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4:55 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 …
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.
Discussion: RedState
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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.
Adam Rawnsley / The Daily Beast:   Manafort's Judge Gave This Jamaican Woman More Time for Similar Crimes
New York Times:
Manafort's 47 Months: A Sentence That Drew Gasps From Around the Country
Discussion: Outside the Beltway
New York Times:
Bernie Sanders-Style Politics Are Defining 2020 Race, Unnerving Moderates  —  IOWA CITY — The sharp left turn in the Democratic Party and the rise of progressive presidential candidates are unnerving moderate Democrats who increasingly fear that the party could fritter away its chances …
Discussion: Mother Jones
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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: NB Blog, Hullabaloo, Axios and Raw Story
Dan Balz / Washington Post:
Yes, the Republican Party has changed since 2016. You think the Democratic Party hasn't?
Discussion: The Daily Beast
Bret Stephens / New York Times:
Capitalism and the Democratic Party
Discussion: MSNBC
Betsy Woodruff / The Daily Beast:
It Exists: DOJ Finds Letter Ordering Scrutiny of Uranium One, Hillary Clinton  —  Then-Attorney General Jeff Sessions wrote the letter on Nov. 22, 2017 for Utah U.S. Attorney John Huber.  Read it here.  —  Betsy Woodruff  —  After it claimed no such document existed …
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Clark Pettig / American Oversight:
Sessions Letter Shows DOJ Acted on Trump's Authoritarian Demand to Investigate Clinton  —  American Oversight has uncovered the signed directive from former Attorney General Jeff Sessions instructing a federal prosecutor to carry out President Trump's authoritarian demand to investigate Hillary Clinton.
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.
Discussion: Splinter
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
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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Al Jazeera English / YouTube:   Blackwater's Erik Prince: Iraq, privatising wars, and Trump | Head to Head
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.
Discussion: Jihad Watch
WTOP:
Richmond's new FBI chief was lead agent in Mueller's office  —  RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — The new special agent in charge of the FBI's Richmond, Virginia, field office was the lead FBI agent in Special Counsel Robert Mueller's office.  —  FBI Director Christopher Wray named David Archey …
Matthew Haag / New York Times:
Amazon's Tax Breaks and Incentives Were Big.  Hudson Yards' Are Bigger.  —  At Hudson Yards, the expansive real estate development that is about to open in Manhattan, seven floors of retail are occupied by Fendi, Dior, Neiman Marcus and other high-end shops.
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
Discussion: Mother Jones
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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Laura Meckler / Washington Post:
Betsy DeVos effort to delay special-ed regulations rejected by court  —  A federal court ruled this week that an Obama-era regulation designed to ensure children of color are not disproportionately punished or sent to special-education classrooms must take effect immediately.
Discussion: Axios
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 …
Discussion: Raw Story
Devlin Barrett / Washington Post:
Arrests in domestic terror probes outpace those inspired by Islamic extremists  —  Most people arrested as the result of FBI terrorism investigations are charged with non-terrorism offenses, and more domestic terror suspects were arrested last year than those allegedly inspired by international terror groups …
Discussion: POLITICUSUSA
 
 
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Jonah Goldberg / National Review:
The Aristocracy of Victimhood
Washington Post:
Trump invokes new demand for extracting billions of dollars from U.S. allies
Jessica Kwong / Newsweek:
Nancy Pelosi Says it's Fair Game to Go After Ivanka Trump, Jared Kushner: 'They Are Advisers …
Selwyn Raab / New York Times:
Carmine Persico, Colombo Crime Family Boss, Is Dead at 85
Deanna Paul / Washington Post:
Alabama's Roy Moore is ‘seriously considering’ a 2020 Senate run
Discussion: RedState, Reuters and The Daily Caller
Washington Post:
Lisa Murkowski and Joe Manchin: It's time to act on climate change — responsibly
Discussion: ThinkProgress
Center for Public Integrity:
Steven Mnuchin's financial disclosures haven't earned ethics officials' blessing.  What's the hold-up?
Heather Long / Washington Post:
Workers suddenly have more power to demand higher pay and better jobs
 Earlier Items: 
Mother Jones:
Robert Mueller Has Raised Big Trump-Russia Questions. Will His Report Answer Them?
Discussion: New York Times and Politico
Tim Ross / Bloomberg:
U.K. Dismisses EU's Brexit Concession as a ‘Disappointing’ Joke
Discussion: Politico and Coffee House
Washington Post:
She exposed Russian trolling. Her award for her work was rescinded after she criticized Trump.
Discussion: NB Blog
Washington Post:
Trump budget to propose slashing domestic spending, boosting defense
Discussion: Daily Kos and Talking Points Memo
New York Times:
Our White House Photographer on Covering President Trump
Jeff Stein / Newsweek:
Where Is Robert Levinson?  Inside the Secret Campaign to Find Ex-FBI Agent Who Disappeared on Mission to Iran
Crime In Boystown / CWB Chicago:
Exclusive: Grand jury returns 16 felony counts against Jussie Smollett
 

 
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Financial Times:
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Jay Peters / The Verge:
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