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8:40 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.
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Alex Seitz-Wald / NBC News:
Bernie Sanders enters 2020 presidential race: ‘Complete the revolution’  —  The Vermont senator, 77, enters a very different Democratic primary contest than he faced vs. Hillary Clinton in 2016.  —  Bernie Sanders announces 2020 presidential run  —  WASHINGTON — Bernie Sanders is campaigning …
Discussion: YouTube
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: Okayplayer
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: RedState and POLITICUSUSA
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 …
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
Holly Otterbein / Politico:
Sanders launches second bid for presidency
Discussion: Vox, Breitbart and FiveThirtyEight
Washington Post:   Sen. Bernie Sanders, Democrats' 2016 runner-up, to make another presidential bid
David Weigel / Washington Post:   Sen. Bernie Sanders will seek the Democratic presidential nomination in 2020
Juana Summers / Associated Press:
Sen. Bernie Sanders says he's running for president in 2020
Discussion: The Week
The Daily Beast:
Bernie Sanders Announces He Will Run for President Again
Discussion: Politico and ABC News
Sydney Ember / New York Times:
Bernie Sanders Announces 2020 Presidential Run
Discussion: Washington Post
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.”
New York Times:
16 States Sue to Stop Trump's Use of Emergency Powers to Build Border Wall  —  WASHINGTON — A coalition of 16 states, including California and New York, on Monday challenged President Trump in court over his plan to use emergency powers to spend billions of dollars on his border wall.
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Julie Kelly / American Greatness:
Adam Schiff: The Jussie Smollett of Trump-Russia Collusion  —  He helped conceive a hoax so outlandish that only the most gullible, craven, or witless person could believe it.  —  The attack, as he called it, allegedly was executed by mysterious and politically motivated thugs with the intent to inflict harm.
Discussion: TMZ.com, Raw Story and Daily Wire
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CBS Chicago:
Jussie Smollett Case: Clues Into Potential Motive Behind The Attack
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
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 …
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Matt Zapotosky / Washington Post:
Rosenstein plans to leave Justice Department next month
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
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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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
Howard Schultz:
Our path  —  Howard SchultzBlockedUnblockFollowFollowing  —  It's been three weeks since we began this journey with the launch of my new book on 60 Minutes and the announcement that I am seriously considering running for president as a centrist independent.  The reaction has been beyond any expectation I had.
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Mike Allen / Axios:
Howard Schultz's 2020 promise: “I will do nothing to re-elect Donald Trump”
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.
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.
Bret Hayworth / Sioux City Journal:
Steve King urges crowd to pray for Kevin McCarthy to restore committee assignments  —  ROCK RAPIDS, Iowa — In front of another friendly audience Monday, U.S. Rep. Steve King urged his supporters to pray for House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy to restore King's committee assignments …
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.
 
 
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Jacqueline Klimas / Politico:
Trump to approve lean Space Force
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Axios:
Republicans want to push “socialism vs. freedom” as an opening 2020 message
New York Times:
The Democrats and Israel  —  The Democratic Party has a long history …
Marc Caputo / Politico:
‘Are you with us?’: Bloomberg calls in his chits
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
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Catherine Rampell / Washington Post:
What America really needs to do is abolish Congress
Dennis Wagner / Arizona Republic:
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