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11:35 AM ET, March 6, 2017

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Axios:
Towergate: Trump's great gamble  —  I have learned that some — though definitely not all — members of President Trump's inner circle share his belief that the Obama administration tapped his Trump Tower phones in October.  And a White House official told me President Trump not only doesn't regret …
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Reuters:
Why Trump might suspect Obama bugged Trump Tower  —  President Trump's claim that his predecessor bugged Trump Tower during the election has sent the media into fits, wondering where on earth he could've gotten such an idea.  But it's all-too-obvious why Trump would be suspicious.
Media Matters for America:
Right-Wing Media Scramble To Recast Obama As Trump-Era Villain  —  In science, nature abhors a vacuum.  On cable news, Fox News abhors not having a Democratic villain.  So the network is trying to bring back former President Barack Obama for the starring role.
Fox News:
Conway challenges Comey to release info on Trump's wiretap allegation
Louis Nelson / Politico:
Chaffetz: I've seen no evidence Obama ordered wiretap of Trump
Discussion: Daily Kos
Louis Nelson / Politico:
White House spokeswoman: Trump doesn't believe Comey that Obama didn't wiretap
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
New York Times:
A Conspiracy Theory's Journey From Talk Radio to Trump's Twitter
Michael Edison Hayden / ABC News:
WH spokeswoman doesn't think Trump accepts FBI's reported denial of alleged wiretapping
Discussion: Daily Kos and Hot Air
ABC News:
‘This Week’ Transcript 3-5-17: Sarah Huckabee Sanders, Josh Earnest, and Sen. Al Franken
Discussion: Breitbart and Washington Post
Philip Rucker / Washington Post:
Inside Trump's fury: The president rages at leaks, setbacks and accusations  —  President Trump spent the weekend at “the winter White House,” Mar-a-Lago, the secluded Florida castle where he is king.  The sun sparkles off the glistening lawn and warms the russet clay Spanish tiles …
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Josh Dawsey / Politico:
Knives are out for Reince  —  With the White House struggling to gain its footing almost two months into Donald Trump's presidency, administration officials are increasingly putting the blame on one person: Reince Priebus.  —  In interviews, over a dozen Trump aides, allies …
Perry Bacon Jr / FiveThirtyEight:   The Eight Power Centers Of The Trump Administration
Michael Riley / Bloomberg:
Russian Hackers Said to Seek Hush Money From Liberal U.S. Groups  —  Post-election crime wave by attackers demanding bitcoins  —  Center for American Progress said to be among victims  —  Russian hackers are targeting U.S. progressive groups in a new wave of attacks …
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Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Supreme Court Won't Hear Major Case on Transgender Rights  —  WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court announced on Monday that it would not hear a major case on transgender rights after all, acting after the Trump administration changed the federal government's position on whether public schools …
Discussion: Politico, Daily Kos and The Week
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Associated Press:
Supreme Court scraps case on transgender bathroom rights  —  The Supreme Court is handing a transgender teen's case back to a lower court without reaching a decision.  —  The justices said Monday they have opted not to decide whether federal anti-discrimination law gives high school senior Gavin Grimm …
David Marchese / Vulture:
In Conversation: David Letterman … Since retiring after 33 years on the late night television, David Letterman has kept a low public profile — aided by the growth of a truly impressive beard.  But that doesn't mean he hasn't been as fixated on politics as the rest of us.
Rebecca Savransky / The Hill:
Conway: New immigration order will take effect March 16  —  President Trump's aide Kellyanne Conway on Monday said the new immigration executive order will take effect March 16 and will no longer include Iraq.  —  “This is a very important week in this White House where the president …
Discussion: Fox News, BuzzFeed and Hot Air
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David Nakamura / Washington Post:   New executive order bans travelers from six Muslim-majority countries applying for visas
Charles M. Blow / New York Times:
Pause This Presidency!  —  The American people must immediately demand a cessation of all consequential actions by this “president” until we can be assured that Russian efforts to hack our election, in a way that was clearly meant to help him and damage his opponent, did not also include collusion …
Discussion: Liberty Unyielding and Raw Story
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Jana Winter / The Daily Beast:
U.S. Warned of Foreign Intel Operations After Russian Met With Team Trump at RNC  —  The day Russian ambassador Sergey Kislyak mingled with Trump campaign advisers—including then-Sen. Jeff Sessions—at a conference near the Republican National Convention, the Department of Homeland Security began preparing …
Discussion: Axios and Washington Post
Nahal Toosi / Politico:
State Dept. staffers have one question: Where's Rex?  —  The State Department resumes its formal press briefing this week — an event that offers Secretary of State Rex Tillerson an ideal setting to appear before the public, assert to the world that America remains a diplomatic force and reassure …
Discussion: The Week and Washington Examiner
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Bloomberg:
Fox Anchor Heather Nauert Said to Land Spokeswoman Job at State
Adam Davidson / New Yorker:
Donald Trump's Worst Deal  —  The President helped build a hotel in Azerbaijan that appears to be a corrupt operation engineered by oligarchs tied to Iran's Revolutionary Guard.  —  Heydar Aliyev Prospekti, a broad avenue in Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan, connects the airport to the city.
Asawin Suebsaeng / The Daily Beast:
David Bossie: The Man the Trump Train Left Behind  —  Late last month, Fox News Channel announced that it had signed David Bossie, the Citizens United president and Donald Trump's former deputy campaign manager, as a contributor for political analysis on Fox News and Fox Business.
Tom Boggioni / Raw Story:
‘We are in crisis’: Morning Joe warns president's Twitter meltdown has ‘shaken this government to the core’  —  DON'T MISS STORIES.  FOLLOW RAW STORY!  —  A deadly serious Joe Scarborough lambasted President Donald Trump on Monday morning over his outrageous accusations that President Barack Obama …
 
 
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Travis M. Andrews / Washington Post:
‘Feminism is not a stick with which to beat other women’: Emma Watson tells off critics of revealing photo
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Max Fisher / New York Times:
Fearing U.S. Withdrawal, Europe Considers Its Own Nuclear Deterrent
Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money
Eli Rosenberg / New York Times:
Welcome, Airbnb Guest! Your Neighbors Are the Trumps
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Wall Street Journal:
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Jim Hoft / The Gateway Pundit:
Here's the List: More Than a Dozen Proven Victims of Obama's Many Wiretaps
Discussion: Daily Wire
Edward-Isaac Dovere / Politico:
Chertoff on Trump's ability to handle a crisis: 'I'd be guessing'
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California exports its poor to Texas, other states, while wealthier people move in
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Associated Press:
The Latest: Kremlin distances itself from Trump's claim
Discussion: Politico
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Caitlin Huston / The Hollywood Reporter:
Internal memo: Hearst Magazines president announces layoffs as part of a decision to “reallocate resources” to “continue our focus on digital innovation”

Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica:
FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel announced she will leave the agency on January 20; she was the first woman to be confirmed to lead the agency

Lachlan Cartwright / The Ankler:
Sources: MSNBC renewed Rachel Maddow's contract early this fall, but with a pay cut; MSNBC bosses' plan to shake up daytime and weekend programming

 
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