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WHAT IS A SENATOR?  NYM.  “On the second day of jury deliberations in Robert Menendez’s corruption trial, one juror asked a question that cut to the heart of the case — and, also, to the rudiments of fifth-grade civics: ‘What is a senator?’” SENATOR COULD REMAIN.  POL.  “As the bribery case against Sen. Bob Menendez […]

CA:  FINED FOR TICKETS.  SFC.  “Former San Francisco Supervisor Eric Mar will pay more than $26,000 for state and city ethics violations associated with concert tickets he took from Another Planet Entertainment within months of sponsoring a board resolution to extend the company’s permit for its Outside Lands festival in Golden Gate Park.” CO:  TARGETING […]

THE ADS.  POL.  “Here is a sampling of ads purchased by Russian-linked accounts and aimed at U.S. Facebook and Instagram users…” FEC CAN’T REGULATE.  MC.  “As executives from Facebook Inc., Google Inc. and Twitter Inc. face congressional committees this week over concerns that Russian agents used their platforms in order to influence the 2016 election, […]