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2:25 PM ET, March 28, 2018

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Mark Mazzetti / New York Times:
Trump Aide Spoke During Campaign to Associate Tied to Russian Intelligence  —  WASHINGTON — A top Trump campaign official had repeated communications during the final weeks of the 2016 presidential race with a business associate tied to Russian intelligence, according to a document released …
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Washington Post:
Manafort associate had Russian intelligence ties during 2016 campaign, prosecutors say  —  The FBI has found that a business associate of former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort had ongoing ties to Russian intelligence, including during the 2016 campaign when Manafort and his deputy …
Katelyn Polantz / CNN:
New Gates tie alleged in special counsel filing on van der Zwaan sentencing  —  (CNN)The special counsel investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election revealed Tuesday night that prosecutors say they have connected former Trump deputy campaign chairman Rick Gates to a person …
Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Trump hates Amazon, not Facebook  —  Capitol Hill wants Facebook's blood, but President Trump isn't interested.  Instead, the tech behemoth Trump wants to go after is Amazon, according to five sources who've discussed it with him.  “He's obsessed with Amazon,” a source said.  “Obsessed.”
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Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Trump Is ‘Obsessed’ With Amazon Because He Wants to Crush the Washington Post
Discussion: Breitbart
Shane Savitsky / Axios:
Trump: I look forward to meeting with Kim Jong-un  —  President Trump confirmed in a tweet this morning that his planned summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un is still on.  The president expressed hope that Kim, who just visited Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing, “will do what is right for his people and for humanity.”
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Daniel Lippman / Politico:
Playbook scoop: Republicans to push balanced-budget amendment  —  BRING 'EM TO THE BALLOT BOX!  — THE PRESIDENT at 5:52 a.m.: “THE SECOND AMENDMENT WILL NEVER BE REPEALED!  As much as Democrats would like to see this happen, and despite the words yesterday of former Supreme Court Justice Stevens, NO WAY.
Zachary Mider / Bloomberg:
Robert Mercer's Secret Adventure as a New Mexico Cop  —  Why was the fabulously wealthy Trump donor wearing a badge and a gun in a tiny desert town?  To obtain something that's impossible to buy.  —  Robert Mercer probably would have flown into Roswell.  From there—1,800 miles from home …
Discussion: Mediaite, Splinter and Raw Story
Jenna Johnson / Washington Post:
As Stormy Daniels tells her story, six conservative Americans debate whether Trump is a role model  —  Roughly 22 million Americans turned on “60 Minutes” on Sunday night to hear adult-film star Stormy Daniels say that she once spanked President Trump with a magazine that had his face on the cover and then had unprotected sex with him.
Discussion: Raw Story
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Steven Shepard / Politico:
Voters believe Stormy over Trump
Nick Miroff / Washington Post:
Trump proposal would penalize immigrants who use tax credits and other benefits … Immigrants who accept almost any form of welfare or public benefit, even popular tax deductions, could be denied legal U.S. residency under a proposal awaiting approval by the Trump administration …
Discussion: Axios
Michael O'Connell / Hollywood Reporter:
TV Ratings: ‘Roseanne’ Revival Skyrockets With Stunning Premiere  —  The ABC comedy returns nearly three decades after its original premiere, averaging a whopping 18.1 million and an unbelievable 5.1 rating in the key demo.  —  Roseanne returned Tuesday.  The ABC sitcom, away from the air …
Lloyd Grove / The Daily Beast:
‘Heartbroken’ Trump Critic Ann Coulter: He's a ‘Shallow, Lazy Ignoramus’ … Right-wing firebrand Ann Coulter, whose 2016 campaign book In Trump We Trust touted the many virtues of the Republican nominee, is having second, third, and possibly even fourth thoughts about Donald J. Trump.
New York Times:
Peter Thiel Employee Helped Cambridge Analytica Before It Harvested Data  —  As a start-up called Cambridge Analytica sought to harvest the Facebook data of tens of millions of Americans in summer 2014, the company received help from at least one employee at Palantir Technologies …
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Joseph Curl / Daily Wire:
Gun Rights Provocateur David Hogg Rejected By Four Colleges To Which He Applied  —  David Hogg, a self-appointed spokesman for a generation, revealed on Tuesday that four universities he has applied to have rejected his application.  —  The Florida high school student …
Richard L. Hasen / Slate:
Scalia's Legacy Is Stronger Than Ever  —  Over the next few months, the Supreme Court seems poised to deliver a crushing blow to public sector unions, allow more purges that remove eligible voters from the rolls, limit anti-discrimination laws protecting the LBGT community in the name …
Discussion: SCOTUSblog, Above the Law and NBC News
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Steven Shepard / Politico:
Justices cast doubt on partisan redistricting
Discussion: Associated Press and ABC News
Jesse Kelly / The Federalist:
Stop Using Your Status As A Veteran To Trash The Second Amendment  —  All veterans are not created equal.  People join different services for different reasons.  They do different jobs while in the service and do them for different lengths of time.  There are pharmacy technicians in the Air Force and Green Berets in the Army.
Discussion: Raw Story
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Mike Konczal:
Why Are There No Good Conservative Critiques of Trump's Unified Government?  —  Obama Prelude  —  I had the “Obama in 2009” word vomit recently.  I was talking with several people on the left involved in politics in the early Great Recession, and Larry Summers' new paper on regional inequality came up.
Brad Reed / Raw Story:
The anti-LGBT head of a major religious group just mysteriously resigned over an ‘inappropriate relationship’  —  Frank Page, the former president and CEO of the Southern Baptist Convention, revealed this week that he decided to resign his position over a “morally inappropriate relationship” …
Discussion: WYFF-TV
National Center on Sexual Exploitation:
Press Statement: Walmart to Remove Cosmopolitan Magazine from Checkout Lines Following Advocacy by the National Center on Sexual Exploitation  —  Washington, DC - The National Center on Sexual Exploitation (NCOSE) has instigated a significant policy change at Walmart as part of our continued work …
Facebook:
It's Time to Make Our Privacy Tools Easier to Find  —  Last week showed how much more work we need to do to enforce our policies and help people understand how Facebook works and the choices they have over their data.  We've heard loud and clear that privacy settings and other important tools …
Matt Mencarini / Lansing State Journal:
MSU spent $500K in January to monitor social media accounts of Nassar victims, others  —  EAST LANSING - A public relations firm billed MSU for more than $500,000 for January as it tracked social media activity surrounding the Larry Nassar case, which often included the accounts of victims and their families …
Discussion: thecut and Vox
New York Times:
A Cyberattack Hobbles Atlanta, and Security Experts Shudder  —  ATLANTA — The City of Atlanta's 8,000 employees got the word on Tuesday that they had been waiting for: It was O.K. to turn their computers on.  —  But as the city government's desktops, hard drives and printers flickered …
Discussion: The Atlantic, Mother Jones and CNN
Darren Samuelsohn / Politico:
Trump attack unleashes oppo against Mueller  —  When President Donald Trump lashed out against Robert Mueller by name earlier this month, the president's supporters sprang into action — treating the chief Russia investigator to political campaign-style opposition research.
Dana R. Fisher / Washington Post:
Here's who actually attended the March for Our Lives.  (No, it wasn't mostly young people.)  —  In the days before and after more than two million Americans participated in the March for Our Lives, the gun-violence conversation has focused on the Marjory Stoneman Douglas survivors and their “student movement.”
Lynette Rice / EW.com:
Roseanne producer on sitcom not being a liberal ‘mouthpiece’ and Mark's ‘tricky’ story line  —  Whose idea was it to make Roseanne Conner a Trump supporter?  Was there always a plan to have her grandson dress in non-traditional attire?  In light of Tuesday's debut of Roseanne …
Discussion: Althouse and Mashable
Sean Davis / The Federalist:
New York Post Botches Concealed Carry Hit Piece On Donald Trump Jr.  —  Page Six, the New York Post's gossip column, botched a concealed carry hit piece on Donald Trump, Jr., on Monday, alleging that he has avoided applying for a New York concealed carry permit because it might require the disclosure of his tax returns.
Discussion: Page Six, Jezebel and The Daily Caller
Ryan Nobles / CNN:
Nunes opponent raises $1 million in first quarter  —  (CNN)A Democratic candidate challenging House Intelligence Committee chair Devin Nunes took in more than $1 million in the first quarter of 2018, a sign of Democrats' enthusiasm to oust the California congressman who has allied himself closely with President Donald Trump.
Oliver Smith / Forbes:
Exclusive: Britain's Co-Living King Has Raised $400m To Take On WeWork In America  —  New York's multibillion dollar property market will soon have a new challenger on the block.  —  British co-living property startup The Collective has revealed its bold plans to more than double the size …
Ross Douthat / New York Times:
Marco Rubio Must Be Destroyed  —  Since the Parkland shootings in Florida, Senator Marco Rubio has done many of the things liberals say they are desperate, desperate for decent Republicans to do.  He has changed his position on gun control, expressing support for new restrictions …
Discussion: Townhall.com
PR Newswire:
Statement from Playboy Enterprises, Inc. regarding Facebook  —  For years, it has been difficult for Playboy to express our values on Facebook due to its strict content and policy guidelines.  We have been faced with the only alternative being to alter Playboy's voice in order to meet Facebook's views …
Jose A. Del Real / New York Times:
Hundreds at Sacramento City Hall Protest Police Killing of Stephon Clark  —  SACRAMENTO — Hundreds of protesters temporarily took over the main foyer at Sacramento City Hall on Tuesday evening to protest the death of Stephon Clark, who was fatally shot by two Sacramento police officers …
Discussion: CBS Sacramento
Karen Freifeld / Reuters:
Exclusive: Spurned by top lawyers, Trump's defense elevates Washington outsider  —  (Reuters) - A little-known former prosecutor with a doctorate in medieval history will play a central role on U.S. President Donald Trump's legal team, as many top-tier lawyers shy away from representing …
Discussion: Politico, Talking Points Memo, AOL and CNBC
Leonard N. Fleming / Detroit News:
Snyder aide to Flint activist: ‘Crawl back in your hole’  —  Flint — A top Gov. Rick Snyder aide is under fire for a text exchange he started with a Flint activist after the man criticized the governor's handling of the water crisis, telling the resident in a private exchange that Snyder …
 
 
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Peter Kafka / Recode:
Tim Cook says Facebook should have regulated itself, but it's too late for that now
Discussion: Motherboard
Julie Carr Smyth / Associated Press:
Rep. didn't report $50K in donations as registered lobbyist
Discussion: Political Wire
Paul Bond / Hollywood Reporter:
Netflix Names Ambassador Susan Rice to Board of Directors
Discussion: The Daily Caller and Mediaite
Jeff Stein / Washington Post:
Obamacare jacked up taxes on the 1 percent, gave $16 billion annually to poor
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Lisa W. Foderaro / New York Times:
In New York, Trump Backlash Takes Aim at Renegade Democrats
Ari Berman / Mother Jones:
Hidden Figures: How Donald Trump Is Rigging the Census
Discussion: The Atlantic, ThinkProgress and AOL
Annie Lowrey / The Atlantic:
The Very Male Trump Administration
Josh Rogin / Washington Post:
For John Bolton, Russia is part of a new ‘axis of evil’
Discussion: CNN and Associated Press
Amanda Terkel / HuffPost:
Minnesota Woman Blamed For Al Franken's Fall Had Nothing To Do With It
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Eli Lake / Bloomberg:
Don't Blow Up The Iran Deal. Trump's Strategy Is Working.
 

 
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