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Associated Press:
Interior mum on whether Zinke spent $139K on office door  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — Records show the Interior Department spent nearly $139,000 last year for construction at the agency that was labeled on a work order as “Secretary's Door.”  —  A spokeswoman for Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke …
Alex Pareene / Splinter:
If You Truly Care About Speech, You Will Invite Me to Your Office to Personally Call You a Dipshit  —  Civil society requires the toleration of the expression of opposing viewpoints, no matter how personally discomforting you may find them.  Therefore, it would be profoundly hypocritical …
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David French / National Review:
The Sliming of Bari Weiss  —  s a New York Times columnist, she gets pilloried for decrying intolerance and bias, exactly as she did at Columbia a decade ago.  —  If you follow at all the ideological war that's erupted around the New York Times editorial page, then you know Bari Weiss.
Discussion: New York Magazine
Glenn Greenwald / The Intercept:
NYT's Bari Weiss Falsely Denies Her Years of Attacks on the Academic Freedom of Arab Scholars Who Criticize Israel  —  After the New York Times last April hired Bari Weiss to write for and edit its op-ed page, I wrote a long article detailing her history of pro-Israel activism and, especially …
Oleg Deripaska / The Daily Caller:
The Ever-Changing ‘Russia Narrative’ In American Politics Is Cynically False Public Manipulation  —  In the comedy movie “Wag the Dog,” a fictitious U.S. president is on the cusp of losing an election over a real scandal.  So a political spin doctor and Hollywood producer hired …
Discussion: Mediaite, Raw Story and emptywheel
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CNN:
Trump upset with Sanders over Stormy Daniels response  —  Washington (CNN)President Donald Trump is upset with White House press secretary Sarah Sanders over her responses Wednesday regarding his alleged affair with porn star Stormy Daniels, a source close to the White House tells CNN.
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Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
Three potential calamities for Trump — aside from Mueller
Discussion: CNBC
Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Peter Navarro wants Gary Cohn's job, terrifying D.C.  —  President Trump's spirit animal Peter Navarro is telling associates he wants Gary Cohn's job as the president's chief economic adviser.  —  What we're hearing: Publicly, Navarro has been coy, telling Bloomberg TV he's not in the running for the job.
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HuffPost:
This Anti-Semitic Term Was Casually Used During A White House Briefing  —  Its use came a day after it was used to describe a Jewish White House official, sparking concern on social media.  —  There's perhaps never a bad time to stretch or rethink one's vocabulary.
Axios:
Exclusive polls: Big warning signs for Senate Democrats  —  Five Senate Democrats would lose to a Republican candidate if the election were held today and three have approval ratings under 50%, according to new Axios/SurveyMonkey polls.  —  Keep reading  —  352 WORDS
Associated Press:
Judge to Trump: Muting, not blocking followers, may end suit  —  NEW YORK (AP) — A judge is recommending that President Donald Trump mute rather than block some Twitter followers to resolve a First Amendment lawsuit.  —  Manhattan federal Judge Naomi Reice Buchwald (rees BUHK'-wahld) …
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Brendan Pierson / Reuters:
U.S. judge questions whether Trump can block Twitter users
Discussion: TheBlaze and VICE News
Rebecca Berg / CNN:
Amid renewed scrutiny, Erik Prince to host fundraiser for Russia-friendly congressman  —  (CNN)Blackwater founder Erik Prince will host a fundraiser this month for Russia-friendly Republican Rep. Dana Rohrabacher, as Prince faces new questions over a 2017 meeting currently being investigated by special counsel Robert Mueller.
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Lisa Hagen / The Hill:   Rohrabacher under fire over Russia ties
Science:
The spread of true and false news online  —  1Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), the Media Lab, E14-526, 75 Amherst Street, Cambridge, MA 02142, USA.  —  2MIT, E62-364, 100 Main Street, Cambridge, MA 02142, USA.  —  See all authors and affiliations  —  Vol. 359, Issue 6380, pp.
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Robinson Meyer / The Atlantic:
The Grim Conclusions of the Largest-Ever Study of Fake News
Mike Florio / ProFootballTalk:
A team asked Derrius Guice if he likes men  —  The calendar says 2018.  Some NFL locker rooms remain trapped in 1960.  —  Running back Derrius Guice said in a Wednesday night appearance on SiriusXM NFL Radio that a team asked him at the Scouting Combine if he likes men.
Tony Romm / Washington Post:
Inside Trump's private meeting with the video-game industry — and its critics … Republican lawmakers and conservative media critics pressed President Trump on Thursday to explore new restrictions on the video-game industry, arguing that violent games might have contributed to mass shootings …
Discussion: Associated Press, CNN, IJR and Polygon
New York Times:
Trump Authorizes Tariffs in Defiance of Allies at Home and Abroad  —  WASHINGTON — President Trump defied opposition from his own party and protests from overseas on Thursday as he signed an order imposing stiff and sweeping new tariffs on imported steel and aluminum.
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CBS News:
Trump signs tariff proclamations — live updates
Discussion: Daily Wire and IJR
StarWars.com:
Jon Favreau to Executive Produce and Write Live-Action Star Wars Series  —  The director of Iron Man and The Jungle Book will helm the series for Disney's new direct-to-consumer platform.  —  Lucasfilm is excited to announce that Emmy-nominated producer and actor Jon Favreau has signed …
Wall Street Journal:
Russian Trolls Tried to Torpedo Mitt Romney's Shot at Secretary of State  —  Online campaign targeted the ex-GOP nominee as Donald Trump considered him in late 2016  —  Weeks after Donald Trump was elected president, Russia-backed online “trolls” flooded social media to try to block Mitt Romney …
Monmouth University Polling Institute:
Trump Down, Dems Up, Russia Bad, Kushner Out  —  Opinion on tax reform remains stable  —  West Long Branch, NJ - Donald Trump's job approval rating has slipped over the past month, but remains higher than the historic low recorded by the Monmouth University Poll at the end of last year.
Discussion: New York Times
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CNN:   Marist poll: Trump's job approval at the highest since taking office
Mike Fleming / Deadline:
David Chase Revives ‘The Sopranos’ With New Line Prequel Movie ‘The Many Saints Of Newark’  —  EXCLUSIVE: David Chase is finally ready to return to the New Jersey turf of his iconic creation The Sopranos.  New Line has purchased the screenplay The Many Saints of Newark …
Jonathan Mattise / Associated Press:
Ex-Tennessee governor's Senate campaign fears it was hacked  —  NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Former Tennessee Gov. Phil Bredesen's campaign for U.S. Senate told the FBI on Thursday that it fears it has been hacked, amid growing concern that candidates in the 2018 election could be targets of cyberattacks.
Discussion: Political Wire
Andrew Kaczynski / CNN:
Senior adviser at HUD spread conspiracy theory that Clinton campaign chairman was Satanist  —  (CNN)A senior adviser at the Department of Housing and Urban Development spread a false conspiracy theory that claimed Hillary Clinton's 2016 presidential campaign chairman took part in a Satanic ritual, a CNN KFile review of his tweets show.
Discussion: Raw Story
Charlie Warzel / BuzzFeed:
Jared Kushner Sought To Sell Newspaper To Trump's Political Enemies  —  Just days before heading to a West Wing job, Donald Trump's son-in-law, Jared Kushner, was secretly engaged in talks to sell his struggling news organization, the New York Observer, to Clinton megadonor and Univision chair Haim Saban …
Discussion: Splinter
New York Times:
Women We Overlooked in 167 Years of New York Times Obituaries  —  The poet Sylvia Plath and the novelist Charlotte Brontë.  Ida B. Wells, the anti-lynching activist.  These extraordinary women — and so many others — did not have obituaries in The New York Times.  Until now.
Carol Robinson / al.com:
Huffman High School shooting: Courtlin Arrington killed; Birmingham police question injured teen  —  A Huffman High School senior was killed and another injured when gunfire erupted inside a classroom at the east Birmingham school Wednesday afternoon.  —  Killed was a 17-year-old girl …
Nahal Toosi / Politico:
Refugee skeptic lands top State Department refugee job  —  A White House aide close to senior policy adviser Stephen Miller who has advocated strict limits on immigration into the U.S. has been selected for a top State Department post overseeing refugee admissions, according to current and former officials.
Discussion: Political Wire
Cheddar:
Exclusive: Snap Plans Biggest Round of Layoffs Yet Totaling 120 Engineers  —  Snap Inc. is preparing its largest round of layoffs to date, Cheddar has learned.  —  The Snapchat-maker plans to announce the cuts internally in the next couple days, according to people familiar with the matter …
Kyle Kondik / Sabato's Crystal Ball:
House 2018: 26 Ratings Changes, All in Favor of Democrats  —  PA-18 special now a Toss-up; Democratic incumbents in strong position; and what about Paul Ryan?  —  KEY POINTS FROM THIS ARTICLE  — With less than a week to go, the PA-18 special election moves from Leans Republican to Toss-up.
Cristiano Lima / Politico:
Dems denounce Farrakhan rhetoric amid pressure from GOP  —  Several Democratic lawmakers denounced Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan's anti-Semitic rhetoric Thursday after facing pressure from Republican officials and religious groups to account for their past contacts with the controversial activist.
Brookings:
Macroeconomic effects of the 2017 tax reform  —  DOWNLOAD  —  Editor's Note:  —  This paper is part of the Spring 2018 edition of the Brookings Papers on Economic Activity, the leading conference series and journal in economics for timely, cutting-edge research about real-world policy issues.
Discussion: Wall Street Journal, Splinter and Vox
Tom Nichols / Washington Post:
Trump is delivering what he promised: A government with no experts … President Trump kept an important campaign promise this week.  Not the one about tariffs — that was incidental — but the one where he vowed to give his supporters the satisfaction of seeing him ignore experts.
 
 
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Bloomberg:
Wall Street Denied in Latest Rewrite of Senate Banking Bill
Discussion: The Intercept
Chris Lee / Vulture:
Watch the Exclusive First Clip for the Rachel Dolezal Documentary
Discussion: National Review and The Root
Associated Press:
The Latest: Hundreds in Brazil march on Int. Women's Day
CNBC:
Stocks close higher after Trump signs tariffs that exclude Mexico and Canada
Discussion: Reuters and Washington Free Beacon
Kenneth P. Vogel / New York Times:
How Russian Trolls Crept Into the Trump Campaign's Facebook Messages
Discussion: Raw Story
 Earlier Items: 
Katie Bo Williams / The Hill:
Dems: Uranium One informant provided ‘no evidence’ of Clinton ‘quid pro quo’
Lee Smith / Tablet Magazine:
Left and Right Agree that Russiagate is Hogwash, So Why Does It Live On?
Ashley Edwards / PVA:
Criminal Investigation Sought into Sanders Campaign for Collusion During a Federal Election With a Foreign Entity
CNNMoney:
Russians released anti-Clinton video game weeks before election
Discussion: Mediaite
Danielle Paquette / Washington Post:
Why a white town paid for a class called ‘Hispanics 101’
Discussion: Splinter and Raw Story
Lingling Wei / Wall Street Journal:
Trump Tweet on China Trade Understates U.S. Demand — by $99 Billion
 

 
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New York Times:
Karlie Kloss' Bedford buys Life publication rights from Dotdash Meredith and plans to resume regular print publication in 2025; Josh Kushner will be publisher

 
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