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4:20 PM ET, March 3, 2017

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Aaron Katersky / ABC News:
Man accused of making threats against Jewish community centers arrested in St. Louis  —  A man accused of making at least eight threats against Jewish Community Centers was arrested by the FBI in St. Louis, Missouri, this morning.  —  The suspect, 31-year-old Juan Thompson …
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Doyle Murphy / Riverfront Times:
Before Bomb Threats, Juan Thompson Unraveled — and Terrorized an RFT Reporter  —  In the days before Juan Thompson's arrest this morning for his part in a string of bomb threats to Jewish Community Centers across the U.S., the St. Louis native seemed a little extra crazy, which is saying something.
Discussion: RedState
Justice News:
Cyberstalking Charge Brought In Manhattan Federal Court Against Missouri Man For A Pattern …
Mark Berman / Washington Post:
Former journalist arrested, charged with threats against Jewish facilities
Robert Mackey / The Intercept:
Trump Can't Accept That His Allies Are Targeting Jews — So He Blames His Opponents
Discussion: Daily Wire and The Daily Caller
Mike Isaac / New York Times:
How Uber Used Secret Greyball Tool to Deceive Authorities Worldwide  —  SAN FRANCISCO — Uber has for years engaged in a worldwide program to deceive authorities in markets where its low-cost ride-hailing service was being resisted by law enforcement, or in some instances, had been outright banned.
Discussion: BGR, Engadget, The Verge, The Week and Axios
Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Photo contradicts Pelosi's statement about not meeting Kislyak  —  House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) said Friday that she's never met with the current Russian ambassador, Sergey Kislyak.  —  “Not with this Russian ambassador, no,” Pelosi told POLITICO's Jake Sherman …
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Wall Street Journal:
Jeff Sessions Used Political Funds for Republican Convention Expenses  —  Records show attorney general used campaign account for travel expenses to Cleveland, where he met Russian envoy  —  The Trump administration says Attorney General Jeff Sessions was acting as a then-U.S. senator …
Natasha Bertrand / Business Insider:
Another Trump adviser has significantly changed his story about the GOP's dramatic shift on Ukraine  —  The Trump campaign's national-security policy representative for the Republican National Convention, J.D. Gordon, told CNN on Thursday that he pushed to alter an amendment to the GOP's draft policy …
James Dyer / Empire:
Schwarzenegger Fires The Apprentice  —  Fans of Celebrity Apprentice are about to lose the show's biggest asset as Arnold Schwarzenegger will not be returning to host another season of the show.  “I learned a lot, I had a great time, it was a really great opportunity,” Schwarzenegger said, speaking exclusively to Empire.
Eliana Johnson / Politico:
White House pushing back against Mattis appointment  —  Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis wants to tap the former U.S. ambassador to Egypt, Anne Patterson, as his undersecretary of defense for policy, but the Pentagon chief is running into resistance from White House officials, according to multiple sources familiar with the situation.
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Michael Crowley / Politico:
Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak is Washington's most dangerous diplomat
Amy Krouse Rosenthal / New York Times:
You May Want to Marry My Husband  —  I have been trying to write this for a while, but the morphine and lack of juicy cheeseburgers (what has it been now, five weeks without real food?) have drained my energy and interfered with whatever prose prowess remains.
Discussion: NBC New York, KFOR-TV, Mediaite and Mashable
Mark Hemingway / Weekly Standard:
Did the Obama Administration Try Stacking the Deck Against Trump at the Justice Department?  —  Amid Thursday's over-hyped brouhaha about Jeff Sessions meeting with the Russian ambassador, a curious detail emerged.  In Sessions's recusal memo, it was explained who at the Justice Department …
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Paul Demko / Politico:
New details in GOP Obamacare replacement leaked  —  House Republicans aren't backing down from their Obamacare repeal plan that sparked backlash from the party's conservative wing.  —  The latest version of the House's Obamacare repeal bill — which has yet to be publicly released …
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Lev Facher / STAT:
Two months ago, this doctor was delivering babies.  Now he's at the nexus of the Obamacare fight  —  ASHINGTON — Dr. Roger Marshall was delivering babies in December.  By January, he found himself across a breakfast table from Tom Price, offering emotional support to the Georgia congressman …
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Bryce Covert / New York Times:   Paul Ryan's Misguided Sense of Freedom
Reuters:
Exclusive: Trump aides' bid to plug leaks creates unease among some civil servants  —  President Donald Trump's Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin used his first senior staff meeting last month to tell his new aides he would not tolerate leaks to the news media, sources familiar with the matter said.
Felicia Gans / BostonGlobe.com:
Hillary Clinton speaks at Wellesley College in a private, closed-to-the-press program  —  Hillary Clinton appeared at a private event at Wellesley College Thursday night, speaking to students at her alma mater about the presidential election and her time at the college.
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
In leaked document, the case for Trump's ‘Muslim ban’ takes another huge hit  —  THE MORNING PLUM:  —  We keep hearing that President Trump will roll out the new version of his travel ban any day now.  The White House delayed it earlier this week, because Trump advisers reportedly thought …
Washington Post:
Garfield's a boy ... right?  How a cartoon cat's gender identity launched a Wikipedia war.  —  Garfield is lazy; Garfield is a cat; Garfield likes lasagna.  —  Is there really much more to say about Garfield?  The character is not complicated.  Since the comic debuted in 1978 …
Discussion: Fox17 and Hit & Run
Julia Edwards Ainsley / Reuters:
Exclusive: Trump administration considering separating women, children at U.S.-Mexico border  —  Women and children crossing together illegally into the United States could be separated by U.S. authorities under a proposal being considered by the Department of Homeland Security, according to three government officials.
Tony Cook / Indianapolis Star:
Pence used personal email for state business — and was hacked  —  Vice President Mike Pence routinely used a private email account to conduct public business as governor of Indiana, at times discussing sensitive matters and homeland security issues.  —  Emails released to IndyStar in response …
Louis Nelson / Politico:
Wilbur Ross: We're ‘up to our eyeballs’ finding regulations to nix  —  Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross said Friday that he and others on the economic team of President Donald Trump “are up to our eyeballs” in their search for government regulations to be undone.
Discussion: Political Wire and Shakesville
Fox News:
San Francisco's withdrawal from national terror intelligence network hikes risks, officials say  —  San Francisco has taken its defiance of the feds to a new level, ending its cooperation with the FBI in an anti-terror initiative begun after 9/11 - a move crtitics say could get innocent people killed.
Joy-Ann Reid / The Daily Beast:
Why Does Everybody Seem to Hate Omarosa Manigault?  —  When the unnerving sight of Kellyanne Conway digging her bent knees and shoe heels into the fabric of one of the yellow sofas inside the Oval Office disturbed the fabric of the internet, the images sidelined what was supposed …
Dana Hull / Bloomberg:
At Tesla, Departures Mount at a Critical Time  —  Mission creep, Musk's drive said to exhaust former executives  —  CFO's exit is latest ahead of the run-up to Model 3's arrival  —  Tesla Inc. is losing key personnel as it races to bring the Model 3 — its most critical electric sedan yet — to market later this year.
Discussion: Electrek
Kyle Scott Clauss / Boston Magazine:
Curt Schilling Backs Shiva Ayyadurai to Challenge Elizabeth Warren in 2018  —  Schilling offered his support for the MIT alum on Twitter.  —  Curt Schilling's interest in a 2018 run for Senate appears to be waning, after the former Red Sox pitcher threw his weight behind Shiva Ayyadurai's bid to unseat Sen. Elizabeth Warren.
Discussion: Daily Kos, Mediaite and twitchy.com
Madeline Conway / Politico:
Trump advises a fourth-grader: Make a lot of money, don't go into politics  —  Visiting a fourth-grade class in Florida on Friday, President Donald Trump advised one student to “make a lot of money” in her career and offered to make two other 10-year-olds “famous” by taking a picture with them.
Discussion: Axios
 
 
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Sasha Goldstein / Seven Days:
‘Mob’ Attacks Middlebury Prof and Controversial Speaker Charles Murray
Harriet Torry / Wall Street Journal:
Yellen Signals Rate Increase Likely at March Fed Meeting
Susan B. Glasser / Politico:
Trump Takes on The Blob
Alana Semuels / The Atlantic:
When Factory Jobs Vanish, Men Become Less Desirable Partners
Raf Sanchez / Telegraph:
The Walled Off Hotel: Banksy opens dystopian tourist attraction in Bethlehem
Discussion: Business Insider
Peggy Noonan / Wall Street Journal:
A Surprising Show of Confidence
Discussion: The Concourse
Lomi Kriel / Houston Chronicle:
Immigration agents deport Houston father of two who previously held immigration reprieve
Discussion: Daily Kos and Eschaton
 Earlier Items: 
Rob Tracinski / RealClearFuture:
Isaac Newton Says You Can't Have a Flying Car
Discussion: Real Clear Politics
Donald Woolley / The Hill:
Why so many evangelicals support Trump
Discussion: RedState
New York Post:
Fire erupts inside Trump International Hotel
Discussion: Mediaite, Western Journalism and IJR
CNN:
Sebastian Gorka, now a fierce defender of Trump, once said he had ‘no depth’ and was ‘full of bluster’
Discussion: Mediaite
Cristina Marcos / The Hill:
Two Republicans sign onto effort demanding Trump's tax returns
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Goodbye Spin, Hello Raw Dishonesty
Discussion: Daily Kos