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12:20 PM ET, March 13, 2017

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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 …
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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: Raw Story, RedState and The Hill
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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Mallory Shelbourne / The Hill:
King defends controversial tweet: ‘I meant exactly what I said’  —  Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa) on Monday defended a weekend tweet endorsing the views of a far-right Dutch politician.  —  “Well, of course I meant exactly what I said,” King told CNN's “New Day.”
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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.
Greg Toppo / Des Moines Register:
Rep. Steve King blasted for ‘our civilization’ tweet
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.
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Veronica Stracqualursi / ABC News:   The Note: Waiting for the CBO score
CBS News:
Rand Paul: Conservatives “not going to vote for” GOP health care plan
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
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.
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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.
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, New York Times and The Week
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, New York Magazine and Hot Air
CNN:
New surveillance footage of Michael Brown sparks protests  —  (CNN)New video captured hours before Michael Brown was killed shows the 18-year-old exchanging marijuana for cigarillos with the clerks of a Ferguson, Missouri, store, a documentary director told CNN on Monday.
Ben Casselman / FiveThirtyEight:
The White House Takes Its Attacks On Jobs Data To A New (And Dangerous) Level  —  President Trump's budget director on Sunday accused the Obama administration of “manipulating” economic data to make the unemployment rate look lower than it really was.  That claim isn't supported by evidence …
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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.
Adelle Platon / Billboard:
Snoop Dogg on ‘Lavender’ Video Parodying Trump: 'Nobody's Dealing With the Real Issue With This F—king Clown as President'  —  The rapper's latest video features a Snoop Loops commercial, Michael Rapaport and a clown mocking president Donald Trump.  —  The concept for Snoop Dogg's new video for …
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.
Discussion: Washington Monthly
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 …
Elizabeth Williamson / New York Times:
Want to Keep the President at Bay?  Two Consultants Have an Inside Track  —  For a fee, Corey Lewandowski, President Trump's pugilistic former campaign manager, and Barry Bennett, a former Trump senior adviser, will protect you from “tweet risk” — what happens to the stock price and reputation …
Discussion: RedState
 
 
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Reuters:
Exclusive: Japan plans to send largest warship to South China Sea, sources say
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Paul D. Shinkman / US News:
Cooperation with Russia in Syria Off the Table for Trump Team
Discussion: The Daily Caller
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
Discussion: Axios
Associated Press:
Democrats warn against funding border wall in catchall bill
Discussion: Politico
 Earlier Items: 
Andrew Malcolm / McClatchy Washington Bureau:
Trump is doing what Obama didn't do: reach out and listen
Discussion: Instapundit
Leyla Hussein / The Guardian:
My vulva cupcakes were confiscated but I gained a sense of home
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’
Ari Melber / NBC News:
After Pledging to Donate Salary, Trump Declines to Release Proof
Discussion: Axios, Eschaton and Outside the Beltway
 

 
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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”

Mark Sweney / The Guardian:
National World, one of the UK's biggest newspaper groups, gets a £56.2M buyout offer from shareholder Media Concierge, a 40% premium to its Nov. 21 stock price

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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