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8:15 PM ET, March 21, 2018

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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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
Betsy Woodruff / The Daily Beast:
Cambridge Analytica Looked to Pounce on Russian Hacks, Email Shows
BuzzFeed:
Republicans Say Their Campaigns Were Also Cambridge Analytica's Victims
Discussion: Raw Story
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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New York Times:   F.B.I. Investigated Sessions for Possible Perjury Over Russia Denials
Jake Gibson / Fox News:   Sessions lawyer says AG is not under federal perjury investigation
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 …
Discussion: New Republic, Raw Story and Vox
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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 …
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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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 …
Elaina Plott / The Atlantic:
Kellyanne Conway Edges Toward Accepting the Job of Communications Director
Discussion: Political Wire and Raw Story
Elaina Plott / The Atlantic:
Trump Vents His Anger Over Border-Wall Funding
Discussion: HuffPost, CNN and Shareblue Media
David Nakamura / Washington Post:   ‘Elected to lead, not to proofread’: Typos, spelling mistakes are commonplace in Trump's White House
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 …
Travis Fedschun / Fox News:
Austin serial bomber may have other devices ‘out there,’ cops uncover ‘treasure trove of information’  —  Surveillance photos of 23-year-old Mark Anthony Conditt.  —  Mark Anthony Conditt was named Wednesday as the serial bomber behind the string of blasts that terrorized Texas for three weeks …
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.
Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:
Fox News analyst's blistering critique of the network draws praise from critics, allies  —  Fox News analyst denounces network as ‘propaganda machine’  —  Fox News is a “propaganda machine.”  It is “wittingly harming our system of government for profit.”  —  Fox critics — mostly on the left …
Discussion: Raw Story
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Judd Legum / ThinkProgress:
Karen McDougal is the woman with the best chance of bringing down Trump
Discussion: TVNewser
Alvin Chang / Vox:
Fox News really doesn't want to say “Trump” and “porn star” on air
Discussion: Washington Post
Josh Israel / ThinkProgress:
20,000 Republicans just voted for an actual Nazi  —  The former head of the American Nazi Party ran for the Republican nomination of Congress in Illinois' 3rd Congressional District.  No Republican stepped up to oppose him.  —  On Tuesday, despite his vocal Holocaust denial …
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Politico:
Lipinski win stings liberals
Discussion: The Daily Beast and Vox
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!
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 …
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 …
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.
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 …
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.
Discussion: Raw Story
 
 
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