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6:00 PM ET, March 28, 2018

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New York Times:
Trump's Lawyer Raised Prospect of Pardons for Flynn and Manafort as Special Counsel Closed In  —  WASHINGTON — A lawyer for President Trump broached the idea of Mr. Trump pardoning two of his former top advisers, Michael T. Flynn and Paul Manafort, with their lawyers last year …
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Miriam Rozen / National Law Journal:
John Dowd Calls Mueller ‘Terrific’ After Passing Trump Baton  —  Dowd said representing the president was hard work, and now he wants to “just take it easy, and get some rest.”  —  After 39 weeks and six days working for President Donald Trump, John Dowd figures he deserves a break.
Discussion: Talking Points Memo, CNN, Vox, Politico and IJR
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 …
David A. Graham / The Atlantic:
Why Is Trump So Quiet?  —  It's quiet at the White House.  Is it ... too quiet?  —  Trump-watching over the last few days, since about 1 p.m. on Friday, has been a strange experience.  There are things happening, and even some big ones; the parade of occasional anonymously sourced West Wing stories continue.
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
Who Ratted Out John Dowd?  I Think We Know  —  So who ratted out John Dowd and his offers or hints of offers of pardons to Trump's top aides who found themselves in Robert Mueller's crosshairs?  I think we can make a pretty solid educated guess.  —  Today is March 28th.
Washington Post:
Manafort associate had Russian intelligence ties during 2016 campaign, prosecutors say
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 …
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Andrew Harris / Bloomberg:
Trump Loses First Skirmish in Suit Over D.C. Hotel Profits  —  U.S. judge says joint Maryland-D.C. case goes forward for now  —  Justice Department argument seeking complete dismissal fails  —  President Donald Trump will have to contend for now with a lawsuit claiming he is improperly profiting …
Discussion: Raw Story
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Katelyn Polantz / CNN:   Judge allows lawsuit alleging Trump took illegal foreign gifts
Washington Post:
D.C., Maryland may proceed with lawsuit alleging Trump violated emoluments clauses
Discussion: Common Dreams
Sharon LaFraniere / New York Times:
Lawsuit Over Trump's Ties to His Businesses Is Allowed to Advance
Discussion: Axios and Political Wire
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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Jacob Pramuk / CNBC:
Trump wants to ‘go after’ Amazon over taxes, but Congress and the Supreme Court could settle the issue for him
Discussion: Axios and Breitbart
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 …
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.
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
Steven Shepard / Politico:
Voters believe Stormy over Trump  —  Voters believe adult-film actress Stormy Daniels.  —  They believe her claim that she and Donald Trump had sex before he ran for president, and that Trump has been unfaithful to his wife.  Only one-third think the president is honest.  More than half think he has low morals.
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Jenna Johnson / Washington Post:
As Stormy Daniels tells her story, six conservative Americans debate whether Trump is a role model
Discussion: Raw Story
Jessica Valenti:
On The Atlantic, Jeffrey Goldberg, and hiring men who want women dead  —  Yesterday, I spent much of my day fuming and tweeting about The Atlantic hiring Kevin Williamson—who compared a nine year old black boy to a primate and argued women who have abortions should be executed by hanging …
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Us Weekly:
Donald Trump Jr. and Aubrey O'Day ‘Were Trying’ to Have a Baby During Affair … Donald Trump Jr. and Aubrey O'Day's affair was much more than a one-night stand, so much so that they even considered the prospect of starting a family together, a source reveals exclusively in the new issue of Us Weekly.
Discussion: Raw Story, Bustle, The Root and Splinter
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: Common Dreams, Splinter, Axios and Daily Kos
Robert Barnes / Law & Crime:
ANALYSIS: Constitution Compels Sessions Dismiss Mueller From Non-Campaign Cases  —  Paul Manafort's legal team brought a motion to dismiss on Tuesday, noting that Rosenstein could not appoint Mueller to any investigation outside the scope of the 2016 campaign since Sessions did not recuse himself for anything outside the campaign.
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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: Raw Story, Mediaite, Splinter and Jezebel
Jacqueline Alemany / CBS News:
White House staffers view post-Hope Hicks era with trepidation  —  The reign of Hope Hicks, the unflappable White House communications director and the right side of President Trump's brain, comes to an end this week, leaving a communications team bitterly divided and an impetuous president increasingly isolated.
Discussion: Raw Story and Mediaite
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
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 …
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.”
Emily Flitter / New York Times:
Morgan Stanley Knew of a Star's Alleged Abuse.  He Still Works There.  —  A top Morgan Stanley broker was repeatedly accused of violence against ex-wives and girlfriends.  Bank managers were told.  But he kept his job.  —  Over 15 years, four women in Lake Oswego, Ore., a wealthy Portland suburb …
Ryan Cooper / The Week:
The Parkland kids have triggered conservative snowflakes  —  Over the weekend, the March for Our Lives event featured gigantic rallies across the nation, including one in Washington, D.C., that drew several hundred thousand people — depending on estimates, perhaps the largest single rally there in American history.
Mukhtar M. Ibrahim / mprnews.org:
Minneapolis FBI agent charged with leaking classified information to reporter  —  A Minneapolis FBI agent who started his career with the agency as an intern in 2000 has been charged with leaking classified information to the news website The Intercept.  —  Terry James Albury …
Discussion: Washington Times
Alexander C. Kaufman / HuffPost:
Leaked Memo: EPA Issues Approved Talking Points Downplaying Climate Change  —  Point 5: Suggest that humans are only responsible “in some manner.”  —  The Environmental Protection Agency on Tuesday evening sent employees a list of eight approved talking points on climate change from its Office …
New York Daily News:
SEE IT: Al D'Amato curses at his wife while she's laid up in the hospital amid child care dispute  —  Sen. Pothole blew his top.  —  Al D'Amato's estranged wife released a disturbing video Wednesday showing him cursing her out as she wept in a hospital bed.  —  “Poor abused girl!  Bullcrap!
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.
Hayes Brown / BuzzFeed:
Julian Assange Just Got His Internet Privileges Revoked  —  No more will the WikiLeaks founder be able to tweet or send other messages from inside the Ecuadorian Embassy in London.  —  WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has had his ability to communicate with the outside world cut off, the Ecuadorian government announced Wednesday.
Discussion: AOL
Peter Kafka / Recode:
Tim Cook says Facebook should have regulated itself, but it's too late for that now  —  “I think we're beyond that here.”  —  Apple CEO Tim Cook has doubled down on his call for regulation that would limit Facebook and others companies' ability to use customer data.
 
 
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Louis Nelson / Politico:
White House calls police shootings of African-Americans a ‘local matter’
Discussion: The Atlantic and ABC News
Elvia Limón / Dallas Morning News:
Mansfield teacher suspended for discussing her sexual orientation with students, officials say
Discussion: IJR, TheBlaze and Law & Crime
Kathleen Joyce / Fox News:
Kentucky teen used money mom gave him for tattoo to buy AR-15 to shoot up school, police say
Discussion: Raw Story
Mike Murphy / Politico:
How to Primary Trump in 2020  —  “Could Donald Trump be, um, primaried?”
Devan Cole / CNN:
CNN's Anderson Cooper to interview James Comey in town hall
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Ryan Nobles / CNN:
Nunes opponent raises $1 million in first quarter
Julie Carr Smyth / Associated Press:
Rep. didn't report $50K in donations as registered lobbyist
Discussion: Political Wire
Steven Shepard / Politico:
Justices cast doubt on partisan redistricting
Discussion: Associated Press and ABC News
 Earlier Items: 
Sean Davis / The Federalist:
New York Post Botches Concealed Carry Hit Piece On Donald Trump Jr.
Discussion: Page Six, Jezebel and The Daily Caller
Brad Reed / Raw Story:
The anti-LGBT head of a major religious group just mysteriously resigned over an ‘inappropriate relationship’
Discussion: WYFF-TV
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It's Time to Make Our Privacy Tools Easier to Find
Amanda Terkel / HuffPost:
Minnesota Woman Blamed For Al Franken's Fall Had Nothing To Do With It
 

 
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