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Revealed: Trump's election consultants filmed saying they use bribes and sex workers to entrap politicians — Senior executives at Cambridge Analytica - the data company that credits itself with Donald Trump's presidential victory - have been secretly filmed saying they could entrap politicians …
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Pursuing Forensic Audits to Investigate Cambridge Analytica Claims — We have hired a digital forensics firm, Stroz Friedberg, to conduct a comprehensive audit of Cambridge Analytica. Cambridge Analytica has agreed to comply and afford the firm complete access to their servers and systems.
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Donie O'Sullivan / CNNMoney:
Exclusive: Scientist at center of Facebook-Cambridge Analytica controversy speaks — Facebook suspends data firm with Trump ties — The data scientist who gathered information on millions of Americans for Cambridge Analytica, the controversial data firm that worked for Donald Trump's presidential campaign …
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Gizmodo and Mashable, more at Techmeme »
Matthew Rosenberg / New York Times:
Cambridge Analytica, Trump-Tied Political Firm, Offered to Entrap Politicians — WASHINGTON — Sitting in a hotel bar, Alexander Nix, who runs the political data firm Cambridge Analytica, had a few ideas for a prospective client looking for help in a foreign election.
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Sarah Frier / Bloomberg:
Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg Under Pressure Over Data Breach
Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg Under Pressure Over Data Breach
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Jason Howerton / IJR:
Ex-Obama Campaign Director Drops Bombshell Claim on Facebook: ‘They Were on Our Side’
Ex-Obama Campaign Director Drops Bombshell Claim on Facebook: ‘They Were on Our Side’
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Dylan Byers / CNNMoney:
Facebook is facing an existential crisis
Facebook is facing an existential crisis
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National Review and KTLA
Nico Hines / The Daily Beast:
Ex-Trump Consultant and Cambridge Analytica CEO Alexander Nix Offered to Blackmail Politicians With Prostitutes
Ex-Trump Consultant and Cambridge Analytica CEO Alexander Nix Offered to Blackmail Politicians With Prostitutes
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Donie O'Sullivan / CNNMoney:
Facebook announces forensic audit of Trump data firm Cambridge Analytica
Facebook announces forensic audit of Trump data firm Cambridge Analytica
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New York Times:
Trump to Hire Lawyer Who Has Pushed Theory That Justice Dept. Framed the President — MANCHESTER, N.H. — President Trump has decided to hire the longtime Washington lawyer Joseph E. diGenova, who has pushed the theory on television that Mr. Trump was framed by F.B.I. and Justice Department officials …
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Carol D. Leonnig / Washington Post:
Trump's lawyers have turned over documents to Mueller with hopes of limiting interview scope … President Trump's attorneys have provided the special counsel's office with written descriptions that chronicle key moments under investigation in hopes of curtailing the scope of a presidential interview …
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Vox, Political Wire, Raw Story, New York Magazine, East Bay Times and Mediaite
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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Daisuke Wakabayashi / New York Times:
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Bloomberg:
Uber Halts Autonomous-Car Testing After Fatal Arizona Crash — A self-driving car from Uber Technologies Inc. hit and killed a woman in Tempe, Arizona, on Sunday evening, what is likely the first pedestrian fatality involving a driverless vehicle. In response, Uber quickly halted its self-driving cars as the incident is investigated.
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Gideon Resnick / The Daily Beast:
The GOP Effort to Block Pennsylvania's New Map Is Dead … A panel of three federal judges decided Monday to throw out a Republican challenge against the newly redrawn district map proposed by the Pennsylvania Supreme Court last month. — Shortly thereafter, the United States Supreme Court denied Republicans' request for a stay.
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Robert Barnes / Washington Post:
Supreme Court refuses to stop new congressional maps in Pennsylvania
Supreme Court refuses to stop new congressional maps in Pennsylvania
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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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New Republic, Axios, The Root, Splinter and Marginal REVOLUTION
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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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
This new report on Trump's state of mind should alarm you
This new report on Trump's state of mind should alarm you
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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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Michael Graham / CBS News:
Commentary: What if Trump is right and there is no collusion?
Commentary: What if Trump is right and there is no collusion?
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Kevin Fallon / The Daily Beast:
John Oliver's Gay Bunny Book Outsells the Pences' … Literally overnight, the biggest star in the literary world has become a gay bunny named Marlon Bundo. — On Sunday night John Oliver announced on HBO's Last Week Tonight that A Day in the Life of Marlon Bundo, a children's book about a gay bunny …
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Betsy Klein / CNN:
John Oliver is trolling Pence with a book about a gay bunny
John Oliver is trolling Pence with a book about a gay bunny
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Shane Goldmacher / New York Times:
Cynthia Nixon Announces Bid to Run for New York Governor — The actress Cynthia Nixon officially jumped into the race for governor of New York on Monday, setting off what promises to be a tumultuous six months as she challenges Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo in this year's Democratic primary.
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Laura Nahmias / Politico:
Cynthia Nixon declares candidacy for New York governor
Cynthia Nixon declares candidacy for New York governor
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Bloomberg:
What Michael Flynn Could Tell the Russia Investigators — The former national security adviser mingled business with government. That could help Robert Mueller look for similar overlaps among Trump insiders. — It started with helping a friend pitch the Pentagon on a smartphone chip …
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Talking Points Memo and Political Wire
Luke Hyland / Loyola Phoenix:
Hannibal Buress' Microphone Cut During Colossus Performance — Comedian Hannibal Buress' mic was cut after making a joke about the Catholic Church's history of child abuse during his Saturday night Colossus performance, attendees said. — Colossus is an annual, two-night show held …
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The Wrap, Breitbart, The Daily Caller and The College Fix
Burgess Everett / Politico:
Border wall Dreamers deal implodes — The White House and congressional Democrats traded immigration offers futilely over the weekend, according to three sources familiar with the talks, leaving little chance of an immediate deal to protect Dreamers. — The White House on Sunday …
Page Six:
Vanessa is divorcing Donald Trump Jr. because he's cheap — Donald Trump Jr.'s wife, Vanessa, is divorcing him because he “treats her like a second-class citizen” and kept her on such a tight budget, she had to turn to her mother for money, friends say. — Multiple sources claim Vanessa's life …
Chad Blair / Honolulu Civil Beat:
Charles Djou: Why I'm Leaving The GOP — Today, after much consideration, I abandon my party because I am unwilling to abandon my principles. I can no longer stand with a Republican Party that is led by a man I firmly believe is taking the party of Lincoln in a direction I fundamentally disagree with …
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Raw Story and The Daily Caller
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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Erick Erickson / TheResurgent.com:
Why Roger Ailes Took Me Off Fox News — Elaine Chao did not like me writing critically about her husband, Mitch McConnell. — Several years ago, during the early days of the 2014 primary season, I was scheduled to be on Fox News and the hit got cancelled. That, in and of itself, was not unusual.
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Fortune:
Former Tronc Chairman and Investor Michael Ferro Accused of Inappropriate Advances by Two Women — Kathryn Minshew finally felt like a weight had lifted. It was September of 2013, and after months of back-and-forth, Michael Ferro, then-chairman of investment firm Wrapports …
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Andrew Restuccia / Politico:
Trump originally planned to put Cohn at CIA, but changed his mind — Before his resignation, the former White House economic adviser discussed alternate roles with the president—who nevertheless decided to give the top spy job to someone else. — Former White House economic adviser Gary Cohn reached …
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