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New York Times:
John Dowd Resigns as Trump's Lead Lawyer in Special Counsel Inquiry  —  WASHINGTON — The president's lead lawyer for the special counsel investigation, John Dowd, resigned on Thursday, according to two people briefed on the matter, days after the president called for an end to the inquiry.
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Washington Post:
Trump attorney John Dowd resigns amid shake-up in president's legal team … John Dowd, a personal attorney to President Trump, resigned his position Thursday amid a shake-up in the president's legal team as Trump has sought more firepower to deal with the special counsel's Russia investigation.
Gabriel Sherman / Vanity Fair:
“Now I'm F—ing Doing It My Way”: Jubilant and Self-Liberated, the President Prepares for War with Mueller  —  With John Dowd out, John Kelly and Ty Cobb marginalized, Joseph diGenova on board, and Marc Kasowitz possibly returning, the next battle comes into focus.
Washington Post:
Trump attorney John Dowd said to resign amid shake-up on legal team for Russia probe  —  John Dowd, a personal attorney for President Trump handling the special counsel's investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election, has resigned, according to three people familiar with the decision.
Discussion: IJR
The Daily Beast:
Trump's Lead Lawyer, John Dowd, Resigns as Mueller Closes In
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
The Guardian:
Facebook gave data about 57bn friendships to academic  —  Volume of data suggests trusted partnership with Aleksandr Kogan, says analyst … Before Facebook suspended Aleksandr Kogan from its platform for the data harvesting “scam” at the centre of the unfolding Cambridge Analytica scandal …
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Jonathan Lemire / Associated Press:
Mueller examining Cambridge Analytica, Trump campaign ties
Discussion: Political Wire
Christian Caryl / Washington Post:
Forget Cambridge Analytica. What about Facebook's role in ethnic strife and genocide?
Nicholas Thompson / Wired:
Mark Zuckerberg Talks to WIRED About Facebook's Privacy Problem
The Guardian:
Cambridge Analytica: search of London HQ delayed by wait for warrant
Politico:
Massive spending deal clinched despite Trump's misgivings  —  Lawmakers will have to move quickly to avoid a shutdown on Friday night.  —  Congressional leaders on Wednesday night formally unveiled a mammoth spending bill that would deliver the largest funding boost to federal agencies in years …
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Jeremy Diamond / CNN:
Trump hits China with tariffs, heightening concerns of global trade war  —  Washington (CNN)President Donald Trump launched the next salvo in his widening war on Chinese trade abuses, this time taking aim at China's unfair seizure of US intellectual property.
Patrick Marley / Milwaukee Journal Sentinel:
Judge orders Gov. Scott Walker to hold special elections for open legislative seats in Eric Holder suit  —  MADISON - Dealing a setback to Gov. Scott Walker and other Republicans, a judge ruled Thursday the governor must call special elections to fill two vacant seats in the Legislature.
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Kira Lerner / ThinkProgress:   Scott Walker ordered to hold special elections he was afraid Republicans would lose
Wall Street Journal:
Charges Have Been Dropped Against Most Turkish Officers in D.C. Clash  —  Case had caused a rift between the U.S. and Turkey  —  WASHINGTON—Federal prosecutors have dropped charges against 11 of 15 members of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's security team who were accused in connection …
Aidan McLaughlin / Mediaite:
CNN Head Jeff Zucker Takes Flamethrower to Fox News: ‘Pure Propaganda Machine,’ Not a News Channel  —  Jeff Zucker says Fox News is state run TV, a propaganda machine, worse than TASS.  Do you think he is shy on opinions?  #FTFutureNews pic.twitter.com/iZxyVCQfCV — Ken Fisher (@KennethLFisher) March 22, 2018
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Jeremy Barr / Hollywood Reporter:
Jeff Zucker Hits “Propaganda Machine” Fox News: “It Is Really State-Run TV”
Maxwell Tani / The Daily Beast:   CNN Chief: Fox News Harms America, Is Worse Than Russian Propaganda
Vivian Yee / New York Times:
He Gambles.  He Tips Staff.  He Eats Alone.  All the While, He's Stocking His Vegas Suite With Guns.  —  Sometimes we see him as other hotel guests would have seen him: as the tall gambler intent on the video poker machine across the casino floor, or as the customer standing in line in front …
Tim Mak / NPR:
John Bolton's Curious Appearance In A Russian Gun Rights Video  —  Former U.N. ambassador John Bolton recorded a video used by the Russian gun rights group The Right to Bear Arms in 2013 to encourage the Russian government to loosen gun laws.  —  The episode, which has not been previously reported …
New York Daily News:
Gov. Cuomo dismisses Cynthia Nixon's attack against him as ‘silly’  —  Gov. Cuomo on Wednesday dismissed actress Cynthia Nixon's blistering attack on him from the day before as part of the “political silly season.”  —  After giving a storm briefing, Cuomo commented publicly …
Discussion: Vox
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Tom Precious / The Buffalo News:   Cynthia Nixon slams Cuomo on Albany's culture of corruption
CBS News:
60 Minutes interview with Stormy Daniels to be broadcast Sunday  —  The adult-film star and director describes the affair she says she had with Donald Trump in her first television interview about the alleged relationship  —  The 60 Minutes interview with Stormy Daniels …
Charlotte Alter / TIME:
The School Shooting Generation Has Had Enough  —  It's lunchtime on a Tuesday, and the kids are piling into a pizzeria booth in Coral Springs, Fla., to plot a revolution.  “The adults know that we're cleaning up their mess,” says Cameron Kasky, an 11th-grader at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School …
Tiffany Hsu / New York Times:
Citigroup Sets Restrictions on Gun Sales by Business Partners  —  Citigroup is setting restrictions on the sale of firearms by its business customers, making it the first Wall Street bank to take a stance in the divisive nationwide gun control debate.  —  The new policy, announced Thursday …
Geoffrey Skelley / Sabato's Crystal Ball:
Exit Stage Left or Right: Midterm Retirements and Open Seats in the House From 1974 to 2018  —  Republicans already have many abandoned districts to defend this November.  Are there more to come?  —  KEY POINTS FROM THIS ARTICLE  — By multiple measures — such as retirements, “pure” …
Jane Lytvynenko / BuzzFeed:
This Public Relations Firm Has Been Secretly Placing Articles In Conservative Publications  —  Inside the corporate payola machine.  —  Conservative media has long been the home for impassioned arguments against the welfare state, gun control, and taxes.  —  But if you look closely …
Kyle Cheney / Politico:
House panel finds no Trump-Russia collusion, recommends leak crackdown  —  House Intelligence Committee Republicans voted Thursday to end their investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election, declaring that a string of contacts between Donald Trump's associates …
Eric Levitz / New York Magazine:
The Radical Proposal That Moderate Democrats Should Be Running On  —  Last week, a self-styled moderate Democrat won a congressional race in the heart of Trump Country — and the last-surviving “Blue Dogs” promptly declared their vindication.  For the Democrats' right flank, Politico wrote …
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Alex Horton / Washington Post:
Police shot at a man 20 times in his back yard, thinking he had a gun.  It was a cellphone. … Police say they saw an object in Stephan Clark's hand before firing 20 bullets that killed him in his own yard Sunday night in Sacramento, with the disturbing moment made public through body camera footage released Wednesday night.
Wall Street Journal:
China to Target Trump's Base in Tariff Response  —  Beijing prepares to deliver pain to President Trump's support base, including with tariffs targeting agricultural exports  —  China is preparing to hit back at trade offensives from Washington with tariffs aimed at President Donald Trump's support base …
Rachael Bade / Politico:
House leaders' biggest 2018 fear: The lazy Republican  —  On paper, Rep. John Culberson (R-Texas) appears to be a shoo-in for reelection.  He's served nine terms in what's been a GOP stronghold for decades, hasn't had a serious challenger in years and sits on one of the most powerful committees in Congress.
Discussion: Daily Kos, Raw Story and Splinter
Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
Foreign Relations Dem: Senate must act on Trump's ambassador nominees  —  A Democrat on the Foreign Relations Committee expressed frustration Thursday over the slow pace of confirmations for President Trump  —  's ambassador nominees, saying he would push Senate minority leader Charles Schumer
Chloe Melas / CNN:
Frank Avruch, who played Bozo the Clown, dies at 89  —  (CNN)Frank Avruch, who was best known for playing Bozo the Clown, died Tuesday at the age of 89, according to his manager Stuart Hersh.  —  “While it's hard to say goodbye, we celebrate the legacy of joy and laughter he brought to millions …
Betsy Woodruff / The Daily Beast:
Trump's Legal Team Shared Office Space With Top Conservative Legal Group … President Donald Trump's legal team has done work out of the Capitol Hill offices of a conservative nonprofit group run by one of the president's lawyers.  —  Two sources familiar with the situation say attorneys representing …
 
 
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Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Rex Tillerson takes an apparent parting shot at Trump
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Katy O'Donnell / Politico:
Carson's ‘bottom line’: No harm done on furniture
Discussion: ABC News, Mediaite and Roll Call
Henry Olsen / City Journal:
Long Weekend at Kamala's
Sam Roberts / New York Times:
Overlooked No More: Ruth Wakefield, Who Invented the Chocolate Chip Cookie
Associated Press:
Police: Maryland school shooter apparently was lovesick teen
Discussion: Shakesville
Reuters:
Exclusive: U.S. miners' union to endorse two more Democrats in coal country
Discussion: Axios
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Samantha Pearson / Wall Street Journal:
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Discussion: The Daily Caller
Nicole Chavez / CNN:
Austin bomber left behind a confession, but it doesn't say why he did it
Eliza Newlin Carney / American Prospect:
Hush Money May Prove Trump's Biggest Campaign-Finance Problem
Rachael Krishna / BuzzFeed:
There's An Online Harassment Campaign Underway Against People Advocating For Diversity In Comics
Ben Schreckinger / GQ:
When Trump Met Stormy Daniels: The Strange Story of Four Wild Days in Tahoe
Discussion: NBC News and Washington Post
Matt Lewis / The Daily Beast:
Yes, Jordan Peterson Really Is That Smart
Bernard Condon / Associated Press:
NYC agency investigating more than a dozen Kushner buildings
Discussion: Politico and The Intercept
New York Times:
Why Is Trump So Afraid of Russia?
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The NBC News-Ronna McDaniel saga highlights the perks and perils of partisan talk TV; a source says McDaniel is now seeking $600K+ for her two year deal

 
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