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7:55 PM ET, February 20, 2019

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CNN:
Justice Department preparing for Mueller report as early as next week  —  Washington (CNN)Attorney General Bill Barr is preparing to announce as early as next week the completion of Robert Mueller's Russia investigation, with plans for Barr to submit to Congress soon after a summary …
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Washington Post:
Justice Department preparing for Mueller report in coming days  —  Justice Department officials are preparing for the end of special counsel Robert S. Mueller III's nearly two-year investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election and believe a confidential report could be issued in coming days …
Discussion: Raw Story
emptywheel:
Questions to Ask before Reporting a BREAKING Mueller Report  —  Update: CNN is matching NBC's reporting on this.  It also backs its report with real details from their superb stakeout. … I take from that I'm wrong about Mueller waiting for the two appeals (he knows what he'll get from them) before he delivers his verdict.
Discussion: Politico, Vox, Raw Story and Breitbart
Lynh Bui / Washington Post:
Self-proclaimed white nationalist planned mass terror attack, government says.  ‘I am dreaming of a way to kill almost every last person on earth.’  —  A U.S. Coast Guard lieutenant and self-identified white nationalist has been arrested after federal investigators uncovered a cache of weapons …
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Dave Philipps / New York Times:   Coast Guard Officer Plotted to Kill Democrats and Journalists, Prosecutors Say
CNN:
Actor Jussie Smollett now a suspect in criminal investigation  —  “Empire” actor Jussie Smollett has been “officially classified” as a suspect in a criminal investigation for allegedly filling a false police report, according to a tweet from Chicago police communications Officer Anthony Guglielmi.
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Tina Nguyen / Vanity Fair:
“Activists Masquerading as Journalists”: Why the Right-Wing Media Is So Furious About the Jussie Smollett Affair  —  A rush to judgment was endemic on the left.  But the Smollett episode also exposes a complementary phenomenon on the right, specifically an ever-simmering resentment …
John Kass / Chicago Tribune:   Column: Politicians use Jussie Smollett, while a 1-year-old boy shot in the head is set aside
NBC News:
Pentagon chief briefing irks lawmakers, draws expletives from Sen. Lindsey Graham  —  The episode highlighted Acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan's increasingly strained relationship with Capitol Hill two months after he replaced Jim Mattis.  —  Acting Defense Secretary and Sen. Graham spar over Syria policy
Discussion: Raw Story
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Kristina Wong / Breitbart:
Acting Defense Secretary Pat Shanahan's Rocky Meeting in Munich: 'You've Just Lost the Senate'
Discussion: Vox
Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
CNN's hiring of a GOP operative as political editor is even worse than it looks  —  A few months before the 2016 presidential election, Sarah Isgur tweeted some advice to Donald Trump: “The only 3 words that should be coming out of Donald Trump's mouth this week are: ‘Clinton’ ‘foundation’ ‘emails’”
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Quin Hillyer / Washington Examiner:
McCabe's depiction of Jeff Sessions is pathetically unbelievable
Discussion: BlueDot Daily, The New Neo and CNN
Shannon Young / Union-News:
UMass poll gives Joe Biden, Bernie Sanders edge in 2020 New Hampshire Democratic primary  —  Although former Vice President Joe Biden has yet to enter the 2020 White House race, he continues to lead declared Democratic candidates among expected New Hampshire voters with less than one year …
Discussion: Political Wire and twitchy.com
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Philip Bump / Washington Post:
A more liberal Democratic electorate gets a more liberal primary field — to an extent
Brett Murphy / USA Today:
Blackface, KKK hoods and mock lynchings: Review of 900 yearbooks finds blatant racism  —  In one of the most extensive searches of college yearbooks ever, we found blackface and Ku Klux Klan photos like Ralph Northam's far beyond Virginia.  —  The old yearbook photos capture the lighthearted moments …
Discussion: Splinter
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Nicole Carroll / USA Today:
I became part of our story on racist images in college yearbooks.  I'm here to apologize for publishing that photo
Discussion: Raw Story
Erik Wemple / Washington Post:
Dutch professor exposes Tucker Carlson's fraud  —  “Tucker Carlson Tonight” is a binary production.  Here's how it breaks down: The host, Tucker Carlson, either welcomes a guest with whom he agrees, in which case the segment is a facile lovefest, or he welcomes a guest with whom he disagrees …
Isaac Chotiner / New Yorker:
The Classicist Who Sees Donald Trump as a Tragic Hero  —  Many of the books written in support of Donald Trump's Presidency have been authored by Trump family hangers-on or charlatans looking to make a buck.  (Examples include “Trump's Enemies: How the Deep State Is Undermining the Presidency …
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Dan Cancian / Newsweek:
Barack Obama: 'If You're Confident About Your Sexuality, You Don't Need Eight Women Around You Twerking'
Discussion: Breitbart
Washington Post:
Supreme Court, in unanimous ruling, moves to limit state and local governments' power to impose fines and seize property  —  The court on Wednesday ruled in favor of Tyson Timbs of Marion, Ind., whose $42,000 Land Rover SUV was seized after his arrest for selling a couple hundred dollars' worth of heroin.
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Natasha Korecki / Politico:
‘Sustained and ongoing’ disinformation assault targets Dem presidential candidates  —  A wide-ranging disinformation campaign aimed at Democratic 2020 candidates is already underway on social media, with signs that foreign state actors are driving at least some of the activity.
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Luke Thompson:
The Congresswoman Loves the Swamp  —  Her Wealthy Chief of Staff used a PAC to Pay Her Boyfriend  —  Luke ThompsonBlockedUnblockFollowFollowing  —  Last Friday, my mentions died for your sins.  I posted a screen grab of Riley Roberts's House Microsoft Outlook card, including his official house …
Zoe Tillman / BuzzFeed News:
A Former Trump Staffer Filed A Class Action To Invalidate All Of The Campaign's Nondisclosure Agreements  —  WASHINGTON — A former Trump campaign staffer filed a class action Wednesday seeking to invalidate all of the nondisclosure and nondisparagement agreements that the Trump campaign required all staffers to sign.
Discussion: Axios, Splinter and VICE News
Mathew Rodriguez / Out Magazine:
Trump's Plan to Decriminalize Homosexuality Is an Old Racist Tactic … The Trump administration is set to launch a global campaign to decriminalize homosexuality in dozens of nations where anti-gay laws are still on the books, NBC News reported Monday.  While on its surface …
Washington Post:
White House readies panel to assess if climate change poses a national security threat  —  The White House is working to assemble a panel to assess whether climate change poses a national security threat, according to documents obtained by The Washington Post, a conclusion that federal intelligence agencies …
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Rebecca Morin / Politico:
Trump says he directed Pompeo not to let ISIS bride back in U.S.  —  President Donald Trump said Wednesday that he had directed the State Department not to allow the return of an Alabama woman who in 2014 joined the Islamic State terrorist group, days after the woman made public pleas to be let back into the U.S.
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Rukmini Callimachi / New York Times:
Alabama Woman Who Joined ISIS Can't Return Home, Pompeo Says
Discussion: Breitbart
Leila Fadel / NPR:
U.S. Hate Groups Rose 30 Percent In Recent Years, Watchdog Group Reports  —  Updated at 2 p.m. ET  —  For the fourth year in a row, the Southern Poverty Law Center, a civil rights organization that tracks hate groups, reports that hate and domestic extremism are rising in an unabated trend.
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Chris Woodyard / USA Today:   Hate group count hits 20-year high amid rise in white supremacy, report finds
Sean Hannity:
MANUFACTURED CRISIS?  Border Agents Seize $13 MILLION of Meth Hidden in Frozen Strawberries  —  Border and Customs agents in south Texas seized $13 million worth of methamphetamines concealed in a frozen strawberry delivery truck over the weekend; discovering the illicit drugs …
Discussion: CNN
Brian Steinberg / Variety:
CBS Mulls Changes to ‘CBS Evening News,’ Eyes Norah O'Donnell for Anchor Slot (EXCLUSIVE)  —  CBS News is considering making significant changes to its flagship “CBS Evening News,” according to four people with knowledge of the talks, part of a top-down look at the news division by incoming president Susan Zirinsky.
Raleigh News & Observer:
John Harris warned his father about legal red flags involving Bladen operative  —  Read more about the investigation into the 9th Congressional District  —  Contradicting his father's previous denials, the son of Republican Mark Harris testified Wednesday that he told the candidate multiple times …
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Emily Singer / Shareblue Media:
North Carolina Republican ignored warning about election fraud — from his son
Discussion: WRAL-TV
 
 
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The Guardian:
'He's learned nothing': Zuckerberg floats crowdsourcing Facebook fact-checks
Franco Ordoñez / McClatchy Washington Bureau:
Jared Kushner privately working on reshaping legal immigration
Max Boot / Washington Post:
Americans' ignorance of history is a national scandal
Corbin Hiar / E&E News:
Jack Abramoff joins super PAC, targets ‘Green New Deal’
Discussion: ThinkProgress
David French / National Review:
Will Woke Progressives Allow Celebrities to Be Christian?
Discussion: Washington Post
Luke Baker / Reuters:
French TV cuts Facebook live feed from Jewish cemetery after anti-Semitic abuse
Julia Manchester / The Hill:
Dershowitz says talks to use 25th Amendment to oust Trump could amount to ‘unconstitutional coup’
Daniel Strauss / Politico:
Sherrod Brown's opening: Less liberal than the liberals
Discussion: Splinter and naked capitalism
 Earlier Items: 
Jerry Iannelli / Miami New Times:
Florida Congressman Matt Gaetz Keeps Calling Ocasio-Cortez “Attractive” and It's Very Gross
Discussion: Raw Story
John Solomon / The Hill:
The family secret Bruce Ohr told Rod Rosenstein about Russia case
Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
Graham sums up how stupid the GOP has become
Discussion: Raw Story
Evan Halper / Los Angeles Times:
Your phone and TV are tracking you, and political campaigns are listening in
Thomas L. Friedman / New York Times:
Is America Becoming a Four-Party State?
Discussion: Althouse and Lawyers, Guns & Money
 

 
From Mediagazer:

Christopher Grimes / Financial Times:
Analysts say Netflix's live boxing match Friday night between Mike Tyson and Jake Paul is designed to get new subscribers, particularly on its ad-supported tier

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
 
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