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POLITICO Massachusetts Playbook: Polling WARREN — DIZOGLIO eyes the Senate — DEVAL’s college Dems meeting

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Polling WARREN — DIZOGLIO eyes the Senate — DEVAL’s college Dems meeting 03/21/2018 07:41 AM EDT By Lauren Dezenski  ( ldezenski@politico.com ; @LaurenDezenski) with Brent D. Griffiths ( bgriffiths@politico.com ; @BrentGriffiths) GOOD MORNING, MASSACHUSETTS. GOOD POLL NEWS FOR SEN. WARREN -  Sen.  Elizabeth Warren  is retaining her solid support among Massachusetts voters ahead of her re-election bid this fall as her three Republican challengers struggle to break through to voters. A  new poll  out from WBUR and MassINC Polling Group this morning finds Warren with a 53 percent favorability rating - largely unmoved from her previous polling. Meanwhile, a vast majority of voters surveyed said they had never heard of any of her challengers: 72 percent for state Rep.  Geoff Diehl , 74 percent for  Beth Lindstrom , and 83 percent for  John Kingston . Breaking down the support for Warren in the poll's  crosstabs , Warren r...

Matt Taibbi | Trump's CIA Pick Took Part in Silencing Torture Suspect

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21 March 18 AM It's Live on the HomePage Now: Reader Supported News STAND UP FOR READER SUPPORTED NEWS: Come on, folks, don’t just sit there and let RSN struggle financially. What we need to function is a drop in the bucket. When you get involved, when you take an ownership stake, good things happen. Help RSN! / Marc Ash, Founder Reader Supported News Sure, I'll make a donation! Matt Taibbi | Trump's CIA Pick Took Part in Silencing Torture Suspect  Matt Taibbi, Rolling Stone Taibbi writes: "An ACLU lawsuit suggests the president's nominee for CIA director, Gina Haspel, has a questionable attitude toward due process." READ MORE Cambridge Analytica Chief Executive Alexander Nix leaves the company's offices in central London on Tuesday. He was suspended amid a controversy about the company's use of social media data. (photo: Dominic Lipinski/AP) In Hidden-Camera Exposé, Cambridge Analytica Executives Boast of Role in Trump Win ...

Should Justices Conduct Online Research? | Why Recusals Matter

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NATIONAL LAW JOURNAL Supreme Court Brief POWERED BY  LAW.COM Tony Mauro Marcia Coyle Mar 21, 2018 Today marks the last sitting this week at the Supreme Court, and it will likely bring us snow along with a sprinkling of decisions. We don’t know how much snow or how many decisions, but hang tight. One thing we are pretty sure of is that an oral argument will take place today, no matter what the weather. The case to be argued is  Upper Skagit Indian Tribe v. Lundgren,  an Indian tribal sovereignty case from Washington state.  A lot has happened already this week, and we are digging into some of it for today’s edition.  From  yesterday’s argument , we look at the latest tiff among justices over the use of non-record information in cases. And from a  Monday cert denial , a look at the importance of recusals. Plus, some SCOTUS-related books that are worth a look. Thanks for reading! — Tony Mauro,  tmauro@alm.com , a...