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<\/p>\nScott Pruitt, Rachel Maddow, Sinclair, Joan Collins, Mark Wahlberg, Meghan Markle: HOT LINKS<\/b>
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ICYMI<\/strong>. Scott Pruitt tries to explain how he gave his aides pay raises after the White House told him no<\/a>.\u00a0\u201cYou run the agency,\u201d\u00a0Henry responded incredulously. \u201cYou don\u2019t know who did this?\u201d<\/p>\n LAWYER.COM<\/a>.<\/strong> Even Lindsay Lohan is trolling Trump<\/a>.<\/p>\n FACEBOOK<\/strong>. Company says it scans conversations on Messenger app<\/a>: \u2018The company told Bloomberg that while Messenger conversations are private, Facebook scans them and uses the same tools to prevent abuse there that it does on the social network more generally. All content must abide by the same \u201ccommunity standards.\u201d People can report posts or messages for violating those standards, which would prompt a review by the company\u2019s \u201ccommunity operations\u201d team. Automated tools can also do the work.\u2019<\/p>\n LATEST TERRIBLE IDEA<\/strong>. Militarize the border<\/a>.<\/p>\n HUFFPOST<\/strong>. Everyone got the Pulse massacre story completely wrong<\/a>.<\/p>\n MAIL NEWS<\/strong>. GOP lawmaker introducing legislation to mandate Trump-Pence portraits be displayed at post offices<\/a>: \u201cThe\u00a0proposal comes\u00a0after a Staten Island resident alerted Donovan that a local post office put up photos of former President Obama and former Vice President\u00a0Joe Biden<\/span>, but did not display photos of\u00a0President Trump<\/span>\u00a0or Vice President Pence.\u201d<\/p>\n COVER BOYS<\/strong>. Adam Rippon and Gus Kenworthy hit the cover of OUT, shirtless<\/a>.<\/p>\n CASTING<\/strong>. Ryan Murphy has cast Joan Collins in American Horror Story and is \u201cinterested\u201d in Anjelica Huston<\/a>.<\/p>\n ALMOST STARRED<\/strong>. Brokeback Mountain<\/em> writer Diana Ossana says Matt Damon, Joaquin Phoenix, Mark Wahlberg, Edward Norton were all considered to star in the film<\/a>.\u00a0\u201cNobody wanted Heath but me and [co-writer] Larry [McMurtry]. The studio felt he wasn\u2019t macho enough.\u201d<\/p>\n FUTURE DUCHESS OF THE DAY<\/strong>. Meghan Markle\u2019s Tostitos commercial.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n THIRSTY THURSDAY<\/strong>. Khadyon.<\/p>\n The post Scott Pruitt, Rachel Maddow, Sinclair, Joan Collins, Mark Wahlberg, Meghan Markle: HOT LINKS<\/a> appeared first on Towleroad<\/a>.<\/p>\n![\"Rachel](\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.towleroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/maddow.jpeg?resize=195%2C195\")
CABLE NEWS<\/strong>. Rachel Maddow tops Sean Hannity in March<\/a>\u2026<\/p>\n![\"james](\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.towleroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/mattis.jpeg?resize=195%2C195\")
NO VALID REASON<\/strong>. American Medical Association sends letter to Defense Secretary Jim Mattis saying there\u2019s \u201cno valid reason\u201d to ban transgender people from military<\/a>.\u00a0\u201cThe financial cost is negligible and a rounding error in the defense budget,\u201d Madara writes. \u201cIt should not be used as a reason to deny patriotic Americans an opportunity to serve their country. We should be honoring their service.\u201d<\/p>\n![\"john](\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.towleroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/sinclair_oliver.jpg?resize=195%2C195\")
STATE TV<\/strong>. Sinclair broadcasts must-run segment praising Trump\u2019s China tariffs<\/a>: \u2018The canned clip, a recurring \u201ccommentary\u201d segment called \u201cBottom Line with Boris,\u201d features former Trump campaign adviser\u00a0Boris Epshteyn delivering administration-friendly talking points on the president\u2019s proposed tariffs, which target countries like China.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n