memeorandum: Republicans can't wait to debate Medicare for All (Alice Miranda Ollstein/Politico)

10:55 AM ET, February 10, 2019

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20 years, 700 victims: Southern Baptist sexual abuse spreads as leaders resist reforms — Thirty-five years later, Debbie Vasquez's voice trembled as she described her trauma to a group of Southern Baptist leaders. — She was 14, she said, when she was first molested by her pastor in Sanger …

Discussion: Russell Moore and The American Conservative

Washington Post:

Border talks at impasse as shutdown looms Friday, officials say — Bipartisan talks aimed at resolving the border wall dispute and averting a government shutdown Friday have broken down and are at an impasse, two people familiar with the situation said Sunday.

Discussion: POLITICUSUSA and The Guardian

Elena Schneider / Politico:

Klobuchar's opening pitch sidetracked by staff horror stories — MINNEAPOLIS — Sen. Amy Klobuchar is pitching herself for the White House as the common-sense Midwestern answer to President Donald Trump — while former staffers portray her as a brutal boss who mistreated them.

Discussion: Axios and TheBlaze

Dan Merica / CNN:

Klobuchar expected to announce 2020 presidential bid — Minneapolis (CNN)Sen. Amy Klobuchar is expected to announce a presidential bid on Sunday, people close to her tell CNN, vaulting the three-term senator from Minnesota into the crowded field of Democrats angling to take on Trump in 2020.

Alice Miranda Ollstein / Politico:

Republicans can't wait to debate Medicare for All — The only people more eager than progressive Democrats for hearings on Medicare for All are conservative Republicans. — GOP lawmakers, fresh off an electoral shellacking fueled in large part by health care concerns …

Discussion: Partnership …

Politico:

Shutdown talks stalled — A stopgap Homeland Security bill is being discussed now. — Negotiations to avert another government shutdown have stalled, leaving lawmakers in the same place they've been for months. — Although lawmakers were optimistic going into the weekend about reaching …

Discussion: Axios and The Daily Beast

Daily Mail:

Mother, 38, is arrested in front of her children and locked in a cell for seven HOURS after calling a transgender woman a man on Twitter — More than two months after her arrest and she has had neither her mobile phone or laptop returned — A mother was arrested in front of her children …

Discussion: Breitbart and Louder With Crowder

Washington Post:

Virginians are split on governor's fate amid blackface scandal, poll shows — Virginians are deadlocked over whether Gov. Ralph Northam (D) should step down after the emergence of a photo on his 1984 medical school yearbook page depicting people in blackface and Ku Klux Klan garb …

Discussion: JustOneMinute, Outside the Beltway, The Week, Breitbart, Axios, Talking Points Memo, Politico and New York Times

Washington Post:
Va. Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax renews his denials and asks for an FBI investigation into assault accusations against him

Discussion: Axios, Breitbart, POLITICUSUSA, The Daily Caller, The Daily Beast and Talking Points Memo

Washington Post:
Virginians are split on governor's fate amid blackface scandal

Discussion: The Week and Politico

New York Times:
Justin Fairfax Puts Virginia Democrats in Bind on Impeachment

Discussion: Townhall, PJ Media Home, Outside the Beltway, CNN, The Hill, The Week, JustOneMinute, ThinkProgress and Washington Post

Eliza Relman / Business Insider:

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's staff says a document that supported paying Americans ‘unwilling to work’ was accidentally released, here's what that means — On Thursday, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and dozens of allies unveiled a roadmap for an ambitious new policy proposal: the Green New Deal.

Discussion: twitchy.com and Townhall

The Daily Caller:
Ocasio-Cortez's Adviser Went Viral For What He Told Tucker Carlson — But He Got It Wrong

Discussion: Washington Examiner, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, Hot Air, Daily Wire, Mediaite, TheBlaze, Breitbart and Patterico's Pontifications

Amy B Wang / Washington Post:
A Texas councilman called Ocasio-Cortez a ‘bimbo’ on Twitter. He's deleted his account.

Discussion: Breitbart, New York Daily News and Raw Story

Committee on Foreign Affairs:

McCaul Statement on Administration's Response to Magnitsky Act — Media Contact: caroline.campbell@mail.house.gov — Washington D.C. - House Foreign Affairs Lead Republican Michael McCaul (R-TX) released the following statement in response to the Administration's failure to meet …

Discussion: Mediaite and New York Times, more at Mediagazer »

Paul Schwartzman / Washington Post:

Michael Cohen's secret agenda … NEW YORK — At first, Michael Cohen appeared indifferent as he listened to the group of Republican leaders urge his boss to run for governor. — It was the fall of 2013, and Donald Trump was already fixated on “the big thing,” as he referred to running for president.

Discussion: Politico and Raw Story

Michael Brice-Saddler / Washington Post:

This petty poster war says everything you need to know about the immigration debate in Congress — There may be no better way to understand the immigration debate on Capitol Hill than to take a walk through the second floor of the Rayburn House Office Building.

Discussion: ImmigrationProf Blog

Katha Pollitt / New York Times:

Day Care for All — The progressive to-do list is missing a very important idea. — Ms. Pollitt is a columnist at The Nation. — When Bernie Sanders ran for president, he promised to fight for free public college, universal health insurance and a $15 minimum wage.

Jim Clifton / Gallup:

What If There Were 42 Million at the Border? — Here's a good question about caravans: How many more are coming? — Gallup asked the whole population of Latin America. There are 33 countries in Latin America and the Caribbean. Roughly 450 million adults live in the region.

Discussion: RedState, The Gateway Pundit, Breitbart, illegal immigration … and Front Page Magazine

Luke Kenton / Associated Press:

Google is accused of doing a deal with Russia to censor Government-banned websites from its searches — The deal was struck after Google repeatedly breached Russian laws introduced in 2017, according to a local newspaper — California-based Google were fined $7,500 by the Russia government for refusing to comply with the law

BBC:

Turkey demands China close camps after reports of musician's death — Turkey has called on China to close its detention camps following the reported death of a renowned musician from the ethnic Uighur minority. — Abdurehim Heyit is thought to have been serving an eight-year sentence …

Noor Al-Sibai / Raw Story:

West Virginia GOP lawmaker compares gays to the Ku Klux Klan after using ‘f*ggot’ on the House floor — A West Virginia Republican delegate compared gay people to the KKK — and drew ire for making homophobic remarks for the second time last week. — The Charleston Gazette-Mail reported …

Discussion: The Root