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12:55 PM ET, March 9, 2019

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David Corn / Mother Jones:
A Florida Massage Parlor Owner Has Been Selling Chinese Execs Access to Trump at Mar-a-Lago  —  The latest Trump political donor to draw controversy is Li Yang, a 45-year-old Florida entrepreneur from China who founded a chain of spas and massage parlors that included the one where New England …
Ken White / The Atlantic:
6 Reasons Paul Manafort Got Off So Lightly  —  Paul Manafort, the former campaign manager for President Donald Trump, entered Virginia federal court on Thursday facing a recommended sentence of 19 to 24 years, and left with a sentence of less than four years.
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Washington Post:
Is Paul Manafort's sentence too light?  He fared worse than many fraudsters, data shows.  —  Paul Manafort's prison sentence of less than four years on bank- and tax-fraud charges Thursday sparked outrage from commentators who said it was too light a punishment for his crimes.
Mary Papenfuss / HuffPost:
Ex-Mercenary CEO Erik Prince Admits To Trump Tower Meet With Donald Jr. And Saudi Emissary  —  He said the campaign huddle focused on “Iran policy,” and suggested his congressional hearing transcript when he failed to mention it was inaccurate.  —  Erik Prince, former head of mercenary business Blackwater …
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Mehdi Hasan / The Intercept:
Did Blackwater's Erik Prince Lie to Congress About a Trump Tower Meeting? I Asked Him.
Discussion: Raw Story and Hullabaloo
Al Jazeera English / YouTube:
Blackwater's Erik Prince: Iraq, privatising wars, and Trump | Head to Head
Discussion: Al Jazeera
Anne Applebaum / Washington Post:
The more we learn about Brexit, the more crooked it looks  —  Elements of the 2016 British referendum campaign have long seemed familiar to Americans.  There was a close, controversial election, full of rancor and anger.  There were a lot of wealthy men talking about “the people” and their “will.”
Discussion: Byline Times
Sara Carter / Sara A. Carter:
Bruce Ohr's Testimony Contradicts Testimony Provided By Rosenstein And Simpson  —  Department of Justice senior official Bruce Ohr's testimony contradicts testimony given by other senior government officials and key witnesses who testified before Congress regarding the FBI's investigation …
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Maria Sacchetti / Washington Post:
In another blow to Trump, judge rules in favor of ACLU in family separations case  —  In a legal blow to the Trump administration, a federal judge ruled Friday that all migrant families separated during the government's border crackdown should be included in a class-action lawsuit.
Discussion: POLITICUSUSA
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NBC News:   Trump administration responsible for even more separated children, judge rules
Alan Gomez / USA Today:   Judge: Trump administration may have to reunite thousands of additional migrant families
Washington Post:
Howard Schultz's ‘nightmare’: How his first big gamble outside Starbucks ended in defeat  —  When Howard Schultz bought the Seattle SuperSonics in 2001, his friends told the Starbucks chief he was overestimating what he could do to save the struggling basketball franchise.
Dan Balz / Washington Post:
Yes, the Republican Party has changed since 2016.  You think the Democratic Party hasn't?  —  The transformation of the Republican Party under President Trump is a well-told story.  Less noted, but no less significant, is the change in the Democratic Party during the same period.
Discussion: The Daily Beast and JNS.org
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Bret Stephens / New York Times:
Capitalism and the Democratic Party
Discussion: MSNBC
Sydney Ember / New York Times:
A ‘Beat Trump’ Fervor Is Producing Big Turnouts for 2020 Democrats  —  COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa — They dragged their friends to see Bernie Sanders in Iowa.  In South Carolina, their unrelenting selfie requests made Cory Booker late.  And in New Hampshire, so many showed up at a church for an event …
Discussion: Axios and Raw Story
Heather Long / Washington Post:
Workers suddenly have more power to demand higher pay and better jobs  —  Workers are receiving the fattest wage increases since the Great Recession as employers struggle to find enough people to fill their ranks and employees have more leverage to demand higher pay and jump to better jobs.
Washington Post:
She exposed Russian trolling.  Her award for her work was rescinded after she criticized Trump.  —  LONG BEFORE fears erupted in the United States about Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential campaign, Jessikka Aro, an investigative journalist in Finland, was poking around an unusual company …
Discussion: NB Blog
Jennifer Senior / New York Times:
Teen Fiction and the Perils of Cancel Culture  —  Readers, not a Twitter mob, should decide the fate of a book.  —  Late last month, a young man named Kosoko Jackson became the second young adult author in five weeks to pull a debut work just before it hit the shelves.
New York Times:
Only One Roadblock on the Road to Reform: Mitch McConnell  —  Why no vote on the House-passed ethics and election reform bill, Mr. Senate Leader?  “Because I get to decide what we vote on.”  —  The editorial board represents the opinions of the board, its editor and the publisher.
WLS / ABC7:
Jussie Smollett update: ‘Empire’ actor indicted on 16 felony counts by grand jury … There have been dozens of twists and turns since “Empire” start Jussie Smollett reported being attacked.  Here are some key moments from the start of this story.  —  WLS
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Deanna Paul / Washington Post:
Alabama's Roy Moore is ‘seriously considering’ a 2020 Senate run  —  Sen. Doug Jones (D-Ala.) may face Roy Moore, his 2017 special election opponent, in Alabama's 2020 U.S. Senate race.  The former chief justice of the state's supreme court announced he is “seriously considering” …
Discussion: Reuters and The Daily Caller
Alyza Sebenius / Bloomberg:
Russian Trolls Shift Strategy to Disrupt U.S. Election in 2020  — Hackers infiltrate computers to create fake social media users  — Fake accounts are used to amplify divisive messages by others  —  Russian internet trolls appear to be shifting strategy in their efforts to disrupt …
Washington Post:
Trump budget to propose slashing domestic spending, boosting defense  —  President Trump on Monday will propose major spending cuts across a range of domestic government programs while seeking a large increase for the Pentagon, a budget plan that's already encountering withering opposition …
Discussion: Talking Points Memo and Daily Kos
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Washington Post:
Lisa Murkowski and Joe Manchin: It's time to act on climate change — responsibly  —  Lisa Murkowski, a Republican, represents Alaska in the U.S. Senate.  Joe Manchin, a Democrat, represents West Virginia in the U.S. Senate.  —  The two of us have more in common than might meet the eye.
Discussion: ThinkProgress
 
 
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Selwyn Raab / New York Times:
Carmine Persico, Colombo Crime Family Boss, Is Dead at 85
Center for Public Integrity:
Steven Mnuchin's financial disclosures haven't earned ethics officials' blessing.  What's the hold-up?
Mother Jones:
Robert Mueller Has Raised Big Trump-Russia Questions. Will His Report Answer Them?
Discussion: Politico
Tim Ross / Bloomberg:
U.K. Dismisses EU's Brexit Concession as a ‘Disappointing’ Joke
Discussion: Politico and Coffee House
New York Times:
Our White House Photographer on Covering President Trump
Andrew Sullivan / New York Magazine:
How Should We Talk About the Israel Lobby's Power?
Jeff Stein / Newsweek:
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Associated Press:
Biden eyes fundraising challenge amid new sense of urgency
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A Trump official said seismic air gun tests don't hurt whales.  So a congressman blasted him with an air horn.
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Chris Riotta / The Independent:
Jared Kushner goes rogue in Saudi Arabia, prompting national security concerns
Discussion: Right Wing Watch
John Bresnahan / Politico:
Terri McCullough to be new chief of staff in speaker's office
Discussion: Axios
Spencer Ackerman / The Daily Beast:
ICE Is Detaining 50,000 People, an All-Time High
Discussion: VICE News and Axios
Nadja Popovich / New York Times:
America's Light Bulb Revolution
Discussion: Outside the Beltway
BuzzFeed News:
Military Doctors Told Them It Was Just “Female Problems.” Weeks Later, They Were In The Hospital.
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