memeorandum: Trump friend says president told him to expect one or two more major personnel changes (Washington Post)

12:00 PM ET, March 25, 2018

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Quinn Scanlan / ABC News:

Trump to make ‘one or two major changes to his government’ soon: President's friend — A friend of President Donald Trump said that when he spoke to him yesterday the president said Trump told him “he's expecting to make one or two major changes to his government very soon,” but “that's going to be it.”

Discussion: Politico, Political Wire and Mediaite

Washington Post:

Trump friend says president told him to expect one or two more major personnel changes … WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — A friend of President Trump said Sunday that the president has told him that he expects to make one or two more major personnel changes in his administration soon …

Associated Press:

Trump is staffing — or casting— from Fox — WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump's favorite TV network is increasingly serving as a West Wing casting call, as the president reshapes his administration with camera-ready personalities. — Trump's new national security adviser, John Bolton …

Mike Allen / Axios:

Trump friend: At least one more big change coming — Chris Ruddy, CEO of Newsmax Media and a Florida friend of President Trump, said on ABC's “This Week” that the president told him “he's expecting to make one or two major changes to his government very soon, and that's going to be it.”

Discussion: ABC News

New York Times:

Trump Won't Hire 2 Lawyers Whose Appointments Were Announced Days Ago — President Trump has decided not to hire two lawyers who were announced last week as new additions to his legal team, leaving him with a shrinking stable of lawyers as the investigation by the special counsel, Robert S. Mueller III, enters an intense phase.

Discussion: The Daily Beast, Axios, New York Magazine, Raw Story and Mediaite

Washington Post:

In another blow to Trump's efforts to combat Russia probe, diGenova will no longer join legal team … A lawyer who President Trump said last week would come on board to help handle his response to special counsel Robert S. Mueller III's Russia probe will no longer be joining the legal team.

Discussion: Law & Crime and Mediaite

Jenna Johnson / Washington Post:

In a burst of tweets, Trump insists that he's happy with his legal team … President Trump ran through a litany of topics in a series of tweets early Sunday, commenting on a recent attack by a gunman in France, explaining why he believes a wall will still be constructed along the southern border despite …

Discussion: Talking Points Memo, Axios, WSVN-TV, Daily Caller News Foundation and The Week

Emily Witt / New Yorker:

The March for Our Lives Presents a Radical New Model for Youth Protest — The outcry against violence was delivered with a mix of pop sentiment, corporate coöperation, and an awareness of the socioeconomic privilege that allows certain voices to be heard louder than others.

Discussion: Hullabaloo

HuffPost:
The March For Our Lives Is Proof That Generation Z Can't Be Stopped

Discussion: AOL, CBS News and RealClearPolitics

Michael D. Shear / New York Times:
Students Lead Huge Rallies for Gun Control Across the U.S.

Discussion: Axios, CNN, Political Wire and TalkLeft

Beth B. / twitchy.com:
Parkland survivor to gun control classmates: Don't use my sister's name to push your agenda

Discussion: The Gateway Pundit

Cleve R. Wootson Jr / Washington Post:
NRA host taunts Parkland teens: ‘No one would know your names’ if classmates were still alive

Discussion: Outside the Beltway, Daily Wire, Eschaton and Law & Crime

NBC News:
At March For Our Lives, survivors lead hundreds of thousands in call for change

Discussion: USA Today, Bloomberg, NBC News, The Moderate Voice, Mediaite and The Trace

Randi Kaye / CNN:
Sandy Hook survivor joins Parkland students to say ‘Enough’

Discussion: WSVN-TV, KFOR-TV and WNEP-TV

Washington Post:
‘Never again!’ Students demand action against gun violence in nation's capital

Discussion: New York Magazine, The Atlantic, Politicus USA, AOL and Politico

Associated Press:
Heartbroken by gun violence: Rallies across US demand change

Discussion: USA Today, Splinter and The Week

Patricia Mazzei / New York Times: For Parkland Students, a Surreal Journey From ‘Normal’ to a Worldwide March

Tre Goins-Phillips / IJR: David Hogg Worries New Clear Backpacks in School Rule Violates Students' Constitutional Rights

Tucker Carlson / RealClearPolitics:
The Problem With David Hogg and the Parkland Students

Discussion: RedState and ThinkProgress

Sean Gallagher / Ars Technica:

Facebook scraped call, text message data for years from Android phones — Maybe check your data archive to see if Facebook's algorithms know who you called. — This past week, a New Zealand man was looking through the data Facebook had collected from him in an archive he had pulled down from the social networking site.

Discussion: The Guardian, Mashable, The Verge and Gizmodo, more at Techmeme »

New York Times:

Stormy Daniels, Trump's Unlikely Foe, Is ‘Not Someone to Be Underestimated’ — One by one, the honorees came forward to be recognized: the wounded veteran, the tech executive and the noted porn star. — It was the 10-year reunion for Scotlandville Magnet High School's Class of 1997 in Baton Rouge …

Discussion: Washington Monthly

The Daily Beast: ‘Stormy Will Eat You Alive’: How a Porn Star is Making Trump World's Lives Hell

Eli Watkins / CNN:

Santorum: Instead of calling for gun laws, kids should take CPR classes — Washington (CNN)CNN commentator and former Pennsylvania GOP Sen. Rick Santorum on Sunday suggested students protesting for gun control legislation would be better served by taking CPR classes and preparing for active shooter scenarios.

Russell Berman / The Atlantic:

A Domestic Budget to Make Barack Obama Proud — President Obama finally got a Republican-controlled Congress to fund his domestic budget. All it took was Donald Trump in the White House to get it done. — In the $1.3 trillion spending bill that President Trump reluctantly signed on Friday …

Martin Cizmar / Raw Story:

Armed white men showed up to intimidate kids at #MarchForOurLives rallies — it didn't work — Nationwide protests swept America today, as a teenager-led protest against the epidemic of mass shootings. — But as with most protests, there were counter-protests.

Discussion: AOL

G Salisbury / City & State PA:

Sources: US Rep. Costello to drop out of PA-6 race before May primary — Sources have told City&State PA that Republican U.S. Rep. Ryan Costello has decided not to seek reelection in Pennsylvania's hotly contested Sixth Congressional District. — Despite filing petitions on Tuesday to run …

Discussion: Roll Call and Political Wire

CNN: Rep. Ryan Costello will drop bid for reelection in Pennsylvania

Henry J. Gomez / BuzzFeed:

It's A Former NFL Player Vs. A Donald Trump Acolyte In A Battle For The Soul Of The Republican Party In Ohio — Anthony Gonzalez and Christina Hagan are both bright young prospects with starkly different styles and strategies. He has old football pal Peyton Manning and much of the establishment on his side.