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11:05 AM ET, March 3, 2019

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ABC News:
Over 60 document requests being sent Monday: House Judiciary Chairman Jerrold Nadler  —  Rep. Jerrold Nadler, D-N.Y., is interviewed on “This Week.”  —  27m ago  —  ‘This Week’ Transcript 3-3-19: Rep. Nadler, Rep. McCarthy and Gov. Inslee  —  This is a rush transcript for “This Week” airing Sunday, March 3.
Discussion: Politico and Breitbart
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Marisa Fernandez / Axios:
House Judiciary chair: “It's very clear” Trump obstructed justice  —  House Judiciary Chairman Rep. Jerry Nadler (D-N.Y.), whose committee would be responsible for starting impeachment proceedings, told ABC's George Stephanopoulos on Sunday that “it's very clear” that President Trump obstructed justice.
Mark Murray / NBC News:
NBC News/WSJ poll: 2020 race will be uphill for Trump, but he has strong party loyalty  —  NBC News/WSJ poll finds President Trump facing headwinds on Russia investigation and border wall but bolstered by strong GOP support and a good economy.  —  WASHINGTON — A year and a half …
Discussion: Political Wire
Robert Costa / Washington Post:
'We're not going to turn on our own': Republicans rally around Trump as threats mount  —  When President Trump's longtime fixer Michael Cohen testified last week that his former boss was a “racist” and “con man” who routinely skirts the law, Republicans showed little interest in following up on his claims.
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New York Times:
How the Trump-Kim Summit Failed: Big Threats, Big Egos, Bad Bets  —  HANOI, Vietnam — As President Trump settled into the dining room of a French-colonial hotel in Hanoi on Thursday morning, the conversation with Kim Jong-un, the North Korean leader with whom he had struck up the oddest of friendships, was already turning tense.
Discussion: Outside the Beltway
Isabel Dobrin / Politico:
Trump's 10 wildest CPAC quotes
Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money
Lauren Egan / NBC News:
Trump lets loose at CPAC in longest speech of his presidency
Discussion: AOL
Andrew Restuccia / Politico:
Trump delivers scorched-earth speech as he tries to regain footing
David Nakamura / Washington Post:   Trump whipped up public emotion over Otto Warmbier's death. Now it's boomeranging back on him.
Mary L. Dudziak / Washington Post:   The toxic legacy of the Korean War
Isaac Chotiner / New Yorker:
A BuzzFeed Reporter Explains His Controversial Reporting on Michael Cohen and Donald Trump  —  In January, BuzzFeed published perhaps the clearest accusation against President Trump in all of the reporting about the Russia investigation.  Under the headline “President Trump Instructed …
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
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Washington Post:
Lawmakers exploring possible pardon talks involving Michael Cohen  —  Lawmakers are investigating whether President Trump's former personal lawyer Michael Cohen was involved in any discussions about possible pardons — which they view as a potentially ripe area of inquiry into whether anyone sought …
Discussion: Splinter, POLITICUSUSA and Raw Story
Vegas Tenold / The Guardian:
The neo-Nazi plot against America is much bigger than we realize  —  Lt Christopher Hasson is the product of traditions in white supremacist circles, and experts say there are ‘thousands like him’  —  In the early summer of 2017, US coast guard lieutenant Christopher Hasson had an idea.
David D. Kirkpatrick / New York Times:
Saudi Arabia Is Said to Have Tortured an American Citizen  —  A dual citizen of Saudi Arabia and the United States had been imprisoned in the Ritz Carlton in Riyadh for about a week when he heard a knock on his door.  —  Guards dragged Walid Fitaihi, a Harvard-trained physician, to another room …
Discussion: Human Rights Watch and Al Jazeera
Emily Heil / Washington Post:
At Gridiron dinner, Ivanka tries laughs: 'As if being Donald Trump's daughter isn't the hardest job in the world'  —  There were several crucial questions surrounding Saturday night's Gridiron dinner, that exclusive, annual white-tie gathering hosted by a club made up of Washington's most elite journalists …
Discussion: Associated Press and Axios
David Von Drehle / Washington Post:
Where does America find such sad excuses for elected leaders?  —  Like so many figures from the world of President Trump, his former lawyer Michael Cohen appears to have been recruited from a dinner theater production of “ Guys and Dolls .”  He looks like maybe his nose stood a little too close to the wrong person's fist.
Devon Ivie / Vulture:
Steven Spielberg Is Reportedly Continuing His Quest to Ban Netflix at the Oscars  —  The success of Alfonso Cuarón's Roma at this year's Oscars has royally pissed off Steven Spielberg, so much so he's reportedly doubling down on banning streaming films from awards contention once and for all.
Elena Schneider / Politico:
Nevada 2020 caucus ‘free-for-all’ heats up  —  The Democratic 2020 fight for Nevada — the oft-forgotten but critically important early presidential nominating state — is rapidly ramping up.  —  While the lion's share of media attention is focused on Iowa, New Hampshire and South Carolina …
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Amie Parnes / The Hill:
Biden seeks donors as he eyes presidential bid
Discussion: POLITICUSUSA and Political Wire
Edward-Isaac Dovere / The Atlantic:
Andrew Cuomo's Case for 2020—No, Really  —  NEW YORK—Here's how Andrew Cuomo ends our first interview at the beginning of January, sitting in a chair in his office, after eating cookie No. 4 from the tray his staff prepared.  I put a simple question to him: “Would you like to be president?”
Ross Douthat / New York Times:
The State of Russiagate  —  How the Steele dossier's scenarios look after Michael Cohen's testimony.  —  In the window of calm between Michael Cohen's testimony and the allegedly almost-at-hand delivery of Robert Mueller's report, it's worth returning for a moment to the document that established …
Renuka Rayasam / Politico:
Texas GOP races to shore up the suburbs for 2020  —  AUSTIN, Texas — Texas Republicans barely escaped a colossal defeat last year.  Now the party is scrambling to avoid a repeat in 2020.  —  Facing a rapidly changing voter base, anti-Trump fervor and a more motivated Democratic Party …
Discussion: Raw Story
New York Post:
Gas-guzzling car rides expose AOC's hypocrisy amid Green New Deal pledge … Freshman Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez wants to save the planet with her Green New Deal, but she keeps tripping over her own giant carbon footprint.  —  “We're like, 'The world is going to end in 12 years …
Discussion: Pirate's Cove
Tom Boggioni / Raw Story:
The Republican Party is dead: GOP strategist stunned by reception to Trump's ‘unhinged’ CPAC speech  —  Appearing on MSNBC with host Alex Witt, GOP strategist Rick Tyler was visibly upset at what he heard from Donald Trump during his speech at CPAC, and even more so by the enthusiastic reception the president was receiving.
Discussion: The Mahablog
Melanie Mason / Los Angeles Times:
How California's early primary illustrates the state's political inferiority complex  —  California loves to talk about itself in superlatives: The nation's most populous state.  The fifth-largest economy in the world.  Producer of tech titans and Hollywood blockbusters and a whole lot of fruits and veggies.
Discussion: Politico
Janet Hook / Los Angeles Times:
Democrats, facing a big candidate field, ask: Who is most electable over Trump? … Marcus Scott is looking for a Democratic presidential candidate who will be rude to Donald Trump.  Kara LaMarche wants an upbeat, positive approach.  Ben Dion wants a nominee with experience and gravitas.
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Washington Post:   Candidates press to connect with black voters
 
 
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Matt Lewis / The Daily Beast:
Never-Trump Republicans Start to Show Some Spine
Megan McArdle / Washington Post:
If #NeverTrumpers don't have an endgame, maybe it's because to them politics isn't a game
Discussion: American Thinker and RedState
Washington Post:
29 parents separated from their children and deported last year cross U.S. border to request asylum
Discussion: The Week and Common Dreams
Sydney Ember / New York Times:
Bernie Sanders Begins 2020 Race With Some Familiar Themes and a New One: Himself
Discussion: CNN
Mary Papenfuss / HuffPost:
11 Million Taxpayers Losing $323 Billion In Deductions In Trump Tax Hit
Discussion: POLITICUSUSA and Raw Story
Jon Gabriel / Arizona Republic:
Why politicians will talk about anything but our ballooning national debt
John McCormack / Politico:
Is Dan Crenshaw the Future of the GOP?
Gregory Krieg / CNN:
Elizabeth Warren on whether she regrets not running in 2016: 'You can't go back'
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Jennifer Barrios / Washington Post:
Commission picks new map for Maryland's gerrymandered 6th District
Andrew E. Kramer / New York Times:
Russian General Pitches ‘Information’ Operations as a Form of War
Discussion: Sputnik International
Niraj Warikoo / Detroit Free Press:
ICE, White House slam Michigan county for policy of releasing immigrants
Jonah Goldberg / National Review:
Stay-Puft Socialism, Luxurious Infanticide
Cockburn / Spectator USA:
Inside Raheem Kassam's ‘Transatlantic Right Wing Spring Fling’
Discussion: Instapundit
Brian Fung / Washington Post:
Trump announces executive order that could strip colleges of funding if they don't ‘support free speech’
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