memeorandum: Authorities say man shoots himself to death near White House (Associated Press)

3:50 PM ET, March 3, 2018

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Damian Paletta / Washington Post:

Trump escalates trade war, threatens European carmakers with stiff tariffs … President Trump on Saturday threatened to hammer European automotive companies with steep tariffs as his global trade war snowballed into a third day. — Trump, in a series of Twitter posts while at his Mar …

Discussion: Shareblue Media, Mother Jones, New York Times, CNBC, IJR, Joe.My.God. and AOL

Larry Kudlow / The Hill:

Trump must think twice about tariffs — BY LARRY KUDLOW, ARTHUR LAFFER AND STEPHEN MOORE, OPINION CONTRIBUTORS — 03/03/18 07:00 AM EST THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY CONTRIBUTORS ARE THEIR OWN AND NOT THE VIEW OF THE HILL — One of the ironies of trade protectionism is that tariffs and import quotas …

Discussion: Politico and Raw Story

Ana Swanson / New York Times:

Trump's Tariffs Prompt Global Threats of Retaliation — WASHINGTON — A day after President Trump took a swing at United States trading partners by threatening stiff and sweeping tariffs on steel and aluminum, they hit back. They promised to retaliate against quintessential American goods …

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Joy-Ann Reid / The Daily Beast:
The Right Can't Fight the Future

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Simon Johnson / Reuters:
Electrolux puts $250 million U.S. investment on hold over Trump tariff hike

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Associated Press:

Secret Service says man shoots himself outside White House — WASHINGTON (AP) — The Secret Service says a man shot himself outside the White House, and medical personnel are on the scene. — President Donald Trump is not at the White House — he's in Florida, but is set to return later Saturday.

Discussion: RedState

Daniel Ellsberg / CBS News:
Man shoots himself near White House, law enforcement source says — live updates

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Associated Press:
Authorities say man shoots himself to death near White House

Discussion: Politico

CNN:
Law enforcement: Man shot himself outside White House

Discussion: The Daily Caller

HuffPost:

Exclusive: Florida Public School Teacher Has A White Nationalist Podcast — Dayanna Volitich suggests Muslims be eradicated from the earth, believes anti-Semitic conspiracy theories ... and teaches middle school social studies. — Dayanna Volitich, a 25-year-old social studies teacher …

Discussion: Raw Story

Virginia Heffernan / Los Angeles Times:

Ivanka Trump: Born to legitimize corruption and make the shoddy look cute — On July 27, 2017, near the end of the one of the most compelling hearings yet on the Trump-Russia affair, Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) offered an extraordinary insight. It shot through the proceedings like a comet.

Discussion: The Guardian

Dan Merica / CNN:

A presidential milestone: Trump has spent 100 days in office at one of his golf clubs — WASHINGTON (CNN)President Donald Trump reached a presidential milestone at his Palm Beach County, Florida, golf club on Saturday: One hundred days in office at a golf club that bears his name.

Discussion: ThinkProgress and Mother Jones

Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Trump to launch major donor initiative after disastrous week

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Brandon Carter / The Hill:
Trump visits Fla. golf club ahead of remarks at Mar-a-Lago fundraiser

Discussion: Politicus USA and Splinter

CNNMoney:

Advertisers flee InfoWars founder Alex Jones' YouTube channel — Facebook, YouTube fail to blunt conspiracy theories — Some of the biggest brands in the U.S. had ads running on the YouTube channels for far-right website InfoWars and its founder, notorious conspiracy theorist Alex Jones …

Discussion: Infowars

Marwa Eltagouri / Washington Post:

Shortly before Trump announced tariffs, his former adviser dumped millions in steel-related stocks … President Trump's decision Thursday to impose crippling tariffs on the imports of steel and aluminum took many by surprise — particularly investors, as the Dow Jones Industrial Average closed …

Discussion: The Daily Beast, RedState, Politicus USA, CNBC, New York Times, Washington Press and ABC News

Washington Post:

Days before the election, Stormy Daniels threatened to cancel deal to keep alleged affair with Trump secret … The 2016 election was less than a month away, and Donald Trump's attorney had blown the deadline for paying Stormy Daniels to keep quiet about her alleged affair with the future president.

Discussion: The Hill, Politicus USA, AOL, RedState, Politico, Washington Press and Mediaite

Jackie Wang / Dallas Morning News:

Texas early voting numbers a ‘wake-up call’ for GOP as Democrats double their 2014 turnout — AUSTIN — With one day of early voting to go, turnout in the Democratic primary had nearly doubled since the last midterm election in 2014. — According to the Texas secretary of state's website …

Discussion: Outside the Beltway and Off the Kuff

Abby Livingston / The Texas Tribune: Amid national controversy, Houston Democrats hustle votes in 7th Congressional District

Avery Anapol / The Hill:

Lindsey Graham: War with North Korea would be ‘worth it’ in the long run — (R-S.C.) said this week that a war with North Korea would be “worth it” in the long term. — Graham made the comments in an interview with CNN. — “All the damage that would come from a war would be worth …

Discussion: CNN, The American Conservative, Outside the Beltway, Washington Monthly and Political Wire

Caroline Orr / Shareblue Media:

Roy Moore embarrassed as Americans reject his pathetic pleas for cash — The GOP may be fine with giving money to accused sexual predators, but the American people are not. — Accused pedophile and failed Republican Senate candidate Roy Moore is desperately begging for donations to cover …

Discussion: USA Today, Politicus USA, New York Magazine and The Guardian

Leada Gore / al.com:
Roy Moore says he's ‘struggled to make ends meet,’ raises $32,000

Discussion: Friendly Atheist, Daily Kos, Judge Roy Moore … and Raw Story

Monica Hesse / Washington Post:

Six teenagers are running for governor in Kansas, and suddenly this doesn't seem so preposterous … MERRIAM, Kan. — And now, a report from the Midwest, where a gangly hope has arrived in the form of children enrobed in various assortments of khakis and blazers, because six teenage boys are running for governor of the state of Kansas.

Discussion: RedState and The Hill

Peter Holley / Washington Post:

The Silicon Valley elite's latest status symbol: Chickens — Their pampered birds wear diapers and have personal chefs — but lay the finest eggs tech money can buy — Excelling at his work, Land said, requires an obsessive focus on it. But maintaining that passion …

Discussion: Althouse, Instapundit and Mercury News

P.J. Gladnick / NewsBusters:

Politico Writer Angry at Broward Sheriff for Hurting Liberal Anti-NRA Narrative — Michael Grunwald expressed his anger in Politico magazine at Broward County Sheriff Scott Israel. He is upset because Sheriff Israel's inept leadership and boastful manner has diverted attention away …

Discussion: The College Fix, Politico and National Review

Megan McArdle / Washington Post:

Publicly slighting millions of NRA members isn't good for business - or America — Remember when companies tried to stay out of politics? I'd imagine Delta Air Lines is recalling those days very fondly. The airline bowed to pressure from liberal activists to stop offering a group discount …

Jason Horowitz / New York Times:

Why Italy's Insular Election Is More Important Than It Looks — ROME — The campaign before Italy's national elections on Sunday has been self-obsessed and often petty and unedifying. But it has been instructive about one thing: The political forces that have torn at the global order …

Discussion: The Local and Outside the Beltway

Avery Anapol / The Hill:

Donations of deer semen make up majority of contributions in Texas candidate's race: report — A candidate in the race for a South Texas state House seat has reportedly received $87,500 in campaign donations — more than half of which is made up of deer semen.

Discussion: Breitbart

Kris Maher / Wall Street Journal:

In a Pennsylvania Steel Town, Donald Trump's Tariff Is a Winner — Local workers hope for more jobs and better pay from the president's proposed levies — BRADDOCK, Pa.—President Donald Trump's proposed tariffs on steel and aluminum imports have many economists and lawmakers worried about a coming trade war.

Steve Kovach / Business Insider:

Amazon will stop selling Nest smart home devices, escalating its war with Google — Amazon currently sells a limited number of Nest products, but those will disappear from the site after it sells the inventory it has left.Nest decided to no longer work with Amazon selling the limited number of products it was selling on the site.

Discussion: The Verge, Engadget and Mashable, more at Techmeme »

Deborah Yetter / Courier-Journal:

Kentucky's ‘child bride’ bill stalls as groups fight to let 13-year-olds wed — Donna Pollard describes getting married at 16 to a 29-year-old man who was her counselor. She is behind Senate Bill 48 to raise the legal age of marriage in Kentucky to 18 years old. Matt Stone, Courier Journal

Discussion: ThinkProgress, Raw Story and Washington Press