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7:40 AM ET, February 19, 2019

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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.  —  His official announcement video is expected to stream online Tuesday morning.  —  “I wanted to let the people …
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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.
John DiStaso / WMUR:
Key Bernie Sanders supporter says presidential announcement coming Tuesday  —  Vermont senator's supporters to receive email laying out his plans  —  MANCHESTER, N.H. —  Bernie Sanders is getting ready for a second run for president.  —  WMUR has learned that an email announcing …
Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money
Washington Post:
Sen. Bernie Sanders, Democrats' 2016 runner-up, to make another presidential bid  —  Sanders, the independent senator from Vermont whose 2016 presidential campaign grew from a left-wing insurgency to a major political force, will seek the Democratic Party's nomination again in 2020.
Gregory Krieg / CNN:
Bernie Sanders launches second presidential campaign  —  (CNN)After months of deliberation, Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders announced Tuesday that he is running for president again in 2020.  It will be Sanders' second consecutive bid for the Democratic nomination after losing to Hillary Clinton in 2016.
Discussion: POLITICUSUSA
Camilo Montoya-Galvez / CBS News:
Bernie Sanders announces 2020 run: “We're gonna win”  —  Sen. Bernie Sanders, independent of Vermont, announced Tuesday he is launching a bid for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination, hoping to reignite the ardent progressive support of his insurgent 2016 campaign.
Discussion: New York Times
David Weigel / Washington Post:
Sen. Bernie Sanders will seek the Democratic presidential nomination in 2020  —  Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont, whose 2016 presidential campaign grew from a left-wing insurgency to a force that reshaped the Democratic Party, announced Tuesday that he will seek its nomination for president again in 2020.
Holly Otterbein / Politico:
Sanders launches second bid for presidency
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.”
Discussion: Raw Story and Talking Points Memo
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Priscilla Alvarez / CNN:
16 states file lawsuit to stop Trump's national emergency declaration
Discussion: AOL and Splinter
CBS Chicago:
Jussie Smollett Case: Clues Into Potential Motive Behind The Attack  —  (CBS) -"Empire" actor Jussie Smollett, upset after a racist letter sent to the show's studio didn't get a “bigger reaction,” is suspected of paying two men to attack him a week later, according to multiple sources with direct knowledge of the investigation.
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BuzzFeed News:
Roger Stone Posted A Photo Of The Judge Presiding Over His Case Next To Crosshairs  —  Roger Stone, a longtime Republican operative and adviser to President Donald Trump who was charged with lying to Congress, posted a photo Monday on Instagram of a judge presiding over his case in which she appears to be next to a crosshairs symbol.
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Jonathan Cohn / HuffPost:
Elizabeth Warren To Unveil Sweeping Plan For Universal Child Care  —  The proposal could put the issue on top of the 2020 campaign agenda.  —  Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) will unveil a major new initiative on Tuesday designed to make sure every family can afford high-quality child care …
Discussion: Axios
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Astead W. Herndon / New York Times:
Elizabeth Warren's Native American Ancestry Draws a Shrug From These Voters
Discussion: Associated Press
Molly Hensley-Clancy / BuzzFeed News:
Kamala Harris Says She'd Support Changing “Columbus Day” To “Indigenous Peoples' Day”  —  PORTSMOUTH, N.H. — Sen. Kamala Harris told a crowd Monday that she would push for the federal government to rename Columbus Day “Indigenous Peoples' Day,” a focal point for some progressives who say the holiday …
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Katharine Q. Seelye / New York Times:
Kamala Harris Faces Questions About ‘Democratic Socialist’ Label and Jussie Smollett in N.H. Debut
Discussion: Althouse
Laura Jarrett / CNN:
Deputy AG Rod Rosenstein expected to leave Justice Department in mid-March  —  (CNN)Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein is expected to leave the Justice Department in mid-March, according to a Justice Department official who spoke to CNN Monday.  —  The official disputed the idea …
David French / National Review:
Stephen Miller's Own Words Show the Weakness of the Trump Legal Argument on the Wall  —  One of the first rules of effective litigation is that you don't want your client to make statements out loud that reveal the weakness of your legal case.  On Sunday morning, Trump adviser Stephen Miller violated that rule.
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Paul Mirengoff / Power Line:
Whiny feminism on display
Discussion: The Other McCain
Ian Austen / New York Times:
Justin Trudeau's Political Crisis Widens as Top Aide and Friend Resigns  —  OTTAWA — The top political adviser to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau of Canada resigned on Monday, deepening a political crisis over allegations the government tried to interfere in a criminal court case.
Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money
Ken Meyer / Mediaite:
CBS's Lara Logan Calls Media ‘Mostly Liberal’ in Scorched Earth Interview: I'm Committing ‘Professional Suicide’  —  In a recent interview, CBS News Foreign Correspondent Lara Logan critiqued the international “liberal” media while holding up outlets like Breitbart as the opposite side of the coin.
New York Times:
Vatican's Secret Rules for Catholic Priests Who Have Children  —  ROME — Vincent Doyle, a psychotherapist in Ireland, was 28 when he learned from his mother that the Roman Catholic priest he had always known as his godfather was in truth his biological father.
Discussion: KBZK, The Week and The Daily Caller
New York Times:
The Democrats and Israel  —  The Democratic Party has a long history of staunchly supporting Israel, but some new lawmakers are raising questions about the future of this stance.  —  Hosted by Michael Barbaro, produced by Andy Mills, Jessica Cheung and Paige Cowett, and edited by Lisa Tobin
 
 
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Marc Caputo / Politico:
‘Are you with us?’: Bloomberg calls in his chits
Wall Street Journal:
U.S. Weighs Opening Liaison Office in North Korea
Discussion: Politico and Political Wire
Peter Hasson / The Daily Caller:
Here's A List Of Hoax ‘Hate Crimes’ In The Trump Era
Discussion: RedState and The Federalist
Domenico Montanaro / NPR:
Poll: 6-In-10 Disapprove Of Trump's Declaration Of A National Emergency
Discussion: Politico and Political Wire
Roger Cohen / New York Times:
Europe to Mike Pence: No, Thank You
Philg / Philip Greenspun's Weblog:
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez takes an anti-immigration position?
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Adam Liptak / New York Times:
When Does Kicking Black People Off Juries Cross a Constitutional Line?
Eric W. Dolan / Raw Story:
Racist Trump supporter busted for defrauding FEMA out of more than $18,000
Discussion: USA Today and Atlanta Black Star
Anti-Defamation League:
Anti-Semite Louis Farrakhan Teams Up With Notorious Holocaust Denier at Saviours' Day 2019 Conference
Discussion: Algemeiner.com
Catherine Rampell / Washington Post:
What America really needs to do is abolish Congress
The Babylon Bee:
Nation's Liberals Devastated After Learning Hate Crime Didn't Actually Happen
Discussion: CNN and The New Neo
Meredith Watson / Washington Post:
I'm willing to testify in public. Justin Fairfax should, too.
Dennis Wagner / Arizona Republic:
Grand Canyon tourists exposed for years to radiation in museum building, safety manager says
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Brennan Weiss / Business Insider:
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