REPORT: Lindsey Graham, Cory Booker to introduce bipartisan bill that would protect Robert Mueller’s job.

ANOTHER TWO CENTS ON ZUCKERBERG IN FRONT OF SEN. CRUZ: To me, the most stunning statement was when Zuckerberg says he “is not familiar with Section 230″ (the law that protects ISPs from liability for third-party content.) That would be like the CEO of SmithKline saying he doesn’t know anything about pharmaceutical testing rules.

If his lawyers — after all this time — never briefed him on Section 230, he is either lying, willfully ignorant, or being poorly served by his legal team.

HIGHER EDUCATION BUBBLE UPDATE: The Columbia University College Republicans believe the school is trying to “silence” their views by forbidding them from livestreaming an event featuring Dennis Prager.

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LIZ SHELD’S MORNING BRIEF: Zuck on the Hill, Mueller Mania Strikes Again and Much, Much More. “The media has been slobbering all over Zuck. Why? Because Zuck has the power to hide their content from Facebook readers.”

WHO COULD HAVE SEEN THIS COMING, BESIDES ANYONE WHO GAVE IT A MOMENT’S THOUGHT? The new federal legislation that closed down Backpage.com “is creating an actual market for pimps.” The Internet disintermediates. Take away the Internet, and you get re-intermediation.

JAMES BOVARD: A new report claims college students are ‘food insecure’ and starving. But better research shows they’re overweight and lazy. Yes, but if you follow the “better research,” it won’t lead to new government programs.

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HMM: Minister Reveals Cyber Attack On Iranian Data Centers, Blames Foreign Hackers.

Iran’s Telecommunications Ministry revealed on Saturday that ten days ago CISCO, the US company that manufactures network equipment had warned about the vulnerability of the router switches that were attacked Friday night.

The ministry said that many companies freeze their networks’ settings during holidays, and that the companies did not update their settings as MAHER failed to inform them of the imminent attack. Friday is a weekend day in Iran.

A number of Iranian websites were reportedly “down” for several hours following the Friday night attack.

The Ministry of Telecommunications and Information Technology says that 35 thousand router switches have been attacked by hackers.

The data companies Respina, ISIRAN, and Shuttle were most seriously affected by the attack, said the ministry.

Explaining about the origin of the attack, the ministry said, “An image of the US flag that was used in hacking with a slogan about intervention in US elections, as well as the timing of the attack indicate that it has not originated in the Middle East.”

While I don’t believe a word that comes out of official Iranian channels, I certainly hope patriotic Americans were involved in discomfiting the mullah’s regime.

HAVE 1 IN 5 COLLEGE WOMEN BEEN RAPED?: No, it isn’t true. If it were true, we’d have called out the National Guard long ago. Nor is it true that 1 in 5 college women have been “sexually assaulted.” But the figure gets repeated anyway. But have you ever wondered if there are parents, particularly immigrant parents, out there who believe it and hence discourage their daughters from even attending college?

It happened to my grandmother at the tail end of the White Slavery Panic (and I wrote about it in my essay on “sex-trafficking”). During that unfortunate period in history it was claimed that women were routinely being snatched off city streets and forced into prostitution. I’m sure it happened way too often. But fortunately it wasn’t nearly as common as people were led to believe. Alas, my great grandparents hadn’t gotten the memo. So when my grandmother was granted admission to Radcliffe College (then Harvard’s sister school), they agonized over it for a while, but ultimately told her she couldn’t go. It would be too dangerous. She had to stay on the farm with them until she married.

People who exaggerate the dangers to women aren’t heroes. They are the reason my grandmother had to give up her dreams.

BYRON YORK: Lots Of Mueller Action, But Where’s The Collusion?

Remember collusion? The allegation that Donald Trump and his aides coordinated or conspired with Russia to fix the 2016 presidential election is, and has always been, the heart of the Trump-Russia investigation.

Yet Monday saw two developments in the Trump investigation — one discussed widely in the press, the other not as much — and neither pointed toward collusion.

It’s like that was just an excuse to start the machine going.

WHOSE DNA IS IT, ANYWAY? Consumers don’t need experts to interpret 23andMe genetic risk reports.

My company, 23andMe, recently received FDA authorization for the first ever direct-to-consumer genetic test for an inherited risk for cancer. Specifically, it tests for variants in the BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes known to significantly increase chances of developing breast and ovarian cancer. Historically, access to this type of testing has been gated by insurance companies and couldn’t be obtained without an order from a physician or genetic counselor. Making this kind of test directly available to consumers is a huge milestone in empowering people to be in control of their own health information.

I was disappointed to see that some of the initial reaction to this FDA authorization had a similar tone as the early reaction to at-home pregnancy tests. Some critics believe that people can’t handle this kind of information on their own, and that learning about a genetic cancer risk should be conveyed only by medical professionals.

I disagree.

Nannystaters withhold important information from people, and then ridicule them for making uninformed decisions — thus requiring further nannystatism.

HIGHER EDUCATION BUBBLE UPDATE, CARTELS AND COLLUSION EDITION: Amherst, Wellesley, other colleges, under investigation for early admissions violations.

REPORT: Paul Ryan tells confidants he’s not running again. Well, he never wanted to be Speaker, he hasn’t exactly done a bang-up job, and that sweet, sweet K Street cash is calling.

NOT BEFORE A DEMOCRAT IS SWORN IN. NEXT QUESTION? When Will The Media Finally Get Over The 2016 Election?

David Harsanyi:

I bring this up, because this week, a new Politico piece theorizes that a lack of “trusted news sources” in rural areas, rather than any particular issues, gave Donald Trump victory in 2016. It is perhaps the most unconvincing, inference-ridden, self-aggrandizing piece in the entire “What Went Wrong?” genre. The premise, basically, is that a lack of local media sources left a void that was filled by Donald Trump’s tweets and unreliable conservative sites, and that factor turned the 2016 election, “especially in states like Wisconsin, North Carolina and Pennsylvania,” where hapless Americans were unable to make educated choices without proper guidance from journalists.

“The results,” Shawn Musgrave and Matthew Nussbaum write, “show a clear correlation between low subscription rates and Trump’s success in the 2016 election, both against Hillary Clinton and when compared to Romney in 2012.” Setting aside the problem of correlational/causation and all that, every one of these stories is driven by the unstated notion that Clinton was predestined to win the 2016 election, and any other outcome means something went wrong. There’s simply no way, a year into Hillary’s presidency, that major outlets would be doing a deep dive into the viewing habits of urbanites to try and comprehend how they could have been crazy enough to elect her.

The bitterly clinging deplorable irredeemables have been losing interest in the Mainstream Media’s shoddy product for a lot longer than they’ve been voting for Trump.

VIDEO: Watch Ted Cruz Savage Mark Zuckerberg Over Facebook’s Liberal Bias: Cruz asked Zuckerberg if Facebook considered itself a ‘neutral public forum,’ making the Silicon Valley billionaire squirm.

TENSE: Donald Trump warns Putin his missiles are coming ‘fast and smart’ after Russia vowed to bomb US sites if it strikes Assad.

JON GABRIEL: Yes, Anti-Trumpism Is a Failure — And It Was Always Destined to Be One.

As any longtime reader knows, I was a Never Trumper throughout the election. But when the nation selected him, I laid down that label and accepted reality. Trump was my president for the next four to eight years, I earnestly hoped for his and my country’s success, and I would praise or criticize him based on his actions.

But if I were one of those dead-enders who kept fighting reality, the last thing I’d do is rehash the same failed strategy that didn’t stop him in 2016. What is obvious to any Army captain or novice entrepreneur was utterly lost on several of our most celebrated pundits and political strategists.

With Trump’s election, the political landscape changed, just as it did when Obama was elected. Declaring either presidency invalid — due to a Russian conspiracy or a forged birth certificate — was doomed to failure since the voters chose both of them. And mocking a president is easily blurred with mocking the millions who selected him.

It isn’t so much that the line is blurred, as it is that there is no line. Obama denigrated many who would become voters as “bitter clingers.” Clinton spoke openly of “deplorables” and “irredeemables.” And the chattering classes largely share those assessments.

The difference between Obama and Clinton is that he had the political skills to ride it out, and she did not.

HAS IT COME TO THIS? It’s Time For The United States To Divorce Before Things Get Dangerous.

PRIVACY: How Pizza Night Can Cost More in Data Than Dollars. “Even a low-key evening at home can mean handing over a trove of personal information to high-tech companies.”

Sally and Kristen haven’t hung out in forever, so Sally suggests taking a selfie.

After Sally uploads the photo to Facebook, the app suggests she tag Kristen based on its facial-recognition system, which Kristen has given permission to use.

Facebook could collect Sally’s location based on the IP address used to upload the photo, which it could use to suggest local events that might interest her or show her ads targeted at people near a specific place. Its system also analyzes the photo as it does with all images to make sure there’s no inappropriate content.

The rest of the unsettling details are behind the WSJ paywall, but you might find a backdoor here.

MOLON LABE: Comic Fan on Second Amendment: ‘Throw It Out.’

“THE EXECUTIVE POWER SHALL BE VESTED IN A PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.” Schumer: Trump firing Rosenstein would spark ‘constitutional crisis.’

FROM ALMA BOYKIN:  Strangely Familiar: A Familiar Tales Novella.

When a goth-gal gets a Familiar, everything changes.

Neither Jamie Macbeth nor Lelia Chan wanted Familiars. Now they have them, and Angus and Tay insist that their humans rise to the occasion. From inverted autos and giant cloven-hoof prints to attacking puzzle balls and the perils of shedding season, nothing’s quite the same once a Familiar saunters into the picture.

Especially when magic-workers start dying of unnatural causes. Or do they?

YES, INDEED.  CALIFORNIA IS A MODEL… OF INSANITY RUN RAMPANT:  LA Painting Streets White to Prevent Global Warming.