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7:10 PM ET, February 26, 2019

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New York Times:
On Eve of Michael Cohen's Testimony, Republican Threatens to Reveal Compromising Information  —  WASHINGTON — On the eve of the long awaited public testimony of Michael D. Cohen, President Trump's former lawyer, a Republican member of Congress from Florida threatened on Tuesday to reveal information …
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Wall Street Journal:
Cohen to Testify That Trump Engaged in Criminal Conduct While in Office  —  Michael Cohen, Donald Trump's former lawyer, will for the first time publicly accuse the president of criminal conduct while in office related to a hush-money payment to a porn star, a person familiar with his planned testimony before Congress said.
Emily Saul / New York Post:
Michael Cohen has been disbarred  —  President Trump's former lawyer and fixer Michael Cohen has been disbarred.  —  The decision, which follows his felony conviction for lying under oath, was announced in documents released Tuesday by Manhattan's Appellate Division, First Department and the Attorney Grievance Committee.
Jason Chaffetz / Fox News:   Michael Cohen hearing's only purpose is to publicly flog Trump during meeting with Kim Jong Un
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
New Michael Cohen testimony may undermine Trump's spin on Mueller
Discussion: Daily Kos and Talking Points Memo
NBC News:
Twitter suspends conservative activist Jacob Wohl after he admits to making fake accounts  —  “It is not illegal, unethical, or untoward for Americans to steer an American election,” he said.  “I'm an American.”  —  Jacob Wohl, a conservative activist who infamously attempted …
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Gus Garcia-Roberts / USA Today:
This 21-year-old tweeted lies about Robert Mueller and Ruth Bader Ginsburg.  Now, he's eyeing the 2020 election  —  COSTA MESA, Calif. - A false claim bubbled up from the internet last month that Sen. Kamala Harris, the recently announced presidential candidate, wasn't eligible for election …
Will Sommer / The Daily Beast:
Jacob Wohl Permanently Banned by Twitter for Fake Accounts  —  The 21-year-old pro-Trump troll said he would try to manipulate the 2020 election.  Oops.  —  Twitter banned notorious Trump supporter Jacob Wohl from its platform on Tuesday, alleging that Wohl broke the site's rules against creating fake accounts.
Discussion: Joe.My.God.
Ellen Nakashima / Washington Post:
U.S. Cyber Command operation disrupted Internet access of Russian troll factory on day of 2018 midterms  —  The U.S. military blocked Internet access to an infamous Russian entity seeking to sow discord among Americans during the 2018 midterms, several U.S. officials said …
CNN:
Trump bets it all on friendship with Kim  —  Trump: Kim Jong Un and I see eye to eye  —  Hanoi (CNN)President Donald Trump was looking to flatter his new friend in Singapore when he struck upon an unusual compliment.  —  He had known plenty of people who had grown up wealthy and whose families …
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Politico:
POLITICO Playbook PM: Robby Mook's new gig
Discussion: Vox, The Atlantic and Mother Jones
Washington Post:
In Hanoi, Kim Jong Un and a culture clash with the White House press corps
Martin Longman / Washington Monthly:
The Republicans Stoop to New Lows in Congress  —  I have some personal business I have to attend to this afternoon, so this will be somewhat brief.  There have been several House Republicans who have complained that the Democrats are forcing them to vote on President Trump's border emergency …
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Philip Bump / Washington Post:
After skipping nearly 1,100 mandated emergency reviews, Congress decides to do its job
Discussion: Politico
McClatchy Washington Bureau:
White House sours on Kris Kobach for Senate, Cabinet  —  Republican hardliner Kris Kobach's inner circle is hinting that he has President Donald Trump's support for either a Senate run or Cabinet position.  —  They're wrong.  —  White House officials have grown frustrated enough …
Discussion: Political Wire
Paul Heintz / Washington Post:
I've reported on Bernie Sanders for years.  A free press won't give him what he wants.  —  Paul Heintz is a staff writer for and political editor of Seven Days, a Vermont newsweekly.  —  In the fall of 1988, Bernie Sanders charged up the stairs of a Montpelier bar to the Vermont offices …
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Alex Seitz-Wald / NBC News:
Bernie Sanders staff shake-up: Top strategists leave his presidential campaign
Discussion: Daily Wire, CNN, TheBlaze and Axios
Natasha Korecki / Politico:
Top Democrats want 2020 candidates to sign non-aggression pact  —  Democratic Party chairs in the four early presidential states are working to convince the 2020 presidential candidates to avoid waging social media disinformation warfare against each other.  —  The effort began this week …
Discussion: Political Wire and Washington Post
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Max Greenwood / The Hill:
64 percent say Democratic Party supports socialism, says poll
Christopher Newport / The Judy Ford Wason Center …:
Independent Candidate May Have Significant Impact on Democratic Party's Electoral Fortunes in 2020 Election
Victor Garcia / Fox News:
Ivanka Trump challenges Ocasio-Cortez platform, says Americans don't want ‘guaranteed minimum’  —  Ivanka Trump, President Trump's daughter and a White House senior adviser, lauded her father's economy and said the majority of Americans ideologically believe differently than Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez …
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Mehdi Hasan / The Intercept:
AOC, Sanders, and Warren Are the Real Centrists Because They Speak for Most Americans
Discussion: Washington Post
Terrell Jermaine Starr / The Root:
Exclusive: Kamala Harris Calls for Decriminalization of Sex Work, Unequivocally Calls Trump a Racist and Wants Reparations (Sort of)  —  U.S Sen. Kamala Harris, a frontrunner in the burgeoning 2020 race for the Democratic nomination for president, is addressing criticisms of her criminal justice record and …
The Daily Beast:
CNN Assures Dems: Sarah Isgur Won't Have Editorial Control in Any 2020 Coverage  —  The cable channel continues damage control over hiring a long-time Republican operative for a high-ranking editorial gig.  —  Officials at CNN have told the Democratic National Committee that their new politics editor …
Discussion: twitchy.com
Felicia Sonmez / Washington Post:
North Carolina Republican in congressional race tainted by ballot fraud says he will not run in new election  —  Mark Harris, the Republican nominee in a North Carolina congressional race that was tainted by ballot fraud, announced Tuesday that he will not run in the new election for the seat.
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Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Mitch McConnell finds a novel villain after North Carolina's fraud-riddled election: Democrats
Discussion: Joe.My.God.
Axios:
Thousands of migrant youth allegedly suffered sexual abuse in U.S. custody  —  Thousands of allegations of sexual abuse against unaccompanied minors in the custody of the U.S. government have been reported over the past 4 years, according to Department of Health and Human Services documents given to Axios by Rep. Ted Deutch's office.
Discussion: CNN, KVOA-TV, Breitbart, Splinter and The Week
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Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Mueller scores big win as court rejects challenge to his appointment  —  Special counsel Robert Mueller scored one of the biggest legal wins of his tenure on Tuesday, as a federal appeals court rejected claims that his appointment was unconstitutional.  —  In a unanimous ruling …
Discussion: Axios and ABC News
Columbia Journalism Review:
Poll: How does the public think journalism happens?  —  For decades, we've known that Americans don't trust the press.  What we haven't known is how people view the makings of journalism, from the use of fact checkers and anonymous sources to the question of whether money skews journalistic decision-making.
Ovetta Wiggins / Washington Post:
Md. lawmaker apologizes for allegedly using n-word with her colleagues  —  A white lawmaker from Har­ford County apologized to the leaders of the Legislative Black Caucus of Maryland for using a racial slur to describe a legislative district in Prince George's County …
Gwen Aviles / NBC News:
GOP lawmaker backtracks on anti-gay bill after daughter publicly shames him  —  Kansas Republican Ron Highland is withdrawing his support for a bill that calls gay unions “parody marriages” following an open letter from his LGBTQ daughter.  —  Kansas Republican Ron Highland is removing …
Burgess Everett / Politico:
Doug Jones taunts Roy Moore to run: 'Let's just do it again'  —  Sen. Doug Jones is all but daring Roy Moore for a rematch in the Alabama Senate race.  —  Moore, who was defeated in 2017 amid sexual misconduct allegations, said this year that he believes the election was “stolen” …
Julie K. Brown / miamiherald:
Calls grow for Acosta to resign as Epstein's sex abuse victims demand justice  —  Lawyers for victims who were sexually abused as minors by multimillionaire Jeffrey Epstein have formally demanded that the government vacate Epstein's plea deal, void his federal immunity and reopen …
Discussion: Raw Story, Daily Kos and New York Times
Ross Douthat / New York Times:
The Era of Limited Government Is Over  —  Why American conservatism after Trump may learn to like the state.  —  Since conservatism became a movement in the 1950s, the American right has understood itself to be defending not just the written American Constitution but an unwritten one as well …
 
 
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Yeganeh Torbati / Reuters:
U.S. denied tens of thousands more visas in 2018 due to travel ban: data
Discussion: National Review
Washington Post:
United Methodist Church votes to maintain its opposition to same-sex marriage, gay clergy
Joyce Karam / The National:
Two US delegations in Turkey as Syria safe zone talks stall
Alice Miranda Ollstein / Politico:
House Democrats to release ‘Medicare for All’ bill — without a price tag
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Politico:
Cuomo signs ‘Red Flag’ gun control bill, flanked by Pelosi and mother of Parkland victim
Financial Times:
Euro MP rejects criticism after hiring Putin aide's daughter
 Earlier Items: 
Catherine Rampell / Washington Post:
Trump is treating our allies like his old contractors: Not well
Eric Levitz / New York Magazine:
The GOP Just Used Crocodile Tears About Anti-Semitism to Abet Mass Murder in Yemen
Andrew Egger / The Bulwark:
What the Failure of the Sasse Bill Says About Democrats
Discussion: Vox
Deanna Paul / Washington Post:
The popular vote could decide the 2020 presidential election, if these states get their way
Discussion: Raw Story and electionlawblog.org
Greg Rosalsky / NPR:
If a Wealth Tax is Such a Good Idea, Why Did Europe Kill Theirs?
Discussion: Power Line and Daily Wire
 

 
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