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11:00 AM ET, March 13, 2017

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Caitlin Yilek / Washington Examiner:
Sean Spicer ambushed while shopping at the Apple Store  —  White House press secretary Sean Spicer was accosted while shopping at an Apple store in Washington, D.C., on Saturday.  —  “How does it feel to work for a fascist?  Have you helped with the Russia stuff?  Are you a criminal as well?
Discussion: RedState, Raw Story and The Hill
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Shree:
Such a Great Country, Such Nasty Bigotry  —  The night of the election, my iPhone screen shattered.  The joke I like to make is that there was glass shattering on November 8th but not the kind we wanted.  —  There's something symbolic about the shattered glass on my phone and it serves …
Ian Hanchett / Breitbart:
Watch: Spicer Asked How It Feels ‘To Work for a Fascist?’ In Apple Store
Mike Kelly / USA Today:
Kellyanne Conway suggests even wider surveillance of Trump campaign  —  ALPINE, N.J. — The White House is offering yet another wrinkle in its attempt to support President Trump's allegation — unfounded, so far — that his campaign headquarters in Manhattan was wiretapped by the Obama administration.
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Gabriel Sherman / New York Magazine:
The Big Winner in Donald Trump's Decision to Fire Preet Bharara Might Be Rupert Murdoch  —  Throughout his six-decade career working on three continents, Rupert Murdoch has used his media properties to advance the prospects of politicians whose policies help his business interests.
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Wall Street Journal:
Preet Bharara's Probes Likely to Continue After His Exit
Discussion: RedState and New York Times
Media Matters for America:
US Attorney Preet Bharara Was Investigating Fox News When Trump Fired Him
New York Times:
Preet Bharara Shunned Politics. His End Was Tinged by Them.
Axios:
The risks Republicans are taking with Trumpcare  —  It was never a secret that Republicans would take a risk by repealing Obamacare, as unpopular as it was, and taking ownership of what happens next.  But it's striking just how many political dangers they're putting themselves in — and how they're ignoring pretty much all of them.
Discussion: Politico, Bloomberg and Daily Kos
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Stephen Collinson / CNN:
Republicans brace for CBO report of health care coverage
Discussion: CNNMoney, RedState and Daily Kos
Burgess Everett / Politico:
Another key Republican senator knocks GOP Obamacare plan
Discussion: LasVegasSun.com and Balloon Juice
Reid Wilson / The Hill:
Texas state rep. proposes fines for masturbation  —  A Texas state representative has introduced legislation that would fine men for masturbating and require them to undergo counseling before obtaining a prescription for Viagra, in an effort to highlight anti-abortion laws that place restrictions on women.
Matthew Haag / New York Times:
Steve King Says Civilization Can't Be Restored With 'Somebody Else's Babies'  —  Representative Steve King, a Republican from Iowa who has a history of making inflammatory statements viewed by many as insensitive or outright racist, was roundly criticized on Sunday for his apparent endorsement of white nationalism.
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Greg Toppo / Des Moines Register:
Rep. Steve King blasted for ‘our civilization’ tweet
Andrew Marantz / New Yorker:
Is Trump Trolling the White House Press Corps?  —  At daily briefings, Sean Spicer calls on young journalists from far-right sites.  The mainstream media sees them as an existential threat.  —  In normal times, White House press briefings make for boring television.
Damian Paletta / Washington Post:
Trump budget expected to seek historic contraction of federal workforce  —  President Trump's budget proposal this week would shake the federal government to its core if enacted, culling back numerous programs and expediting a historic contraction of the federal workforce.
Discussion: Politico and Hot Air
Hadas Gold / Politico:
CNN hires Chris Cillizza  —  The Washington Post's Chris Cillizza is joining CNN Politics as a reporter and editor at large, with a digital presence and an on-air role.  —  Cillizza is leaving behind the blog known as The Fix he built at the Post over more than a decade.
Zack Beauchamp / Vox:
No easy answers: why left-wing economics is not the answer to right-wing populism  —  On November 20, less than two weeks after Donald Trump's upset win, Bernie Sanders strode onto a stage at Boston's Berklee Performance Center to give the sold-out audience his thoughts on what had gone so disastrously wrong for the Democratic Party.
Andrew Malcolm / McClatchy Washington Bureau:
Trump is doing what Obama didn't do: reach out and listen  —  Elements of Donald Trump's presidential style are already emerging and they must be discouraging to his critics.  —  It's easy to miss things that do not happen.  But perhaps you too have noticed a decline of trivial Trump tweets …
Discussion: Instapundit
Wall Street Journal:
GOP Health Plan Would Hit Rural Areas Hard  —  Poor, older Americans would see largest increase in insurance-coverage costs, analysis shows  —  The House Republican effort to overhaul the Affordable Care Act could hit many rural areas particularly hard, according to a new analysis …
Paul D. Shinkman / US News:
Cooperation with Russia in Syria Off the Table for Trump Team  —  The need for urgent military action now, however, could prompt the president to make a common mistake among his predecessors.  —  A Russian attack helicopter flies above the ancient city of Palmyra in Syria.
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Axios:
Scoop: Trump to host Xi at Mar-a-Lago  —  President Trump plans to host Chinese President Xi Jinping at the gold-plated Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida next month for a lowering-the-temperature summit with vast economic and security implications, Axios has learned.
Discussion: The Daily Caller
 
 
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Jack Healy / New York Times:
2 of a Farmer's 3 Children Overdosed. What of the Third — and the Land?
Erin M. Kearns / Washington Post:
Yes, the media do underreport some terrorist attacks. Just not the ones most people think of.
Wall Street Journal:
Republicans Pose Growing Challenge to Trump's Trade Agenda
Discussion: Political Wire
New York Times:
For Solace and Solidarity in the Trump Age, Liberals Turn the TV Back On
Natasha Korecki / Politico:
Attempts to honor Obama legacy generate fury
Discussion: AOL
Associated Press:
Democrats warn against funding border wall in catchall bill
Discussion: Politico
Elizabeth Williamson / New York Times:
Want to Keep the President at Bay? Two Consultants Have an Inside Track
Leyla Hussein / The Guardian:
My vulva cupcakes were confiscated but I gained a sense of home
 Earlier Items: 
Peter Holley / Washington Post:
Video shows environmental activists defacing popular Trump golf course
Discussion: The Daily Caller and KTLA
Kevin Lamarque / National Review:
Trump's Skeletal Crew
Discussion: Political Wire
Edward-Isaac Dovere / Politico:
Holder, Pelosi, McAuliffe start redistricting fundraising
Austin Wright / Politico:
House investigators on a Trump-Russia ‘collision course’
New York Times:
Trump Lets Key Offices Gather Dust Amid ‘Slowest Transition in Decades’
Discussion: Axios and The Week
Ari Melber / NBC News:
After Pledging to Donate Salary, Trump Declines to Release Proof
Discussion: Eschaton and Outside the Beltway
Stuart Anderson / Forbes:
83% Of America's Top High School Science Students Are The Children Of Immigrants
Discussion: The Moderate Voice