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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 …
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CA Commercial:
A Statement from the Board of Directors — The Board of Cambridge Analytica has announced today that it has suspended CEO Alexander Nix with immediate effect, pending a full, independent investigation. — In the view of the Board, Mr. Nix's recent comments secretly recorded by Channel 4 …
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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 …
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Politico, Breitbart, One America News Network and Daily Wire
Spencer Ackerman / The Daily Beast:
Exclusive: Mark Zuckerberg AWOL From Facebook's Data Leak Damage Control Session
Exclusive: Mark Zuckerberg AWOL From Facebook's Data Leak Damage Control Session
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David McLaughlin / Bloomberg:
FTC Probing Facebook for Use of Personal Data, Source Says
FTC Probing Facebook for Use of Personal Data, Source Says
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Mother Jones:
Here's a Photo of Cambridge Analytica's CEO With the Russian Ambassador to the UK
Here's a Photo of Cambridge Analytica's CEO With the Russian Ambassador to the UK
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New York Times, The Atlantic, The Register and Fortune
Craig Silverman / BuzzFeed:
Cambridge Analytica Says It Won The Election For Trump. Here's What They're Actually Talking About.
Cambridge Analytica Says It Won The Election For Trump. Here's What They're Actually Talking About.
John Merline / Investor's Business Daily:
Funny, When Obama Harvested Facebook Data On Millions Of Users To Win In 2012, Everyone Cheered
Funny, When Obama Harvested Facebook Data On Millions Of Users To Win In 2012, Everyone Cheered
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The Daily Caller
Channel 4 News:
Data, Democracy and Dirty Tricks: Cambridge Analytica Uncovered
Data, Democracy and Dirty Tricks: Cambridge Analytica Uncovered
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New York Magazine, NBC News, The Daily Caller, Common Dreams, Daily Wire and National Review
Washington Post:
Cambridge Analytica, data consultant for Trump campaign and others, suspends CEO amid federal probe …
Cambridge Analytica, data consultant for Trump campaign and others, suspends CEO amid federal probe …
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TalkLeft
Bloomberg:
FTC to Probe Facebook for Use of Personal Data
FTC to Probe Facebook for Use of Personal Data
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CNBC, Politico, Engadget, The Rush Limbaugh Show, The Gateway Pundit and Axios, more at Mediagazer »
Casey Newton / The Verge:
Facebook will hold an emergency meeting to let employees ask questions about Cambridge Analytica
Facebook will hold an emergency meeting to let employees ask questions about Cambridge Analytica
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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 …
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New Republic, New York Daily News, Raw Story, WGN-TV, IJR and Joe.My.God.
Tom Namako / BuzzFeed:
An “Ashamed” Fox News Commentator Just Quit The “Propaganda Machine” — “Over my decade with Fox, I long was proud of the association,” Col. Ralph Peters wrote in an email to colleagues. “Now I am ashamed.” — A retired United States Army lieutenant colonel and Fox News contributor quit Tuesday …
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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.
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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Eric Levenson / CNN:
Shooting reported at Great Mills High School in Maryland, school district says
Shooting reported at Great Mills High School in Maryland, school district says
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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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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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Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Judge rejects Trump bid to dismiss suit from woman alleging sexual advances
Judge rejects Trump bid to dismiss suit from woman alleging sexual advances
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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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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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John Lippert / Bloomberg:
Toyota Pauses Robot-Car Program Citing Drivers' Emotional Toll — Toyota Motor Corp. has halted tests of its “Chauffeur” autonomous driving system on U.S. public roads after a Uber Technologies Inc. vehicle operating in autonomous mode under the supervision of a human safety driver struck …
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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:
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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.
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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
Ryan: I've ‘received assurances’ Mueller won't be fired
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Politico, Washington Post, ABC News and Political Wire
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.
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The Daily Caller and Joe.My.God.
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 …
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The Guardian:
Bernie Sanders: Russia and Stormy Daniels distract us from real problem of inequality — More than a million viewers watch online as Sanders joins likes of Michael Moore and Elizabeth Warren to talk poverty — Amana Fontanella-Khan and Lauren Gambino in Washington … Enough about Russia and Stormy Daniels.
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Daniel Marans / HuffPost:
Bernie Sanders' Economic Inequality Town Hall Draws 1.7 Million Live Viewers
Bernie Sanders' Economic Inequality Town Hall Draws 1.7 Million Live Viewers
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