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11:50 PM ET, April 3, 2018

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Charlie Warzel / BuzzFeed:
Today's Shooting Showed How Bad Twitter's Misinformation Problem Is  —  A sampling of individuals (incorrectly) accused on Twitter of being the YouTube shooter.  —  BuzzFeed News  —  Seconds after the first shots were fired at YouTube's headquarters on Tuesday afternoon …
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Los Angeles Times:
Active shooting at YouTube headquarters brings huge police response  —  An active shooting at YouTube's headquarters in San Bruno, Calif., sparked panic and a massive police response Tuesday.  —  Several YouTube employees sent tweets Tuesday afternoon, saying employees were racing …
KRON:
Shooter dead, at least 3 injured in YouTube shooting, police say  —  SAN BRUNO (KRON) - A woman shot multiple people Tuesday before turning the gun on herself at YouTube's headquarters in San Bruno, according to police.  —  Sources tell KRON4 that the shooting appears to be the result of a domestic dispute.
Julia Arciga / The Daily Beast:
YouTube Shooting: Woman Shot Boyfriend, Then Killed Herself … A federal law-enforcement official told The Daily Beast that a woman in her thirties shot her boyfriend Tuesday at YouTube headquarters in San Bruno, California.  —  That female assailant is now dead, the official added.
Judd Legum / ThinkProgress:
Dana Rohrabacher immediately links shooting at YouTube to ‘illegal aliens’  —  Rep. Dana Rohrabacher (R-CA) appeared on Fox Business Network amid breaking news reports of a shooting at YouTube headquarters on Tuesday afternoon.  —  The interview occurred less than an hour after the shooting …
NBC News:
YouTube shooting: Female suspect dead at firm's HQ in San Bruno, California
Nicholas Kristof / New York Times:   How to Win an Argument About Guns
NBC Bay Area:
Police Respond to Active Shooter at YouTube HQ in San Bruno
Discussion: Recode and IJR
Sam Dorman / IJR:
After YouTube HQ Shooting, Witness Says, 'I Didn't Have a Gun on Me, But I Wish I Did'
Discussion: WSVN-TV
Washington Post:
Mueller told Trump's attorneys the president remains under investigation but is not currently a criminal target … Special counsel Robert S. Mueller III informed President Trump's attorneys last month that he is continuing to investigate the president but does not consider him a criminal target …
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Clare Foran / CNN:
How EPA's Scott Pruitt avoided tough questions on Tuesday  —  Washington (CNN)As questions swirled over whether or not he can hold onto his administration post, embattled Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt appeared calm on Tuesday as he touted the agency's decision …
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Paul Bedard / Washington Examiner:
Embattled Scott Pruitt rips ‘toxic’ Washington, says critics ‘will resort to anything’ to stop Trump agenda  —  EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt on Tuesday forcefully pushed back against criticism that he won a short-term sweetheart rental deal from a lobbyist friend, claiming it's …
HuffPost:
2 Florida Republicans Now Joining Calls For Scott Pruitt To Resign
Washington Post:
EPA's Scott Pruitt faces intensifying scrutiny, criticism of his ethics decisions
CNN:
Trump appointee at Defense Department resigns after CNN reveals birther postings  —  (CNN)A political appointee at the Department of Defense has resigned after a CNN KFile inquiry about controversial postings he made on Facebook.  —  Todd Johnson is a former Trump campaign state director …
Bloomberg:
Sinclair Employees Say Their Contracts Make It Too Expensive to Quit  —  Noncompetes, forced arbitration and a liquidated damages clause can equal 40 percent of annual salary.  —  , and  —  After Sinclair Broadcast Group Inc. drew widespread criticism for having anchors read a statement taking aim …
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Joe Concha / The Hill:
Sinclair station in Oregon tells employees to not talk to press about script: report
Discussion: CNET, Daily Kos and FTVLive
Frank Bajak / Associated Press:
APNewsBreak: US suspects listening devices in Washington  —  For the first time, the U.S. government has publicly acknowledged the existence in Washington of what appear to be rogue devices that foreign spies and criminals could be using to track individual cellphones and intercept calls and messages.
David A. Graham / The Atlantic:
What Mueller's Most Conspicuous Silence Suggests  —  But the emails!  —  It's not just an increasingly worn rejoinder to any story of chaos and disaster in the Trump administration.  It's also an interesting question to ask about Special Counsel Robert Mueller's investigation.
Discussion: CNN, Central Florida Post and Artvoice
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Jerry Iannelli / Miami New Times:
Roger Stone Hit With $100 Million Defamation Suit in Miami From Chinese Billionaire
Discussion: Raw Story
Saagar Enjeti / The Daily Caller:
EXCLUSIVE: Roger Stone Releases Credit Card, Flight And Hotel Records - Nowhere Near London
Discussion: CANNONFIRE and Washington Times
Patrick Marley / Milwaukee Journal Sentinel:
Rebecca Dallet beats Michael Screnock in race for Wisconsin Supreme Court  —  MADISON - Rebecca Dallet trounced Michael Screnock on Tuesday for a seat on the state Supreme Court, shrinking the court's conservative majority and giving Democrats a jolt of energy heading into the fall election.
Discussion: Political Wire, Daily Kos and The Week
Noah Rothman / Commentary Magazine:
Where Will Conservatives Draw the Line on Trump?  —  This is personal, not policy.  —  You have to feel bad for conservatives and Republicans who have been dragged into a debate over whether Amazon is a valuable company.  To engage earnestly with the idea that Jeff Bezos's disruptive online retailer …
Discussion: National Review
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Jonah Goldberg / National Review:   On Rhetoric and Reality  —  I think all of Dan's points below …
Facebook:
Authenticity Matters: The IRA Has No Place on Facebook  —  This morning we removed 70 Facebook and 65 Instagram accounts — as well as 138 Facebook Pages — that were controlled by the Russia-based Internet Research Agency (IRA).  Many of the Pages also ran ads, all of which have been removed.
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
The all-consuming tribalism of Trump's Republican Party, in one 30-second ad … As metaphors for the Trump-led Republican Party go, it's difficult to beat Rep. Todd Rokita's new ad in the Indiana Senate race.  —  In 30 seconds, the Republican congressman from Indiana discusses no policy issues …
Sara Carter / Sara A. Carter:
BOMBSHELL: Secret TEXTS Show FBI, DOJ May Have RUSHED Anti-Trump FISA Warrant  —  More evidence discovered from new FBI documents  —  Communications uncovered by congressional investigators reveal the FBI may have improperly coordinated with Department of Justice officials in an effort …
Joe Pompeo / Vanity Fair:
“Journalism Is Not About Creating Safe Spaces”: Inside the Woke Civil War at The New York Times  —  Catalyzed by the Trump presidency, roiled by flash points like Glenn Thrush, Bret Stephens, and Bari Weiss, a generational conflict not seen since the 60s is besetting the Times.
People.com:
Inside Tiffany Trump's Strained Relationship with Her Dad: ‘They Go Months Without Speaking’  —  With rare, back-to-back appearances spanning three states, Tiffany Trump and her father, President Donald Trump, seem to be on something of a father-daughter reunion tour.
Discussion: Raw Story, thecut and Political Wire
MJ Lee / CNN:
Stormy Daniels requests ‘suspicious’ bank information related to hush payment  —  Avenatti: Trump popping champagne too soon  —  (CNN)A lawyer for Stormy Daniels is asking the Treasury Department to release information filed with the government by a bank about “suspicious” …
Discussion: Mediaite and RedState
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
A new study suggests fake news might have won Donald Trump the 2016 election  —  President Trump has said repeatedly that Russian interference didn't matter in the 2016 election, and he has suggested — wrongly — that the intelligence and law enforcement communities have said the same.
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar / Hollywood Reporter:
Don't Be Fooled, ‘Roseanne’ Is Really TV's Most Anti-Trump Show  —  The NBA great and Hollywood Reporter columnist argues the politics on the revived sitcom are played for laughs like on ‘All in the Family’ or the ‘Colbert Report,’ but the daily economic struggles of the Conner family actually make a pointed anti-Trump statement.
Alex Morris / thecut:
It's a Theyby!  —  It's a Theyby!  —  For months leading up to the birth of his child, Bobby McCullough was nervous.  His partner, Lesley Fleishman, had enjoyed an easy and uncomplicated pregnancy.  The couple's sunny Brooklyn apartment was now stocked with a crib and diapers and soft, tiny clothes.
 
 
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Michael Williams / Orlando Sentinel:
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Christina Wilkie / CNBC:
Trump is meeting with the leader of a country known for money laundering and murky ties to Russia
Spencer Ackerman / The Daily Beast:
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