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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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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 and Mashable, more at Mediagazer »
Matt Rosoff / CNBC:
Facebook is facing its biggest test ever — and its lack of leadership could sink the company — Facebook's reaction to a year of scandal has vacillated between defensive cluelessness and aloof silence. — Users are getting the message that information they post on Facebook can be used …
Washington Post:
Facebook may have violated FTC privacy deal, say former federal officials, triggering risk of massive fines
Facebook may have violated FTC privacy deal, say former federal officials, triggering risk of massive fines
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Balkinization, Axios and Mashable, more at Mediagazer »
New York Times:
Facebook's Role in Data Misuse Sets Off a Storm on Two Continents
Facebook's Role in Data Misuse Sets Off a Storm on Two Continents
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The Guardian, Mediaite and ThinkProgress, more at Mediagazer »
Jackie Wattles / CNNMoney:
Mark Zuckerberg and Facebook under fire from politicians over data controversy
Mark Zuckerberg and Facebook under fire from politicians over data controversy
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The Daily Beast, The Atlantic, Politico, Lawyers, Guns & Money and Recode, more at Techmeme »
Jennifer Hansler / CNN:
Massachusetts AG to investigate Facebook, Cambridge Analytica
Massachusetts AG to investigate Facebook, Cambridge Analytica
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Zero Hedge, Mashable, BostonGlobe.com, KTLA and The Guardian
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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The Week, Outside the Beltway, Townhall.com and Political Wire
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The Daily Beast:
Team Trump: Expect Trump to Attack Mueller More Directly … On Saturday, Donald Trump did something he'd never done before, something his closest advisers had warned him not to do: He tweeted Robert Mueller's name. — But what seemed like a frantic, even panicked, bit of late-night lashing-out is actually a sign of things to come.
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USA Today, ABC News, The Gateway Pundit, Politico, Fox News, Raw Story, Al Jazeera English, Mediaite, Shareblue Media, New York Magazine, Hullabaloo and ThinkProgress
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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Raw Story, CNNMoney, Mediaite and Washington Times
Jennifer Hansler / CNN:
Graham: Trump firing Mueller would be ‘the beginning of the end of his presidency’
Graham: Trump firing Mueller would be ‘the beginning of the end of his presidency’
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NPR, Realtime Politics, The Week, Politico, Mother Jones, IJR, Raw Story and fox8.com
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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The Hill, Weekly Standard, Politicus USA, RedState, New York Magazine, Raw Story, Talking Points Memo, Hullabaloo and Mediaite
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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 and The Week, more at Mediagazer »
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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Outside the Beltway
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Dakin Andone / CNN:
Austin bombs were ‘meant to send a message,’ authorities believe — Deadly package bombs were left on doorsteps — (CNN)Authorities continue to chase hundreds of leads in an effort to find the person responsible for three package bombs that have rocked Austin, Texas, this month, killing two and injuring two others.
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fox8.com, WPIX 11 New York and KTLA
Wil Cruz / ABC News:
Explosion in Austin injures 2 men, authorities say; fourth incident this month
Explosion in Austin injures 2 men, authorities say; fourth incident this month
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NPR, Breitbart, The Gateway Pundit and WIS-TV
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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Instapundit, IJR, The Daily Caller, twitchy.com, Daily Wire, Clayton Cramer and Reason
Bernard Condon / Associated Press:
AP Exclusive: Kushner Cos. filed false documents with NYC — NEW YORK (AP) — When the Kushner Cos. bought three apartment buildings in a gentrifying neighborhood of Queens in 2015, most of the tenants were protected by special rules that prevent developers from pushing them out, raising rents and turning a tidy profit.
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NPR, New York Magazine, Mother Jones, RedState, Outside the Beltway, Raw Story and The Mahablog
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Kevin McCullough / Townhall.com:
The Coming Collusion Bloodbath — The firing of Andrew McCabe, the discovery of his “private notes,” the ill-tempered response by other Obama loyalists and a yet to be disclosed Inspector General's report on an investigation that began before Donald Trump had come to office are all pieces …
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David Frum / The Atlantic:
Firing McCabe Is Just the Start
Firing McCabe Is Just the Start
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The Week, CNN, bizpacreview.com, Daily Wire, Mediaite, Politico and Washington Free Beacon
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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Mashable, more at Techmeme »
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
Jesse McKinley / New York Times:
Cuomo Says His Name Was ‘Never Mentioned.’ It Was. 136 Times. — ALBANY — Shortly after last week's conviction of Joseph Percoco, once one of Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo's closest friends and aides, on charges of soliciting and accepting more than $300,000 in bribes, the governor was asked whether …