memeorandum: ‘A grand illusion’: seven days that shattered Facebook's facade (Olivia Solon/The Guardian)

1:25 PM ET, March 24, 2018

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George F. Will / Washington Post:

The second-most dangerous American — Because John Bolton is five things President Trump is not — intelligent, educated, principled, articulate and experienced — and because of Bolton's West Wing proximity to a president responsive to the most recent thought he has heard emanating …

Discussion: CNN, New York Magazine, Vox, The Nation, The Daily Caller and IJR

Foreign Policy:

Bolton Expected to ‘Clean House’ — The incoming national security advisor aims to ax dozens of White House officials as he dismantles McMaster's NSC. — Incoming National Security Advisor John Bolton and people close to him are expected to launch a massive shake-up at the National Security Council …

Discussion: Talking Points Memo, The Daily Caller, IJR, The Gateway Pundit, Outside the Beltway, Political Wire and Mediaite

Bloomberg:

Trump Weighs Expulsion of Russian Envoys Over U.K. Attack — National Security Council has prepared recommendations — White House has been divided over how to respond to Putin — President Donald Trump is preparing to expel dozens of Russian diplomats from the U.S. in response …

Discussion: CNBC, Daily Caller News Foundation and Mediaite

Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
Reaction to Bolton: Stunned, worried, horrified

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New York Times:
After Another Week of Chaos, Trump Repairs to Palm Beach. No One Knows What Comes Next.

Discussion: Axios, New York Magazine, No More Mister Nice Blog, CNBC, Politico, The Daily Caller and New York Post

Steve Annear / BostonGlobe.com:

Parkland, Fla., students and families flew to Washington, D.C., on the Patriots' plane — Students and families from Parkland, Fla., were transported to Washington, D.C., ahead of the “March for Our Lives” against gun violence this Saturday with the help of the New England Patriots.

Discussion: Boston Globe, thecut, fox8.com, Washington Post, AOL, WSVN-TV, TMZ.com and ABC News

New York Times:

March for Our Lives: Students Protesting Guns Say ‘We Just Have Our Lives to Lose’ — Tens of thousands of people, outraged by a recent massacre at a South Florida school and energized by the students who survived, prepared to spill out in public protest in Washington and communities across …

Discussion: The Trace, Political Wire, NPR, CBS Miami, Mediaite, Mashable, CBS Los Angeles, VICE News, CBS Chicago and Common Dreams

Steve Israel / New York Times: First, March. Then, Follow This Gun Reform Battle Plan.

USA Today:
March for our Lives rallies happening in every U.S. state: 'We're here and coming to make a change'

Discussion: The Week

Teen Vogue:
Emma González on Why This Generation Needs Gun Control

Discussion: Politico, Marist Poll, Mother Jones, HuffPost, Raw Story, CNBC, ABC News, VICE News, The FADER, fox8.com, Dispatches and Daily Kos

Shannon Watts / The Hill:
March for Our Lives means time is up for Congress to act on guns

Andrew McCabe / Washington Post:

Not in my worst nightmares did I dream my FBI career would end this way — Andrew McCabe served in the FBI from 1996 until March 16. He was the bureau's deputy director from 2016 to January, including time as acting director from May to August 2017. — On March 16, I spent …

Discussion: Vox, Mother Jones, Talking Points Memo, The Week, The Gateway Pundit, Mediaite, AOL, Raw Story and Axios

JONATHAN TURLEY:

“Confused and Distracted”: McCabe Uses Flynn Defense Against False Statement Allegation — Former FBI deputy director Andrew McCabe penned an op-ed for The Washington Post to contest the allegation of his “lack of candor” with federal investigators. I have been writing (here and here and here) …

Discussion: Booman Tribune

Olivia Solon / The Guardian:

‘A grand illusion’: seven days that shattered Facebook's facade — Revelations about the depths of Facebook's failure to protect our data has finally pulled back the curtain, observers say … “Dumb fucks.” That's how Mark Zuckerberg described users of Facebook for trusting him with their personal data back in 2004.

Discussion: Los Angeles Times, New York Times and East Bay Times

Bloomberg:

Apple's Tim Cook Calls for More Regulations on Data Privacy — Cook speaks at Beijing forum following Facebook controversy — Situation is so dire well-crafted regulation is needed: Cook — Apple Inc. Chief Executive Tim Cook has called for stronger privacy regulations that prevent …

Discussion: The Verge

Wall Street Journal:

Trump Relishes Off-Script Approach — President showcases a more unilateral style, relying on his sense of what the moment requires — WASHINGTON—President Donald Trump signed a $1.3 trillion spending bill early Friday afternoon, but not before leaving both his staff and lawmakers on edge …

Discussion: The Hill, RedState, Political Wire, thecut, AOL and Mediaite

Sophie Tatum / CNN:

Stormy Daniels' lawyer: Disc tweet is ‘warning shot’ to Trump — Washington (CNN)The lawyer representing the porn star suing President Donald Trump called a tweet he posted of an apparent data disc a “warning shot” to the President. — On Thursday night, Michael Avenatti tweeted an image …

Discussion: ThinkProgress and The Root

Joe Hagan / Vanity Fair: “The President May Be Able to Fire Mueller, but He Can't Fire Me”: Stormy Daniels's Attorney Relishes …

Steven Nelson / Washington Examiner:
Obama sex accuser panned as a liar urges Stormy Daniels scrutiny

Discussion: Daily Wire and The Daily Caller

Mike Allen / Axios:

Trump infuriates his base with tweeted veto bluff — A former White House official tells me that online conservative ire (Laura Ingraham, Ann Coulter, Mark Levin, etc.). about the spending bill President Trump signed yesterday — after a puzzling tweeted veto feint — “is the hardest I've seen ever seen …

Discussion: Political Wire

Kate Bennett / CNN:
Melania Trump rides solo to Air Force One, again

Discussion: Political Wire

Bryan Bender / Politico:

Trump moves to ban most transgender troops — President Donald Trump on Friday issued orders to ban transgender troops who require surgery or significant medical treatment from serving in the military except in select cases — following through on a controversial pledge last year …

Discussion: ThinkProgress, BBC, Outside the Beltway, The Atlantic, Breitbart, Washington Blade, The Guardian, The Gateway Pundit, The Daily Beast, ABC News, The Week, Mediaite, Joe.My.God., Axios, The Daily Caller and Political Wire

New York Times:
Trump Approves New Limits on Transgender Troops in the Military

Discussion: Refinery29, Outside the Beltway, Common Dreams and Washington Monthly

U.S. Department of Justice:

Attorney General Sessions Announces Regulation Effectively Banning Bump Stocks — Today, Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced that the Department of Justice is proposing to amend the regulations of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives, clarifying that bump stocks fall within …

Discussion: Al Jazeera English, VICE News, Vox, RedState and National Review

Sari Horwitz / Washington Post:
Justice Department proposes banning bump stocks, branding them machine guns

Discussion: New York Magazine, Outside the Beltway, Breitbart and New York Times

Saul Cornell / Politico:

The Lessons of a School Shooting-in 1853 — This weekend, thousands of people are expected to gather in cities and towns across America for the “March for Our Lives,” a national response to the horrifying school shooting in Parkland, Florida. Will it change policy?

Discussion: Raw Story

Joe Cunningham / RedState:

With Omnibus Signing, Trump Formally Surrenders To The Swamp — In the hours leading up to the signing of the omnibus spending deal - a bill that adds way more money to the nation's deficit, and one that was orchestrated largely by Congressional Republicans who campaigned for the last decade …

Anne Gearan / Washington Post:

In new memoir, a top Clinton aide says campaign was ‘foolish’ not to address email issue more forcefully — Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign was “foolish” not to mount a louder and longer defense of her government email troubles in its last weeks, when the FBI had suddenly reopened …

John Kass / Chicago Tribune:

Column: Austin bombing victim had that Rembrandt light — Draylen Mason, the 17-year-old musician killed by the Austin bomber, had a light about him “like a Rembrandt painting.” — It was late afternoon when I heard that coming over the TV as I was walking through the kitchen.

Discussion: The Root