memeorandum: Watch: Tucker Carlson spars with liberal Jehmu Greene over Planned Parenthood funding (Chris Enloe/TheBlaze)

5:35 PM ET, March 11, 2017

Top Items:

Maggie Haberman / New York Times:

Preet Bharara Is Said to Refuse Order to Step Down as U.S. Attorney — Preet Bharara, the Manhattan federal prosecutor who was told to submit his resignation along with 45 others on Friday, has no plans to do so — forcing a potential showdown with President Trump and the Department of Justice.

Discussion: Hit & Run, RedState, Talking Points Memo, Common Dreams, Daily Kos, New York Magazine, The Gateway Pundit, Gothamist, Patterico's Pontifications, Joe.My.God., Sputnik International, Instapundit, The Root, lohud.com, Axios, The Daily Caller, Business Insider and Political Wire

CNN:

US Attorney Preet Bharara doesn't plan to resign, will make President fire him — (CNN)The high-profile US attorney for Manhattan, Preet Bharara, has indicated he will not submit a letter of resignation as requested by the Trump administration Friday — placing the President in the position …

Discussion: ThinkProgress, The Daily Caller, The Guardian, New York Daily News, IJR and BizPac Review

New York Post:

Hey, Mr. President: Don't fire US Attorney Preet Bharara — The Trump administration dropped a political bombshell late Friday as all 46 holdover United States attorneys were ordered to immediately resign — including New York's political-corruption-busting crusader, Preet Bharara. — Big mistake.

Discussion: Hot Air, IJR and Outside the Beltway

Harry Siegel / The Daily Beast:

Bharara Yet To Resign, Despite Trump Ask — Preet Bharara, the crusading U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York who was asked to submit his resignation letter Friday, along with the 45 other U.S. Attorneys held over from the Obama administration, has yet to do so, a federal law enforcement official tells The Daily Beast.

Discussion: Washington Post, Hot Air, NBC News, Gothamist, Raw Story, New York Daily News, Mediaite, TheBlaze, zerohedge.com/fullrss2 … and Politico

Brooke Seipel / The Hill:
US attorney Bharara won't resign despite Trump demand: reports

Discussion: NBC News, WNYC News, Mediaite, Vox Popoli and New York Magazine

CNN:
Anger mounts over handling of US attorney firings

Discussion: Washington Monthly, Washington Post, The Huffington Post, RedState, neo-neocon, Washington Examiner, WJBK-TV, No More Mister Nice Blog, National Review, KTLA, The Moderate Voice, Vox, Hot Air, New York Times and Reuters

Washington Post:

During his political rise, Stephen K. Bannon was a man with no fixed address — In the three years before he became Donald Trump's chief strategist, Stephen K. Bannon lived as a virtual nomad in a quest to build a populist political insurgency. — No presidential adviser in recent memory …

Discussion: Political Wire and The Week, more at Mediagazer »

CNN:

Intruder breaches White House grounds, arrested near residence entrance — The south side of the White House is seen January 26, 2015 in Washington, DC. A small aerial drone was found on the grounds of the White House but poses no threat, a spokesman for President Obama said on Monday.

Discussion: Talking Points Memo, BizPac Review, RedState, Axios, Joe.My.God., AOL, The American Mirror and IJR

Fox News:
Intruder jumped White House fence, arrested near residence

Discussion: John Hawkins' Right Wing News, The Gateway Pundit and Fox News Insider

Katherine Faulders / ABC News:
Intruder scaled fence to enter White House grounds Friday night

Discussion: Axios, Mediaite, The Week and twitchy.com

Peter Hermann / Washington Post: Person arrested on White House grounds after scaling fence

Rebecca Morin / Politico: Intruder arrested after breaching White House grounds, Secret Service says

Wbastone / The Smoking Gun:

Trump Aide Boorish Boris's Assault Bust — White House advisor once sucker punched fellow patron in bar — A White House aide known for his combative behavior was once arrested for sucker punching a smaller man during a bar dispute, an attack that left the victim bloodied and resulted …

Discussion: Mediaite and Raw Story

Emmarie Huetteman / New York Times:

If Russia Inquiry Is Not ‘Legitimate,’ Democrats May Abandon It — WASHINGTON — They agreed just a week ago to the terms of a House Intelligence Committee investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election. But now some of the panel's Democrats are warning that they may pull …

Discussion: Raw Story and Talking Points Memo

Jesse Drucker / New York Times:

Wealthy Would Get Billions in Tax Cuts Under Obamacare Repeal Plan — Two of the biggest tax cuts in Republican proposals to repeal the Affordable Care Act would deliver roughly $157 billion over the coming decade to those with incomes of $1 million or more, according to a congressional analysis.

Discussion: Politicus USA, Arkansas Blog, Arkansas Times and Outside the Beltway

Max Greenwood / The Hill:

Trump makes ninth golf course visit in seven weeks in office — President Trump paid a visit to one of his golf courses again Saturday, marking apparently his ninth visit to a golf course in the seven weeks since he took office. — The president visited Trump National Golf Club in Virginia …

Discussion: The Last Refuge

Austin American-Statesman:

U.S. court voids 3 Texas congressional districts — A federal court panel late Friday invalidated three Republican-drawn congressional districts in Texas, including one in Travis County, for violating the U.S. Voting Rights Act. — However, in voiding the districts, drawn by the Texas Legislature in 2011 …

Discussion: Dallas Morning News, ThinkProgress and Political Wire

Rick Hasen / electionlawblog.org:
Breaking: District Court, Splitting 2-1, Finds Some Texas Congressional Districts Violate Voting …

Discussion: Daily Kos and Mother Jones

Julia Marsh / New York Post:

Historic ruling grants custody to dad and mom — and mom — Michael Marano. — Victoralcorn.com — More On: — A Long Island couple and a neighbor with whom they had a threesome have been granted “tri-custody” of a their 10-year-old son in a groundbreaking ruling.

Sarah K. Burris / Raw Story:

Rachel Maddow calls BS on Pence claim he never knew about Flynn's Turkish contract — DON'T MISS STORIES. FOLLOW RAW STORY! — MSNBC host Rachel Maddow continued her investigations into President Donald Trump's complicated ties to foreign governments. Tonight's installment …

Discussion: Joe.My.God.

New York Times:
Michael Flynn Was Paid to Represent Turkey's Interests During Trump Campaign

Discussion: Outside the Beltway, The Atlantic, Politicus USA, NBC News, Mediaite, New York Magazine and rubber hose

WPTV:

Man tries to burn store he thought was Muslim-owned, St. Lucie Co. Sheriff's Office says — He wanted to ‘run the Arabs out of our country’ — WPTV Webteam — A man mad at Arabs, “due to what they are doing in the Middle East,” tried to set fire to a St. Lucie County convenience store …

Discussion: Raw Story

William Hicks / Heat Street:

‘He Will Not Divide Us’ Livestream Placed in Middle of Nowhere, but 4chan Still Found Way to Troll It — A good rule of the Internet is to never tell 4chan something is impossible. — The anachronistic message board has had a field day in the past few months trolling Shia Labeouf's “He Will Not Divide Us” livestream.

Discussion: TheBlaze and IJR

John Hinderaker / Power Line:

Liberal Bullying On Campus: A Case Study — Not all liberals are bullies, but a great many are. Where liberals are in the majority, the bullies among them try to make life miserable for those who fail to conform. Almost every college campus is in this category.

Discussion: Manitou Messenger

Katie Bo Williams / The Hill:

Trump camp could have fallen into ‘backdoor’ surveillance — Intelligence agencies could have inadvertently collected and then searched Donald Trump — 's phone calls under a controversial loophole in surveillance law, experts say, even if it did not involve a wiretapping order from a federal court.

Discussion: RedState

Rebecca Morin / Politico:

Trump, in tweet, doubles down on Obamacare ‘imploding’ claim — President Donald Trump on Saturday doubled down on his claim that Obamacare is “imploding,” tweeting after days of notable restraint on social media. — “We are making great progress with healthcare. ObamaCare is imploding and will only get worse.