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Maggie Haberman / New York Times:
Newly Emboldened, Trump Says What He Really Feels — For months, President Trump's legal advisers implored him to avoid so much as mentioning the name of Robert S. Mueller III, the special counsel, in his tweets, and to do nothing to provoke him or suggest his investigation is not proper.
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Mike Allen / Axios:
A huge clue about Mueller's endgame — Axios has learned that special counsel Robert Mueller has focused on events since the election — not during the campaign — in his conversations with President Trump's lawyers. The top two topics that Mueller has expressed interest in so far …
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Talking Points Memo, Raw Story, The Week, CNNMoney, Mediaite and Washington Times
The Daily Beast:
Team Trump: Expect Trump to Attack Mueller More Directly
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Vox:
Andrew McCabe's firing and Trump's anti-Mueller tirade, explained
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Washington Post, Lawfare and Breitbart
Jennifer Hansler / CNN:
Graham: Trump firing Mueller would be ‘the beginning of the end of his presidency’
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Washington Post, Lawfare, NTK Network, The Week, NPR, KTLA, Realtime Politics, Mother Jones, IJR and Politico
Financial Times:
Cambridge Analytica scrambles to halt Channel 4 exposé — Cambridge Analytica, the data firm alleged to have used the personal information of millions of Facebook users without their knowledge in its work for Donald Trump's election campaign, is trying to stop the broadcast …
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Raw Story, BostonGlobe.com and Mediaite
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Donie O'Sullivan / CNNMoney:
Facebook investigating employee's links to Cambridge Analytica — Social media giants grilled on ‘fake news’ — Facebook told CNN it is looking into ties between one of its current employees and Cambridge Analytica, the controversial data firm that worked for Donald Trump's presidential campaign …
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CNN, KTLA and Mashable, more at Mediagazer »
Matt Rosoff / CNBC:
Facebook is facing its biggest test ever — and its lack of leadership could sink the company
Washington Post:
Facebook may have violated FTC privacy deal, say former federal officials, triggering risk of massive fines
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Instapundit, Balkinization, Axios and Mashable, more at Mediagazer »
Sarah Frier / Bloomberg:
Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg Under Pressure Over Data Breach
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Josh Meyer / Politico:
Democrats fume over Parscale's limited answers on Russian digital meddling
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Political Wire and CANNONFIRE
Olivia Nuzzi / New York Magazine:
What Hope Hicks Knows — The departure of the Trump whisperer has left the White House in even deeper chaos. Which surely pleases some outsiders angling to get back in. — On the morning of Wednesday, February 28, Hope Hicks arrived at the White House just after 8 a.m. Within a week …
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Politico, Axios, The Week and Mediaite, more at Mediagazer »
Ruth Marcus / Washington Post:
Trump had senior staff sign nondisclosure agreements. They're supposed to last beyond his presidency. … Back in April 2016, when the notion of Donald Trump in the White House still seemed fanciful, The Post's Robert Costa and Bob Woodward sat down with Trump, and Costa, at one point …
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Meagan Flynn / Washington Post:
Two injured in explosion in Austin, police say … Austin police are investigating an explosion on the city's southwest side that caused multiple injuries, authorities said Sunday night. — Two men in their 20s were injured in the explosion on the 4800 block of Dawn Song Dr. …
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The Root and Outside the Beltway
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Dakin Andone / CNN:
Austin bombs were ‘meant to send a message,’ authorities believe
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Wil Cruz / ABC News:
Explosion in Austin injures 2 men, authorities say; fourth incident this month
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Washington Post:
D.C. lawmaker says recent snowfall caused by ‘Rothschilds controlling the climate’ … A D.C. lawmaker responded to a brief snowfall Friday by publishing a video in which he espoused a conspiracy theory that Jewish financiers control the weather. — D.C. Council member Trayon White Sr. …
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New York Times:
Sons of Rich Black Families Fare No Better Than Sons of Working-Class Whites — Black boys raised in America, even in the wealthiest families and living in some of the most well-to-do neighborhoods, still earn less in adulthood than white boys with similar backgrounds, according to a sweeping …
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Marginal REVOLUTION
Axios:
House Intel Russia head's nightmare: a “cyber bomb” on Election Day — Rep. Mike Conaway (R-Texas), who's leading the House Intelligence Committee through the Russia investigation, tells Axios he's worried Vladimir Putin could “test some things” in the 2018 midterm elections that he …
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Susan B. Glasser / Politico:
‘I Thought There Would Be More Jeff Flakes, More John McCains, More Bob Corkers’
Brett Samuels / The Hill:
Conaway walks back comment after saying House Intel didn't probe collusion
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The Week and Hullabaloo
Kevin Robillard / Politico:
Republicans bet their Senate majority on Trump — His approval rating is perpetually underwater, and the pandemonium surrounding his presidency only grows the longer he's in the job. — But Senate Republicans are nevertheless making a counterintuitive, all-in bet that President Donald Trump …
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Axios
Washington Post:
Kushner Companies confirms meeting with Qatar on financing … Jared Kushner's father met with Qatar's finance minister three months after President Trump's inauguration, a New York City session at which funding for a financially troubled real estate project was discussed, the company acknowledged Sunday.
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Bernard Condon / Associated Press:
AP Exclusive: Kushner Cos. filed false documents with NYC
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Lukas Mikelionis / Fox News:
Uproar after New Jersey high school allegedly suspends students over gun-range photo — A New Jersey high school came under fire Friday after it allegedly suspended two students over a gun photo taken during a family visit to a shooting range. — News of the unnamed students' suspension circulated through …
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Louder With Crowder
Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Inside Apple's Secret Plan to Develop and Build its Own Screens — The company has a secret manufacturing facility in California — Apple Watch to be first Apple product with MicroLED technology — Apple Inc. is designing and producing its own device displays for the first time …
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Erick on the Radio and Mashable, more at Techmeme »
Wall Street Journal:
Wynn Attorney Claims Woman Advanced Extortionist Demands — Records filed with Nevada court also make clear that at least two women have received settlements from the casino magnate after lodging complaints about his behavior toward them — LAS VEGAS—A lawyer for Steve Wynn …
Hillary Clinton:
During an interview last week with an Indian news publication, I was asked about 2016, and whether Trump is the “virus” or a “symptom” of something deeper going on in American society. Like most Americans, people overseas remain shocked and dismayed at what they are witnessing daily.
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The Gateway Pundit, bizpacreview.com and IJR
Norah O'Donnell / CBS News:
Saudi Arabia's heir to the throne talks to 60 Minutes — In his first interview with an American television network, Mohammed bin Salman shared his thoughts on Iran, the humanitarian crisis in Yemen, his country's troubled past and its hopeful future — At 32 years old, Saudi Arabia's …
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