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5:45 PM ET, March 27, 2018

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John Paul Stevens / New York Times:
Repeal the Second Amendment  —  Rarely in my lifetime have I seen the type of civic engagement school children and their supporters demonstrated in Washington and other major cities throughout the country this past Saturday.  These demonstrations demand our respect.
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Michael A. Lindenberger / Dallas Morning News:   I support gun restrictions, but repealing the 2nd Amendment is wrong
BuzzFeed:
Christopher Steele's Other Report: A Murder In Washington  —  The author of the famous Trump dossier provided a secret report to the FBI asserting that RT founder Mikhail Lesin was bludgeoned to death by thugs hired by an oligarch close to Putin.  Three other sources independently told the FBI …
Jordan Weissmann / Slate:
Why Would the Atlantic Hire Kevin Williamson?  —  In a memo to staff, editor Jeffrey Goldberg cites an affinity for “second chances” and ideological diversity in hiring the conservative troll.  Both justifications ring hollow.  —  Jeffrey Goldberg knows that he hired a troll.
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Sarah Jones / New Republic:   The Conservative Columnist Conundrum
San Francisco Chronicle:
Citizenship question on 2020 census may result in undercount  —  The size of your child's kindergarten class.  Homeland security funds for your community.  Natural disaster preparation.  Highway and mass transit resources.  Health care and emergency room services.
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Samantha Schmidt / Washington Post:
California sues Trump administration over addition of citizenship question to census
Reid Wilson / The Hill:
Blue states sue Trump over census citizenship question
Chris Enloe / TheBlaze:
CNN host admits he let David Hogg tell lies during interview.  Just wait until you hear his reason.  —  Brian Stelter, who hosts CNN's “Reliable Sources” on Sundays, admitted Monday that he let David Hogg, the outspoken pro-gun control Parkland, Florida, student, get away with making false claims about firearms on his show last month.
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Paul Waldman / Washington Post:
Why conservatives are so mad about the Parkland students … Conservatives have had it up to here with these meddling kids.  —  As an entirely new movement for gun reform is being driven by a group of smart, passionate and media-savvy Florida teenagers who survived one of America's frequent mass shootings …
TMZ.com:
Parkland Leader David Hogg Rejected by UC Schools
Discussion: TheBlaze and IJR
Rich Lowry / National Review:   The Teenage Demagogues  —  Stoneman Douglas students' passion is not wisdom
Katie England / Daily Herald:
At Q&A in Provo, Mitt Romney says he's more conservative than Trump on immigration … U.S. Senate candidate Mitt Romney speaks at the Utah County Republican Women's event in the ballroom at the Provo City Library on Monday, March 26, 2018, in Provo. … A notecard is read …
Washington Post:
Trump privately presses for military to pay for border wall … President Trump frequently said Mexico would pay for a wall along the southern border as he sought the presidency in 2016.  Now, he is privately pushing the U.S. military to fund construction of his signature project.
Max Boot / Washington Post:
Stormy Daniels is a sideshow.  Let's focus on the real Trump scandals.  —  To judge by the blockbuster ratings for “60 Minutes,” I must be one of the few politically sentient adults to have missed the Stormy Daniels interview on Sunday night, just as I earlier missed Karen McDougal's high-rated interview on CNN.
Discussion: Talking Points Memo, CNN, The Root and AOL
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Tim Mak / NPR:
NRA Says It Receives Foreign Funds, But None Goes To Election Work  —  The National Rifle Association acknowledged that it accepts foreign donations but says it does not use them for election work — even as federal investigators look into the role the NRA might have played in Russia's attack on the 2016 election.
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Allegra Kirkland / Talking Points Memo:   NRA Acknowledges Receiving Foreign Funds, Moving Money Between Accounts
CBS News:
Kushner lawyer: WH counsel has concluded no issues involving Jared amid loan probe  —  White House officials have been looking into whether $500 million in loans that went to Trump administration senior adviser Jared Kushner's family real estate company may have spurred ethics or criminal law violations …
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Stephen Braun / Associated Press:   Democrats press White House for results of Kushner inquiry
Dan Merica / CNN:
In Trump's world, once you check in you rarely check out
Discussion: Talking Points Memo, Politico and Vox
Oliver Darcy / CNNMoney:
Seth Rich's brother sues right-wing activists, Washington Times over conspiracy theories  —  This is why the Seth Rich conspiracy won't disappear  —  The brother of Seth Rich, the slain Democratic National Committee staffer whose unsolved murder became the basis for conspiracy theories on the far-right …
Dylan Byers / CNNMoney:
Exclusive: Mark Zuckerberg has decided to testify before Congress  —  Zuckerberg says he's open to testifying before Congress  —  After repeated calls for him to do so, Mark Zuckerberg has decided he will testify before Congress.  —  Facebook sources tell CNNMoney the 33-year-old CEO …
Harry Enten / CNN:
Democrats may already be 35% of the way to a House majority  —  (CNN)With the retirement announcement of Pennsylvania Republican Rep. Ryan Costello, there are now eight open seats currently held by Republicans in districts that Hillary Clinton won in 2016.  —  And there's a good chance …
Discussion: Political Wire
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Federal Bureau of Investigation:
Statement on the FBI's Response to Suspicious Packages Received by U.S. Government Facilities …
Discussion: Politico and Axios
Danny Vinik / Politico:
How Trump favored Texas over Puerto Rico  —  SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — As Hurricane Maria unleashed its fury on Puerto Rico in mid-September, knocking out the island's electrical system and damaging hundreds of thousands of homes, disaster recovery experts expected that only one man could handle …
Isabelle Robinson / New York Times:
I Was Kind to Nikolas Cruz.  He Still Killed My Friends.  —  My first interaction with Nikolas Cruz happened when I was in seventh grade.  I was eating lunch with my friends, most likely discussing One Direction or Ed Sheeran, when a sudden pain consumed my lower back.
Discussion: Raw Story and Mediaite
Ezra Klein / Vox:
Sam Harris, Charles Murray, and the allure of race science  —  This is not “forbidden knowledge.”  It is America's most ancient justification for bigotry and racial inequality.  —  On Monday morning, I woke up to a tweet from Sam Harris, the bestselling author and popular podcast host …
Discussion: The Atlantic
Des Moines Register:
Steve King campaign's comment about Parkland student prompts outrage  —  Through the years, Steve King, a Republican congressman from western Iowa, has made several widely criticized remarks during his years in office.  This is a brief history of some of those moments.  Kelsey Kremer/The Register
New York Daily News:
Legendary rocker Alice Cooper credits Jesus with curing him of alcoholism  —  Thirty-seven years ago, Alice Cooper awoke throwing up blood.  —  “Everything that could go wrong was shutting down inside of me,” the legendary rocker recalled to Confidential.  “I was drinking with Jim Morrison …
Patrick Marley / Milwaukee Journal Sentinel:
Gov. Scott Walker goes to court to get more time to cancel two special elections  —  MADISON - Rushing to cancel a pair of court-ordered special elections, Gov. Scott Walker has asked a judge to give him a week to approve legislation giving him broader powers to determine when to allow voters to fill vacancies in the Legislature.
Discussion: Mother Jones and Political Wire
Justin Jouvenal / Washington Post:
Her son, facing murder charges, is being called an ‘alt-right killer.’ This mother blames herself.  … Her troubled son had been up for two nights straight, inconsolable over a breakup, when she pulled him into her bed to soothe him.  She never meant to doze, but woke with a start at 4:26 a.m.
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
Sara M Moniuszko / USA Today:
Walmart to remove ‘Cosmopolitan’ magazine from checkout lines amid Me Too movement  —  Celebs of the 90's now have beautiful children who are coming of age.  Here's a look at some of the models spawned by our favorite celebrities.  —  Walmart is saying goodbye to Cosmopolitan.
Discussion: The Daily Caller and thecut
The Times of Israel:
Netanyahu taken to Jerusalem hospital with high fever  —  Prime minister's condition worsens after he fails to get proper rest to overcome illness, physician says; deputy health minister says all tests negative and he's ‘feeling better’  —  Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was taken …
Discussion: CNN, Breitbart and The Daily Caller
Ronald Brownstein / CNN:
Fact-checking Tucker Carlson on diversity in America  —  (CNN)Wrong on the key specifics.  And even more wrong on the larger meaning.  —  That's the dual bottom line on the extraordinary screed last week against diversity in general, and immigration in particular, from Fox News Channel host Tucker Carlson.
Discussion: Raw Story
 
 
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Judy Kurtz / The Hill:
Howard Stern to Trump: ‘Get the f— out of there, man’
Discussion: RedState and The Daily Caller
The Daily Astorian:
Suspect deported twice before alleged rape of underage Seaside girl
Discussion: The Daily Caller, Fox News and IJR
Telis Demos / Wall Street Journal:
Wall Street Bankers Get Biggest Raise in Four Years
Jeff Paul / CBS Dallas:
Mural Honoring Fallen Officers Taken Down Due To Code Violation; Mother: ‘Why Is The City Picking On This Mural?’
Discussion: Hit & Run and TheBlaze
Robert Neuwirth / New York Daily News:
247,977 stories in the Vacant City, priced out of reach for most renters
Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money
Pamela Wood / Baltimore Sun:
Sheriff: Maryland high school shooter died by shooting himself in the head
Washington Post:
Baton Rouge police officers won't be charged in fatal shooting of Alton Sterling
Zeke Faux / Bloomberg:
How Facebook Helps Shady Advertisers Pollute the Internet
 Earlier Items: 
J.K. Trotter / Jezebel:
The New York Human Rights Commission Is Investigating The Wing
Discussion: thecut
New York Times:
Income Mobility Charts for Girls, Asian-Americans and Other Groups. Or, Make Your Own.
Discussion: thecut
John Kruzel / PolitiFact:
Does Mike Pence call his wife ‘Mother’?
Discussion: Conservative Review and Splinter
Ishaan Tharoor / Washington Post:
Trump and the West give Putin the fight he needs
 

 
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Jessica Toonkel / Wall Street Journal:
A deep dive into Paramount's sale to Skydance; sources: Skydance may integrate Pluto into Paramount+, and CBS head George Cheeks is expected to be head of TV

Bloomberg:
A look at the challenges facing Crunchyroll, as current and ex-staffers say its management is out of touch, amid Disney and Netflix's expansion into anime

Ankush Khardori / Politico:
Trump may erode press protections but the ABC case is not evidence of that as the decision to settle appears reasonable given Stephanopoulos' imprecise remarks

 
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