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10:10 AM ET, March 21, 2018

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Tony Plohetski / Austin American-Statesman:
Austin bombing suspect, 24-year-old man, dies as police close in, chief says  —  5:50 a.m. update: The suspect in a string of bombings in Austin is dead, interim Austin Police Chief Brian Manley confirmed early Wednesday.  —  The name of the suspect, described only as a 24-year-old white man …
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CNN:
Austin bomber kills himself with explosive device  —  (CNN)A suspect in a wave of bombing attacks in Austin killed himself inside his car with an explosive device early Wednesday as authorities closed in, police said.  —  Since the bombings started on March 2, investigators frantically searched for clues …
Washington Post:
Austin bombing suspect dies after detonating explosive as SWAT team closed in, police say … ROUND ROCK, Tex. — The suspected serial bomber who terrorized Austin with a slew of exploding packages died early Wednesday after detonating another explosive device in his vehicle as Austin police closed in on him …
Discussion: Gizmodo, Splinter and The Guardian
The Texas Tribune:
Police say the suspect in the Austin bombing attacks is dead
Discussion: Common Dreams
Washington Post:
Trump's national security advisers warned him not to congratulate Putin.  He did it anyway. … President Trump did not follow specific warnings from his national security advisers when he congratulated Russian President Vladi­mir Putin Tuesday on his reelection, including a section …
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Jeff Zeleny / CNN:
Kelly furious over leak of warning to Trump to not congratulate Putin  —  WaPo: Trump warned not to congratulate Putin  —  Washington (CNN)White House chief of staff John Kelly is furious about the quick leak of a warning to President Donald Trump to not congratulate his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin …
Discussion: Raw Story, Mediaite and Washington Post
Jonathan Swan / Axios:
A stunning leak rattles Trump and his aides  —  One of the most startling leaks — and stunning revelations — of this whole administration has left President Trump and his senior staff furious and rattled.  The Washington Post reports in its lead story: “Trump did not follow specific warnings …
Jordan Fabian / The Hill:   Trump faces backlash after congratulating Putin on election win
Washington Post:
Bannon oversaw Cambridge Analytica's collection of Facebook data, according to former employee … LONDON — Conservative strategist Stephen K. Bannon oversaw Cambridge Analytica's early efforts to collect troves of Facebook data as part of an ambitious program to build detailed profiles …
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Ross Douthat / New York Times:
Trump Hacked the Media Right Before Our Eyes  —  Let's get one thing straight: I am not a fan of Facebook.  I'm confident that social media is a cancer on our private lives and a source of derangement in our politics.  I take it for granted that the tech barons are acquiring the power to tilt elections …
Discussion: CNBC
Channel 4 News:
Exposed: Undercover secrets of Trump's data firm  —  An undercover investigation by Channel 4 News has revealed how Cambridge Analytica claims it ran key parts of the presidential campaign for Donald Trump.  —  The British data company was secretly filmed discussing coordination between Trump's campaign …
Betsy Woodruff / The Daily Beast:
Cambridge Analytica Looked to Pounce on Russian Hacks, Email Shows
Discussion: Raw Story
Spencer Ackerman / The Daily Beast:
Exclusive: Mark Zuckerberg AWOL From Facebook's Data Leak Damage Control Session
Donie O'Sullivan / CNNMoney:
Exclusive: Scientist at center of data controversy says Facebook is making him a scapegoat
Tom Namako / BuzzFeed:
An “Ashamed” Fox News Commentator Just Quit The “Propaganda Machine”  —  “Over my decade with Fox, I long was proud of the association,” Col. Ralph Peters wrote in an email to colleagues.  “Now I am ashamed.”  —  A retired United States Army lieutenant colonel and Fox News contributor quit Tuesday …
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Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times:
Fox News Analyst Quits, Calling Network a ‘Propaganda Machine’  —  A longtime analyst for Fox News is leaving the network, saying that he could not “in good conscience” remain with an organization that, he argued, “is now wittingly harming our system of government for profit.”
Discussion: alicublog, Mediaite and IJR
Tennessean.com:
New poll finds Bredesen with narrow lead over Blackburn in US Senate race  —  Former Gov. Phil Bredesen has a slight edge over U.S. Rep. Marsha Blackburn in a new poll on the U.S. Senate race from a Democratic-leaning firm.  —  The poll, conducted by North Carolina-based Public Policy Polling …
Liam Stack / New York Times:
Denounced by His Party as a Nazi, Arthur Jones Wins Illinois G.O.P. Congressional Primary  —  Arthur Jones, a Holocaust denier described as a Nazi by the Illinois Republican Party, won the Republican primary on Tuesday in the state's Third Congressional District, a heavily Democratic district …
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New York Times:
Illinois Primary Election Results: Lipinski Faces Primary Challenge in 3rd House District
Discussion: Axios and The Week
Ben Kamisar / The Hill:
Holocaust denier wins GOP nomination in heavily Democratic seat
Discussion: The Root
Alan M. Dershowitz / The Hill:
Trump is right: The special counsel should never have been appointed  —  is right in saying that a special counsel should never have been appointed to investigate the so-called Russian connection.  There was no evidence of any crime committed by the Trump administration.
Alex Griswold / Washington Free Beacon:
John Oliver OBLITERATES Children's Book Benefiting Human Trafficking Victims  —  About a year back, I remember seeing two tweets come across my feed that summed up perfectly the level of discourse some liberal comedy show hosts bring to the table. … To recap, then-Indiana Governor Mike Pence posted …
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Liam Stack / New York Times:
Children's Book About Mike Pence's Gay Bunny Jumps to No. 1
Discussion: The Daily Beast and Mediaite
CNN:
Lone resource officer's quick action stopped the Maryland school shooter within seconds  —  Two injured in Maryland school shooting  —  (CNN)The school shooting was over in seconds.  But it could have dragged on longer and proven deadlier were it not for the rapid response of a school resource officer.
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Associated Press:
The Latest: Spending talks nearly done, bill to be unveiled  —  The Latest on negotiations in Congress over a $1.3 trillion government spending bill (all times local):  —  Talks over a $1.3 trillion government spending bill are almost complete as the White House and Capitol Hill Democrats ironed …
Discussion: Axios
Natasha Korecki / Politico:
Top takeaways from the Illinois primary  —  The nation's second primary election produced a stunning result Tuesday — little-known conservative state Rep. Jeanne Ives nearly upset GOP Governor Bruce Rauner.  Even in defeat, Ives' performance raised serious questions about Rauner's ability …
Discussion: Associated Press
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Rick Pearson / Chicago Tribune:
Campaign between Rauner, Pritzker expected to be expensive, brutal and long
Discussion: The Daily Caller, Joe.My.God. and Vox
Victor Davis Hanson / American Greatness:
Scandal Questions Never Asked, Much Less Answered  —  Sometimes the hysteria of crowds causes them to overlook the obvious.  Here is a series of 12 questions that do not seem to trouble anyone, but the answers to these should expose why so many of the people today alleging scandals should themselves be considered scandalous.
Steven Rogers / Washington Post:
Democrats are contesting more state legislative seats than they have in decades.  —  Everyone' is talking about whether Democrats can take control of the U.S. House of Representatives and about the record number of candidates running for the 435 House seats up for election this fall.
Hadas Gold / CNN:
Democrat: Whistleblowers say White House trying to oust broadcast board CEO  —  (CNN)The top Democrat of the House Foreign Affairs Committee says whistleblowers have come forward to allege a plot to remove the current CEO of the Broadcasting Board of Governors, the agency which controls US-funded media abroad …
Adam Schiff / USA Today:
Republicans leading Russia probe ignored every lesson I learned as a prosecutor: Adam Schiff  —  The House GOP ignored best practices in its investigation of Russian interference.  As a former prosecutor of complex crimes, let me count the ways.  —  Almost 30 years ago …
Michael Biesecker / Associated Press:
New travel costs revealed for EPA head amid ongoing scrutiny  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt spent more than $120,000 in public funds last summer for a trip to Italy that included a meeting of G-7 ministers and a private tour of the Vatican.
The Poynter Institute / Poynter:
Poynter receives $3 million from Google to lead program teaching teens to tell fact from fiction online  —  The Poynter Institute will lead a project funded by Google.org called MediaWise, a groundbreaking endeavor aimed at helping middle and high school students be smarter consumers of news and information online.
Discussion: CNNMoney, Althouse, The Week and WREG-TV
 
 
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Austin American-Statesman:
Authorities: Bombing suspect was Pflugerville resident Mark A. Conditt
Discussion: Raw Story
Jason Schwartz / Politico:
Breitbart's readership plunges
Michelle Ye Hee Lee / Washington Post:
Republican National Committee spent big at Trump properties in February, filings show
New York Times:
Senators Warn About Russian Election Meddling and Call for Paper Ballots
WNYW-TV:
Delta sends dog to multiple wrong cities
Discussion: RedState
New York Times:
The End for Facebook's Security Evangelist
Bloomberg:
Google Sweetens Deals With Publishers
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Small-town America has gotten an economic jolt under Trump
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Ralph Peters / New York Post:
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James C. McKinley Jr / New York Times:
President Trump Must Face Accusations of ‘Apprentice’ Contestant
Ari Berman / Mother Jones:
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