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4:30 PM ET, March 13, 2017

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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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Sarah K. Burris / Raw Story:
Chris Cuomo refuses to let Kellyanne Conway wriggle away from Trump's bizarre wiretapping claims  —  DON'T MISS STORIES.  FOLLOW RAW STORY!  —  CNN host Chris Cuomo wouldn't let Trump's senior adviser Kellyanne Conway get away with dodging his questions.  —  “I'm not going to discuss …
Discussion: The Root
David Edwards / Raw Story:
Trump whines Obamacare looks ‘so great’ now: ‘Like President Obama — when he left, people liked him’  —  DON'T MISS STORIES.  FOLLOW RAW STORY!  —  President Donald Trump asserted on Monday that President Barack Obama's health care law was only popular because, like the former president, it was being replaced.
Madeline Conway / Politico:
Spicer: Trump 'doesn't really think' Obama wiretapped him personally  —  White House press secretary Sean Spicer said Monday that President Donald Trump “doesn't really think” that Barack Obama “tapped his phone personally,” seeming to walk back Trump's explosive and unsubstantiated claim …
Discussion: ABC News and Political Wire
Andrew Malcolm / McClatchy Washington Bureau:
Trump is doing what Obama didn't do: reach out and listen
Discussion: Instapundit
Associated Press:
The Latest: Spicer defends US attorney purge as routine
Discussion: Politico
Alizachasan / New York's PIX11:
Man eggs Trump Tower in New York
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
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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Theodore Schleifer / CNN:
King doubles down on controversial ‘babies’ tweet
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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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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Alex Samuels / The Texas Tribune:
With proposal to penalize men for masturbating, legislator aims to shake up health debate  —  State Rep. Jessica Farrar, a Houston Democrat, filed House Bill 4260 Friday, which would fine men $100 for masturbating.  —  When it comes to issues related to health, state Rep. Jessica Farrar …
Bloomberg:
Kushners Set to Get $400 Million From Chinese on Marquee Tower  —  Family company of president's son-in-law in deal with Anbang  —  Plan is circulating among investors for more equity partners  —  A company owned by the family of Jared Kushner, President Donald Trump's son-in-law and senior adviser …
Discussion: Axios, CNBC, The Week, Reuters and Raw Story
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 …
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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.
BBC:
Scottish independence: Nicola Sturgeon to seek second referendum  —  Nicola Sturgeon has confirmed she will ask for permission to hold a second referendum on Scottish independence.  —  Ms Sturgeon said she wanted a vote to be held between the autumn of 2018 and the spring of the following year.
Discussion: Eschaton and Axios
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Associated Press:
Scotland seeks new independence referendum amid Brexit spat
Discussion: NPR, Hot Air, New York Magazine and The Week
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 …
Alex Lockie / Business Insider:
SEAL Team 6 is reportedly training for a decapitation strike against North Korea's Kim regime  —  The annual Foal Eagle military drills between the US and South Korea will include some heavy hitters this year — the Navy SEAL team that took out Osama bin Laden, Army Special Forces, and F-35s — South Korea's Joon Gang Daily reports.
Discussion: Yonhap News Agency and Raw Story
Jordan Freiman / Death and Taxes:
Trump unfollows ‘Morning Joe’ hosts Joe Scarborough, Mika Brzezinski on Twitter  —  At some point in the last 24 hours, President Trump unfollowed Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski of MSNBC's “Morning Joe” on Twitter.  While the pair were some of Trump's earliest supporters when he first declared …
Discussion: The Hill, RedState, Mediaite and IJR
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.
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.
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 …
Kurt Schlichter / Townhall.com:
Democrats Seek To Escape Their Whirlpool Of Failure And Fail At That Too  —  As Donald Trump triumphantly passed his 50th day as the President of the United States Who Is Not Hillary Clinton, Democrat leaders secretly gathered to survey the smoking wreckage of a party that was supposed …
Discussion: Shot in the Dark
 
 
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Mark Weinraub / Reuters:
U.S. Agriculture secretary nominee submits ethics disclosures
Discussion: Mediaite
Robinson Meyer / The Atlantic:
Trump's Climate Agenda: Do Less, With Less
Matt Pearce / Los Angeles Times:
Seeing red: Membership triples for the Democratic Socialists of America
Discussion: Breitbart and Hot Air
Matt Vespa / Townhall.com:
Failed Trump Labor Nominee: Politico Is The Worst And They Probably Torpedoed My Nomination
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Andrew J. Bacevich / New York Times:
The Never-Ending War in Afghanistan
Discussion: Shadowproof and Hit & Run
Andrew Kirell / The Daily Beast:
Trump Never Needed a Trump TV—He's Got the Fox Business Network
 Earlier Items: 
Reuters:
Exclusive: Japan plans to send largest warship to South China Sea, sources say
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Zack Beauchamp / Vox:
No easy answers: why left-wing economics is not the answer to right-wing populism
Discussion: Washington Monthly
Leyla Hussein / The Guardian:
My vulva cupcakes were confiscated but I gained a sense of home
Axios:
The risks Republicans are taking with Trumpcare
Discussion: Politico and Balloon Juice
Damian Paletta / Washington Post:
Trump budget expected to seek historic contraction of federal workforce
Gabriel Sherman / New York Magazine:
The Big Winner in Donald Trump's Decision to Fire Preet Bharara Might Be Rupert Murdoch
 

 
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Devin Coldewey / TechCrunch:
As the NYT Tech Guild goes on strike, Perplexity CEO Aravind Srinivas offers the AI company's services to the NYT to help ensure election coverage is available

Joshua Benton / Nieman Lab:
Around 75% of the largest US newspapers aren't endorsing anyone for president this year, as publishers try not to annoy any sliver of their remaining customers

Ellen Clegg / What Works:
After The Minnesota Star Tribune decided last summer not to endorse anyone for president, 15 former opinion staffers posted their own endorsement online

 
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