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12:50 PM ET, March 23, 2018

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Matthew Rosenberg / New York Times:
Bolton Was Early Beneficiary of Cambridge Analytica's Facebook Data  —  WASHINGTON — The political action committee founded by John R. Bolton, President Trump's incoming national security adviser, was one of the earliest customers of Cambridge Analytica, which it hired specifically …
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Matthew Waxman / Lawfare:
The John Bolton I Knew  —  Most of the commentary about John Bolton's appointment as national security advisor has focused on his extreme policy views, especially with regard to military strikes against North Korea and Iran.  I want instead to offer here a few firsthand thoughts about his formidable skills …
Foreign Policy:
John Bolton Is a National Security Threat  —  John Bolton wants regime changes in North Korea and Iran, and he'll do whatever it takes to get them.  —  Lieutenant General H.R. McMaster is out as Trump's national security adviser and former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations (and current Fox News contributor) John Bolton is in.
New York Times:
McMaster to Resign as National Security Adviser, and Will Be Replaced by John Bolton  —  WASHINGTON — Lt. Gen. H. R. McMaster, the battle-tested Army officer tapped as President Trump's national security adviser last year to stabilize a turbulent foreign policy operation …
Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Bolton bombshell: the clashes to come  —  Sources close to President Trump say he feels John Bolton, hurriedly named last night to replace H.R. McMaster as national security adviser, will finally deliver the foreign policy the president wants — particularly on Iran and North Korea.
Fred Kaplan / Slate:
It's Time to Panic Now  —  It's time to push the panic button.
Zack Beauchamp / Vox:
John Bolton, Trump's ultra-hawkish new national security adviser, explained
Max Boot / Washington Post:
Add another zealot to the White House
Mark Davis / Townhall.com:   John Bolton: The Wisdom of This Choice Is Made Clear in the Panic of Liberals
Darren Samuelsohn / Politico:
White House lawyer McGahn eager to exit  —  President Donald Trump's top White House lawyer, Don McGahn, is expected to step down later this year, though his resignation is contingent on the president finding a replacement and several other factors, according to four sources familiar with McGahn's thinking.
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Eliana Johnson / Politico:
McMaster firing upends plan to oust other top Trump officials  —  President Donald Trump's decision to abruptly fire national security adviser H.R. McMaster surprised senior White House aides who had been preparing a single statement announcing the departure of multiple top Trump officials …
Bloomberg:
Inside Trump's Snap Decision to Oust McMaster  —  McMaster Ousted Days After His Briefing to Trump on Putin Call  —  Trump names ex-U.S. envoy Bolton as national security adviser  —  President Donald Trump made a snap decision to oust H.R. McMaster as national security adviser …
Discussion: Politico
Eliana Johnson / Politico:   Why Trump Hasn't Fired Mattis
Jonathan Swan / Axios:
How Trump finally pulled the trigger to oust McMaster
Discussion: Raw Story
Adam Shaw / Fox News:
Trump threatens veto of $1.3 trillion spending bill, risking government shutdown  —  President Trump sparked fears of an impending government shutdown Friday by threatening to veto a $1.3 trillion spending bill passed by Congress, citing the lack of a deal that would include protection …
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Rachael Bade / Politico:
Trump threatens to veto spending bill, risking shutdown
Discussion: ABC News and Roll Call
The Daily Beast:
EXCLUSIVE: ‘Lone DNC Hacker’ Guccifer 2.0 Slipped Up and Revealed He Was a Russian Intelligence Officer … Guccifer 2.0, the “lone hacker” who took credit for providing WikiLeaks with stolen emails from the Democratic National Committee, was in fact an officer of Russia's military intelligence directorate …
The Guardian:
Leaked: Cambridge Analytica's blueprint for Trump victory  —  Exclusive: Former employee explains how presentation showed techniques used to target voters … The blueprint for how Cambridge Analytica claimed to have won the White House for Donald Trump by using Google, Snapchat, Twitter …
Discussion: Mashable
George Clooney / The Guardian:
George Clooney to Parkland students: ‘You make me proud of my country again’  —  When student journalists from the Parkland high school newspaper requested an interview with George and Amal Clooney, this is what he wrote back … embed  —  Dear Emma, Lauren and Rebecca,
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Denise Petski / Deadline:
George Clooney's Letter To Parkland Students: “You Make Me Proud Of My Country Again”
Discussion: IndieWire
The Guardian:   Our manifesto to fix America's gun laws
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Eric Geller / Politico:
U.S. busts ‘massive’ Iranian hacking scheme
Discussion: Axios and One America News Network
Bloomberg:
Trump Fundraiser Offered to Help Lift Sanctions on Russian Firms  —  Elliott Broidy proposed work for clients of Moscow lawyer  —  Pre-inauguration discussions didn't lead to Broidy's hiring  —  Elliott Broidy, a top fundraiser for President Donald Trump, offered last year to help …
Amy L. Wax / Wall Street Journal:
The University of Denial  —  Aggressive suppression of the truth is a central feature of American higher education.  —  'Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away," observed Philip K. Dick in “I Hope I Shall Arrive Soon.  Somewhere deep in a file drawer …
Discussion: Instapundit
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Paul Campos / Lawyers, Guns & Money:   How to win friends and influence people
Max Greenwood / The Hill:
Stormy Daniels' lawyer posts photo of mystery disc in a safe  —  Stormy Daniels's attorney hinted on Thursday that he may have hard evidence that the adult-film actress had an affair with President Trump  —  , posting a photo on Twitter of what appeared to be a compact disc in a safe.
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Digby / Hullabaloo:
Stormy, Summer and Karen are the GOP's worst nightmares
Discussion: New York Times
Eli Watkins / CNN:
Karen McDougal tells CNN Trump tried to pay her after sex  —  Washington (CNN)Donald Trump once tried to offer Karen McDougal money after they had been intimate, the former Playboy model told Anderson Cooper Thursday in an exclusive interview on CNN.  —  “After we had been intimate …
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Marc Caputo / Politico:
'Oh my God...It's fake': Far right falls for hoax about Broward County sheriff  —  In the wake of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School massacre, the far-right fever swamps buzzed with false information and conspiracy theories about student “crisis actors” who were paid to lie about the mass shooting.
Former U.S. Senator Al Franken:
“Lack of candor.”  —  That's one of the reasons that Attorney General Jeff Sessions used to justify his decision to fire former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe last week, just two days before Mr. McCabe was set to retire from a distinguished 21-year career with the Bureau.
Discussion: Politico and Raw Story
Phil Mattingly / CNN:
Idaho senator holds up bill over political rivalry with deceased governor  —  Congress facing government shutdown, yet again  —  (CNN)As Congress raced toward another spending deadline, most were watching Sen. Rand Paul's objections to a proposed spending plan.
David Brooks / New York Times:
Speaking as a White Male ...  How much are you in control of your own opinions?  I ask this sincerely because, as you'll see, I'm trying to think this through and I'm not sure how.  —  If you go back to the intellectuals of the 1950s, you get the impression that they thought individuals could very much determine their own beliefs.
Discussion: Splinter
Paul Blest / Splinter:
The Atlantic Didn't Need to Hire This Guy  —  The Atlantic's former editor, James Bennet, has been busy in the past year turning the New York Times opinion page into an even bigger source of frustration for its newsroom.  His old place of employment is apparently looking to top those efforts.
 
 
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George Mason lands $5 million Koch Foundation donation for Department of Economics
Daily Mail:
'I want to know what the f*** you're doing with my f***ing money!': …
Discussion: Althouse
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