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Scott Johnson / Power Line:
Trump: “The twilight hour of socialism”
Ken Dilanian / NBC News:
Flynn-backed plan to transfer nuclear tech to Saudis may have broken laws, say whistleblowers  —  Investigators fear President Trump is still considering the plan, which was pushed by Flynn and Trump friend Tom Barrack.  —  WASHINGTON — Whistleblowers from within President Donald Trump's …
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House Committee on Oversight and Reform:
Multiple Whistleblowers Raise Grave Concerns with White House Efforts to Transfer Sensitive U.S. Nuclear Technology to Saudi Arabia  —  Cummings Releases Interim Staff Report and Corroborating Documents, Launches Investigation of White House, Agencies, and Others  —  The report states:
Discussion: National Review, Axios and NPR
Washington Post:
Top Trump appointees promoted selling nuclear power plants to Saudi Arabia over objections from national security officials, House Democratic report says  —  Several current and former Trump administration appointees promoted sales of nuclear power plants to Saudi Arabia despite repeated objections …
Washington Post:
Trump appointees promoted nuclear sales to Saudi Arabia over senior officials' objections, according to report from House Democrats  —  The report is based on documents obtained by the House Oversight and Reform Committee and the account of unnamed whistleblowers inside the White House …
Nicholas Fandos / New York Times:
House Opens Inquiry Into Proposed U.S. Nuclear Venture in Saudi Arabia
Discussion: Bloomberg
Eric Tucker / Associated Press:
AP source: FBI had backup plan to save Russia probe evidence  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — The FBI developed a backup plan to protect evidence in its Russia investigation soon after the firing of FBI Director James Comey in the event that other senior officials were dismissed as well, according to a person with knowledge of the discussions.
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Natasha Bertrand / The Atlantic:
Andrew McCabe Couldn't Believe the Things Trump Said About Putin  —  In the months before President Donald Trump fired FBI Director James Comey, FBI counterintelligence agents investigating Russian election interference were also collecting evidence suggesting that Trump could be compromised by Russian President Vladimir Putin.
vpr.org:
He's In For 2020: Bernie Sanders Is Running For President Again  —  Sen. Bernie Sanders has confirmed to VPR that he is seeking the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination.
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Sydney Ember / New York Times:
Bernie Sanders Announces 2020 Presidential Run  —  Senator Bernie Sanders, the Vermont independent and 2016 Democratic primary runner-up whose populist policy agenda has helped push the party to the left, announced on Tuesday that he was running for president again, embarking on a bid …
Paul Heintz / News + Opinion, Seven Days:
Bernie Sanders to Run for President in 2020
Discussion: YouTube, NBC News and Washington Post
Camilo Montoya-Galvez / CBS News:
Bernie Sanders announces 2020 run: “We're gonna win”
David Weigel / Washington Post:
Sen. Bernie Sanders will seek the Democratic presidential nomination in 2020
Josh Lederman / NBC News:
Trump administration launches global effort to end criminalization of homosexuality  —  The administration is responding in part to a reported hanging of a young gay man in Iran, Trump's top geopolitical foe.  —  BERLIN — The Trump administration is launching a global campaign to end …
Ken White / The Atlantic:
Reckless Even by Roger Stone Standards  —  Roger Stone, the trash-talking, Richard Nixon-tattooed Donald Trump adviser recently indicted for lying to Congress and threatening a witness, had an eventful Presidents' Day.  In the space of time you or I might enjoy a leisurely brunch …
Discussion: Raw Story, Rolling Stone and Contemptor
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Aruna Viswanatha / Wall Street Journal:
Roger Stone Is Ordered Back to Court Over Instagram Post Against Judge
Discussion: Raw Story
Michael Balsamo / Associated Press:   Judge orders Roger Stone to court over Instagram post
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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
The public sees through Trump's national emergency lies. A new poll confirms it.
Tanya Snyder / Politico:
Emails reveal coordination between Chao, McConnell offices  —  A trove of more than 800 pages of emails sheds new light on the working relationship between Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, one of the most potent power couples in Washington …
Declan Walsh / New York Times:
Egypt Turns Back Veteran New York Times Reporter  —  CAIRO — Egyptian officials detained a New York Times correspondent after he arrived in Cairo on Monday, holding him incommunicado for hours before forcing him onto a flight back to London without explanation.
Michael Calderone / Politico:
Ex-Sessions spokeswoman to join CNN as political editor  —  President Donald Trump has derided CNN as a leading purveyor of “fake news,” and now, a recently departed administration official is joining the network in a senior role.  —  Sarah Isgur, who served as the Justice Department's …
Melissa Brown / The Montgomery Advertiser:
Alabama newspaper editor calls for Klan return to ‘clean out D.C.’  —  The editor of a small-town Alabama newspaper published an editorial calling for “the Ku Klux Klan to night ride again” against “Democrats in the Republican Party and Democrats [who] are plotting to raise taxes in Alabama.”
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Antonia Noori Farzan / Washington Post:
‘Time for the Ku Klux Klan to night ride again’: An Alabama newspaper editor wants to bring back lynching
Lee Smith / Washington Times:
Stalking and punishing Rep. Devin Nunes  —  ANALYSIS/OPINION:  —  On Tuesday, the Senate Intelligence Committee announced that it found no direct evidence of collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia.  The president took a victory lap, but that hardly means the two-year-long attempt to undo his legitimate election is over.
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Byron York / Washington Examiner:   Much talk that something is up with Mueller. Too bad nobody knows.
Ben Shapiro / Daily Wire:
On January 29, Two Hate Crimes Occurred.  The Media Only Covered The Fake One.  Here's Why.  —  On January 29, 2019, Chicago Police opened a hate crime investigation into the alleged assault of Empire actor Jussie Smollett.  Smollett, who is black and gay, alleged that two men approached …
Discussion: New York Times and Breitbart
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Peter Hasson / The Daily Caller:
Here's A List Of Hoax ‘Hate Crimes’ In The Trump Era
Discussion: RedState and The Federalist
Elizabeth Warren / Team Warren:
My plan for Universal Child Care  —  Team WarrenBlockedUnblockFollowFollowing  —  I remember how hard it was to find affordable and high-quality child care when I was a working mom with two little ones.  —  I had a job teaching at a law school in Houston when the babysitter quit.
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Jonathan Cohn / HuffPost:
Elizabeth Warren To Unveil Sweeping Plan For Universal Child Care
TMZ.com:
Jussie Smollett's ‘Empire’ Role Slashed in Wake Of ‘Attack’ Scandal  —  Jussie Smollett's “Empire” screen time is getting slashed in the wake of a growing sentiment that he staged the so-called “attack.”  —  Production sources tell TMZ ... Jussie was supposed to have 9 scenes and a big musical number …
Washington Post:
‘He just picks up’: Trump and the lawmakers he loves to talk to on the phone  —  One surprise call came from Air Force One as President Trump was leaving Iraq, startling Sen. James M. Inhofe (R) as he was chopping wood back home in rural Oklahoma with his grandson.
Discussion: Althouse and Talking Points Memo
New York Times:
Marc Short Returns to Administration as Pence's Chief of Staff  —  Vice President Mike Pence has chosen Marc Short, who served as President Trump's legislative affairs director for most of his first two years in office, to be his chief of staff, a person familiar with the announcement said Tuesday.
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Jonathan Swan / Axios:   Marc Short to become Pence's chief of staff
 
 
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