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1:55 PM ET, February 20, 2017

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Swedish police featured in Fox News segment: Filmmaker is a madman  —  Trump's comments about Sweden during his rally in Melbourne, Florida, spawned headlines in newspapers all around the world.  The American president later clarified on Twitter, saying that he was referring to a segment …
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Trump may have been unclear, but Sweden experiencing a migrant crime wave  —  Police investigator Peter Springare isn't likely to be among those mocking President Trump for his remarks about refugees in Sweden.  —  Trump's comments during a Florida campaign rally on Saturday …
Jennifer Calfas / The Hill:
Former Swedish PM: More murders in Florida where Trump spoke than in Sweden last year  —  Former Swedish Prime Minister Carl Bildt responded to President Trump's remarks on Sweden again — this time with statistics on the country's crime rates.  —  In a tweet Monday morning …
Discussion: RedState and Joe.My.God.
Milo Yiannopoulos / Facebook:
A note for idiots (UPDATED):  —  I do not support pedophilia.  Period.  It is a vile and disgusting crime, perhaps the very worst.  There are selectively edited videos doing the rounds, as part of a co-ordinated effort to discredit me from establishment Republicans, that suggest I am soft on the subject.
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Leon Wolf / TheBlaze:
ACU board bewildered by Milo Yiannopoulos CPAC invitation, may revolt at this week's meeting  —  Every year, the American Conservative Union hosts the Conservative Political Action Conference, one of the largest gatherings of conservative activists in the country.
Chris Enloe / TheBlaze:
Video surfaces of Milo Yiannopoulos defending pedophilia, ACU board reportedly not consulted on CPAC invite
Matthew Yglesias / Vox:
33 questions about Donald Trump and Russia  —  There's an awful lot of loose ends here.  —  Michael Flynn's resignation — under fire — as national security adviser has the larger question of Donald Trump's relationship with Russia back in the news.  It's a story that centers on three big …
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Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
A Big Shoe Just Dropped
Jennifer Calfas / The Hill:
Thousands expected to attend ‘Not My Presidents Day’ rallies across the country  —  Tens of thousands of protesters are expected to attend demonstrations across the country to rally against President Trump on President's Day.  —  Protesters have used the federal holiday to organize …
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Graydon Carter / Vanity Fair:
Trump's White House: The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight  —  The Constitution-straining conflicts surrounding the president, his top aides, some of his children, and his licensing-and-development business are a problem with no end in sight.  —  We aren't even a third of the way through …
Helene Cooper / New York Times:
Jim Mattis to Baghdad: 'We're Not in Iraq to Seize Anybody's Oil'  —  BAGHDAD — Defense Secretary Jim Mattis arrived in Baghdad on Monday, promising that, despite what President Trump said last month, the administration would not try to seize Iraq's oil.  —  Nor, he said, would the …
Discussion: The Daily Caller and rubber hose
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Associated Press:
Mattis: No plan to seize Iraqi oil
Discussion: Daily Kos and Political Wire
Dan Lamothe / Washington Post:
'We're not in Iraq to seize anybody's oil:' Pentagon chief arrives in Iraq with a message of cooperation
Ian Swanson / The Hill:
NBC: Russia setting up dossier on Trump  —  A dossier on President Trump's psychological makeup is being prepared for Russian President Vladimir Putin, according to a report Monday by NBC News.  —  A senior Kremlin adviser describing the dossier to NBC said Trump is a “risk-taker” who can be “naïve.”
Discussion: RedState
Avalon Zoppo / NBC News:
Employees Across U.S. Fired After Joining ‘Day Without Immigrants’ Protest  —  More than 100 protesters across the country were fired from their jobs after skipping work to take part in last week's “Day Without Immigrants” demonstration.  —  Restaurants and day cares were among the businesses …
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WCMH-TV:
Workers fired after participating in ‘A Day Without Immigrants’ strike
Discussion: Fox News and IJR
Nick Corasaniti / New York Times:
Joe Piscopo Considers Running for Governor of New Jersey.  No Joke.  —  He found fame in the 1980s impersonating Frank Sinatra, President Ronald Reagan and countless others on “Saturday Night Live,” followed by numerous Hollywood gigs, stand-up routines and a drive-time radio show.
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Jamie Schram / New York Post:
Russian ambassador to UN rushed to hospital  —  Russia's ambassador to the United Nations was rushed to a Manhattan hospital Monday morning after suffering heart problems, sources told The Post.  —  Vitaly Churkin was at the Russian embassy on East 67th Street when he became sick with a …
Bob Price / Breitbart:
DHS Authorizes Hiring 10K Immigration Officers  —  Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary John F. Kelly authorized the hiring of an additional 10,000 Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents and enforcement officers.  The move by DHS delivers on a promise made by President Donald …
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
Patricia Sullivan / Washington Post:
Va. Democrats to challenge GOP state lawmakers in each district Clinton won  —  Buoyed by a wave of progressive activism that began after the election of President Trump, Virginia Democrats plan to challenge 45 GOP incumbents in the deep-red House of Delegates this November …
Discussion: Political Wire
Associated Press:
AP source: Revised travel ban targets same countries  —  WASHINGTON — A draft of President Donald Trump's revised immigration ban targets the same seven countries listed in his original executive order and exempts travelers who already have a visa to travel to the U.S., even if they haven't used it yet.
Discussion: AOL, alan.com, Daily Kos and Common Dreams
Tim Skoczek / CNN:
Lewandowski: Trump's staff is letting him down  —  The Axe Files, featuring David Axelrod, is a podcast distributed by CNN and produced at the University of Chicago Institute of Politics.  The author works for the podcast.  —  Chicago (CNN)President Donald Trump has been hampered …
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 …
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Paul Bedard / Washington Examiner:
ICE: 950,000 illegals with ‘removal orders’ free, raids get just a sliver
CNN:
Pence met with open skepticism in Brussels
Discussion: Politico and IJR
Foreign Policy:
President Trump's Terrible One-Month Report Card
John Hinderaker / Power Line:
Trump 4, Politifact 1  —  Now that Donald Trump is president …
Discussion: PolitiFact
Natalie Andrews / Wall Street Journal:
Justin Amash Emerges as Leading Critic of Fellow Republican Donald Trump
Discussion: Cafe Hayek
Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
Could reporters be hunted down if Trump goes after leakers?
John Fund / National Review:
Trump Is a Lot Like the LBJ Whom Liberals Still Idolize
Discussion: USA Today and Real Clear Politics
 Earlier Items: 
Sarah Lyall / New York Times:
Liberals Are Still Angry, but Merrick Garland Has Reached Acceptance
Discussion: Althouse
Jenny Gold / CNN:
‘Post-election stress disorder’ strikes on both sides
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Matt Wilstein / The Daily Beast:
Judd Apatow Denounces Trump in Epic Stand-Up Set: 'I Feel Like I've Just Been Raped'
Discussion: Breitbart, Mediaite and TheBlaze
Lucy Pasha-Robinson / The Independent:
Donald Trump is right, there was a recent attack in Sweden. By neo-Nazis on a refugee centre
Jim Rutenberg / New York Times:
In Trump's Volleys, Echoes of Alex Jones's Conspiracy Theories
Karol Markowicz / New York Post:
Lefties keep showing off their civic ignorance
Jenna Johnson / Washington Post:
Trump supporters see a successful president — and are frustrated with critics who don't
 

 
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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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