Shanahan’s expected promotion to permanently head the Defense Department has stalled amid an ethics investigation and a series of unimpressive public performances, according to four people with knowledge of internal White House discussions. https://politi.co/2TTyqcJ | @politico

Dan Crenshaw was the admin of a racist conspiracy group (http://mm4a.org/44i) whose other admins called Islam a "cancer" and said BLM was worse thank the KKK (http://mm4a.org/Zjw) -- but sure, let's hear what he has to say about identity politics. (h/t: @revrrlewis)

After Mueller: An Off-Ramp on Russia for the Venal Fucks https://www.emptywheel.net/2019/03/23/after-mueller-an-off-ramp-on-russia-for-the-venal-fucks/

The British entrepreneur Arron Banks financed and directed an aggressive Brexit campaign. Now the National Crime Agency—Britain’s version of the F.B.I.—is investigating his ties to Russia: http://nyer.cm/xIWddZ1

Cruise ship Viking Sky being evacuated of its 1,300 passengers and crew off west coast of #Norway after it lost propulsion power and dropped anchor in storm conditions with waves up to 9 meters high. https://www.nrk.no/nyheter/cruiseskip-i-vanskeligheter-1.14487440 @VikingCruises

** Chelsea's support committee demands that Chelsea be immediately released from "administrative segregation" (solitary confinement) Statement: https://xychelsea.is/?page_id=28

New: Ransomware forced two American chemicals companies to order “hundreds of new computers.” The companies are Hexion and Momentive. And the ransomware appears to be LockerGoga, same one that hit Norsk Hydro. https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/8xyj7g/ransomware-forces-two-chemical-companies-to-order-hundreds-of-new-computers

On the evening Robert Mueller submitted his report to the Justice Department, President Trump was on the tiled patio of Mar-a-Lago, bathed in golden light, with his wife and son Barron, who had reached teenagerhood two days earlier https://cnn.it/2FvEDTi