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12:15 PM ET, March 28, 2018

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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  —  President Trump is determined to find some way to hurt Amazon, reports Jonathan Swan.  “He's obsessed with Amazon,” a source tells him.  “Obsessed.”  Swan details the economic arguments that Trump has rehearsed …
Tae Kim / CNBC:
Amazon loses more than $50 billion in value on report Trump wants to ‘go after’ company's tax treatment
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit and Axios
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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xinhuanet.com:
Xi Jinping, Kim Jong Un hold talks in Beijing
New York Times:
Kim Jong-un Met Xi Jinping in Secret Beijing Visit, China Says
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 …
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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 …
Zoe Tillman / BuzzFeed:
Robert Mueller's Office Wants A Judge To Consider Jail Time For A Lawyer Who Pleaded Guilty To Lying
Discussion: Raw Story and Political Wire
Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
The sliming of Parkland students shows the spreading stain of media polarization … Six months ago, the conservative radio host and blogger Erick Erickson wrote an opinion piece in the New York Times, inspiringly titled “How to Find Common Ground.”  —  “We owe it to one another to disagree agreeably …
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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: Mediaite and Raw Story
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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Andy Court / CBS News:
Stormy Daniels' lawyer seeks to depose President Trump, Michael Cohen  —  Stormy Daniels' attorney asked a federal judge this morning for permission to depose President Donald J. Trump about his knowledge of an agreement to pay the porn star $130,000 a week and a half before the 2016 election.
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NBC News:
Stormy Daniels' lawyer files motion to depose Trump, lawyer Michael Cohen
Discussion: ABC News, TheBlaze and Raw Story
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.
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: Mashable and Althouse
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 Apuzzo / New York Times:
Sessions and Kushner Square Off, and Prisoners Hang in the Balance  —  WASHINGTON — In the final months of the Obama administration, the Justice Department announced a new approach to preparing prisoners for life beyond their cells.  Officials created a prison school system …
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Byron York / Washington Examiner:
House subpoena rattles Justice Department; Sessions ‘angry’ at slow response; FBI ‘called on the carpet’
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
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 …
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: NBC News
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CNN:
Supreme Court prepares for right turn
Discussion: SCOTUSblog and New York Times
Josh Rogin / Washington Post:
For John Bolton, Russia is part of a new ‘axis of evil’ … The Trump administration seems to be hardening on Russia, but not fast enough for its incoming national security adviser.  John Bolton wants President Trump to go on the offensive against Moscow — and not just when it comes …
Discussion: CNN and Associated Press
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Zachary Cohen / CNN:   Surrounded by hawks, Mattis digs in amid Trump admin chaos
Isabelle Robinson / New York Times:
I Was Kind to Nikolas Cruz.  He Still Killed My Friends.  —  My first interaction with Nikolas Cruz happened when I was in seventh grade.  I was eating lunch with my friends, most likely discussing One Direction or Ed Sheeran, when a sudden pain consumed my lower back.
Discussion: The Week, Raw Story and Mediaite
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Johari Canty / WSVN-TV:
BSO releases photos of items stolen from Stoneman Douglas memorial site
Discussion: Raw Story
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: Talking Points Memo, AOL and CNBC
Amanda Terkel / HuffPost:
Minnesota Woman Blamed For Al Franken's Fall Had Nothing To Do With It  —  Lindsey Port accused another man of harassment.  But fellow Democrats say she “softened the ground” for Franken's resignation.  —  Lindsey Port, 35, doesn't really know Al Franken.
Discussion: Shot in the Dark
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 …
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 …
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.
Discussion: Raw Story, CNN and LewRockwell
Ben Beaumont-Thomas / The Guardian:
R Kelly accused of grooming 14-year-old girl as ‘sex pet’  —  In a BBC3 documentary, former girlfriend Kitti Jones alleges the R&B star groomed an underage girl as well as her and other young women; Kelly has refused to comment … The R&B singer R Kelly has been accused of sexually abusing a girl since she was 14 years old.
Discussion: AOL, The Root, thecut and Jezebel
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
Eli Lake / Bloomberg:
Don't Blow Up The Iran Deal.  Trump's Strategy Is Working.  —  The U.S. can play hardball on renegotiating the agreement without alienating European allies.  —  It looks like the Iran nuclear deal will not survive past May 12.  That is the next occasion President Donald Trump will have to certify Iranian compliance with the bargain.
Betsy Klein / CNN:
Former Disney star joins White House press team  —  Washington (CNN)The White House press office is getting a bit more Sunshine these days — former Disney Channel star Caroline Sunshine, that is.  She's joining the team as a press assistant.  —  Sunshine, 22, is known for her role alongside Zendaya …
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 …
 
 
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Dana R. Fisher / Washington Post:
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Discussion: Bustle and Washington Free Beacon
National Center on Sexual Exploitation:
Press Statement: Walmart to Remove Cosmopolitan Magazine from Checkout Lines Following Advocacy …
Li Tao / South China Morning Post:
Jaywalkers under surveillance in Shenzhen soon to be punished via text messages
Discussion: Daily Mail and Motherboard
Washington Examiner:
Obama didn't know healthcare could be so complicated
Anthony Capaccio / Bloomberg:
Air Force Risks Losing Third of F-35s If Upkeep Costs Aren't Cut
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Ari Berman / Mother Jones:
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Discussion: The Atlantic, ThinkProgress and AOL
New York Daily News:
Prisoner escapes ICE custody at Kennedy Airport and jumps into taxi
Annie Lowrey / The Atlantic:
The Very Male Trump Administration
USA Today:
Don't mess with the Census  —  By including a question on citizenship …
Discussion: Outside the Beltway
Washington Post:
‘He knows he is done’: Veterans Affairs chief lies low amid rumors he'll be ousted
Discussion: Mediaite and Task & Purpose