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4:15 PM ET, March 20, 2018

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Channel 4 News:
Exposed: Undercover secrets of Trump's data firm  —  An undercover investigation by Channel 4 News has revealed how Cambridge Analytica claims it ran key parts of the presidential campaign for Donald Trump.  —  The British data company was secretly filmed discussing coordination between Trump's campaign …
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Paul Lewis / The Guardian:
‘Utterly horrifying’: ex-Facebook insider says covert data harvesting was routine  —  Sandy Parakilas says numerous companies deployed these techniques - likely affecting hundreds of millions of users - and that Facebook looked the other way … Hundreds of millions of Facebook users …
Rebecca Ballhaus / Wall Street Journal:
Cambridge Analytica Suspends CEO Alexander Nix After Video's Release  —  Firm launches independent probe to determine if it engaged in any wrongdoing  —  Cambridge Analytica is suspending its chief executive, Alexander Nix, effective immediately, and is launching an independent investigation …
Discussion: The Atlantic
Ben Shapiro / The Hill:
What's genius for Obama is scandal when it comes to Trump  —  On Sunday, The Guardian reported on the supposedly nefarious workings of President Trump  —  's data-gathering team at Cambridge Analytica.  The report suggested that Cambridge Analytica had essentially issued questionnaires through …
YouTube:
Cambridge Analytica: Undercover Secrets of Trump's Data Firm
Discussion: Balloon Juice
Carol Jordan / CNN:   Cambridge Analytica suspends CEO Alexander Nix
Nate Lanxon / Bloomberg:
Cambridge Analytica Boasted of Disappearing Emails in Campaigns
John Merline / Investor's Business Daily:
Funny, When Obama Harvested Facebook Data On Millions Of Users To Win In 2012, Everyone Cheered
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Casey Newton / The Verge:
Facebook will hold an emergency meeting to let employees ask questions about Cambridge Analytica
Jim Rutenberg / New York Times:
Ex-Playboy Model Sues to Break Silence on Trump  —  A former Playboy model who claimed she had an affair with Donald J. Trump sued on Tuesday to be released from a 2016 legal agreement requiring her silence, becoming the second woman this month to challenge Trump allies' efforts during …
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Wall Street Journal:
Trump's Stormy History: The Seven-Year Battle Between the President and the Porn Star  —  Since 2011, Stormy Daniels and Trump lawyer Michael Cohen have battled over her allegations of an affair, a standoff that has now reached the White House  —  The extraordinary legal battle between …
Discussion: Raw Story, IJR and Joe.My.God.
NBC News:
Lie detector test shows Stormy Daniels truthful about Trump affair  —  Adult film actress Stormy Daniels underwent a polygraph exam in 2011 about her relationship with Donald Trump, and the examiner found there was a more than 99 percent probability she told the truth when she said they had unprotected sex …
Richard Cohen / Washington Post:
Stormy Daniels — not Robert Mueller — might spell Trump's doom  —  It was just a little thing, a scratch, that he failed to treat and gangrene set in and it was killing him.  They were on safari, in Africa, and their truck had broken down and the rescue plane was never going to make it in time.
Discussion: CNN and Balloon Juice
Washington Post:
Trump legal team seeks to add star GOP attorney Theodore B. Olson … President Trump's legal team has reached out to Theodore B. Olson, one of the country's most high-profile and seasoned litigators, to join forces amid mounting challenges in the probe of Russian interference in the 2016 election …
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New York Times:
Trump Considers Reshuffling Legal Team as He Takes On Mueller More Aggressively
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
How the attacks on Mueller are putting Trump in greater danger
NBC4 Washington:
2 Students, Gunman Injured in Shooting at St. Mary's Co. High School  —  “This is the realization of your worst nightmare — that, in a school, that our children could be attacked,” Sheriff Tim Cameron said  —  A student pulled a gun out and shot two other students at a high school …
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NBC4 Washington:
Multiple Injuries Reported in Shooting at St. Mary's Co. High School
Eric Levenson / CNN:
Shooting reported at Great Mills High School in Maryland, school district says
Carl Campanile / New York Post:
Christine Quinn bashes ‘unqualified lesbian’ Cynthia Nixon  —  Former City Council Speaker Christine Quinn, an openly-gay supporter of Gov. Cuomo, called Cynthia Nixon an “unqualified lesbian” a day after the actress announced she's going to challenge the governor in a primary.
Glenn Thrush / New York Times:
Ben Carson Defends Purchase of $31,000 Dining Set at Congressional Hearing  —  WASHINGTON — Ben Carson, the secretary of housing and urban development, told a House committee on Tuesday he failed to adhere to a $5,000 federal spending cap for the purchase of a $31,000 lavish mahogany dining room set …
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Amy Russo / Mediaite:   Ben Carson Throws Wife Under The Bus Before House Cmte: She's Responsible For $31K Dining Set
Julia Marsh / New York Post:
Former ‘Apprentice’ contestant can sue Trump for defamation  —  President Trump must face a defamation suit filed by former “Apprentice” contestant Summer Zervos — as a Manhattan Supreme Court judge denied him immunity through his job as the nation's commander-in-chief.
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Washington Post:   Judge rules defamation case against Trump may proceed
Matt Egan / CNNMoney:
Wall Street would freak out if Trump fired Mueller  —  Trump takes on Mueller in tweetstorm  —  Wall Street would probably flip out if President Trump tried to fire Special Counsel Robert Mueller.  —  Market analysts warn the stock market would drop sharply, at least at first …
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Melanie Zanona / The Hill:
Ryan: I've ‘received assurances’ Mueller won't be fired
Cristiano Lima / Politico:   White House: Firing Mueller would not be ‘the most productive step forward’
Stuart Rothenberg / Roll Call:
Insiders See Democratic House Gains of 30-45 seats  —  Seven and a half months before the midterm elections, the combination of attitudinal and behavioral evidence leads to a single conclusion: The Democrats are very likely to win control of the House in November.
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Pew Research Center:   Wide Gender Gap, Growing Educational Divide in Voters' Party Identification
mccain.senate.gov:
STATEMENT BY SASC CHAIRMAN JOHN McCAIN ON PRESIDENT TRUMP CONGRATULATING VLADIMIR PUTIN  —  Washington, D.C. ­- U.S. Senator John McCain (R-AZ), Chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, released the following statement today on President Trump congratulating Vladimir Putin on his “election” victory:
Discussion: Axios, NPR and The Guardian
Daniel Marans / HuffPost:
Bernie Sanders' Economic Inequality Town Hall Draws 1.7 Million Live Viewers  —  The Vermont senator is using his reach to try to shape a national progressive narrative.  —  WASHINGTON Sen. Bernie Sanders' televised town hall on economic inequality drew about 1.7 million live viewers during an online broadcast Monday night.
Discussion: Breitbart
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The Guardian:
Bernie Sanders: Russia and Stormy Daniels distract us from real problem of inequality
Discussion: Shakesville
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
The Right Is Worse Than the Left on Free Speech.  So What?  —  Mari Uyehara has a column arguing that too many columns have been written about free speech on campus.  Uyehara does not endorse the kinds of repressive actions that these columns decry (no-platforming is “a terrible technique …
Discussion: GQ, Crooked Timber, Power Line and Hit & Run
Rachel Weiner / Washington Post:
Lobbyist says he was nearly killed by man he hired to investigate Seth Rich's death … As conspiracy theories swirled around the murder of Democratic National Committee staffer Seth Rich, lobbyist Jack Burkman took the unusual step of launching his own private investigation.
Discussion: bizpacreview.com and Joe.My.God.
Axios:
Trump wants to meet Putin in “not too distant future”  —  In an Oval Office meeting with Saudi crown prince Mohammed bin Salman Tuesday, President Trump said he wants to meet Vladimir Putin in the “not too distant future” to discuss the “arms race” and North Korea, reports the AP.
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Washington Post:
Trump congratulates Putin on his reelection, discusses U.S.-Russian ‘arms race’
Discussion: IJR, The Root and VICE News
 
 
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Shane Harris / Washington Post:
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Discussion: CNN and Hullabaloo
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Notes, emails reveal Trump appointees' war to end HHS teen pregnancy program
Discussion: The Week and Daily Kos
Courier-Journal:
Kentucky Republican candidate suggests shooting Congressman John Yarmuth over NRA stance
Discussion: Shareblue Media and Raw Story
Tennessean.com:
Nashville lawyer who introduced Russian operative to the NRA has ties to Blackburn
Discussion: ThinkProgress and Raw Story
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Google Pours $300 Million Into Effort to Aid News Publishers
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Max Tani / @maxwelltani:
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Jack Dunn / Variety:
Trump appoints Mark Burnett, the British TV executive who created and produced the reality show The Apprentice, as a special envoy to the UK

Liz Pelly / Harper's:
How Spotify used its Perfect Fit Content program to rig its system against musicians, filling popular playlists with “ghost artists” to cut its royalty payouts

 
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