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4:00 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 …
Alayna Treene / Axios:
Cohen to present new evidence of alleged Trump “criminal conduct”  —  President Trump's former attorney Michael Cohen is expected to present evidence of alleged “criminal conduct” by Trump to the House Oversight Committee on Wednesday that was “stumbled across ... within the last 48 hours,” …
Discussion: Washington Press, Raw Story and Salon
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.
USA Today:
Jordan & Meadows: Democrats put out welcome mat for a liar. We can't trust Michael Cohen.
Discussion: Newsweek and NPR
Matthew Choi / Politico:
Cohen will present document to criminally implicate Trump
Washington Post:
20 questions that Michael Cohen could answer for lawmakers when he testifies on Capitol Hill this week
Discussion: Reuters, ABC News and Daily Kos
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  —  FIRST IN PLAYBOOK ... ROBBY MOOK, campaign manager for Hillary Clinton's 2016 presidential race, will become president of the HOUSE MAJORITY PAC, the House Democratic super PAC.  This isn't Mook's first turn at House races.
Discussion: Vox, The Atlantic and New York Times
Washington Post:
In Hanoi, Kim Jong Un and a culture clash with the White House press corps
Jason Chaffetz / Fox News:   Michael Cohen hearing's only purpose is to publicly flog Trump during meeting with Kim Jong Un
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
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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 …
Just Security:   Mueller's Findings: Why DOJ Non-Disclosure Policy and Grand Jury Secrecy May Not Apply
Tierney Sneed / Talking Points Memo:   Appeals Court Backs Mueller In Challenge Brought By Roger Stone Aide
Katelyn Polantz / CNN:
Federal court again rejects challenge to Mueller's legitimacy
Discussion: POLITICUSUSA and The Daily Caller
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 …
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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Caleb Howe / Mediaite:
Republican Lisa Murkowski Will Support Bill to Undo Trump Emergency Declaration
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
Rebecca Falconer / Axios:
Ivanka Trump goes after Ocasio Cortez over “guaranteed minimum” jobs policy
Discussion: Washington Press and Raw Story
Mehdi Hasan / The Intercept:
AOC, Sanders, and Warren Are the Real Centrists Because They Speak for Most Americans
Discussion: Informed Comment
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  —  The chief strategist of the Vermont independent's 2016 campaign and two other aides cited creative differences as they parted ways.  —  WASHINGTON — In a major shake-up to Bernie Sanders' just-launched presidential bid …
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 …
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Mitch McConnell finds a novel villain after North Carolina's fraud-riddled election: Democrats  —  What we know happened in North Carolina last fall isn't that complicated.  —  The campaign of Mark Harris, the Republican running for Congress in the state's 9th Congressional District …
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Felicia Sonmez / Washington Post:
North Carolina Republican in congressional race tainted by ballot fraud says he will not run in new election
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 …
Discussion: Joe.My.God., Law & Crime and Raw Story
Andrew Egger / The Bulwark:
What the Failure of the Sasse Bill Says About Democrats  —  It's not good.  —  On Monday evening, nearly every Democrat in the Senate voted to block passage of Sen. Ben Sasse's Born Alive Infant Survivors Act.  The bill's provisions were simple: In the event that an abortionist botched a late-term job …
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Alexandra DeSanctis / National Review:
Senate Fails to Pass Born-Alive Bill
David Harsanyi / The Federalist:
Senate Vote Against Born-Alive Infants Proves Democrats Aren't ‘Pro-Choice.’ They're Pro-Infanticide
Discussion: Washington Examiner and Daily Wire
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.
Discussion: Daily Wire
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: The Week
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Sophie Tatum / CNN:   HHS docs show thousands of alleged incidents of sexual abuse against unaccompanied minors in custody
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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Ramesh Ponnuru / Bloomberg:
Pro-Wall Republicans Should Reject Trump's Emergency  —  The president is right about border security.  But he is wrong to abuse his legal power to take action.  —  On the question of whether the federal government should spend money to augment physical barriers at the border with Mexico, I'm with President Donald Trump.
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Ross K. Baker / USA Today:   Senate Republicans will commit institutional treason if they support Trump's ‘emergency’
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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Gwen Aviles / NBC News:
GOP lawmaker backtracks on anti-gay bill after daughter publicly shames him
Natasha Korecki / Politico:
Top Democrats want 2020 candidates to sign non-aggression pact
Discussion: Washington Post
Catherine Rampell / Washington Post:
Trump is treating our allies like his old contractors: Not well
Ovetta Wiggins / Washington Post:
Md. lawmaker apologizes for allegedly using n-word with her colleagues
Eric Levitz / New York Magazine:
The GOP Just Used Crocodile Tears About Anti-Semitism to Abet Mass Murder in Yemen
Discussion: The Daily Beast, Politico and Observer
Robert W. Merry / The American Conservative:
The Coming Socialist President?
Burgess Everett / Politico:
Graham rejects House gun bills even before vote
Discussion: Breitbart
 Earlier Items: 
Wall Street Journal:
Josh Hawley's Bad Judgment
Discussion: The Federalist and Power Line
Greg Rosalsky / NPR:
If a Wealth Tax is Such a Good Idea, Why Did Europe Kill Theirs?
Discussion: Power Line and Daily Wire
Bloomberg:
Manafort's Mystery Lender Battles Mueller to Remain Shrouded
Discussion: Raw Story
New York Times:
What Goes On in Those Brexit Talks in Brussels? ‘Nothing,’ Document Says
Mary McNamara / Los Angeles Times:
Emma Thompson's letter to Skydance: Why I can't work for John Lasseter
New York Times:
Hillary Clinton Is Not a Candidate. She Looms Over 2020 Anyway.
Discussion: The Daily Caller and The Week
 

 
From Mediagazer:

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

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

Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
An interview with Telegraph Director of Technology Dylan Jacques on the goal of launching 12 significant uses of AI in the newsroom over 12 months
 
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