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Marc Caputo / Politico:
Scott running for Senate in epic showdown with Nelson  —  TALLAHASSEE — Florida Gov. Rick Scott made his long-awaited Senate candidacy official Monday, setting up an epic battle against incumbent Democrat Bill Nelson and testing the limits of whether a close alliance with President Donald Trump …
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Reuters:
Exclusive: As elections near, many older, educated, white voters shift away from Trump's party  —  (Reuters) - Older, white, educated voters helped Donald Trump win the White House in 2016.  Now, they are trending toward Democrats in such numbers that their ballots could tip the scales …
Sean Sullivan / Washington Post:
GOP increasingly fears loss of House, focuses on saving Senate majority  —  Republicans are increasingly worried they will lose control of the House in the midterm elections, furiously directing money and resources to hold and potentially boost their narrow majority in the Senate.
Reuters:
In key Kentucky House race, healthcare anxieties loom large
Discussion: Splinter
Jennifer E. Duffy / The Cook Political Report:
Florida Senate: Scott Announcement Puts Race in Toss Up Column
Discussion: CNBC and NPR
USA Today:
Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak says he's left Facebook over data collection  —  SAN FRANCISCO — Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak told USA TODAY he's leaving Facebook out of growing concern for the carelessness with which Facebook and other Internet companies treat the private information of users.
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Washington Post:
Facebook Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg to Captiol Hill: “It was my mistake, and I'm sorry.” … Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg expressed contrition for allowing third-party apps to grab the data of its users without their permission and for being “too slow to spot and respond to Russian interference” …
Sara Salinas / CNBC:
Congress releases Mark Zuckerberg's prepared testimony ahead of Wednesday's hearing
Axios:
Read Mark Zuckerberg's testimony for Congress
Discussion: Althouse
Clint Watts / The Daily Beast:
How Every Campaign Will Have a Troll Farm of Its Own
Discussion: Raw Story and Mother Jones
Matthew Nussbaum / Politico:
White House has no plan for countering Comey  —  Former FBI Director James Comey is about to return to the national spotlight with the release of his memoir next week — but the White House is doing little to prepare for the onslaught, according to two officials.
Discussion: Mediaite, Raw Story and Political Wire
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Eliana Johnson / Politico:
Trump's top national security spokesman to leave White House  —  National Security Council spokesman Michael Anton said Sunday that he plans to leave the White House — a move that will leave President Donald Trump without one of the earliest and sharpest defenders of his “America First” foreign policy.
Eric Lipton / New York Times:
In Letter to E.P.A., Top Ethics Officer Questions Pruitt's Actions  —  WASHINGTON — The federal government's top ethics official has taken the unusual step of sending a letter to the Environmental Protecting Agency questioning a series of actions by Administrator Scott Pruitt and asking the agency to take …
Peter Baker / New York Times:
Trump to Decide Soon Whether to Retaliate for ‘Barbaric Act’ in Syria  —  WASHINGTON — President Trump on Monday denounced the suspected chemical weapons attack that killed dozens of people in Syria over the weekend as a “barbaric act,” and said he will make a decision in the next 24 to 48 hours …
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Washington Post:
Trump says U.S. to decide on response to ‘atrocious’ Syria chemical attack in 24 to 48 hours
Discussion: ABC News and Political Wire
Associated Press:
To hell with it: Trump increasingly weary of staff advice  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — The speech was written.  A cast of relatable Americans with emotional stories was standing by to reinforce the message.  But President Donald Trump was in no mood to play along.
Discussion: MSNBC and Shakesville
Juan Zamorano / Associated Press:
Trump family hotel business asked Panama president for help  —  PANAMA CITY (AP) — Lawyers representing U.S. President Donald Trump's family hotel business appealed to Panama's president for help days before an emergency arbitrator declined to reinstate the Trump management team to a luxury waterfront hotel.
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Betsy Woodruff / The Daily Beast:
Trump Hotel to Employees: Don't Hire Relatives
Discussion: Raw Story
La Prensa - Política:   Trump Organization pressures Varela
Robert Faturechi / ProPublica:
Sessions Turned to Convicted Fundraiser for Advice on U.S. Attorneys  —  Preparing to restock the Department of Justice at the start of the Trump administration, Jeff Sessions sought out Elliott Broidy for recommendations.  The Republican donor's conviction in a political corruption case years earlier didn't seem to be a problem.
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Ezra Klein / Vox:
The Sam Harris debate  —  Ezra and Sam Harris debate race, IQ, identity politics, and much more.  —  There's a lot of backstory to this podcast, which is covered in more detail in this piece.  —  The short version is that Sam Harris, host of the Waking Up podcast, and I have been going back and forth …
New York Times:
Art Collector and Bon Vivant Dies in Trump Tower Home He Couldn't Sell  —  Todd Brassner, who died in a fire at Trump Tower on Saturday, loved fast cars, electric guitars, expensive watches and making long, erudite pronouncements about art and art history.  He was an art dealer with health problems …
Discussion: NPR and The Week
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Junot Díaz / New Yorker:
The Silence: The Legacy of Childhood Trauma  —  “I never got any help, any kind of therapy.  I never told anyone.”  —  X—  Last week I returned to Amherst.  It's been years since I was there, the time we met.  I was hoping that you'd show up again; I even looked for you, but you didn't appear.
Discussion: Unfogged, The Week and Jezebel
Jazmine Hughes / New York Times:
Cynthia Nixon Wants to Legalize It  —  What would you say is harder: appearing in two concurrent Broadway shows when you were a full-time college student, or running for governor of New York State when most people know you only from “Sex and the City”?  I think that running for office …
Maxwell Tani / The Daily Beast:
Univision Forces Out Gizmodo CEO as Company Weighs Deep Cuts … Gizmodo Media Group's top executive is exiting the company—a sign that parent Univision plans to get more directly involved with its flagship digital media property as it weighs deep cuts.  —  The Daily Beast has learned …
GQ:
Cardi B's Money Moves  —  The rapper responsible for last year's most unexpected hit emerged from a singular New York City story of strip clubs, gangs, and below-board basement butt injections.  Navigating new fame and a new record, Invasion of Privacy, Cardi B is fighting to stay true …
Discussion: Mashable and fox5sandiego.com
Facebook:
Facebook Launches New Initiative to Help Scholars Assess Social Media's Impact on Elections  —  By Elliot Schrage, Vice President of Communications and Public Policy, and David Ginsberg, Director of Research  —  Today, Facebook is announcing a new initiative to help provide independent …
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Mark Zuckerberg:
If you've followed me for a while, you know one of my top priorities …
Discussion: Politico and NBC News
Pew Research Center:
Bots in the Twittersphere  —  The role of so-called social media “bots” - automated accounts capable of posting content or interacting with other users with no direct human involvement - has been the subject of much scrutiny and attention in recent years.  These accounts can play a valuable part …
Discussion: Vox, more at Mediagazer »
Aaron Gell / Task & Purpose:
'They Didn't Have To Kill Him': The Death of Lance Corporal Brian Easley  —  This article was published in collaboration with the editorial team at Longreads.  —  The thing that everyone remembered about the man in the light gray sweatshirt was how composed he was, how polite and respectful.
The Intercept:
How the Assad Regime Tracked and Killed Marie Colvin for Reporting on War Crimes in Syria  —  It is a horrifying artifact of our digital era: a jumpy 18-minute-and-49-second cellphone video of a Skype call.  Glimpses of an Arabic-language keyboard and laptop screen can be seen as the audio plays through tinny speakers.
Ksenia Galouchko / Bloomberg:
Russian Stocks Take Worst Hit Since Crimea on Sanctions, Syria  —  Ruble falls most globally; stocks drop most since 2014  —  Analysts warn other companies could be next for penalties  —  Russian stocks headed for their biggest drop in four years and the ruble slumped the most in the world …
Discussion: BloombergQuint
USA Today:
Pardon offers?  Trump Russia interference violates Constitution and his oath  —  In the Russia probe, Trump already has violated constitutional limits on interference for self-interest.  Pardon offers would be another flagrant example.  —  Political interference in a law enforcement matter …
Ian Schwartz / RealClearPolitics:
MSNBC's Joy Reid: What If Trump Refuses To Be Arrested By Federal Marshals?  —  Sunday on her weekend morning program, MSNBC's Joy Reid seriously discussed a situation where President Trump refused a subpoena and would have to be arrested and put in jail until he testified before a grand jury.
Robert Burgess / Bloomberg:
Trump Has Lost the Confidence of Investors  —  Equities, bonds and the dollar are showing anything but trust in the president's stewardship.  —  President Donald Trump likes to equate the rally in stocks since the November 2016 elections with confidence in him and his policies.
Nicole Lafond / Talking Points Memo:
Sarah Palin Would Run For Office Again ‘In A Heartbeat’  —  Former vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin, who ran with Sen. John McCain's (R-AZ) in 2008, said Sunday she would fun for office “again in a heartbeat.”  —  Palin was asked about her 2008 bid by Fox News host Mark Levin during his show …
Discussion: Politico and The Hill
Susan B. Glasser / Politico:
Trump vs Putin?  Time to Be ‘Scared’  —  In an early morning tweet exactly one year and 77 days into his presidency, Donald Trump on Sunday finally criticized Russian President Vladimir Putin by name.  —  It took a chemical weapons attack in Syria by Putin's ally ("Animal Assad," …
Discussion: New Republic and Raw Story
Allison Klein / Washington Post:
On the cusp of 112, a whirlwind tour for World War II's oldest veteran … Richard Overton, the grandson of a slave, worked in a furniture store and as a courier for decades until he finally retired when he was 85.  That was more than 25 years ago.  —  Now, Overton — the country's oldest …
Alice Ollstein / Talking Points Memo:
Interior Official Compared Parkland Students To Nazis, Promoted Conspiracies  —  A high-ranking official at the Interior Department's Bureau of Reclamation has repeatedly shared conspiracy theories on his personal Facebook page, a review by TPM found, including posts calling the students …
Discussion: Raw Story
Brian Resnick / Vox:
The intriguing new science explaining our expressive eyebrows  —  Foreheads are a canvas upon which our eyebrows can paint emotions.  —  If you were to run into our ancient ancestor Homo heidelbergensis on the street, the first thing you might notice is their small forehead and heavy brow.
 
 
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How ObamaCare is failing blue states
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Scott Lemieux / Lawyers, Guns & Money:
On the Shameful Abrogation of Kevin Williamson's Inalienable Right to Troll the Specific Audience of His Choice
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
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Voice of Europe:
Facebook threatens Voice of Europe for criticising migration
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Adam Kredo / Washington Free Beacon:
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Washington Post:
A debt crisis is coming. But don't blame entitlements.
Discussion: CNBC
Charles M. Blow / New York Times:
Horror of Being Governed by ‘Fox & Friends’
Discussion: Mediaite and Raw Story
Abigail Hauslohner / Washington Post:
'I know I don't need it'  —  Fabian Rodriguez was cradling …
Fred Hiatt / Washington Post:
We're in a battle to defend democracy — and Trump is on the wrong side