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5:45 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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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.
Quin Hillyer / Washington Examiner:
McCabe's depiction of Jeff Sessions is pathetically unbelievable
Discussion: BlueDot Daily, The New Neo and CNN
Timothy L. O'Brien / Bloomberg:
Trump, McCabe and the Justice Department Go to War
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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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 …
Discussion: Political Wire
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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Robert Barnes / Washington Post:
Supreme Court limits power of states and localities to impose fines, seize property  —  The Supreme Court ruled unanimously Wednesday that the Constitution's prohibition on excessive fines applies to state and local governments, limiting their abilities to impose financial penalties and seize property.
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 …
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John Kass / Chicago Tribune:   Column: Politicians use Jussie Smollett, while a 1-year-old boy shot in the head is set aside
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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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 …
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 …
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 …
Josh Rogin / Washington Post:
Inside Patrick Shanahan's clash with Congress in Munich over Syria  —  In a private meeting in Munich with more than a dozen lawmakers, acting defense secretary Patrick Shanahan got an earful about President Trump's plan to withdraw all U.S. troops from Syria by the end of April.
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Kristina Wong / Breitbart:
Acting Defense Secretary Pat Shanahan's Rocky Meeting in Munich: 'You've Just Lost the Senate'
Discussion: NBC News and Vox
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
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 …
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
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
Evan Halper / Los Angeles Times:
Your phone and TV are tracking you, and political campaigns are listening in … It was a crowded primary field and Tony Evers, running for governor, was eager to win the support of officials gathered at a Wisconsin state Democratic party meeting, so the candidate did all the usual things: he read the room, he shook hands, he networked.
Jonathan Swan / Axios:
The White House plan to exploit Andrew McCabe's new book  —  White House officials and sources close to President Trump are treating Andrew McCabe's book as an opportunity.  —  What's happening: These people plan to keep promoting bits from “The Threat,” which has rocketed past Michelle Obama's …
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John Solomon / The Hill:
The family secret Bruce Ohr told Rod Rosenstein about Russia case  —  Who would have thought that, this deep into the Russia collusion probe, we'd be learning about yet another dossier connected to Hillary Clinton?  And, as it turns out, it was sort of a family secret.
Karen Weise / New York Times:
Russian Hackers Targeted European Research Groups, Microsoft Says  —  SEATTLE — A group of hackers associated with Russian intelligence targeted civil society groups across Europe ahead of May elections there, Microsoft said on Tuesday.  —  The attacks, disclosed by Microsoft in a blog post …
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Washington Post:   Microsoft says it has found another Russian operation targeting prominent think tanks
Jerry Iannelli / Miami New Times:
Florida Congressman Matt Gaetz Keeps Calling Ocasio-Cortez “Attractive” and It's Very Gross … Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has said virtually nothing about Matt Gaetz in public.  But, given the life experience and political beliefs of the Democratic U.S. representative from New York …
Discussion: Raw Story
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 …
Franco Ordoñez / McClatchy Washington Bureau:
Jared Kushner privately working on reshaping legal immigration  —  As debate in public rages about illegal immigration and a border wall, Jared Kushner has been holding private meetings in the West Wing on ways to overhaul the legal immigration system, according to six people familiar …
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.
Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
Graham sums up how stupid the GOP has become  —  Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) in a number of ways epitomizes the Republican Party's descent into intellectual rot and immoral opportunism.  Graham as a candidate called out President Trump as a bigot and “the most flawed nominee in the history of the Republican Party.”
Discussion: Raw Story
 
 
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Emily Singer / Shareblue Media:
North Carolina Republican ignored warning about election fraud — from his son
Discussion: WRAL-TV
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
Conor Friedersdorf / The Atlantic:
Accused College Students Deserve the Presumption of Innocence
 Earlier Items: 
Dan Cancian / Newsweek:
Barack Obama: 'If You're Confident About Your Sexuality, You Don't Need Eight Women Around You Twerking'
Discussion: Breitbart
Katie Anderson / Campus Reform:
EXCLUSIVE: Calif. college calls the POLICE...over a cartoon frog
Discussion: Breitbart
David Horovitz / The Times of Israel:
Netanyahu's despicable push to bring racists into Israel's political mainstream
Discussion: KBZK
The New York Times Company:
Carol Rosenberg Joins The Times
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Trump's New Defense: Congress Can't Investigate Because There Are Too Many Crimes
Discussion: Hullabaloo
Thomas L. Friedman / New York Times:
Is America Becoming a Four-Party State?
Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money
 

 
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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

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

Mia Sato / The Verge:
Facebook makes Views its primary metric for content, bringing it in line with Instagram; each time a piece of content appears on a screen, it counts as a View

 
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