

Bumble Bans Guns Across Platform — Bumble was founded with safety in mind. From the start, our mission has been to build a social network rooted in respect and kindness. — Online behavior can both mirror and predict how people treat each other in the real world.

Discussion: New York Times, Bustle, The Daily Caller, Washington Free Beacon, New York Magazine, The Verge, Guns.com, twitchy.com, Mashable and TechCrunch, more at Techmeme »

David Brooks / New York Times:

The Chaos After Trump — What happens to American politics after Donald Trump? Do we snap back to normal or do things spin ever more widely out of control? — The best indicator we have so far is the example of Italy since the reign of Silvio Berlusconi.

Discussion: No More Mister Nice Blog

Nolan D. McCaskill / Politico:

'It's almost nasty': Dems seek crackdown on sleeping in the Capitol — A bloc of House Democrats is calling for an ethics investigation into the widespread practice of lawmakers sleeping in their offices, arguing it's an abuse of taxpayer funds. — More than two dozen members …

Discussion: The Daily Beast, The Daily Caller, thecut and Political Wire

Miranda Green / The Hill:

Trump to consider elephant trophy imports on ‘case-by-case’ basis — The Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) announced last week that it will now consider all permits for importing elephant trophies from African nations on a “case-by-case basis,” breaking from President Trump

Discussion: KTLA and AOL

Ronald Brownstein / CNN:

The lemongrass burrito is the new America. Can either party keep up? — Irvine, California (CNN)If recent population trends continue at their current pace, it's likely that by Election Day this November, minorities will constitute the majority of the population in the Congressional District centered …

Discussion: Axios

Mike Konczal / New York Times:

Why Are Democrats Helping Trump Dismantle Dodd-Frank? — This week, the Senate begins debate on the Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief and Consumer Protection Act, known as the Crapo bill for its primary sponsor, Mike Crapo, a Republican senator from Idaho. The bill would roll back or eliminate parts of the Dodd-Frank Act.

Discussion: Vox

Christian Red / New York Daily News:

Dolphins owner Stephen Ross on national anthem protests: ‘All our players will be standing’ — If any Miami Dolphins player wants to kneel during the national anthem during the 2018 season — and beyond — team owner Stephen Ross has news for them: don't even think about it.

Discussion: Deadspin, FOX31 Denver, ProFootballTalk, The Daily Caller, AOL and IJR

BBC:

Russian spy: Boris Johnson warns Kremlin over Salisbury incident — The UK would respond “robustly” to any evidence of Russian involvement in the collapse of former spy Sergei Skripal, Boris Johnson has said. — Mr Skripal, 66, and his daughter Yulia, 33, are critically ill in hospital …

Discussion: ThinkProgress, New York Magazine, CBS News, BBC, AOL, The Sun and The Guardian

Aimee Green / Oregonian:

Oregon man, 20, sues Dick's, Walmart over new gun sale policies — A 20-year-old southern Oregon man filed suit Monday against Dick's Sporting Goods and Walmart after he says both national retailers refused to sell him a rifle in recent days. — Tyler Watson's lawsuit could be the first of its kind …

Discussion: USA Today, Bearing Arms, Guns.com, Outside the Beltway, AOL, CBS Miami, TheBlaze, Reason and WGN-TV

Matt Finn / Fox News:

Broward sheriff's captain who gave initial order to ‘stage’ not enter Stoneman Douglas is ID'd — The Broward County Sheriff's Office has identified to Fox News the captain who, according to sources, directed responding deputies and units to “stage” or form a “perimeter” …

Discussion: Daily Wire and The Gateway Pundit

MJ Lee / CNN:

Office of Special Counsel: Conway violated Hatch Act — Washington (CNN)The US Office of Special Counsel announced Tuesday that White House aide Kellyanne Conway violated the Hatch Act on two occasions by “advocating for and against candidates” in last year's Alabama Senate special election.

Kevin D. Williamson / National Review:

Correcting Krugman — Paul Krugman has written a column that is in many ways similar to my last column. Nothing untoward in that. It's a pretty good column. — Trump often Professor Krugman writes that President justifies his zany policy ideas with facts and figures that are not true or even close to true.

Discussion: Mother Jones and New York Times

New York Times:

New Foils for the Right: Google and Facebook — Conservatives are zeroing in on a new enemy in the political culture wars: Big Tech. — Arguing that Silicon Valley is stifling their speech and suppressing right-wing content, publishers and provocateurs on the right are eyeing …

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