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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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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 …
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 …
Discussion: Political Wire
Nicholas Thompson / Wired:
Mark Zuckerberg Talks to WIRED About Facebook's Privacy Problem  —  FOR THE PAST four days, Facebook has been taken to the woodshed by critics, the stock market, and regulators after it was reported that the data-science firm Cambridge Analytica obtained the data of 50 million Facebook users.
Recode:
Mark Zuckerberg says he's ‘open’ to testifying to Congress, fixes will cost ‘many millions’ and he ‘feels really bad’  —  In a wide-ranging interview, the Facebook CEO admitted the social networking giant may have made mistakes in opening up its network so much a decade ago.
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 …
New York Times:
A Q&A With Mark Zuckerberg About Data Privacy
CNN:
Mark Zuckerberg speaks to CNN: The highlights
Discussion: Gizmodo and The Week
BuzzFeed:
Republicans Say Their Campaigns Were Also Cambridge Analytica's Victims
Discussion: Raw Story
Sara Salinas / CNBC:
Zuckerberg on Cambridge Analytica: 'We have a responsibility to protect your data, and if we …
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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 …
Discussion: The Week, Axios and Politicus USA
Daily Mail:
EXCLUSIVE: Mueller probe witness who met Jared Kushner and was ‘best friends’ with Steve Bannon flees the country after being revealed as a pedophile  — Robert Mueller co-operating witness George Nader has fled the United States for the United Arab Emirates, DailyMail.com reveals
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
Noah Feldman / Bloomberg:   Jared Kushner's Dreams of Mideast Peace Are Alive
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
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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New York Times:
Why Is Trump So Afraid of Russia?  —  The former C.I.A. director John Brennan pulled no punches on Wednesday when he was asked why President Trump had congratulated his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, for his victory in a rigged election, even after Mr. Trump's national security staff warned him not to.
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 …
Veronica Stracqualursi / CNN:
Ex-CIA boss says Russians could have personal dirt on Trump
Discussion: Political Wire and Politicus USA
Matthew Rosenberg / New York Times:
Ex-Chief of C.I.A. Suggests Putin May Have Compromising Information on Trump
Discussion: Fox News Insider
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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Travis Fedschun / Fox News:
Austin serial bomber may have other devices ‘out there,’ cops uncover ‘treasure trove of information’
Elaina Plott / The Atlantic:
Kellyanne Conway Edges Toward Accepting the Job of Communications Director  —  Kellyanne Conway is moving closer to accepting President Donald Trump's offer for her to succeed Hope Hicks as White House communications director, if only on an interim basis, according to multiple sources who have spoken with her.
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Washington Post:
Congressional negotiators reach deal on $1.3 trillion spending bill ahead of Friday government shutdown deadline
Elaina Plott / The Atlantic:
Trump Vents His Anger Over Border-Wall Funding
Discussion: HuffPost, CNN and Shareblue Media
Associated Press:
Lawmakers release huge budget; big military, domestic boosts
Discussion: The Week
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.
Max Boot / Washington Post:
A conservative commentator revolts against Fox News  —  Ralph Peters is about as far removed from a liberal “snowflake” as you can imagine.  A retired Army lieutenant colonel and prolific (and gifted) novelist, he is to the right of right.  He has advocated a first strike on North Korea.
Discussion: Politicus USA and Mediaite
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Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:   Fox News analyst's blistering critique of the network draws praise from critics, allies
Megan Cerullo / New York Daily News:
Unarmed black man shot to death in own backyard after police mistake cell phone for weapon  —  Sacramento police fatally shot a 22-year-old black man holding a cell phone that was mistaken for a weapon.  —  Stephon Clark was in the backyard of the home he shared with his grandparents …
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David Nakamura / Washington Post:
‘Elected to lead, not to proofread’: Typos, spelling mistakes are commonplace in Trump's White House … President Trump boasted during the campaign that he has the “best words.”  If the past 14 months in the White House are an indication, he and his team also have the worst spelling.
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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 …
Harry Pettit / Daily Mail:
Underwater ‘fountain’ of magma is found beneath Yellowstone supervolcano sparking fears a deadly eruption is on the way  —  By , HARRY PETTIT FOR MAILONLINE  —  An underwater ‘fountain’ of magma has been found beneath Yellowstone supervolcano, heightening fears that a major eruption is on the way.
Discussion: LewRockwell
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.
Discussion: New Republic
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New York Times:   2018 Is Cynthia Nixon's First Race; 2013 Was Her First Political Rodeo
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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Mary Spicuzza / Milwaukee Journal Sentinel:
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Discussion: Political Wire
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Government-Wide Funding Legislation Released
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Elena Schneider / Politico:
Lipinski win stings liberals
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Sam Levine / HuffPost:
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Devin Nunes Probed by FEC for Possible Campaign-Finance Violations
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