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7:00 PM ET, March 18, 2017

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Kevin Hardy / USA Today:
People are canceling their Iowa vacations because of Steve King's words … The Iowa Tourism Office generally receives about two complaints a month from travelers who leave the state peeved about picking up a speeding ticket or dissatisfied with an unpleasant hotel stay.
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Tommy Christopher / Shareblue:
Iowa tourism complaints skyrocket after Steve King's racist tweet  —  Representative Steve King (R-IA) drew scant condemnation from Republicans with this tweet about the need to “restore our civilization,” which he said cannot be done with “somebody else's babies”:
Olivia Nuzzi / New York Magazine:
Kellyanne Conway Is the Real First Lady of Trump's America  —  Not your star, perhaps.  But that's the point.  —  On the third floor of the West Wing, one flight past the stairwell portrait of President Donald Trump talking on his Android phone, is an office once occupied by Valerie Jarrett …
Philip Rucker / Washington Post:
Inside Trump's White House, New York moderates spark infighting and suspicion  —  Inside the White House, they are dismissed by their rivals as “the Democrats.”  —  Outspoken, worldly and polished, this coterie of ascendant Manhattan business figures-turned-presidential advisers is scrambling …
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Dan Balz / Washington Post:
What will it take for the president to retract his tweets about Obama?
Discussion: Washington Monthly
Erin McPike / IJR:
Transcript: Independent Journal Review's Sit-Down Interview with Secretary of State Rex Tillerson  —  In his first sit-down interview since becoming secretary of state, Rex Tillerson spoke with Independent Journal Review's Erin McPike about the challenges of American diplomacy with China …
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Jerry Iannelli / Miami New Times:
Rundle Won't Charge Prison Guards Who Allegedly Boiled Schizophrenic Black Man to Death … On June 23, 2012, Darren Rainey, a schizophrenic man serving time for cocaine possession, was thrown into a prison shower at the Dade Correctional Institution.  The water was turned up top 180 degrees …
Discussion: ThinkProgress
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Suzette Hackney / USA Today:
Kids on winning robotics team told, ‘Go back to Mexico’ … INDIANAPOLIS — The day should have been one of glory and celebration for five fourth-graders.  —  The Pleasant Run Elementary students had just won a robotics challenge at Plainfield High School, and the students …
Discussion: The Root
Alicia A. Caldwell / Associated Press:
TRUMP WANTS TO BUILD 30-FOOT-HIGH WALL AT MEXICAN BORDER  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration wants to build a 30-foot-high border wall that looks good from the north side and is difficult to climb or cut through, according to a pair of contract notices posted to a government website …
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Ron Nixon / New York Times:
Trump Seeks Proposals for ‘Physically Imposing’ Wall with Mexico
Discussion: NPR
Damian Paletta / Washington Post:
New rifts emerge as Trump administration rejects free trade statement at G-20 meeting  —  BADEN-BADEN, Germany - The Trump administration on Saturday rejected a statement from other leading economies that warned against the perils of trade protectionism, the latest sign of how the administration's …
Discussion: The Last Refuge
Tom Boggioni / Raw Story:
Kurt Eichenwald: ‘Spineless’ GOP so scared of Trump they won't criticize ‘Nazis in the White House’  —  DON'T MISS STORIES.  FOLLOW RAW STORY!  —  A panel discussion on MSNBC's AmJoy, discussing Rep. Steve King's (R-IA) racist comments about America needing more white babies turned …
Associated Press:
YOUNG AMERICANS: MOST SEE TRUMP AS ILLEGITIMATE PRESIDENT  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — Jermaine Anderson keeps going back to the same memory of Donald Trump, then a candidate for president of the United States, referring to some Mexican immigrants as rapists and murderers.
Discussion: The Hill and Raw Story
Laura M. Holson / New York Times:
Donald Trump Jr. Is His Own Kind of Trump  —  Donald Trump Jr. is the Trump who has not always seemed at ease with being a Trump.  He grew up in the penthouse of Trump Tower but was happy to escape the gilded trappings of his Manhattan childhood to spend parts of the summers hunting and fishing …
Discussion: Althouse, Mashable and Axios
Tegna / KPNX:
Trump flanked by mushroom clouds, Nazi symbols on Phoenix billboard  —  A President Trump billboard is near 11th and Grand Avenue, sparking controversy. … A menacing Donald Trump is gazing down on Phoenix's Grand Avenue.  —  The president is flanked by mushroom clouds and swastikas configured like dollar signs.
Discussion: RedState, BizPac Review and twitchy.com
CNN:
Former Trump campaign chief Paul Manafort wanted for questioning in Ukraine corruption case  —  Manafort pressed on ties to Ukraine, Kremlin (2016)  — Ukrainian authorities want to question former Trump campaign chief Paul Manafort as part of a corruption case
Patrick Svitek / The Texas Tribune:
U.S. Rep. Pete Sessions faces rowdy town hall  —  Addressing over 2,000 people, Sessions was frequently drowned out by boos and angry outbursts from the audience.  Many of his answers were not entirely audible due to the crowd's reaction as he began to speak.  —  Editor's note: This story has been updated throughout.
Discussion: Talking Points Memo and Axios
Mark Hensch / The Hill:
White House cites satire column to tout budget  —  The White House included a satirical column in its list of news stories meant to promote Trump agenda — apparently ignoring the fact that the column actually savages Trump's new budget.  —  Friday's edition of the “1600 Daily” …
Jerome Hudson / Breitbart:
Donna Brazile Admits to Sharing Debate Questions With Clinton Camp, Blames Russia  —  Former DNC chairwoman and disgraced CNN commentator Donna Brazile has admitted that she relayed confidential questions to Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign in advance of last year's primary debate.
Joe Concha / The Hill:
Jake Tapper on Trump: 'There's no bias when it comes to decency'  —  CNN's Jake Tapper on Friday tore into President Trump's claims of news media bias, saying “there's no bias when it comes to facts and there's no bias when it comes to decency.”  —  “I've never really seen this level of falsehood …
Discussion: RedState and Liberal Values
CNN:
Man arrested outside White House after jumping bike rack  —  (CNN)A man jumped over a bicycle rack in front of the White House on Saturday, briefly putting the complex into an escalated security posture, two law enforcement officials told CNN.  —  The man, who never made it to the White House fence …
Washington Post:
Two Rockville High students arrested for allegedly raping classmate at school … A 14-year-old girl was pushed into a boys bathroom at Rockville High School on Thursday morning and raped by two other students during school hours, according to Montgomery County District Court records filed Friday.
New York Times:
In Gorsuch, Conservative Activist Sees Test Case for Reshaping the Judiciary  —  WASHINGTON — Deep into the Senate's 68-page questionnaire of Judge Neil M. Gorsuch, the Supreme Court nominee was asked to describe how he had come to President Trump's attention.  —  The first thing he wrote was, “I was contacted by Leonard Leo.”
Discussion: ACS Blog
 
 
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Andy Bruce / Reuters:
Top NSA official ridicules allegation Britain spied on Trump
Discussion: Little Green Footballs and BBC
New York Times:
In One Rocky Week, Trump's Self-Inflicted Chaos on Vivid Display
Lauren Dezenski / Politico:
Elizabeth Warren finally busts out of her media bubble
Discussion: twitchy.com
New York Times:
Texas Needs a Remedial Lesson on Voting Rights
Washington Post:
Trump has a chance to correct Obama's mistake on Venezuela
Discussion: Hot Air
New York Times:
Trump Budget Cuts Put Struggling Americans on Edge
Discussion: Daily Kos
Erin Corbett / Raw Story:
WATCH: Fox host upset over anti-Trump video says Secret Service should ‘kill’ Snoop Dogg and Bow Wow
Discussion: BizPac Review, AOL and The Daily Beast
 Earlier Items: 
Christiaan Triebert / bellingcat:
CONFIRMED: US Responsible for ‘Aleppo Mosque Bombing’
Chris Cillizza / Washington Post:
This West Virginia newspaper front page should scare Republicans
Discussion: Political Wire
Wall Street Journal:
Mike Flynn Didn't Report 2014 Interaction With Russian-British National
Discussion: Raw Story
Mark Bridge / The Times & The Sunday Times:
Google lets antisemitic videos stay on YouTube
Molly Harbarger / Oregonian:
Multnomah County offers incentives for homeowners to house homeless in backyards
Discussion: Althouse and KOIN-TV
Robbie Gramer / Foreign Policy:
Apache Helicopter Guns Down Boat Full of Somali Refugees Fleeing Yemen
Dale R. Durran / Salon:
Whose votes count the least in the Electoral College? It's not California or Texas
 

 
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