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10:35 AM ET, March 8, 2019

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Alexi McCammond / Axios:
Scoop: White House leak to House Dems on Jared and Ivanka's clearances  —  From a White House source, the House Oversight Committee has obtained documents related to Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump's security clearances that the Trump administration refused to provide, according …
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Susan B. Glasser / New Yorker:
The “Enemies of the People” Have a Few Questions for the President  —  The White House press briefing is dead.  It was awful, but we should still mourn it.  —  The President of the United States has called the media “the enemy of the people” dozens of times since taking office.
Discussion: Crooks and Liars, Variety and Roll Call
Fred Barnes / Washington Examiner:   None of this is normal  —  A front-page headline in the Washington Post …
Alayna Treene / Axios:
House Democrats may probe Kushners' NYC real estate deal
Washington Post:
House Democrats torn over how aggressively to scrutinize Ivanka Trump, president's other children
Discussion: Associated Press and Althouse
Andrew Desiderio / Politico:
House Dems to bring resolution next week to make Mueller report public
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
Michelle Goldberg / New York Times:
Ilhan Omar's Microaggression  —  Her words were bad.  The reaction was worse.  —  The identity politics fiasco surrounding Democratic Congresswoman Ilhan Omar has been excruciating.  Half of me is angry at her.  The other half is furious for her.  —  Among the most basic anti-Semitic tropes …
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Tim Alberta / Politico:
The Democrats' Dilemma  —  MINNEAPOLIS—They have gathered in defiance of the freezing temperatures on a late February's night, scores of them twirling Somali flags in one hand and American flags in the other, crowding around the arrivals terminal and waiting to welcome one of their own.
New York Times:
‘She Had a Poor Choice of Words’: Ilhan Omar's Constituents Grapple with Her Remarks  —  MINNEAPOLIS — When Mohamed Ahmed's third-grade daughter was assigned a school report about an African-American she admired, she chose to study her newly elected congresswoman, Ilhan Omar.
Matthew Continetti / Washington Free Beacon:
Ilhan Communication  —  Column: Ilhan Omar, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, and the collapse of the center-left  —  I have a new hobby.  It's collecting the excuses Democrats make for Ilhan Omar, the Minnesota Democratic congresswoman who has an unhealthy fixation on Jewish influence, Jewish money, and Jewish loyalty.
Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
Republicans manage to get Democrats out of a jam — by showing the GOP's true colors  —  After a remarkably successful start for the new Congress, House Democrats got themselves tied up in knots this week.  In responding to Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.), who accused Israel supporters of loyalty …
Holly Otterbein / Politico:
Sanders seizes pro-Omar lane in 2020
Discussion: Washington Post
John Podhoretz / Commentary:
The Democrats and Anti-Semitism
Discussion: Instapundit
Astead W. Herndon / New York Times:
Elizabeth Warren Proposes Breaking Up Tech Giants Like Amazon  —  Senator Elizabeth Warren, the Massachusetts Democrat who is bidding to be the policy pacesetter in the Democratic presidential primary, is set to announce another expansive idea on Friday: a regulatory plan aimed at breaking …
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Elizabeth Warren / Team Warren:
Here's how we can break up Big Tech  —  Twenty-five years ago, Facebook, Google, and Amazon didn't exist.  Now they are among the most valuable and well-known companies in the world.  It's a great story—but also one that highlights why the government must break up monopolies and promote competitive markets.
CNN:   Elizabeth Warren's new plan: Break up Amazon, Google and Facebook
Colin Lecher / The Verge:   Elizabeth Warren says she wants to break up Amazon, Google, and Facebook
Franklin Foer / The Atlantic:
The ‘Otherwise Blameless Life’ of Paul Manafort  —  “He has lived an otherwise blameless life,” said Judge T. S. Ellis as he sentenced Paul Manafort to just 47 months in prison on Thursday.  —  In an otherwise blameless life, Paul Manafort lobbied on behalf of the tobacco industry and wangled millions in tax breaks for corporations.
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Washington Post:
Paul Manafort says at his sentencing he feels ‘humiliated and ashamed’
Zoe Tillman / BuzzFeed News:
Paul Manafort Will Serve At Least 38 Months In Prison, But His Legal Fight Isn't Over Yet
Discussion: Raw Story
Bloomberg:
Trump Seeks Huge Premium From Allies Hosting U.S. Troops  — ‘Cost Plus 50’ plan could worsen tensions with key allies  — Frustration over spending by NATO countries behind proposal  —  For years, President Donald Trump has complained that countries hosting American troops aren't paying enough.
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Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: Republican leadership splits, and party splinters over hate resolution
Discussion: Washington Post
Jon Swaine / The Guardian:
Trump inauguration took money from shell companies tied to foreigners  —  Creators of firms that donated revealed by Guardian as Indian financier, lobbyist with links to Taiwan and Israeli real estate developer  —  Donald Trump's inauguration received tens of thousands of dollars …
Associated Press:
Pentagon may tap military pay, pensions for border wall  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon is planning to tap $1 billion in leftover funds from military pay and pension accounts to help President Donald Trump pay for his long-sought border wall, a top Senate Democrat said Thursday.
Discussion: Splinter and Townhall
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Washington Post:
White House demands GOP support for Trump's wall plans, won't say how they'll affect military construction
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
David Brooks / New York Times:
The Case for Reparations  —  A slow convert to the cause.  —  I've been traveling around the country for the past few years studying America's divides — urban/rural, red/blue, rich/poor.  There's been a haunting sensation the whole time that is hard to define.  It is that the racial divide doesn't feel like the other divides.
Discussion: Tennessee Star
Todd Spangler / Detroit Free Press:
More bad news for President Donald Trump in latest Michigan poll  —  WASHINGTON — A new poll has more bad news for President Donald Trump's 2020 re-election hopes in Michigan, showing that more than half of those surveyed either plan to vote for someone else or are considering doing so next year.
Peggy Noonan / Wall Street Journal:
Get Ready for the Struggle Session  —  In America, and even more so on Twitter, there's a whiff of China's Cultural Revolution in the air.
John F. Harris / Politico:
How Trump Is Like JFK  —  Why is the mainstream media so agitated about President Donald Trump's close relationship with Fox News host Sean Hannity?  A right-wing critic emails with a taunt: “Everybody loved it when Bradlee and Kennedy were in bed together.”  —  Not sure I buy the premise.
Shane Goldmacher / New York Times:
What Kirsten Gillibrand Is Missing: New York Endorsements for 2020  —  WASHINGTON — Senator Cory Booker has been endorsed for president by New Jersey's entire 11-member Democratic congressional delegation, his state's governor and its other senator.  Senator Bernie Sanders has the backing …
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Laura Barrón-López / Politico:   Gillibrand struggles to get N.Y. delegation on board for 2020
 
 
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New York Times:
Endeavor Returns Money to Saudi Arabia, Protesting Khashoggi Murder
Alex Yablon / The Trace:
U.S. Gun Makers Send Weapons South As Migrants Flee North
Discussion: Foreign Policy
Justin Sink / Bloomberg:
Trump Heads to Alabama Promising ‘A-Plus’ Help for Storm Victims
Discussion: Political Wire
Jeff Cox / CNBC:
Job creation grinds to a near-halt in February; wages still on the rise
Discussion: Political Wire
Jamie Weinstein / The Bulwark:
The Great Hungarian Snowflake
Kelly Weill / The Daily Beast:
‘Whiter Every Election Cycle’: How Identity Evropa, a Far-Right Hate Group, Joined the GOP
Discussion: Raw Story, HuffPost and ThinkProgress
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Beto O'Rourke team begins making inquiries about possible staffers, strategists in NH
Annabelle Dickson / Politico:
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CNN:
Lynne Patton, a Trump housing official, says she has presidential OK for reality TV
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Bruce Schlesman / Judicial Watch:
Judicial Watch Uncovers DOJ Records Showing Numerous Bruce Ohr Communications with Fusion GPS and Christopher Steele
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