Update for 15 Mar 2017

Flecks of Extraterrestrial Dust, All Over the Roof - NYTimes.com Mr. Larsen then changed tactics. Rather than looking exclusively for cosmic dust, he taught himself how to classify the dozens of different kinds of earthly contaminants, starting a process of elimination that slowly narrowed the candidates and raised the chances that some tiny fraction of the urban debris might turn out to belong to the cosmos.

Kushners, Trump In-Laws, Near $400 Million Deal With Chinese Firm [NYTimes] If signed, the deal would mark the financial marriage of two politically powerful families in the world’s two biggest economies, but it also presents the possibility of glaring conflicts of interest. The Kushner family, owners of the tower, would reap a large financial windfall courtesy of a Chinese company, even as Jared Kushner, a senior adviser to Mr. Trump as well as his son-in-law, helps oversee American foreign policy.

'Bipartisan road trip' — Congressmen share 1,600-mile drive to DC [TheHill]

A Porn Website Plans to Plow Snow in Boston for Free [Boston Magazine]

Exclusive — Audio Emerges of When Paul Ryan Abandoned Donald Trump: ‘I Am Not Going to Defend Donald Trump—Not Now, Not in the Future’ [Breitbart] Useful to hear how little the Breitbart deplorables think of Ryan.

The CBO's other bombshell: the Affordable Care Act isn't imploding [Vox]

During his political rise, Stephen K. Bannon was a man with no fixed address [Washington Post] There are so many bizarre tidbits in this it’s hard to know where to begin. For example, about a house he rented in Florida for his estranged third wife: “Padlocks had been placed on interior doors — or the doors had been removed altogether. A hot tub was destroyed. “[E]ntire Jacuzzi bathtub seems to have been covered in acid,” the landlord wrote in the February 2015 email to Bannon. “I’m out of town,” Bannon replied. “is there any way u can talk with Diane and sort things out ???”

China gives Trump preliminary approval for 38 new trademarks [TheHill] The Trump-branded business planned in China include spas, massage parlors, escort services, hotels, finance and real-estate companies, retail shops, restaurants and bars.

Poll: Americans overwhelmingly oppose sanctuary cities [TheHill] “While there is broad support for comprehensive immigration reform, there is overwhelming opposition to sanctuary cities,” said Harvard–Harris co-director Mark Penn. “The public wants honest immigrants treated fairly and those who commit crimes deported and that's very clear from the data.” Absolutely worth reading for a dose of reality.