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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, 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 »
Josh Meyer / Politico:
Democrats fume over Parscale's limited answers on Russian digital meddling
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Political Wire and CANNONFIRE
New York Times:
Facebook's Role in Data Misuse Sets Off a Storm on Two Continents
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CNNMoney, VICE News, Just Security, The Guardian, The Atlantic, Politico, Mediaite and ThinkProgress, more at Techmeme »
Will Bunch / Philly.com:
How your Facebook ‘likes’ helped Trump steal the 2016 election | Will Bunch
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Outside the Beltway, Spectator USA, Althouse and The Guardian, more at Mediagazer »
Jennifer Hansler / CNN:
Massachusetts AG to investigate Facebook, Cambridge Analytica
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Zero Hedge, CNNMoney, Mashable, The Daily Beast, BostonGlobe.com, KTLA, Raw Story, The Guardian, Lawyers, Guns & Money and Recode, more at Mediagazer »
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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Daily Kos, The Week, No More Mister Nice Blog, Outside the Beltway, Townhall.com, Political Wire and Mediaite
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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, The Week, Raw Story, CNNMoney, Mediaite and Washington Times
The Daily Beast:
Team Trump: Expect Trump to Attack Mueller More Directly
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Lawfare, USA Today, CNN, Oxford Mail, Splinter, ABC News, Politico, Raw Story, Fox News, Al Jazeera English, Mediaite, Shareblue Media, New York Magazine, Hullabaloo, Washington Post and ThinkProgress
Jennifer Hansler / CNN:
Graham: Trump firing Mueller would be ‘the beginning of the end of his presidency’
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Vox, Washington Post, Lawfare, NTK Network, The Week, NPR, KTLA, Realtime Politics, Mother Jones, IJR and Politico
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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The Hill, Talking Points Memo, Weekly Standard, Politicus USA, RedState, New York Magazine, Raw Story, Hullabaloo and Mediaite
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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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KTLA, WPIX 11 New York and fox8.com
Wil Cruz / ABC News:
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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HuffPost, Talking Points Memo, Outside the Beltway, Instapundit, Washington Free Beacon, IJR, twitchy.com, The Daily Caller, Daily Wire, Clayton Cramer and Reason
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
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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Washington Post, NPR, New York Magazine, Mother Jones, RedState, Outside the Beltway, Raw Story and The Mahablog
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 …
Discussion:
Axios
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 …
Discussion:
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 »
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
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 …
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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Agence France-Presse and Bloomberg
Howard Altman / Tampa Bay Times:
Former FBI agent Fred Humphries calls McCabe firing justified — Fred Humphries woke up Saturday morning and for the first time ever raised a blue and white Federal Bureau of Investigation flag on the pole in his front yard. — “I was encouraged and hopeful,” said Humphries, 53 …
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