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11:55 AM ET, March 28, 2019

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New York Times:
Mueller Report Exceeds 300 Pages, Raising Questions About Four-Page Summary  —  WASHINGTON — The still-secret report on Russian interference in the 2016 election submitted by the special counsel, Robert S. Mueller III, last week was more than 300 pages long, according to American officials …
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CNN:
Prominent Democratic lawyer Greg Craig close to being charged in case stemming from Mueller probe  —  (CNN)Federal prosecutors are close to bringing charges against Greg Craig, a prominent Democratic lawyer and former White House counsel in the Obama administration, in a case that originated …
Darren Samuelsohn / Politico:
Mueller swiftly closes up shop
Discussion: Law & Crime and Daily Kos
Anita Kumar / Politico:
Trump befuddles his allies with ambitious legislative agenda
Discussion: Vanity Fair and Bloomberg
Karoun Demirjian / Washington Post:
Attorney general expected to miss deadline for giving Mueller report to Congress, will not commit …
Discussion: Splinter, Vanity Fair and Daily Kos
Bret Stephens / New York Times:
Is Trump Keyser Söze — Or Inspector Clouseau?  —  Maybe the president brilliantly played the media.  Or maybe we just played ourselves.  —  Maybe we've had this all wrong.  —  Maybe Donald Trump isn't just some two-bit con artist who lucked his way into the White House thanks to an overconfident opponent.
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Jonathan Lemire / Associated Press:
Adviser and allies warning Trump against issuing pardons
Discussion: Axios
David Bauder / Associated Press:
Maddow, other MSNBC hosts see ratings drop, Fox up
Adam Edelman / NBC News:
Comey: Mueller findings show Trump lied about FBI, his attempt to destroy the agency failed
Discussion: The Daily Caller and The Week
Shahien Nasiripour / Bloomberg:
Donald Trump Jr., After Mueller, Talks of His Political Future
Rowan Scarborough / Washington Times:
Adam Schiff confronted by Republicans on House intel panel: ‘No faith in your ability’  —  Republicans on Thursday directly confronted House Intelligence Committee chairman Rep. Adam B. Schiff for his two years of conspiracy charges against President Trump, urging him to resign because they …
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Caitlin Oprysko / Politico:
Trump demands Schiff ‘be forced to resign from Congress’  —  President Donald Trump on Thursday demanded that House Intelligence Chairman Adam Schiff resign from Congress over his accusations that Trump conspired with Russia to interfere in the 2016 election.
Discussion: Axios and New York Post
Associated Press:
Mueller's evidence is likely a massive amount of material
Discussion: Axios
Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Schiff smacks back at Republicans calling for him to resign
Focus on Rural America:
March 2019 Poll Results  —  Former Vice President Joe Biden continues to lead among Democratic Iowans who intend to participate in the 2020 Democratic caucus, but his lead over Bernie Sanders has diminished.  Six candidates make up a second tier: Kamala Harris, Elizabeth Warren, Cory Booker …
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Harry Enten / CNN:
Pete Buttigieg just got his best national poll so far  —  Buttigieg discusses a possible presidential first 03:02  —  (CNN) — The Mayor Pete Buttigieg mini-boomlet has officially arrived.  —  Buttigieg just scored his highest Democratic primary national poll number to date at 4% of Democrats …
The Economist:
Inside the mind of Ben Shapiro, the alt-right sage without the rage  —  The controversial commentator talks to The Economist about Western values, disappointment with Trump and moral clickbait  —  EVERYTHING ABOUT Ben Shapiro is polished.  His answers are smooth.  His appearance is neat.
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Philip Klein / Washington Examiner:
For the media, “alt-right” is the new “neo-conservative”  —  The media are determined to botch the use of the term “alt-right” just as the bungled the term “neo-conservative.”  —  Though the two schools are diametrically opposed philosophically, the parallel comes from the fact …
Lachlan Markay / The Daily Beast:
Trump Ally Jerry Falwell's Liberty University Landed Pentagon Contract Months After Trump's Election  —  Falwell has used Liberty-owned Freedom Aviation for personal, business, and political travel.  Now it's selling jet fuel to the Pentagon.  —  BEAST INSIDE
Discussion: The Resurgent and Raw Story
Sebastian Murdock / HuffPost:
Exclusive: NRA Official Sought Sandy Hook Hoaxer To Question Parkland Shooting, Emails Show  —  NRA official Mark Richardson emailed a day after the Parkland shooting to say the shooter “was not alone.”  —  An official with the National Rifle Association corresponded with a prominent Sandy …
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Jacqueline Alemany / Washington Post:
Power Up: Michael Cohen testified Trump submitted false insurance claim for bathroom ceiling fresco  —  Aloha Power People and welcome to Thursday.  Tips, comments, recipes?  Reach out and sign up.  Thanks for waking up with us.  —  The Investigations  —  THE FRESCO: President Trump …
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Dan Merica / CNN:
Florida Mayor Wayne Messam announces 2020 presidential bid  —  (CNN)Wayne Messam, the little-known mayor of Miramar, Florida, announced Thursday that he is running for president, launching a campaign that will look to accomplish the unlikely: Turning the mayor of the 140,000-person town into the next president of the United States.
Amy for America:
Amy's Plan to Build America's Infrastructure  —  Amy is proposing a bold, trillion-dollar plan to rebuild America's infrastructure, invest in our future, and create millions of good-paying American jobs.  —  President Trump is asking Congress for $200 billion for infrastructure …
CBS News:
Mueller report: Majorities across party lines want full report released says CBS News poll  —  More than 3 in 4 Americans, including majorities of both Republicans and Democrats, think the full Mueller report should be released to the public.  But the partisan splits that have long marked …
Discussion: Mediaite and Shakesville
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CNN:
CNN Poll: Majority says Trump not exonerated of collusion after Barr's summary
Joe DePaolo / Mediaite:
Nancy Pelosi: 'We Don't Expect to Accept' AG Barr's ‘Interpretation’ of the Mueller Report
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
CNN:
Exclusive: Puerto Rico governor warns White House: 'If the bully gets close, I'll punch the bully in the mouth'  —  (CNN)Tensions are escalating between President Donald Trump and Puerto Rico's governor over disaster relief efforts that have been slow in coming for the still-battered island after Hurricane Maria.
Erin Banco / The Daily Beast:
Trump Admin Gives OK to Sell Nuclear Tech to Saudis  —  Want to help the erratic, murderous Saudi regime develop nuclear technology?  That's OK with the Department of Energy.  —  The U.S. Department of Energy has approved six authorizations for U.S. companies seeking to conduct nuclear related work …
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CNBC:   Trump administration approves secret nuclear power work for Saudi Arabia
Tracy Jan / Washington Post:
HUD charges Facebook with housing discrimination  —  The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development said Thursday it is charging Facebook with housing discrimination, alleging its targeted advertising platform violates the Fair Housing Act by “encouraging, enabling, and causing” …
Laura Barrón-López / Politico:
Ex-con Grimm could create the wildest House race of 2020  —  STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Michael Grimm is trying to come back from the dead — again.  —  The former Republican congressman and tax felon told POLITICO in an interview that he's very close to launching the second bid for his old seat in as many years.
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
Mark Pulliam / City Journal:
Blacklisting Chick-fil-A  —  In San Antonio, a popular fast-food chain becomes the target of a progressive crusade.  —  Texas  —  The Social Order  —  No one is surprised when cities like San Francisco, New York City, and Seattle enact policies driven by the latest progressive imperatives.
Discussion: Mercury News
BuzzFeed News:
Italy Is Ground Zero For The War On Women — Which Is Why These Far-Right Groups Are Meeting There  —  VERONA, Italy — Brian Brown made his name fighting against marriage equality in California, and his National Organization for Marriage once had a budget in the millions.
Discussion: New York Times
Jackie Borchardt / Cincinnati.com:
Ohio's Republican attorney general breaks with President Trump, opposes Texas court decision tossing out Obamacare  —  President Donald Trump escalated his attacks on Obamacare, a day after his administration asked a federal court to strike down the entire law.
Discussion: Raw Story
Hadas Gold / CNN:
Twitter is considering labeling Trump tweets that violate its rules  —  London (CNN Business)Twitter is considering labeling tweets that violate its rules but should remain on the platform because they're in the public interest.  —  Vijaya Gadde, Twitter's head of legal …
Tiana Lowe / Washington Examiner:
Next to Buttigieg, Beto is a joke  —  One of them is a Rhodes scholar and former Navy lieutenant who served in Afghanistan, graduated magna cum laude from Harvard, speaks eight languages, and references Faulkner offhand with as much ease as he does Eminem.  —  The other is an unemployed …
Adam Satariano / New York Times:
Huawei Security ‘Defects’ Are Found by British Authorities  —  LONDON — A British review of Huawei found “significant” security problems with the Chinese company's telecommunications equipment, a conclusion that supports a United States effort to ban it from next-generation wireless networks.
 
 
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Margot Cleveland / The Federalist:
USA Today Blacklists The Federalist For The Crime Of Getting The Trump-Russia Story Right
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Holly Bailey / Washington Post:
Democratic hopefuls vague on releasing their tax returns
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6 key moments from Cory Booker's CNN town hall
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Scientific American:
Why Losing Our Newspapers Is Breaking Our Politics
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The Human Costs Of Kamala Harris' War On Truancy
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Max Tani / @maxwelltani:
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Liz Pelly / Harper's:
How Spotify used its Perfect Fit Content program to rig its system against musicians, filling popular playlists with “ghost artists” to cut its royalty payouts

Jack Dunn / Variety:
Trump appoints Mark Burnett, the British TV executive who created and produced the reality show The Apprentice, as a special envoy to the UK

 
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