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4:20 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.
Margaret Hartmann / New York Magazine:
CPAC Blasted for Milo Yiannopoulos Invite After Pedophilia Remarks Resurface
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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
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 …
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Palegroove / CNN:
Ep.  123 - Corey Lewandowski |  The Axe Files with David Axelrod  —  Corey Lewandowski, the campaign manager to Donald Trump throughout the Republican primary, talks with David Axelrod about the career he led prior to becoming a figure in national politics, his response to reports alleging …
Discussion: Mediaite
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
Bill Neely / NBC News:
Russia Compiles Psychological Dossier on Trump for Putin  —  MOSCOW — A dossier on Donald Trump's psychological makeup is being prepared for Russian President Vladimir Putin.  —  Among its preliminary conclusions is that the new American leader is a risk-taker who can be naïve, according to a senior Kremlin adviser.
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Ian Swanson / The Hill:
NBC: Russia setting up dossier on Trump
Discussion: RedState
Matthew Yglesias / Vox:
33 questions about Donald Trump and Russia
Discussion: Taylor Marsh and New York Times
Chelsea Bailey / NBC News:
President Trump Officially Won't Be the Shortest-Serving U.S. President  —  This Presidents Day, as thousands prepare to swarm the streets for anti-administration rallies, President Donald Trump has reached his 32nd day in office, and will soon surpass the record for the shortest term in the Oval Office.
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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
Lindsay Ellis / Houston Chronicle:
Jewish community center evacuated after bomb threat  —  A non-credible bomb threat called into Houston's Evelyn Rubenstein Jewish Community Center jolted staff and students on Monday morning.  —  The call was part of the latest wave of threats targeting these schools and gathering places this year …
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Jerusalem Post:   Wave of bomb threats continues against US Jewish community centers
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
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: Axios
Peter Baker / New York Times:
Trump Chooses H.R. McMaster as National Security Adviser  —  WASHINGTON — President Trump picked Lt. Gen. H.R. McMaster, a widely respected military strategist, as his new national security adviser on Monday, calling him “a man of tremendous talent and tremendous experience.”
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.
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.
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.
 
 
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Bloomberg:
Le Pen Gains in French Polls as Security Concerns Win Voters
Discussion: Political Wire
Jeb Lund / Esquire:
Dispatches from the Saturday night Trump rally.
Discussion: Hullabaloo
ABC News:
Trump tries to move past controversies, toward legislating
Discussion: Politico and Associated Press
Steve Berman / The Resurgent:
The Hill reported Monday morning: … I'm still smarting …
Glenn Harlan Reynolds / USA Today:
Trump and the crisis of the meritocracy: Glenn Reynolds
Discussion: Rush
Rob Shimshock / The Daily Caller:
College Writing Center Declares American Grammar A ‘Racist,’ ‘Unjust Language Structure’
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Bob Price / Breitbart:
DHS Authorizes Hiring 10K Immigration Officers
CNN:
Pence met with open skepticism in Brussels
Discussion: Politico and IJR
Foreign Policy:
President Trump's Terrible One-Month Report Card
Graydon Carter / Vanity Fair:
Trump's White House: The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight
Avalon Zoppo / NBC News:
Employees Across U.S. Fired After Joining ‘Day Without Immigrants’ Protest
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
 

 
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