Get the Message: President Trump’s chief of communications Bill Shine announced that he’s resigning to spend more time with his family and work on the 2020 re-election campaign.

  The White House is putting a happy face on it, but it’s not a good development.

  Shine is the sixth person during the last two years to handle White House messaging under a President whose message can’t be managed. Reports say Trump has complained that his press coverage has not improved while Shine has worked for him, as if he has no responsibility for his own bad press. Shine was largely invisible during the government shutdown and didn’t make the trip to Vietnam for the summit with Kim Jong-un.

  Shine had been a powerful executive at Fox Newsbefore he was forced out in the network’s sexual harassment course correction. He spent a year looking for work before he was hired by Trump.

Lies and Lying Liars: President Trump claims that his former lawyer Michael Cohen lied to Congress when he said he never asked the President for a pardon.

  Trump tweeted, “Bad lawyer and fraudster Michael Cohen said under sworn testimony that he never asked for a Pardon. His lawyers totally contradicted him. He lied! Additionally, he directly asked me for a pardon. I said NO. He lied again! He also badly wanted to work at the White House. He lied!”

  It’s a credibility contest between a confessed liar, Cohen, and a pathological liar, the President. We’re going with the one who admits he’s a liar and agreed to go to prison for it.

Econ 101:The economy added only 20,000 jobs in February, a number that may be a fluke or a sign of a flop. The month-long government shutdown certainly depressed the job numbers, and the good news is that the chain of 101 months of job growth has not been broken. But that’s a number to cause concern.

  One possible explanation … or factor … is that the unemployment rate is 3.8 percent, what’s considered a full-employment economy. Workers are growing scarce and companies can’t hire people when who aren’t available.

Penalty Kick:As they prepare to defend their world title, members of the US women’s national soccer team filed a gender discrimination lawsuit against US Soccer on Friday, accusing the federation of paying women players less than men and giving them unequal playing conditions. 

  The women have been fighting for parity for years. They’ve won three World Cups while the US men have won no major titles and didn’t even qualify for the last World Cup. 

News About a Fake:“Empire” actor Jussie Smollett has been indicted on 16 counts of disorderly conduct for what police say was a false report that he was the target of a racist and gay-hating attack. The multiple counts list aspects of Smollett’s story, including claims that his attackers beat him, poured a chemical on him, and put a rope around his neck.

The Obit Page:The handsome and once-promising actor Jan-Michael Vincent, who starred as a daredevil helicopter pilot in the 1980s television series “Airwolf,” has died at the age of 74.

  Vincent appeared in movies alongside stars Charles Bronson and Burt Reynolds. He was in the television series “Winds of War,” but became a troubled alcoholic and drug addict, eventually retiring from acting.— New York Mafia boss Carmine “The Snake” Persico died at age 85 in a North Carolina prison while serving a 139-year sentence. He was boss of the notorious Colombo family. Persico got his nickname for double-crossing his allies. —  Dan Jenkins, who brought humor and irreverence to sports writing in 25 years with Sports Illustrated, has died at age 90. He wrote “Semi-Tough,” a sendup of professional football that became a sports writing classic.

Sleep Loss:Daylight Savings Time starts tomorrow. Set your clocks ahead one hour except in Arizona and Hawaii, which are in their own zones in more ways than one.

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