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8:00 PM ET, February 19, 2018

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CNN:
Exclusive: Mueller's interest in Kushner grows to include foreign financing efforts  —  Sources: Rick Gates close to plea deal  —  Washington (CNN)Special counsel Robert Mueller's interest in Jared Kushner has expanded beyond his contacts with Russia and now includes his efforts to secure financing …
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Margot Cleveland / The Federalist:
How A Plea Reversal From Michael Flynn Could Uncover More Federal Corruption  —  On Friday, Judge Emmet Sullivan issued an order in United States v. Flynn that, while widely unnoticed, reveals something fascinating: A motion by Michael Flynn to withdraw his guilty plea based on government misconduct is likely in the works.
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit and Daily Wire
Darren Samuelsohn / Politico:
Conservatives urge Trump to grant pardons in Russia probe  —  After months of criticizing special counsel Robert Mueller's Russia probe, President Donald Trump's supporters are issuing increasingly bold calls for presidential pardons to limit the investigation's impact.
Matthew Chapman / Shareblue Media:
Students who survived massacre refuse to pose for photo op with Trump  —  The students of Parkland, Florida, aren't letting anyone tell their stories for them — not even the president of the United States.  —  The students of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, refuse to be props for Trump's agenda.
Discussion: BostonGlobe.com, IJR and USA Today
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Madison Park / CNN:
Florida school shooter obtained 10 firearms  —  CNN will hold a town hall with the victims' classmates, parents and community members.  “Stand Up: The Students of Stoneman Douglas Demand Action” will air live Wednesday at 9 p.m. ET.  —  School shooter Nikolas Cruz will attend a 1 p.m. ET hearing …
Valerie Richardson / Washington Times:
Columbine survivor introduces bill to expand concealed-carry in schools
Eli Watkins / CNN:
Trump tweet angers survivors of Parkland shooting
Justin Baragona / Mediaite:
Florida Governor Rick Scott Won't Attend CNN Town Hall on Florida School Shooting
Discussion: Progressives Everywhere and CNN
Jonathan Lai / Philly.com:
Pa. gerrymandering case: State Supreme Court releases new congressional map for 2018 elections  —  The Pennsylvania Supreme Court on Monday released a new congressional district map to be used for the 2018 elections for U.S. House seats, its remedy for what it ruled was an unconstitutional partisan gerrymander …
Discussion: electionlawblog.org and BuzzFeed
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New York Times:
The New Pennsylvania House Districts Are In.  We Review the Mapmakers' Choices.  —  Reviewing the decisions made to redraw the map in one of the country's most gerrymandered states.
Associated Press:
Pennsylvania Supreme Court issues new election map
Discussion: The Week
Elena Schneider / Politico:
New Pennsylvania map gives Democrats big boost in midterms
Discussion: Axios
Jonathan Lai / Philly.com:
Pa. Supreme Court to offer new congressional map in gerrymandering saga. Here's what to expect.
Discussion: Political Wire
Alvin Chang / Vox:
Fox News's appalling past 72 hours, analyzed  —  A data analysis shows how Fox News spun the Mueller indictment and Florida shooting into a defense of the president.  —  On Friday, FBI special counsel Robert Mueller filed the first charges against Russians in his investigation.
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Byron York / Washington Examiner:
A non-alarmist reading of the Mueller Russia indictment
Paul Waldman / Washington Post:
President Trump is losing control
New York Times:
How Does Trump Stack Up Against the Best — and Worst — Presidents?  —  Where does Donald Trump rank on the list of American presidents?  —  We surveyed presidential politics experts to sketch out a first draft of Trump's place in presidential history.  —  Since our previous survey in 2014 …
Daily Mail:
EXCLUSIVE: Oops!  Sarah Huckabee Sanders cops to making a rare mistake and says Trump has not confirmed for WHCD yet - but WILL go to Gridiron  — The White House told DailyMail.com Monday that President Trump would attend the White House Correspondents' Dinner, but then walked it back
Discussion: Mediaite and The Right Scoop
Washington Post:
For the weary White House, Florida shooting offered a ‘reprieve’ from scandals … The White House was under siege.  —  Domestic abuse allegations against a senior aide were ignored, pointing to a potential high-level coverup.  Two Cabinet secretaries were caught charging taxpayers for luxury travel.
Lucian Wintrich / The Gateway Pundit:
EXPOSED: School Shooting Survivor Turned Activist David Hogg's Father in FBI, Appears To Have Been Coached On Anti-Trump Lines [VIDEO]  —  As previously reported:  —  In less than a week since they survived a mass murdering gunman attack on their school, two student who quickly became media stars …
Discussion: CNN
Jeffrey Toobin / New Yorker:
Trump's Miss Universe Gambit  —  For years, he used his beauty pageants to boost business interests abroad.  A 2013 contest, in Moscow, may also have helped give him the Presidency.  —  The first-round results of the 2013 Miss Universe pageant seem to have come as a surprise …
Discussion: Raw Story and Joe.My.God.
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Joe DePaolo / Mediaite:
Trump Reportedly Fixed the Miss Universe Pageant, Favoring Countries With Whom He Had Business Ties
Discussion: Politico
Alex Leary / Tampa Bay Times:
Rep. Tom Rooney will not seek re-election  —  Rooney has been frustrated with Washington  —  WASHINGTON - Florida Rep. Tom Rooney will not run for re-election, he announced on Monday.  —  “After what will be 10 years in the United States Congress representing the good people of Florida's Heartland …
Discussion: Axios and Joe.My.God.
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Congressman Thomas J. Rooney:
Rep. Tom Rooney Will Not Seek Re-Election in 2018
Annie Gowen / Washington Post:
Trump Jr. to give foreign policy speech while on ‘unofficial’ business trip to India … NEW DELHI — The president's eldest son, Donald Trump Jr., is making what's been dubbed an unofficial visit to India to promote his family's real estate projects.  But he's also planning to deliver …
Kristine Phillips / Washington Post:
Lawmaker who led #MeToo push invited staffer to play spin the bottle, complaint says … California Assemblywoman Cristina Garcia, one of the leading voices behind the #MeToo movement, is facing accusations that she sexually harassed staffers — including one who said she fired him after he refused …
Discussion: The Stranger …
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Alexei Koseff / Sacramento Bee:
Spin the bottle game among newest allegations against female lawmaker
Nina Burleigh / Newsweek:
HOW AN ALT-RIGHT BOT NETWORK TOOK DOWN AL FRANKEN  —  White nationalist provocateurs, a pair of fake news sites, an army of Twitter bots and other cyber tricks helped derail Democratic Senator Al Franken last year, new research shows.  —  While everyone has been focused on Russian meddling …
Discussion: Raw Story
Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
Trump hits golf course 3 days after visiting shooting victims  —  WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — President Trump  —  hit the golf course on Monday, three days after visiting people affected by the deadly school shooting in nearby Parkland, Fla.  —  The president arrived at the Trump International Golf Club …
Discussion: Joe.My.God. and Politico
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CBS News:
Oprah follows up with the partisan voters in Michigan
 
 
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Dan Wolken / USA Today:
Norway is dominating these Winter Olympics with a unique approach to sports
Discussion: Breitbart and Daily Wire
George Skelton / Los Angeles Times:
No one becomes a mass shooter without a mass-shooting gun
Discussion: Breitbart
Noga Tarnopolsky / Los Angeles Times:
Netanyahu in deeper peril as more Israeli officials are arrested on corruption charges
Ryan Grim / The Intercept:
Elizabeth Warren On Her Journey From Low-Information Voter
Axios:
Scoop: U.S. ambassador to Israel says massive settlement evacuation could spark civil war
New York Times:
Tax Overhaul Gains Public Support, Buoying Republicans
Discussion: Axios and The Daily Caller
 Earlier Items: 
Kurt Schlichter / Townhall.com:
Liberals Fail, Volume XXXVII
Discussion: 105.9 FM and AM 630
Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
The story behind the story: How the Rob Porter scandal broke
Discussion: KTLA and CNN
Doug Smith / Los Angeles Times:
L.A. County's homeless problem is worsening despite billions from tax measures
Discussion: Daily Wire
De Elizabeth / Vox:
As a teacher, shooter drills were bad. Being expected to die for my students was terrifying.
Discussion: Washington Post
New York Times:
Texas Democrat Writes Giant-Killer Narrative One Livestream at a Time
Discussion: Balloon Juice
Kate Buck / Metro.co.uk:
Passenger drops farts so putrid pilot is forced to make emergency landing
Discussion: The Daily Caller and Fox News
Jill Abramson / New York Magazine:
Do You Believe Her Now?  —  With new evidence that Clarence Thomas lied …
Discussion: Daily Wire and National Review
 

 
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Jessica Toonkel / Wall Street Journal:
A deep dive into Paramount's sale to Skydance; sources: Skydance may integrate Pluto into Paramount+, and CBS head George Cheeks is expected to be head of TV

Cecilia D'Anastasio / Bloomberg:
Riot Games says it spent $250M on an unusual deal to finance two seasons of League of Legends show Arcane on Netflix; sources: there was no plan to recoup costs

Kimberly Nordyke / The Hollywood Reporter:
News Corp and Telstra agree to sell Australian pay TV company Foxtel Group to sports streaming platform DAZN in a deal worth ~$2.1B
 
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