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6:00 PM ET, February 26, 2019

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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.
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Maggie Haberman / New York Times:
Planned in Michael Cohen's Testimony: A Litany of Accusations Against Trump  —  WASHINGTON — Michael D. Cohen, President Trump's former personal lawyer and fixer, is planning on portraying his onetime client in starkly negative terms when he testifies Wednesday before a House committee …
Sam Stein / The Daily Beast:
Trump Ally Rep. Matt Gaetz Insists He's Not Threatening Michael Cohen by Suggesting He'll Expose ‘Girlfriends’  —  Gaetz told The Daily Beast that he was simply ‘challenging the veracity and character of a witness,’ and not trying to intimidate a witness.  —  One day before Michael Cohen appears …
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
New Michael Cohen testimony may undermine Trump's spin on Mueller  —  The news that Michael Cohen will testify to Congress that President Trump committed crimes while in office provides an occasion to step back and remind ourselves of the big picture when it comes to special counsel Robert S …
Discussion: Daily Kos and Axios
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
USA Today:
Jordan & Meadows: Democrats put out welcome mat for a liar. We can't trust Michael Cohen.
Discussion: Newsweek and NPR
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 …
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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 …
Will Sommer / The Daily Beast:
Jacob Wohl Permanently Banned by Twitter for Fake Accounts
Discussion: Raw Story and Joe.My.God.
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, Mother Jones and The Atlantic
Washington Post:
In Hanoi, Kim Jong Un and a culture clash with the White House press corps
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 …
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 and Axios
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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Rebecca Falconer / Axios:
Ivanka Trump goes after Ocasio Cortez over “guaranteed minimum” jobs policy
Discussion: Washington Press and Raw Story
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.
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 …
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
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 …
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: KVOA-TV, Breitbart and The Week
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Max Greenwood / The Hill:
64 percent say Democratic Party supports socialism, says poll  —  Nearly two-thirds of registered voters in a Harvard CAPS/Harris Poll survey released exclusively to The Hill believe that the Democratic Party supports socialism.  —  Sixty-four percent of respondents said that they believe …
Discussion: RedState and Hot Air
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Natasha Korecki / Politico:
Top Democrats want 2020 candidates to sign non-aggression pact
Discussion: Washington Post and Political Wire
Darren Samuelsohn / Politico:
Trump's inner circle might escape Mueller charges — but still won't be safe  —  Even if special counsel Robert Mueller finishes his work without filing new charges, President Donald Trump and his associates won't be in the clear.  —  In recent weeks, several prominent figures close to Trump …
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Just Security:   Mueller's Findings: Why DOJ Non-Disclosure Policy and Grand Jury Secrecy May Not Apply
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.
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 …
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 …
Deanna Paul / Washington Post:
The popular vote could decide the 2020 presidential election, if these states get their way  —  Colorado is set to become the latest member of a group of states banding together to bypass the electoral college system.  —  The National Popular Vote Interstate Compact …
Discussion: Raw Story and electionlawblog.org
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Caleb Howe / Mediaite:
Republican Lisa Murkowski Will Support Bill to Undo Trump Emergency Declaration  —  The House will vote Tuesday on a resolution to overturn President Donald Trump's emergency declaration on the border, under which he can obtain funds without congressional approval.
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
GOP leader unsure on legality of Trump's emergency declaration
Discussion: Political Wire and Breitbart
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 …
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” …
 
 
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