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11:00 AM ET, February 12, 2019

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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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Anita Kumar / Politico:
Beto takes on Trump in tale of 2 mega-rallies  —  EL PASO, Texas — The showdown between Donald Trump and Beto O'Rourke Monday night over the president's border wall unfolded at competing rallies with thousands of people in venues barely a block apart.  —  But the events practically took place …
Andrew Egger / The Bulwark:
The Wall Is in Their Hearts  —  “The wall is being built.  It'll continue.  It's going at a rapid pace.”  —  At a rowdy immigration-focused rally in El Paso Monday night, President Trump offered a typically free-associative argument for why the United States must crack down on illegal immigration with a wall on the southern border.
Associated Press:
The Latest: Negotiators say they've agreed on border bill
Discussion: Instapundit
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Washington Post:
Lawmakers say they have reached an ‘agreement in principle’ to avoid government shutdown  —  BREAKING: Lawmakers say they have reached an “agreement in principle” to avoid government shutdown.  —  Top lawmakers say they have reached a deal to fund the government through the fall …
Associated Press:
Budget deal allows far less money than Trump wanted for wall  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — Congressional negotiators reached agreement to prevent a government shutdown and finance construction of new barriers along the U.S.-Mexico border, overcoming a late-stage hang-up over immigration enforcement issues …
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Trump's failed shutdown strategy produced an even worse deal than he started with
Discussion: Daily Kos and Mother Jones
Susan Ferrechio / Washington Examiner:
Lawmakers reach border deal ‘in principle,’ including $1.375B for physical barriers
Discussion: NB Blog and Townhall
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: Political Wire and The Guardian
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USA Today:
Robert Mueller has spent two years investigating Trump, and he hasn't said a word.  It's possible he never will.
Discussion: CNN, more at Mediagazer »
Washington Post:
Americans view Mueller as more credible than Trump
Discussion: Politico
James Hohmann / Washington Post:   The Daily 202: Four in five Americans want Mueller's report made public in its entirety.  That may not happen.
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Veronica Stracqualursi / CNN:
Top Dem negotiator says ‘no one got everything they wanted’ in deal to avoid government shutdown
Discussion: POLITICUSUSA and The Week
Coral Davenport / New York Times:
Ocasio-Cortez Team Flubs a Green New Deal Summary, and Republicans Pounce  —  WASHINGTON — Days after introducing her Green New Deal — a plan to combat climate change that has won the endorsement of several Democratic presidential candidates — Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez found …
Discussion: National Review
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Catherine Rampell / Washington Post:
Democrats in 2020 are at risk of turning into Republicans in 2016
Axios:
Startup think tanks are powering the Democratic Party's shift to the left
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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Byron York / Washington Examiner:   Trump tax returns: House Democrats ready for ultimate fishing expedition
Tom Jackman / Washington Post:
William Webster, ex-FBI and CIA director, helps feds nab Jamaican phone scammer  —  Instead of sending $50,000 to the random caller, he performed reverse phone sting for FBI  —  The caller with the Jamaican accent told the 90-year-old District man he had won $72 million and a new Mercedes Benz …
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.
Discussion: Hullabaloo
Jonathan J. Cooper / Associated Press:
Mark Kelly announces run for McCain Senate seat in Arizona  —  PHOENIX (AP) — Retired astronaut Mark Kelly, who rocketed to the national spotlight when his congresswoman wife Gabrielle Giffords was shot in a failed assassination attempt, announced Tuesday he's running to finish John McCain's last term in the U.S. Senate.
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Yvonne Wingett Sanchez / Arizona Republic:
Retired astronaut Mark Kelly running for U.S. Senate as Democrat to take on McSally
Discussion: The Hill and Outside the Beltway
Georgia Wells / Wall Street Journal:
Writer Sues Twitter Over Ban for Criticizing Transgender People  —  Canadian blogger tweeted 'Men aren't women,' violating harassment rules on the platform  —  A Canadian writer filed a lawsuit against Twitter Inc. TWTR .79% on Monday, saying the social-media platform unfairly banned …
New York Times:
Cliff Sims, White House Tell-All Author, Sues Trump for Going After Him Over Book  —  Cliff Sims, the former White House communications aide who wrote an insider account of life working for President Trump, is suing the president in his official capacity, alleging that he used his campaign organization as a …
Jon Levine / The Wrap:
Bloomingdale's Apologizes Over ‘Fake News’ T-Shirt, Pulls It From Stores  —  “We take this feedback very seriously and are working quickly to remove this t-shirt,” the company says in a statement  —  Department store giant Bloomingdale's apologized on Monday after a customer flagged a “fake news” t-shirt in one of its stores.
Elizabeth Landers / CNN:
Democrats to propose high-capacity gun magazine ban  —  Rep. Deutch: You bet I'm in favor of a ban  —  (CNN)After a year without any significant gun legislation passed by Congress since the Marjory Stoneman Douglas shooting in Parkland, Florida, Democrats say they will reintroduce …
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Kevin G. Hall / McClatchy Washington Bureau:   12 months, nearly 1,200 deaths: the year in youth gun violence since Parkland
Gabriel Schoenfeld / The Bulwark:
Michael Anton Is Back to Remind Us That There's Such a Thing as a ‘Trump Intellectual’  —  One of the more curious features of the current political landscape is the existence of a small class of people who can be called Trump intellectuals.  It's curious not because Trump himself …
Discussion: Power Line
Maggie Astor / New York Times:
‘A Woman, Just Not That Woman’: How Sexism Plays Out on the Trail  —  In the words of her detractors during the 2016 presidential race, Hillary Clinton was abrasive and shrill.  She was aloof.  She was unlikable.  —  It's not a coincidence that some of these adjectives are now bubbling …
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Bruce Schlesman / Judicial Watch:   Judicial Watch: FBI General Counsel Talked to Hillary Clinton's Lawyer about Comey's Letter …
 
 
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Elizabeth Harrington / Washington Free Beacon:
Cory Booker: 'This Planet Simply Can't Sustain' People Eating Meat
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
The Daily Beast:
Swiss Mystery Company Is at the Heart of a Mueller Puzzle
Discussion: naked capitalism
Associated Press:
Fierce battles near final IS foothold in eastern Syria
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Paul Bedard / Washington Examiner:
Sheriffs storm Capitol Hill to demand border wall, ICE funding
Discussion: IJR and TheBlaze
Ian Geoghegan / Politico:
We're not ‘purist’ about changing Brexit deal, says UK minister
Michael Brice-Saddler / Washington Post:
A Trump nominee's family company paid $290,000 fine for sexual harassment and discrimination
 Earlier Items: 
Tom Gara / BuzzFeed News:
Ilhan Omar Is Learning The Wrong Lesson From The Trump Era
Discussion: CNN and Townhall
Robert Reich / The Guardian:
Trump offers socialism for the rich, capitalism for everyone else
Discussion: Raw Story
Burgess Everett / Politico:
GOP livid with Trump over ignored Khashoggi report
Carl Prine / Navy Times:
New legal bombshells explode on two Navy SEAL war crimes cases
Henry Olsen / Washington Post:
Amy Klobuchar is Trump's worst nightmare
Wall Street Journal:
U.S. Seeks Accountability for Former Saudi Aide in Khashoggi Killing
 

 
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Peter Blumberg / Bloomberg:
X sues to block California's AB 2655, aimed at curbing AI-generated deceptive election content on social media, claiming it impinges on free speech

John Koblin / New York Times:
NBC names Craig Melvin as Hoda Kotb's successor on Today, teaming up with Savannah Guthrie, starting January 13; Melvin has been Today's news anchor since 2018

Mia Sato / The Verge:
Facebook makes Views its primary metric for content, bringing it in line with Instagram; each time a piece of content appears on a screen, it counts as a View

 
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