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8:30 PM ET, February 19, 2017

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Donald Trump / Aftonbladet:
In English: This happened in Sweden Friday night, Mr President  —  U.S. president Donald Trump gave a speech in Melbourne, Florida, Saturday evening.  —  While speaking about keeping America safe he mentioned the major terrorist attacks in Nice, Paris and Brussels - and in the same sentence …
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Sewell Chan / New York Times:
‘Last Night in Sweden’?  Trump's Remark Baffles a Nation  —  LONDON — Swedes reacted with confusion, anger and ridicule on Sunday to a vague remark by President Trump that suggested that something terrible had occurred in their country.  —  During a campaign-style rally on Saturday in Florida …
Reuters:
Trump baffles Sweden with crime comment, says it was based on TV report  —  A day after falsely suggesting there was an immigration-related security incident in Sweden, President Donald Trump said on Sunday his comment was based on a television report he had seen.
Jennifer Calfas / The Hill:
Sweden offers to teach Trump about its immigration policies  —  The Swedish Embassy in Washington, D.C., offered to teach President Trump's administration about the country's immigration policies after Trump caused a stir by falsely suggesting that Sweden had recently fallen victim to a terror attack linked to refugees.
Daniel Marans / The Huffington Post:
Donald Trump Appears To Make Up Sweden Terror Attack
Rebecca Savransky / The Hill:
Sweden asks US to clarify Trump's comments on Sweden incident
Harrison Jacobs / Business Insider:
Trump cited a nonexistent incident in Sweden during his rally on Saturday
Discussion: AOL, Politico and YouTube
New York Times:
A Back-Channel Plan for Ukraine and Russia, Courtesy of Trump Associates  —  A week before Michael T. Flynn resigned as national security adviser, a sealed proposal was hand-delivered to his office, outlining a way for President Trump to lift sanctions against Russia.
Josh Feldman / Mediaite:
Chris Wallace Grills Priebus on Trump's ‘Enemy’ Tweet: 'You Don't Get to Tell Us What to Do'  —  Fox's Chris Wallace put White House Chief of Staff Reince Priebus on the hot seat this morning over President Trump's tweet calling the press the “enemy” of the American people.
Discussion: Grabien News RSS and Joe.My.God.
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Eric Lichtblau / New York Times:
Democratic Member to Quit Election Commission, Setting Up Political Fight  —  WASHINGTON — A Democrat on the Federal Election Commission is quitting her term early because of the gridlock that has gripped the panel, offering President Trump an unexpected chance to shape political spending rules.
Discussion: Hot Air
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Ann Ravel:
Departing the Federal Election Commission
Discussion: Washington Post and Politico
Joe Schoffstall / Washington Free Beacon:
Internet-Regulating FEC Commissioner to Resign
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
Harry Siegel / New York Daily News:
Stephen Miller called Brooklyn U.S. Attorney at home and told him how to defend travel ban in court  —  In the chaotic hours after President Trump signed on a Friday afternoon the sloppily written executive order meant to fulfill his Muslim ban campaign promise, Stephen Miller called the home …
Discussion: emptywheel and Raw Story
Sabrina Tavernise / New York Times:
Are Liberals Helping Trump?  —  Jeffrey Medford, a small-business owner in South Carolina, voted reluctantly for Donald Trump.  As a conservative, he felt the need to choose the Republican.  But some things are making him feel uncomfortable — parts of Mr. Trump's travel ban, for example …
Dan Lamothe / Washington Post:
Defense Secretary Mattis disagrees with Trump, says he does not see media as the enemy  —  ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates — Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said Sunday that he does not see the press as the enemy of the American people, disagreeing with a claim made by President Trump on Friday.
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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Rand Paul: We're very lucky John McCain's not in charge
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit and The Week
NBC News:
McCain Warns Suppressing Press ‘Is How Dictators Get Started’
Susan Fowler / Susan J. Fowler:
Reflecting on one very, very strange year at Uber  —  As most of you know, I left Uber in December and joined Stripe in January.  I've gotten a lot of questions over the past couple of months about why I left and what my time at Uber was like.  It's a strange, fascinating …
Discussion: Axios, The Verge and Mashable
Vivian Salama / Associated Press:
SENIOR TRUMP APPOINTEE FIRED AFTER CRITICAL COMMENTS  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — A senior Trump administration official was fired following criticism in a private speech of President Donald Trump's policies and his inner circle of advisers.  —  Craig Deare, whom Trump appointed a month ago to head …
Discussion: AOL
Charlie Moore / Daily Mail:
Female headteacher is forced to work from home following death threats from Muslim parents over her ‘offensive clothes’ amid fears there is a ‘Trojan Horse’ plot to ‘Islamicise’ the school  —  A primary school headteacher has been forced to work from home by death threats from Muslim parents who hate her western values.
Fox News:
Melania Trump attacked for reciting 'The Lord's Prayer' at campaign rally  —  Leftists on social media tore into First Lady Melania Trump, mocking her accent and religion and branding her everything from a hostage to a whore - all for the secular offense of reciting “The Lord's Prayer.”
Jonathan Martin / New York Times:
With Coverage in Peril and Obama Gone, Health Law's Critics Go Quiet  —  WASHINGTON — For seven years, few issues have animated conservative voters as much as the repeal of the Affordable Care Act.  But with President Barack Obama out of office, the debate over “Obamacare” is becoming less about …
Ralph Ellis / CNN:
Surprise!  Trump hands the mic to supporter at Florida rally  —  (CNN)In what appeared to be an improvised moment, President Donald Trump invited one of his supporters to join him on stage and take the microphone during a rally in Melbourne, Florida, on Saturday night.
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Chris Enloe / TheBlaze:
Video surfaces of Milo Yiannopoulos defending pedophilia, ACU board reportedly not consulted on CPAC invite  —  The American Conservative Union, which hosts the annual gathering of conservatives called “CPAC,” announced over the weekend that alt-Right provocateur Milo Yiannopoulos would be this year's keynote speaker.
 
 
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Joseph Menn / Reuters:
U.S. inquiries into Russian election hacking include three FBI probes
Ben Farmer / Telegraph:
Russia plotted to overthrow Montenegro's government by assassinating Prime Minister Milo Djukanovic …
Jennifer Calfas / The Hill:
‘Impeach President Bannon’ signs pop up around country
Discussion: Raw Story
Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
Americans brimming with optimism on the economy
Discussion: Scared Monkeys
Megan Cassidy / Arizona Republic:
ICE calls Sheriff Paul Penzone's new Maricopa County jail policy ‘an immediate, dangerous change’
Fox News:
I'm a Democrat (and ex-CIA) but the spies plotting against Trump are out of control
Mark Hemingway / Weekly Standard:
Gnawing Anonymice
Corinne Segal / PBS NewsHour:
London mayor says ‘cruel’ Trump should be denied state visit
Discussion: The Hill and ThinkProgress
 Earlier Items: 
Robin Wright / New Yorker:
Trump's Flailing Foreign Policy Bewilders the World
Discussion: Balloon Juice
Wall Street Journal:
Trump Administration Considers Change in Calculating U.S. Trade Deficit
Discussion: Political Wire
Stan Collender / Forbes:
Trump's Very Dark Budget Black Magic Began Last Week
Aaron Short / New York Post:
Christie tells his staff he is taking White House job
Discussion: Politico and Political Wire
McKay Coppins / The Atlantic:
Donald Trump's Great Escape
Discussion: Axios and New York Times
David Chazan / Telegraph:
Workmen's cafe overwhelmed with customers after it is accidentally awarded a Michelin star
New York Times:
Breaking the Anti-Immigrant Fever
 

 
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Max Tani / @maxwelltani:
Memo: WaPo's Matt Murray lays out plans for WP Ventures, the “third newsroom”; Krissah Thompson will be editor and Samantha Henig will be general manager

Jack Dunn / Variety:
Trump appoints Mark Burnett, the British TV executive who created and produced the reality show The Apprentice, as a special envoy to the UK

Stephen Alpher / CoinDesk:
Rumble announces a $775M investment from Tether and plans to use $525M to fund a tender offer for ~70M shares of its common stock; RUM jumped 50%+ after hours

 
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