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5:45 PM ET, February 12, 2019

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Ken Dilanian / NBC News:
Senate has uncovered no direct evidence of conspiracy between Trump campaign and Russia  —  “We were never going find a contract signed in blood saying, 'Hey Vlad, we're going to collude,” one Democratic aide said.  —  WASHINGTON — After two years and 200 interviews, the Senate Intelligence Committee …
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CNN:
Warner splits with Burr on collusion question  —  Sen. Burr: Our involvement in Comey firing done  —  (CNN)Sen. Mark Warner, the top Democrat on the Senate Intelligence Committee, rejected Republican Chairman Richard Burr's recent statements that the committee has not found evidence of collusion …
Byron York / Washington Examiner:
Trump tax returns: House Democrats ready for ultimate fishing expedition
Discussion: Raw Story
BBC:
Trump supporter attacks BBC cameraman at El Paso rally  —  A supporter of US President Donald Trump has attacked a BBC cameraman at a campaign rally in El Paso, Texas.  —  Sporting a Make America Great Again cap, the man shoved and swore at the BBC's Ron Skeans and other news crews before being pulled away.
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Jon Sopel / BBC:
Why the attack on our cameraman was no surprise  —  I would really love to be able to say when I heard about the attack on our cameraman Ron Skeans that I was surprised.  Or shocked even.  I wasn't.  —  Once I found out that he was OK, and that the rest of the team were OK, I thought this was a pretty unsurprising event.
Rebecca Morin / Politico:
El Paso Fire Department denies Trump's crowd claim at rally  —  The El Paso Fire Department late Monday denied President Donald Trump's claim that officials gave him special permission to pack more people in to his rally than the facility allowed.  —  During his rally at the El Paso County Coliseum …
Iliana Magra / New York Times:
BBC Camera Operator Is Attacked at Trump Rally
Discussion: Outside the Beltway and IJR
Andrew Egger / The Bulwark:
The Wall Is in Their Hearts  —  “The wall is being built.  It'll continue.
Discussion: Hot Air
Peter Beinart / The Forward:
The Sick Double Standard In The Ilhan Omar Controversy  —  The following two things are true.  First, Representative Ilhan Omar was wrong to tweet that the American government's support of Israel is “all about the Benjamins.”  Secondly, she's being judged by a grotesque double standard.
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Abe Greenwald / Commentary:   Apology Unaccepted  —  On Monday, Democrats called on Rep. Ilhan Omar …
Zack Beauchamp / Vox:
Ilhan Omar's tweet revealed core truths about anti-Semitism in America
Discussion: Washington Post, The Hill and Breitbart
Tyler Cowen / Bloomberg:
The Twitter Takeover of Politics Is Just Getting Started
NBC News:
Trump ‘extremely unhappy’ with shutdown deal, keeping options open to build wall  —  The president gave no indication of whether he intends to sign the agreement to prevent another government shutdown on Friday.  —  President Donald Trump said Tuesday that he is “extremely unhappy” …
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Shannon Vavra / Axios:
Newsom abandons California high-speed rail plan  —  California Gov. Gavin Newson announced Tuesday that the state will no longer pursue plans to build an estimated $77 billion high-speed rail line between Los Angeles and San Francisco because the project “would cost too much and respectfully take too long,” per the AP.
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Alexei Koseff / San Francisco Chronicle:   Newsom says California high-speed rail must focus on Central Valley
U.S. Department of Justice:
Multiple White Supremacist Gang Members among 54 Defendants Charged in RICO Indictment  —  Charges Include Solicitation of Murder, Kidnapping, Maiming, and Conspiracy to Distribute Methamphetamine  —  Dozens of members of a white supremacist gang allegedly responsible for multiple acts …
Jeremy Stahl / Slate:
A Veep Joke About Leg-Shaving Was Inspired by a Rumor About Amy Klobuchar  —  Last week, in the lead-up to Amy Klobuchar announcing her presidential run, HuffPost and BuzzFeed published stories in which several anonymous former staffers confirmed long-circulating rumors that the Minnesota senator …
Discussion: Mediaite
Ashe Schow / Daily Wire:
Kamala Harris Says She Listened To Tupac And Snoop While Smoking Weed In College.  There's Just One Problem.  —  Did Sen. Kamala Harris (D-CA) smoke marijuana in college, or while she was arresting people for minor drug offenses?  —  That was the question circulating social media Monday evening …
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Nilay Patel / The Verge:
Bill Gates says tax policies like Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's are ‘missing the picture’  —  Taxes can be higher, but modern monetary theory is ‘crazy talk’  —  Bill Gates thinks taxes can be higher.  —  Speaking on The Vergecast this week, Gates said that while marginal tax rates …
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Catherine Rampell / Washington Post:
Democrats in 2020 are at risk of turning into Republicans in 2016
Discussion: Vox, CNN and Louder With Crowder
Alan Feuer / New York Times:
El Chapo Found Guilty on All Counts; Faces Life in Prison  —  The Mexican crime lord known as El Chapo was convicted on Tuesday after a three-month drug trial in New York that exposed the inner workings of his sprawling cartel, which over decades shipped tons of drugs into the United States …
Discussion: Gothamist and abc7ny.com
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Alexander Nazaryan / Yahoo News:
Amy Klobuchar, latest presidential candidate, faces questions about temperament, treatment of staff  —  announced her intention to run for the presidency of the United States at a rally in Minneapolis, Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., faced intense headwinds in the form of reports …
Washington Post:
How Manafort's 2016 meeting with a Russian employee at New York cigar club goes to ‘the heart’ of Mueller's probe  —  The 2016 nominating conventions had recently concluded and the presidential race was hitting a new level of intensity when Paul Manafort, Donald Trump's campaign chairman …
Discussion: Political Wire
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Kevin Johnson / USA Today:
Yes, the Mueller investigation is costly.  But the millions seized from Manafort have it on track to break even
Discussion: POLITICUSUSA
CNN:
Susan Collins defends her Brett Kavanaugh vote after he dissents in abortion access case  —  Washington (CNN)Republican Sen. Susan Collins, a supporter of abortion rights who cast a critical vote to confirm Justice Brett Kavanaugh, said in an interview with CNN that despite his vote …
Discussion: ThinkProgress
Mike DeBonis / Washington Post:
McCarthy blames Republican loss of House majority on GOP health care bill  —  Speaking privately to his donors, House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy squarely blamed Republican losses in last year's midterm elections on the GOP push to roll back health insurance protections for people …
Foreign Policy:
Jared Kushner and the Art of Humiliation  —  Trump's son-in-law has become known as a deal-maker.  But with the Palestinians, his approach appears to be take it or leave it.  —  If nothing else, Jared Kushner is no longer seen as a lightweight by many in Washington.
Washington Post:
Americans view Mueller as more credible than Trump, but views of his probe are scattered  —  As the special counsel investigation seems to be nearing its final stage, Americans view Robert S. Mueller III as far more credible than President Trump, but the public has scattered and partisan perceptions …
Discussion: Daily Kos and Axios
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Washington Post:
Americans view Mueller as more credible than Trump
Discussion: Politico
Washington Post:
A hedge fund's ‘mercenary’ strategy: Buy newspapers, slash jobs, sell the buildings  —  When the building housing the downtown Memphis Commercial Appeal newspaper sold last April, the name of the buyer — Twenty Lake Holdings LLC — seemed of little consequence.
Shahien Nasiripour / Bloomberg:
Before Bezos Fight, Enquirer Publisher AMI Faced Steep Losses  — AMI had negative net worth as of Sept. 30, documents show  — Losses spurred borrowing, leading to more than $1 billion debt  —  The publisher of the National Enquirer, currently under attack by Amazon.com Inc. founder Jeff Bezos …
The Daily Beast:
Swiss Mystery Company Is at the Heart of a Mueller Puzzle  —  You've never heard of Zurich-based Salix Services AG.  But Robert Mueller's team has.  —  A little-known company located in Switzerland has come under scrutiny by the Special Counsel's Office for its connection to Psy Group …
Ross Douthat / New York Times:
The Myths of Voter ID  —  A new study confirms that the polarized debate over voter identification isn't that important.  —  Usually when some sententious centrist talks about ending partisan polarization and just coming up with “solutions” based on “data” or “studies” or “expert consensus …
 
 
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Martin Crutsinger / Associated Press:
National debt hits new milestone, topping $22 trillion
Discussion: Axios
Colin Wilhelm / Washington Examiner:
Democrats vilify the Trump tax cuts for generating smaller refunds
Discussion: IJR
Heather Long / Washington Post:
A record 7 million Americans are 3 months behind on their car payments, a red flag for the economy
Discussion: Spectator USA
HuffPost:
Attorney Investigating Northam's Blackface Photo Belonged To A Country Club With No Black Members
CNN:
2020 Democrats face the most diverse electorate in history
Ben Sasse / USA Today:
Sen. Ben Sasse: Don't let infanticide be a partisan issue. We can all protect born babies.
Discussion: Daily Wire
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The Life of an American Boy at 17
Jason Horowitz / New York Times:
A Call to Putin, and Russian TV Changed Its Story
Tom Jackman / Washington Post:
William Webster, ex-FBI and CIA director, helps feds nab Jamaican phone scammer
Eliana Johnson / Politico:
‘It will create a firestorm’: Mulvaney's border wall cash grab sparks dissent in White House
 

 
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