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4:10 PM ET, February 13, 2019

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Washington Post:
President Trump installed a room-sized golf simulator at White House  —  President Trump has installed a room-sized “golf simulator” game at the White House, which allows him to play virtual rounds at courses all over the world by hitting a ball into a large video screen, according to two people told about the system.
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CNN:
Trump intends to sign border deal to avoid another shutdown  —  Washington (CNN)President Donald Trump intends to sign the border security deal to avoid another partial government shutdown, according to two sources who have spoken directly with the President.
Bloomberg:
Border Deal May Be Released Thursday, Democratic Negotiator Says
Ed Clowes / Gulf News:
Trump backer Tom Barrack defends Saudi Arabia  —  Real estate developer said that kingdom was misunderstood by the West  —  Dubai: America is in no moral position to criticise Saudi Arabia, according to financier and key Trump backer Tom Barrack.  —  Speaking on stage at the Milken Institute MENA Summit …
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Bloomberg:   Barrack Apologizes After Saying Criticism of Khashoggi Murder Is a ‘Mistake’
Washington Post:
Trump confidant Thomas Barrack apologizes for saying U.S. has committed ‘equal or worse’ …
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
Abdullah Alaoudh / New York Times:
My Father Faces the Death Penalty. This Is Justice in Saudi Arabia.
Discussion: Just Security
U.S. Department of Justice:
Former U.S. Counterintelligence Agent Charged With Espionage on Behalf of Iran; Four Iranians Charged With a Cyber Campaign Targeting Her Former Colleagues  —  Indictment Unsealed as U.S. Treasury Department Announces Economic Sanctions  —  Monica Elfriede Witt, 39, a former U.S. service member …
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Eric Tucker / Associated Press:   US says ex-intel official defected to Iran, revealed secrets
Scott Bixby / The Daily Beast:   Nonprofit: Trump Administration Aims to House Detained Kids on Toxic Site
CNN:
Justice Department investigating leak of confidential Michael Cohen bank records  —  (CNN)The Justice Department is investigating the leak last year of confidential reports about Michael Cohen's personal bank records which led to revelations that the former Donald Trump lawyer was profiting …
Discussion: Raw Story
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Dan Mangan / CNBC:   Ex-Trump lawyer Michael Cohen will testify at 3 congressional committees before going to prison …
Dave Orrick / Twin Cities:
MN Jewish leaders talked with Ilhan Omar about anti-Semitism last year.  Why they remain frustrated.  —  Ilhan Omar has been talked to about this before.  —  Last year, before she was elected to the House of Representatives, before she emerged from a crowded Democratic field …
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David Rutz / Washington Free Beacon:
Anti-Semitic Congresswoman Defames Jewish-American Hero
Discussion: Jihad Watch
Marc Caputo / Politico:
Michael Bloomberg's $500 million anti-Trump moonshot  —  Billionaire philanthropist Michael Bloomberg is preparing to spend at least $500 million from his own pocket to deny President Donald Trump a second term, according to Democratic operatives briefed on his plans.
Megan McArdle / Washington Post:
Democrats are learning to copy Trump.  Uh-oh.  —  Sometime in the past few years, the left became obsessed with “gaslighting.”  Derived from the 1944 movie “Gaslight” starring Ingrid Bergman and Charles Boyer, the term means not just lying to someone's face but also persuading them that they don't see what you both plainly do.
Discussion: The Daily Beast
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Tom Maguire / JustOneMinute:
Owning The Libs By Voting On Their Proposals
Discussion: twitchy.com, The Week and IJR
Jon Allsop / Columbia Journalism Review:
Howard Schultz and the media's unlearned lesson  —  A billionaire flirts with a run for president and gets grossly disproportionate free airtime.  We all know the punchline.  Howard Schultz, the running-but-not-yet-running former CEO of Starbucks, has attracted intense media interest …
Discussion: Common Dreams
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Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Howard Schultz's campaign about nothing
Discussion: Outside the Beltway and Breitbart
Ryan Goodman / Just Security:
Who is Richard Burr, Really?  Why the public can't trust his voice in the Russia probe  —  On the same day that Senator Richard Burr (R-NC) officially joined the Trump campaign as a senior national security advisor, the U.S. intelligence community released a statement that the Kremlin was trying to interfere in the election.
Discussion: Vox and Hullabaloo
Philip Klein / Washington Examiner:
Green New Deal has paved the way for Trump to cave on border wall funding at lower political cost  —  Thanks to the release of the Green New Deal, President Trump will be able to sign on to the latest plan to fund the government without his border wall funding at a much lower political cost.
Discussion: CNBC
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Kevin Robillard / HuffPost:
Mark Kelly's Arizona Senate Run Could Spark A Clash With The Left  —  He's a dream recruit for Democrats, but he could face one of several contentious primaries in key Senate races.  —  WASHINGTON Democratic operatives are ecstatic about Mark Kelly's decision to run against appointed Arizona Republican Sen. Martha McSally in 2020.
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Karen Geier / VICE:
Being Raised by Two Narcissists Taught Me How to Deal with Trump  —  Two years in, some people are still expecting one of his scandals to bring him down.  I know better.  —  If you've watched the past three-plus years of the Donald Trump circus looking for some glimmer of hope he'll get owned …
New York Times:
U.S. Revives Secret Program to Sabotage Iranian Missiles and Rockets  —  WARSAW — The Trump White House has accelerated a secret American program to sabotage Iran's missiles and rockets, according to current and former administration officials, who described it as part of an expanding campaign …
Discussion: Political Wire
Mike Allen / Axios:
House Democrats plan vast Russia probe  —  Mueller is just the beginning.  House Democrats plan a vast probe of President Trump and Russia — with a heavy focus on money laundering — that will include multiple committees and dramatic public hearings, and could last into 2020.
Washington Post:
Investigation finds no evidence of ‘racist or offensive statements’ by Covington Catholic students during Lincoln Memorial incident  —  An investigation released Wednesday into an encounter between Covington Catholic High School students and Native American activists at the Lincoln Memorial …
Discussion: Hot Air and Althouse
Daniel W. Drezner / Washington Post:
President Trump wants the press to check out the Great Tariff Debate of 1888.  Okay!  —  On tariffs, what can 1888 tell us about 2019?  —  Many things happened at President Trump's El Paso rally on Monday night.  A BBC cameraman was violently attacked by a #MAGA supporter; you can read his colleague's account of that here.
Discussion: BBC, Salon and CNN, more at Mediagazer »
Megan Brenan / Gallup:
Trump Approval, Economic Confidence Rebound  —  WASHINGTON, D.C. — President Donald Trump's job approval rating has risen to 44% after the conclusion of the longest government shutdown in U.S. history.  While views of Trump have improved, the public's heightened positivity does not extend …
Bill Barrow / Associated Press:
APNewsBreak: Howard Dean to head new Dem voter data exchange  —  Howard Dean is back.  —  The one-time presidential candidate, former Vermont governor and ex-Democratic National Committee chairman is set to return to prominence as head of a new operation that Democrats hope puts them back on par …
Marcia Dunn / Associated Press:
NASA rover finally bites the dust on Mars after 15 years  —  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA's Opportunity, the Mars rover that was built to operate just three months but kept going and going, was pronounced dead Wednesday, 15 years after it landed on the red planet.
Discussion: Gizmodo and FOX2now.com
Darren Samuelsohn / Politico:
‘Mr. Manafort did not lie’: Attorneys take final stand against Mueller charges  —  The special counsel has accused Manafort of breaching a plea deal when he lied about interactions with an associate allegedly linked to Russian intelligence.  —  Paul Manafort's lawyers made a last-ditch bid Wednesday …
Discussion: Political Wire
New York Times:
Unmistakable Divide Among Women in Virginia Over Accusations Against Fairfax  —  RICHMOND, Va. — To Constance Cordovilla, the president of the Virginia National Organization for Women, the two sexual assault allegations against Lt. Gov. Justin E. Fairfax are not just grounds for him to resign …
Discussion: RedState and Front Page Magazine
Daily Mail:
I scrape mould off the top of jam and eat what's underneath, admits PM: Theresa May shares hot tip with Cabinet in discussion over food waste  —  It is advice which could have come from a Good Housekeeping guide - but it also applies to 10 Downing Street too.
Caitlin Oprysko / Politico:
McCarthy rebuffs accusations of anti-Semitism in deleted tweet about Soros, Steyer and Bloomberg  —  House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy on Wednesday denied expressing anti-Semitic undertones in a now-deleted tweet he posted before last year's midterms that warned of three prominent Jewish …
Discussion: Contemptor and Townhall
 
 
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Megan McArdle / Washington Post:
Why the United States will never have high-speed rail
Brian Schwartz / CNBC:
Joe Biden is talking to top Democratic donors as he moves toward making a decision about a 2020 presidential run
Tovah Lazaroff / Jerusalem Post:
NETANYAHU: ISRAEL AND ARAB STATES ADVANCING COMMON INTEREST OF WAR WITH IRAN
Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
Everyone's Running — And That Could Be Dangerous For The Democrats
Discussion: The Week, CNN and National Journal
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Edward Alden / Politico:
Trump's Trade Warrior Takes the Fight to Beijing
Isaac Stanley-Becker / Washington Post:
An artist famed for using his own urine just bought Trump's wedding cake. His plans are a mystery.
Discussion: Althouse
Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Chris Christie talks his time with Trump at Manhattan soirée
Discussion: The Week and Talking Points Memo
 

 
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Ankush Khardori / Politico:
Trump may erode press protections but the ABC case is not evidence of that as the decision to settle appears reasonable given Stephanopoulos' imprecise remarks

New York Times:
In a first, Telegram is set to be profitable in 2024, with $1B+ in revenue, up from ~$350M in 2023, and 12M subscribers; source: 50%+ of its revenue is from ads

Jessica Toonkel / Wall Street Journal:
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