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10:35 AM ET, March 20, 2018

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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 …
Discussion: Common Dreams, Joe.My.God. and Althouse
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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 …
Bloomberg:
FTC to Probe Facebook for Use of Personal Data  —  The U.S. Federal Trade Commission is probing Facebook over whether it violated terms of a consent decree over its use of personal data, according to a person familiar with the matter, Bloomberg News reports.
David McLaughlin / Bloomberg:
FTC Probing Facebook for Use of Personal Data, Source Says  —  Facebook Inc. is under investigation by a U.S. privacy watchdog over the use of personal data of 50 million users by a data analytics firm to help elect President Donald Trump.  —  The U.S. Federal Trade Commission …
Discussion: The Guardian and VICE News
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
Zeynep Tufekci / New York Times:   Facebook's Surveillance Machine
Associated Press:   Tillis may have benefited from Facebook data breach
Arjun Kharpal / CNBC:
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg summoned by UK lawmakers to give evidence on Cambridge Analytica scandal
Discussion: Engadget
Todd J. Gillman / Dallas Morning News:
Ted Cruz under fire in Cambridge Analytica scandal; firm targeted voters with data from 50M Facebook users
Casey Newton / The Verge:
Facebook will hold an emergency meeting to let employees ask questions about Cambridge Analytica
Betsy Woodruff / The Daily Beast:
Rebekah Mercer Standing By Cambridge Analytica After Blackmail Scandal
Discussion: ABC News, Axios and The Daily Beast
Major Garrett / CBS News:
Trump campaign phased out use of Cambridge Analytica data before election
Discussion: East Bay Times, RedState and TechCrunch
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.
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Eric Levenson / CNN:
Shooting reported at Great Mills High School in Maryland, school district says  —  (CNN)Great Mills High School in Great Mills, Maryland, is on lockdown after a shooting at the school, St. Mary's County Public Schools said on its website.  —  “The Sheriff's office is on the scene …
Stephen Pimpo / WJLA-TV:
3 people reportedly shot at Great Mills HS in Maryland, officials say incident contained  —  The scene at Great Mills High School in St. Mary's County, Md., after a shooting there, Tuesday, March 20, 2018.  (The Baynet via CNN Newsource)  —  AA  —  ST. MARY'S COUNTY, Md. (WJLA) …
Discussion: Talking Points Memo, IJR and CBS Philly
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 …
Discussion: twitchy.com and Balloon Juice
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 …
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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 …
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 …
Tony Plohetski / Austin American-Statesman:
Package believed to be bound for Austin explodes at FedEx facility in Schertz
Discussion: VICE News
Bill Chappell / NPR:
Bomb Destined For Austin Explodes At FedEx Facility Near San Antonio
Discussion: Shakesville
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
Mike Allen / Axios:
Why Trump added a streetfighter to his legal team
Washington Post:
Trump shakes up team of lawyers as legal threats mount
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.
Matt Ufford / New York Times:
15 Years Ago, I Helped Start a War That Hasn't Ended  —  When I deployed to Iraq in 2003, there was no war.  We had to start it.  —  As a lieutenant in charge of six tanks (four active-duty crews, two reserve), I gave a preinvasion talk to my platoon before rolling out.
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Andrew Exum / The Atlantic:   One Morning in Baghdad
Sinan Antoon / New York Times:
Fifteen Years Ago, America Destroyed My Country
Discussion: Eschaton
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.
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.
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. …
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 …
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 NewsBusters
 
 
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Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
The Right Is Worse Than the Left on Free Speech. So What?
Discussion: Power Line and Hit & Run
Brooks Barnes / New York Times:
Weinstein Company Files for Bankruptcy and Revokes Nondisclosure Agreements
Geoff Pender / The Clarion Ledger:
Gov. Bryant expected to pick Cindy Hyde-Smith for Cochran seat
Discussion: Washington Post
Washington Post:
Parkland shooting suspect's brother skateboarded through the campus to ‘soak it in,’ police say
Discussion: CNN and IJR
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Wall Street Journal:
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Man accidentally shoots self while cleaning gun in Lawrence
New York Post:
Is Governor Cuomo losing it?
Discussion: Instapundit
Ted Barrett / CNN:
Why McConnell hasn't said anything on Trump's Mueller attacks
Paul Dorian / Vencore Weather:
2:10 PM |  *****Mixed precipitation on Tuesday to be followed by a major snowstorm for the I-95 corridor*****
Discussion: Outside the Beltway
The Intercept:
Before He Was FBI Director, Chris Wray Supervised an Investigation That Found Erik Prince Likely Broke U.S. Law
 

 
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