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8:00 PM ET, March 17, 2018

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Betsy Woodruff / The Daily Beast:
Trump's Lawyer: It's Time to End the Mueller Probe … President Donald Trump's personal lawyer, John Dowd, told The Daily Beast on Saturday morning that he hopes Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein will shut down the Mueller probe.  —  Reached for comment by email about the firing …
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Associated Press:
The Latest: AP learns McCabe kept memos regarding Trump  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on the dismissal of Andrew McCabe, a former FBI deputy director (all times local):  —  Andrew McCabe — the former FBI deputy director just fired by the attorney general — kept personal memos regarding President Donald Trump.
CNN:
Mueller has McCabe memos documenting conversations with Trump  —  Washington (CNN)Much like fired FBI Director James Comey, former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe wrote memos documenting his conversations with President Donald Trump, a source with knowledge of the matter told CNN.
Congressman Mark Pocan:
Pocan Extends Job Offer to Andrew McCabe  —  U.S. Representative Mark Pocan (WI-02) today extended an offer of employment to Andrew McCabe, the former Deputy Director of the FBI, so that he can reach the needed length of service after President Trump fired him just days before he was set to retire.
Discussion: IJR, Shareblue Media and Mediaite
Lawfare:
What We Know, and Don't Know, About the Firing of Andrew McCabe  —  Anyone who is confidently pronouncing on the merits of Andrew McCabe's firing Friday night is venturing well beyond the realm of known facts.  —  We certainly understand the instinct to rally to McCabe's defense …
New Yorker:
Donald Trump and the Craven Firing of Andrew McCabe  —  If you wanted to tell the story of an entire Presidency in a single tweet, you could try the one that President Trump posted after Attorney General Jeff Sessions fired Andrew McCabe, the deputy director of the F.B.I., on Friday night.
Axios:
Source: McCabe gave interview, memos to Mueller  —  Andrew McCabe, the former FBI deputy director who was fired Friday night, has met with special counsel Robert Mueller's team and has turned over memos detailing interactions with President Trump, according to a source familiar with the exchange.
Discussion: NPR, Joe.My.God., CNN and The Gateway Pundit
Betsy Woodruff / The Daily Beast:
Fired FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe Lawyers Up … Andrew McCabe, formerly the deputy director of the FBI, has lawyered up.  Michael Bromwich of the Bromwich Group confirmed to The Daily Beast that he is representing McCabe for the purposes of the matter that led to his firing.
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Trump Is Taking Out His Enemies and Turning Toward Robert Mueller
Aaron Rupar / ThinkProgress:   House Republican blasts McCabe firing, says Trump's conduct doesn't ‘bode well’ for GOP
Wall Street Journal:
Trump's Lawyer, Citing Andrew McCabe's Firing, Calls for End to Mueller Probe
Associated Press:
The Latest: AP source says McCabe kept notes on Trump
Discussion: Breitbart
CNN:
READ: Former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe's statement on his firing
Ryan Goodman / Just Security:
Sessions' Firing McCabe Violated His Promise to Recuse
Discussion: Vox and Lawyers, Guns & Money
New York Times:
How Trump Consultants Exploited the Facebook Data of Millions  —  LONDON — As the upstart voter-profiling company Cambridge Analytica prepared to wade into the 2014 American midterm elections, it had a problem.  —  The firm had secured a $15 million investment from Robert Mercer …
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New York Times:
Data Firm Tied to Trump Campaign Talked Business With Russians  —  When the Russia question came up during a hearing at the British Parliament last month, Alexander Nix did not hesitate.  —  “We've never worked in Russia,” said Mr. Nix, head of a data consulting firm that advised the Trump campaign on targeting voters.
The Guardian:
Revealed: 50 million Facebook profiles harvested for Cambridge Analytica in major data breach  —  Whistleblower describes how firm linked to former Trump adviser Steve Bannon compiled user data to target American voters … The data analytics firm that worked with Donald Trump's election team …
Carole Cadwalladr / The Guardian:
'I created Steve Bannon's psychological warfare tool': meet the data war whistleblower  —  Now, 28-year-old Christopher Wylie goes on the record to discuss his role in hijacking the profiles of millions of Facebook users in order to target the US electorate
Discussion: emptywheel
The Guardian:
Cambridge Analytica: links to Moscow oil firm and St Petersburg university  —  Data company gave briefing to Moscow firm Lukoil, and the lecturer who developed the crucial algorithm worked for St Petersburg university … Aleksandr Kogan, the Cambridge University academic who orchestrated …
The Guardian:   Staff claim Cambridge Analytica ignored US ban on foreigners working on elections
The Guardian:   Cambridge Analytica whistleblower: ‘We spent $1m harvesting millions of Facebook profiles’ - video
Streiff / RedState:
John Kelly Learns a Hard Lesson About the Reality of the White House Press Corps  —  Yesterday, White House Chief of Staff John Kelly got a very hard lesson about the smash-mouth nature of press operations at the higher reaches of government and industry.  —  But there is nothing new under …
Discussion: The Atlantic and Hullabaloo
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Andrew Restuccia / Politico:
White House weighs rehiring fired Trump aide McEntee
Discussion: Politicus USA and Raw Story
The Intercept:
Democrats Want to Subpoena Apple to Find Out When Key Administration Officials Downloaded Encrypted Messaging Apps  —  On Wednesday, House Democrats on the Intelligence Committee released a memo laying out the steps they would have taken had they been in charge of the Trump-Russia investigation …
Discussion: Engadget
Paulina Dedaj / Fox News:
Southern California town wants to exempt itself from sanctuary city law  —  Trump: Sanctuary cities are the best friends of gangs  —  One Southern California town is taking a stand against a state law that limits the cooperation between local police and federal immigration agents and encourages sanctuary cities to exist.
 
 
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Coral Davenport / New York Times:
Scott Pruitt, Trump's Rule-Cutting E.P.A. Chief, Plots His Political Future
Discussion: ThinkProgress and Politico
Chris Hayes / New York Times:
What ‘Law and Order’ Means to Trump
Kai Schultz / New York Times:
Indian Children's Book Lists Hitler as Leader ‘Who Will Inspire You’
Arizona Republic:
Woman accused in Tempe mosque burglary has history of arrests
Discussion: CNN and The Root
 Earlier Items: 
New York Times:
Who Owns the Vikings? Pagans, Neo-Nazis and Advertisers Tussle Over Symbols
TMZ.com:
Aaron Hernandez Was Tortured By Gay Secret
Discussion: Hollywood Life
Rafael Olmeda / Sun-Sentinel:
School officials worried about Nikolas Cruz and guns 18 months before mass shooting
Discussion: twitchy.com
Washington Post:
History won't be kind, Republicans
Josh Meyer / Politico:
FEC probes whether NRA got illegal Russian donations
Discussion: Mediaite and Talking Points Memo
Jon Swaine / The Guardian:
Secretive religious charity run by top US housing officials raises questions
Andrew C. McCarthy / National Review:
Mueller's Investigation Flouts Justice Department Standards
Discussion: Power Line
 

 
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