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Mark Zuckerberg:
I want to share an update on the Cambridge Analytica situation — including the steps we've already taken and our next steps to address this important issue. — We have a responsibility to protect your data, and if we can't then we don't deserve to serve you.
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Carole Cadwalladr / The Guardian:
Cambridge Analytica was offered politicians' hacked emails, witnesses say — Hackers offered personal data about future Nigerian president and future PM of St Kitts and Nevis, sources say … The data analytics firm that worked on the Donald Trump election campaign was offered material …
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Seth Fiegerman / CNNMoney:
Mark Zuckerberg to face questions in CNN interview exclusive — Zuckerberg's mentor: Crisis could destroy Facebook — Five days after a data scandal first upended Facebook, CEO Mark Zuckerberg is set to give a rare interview with CNN. — Zuckerberg will sit down with CNN's Laurie Segall …
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Ross Douthat / New York Times:
Trump Hacked the Media Right Before Our Eyes — Let's get one thing straight: I am not a fan of Facebook. I'm confident that social media is a cancer on our private lives and a source of derangement in our politics. I take it for granted that the tech barons are acquiring the power to tilt elections …
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Katherine Faulders / ABC News:
Special Counsel studies Trump campaign ties to Cambridge Analytics, sources say — As questions have mounted about data firm Cambridge Analytica's alleged misuse of Facebook data from up to 50 million user profiles, it has not only caught the eye of Congressional investigators …
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Sara Salinas / CNBC:
Zuckerberg on Cambridge Analytica: 'We have a responsibility to protect your data, and if we …
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Betsy Woodruff / The Daily Beast:
Cambridge Analytica Looked to Pounce on Russian Hacks, Email Shows
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BuzzFeed:
Republicans Say Their Campaigns Were Also Cambridge Analytica's Victims
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Mike Levine / ABC News:
EXCLUSIVE: Fired FBI official authorized criminal probe of Sessions, sources say — Nearly a year before Attorney General Jeff Sessions fired senior FBI official Andrew McCabe for what Sessions called a “lack of candor,” McCabe oversaw a federal criminal investigation into whether Sessions lacked candor …
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The Intercept:
Saudi Crown Prince Boasted That Jared Kushner Was “In His Pocket” — Until he was stripped of his top-secret security clearance in February, presidential adviser Jared Kushner was known around the White House as one of the most voracious readers of the President's Daily Brief …
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New York Times:
How a Witness for Mueller and a Republican Donor Influenced the White House for Gulf Rulers — A cooperating witness in the special counsel investigation worked for more than a year to turn a top Trump fund-raiser into an instrument of influence at the White House for the rulers of Saudi Arabia …
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Axios
Matt Shuham / Talking Points Memo:
Trump Defends Congratulating Putin: ‘Getting Along ... Is A Good Thing’ — In the wake of a report that he ignored his national security team's advice not to congratulate Russian president Vladimir Putin on Putin's recent re-election, President Donald Trump defended the exchange Wednesday.
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Washington Post:
Trump's remark to Putin that they could meet soon caught White House advisers by surprise … President Trump's senior advisers were thrown when he told Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday that he expected to meet with him soon, as briefings before the call to Moscow included …
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Jeff Zeleny / CNN:
Kelly furious over leak of warning to Trump to not congratulate Putin — WaPo: Trump warned not to congratulate Putin — Washington (CNN)White House chief of staff John Kelly is furious about the quick leak of a warning to President Donald Trump to not congratulate his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin …
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Elaina Plott / The Atlantic:
Kellyanne Conway Edges Toward Accepting the Job of Communications Director
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Elaina Plott / The Atlantic:
Trump Vents His Anger Over Border-Wall Funding
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HuffPost, CNN and Shareblue Media
Tony Plohetski / Austin American-Statesman:
THE INVESTIGATION: Authorities clear Austin bombing suspect's home of explosives, officials say — 4:15 p.m. update: Pflugerville police Chief Jessica Robledo on Wednesday asked residents who have been evacuated from a neighborhood to head to their local library or recreation center until 9 p.m …
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BuzzFeed:
Here's What We Know About The Austin Package Bomber — Mark Anthony Conditt from Pflugerville, Texas, has been identified as the package bomber who rocked Austin. He died when he detonated an explosive during a confrontation with police on Wednesday. — Authorities on Wednesday identified …
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New Republic, WIS-TV and CBS San Francisco
Travis Fedschun / Fox News:
Austin serial bomber may have other devices ‘out there,’ cops uncover ‘treasure trove of information’
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Los Angeles Times:
Austin bomber had a list of future targets and a room in his home to manufacture bombs
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CNN:
Mueller team so far has indicated 4 main areas it wants to ask the President about — Washington (CNN)Special counsel Robert Mueller's team has so far discussed with President Donald Trump's lawyers four main topics they want to talk about with the President.
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Political Wire, Politicus USA and Raw Story
Ginia Bellafante / New York Times:
The Actress, the Governor and Performance Politics — On a frigid Tuesday morning in Brooklyn, Cynthia Nixon, in her first official campaign venture, made the case for herself to become the next governor of New York, an impassioned liberal who would lead vigorously from the left.
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Jane Coaston / Vox:
Watch: Tucker Carlson rails against America's demographic changes — “This is more change than human beings are designed to digest,” he said. “How would you feel if that happened in your neighborhood?” — On his top-rated Fox News show Tuesday night, conservative pundit Tucker Carlson opined …
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Tennessean.com:
New poll finds Bredesen with narrow lead over Blackburn in US Senate race — Former Gov. Phil Bredesen has a slight edge over U.S. Rep. Marsha Blackburn in a new poll on the U.S. Senate race from a Democratic-leaning firm. — The poll, conducted by North Carolina-based Public Policy Polling …
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Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
White House opposed Republican picked to replace Cochran
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Luis Sanchez / The Hill:
GOP lawmaker: ‘Mueller should be fired’ — (R-Texas) said Wednesday that special counsel Robert Mueller — should be fired from his position investigating Russia's election meddling and the Trump campaign. — “I think Mueller should be fired,” Gohmert said during the monthly “Conversation with Conservatives” meeting on Wednesday.
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Gideon Resnick / The Daily Beast:
GOP Rep: The ‘Deep State’ is Responsible for Ordering Ben Carson's Dining Set … Rep. Claudia Tenney (R-NY) appeared to blame the nefarious “Deep State” for ordering a costly dining set for Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Ben Carson. — During a recent appearance on Talk!
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Sam Levine / HuffPost:
Pennsylvania GOP Moves To Impeach Supreme Court Democrats For Gerrymandering Ruling — A Republican leading the impeachment drive says it's about separation of powers. — A dozen GOP Pennsylvania lawmakers filed legislation on Tuesday to impeach four Democratic state Supreme Court justices …
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Bloomberg:
YouTube Bans Firearm Sales and How-To Videos, Prompting Backlash — Google's new policy prohibits promotion of guns, bump stocks — At least one video gun blogger ditched YouTube for PornHub — YouTube, a popular media site for firearms enthusiasts, this week quietly introduced tighter restrictions …
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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
A GOP senator's remarkable admission about Trump and Mueller … THE MORNING PLUM: — President Trump just uncorked a new round of Twitter attacks this morning on special counsel Robert S. Mueller III and on the English language, quoting one of his staunchest legal allies as follows …
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Julia Arciga / The Daily Beast:
Devin Nunes Probed by FEC for Possible Campaign-Finance Violations … Rep. Devin Nunes (R-CA) is taking heat for some possible campaign-finance violations. — The Federal Election Commission on Wednesday sent a letter to Nunes' campaign committee, raising red flags about some particular contributions received in 2017.
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