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Washington Post:
Former campaign staffer alleges in lawsuit that Trump kissed her without her consent.  The White House denies the charge.  —  A staffer on Donald Trump's 2016 presidential campaign says he kissed her without her consent at a small gathering of supporters before a Florida rally …
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Ronan Farrow / New Yorker:
A Lawsuit by a Campaign Worker Is the Latest Challenge to Trump's Nondisclosure Agreements  —  A staff member of Donald Trump's 2016 Presidential campaign filed a lawsuit in federal court in Florida on Monday, alleging that she experienced “racial and gender discrimination” while working for the campaign …
Olivia Messer / The Daily Beast:
Trump Accuser Alva Johnson Feels ‘Responsible’ for Putting ‘Sexual Predator’ in White House, Lawyer Says  —  'She's a strong woman,' Johnson's attorney, Hassan Zavareei, told The Daily Beast.  'I think she feels it as a duty that she can't remain silent.'  —  President Trump's latest sexual …
Discussion: Mediaite
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Ex-Trump campaign staffer accuses president of forcibly kissing her
Discussion: The Daily Beast
Casey Newton / The Verge:
The Trauma Floor  —  The secret lives of Facebook moderators in America  —  She spent the past three and a half weeks in training, trying to harden herself against the daily onslaught of disturbing posts: the hate speech, the violent attacks, the graphic pornography.
Maggie Severns / Politico:
GOP donors: Trump campaign lacks a strategy to win in 2020  —  Late last month, more than 100 major Republican donors gathered at the Trump International Hotel for a presentation from the president's campaign manager Brad Parscale and other top political hands on their plans to keep the White House …
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Christopher Cadelago / Politico:   My bone-chilling adventure trying to cover Kamala Harris in Iowa
New York Times:
Rust Belt, Sun Belt or Both? Democrats Seek the Best Route to the White House
Discussion: Washington Post and Althouse
Mark Leibovich / New York Times:
How Lindsey Graham Went From Trump Skeptic to Trump Sidekick  —  “What happened to me?” the senator asks.  “Not a damn thing.”  —  As the luncheon dishes were placed down, the master of ceremonies kicked off a boisterous round of Lindsey Graham trivia.  “What is the senator's middle name? …
Discussion: Raw Story, The Week and Political Wire
Stephen Castle / New York Times:
Labour Party Leader, Under Pressure, Backs a New Brexit Referendum  —  LONDON — Britain's opposition Labour Party said on Monday that it was prepared to support a second referendum on withdrawal from the European Union, a shift that could have significant ramifications for the fate of Brexit and for the country's future.
Discussion: Political Wire
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Alan McGuinness / Sky News:
Labour announce backing for a second Brexit referendum
Discussion: Boing Boing
Elizabeth Harrington / Washington Free Beacon:
Study: Green New Deal Would Cost Up to $94 Trillion  —  Sen. Barrasso: ‘Green New Deal would bankrupt the nation’  —  The “Green New Deal” would cost up to $94.4 trillion, or over $600,000 per household in the United States, according to a new study.  —  The American Action Forum study offers …
Discussion: Townhall, Hit & Run, AAF and Daily Wire
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Ari Natter / Bloomberg:
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's Green New Deal Could Cost $93 Trillion, Group Says
Discussion: AAF and The Mahablog
Aaron Rodriguez / CREW:
New Report: Trump Appears to Have Committed Multiple Crimes  —  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE  —  New Report: Trump Appears to have Committed Multiple Campaign Finance-Related Crimes  —  Washington — There is compelling evidence that President Trump may have personally committed …
Discussion: ThinkProgress and Raw Story
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CREW:   A CAMPAIGN TO DEFRAUD  —  PRESIDENT TRUMP'S APPARENT CAMPAIGN …
Elizabeth Warren / Team Warren:
The best president money can't buy  —  When I first ran for the Senate, we had a contest to name our first t-shirt.  By a big margin, the winning t-shirt said, “The Best Senator Money Can't Buy.”  I've tried to live by that every single day.  —  I understand that campaigns cost money …
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Washington Post:
‘We fell in love’: Trump and Kim shower praise, stroke egos on path to nuclear negotiations  —  HANOI — His intelligence chiefs warn that North Korea is unlikely to surrender its nuclear weapons.  His advisers fret that a breakthrough could prove elusive and that he might make an impulsive concession to score headlines.
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William M Arkin / The Guardian:
Say what you will about Trump, but his tactics on North Korea are working
The Daily Beast:
Trump Tells His Lawyers: Stay for the Coming Legal Hellscape  —  The president has made private admissions that federal investigations bedeviling his first term in office will be haunting him for possibly years to come.  —  Late last year, over the course of three separate conversations …
Dana Bash / CNN:
Harry Reid wishes for George W. Bush again ‘every day’  —  Programming note: For more on George W. Bush and the political family that produced two Presidents, watch CNN's Original Series “The Bush Years” debuting Sunday, March 3 at 9pm ET on CNN.  —  (CNN)Former Senate Democratic Leader Harry Reid …
Daniel Lippman / Politico:
Ex-Clinton staffers slam Sanders over private jet flights  —  In his campaign launch video last week, Bernie Sanders singled out the fossil fuel industry for criticism, listing it among the special interests he planned to take on.  But in the final months of the 2016 campaign …
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty:
Daughter Of Putin's Spokesman Working In European Parliament  —  BRUSSELS — The daughter of Russian President Vladimir Putin's spokesman works as an intern in the European Parliament in Brussels, and has unhindered access to various EU documents, RFE/RL has learned.
Win McNamee / Marketplace:
Former Fed Chair Janet Yellen: Far from retired, nowhere near done  —  Janet Yellen made history as the first woman to chair the Federal Reserve Board — a position that has been called “the second most powerful person in government” and the peak of a nearly 17-year career at the institution.
Discussion: CNBC, Politico and Balloon Juice
Pat Eaton-Robb / Washington Times:
Transgender sprinters finish 1st, 2nd at Connecticut girls indoor track championships  —  NEW HAVEN, Conn. — Andraya Yearwood hears the comments, usually from adults and usually not to her face.  —  She shouldn't be running, they say, not against girls.  —  Yearwood, a 17-year-old junior …
Washington Post:
The Washington Post announces the launch of the Jamal Khashoggi Fellowship  —  Award-winning Saudi scholar and activist Hala Al-Dosari named inaugural fellow  —  The Washington Post today announced the launch of the Jamal Khashoggi Fellowship, a new global opinions program established to honor the late Post columnist, Jamal Khashoggi.
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Fred Hiatt / Washington Post:   China has put 1 million Muslims in concentration camps. MBS had nothing to say.
Just Security:
Exclusive: Full Text of Bipartisan Declaration of Former Senior U.S. Officials Refuting President's Claim of a National Emergency at Southern Border  —  A bipartisan group of 58 former U.S. government national security officials have submitted a Joint Declaration that directly challenges …
Natalie Wolchover / Quanta Magazine:
A World Without Clouds  —  A state-of-the-art supercomputer simulation indicates that a feedback loop between global warming and cloud loss can push Earth's climate past a disastrous tipping point in as little as a century.  —  Michelle Yun/Quanta Magazine; source: cbglp2
Discussion: The Week
John Wagner / Washington Post:
Trump Organization asks House committee to cease investigations, citing an alleged conflict of interest  —  A lawyer for the Trump Organization has asked the House Judiciary Committee to cease any investigations related to it, claiming that the panel's work has been tainted by its hiring …
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
Zachary Warmbrodt / Politico:
House Democrats target Trump's personal finances  —  House Democrats are planning to cross one of President Donald Trump's red lines: investigating his personal finances.  —  With special counsel Robert Mueller expected to wind up his work soon, Democrats are launching an investigation …
Francis X. Donnelly / Detroit News:
Jackson gay rights leader accused of burning down own home … Nikki Joly, transgender activist, arrives in court with defense attorney Daniel Barnett in Circuit Court in Jackson, to face Judge John McBain on Friday, Feb 1, 2019, and is granted a continuance.
Ross Ramsey / The Texas Tribune:
Analysis: Where control of the next Texas Legislature will be decided  —  One-fifth of the incumbents in the Texas House serve in districts where less than 10 percentage points separated average Democrats from average Republicans in statewide races.  That's more than enough contested turf to put control within reach of either party.
Mark Murray / NBC News:
Inslee says tackling climate change would be top priority if he runs for president  —  Washington Gov. Jay Inslee has made up his mind about running for president in 2020 and will announce his decision soon, he told NBC News in an interview on Sunday.  —  And if he does run …
 
 
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Dan De Luce / NBC News:
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Nesrine Malik / The Guardian:
Jussie Smollett's story shows how intolerant of ‘victims’ we really are
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Jeremy Blackman / Houston Chronicle:
Texas gave anti-abortion group millions for women's health, despite warnings
Dan Lamothe / Washington Post:
House Democrats press the U.S. military about how it is screening for white nationalism and other extremism in the ranks
Discussion: Shakesville
Bill Whitaker / CBS News:
Did the FDA ignite the opioid epidemic?
Discussion: Politico
John Wagner / Washington Post:
After Spike Lee urges people to vote in 2020, Trump accuses him of delivering a ‘racist hit’
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Victor Davis Hanson / American Greatness:
Yes, ‘This Is America, 2019’
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Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
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Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch:
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Financial Times:
Sources: Palantir and Anduril are in talks with OpenAI, SpaceX, and more to form a consortium to bid for US defense contracts and plan to announce it in January

 
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