(Recorded March 31, 2018) This Week: (1) the news round-up; and (2) Russia vs the world.

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News Round-up

• John Paul Stevens: Repeal the Second Amendment
• Two Views on the March for Our Lives and the Second Amendment | The New Yorker
• March for Our Lives was one of the biggest youth protests since Vietnam – Vox
• The March for Our Lives against gun violence was the beginning. Town halls are next. – Vox
• ‘March For Our Lives’ Cost $5 Million; ‘Several Million’ Left For Lobbying : NPR
• Parkland Kids Are Part of a Tradition of Child Activism
• March For Our Lives: The Right’s Lame Blowback – Rolling Stone
• Advertisers Drop Laura Ingraham After She Taunts Parkland Survivor David Hogg – The New York Times
• Supreme Court, Again Weighing Map Warped by Politics, Shows No Consensus – The New York Times
• Argument analysis: Still no clarity on partisan gerrymandering – SCOTUSblog
• The Supreme Court’s Choice on Partisan Gerrymandering – The Atlantic
• The Supreme Court Seems Befuddled, Again, on Gerrymandering | The New Yorker
• Despite Concerns, Census Will Ask Respondents if They Are U.S. Citizens – The New York Times
• At Least Twelve States to Sue Trump Administration Over Census Citizenship Question – The New York Times
• The Census’s New Citizenship Question Could Hurt Communities That Are Already Undercounted
• The Weaponized Census – The Atlantic
• The 2020 Census Citizenship Question is Conservative Vandalism
• Veterans Affairs Secretary Is Latest to Go as Trump Shakes Up Cabinet – The New York Times
• David J. Shulkin: Privatizing the V.A. Will Hurt Veterans
• No longer muzzled, Shulkin takes on Trump’s White House – POLITICO
• ‘My first reaction was OMG’: Trump’s VA pick is new to all this – POLITICO
• Ronny Jackson, Trump’s Veterans Affairs Pick, Gets 9 Million Patients – The Atlantic
• Trump Attacks Amazon, Saying It Does Not Pay Enough Taxes – The New York Times
• Trump ‘Obsessed’ With Amazon, Wants to Crush Washington Post
• Trump’s Claim that Amazon Pays Little or No State Taxes Is Utter Nonsense
• Leaked Memo: EPA Shows Workers How To Downplay Climate Change
• It’s Time to Fire Scott Pruitt | NRDC
• Leaked Memo: EPA Shows Workers How To Downplay Climate Change
• The Conservative Coddling of Scott Pruitt | The New Republic
• Leaked Memo: EPA Shows Workers How To Downplay Climate Change
• Kim Jong-un’s China Visit Strengthens His Hand in Nuclear Talks – The New York Times
• Why Kim Jong Un Went to China | The New Yorker
• North and South Korea Set a Date for Summit Meeting at Border – The New York Times
• North Korea Is Firing Up a Reactor. That Could Upset Trump’s Talks With Kim.
• Bulletproof, Slow and Full of Wine: Kim Jong-un’s Mystery Train – The New York Times
• Kim Jong Un’s secret visit to China, explained by an expert – Vox
• Did Kim’s Visit Just Hand China a Trump Card? – Foreign Policy
• Trump Repeated A False Claim That The Border Wall Has Started Construction
• Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker calls special elections; Senate drops bill

Russia vs the World

• Expelling Diplomats, a Furious Kremlin Escalates a Crisis – The New York Times
• Putin’s Grim Reality: Public Fury Over Children’s Deaths in Mall – The New York Times
• Putin Finally Went Too Far – The Atlantic
• Russia Expels 60 U.S. Diplomats in a Retaliatory Move – The Atlantic
• Trump tells aides not to talk publicly about Russia policy moves
• Trump Aide Spoke During Campaign to Associate Tied to Russian Intelligence – The New York Times
• Trump’s Lawyer Raised Prospect of Pardons for Flynn and Manafort – The New York Times
• Trump’s lawyer reportedly discussed pardoning Flynn and Manafort. Read 10 legal experts explain why that would be a bad idea. – Vox
• Trump’s legal team in flux as he reverses hiring decision – POLITICO
• Mueller probing Russia contacts at Republican convention: sources
• House Democrats call for FBI to probe Kushner’s ties to Saudi crown prince | TheHill

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