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3:30 PM ET, February 20, 2017

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Milo Yiannopoulos / Facebook:
I am a gay man, and a child abuse victim.  —  I would like to restate my utter disgust at adults who sexually abuse minors.  I am horrified by pedophilia and I have devoted large portions of my career as a journalist to exposing child abusers.  I've outed three of them, in fact -\-\ three more than most of my critics.
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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.
The Daily Beast:
CPAC Disinvites Milo Yiannopoulos, Despite His Attempt at Contrition  —  Milo Yiannopoulos, the conservative provocateur and face of the alt-right, has been disinvited from the Conservative Political Action Conference after a recording surfaced where he appeared to defend pedophilia.
Matthew Nussbaum / Politico:
Milo Yiannopoulos disinvited from CPAC slot amid tape controversy  —  Milo Yiannopoulos lost his keynote speaking slot at the Conservative Political Action Conference after tapes surfaced of the right wing provocateur and senior Breitbart editor advocating for sexual relationships between “younger boys and older men.”
Discussion: ABC News and The Week
Margaret Hartmann / New York Magazine:
CPAC Blasted for Milo Yiannopoulos Invite After Pedophilia Remarks Resurface
DN.SE:
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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Fox News:
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: The Guardian, RedState and Joe.My.God.
Sam Stein / The Huffington Post:
Trump's Former Aide Concedes There Was No Voter Fraud In New Hampshire  —  Corey Lewandowski is not reading from the same script.  —  In a rare bit of message contradiction within the ranks, Donald Trump's first campaign manager, Corey Lewandowski, conceded there was no evidence …
Discussion: CNN
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Tim Skoczek / CNN:
Lewandowski: Trump's staff is letting him down
Discussion: RedState
Rebecca Savransky / The Hill:   Lewandowski says he didn't see evidence of Trump's voter fraud claims in New Hampshire
Mickey White / RedState:
The Usual People Plan 'Not My President's Day' Protests in the Usual Places  —  Hey, Hillary Clinton supporters are having another protest.  Today it's called the “Not My President's Day” Rally.  NBC News also lumped the protests over the weekend into the event.
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Chelsea Bailey / NBC News:
President Trump Officially Won't Be the Shortest-Serving U.S. President
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 …
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CNN:
Vitaly Churkin, Russia's ambassador to UN, dies suddenly at 64
Discussion: alan.com
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 …
Discussion: Taylor Marsh
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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 and Balloon Juice
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 …
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
Thomas E. Ricks / Foreign Policy:
Last man standing: McMaster for NSA?  —  I think Army Lt. Gen. H.R. McMaster will be the next national security advisor.  Like Vice Adm. Bob Harward, General David Petraeus reportedly has withdrawn over the issue of being able to bring in his own staff.  And Lt. Gen. Keith Kellogg …
Discussion: Washington Post and Axios
Steve Berman / The Resurgent:
The Hill reported Monday morning: … I'm still smarting from the decision by ACU to invite Milo to begin with.  It was a bonehead move worthy of a group that decided suicide would be better than actual conservative thought.  —  We will now dispense with further discussion of Milo Yiannopoulos.
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
Learning Eye-Popping Details About Mr Sater  —  As I noted in my previous post, I've been keenly interested in Donald Trump's association with Felix Sater going back to last Spring.  I also knew he had been an FBI informant and leveraged that status to dramatically reduce his sentence in a major financial crime.
Jim Rutenberg / New York Times:
In Trump's Volleys, Echoes of Alex Jones's Conspiracy Theories  —  Way back on Friday, President Trump declared that several news organizations — ABC, CBS, CNN, NBC, The New York Times — were “the enemy of the American people.”  You know who's not the enemy, in his book?  —  Alex Jones.
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.
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 …
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
CNN:
Pence met with open skepticism in Brussels  —  Brussels (CNN)Even as he worked to assure European leaders that the Trump administration isn't looking to scrap longstanding transatlantic ties, Vice President Mike Pence was met with outward skepticism from the bloc's top leaders on Monday.
Discussion: Politico and IJR
 
 
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Glenn Harlan Reynolds / USA Today:
Trump and the crisis of the meritocracy: Glenn Reynolds
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Vinson Cunningham / New Yorker:
Will Keith Ellison Move the Democrats Left?
Will Bunch / Philly.com:
Journalists can't save a free press in Trump's America. Only you can
Rob Shimshock / The Daily Caller:
College Writing Center Declares American Grammar A ‘Racist,’ ‘Unjust Language Structure’
Bob Price / Breitbart:
DHS Authorizes Hiring 10K Immigration Officers
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Paul Bedard / Washington Examiner:
ICE: 950,000 illegals with ‘removal orders’ free, raids get just a sliver
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
Foreign Policy:
President Trump's Terrible One-Month Report Card
Natalie Andrews / Wall Street Journal:
Justin Amash Emerges as Leading Critic of Fellow Republican Donald Trump
Discussion: Liberal Values and Cafe Hayek
John Fund / National Review:
Trump Is a Lot Like the LBJ Whom Liberals Still Idolize
Discussion: USA Today and Real Clear Politics
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: RedState, Breitbart, Mediaite and TheBlaze
Karol Markowicz / New York Post:
Lefties keep showing off their civic ignorance
Helene Cooper / New York Times:
Jim Mattis to Baghdad: 'We're Not in Iraq to Seize Anybody's Oil'
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