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Ethan Baron / Mercury News:
YouTube shooter's father says she was angry at company  —  The night before Nasim Aghdam opened fire in a courtyard at YouTube's headquarters Tuesday afternoon, Mountain View police found the San Diego woman sleeping in her car.  —  She had been reported missing by her family in Southern California …
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NBC Bay Area:
Suspect in YouTube Shooting Posted Rants About the Company Online  —  The NBC Bay Area Investigative Unit has confirmed the identity of the shooter who opened fire on YouTube's campus in San Bruno Tuesday.  Nasim Aghdam, 39, lived in Southern California and appears to have had a robust presence on YouTube.
Michelle Broder Van Dyke / BuzzFeed:
This Is What We Know About YouTube Shooter Nasim Aghdam  —  The woman, who posted frequently on the video sharing platform about animal rights and veganism, said she believed YouTube had discriminated against her.  —  A 39-year-old woman who alleged that YouTube “discriminated and filtered” …
Kim Hjelmgaard / USA Today:
YouTube shooting suspect Nasim Aghdam ‘hated’ the company, her father claims
Discussion: National Review and Mercury News
Los Angeles Times:
Authorities probe whether woman who opened fire at YouTube had grudge against video platform
Bloomberg:
China Hits Soybeans, Aircraft in Counter-Punch to Trump Tariffs  —  Beijing responds to U.S. tariffs aimed at recouping IP losses  —  Two sides can still avoid applying tariffs, minister says  —  China said it would levy an additional 25 percent tariff on imports of 106 U.S. products including soybeans …
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Daniel Shane / CNNMoney:
China fires back, announcing tariffs on US planes, cars and soybeans
Discussion: FOX 61 and WSVN-TV
CNBC:
Stock futures plunge, with the Dow set for a nearly 500 point drop, after China announces tariffs
Gabriella Lovas / Bloomberg:
China's Tit-for-Tat Tariffs Send U.S. Index Futures Tumbling
Emily Rauhala / Washington Post:
China fires back at Trump with the threat of tariffs on 106 U.S. products, including soybeans
Washington Post:
Mueller told Trump's attorneys the president remains under investigation but is not currently a criminal target … Special counsel Robert S. Mueller III informed President Trump's attorneys last month that he is continuing to investigate the president but does not consider him a criminal target …
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Matt Lewis / The Daily Beast:
Trump Has a Point About Amazon That Resonates With His Base … President Trump has an ulterior motive for his attacks on Amazon.com, whose owner also owns The Washington Post.  But does he also have a point?  —  Yes and no, it seems.  —  Trump has claimed the company pays “little or no taxes to state & local governments.”
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Jack Shafer / Politico:
Trump Is Right.  It Is the Amazon Washington Post.  —  President Donald Trump's insistence on calling the Washington Post the “Amazon Washington Post” riles the newspaper's executive editor, Martin Baron, to no end.  He wants one and all to know that the online retailer and the newspaper are distinct corporate entities.
Emily Larsen / checkyourfact.com:
FACT CHECK: Does Amazon Cost The Postal Service A ‘Fortune’?
Discussion: Vox, CNNMoney and New Republic
Noor Al-Sibai / Raw Story:   Fox's Shep Smith and John Roberts destroy Trump's lies about Amazon hurting the Post Office
Sam Gillette / People.com:
Planned Parenthood CEO Says Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump Offered ‘Bribe’ to Stop Abortions  —  In a riveting passage from Cecile Richards' new memoir, the Planned Parenthood chief says Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump were, during Donald Trump's 2016 transition as president-elect …
Patrick Marley / Milwaukee Journal Sentinel:
Rebecca Dallet beats Michael Screnock in race for Wisconsin Supreme Court  —  MADISON - Rebecca Dallet trounced Michael Screnock on Tuesday for a seat on the state Supreme Court, shrinking the court's conservative majority and giving Democrats a jolt of energy heading into the fall election.
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Becket Adams / Washington Examiner:
The Sinclair video is the dumbest media freak-out since whatever the last one was  —  If you're a regular consumer of local news television, it's likely you've seen at least one or two promotional ads where the team promises that they “care” and that they're your number one “trusted source.”
Discussion: Dan Rather and LGBTQ Nation
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S.e. Cupp / New York Daily News:   Sinclair's journalists must stand up and say ‘enough’
Nicholas Fondacaro / NewsBusters:   The Company Line: Cupp Smears Sinclair, Sounds Like Heaven's Gate Cult
Marc Caputo / Politico:
Activists demand DNC member's resignation after ‘colored people’ remark  —  MIAMI — A Florida Democratic National Committee member is resisting a chorus of resignation calls from African-American activists and party officials — including his own wife — after he referred to blacks as “colored people.”
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Julia Jenae / WJXX-TV:   Duval Democrats grapple with racial comments, calls for resignation
John Harwood / CNBC:
Peter Navarro says Trump's trade policies are ‘good for the market,’ but economists aren't buying it  — White House aide Peter Navarro insists that President Trump's trade policies will positively impact the market.  — But some of his colleagues said some of Navarro's comments on the U.S. economy were simply wrong.
Discussion: The Week
CNN:
Trump appointee at Defense Department resigns after CNN reveals birther postings  —  (CNN)A political appointee at the Department of Defense has resigned after a CNN KFile inquiry about controversial postings he made on Facebook.  —  Todd Johnson is a former Trump campaign state director …
Mike Gallagher / RealClearDefense:
Getting Realistic on Russia  —  The Trump administration's recent actions to expel 60 Russian spies and close a key west-coast consulate used for espionage constitute an important response to growing and reckless Russian aggression.  The outrageous attack in the United Kingdom …
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John Harney / Bloomberg:   McMaster Denounces Putin and His ‘Pernicious Form of Aggression’
Joe Uchill / Axios:
Outgoing White House emails not protected by verification system  —  The security advocacy group Global Cyber Alliance tested the 26 email domains managed by the Executive Office of the President (EOP) and found that only one fully implements a security protocol that verifies the emails as genuinely from the White House.
Byron York / Washington Examiner:
On the Trump-Russia investigation and the rule of law  —  This week I took part in a debate on the question “Does the Russia investigation endanger the rule of law?”  I said yes, and here is why:  —  First, a caveat: If “endanger the rule of law” means “destroys our legal order and threatens our democracy …
Fred Lucas / The Daily Signal:
EPA Chief Scott Pruitt Says Media Reports About Him Don't Tell True Story  —  Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt defended his living arrangement in Washington during the presidential transition, noting that career ethics officials at the EPA found no problems with his choice of where to sleep.
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Elena Hernandez / Energy and Commerce Committee:
E&C Announces Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg Will Testify April 11th  —  WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) and Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released the following statement after confirming that Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg will testify …
Stan Collender / Forbes:
Trump's Latest Domestic Spending Plot May Be To Ignore The Law  —  Roll Call on Tuesday reported what I've long suspected would happen: The Trump administration is concocting a scheme (Roll Call was being kind when it said it was a “gambit") that would enable the president not to spend everything …
Discussion: Political Wire
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Lindsey McPherson / Roll Call:
Republicans Mulling Budget Gambit to Avoid Spending Some Omnibus Funds
Discussion: Breitbart
Joe Pompeo / Vanity Fair:
“Journalism Is Not About Creating Safe Spaces”: Inside the Woke Civil War at The New York Times  —  Catalyzed by the Trump presidency, roiled by flash points like Glenn Thrush, Bret Stephens, and Bari Weiss, a generational conflict not seen since the 60s is besetting the Times.
 
 
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