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6:55 PM ET, March 28, 2018

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New York Times:
Trump's Lawyer Raised Prospect of Pardons for Flynn and Manafort as Special Counsel Closed In  —  WASHINGTON — A lawyer for President Trump broached the idea of Mr. Trump pardoning two of his former top advisers, Michael T. Flynn and Paul Manafort, with their lawyers last year …
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Miriam Rozen / National Law Journal:
John Dowd Calls Mueller ‘Terrific’ After Passing Trump Baton  —  Dowd said representing the president was hard work, and now he wants to “just take it easy, and get some rest.”  —  After 39 weeks and six days working for President Donald Trump, John Dowd figures he deserves a break.
Mark Mazzetti / New York Times:
Trump Aide Spoke During Campaign to Associate Tied to Russian Intelligence  —  WASHINGTON — A top Trump campaign official had repeated communications during the final weeks of the 2016 presidential race with a business associate tied to Russian intelligence, according to a document released …
David A. Graham / The Atlantic:
Why Is Trump So Quiet?  —  It's quiet at the White House.  Is it ... too quiet?  —  Trump-watching over the last few days, since about 1 p.m. on Friday, has been a strange experience.  There are things happening, and even some big ones; the parade of occasional anonymously sourced West Wing stories continue.
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:   Who Ratted Out John Dowd? I Think We Know
Washington Post:
Manafort associate had Russian intelligence ties during 2016 campaign, prosecutors say
Washington Post:
Trump ousts Veterans Affairs chief Shulkin, nominates personal physician to replace him … President Trump on Wednesday ousted Veterans Affairs Secretary David Shulkin after turmoil in the agency's senior ranks generated weeks of unflattering headlines, nominating his personal physician, Rear Adm. Ronny L. Jackson as his replacement.
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Quil Lawrence / NPR:
Trump To Replace VA Secretary David Shulkin
Nicholas Fandos / New York Times:
Veterans Affairs Secretary Is Latest to Go as Trump Shakes Up Cabinet
Leo Shane III / Military Times:
Shulkin out: Trump fires VA secretary after weeks of controversy
CNN:
David Shulkin out, Ronny Jackson in as VA secretary
Discussion: Talking Points Memo and Bustle
Scott Bixby / The Daily Beast:
Veterans Affairs Secretary David Shulkin Out as Trump's Cabinet Purge Continues
Discussion: ABC News
Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Trump hates Amazon, not Facebook  —  Capitol Hill wants Facebook's blood, but President Trump isn't interested.  Instead, the tech behemoth Trump wants to go after is Amazon, according to five sources who've discussed it with him.  “He's obsessed with Amazon,” a source said.  “Obsessed.”
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Jessie Hellmann / The Hill:
Anti-abortion lawmakers lay groundwork for Roe challenge
Discussion: Daily Wire, Splinter and Common Dreams
Mukhtar M. Ibrahim / mprnews.org:
Minneapolis FBI agent charged with leaking classified information to reporter  —  A Minneapolis FBI agent who started his career with the agency as an intern in 2000 has been charged with leaking classified information to the news website The Intercept.  —  Terry James Albury …
Discussion: Washington Times
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Stephen Montemayor / Star Tribune:
Justice Dept. charges Minnesota FBI agent for leaking secret document to news outlet
Joseph Curl / Daily Wire:
Gun Rights Provocateur David Hogg Rejected By Four Colleges To Which He Applied  —  David Hogg, a self-appointed spokesman for a generation, revealed on Tuesday that four universities he has applied to have rejected his application.  —  The Florida high school student …
Andrew Harris / Bloomberg:
Trump Loses First Skirmish in Suit Over D.C. Hotel Profits  —  U.S. judge says joint Maryland-D.C. case goes forward for now  —  Justice Department argument seeking complete dismissal fails  —  President Donald Trump will have to contend for now with a lawsuit claiming he is improperly profiting …
Discussion: Raw Story
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Katelyn Polantz / CNN:   Judge allows lawsuit alleging Trump took illegal foreign gifts
Sharon LaFraniere / New York Times:
Lawsuit Over Trump's Ties to His Businesses Is Allowed to Advance
Discussion: Axios and Political Wire
Michael O'Connell / Hollywood Reporter:
TV Ratings: ‘Roseanne’ Revival Skyrockets With Stunning Premiere  —  The ABC comedy returns nearly three decades after its original premiere, averaging a whopping 18.1 million and an unbelievable 5.1 rating in the key demo.  —  Roseanne returned Tuesday.  The ABC sitcom, away from the air …
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Jacqueline Alemany / CBS News:
White House staffers view post-Hope Hicks era with trepidation  —  The reign of Hope Hicks, the unflappable White House communications director and the right side of President Trump's brain, comes to an end this week, leaving a communications team bitterly divided and an impetuous president increasingly isolated.
Discussion: Raw Story and Mediaite
Lloyd Grove / The Daily Beast:
‘Heartbroken’ Trump Critic Ann Coulter: He's a ‘Shallow, Lazy Ignoramus’ … Right-wing firebrand Ann Coulter, whose 2016 campaign book In Trump We Trust touted the many virtues of the Republican nominee, is having second, third, and possibly even fourth thoughts about Donald J. Trump.
Shane Savitsky / Axios:
Trump: I look forward to meeting with Kim Jong-un  —  President Trump confirmed in a tweet this morning that his planned summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un is still on.  The president expressed hope that Kim, who just visited Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing, “will do what is right for his people and for humanity.”
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Daniel Lippman / Politico:
Playbook scoop: Republicans to push balanced-budget amendment
Jessica Valenti:
On The Atlantic, Jeffrey Goldberg, and hiring men who want women dead  —  Yesterday, I spent much of my day fuming and tweeting about The Atlantic hiring Kevin Williamson—who compared a nine year old black boy to a primate and argued women who have abortions should be executed by hanging …
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Nick Miroff / Washington Post:
Trump proposal would penalize immigrants who use tax credits and other benefits … Immigrants who accept almost any form of welfare or public benefit, even popular tax deductions, could be denied legal U.S. residency under a proposal awaiting approval by the Trump administration …
Us Weekly:
Donald Trump Jr. and Aubrey O'Day ‘Were Trying’ to Have a Baby During Affair … Donald Trump Jr. and Aubrey O'Day's affair was much more than a one-night stand, so much so that they even considered the prospect of starting a family together, a source reveals exclusively in the new issue of Us Weekly.
Discussion: Raw Story, Bustle, The Root and Splinter
Robert Barnes / Law & Crime:
ANALYSIS: Constitution Compels Sessions Dismiss Mueller From Non-Campaign Cases  —  Paul Manafort's legal team brought a motion to dismiss on Tuesday, noting that Rosenstein could not appoint Mueller to any investigation outside the scope of the 2016 campaign since Sessions did not recuse himself for anything outside the campaign.
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Steven Shepard / Politico:
Voters believe Stormy over Trump  —  Voters believe adult-film actress Stormy Daniels.  —  They believe her claim that she and Donald Trump had sex before he ran for president, and that Trump has been unfaithful to his wife.  Only one-third think the president is honest.  More than half think he has low morals.
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Jenna Johnson / Washington Post:
As Stormy Daniels tells her story, six conservative Americans debate whether Trump is a role model
Discussion: Raw Story
Ryan Nobles / CNN:
Nunes opponent raises $1 million in first quarter  —  (CNN)A Democratic candidate challenging House Intelligence Committee chair Devin Nunes took in more than $1 million in the first quarter of 2018, a sign of Democrats' enthusiasm to oust the California congressman who has allied himself closely with President Donald Trump.
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Lorraine Woellert / Politico:
DOJ watchdog will investigate surveillance of Trump campaign aide
Discussion: Breitbart
Zachary Mider / Bloomberg:
Robert Mercer's Secret Adventure as a New Mexico Cop  —  Why was the fabulously wealthy Trump donor wearing a badge and a gun in a tiny desert town?  To obtain something that's impossible to buy.  —  Robert Mercer probably would have flown into Roswell.  From there—1,800 miles from home …
Discussion: Mediaite, Raw Story, Splinter and Jezebel
Dana R. Fisher / Washington Post:
Here's who actually attended the March for Our Lives.  (No, it wasn't mostly young people.)  —  In the days before and after more than two million Americans participated in the March for Our Lives, the gun-violence conversation has focused on the Marjory Stoneman Douglas survivors and their “student movement.”
National Center on Sexual Exploitation:
Press Statement: Walmart to Remove Cosmopolitan Magazine from Checkout Lines Following Advocacy by the National Center on Sexual Exploitation  —  Washington, DC - The National Center on Sexual Exploitation (NCOSE) has instigated a significant policy change at Walmart as part of our continued work …
 
 
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Leo Shane III / Military Times:
Report: VA missed background checks for thousands of employees
Louis Nelson / Politico:
White House calls police shootings of African-Americans a ‘local matter’
Discussion: ABC News and The Atlantic
Elvia Limón / Dallas Morning News:
Mansfield teacher suspended for discussing her sexual orientation with students, officials say
Discussion: IJR, Law & Crime and TheBlaze
Emily Flitter / New York Times:
Morgan Stanley Knew of a Star's Alleged Abuse. He Still Works There.
New York Daily News:
SEE IT: Al D'Amato curses at his wife while she's laid up in the hospital amid child care dispute
Hayes Brown / BuzzFeed:
Julian Assange Just Got His Internet Privileges Revoked
Discussion: AOL
Kathleen Joyce / Fox News:
Kentucky teen used money mom gave him for tattoo to buy AR-15 to shoot up school, police say
Discussion: Raw Story
 Earlier Items: 
Peter Kafka / Recode:
Tim Cook says Facebook should have regulated itself, but it's too late for that now
Matt Mencarini / Lansing State Journal:
MSU spent $500K in January to monitor social media accounts of Nassar victims, others
Discussion: thecut and Vox
Sean Davis / The Federalist:
New York Post Botches Concealed Carry Hit Piece On Donald Trump Jr.
Discussion: Page Six, Jezebel and The Daily Caller
Mike Konczal:
Why Are There No Good Conservative Critiques of Trump's Unified Government?
Facebook:
It's Time to Make Our Privacy Tools Easier to Find
 

 
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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

New York Times:
In a first, Telegram is set to be profitable in 2024, with $1B+ in revenue, up from ~$350M in 2023, and 12M subscribers; source: 50%+ of its revenue is from ads

Cecilia D'Anastasio / Bloomberg:
Riot Games says it spent $250M on an unusual deal to finance two seasons of League of Legends show Arcane on Netflix; sources: there was no plan to recoup costs
 
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