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Channel 4 News:
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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CNN:
Whistleblower: We tested Trump slogans in 2014 - CNN Video  —  Cambridge Analytica whistleblower Christopher Wylie says the company tested Trump slogans such as “drain the swamp” and “deep state” as early as 2014, before Trump announced a presidential run.
Washington Post:
Facebook's rules for accessing user data lured more than just Cambridge Analytica … SAN FRANCISCO — Facebook last week suspended the Trump campaign's data consultant, Cambridge Analytica, for scraping the data of potentially millions of users without their consent.
Zeynep Tufekci / New York Times:
Facebook's Surveillance Machine  —  In 2014, Cambridge Analytica, a voter-profiling company that would later provide services for Donald Trump's 2016 presidential campaign, reached out with a request on Amazon's “Mechanical Turk” platform, an online marketplace where people around the world contract with others to perform various tasks.
Michelle Goldberg / New York Times:
Trump's High-Tech Dirty Tricksters  —  Cambridge Analytica, the shadowy data firm that helped elect Donald Trump, specializes in “psychographic” profiling, which it sells as a sophisticated way to digitally manipulate huge numbers of people on behalf of its clients.
Todd J. Gillman / Dallas Morning News:
Ted Cruz under fire in Cambridge Analytica scandal; firm targeted voters with data from 50M Facebook users
Betsy Woodruff / The Daily Beast:
Rebekah Mercer Standing By Cambridge Analytica After Blackmail Scandal
Discussion: ABC News, Axios and The Daily Beast
Associated Press:   Tillis may have benefited from Facebook data breach
Facebook:
Pursuing Forensic Audits to Investigate Cambridge Analytica Claims
New York Times:
Trump Considers Reshuffling Legal Team as He Takes On Mueller More Aggressively  —  WASHINGTON — President Trump's legal team was poised for a shake-up on Monday, according to two people briefed on the matter, as he openly discussed firing one of his lawyers, another considered resigning and a third …
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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 …
Daniel Lippman / Politico:
Playbook shutdown countdown: Four days, as snow threatens the D.C. region  —  BREAKING, Washington Post: “A package believed to be bound for Austin exploded at a Texas FedEx facility overnight, law enforcement officials said early Tuesday.  —  “The explosion occurred at a FedEx facility in Schertz …
Mike Allen / Axios:
Why Trump added a streetfighter to his legal team
Discussion: Mediaite and Raw Story
New York Times:
Trump to Hire Lawyer Who Has Pushed Theory That Justice Dept. Framed the President
Washington Post:
Trump shakes up team of lawyers as legal threats mount
New York Times:
Facebook Security Chief Said to Leave After Clashes Over Disinformation  —  Facebook's chief information security officer, Alex Stamos, will leave the company after internal disagreements over how the social network should deal with its role in spreading disinformation, according to current and former employees briefed on the matter.
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Axios:
Facebook reaches a tipping point
Discussion: The Week, CNBC and CNNMoney
Ted Barrett / CNN:
Why McConnell hasn't said anything on Trump's Mueller attacks  —  (CNN)Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has long believed he does not need to respond in real time or react to every controversial tweet or other action by President Donald Trump, according to people close to the senator.
Discussion: CBS Miami
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CNBC:
The Stormy Daniels saga could turn into a big deal for Mueller's Trump probe, experts say
Discussion: Raw Story
CNN:
Republicans say Congress doesn't need to pass law protecting Mueller
Politico:
GOP leaders give Trump a pass on Mueller attacks
Discussion: Daily Kos and The Week
Dana Hedgpeth / Washington Post:
Maryland authorities investigating shooting at high school … Authorities in St. Mary's County, Md., said they are investigating a shooting at a high school but had few details on any injuries or the status of the person who fired shots.  —  Cpl. Julie Yingling, a spokeswoman …
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NBC4 Washington:
Multiple Injuries Reported in Shooting at St. Mary's Co. High School  —  Multiple people were injured in a shooting at a high school in southeast Maryland Tuesday morning, the St. Mary's sheriff's office confirmed.  —  The shooting happened Tuesday morning at Great Mills High School in Great Mills, Maryland.
Discussion: RedState and Raw Story
Washington Post:
Package believed to be bound for Austin explodes at Texas FedEx facility, police say … A package believed to be bound for Austin exploded at a Texas FedEx facility early Tuesday, law enforcement officials said, opening another potential front in investigations into of a series of blasts …
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Schertz Police Department / CBS News:
Package bound for Austin blows up at FedEx building near San Antonio  —  The San Antonio Texas Fire Department says a package bomb apparently bound for Austin has exploded at a FedEx distribution center in Schertz, Texas, hurting 1 person, a FedEx employee who apparently suffered a non-life-threatening …
Discussion: Joe.My.God., The Week, WREG-TV and Fox News
Page Six:
Donald Trump Jr. romanced Aubrey O'Day during marriage to Vanessa  —  Years before Vanessa Trump filed for divorce from Donald Trump Jr., their marriage was rocked when Don Jr. fell in love with a contestant on NBC's “The Celebrity Apprentice.”  —  Page Six has exclusively learned that Don Jr. …
Discussion: East Bay Times and TMZ.com
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Sarah Hearon / Us Weekly:
Donald Trump Jr. Had an Affair With ‘Celebrity Apprentice’ Contestant Aubrey O'Day During Marriage to Vanessa
Discussion: Joe.My.God. and The Root
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.
Andrew Exum / The Atlantic:
One Morning in Baghdad  —  One morning in October 2003, I was shaken out of bed by an explosion.  I was in Baghdad, leading a platoon of Army Rangers as part of a special operations task force that was hunting down the famous “deck of cards”—the last of the Ba'ath Regime loyalists, and Saddam himself.
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Sinan Antoon / New York Times:   Fifteen Years Ago, America Destroyed My Country
Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
GOP fears another potential electoral disaster  —  National Republicans — on the heels of the Roy Moore and Rick Saccone debacles — worry they're staring down their latest potential midterm election fiasco: coal baron and recent federal prisoner Don Blankenship.
Discussion: Raw Story
Samuel Petrequin / Associated Press:
Ex-French president Sarkozy held on Gadhafi claims  —  PARIS (AP) — In the latest judicial setback for the former French president, Nicolas Sarkozy was placed in custody on Tuesday as part of an investigation that he received millions of euros in illegal campaign financing from the regime of the late Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi.
Jeff Daniels / CNBC:
Californians fed up with housing costs and taxes are fleeing state in big numbers  — More Californians are moving from the Golden State, particularly lower-income residents, although even middle-class residents are saying goodbye.  — Census Bureau data show California lost …
New York Post:
Is Governor Cuomo losing it?  —  Is Gov. Cuomo really that worried by Cynthia Nixon — or has he just lost it?  —  Even before the “Sex and the City” star announced Monday that she'll primary him this year, Cuomo launched a mad dash for attention.  With unfortunate results.  —  SEE ALSO
Discussion: Instapundit
Paul Dorian / Vencore Weather:
2:10 PM |  *****Mixed precipitation on Tuesday to be followed by a major snowstorm for the I-95 corridor*****  —  12Z NAM (12-km) loop of surface forecast maps from hour 21 (5AM Tuesday) to hour 66 (2AM Thursday) in 1-hour increments until hour 24 and then 3-hour increments thereafter.
Discussion: Outside the Beltway
 
 
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