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3:10 AM ET, February 26, 2018

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Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Exclusive: Trump privately talks up executing all big drug dealers  —  In Singapore, the death penalty is mandatory for drug trafficking offenses.  And President Trump loves it.  He's been telling friends for months that the country's policy to execute drug traffickers is the reason its drug consumption rates are so low.
Discussion: Raw Story, CNBC and Mediaite
Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Exclusive: Trump privately pushing personal pilot to run FAA  —  The president's personal pilot is on the administration's short list to head the Federal Aviation Administration.  Trump has told a host of administration officials and associates that he wants John Dunkin — his longtime personal pilot …
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John Wagner / Washington Post:   Trump's personal pilot ‘in the mix’ to lead the Federal Aviation Administration
Max Boot / Washington Post:
If this is what conservatism has become, count me out  —  I'm used to being vilified by the far left as a bloodthirsty neocon warmonger for the Original Sin of having supported the invasion of Iraq along with 72 percent of the American public.  It has been a little more surprising …
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Mona Charen / New York Times:
I'm Glad I Got Booed at CPAC  —  I've been a conservative my entire life.  I fell hard for William F. Buckley as a teenager and my first job was as editorial assistant at Buckley's National Review, followed by stints writing speeches for first lady Nancy Reagan and then working for the Gipper himself.
Monica Lewinsky / Vanity Fair:
Emerging from “the House of Gaslight” in the Age of #MeToo  —  On the 20th anniversary of the Starr investigation, which introduced her to the world, the author reflects on the changing nature of trauma, the de-evolution of the media, and the extraordinary hope now provided by the #MeToo movement.
Discussion: Jezebel
Phil McCausland / NBC News:
Ivanka Trump: Arming teachers an option that ‘needs to be discussed’  —  Ivanka Trump said in an exclusive interview with NBC News on Sunday that her father's suggestion of arming teachers is an option worth discussing.  The president made the proposal after a gunman killed 17 people at a high school in Parkland, Florida, this month.
Discussion: IJR
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Donald Kirk / The Daily Beast:
Ivanka Trump at the Winter Olympics Closing Ceremony: At Least She Was Better Than Mike Pence
Salvador Hernandez / BuzzFeed:
Records Show Far More Calls For Sheriff's Deputies To Visit Suspected Florida Shooter's Home  —  Broward County sheriff's officials have publicly insisted they responded to just 23 calls regarding the suspected Florida school shooter and his family over the years, but records obtained BuzzFeed News show at least 22 more.
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National Review:
Broward's Cowards  —  The failure of the Broward County sheriff's …
Marc Caputo / Politico:   Scott calls for probe into Broward sheriff shooting response, but not suspension
Andrew C. McCarthy / National Review:
The Schiff Memo Harms Democrats More Than It Helps Them  —  It confirms that the FBI and the DOJ relied heavily on uncorroborated, third-hand, anonymous sources in their FISA application.  —  Maybe Adam Schiff has more of a sense of humor than I'd have given him credit for.
Discussion: New York Times
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Byron York / Washington Examiner:
Assessing the new Democratic intel memo
Discussion: Fox News and Power Line
The Daily Beast:
Trump Claims Democrats' Memo ‘Really Verifies’ GOP Memo
Discussion: CNN
Peter Nicholas / Wall Street Journal:
White House Legal Team Considers Ways Trump Could Testify Before Mueller  —  Possible options include written answers to special counsel's questions or limited verbal testimony by president  —  President Donald Trump's lawyers are considering ways for him to testify before special counsel Robert Mueller …
Bronte Coy / NEWS.com.au:
Fire And Fury author Michael Wolff flees Today interview after questions over Trump's affairs  —  THE author of an explosive book about Donald Trump abruptly killed his interview with Today's Ben Fordham after one curly question he clearly didn't like.  —  Trump author flees Today interview0:38
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Jacqueline Thomsen / The Hill:
Trump campaign uses image of Fla. shooting survivor in email asking for donations  —  's reelection campaign on Saturday used an image of a survivor of the recent Florida school shooting in an email asking for donations from its supporters.  —  The email led with an image of Trump …
The Daily Beast:
Trump's Longtime Lawyer, Michael Cohen, Knows Way Too Much.  So Why is He Still in Exile? … Before his remarks at a $35,000-per-plate fundraiser last June in Miami, Florida, President Donald Trump took the podium to acknowledge his biggest boosters in the crowd.
New York Times:
Behind a Key Anti-Labor Case, a Web of Conservative Donors  —  In the summer of 2016, government workers in Illinois received a mailing that offered them tips on how to leave their union.  By paying a so-called fair-share fee instead of standard union dues, the mailing said …
Christina Caron / New York Times:
C.D.C. Employee Is Missing Nearly Two Weeks After Leaving Work Sick  —  The authorities in Atlanta announced a $10,000 reward for information leading to an arrest and indictment in the case of a missing Centers for Disease Control and Prevention employee who disappeared about two weeks ago.
Tom Phillips / The Guardian:
Xi Jinping to cement his power with plan to scrap two-term limit  —  China's Communist party chiefs propose constitutional change to allow president to stay on … The Chinese leader, Xi Jinping, already considered the country's most dominant since Mao Zedong, looks to have further cemented …
Discussion: The Daily Beast and xinhuanet.com
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New York Times:
China Moves to Let President Xi Stay in Power, Ending Term Limit
Discussion: New York Magazine
Emily Rauhala / Washington Post:
China proposes removal of two-term limit, potentially paving way for President Xi Jinping to stay on
Discussion: Bloomberg, CNN and Political Wire
David Weigel / Washington Post:
Feinstein loses California Democratic Party's endorsement  —  California Democrats rebuked Sen. Dianne Feinstein at their annual convention this weekend, denying her the party's endorsement in this year's Senate race and giving a majority of their votes to her liberal primary challenger.
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USA Today:
Poll: Americans support tougher gun laws, don't expect Congress to act  —  WASHINGTON — Americans overwhelmingly support tougher gun laws, a new USA TODAY/Suffolk University Poll finds, but they also overwhelmingly agree on this: Congress isn't likely to act anytime soon.
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Anthony Swofford / New York Times:
I Was a Marine. I Don't Want a Gun in My Classroom.
CNN:
CNN Poll: Trump approval slides, matches lowest point of presidency  —  WASHINGTON (CNN)President Donald Trump's approval rating in a new CNN poll conducted by SSRS stands at 35%, down five points over the last month to match his lowest level yet.  —  The slide follows a January bump …
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Shannon Valladolid / 10NEWS:
Florida Gun Show sees “record number” of attendees despite gun control debate
Discussion: Breitbart and The Gateway Pundit
Emilia Petrarca / thecut:
Purse-Carrying Drones Hovered Down the Dolce & Gabbana Runway
Discussion: Mashable
Jackie Wattles / CNNMoney:
Warren Buffett's annual letter: Berkshire got a $29 billion gift from new tax code
ABC News:
Michelle Obama set to release memoir
Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Inside the White House trade fights
San Francisco Chronicle:
Warning of ICE sweep, Oakland mayor takes Trump resistance to new level
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Daniel Strauss / Politico:
GOP governors keep their distance from Missouri's Greitens
Discussion: Associated Press
Friendly Atheist:
Louisiana College Allegedly Wouldn't Hire Coach Because of His “Jewish Blood”
New York Post:
These heroic cops ran toward Florida school shooting
Discussion: USA Today and Daily Wire
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Jamie Lovegrove / Post and Courier:
As 2020 Democratic primary warms up, LA Mayor Eric Garcetti stakes early claim to South Carolina
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