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11:05 AM ET, March 11, 2019

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Madeline / Media Matters for America:
In unearthed audio, Tucker Carlson makes numerous misogynistic and perverted comments  —  During interviews on Bubba The Love Sponge, Carlson said he “love[s]” the idea of young girls sexually experimenting, used sexist terms to refer to a number of women, and defended statutory rape
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Ruth Eglash / Washington Post:
‘Wonder Woman’ takes on Netanyahu with anti-racism post on Instagram  —  JERUSALEM — It looks like Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu might have gone and upset Wonder Woman.  —  With less than a month to go before Israelis head to the polls on April 9, the long-serving leader …
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David M. Halbfinger / New York Times:
Netanyahu-Trump Partnership Is Stronger Than Ever.  Are These Its Final Days?  —  JERUSALEM — In his increasingly uphill re-election battle, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's secret weapon is no secret.  —  It's President Trump.  —  Giant campaign billboards went up in Tel Aviv …
Bari Weiss / New York Times:   Idolatry at the Western Wall
Herb Keinon / Jerusalem Post:   RIVLIN: CAMPAIGN RHETORIC REGARDING ISRAELI ARABS ‘COMPLETELY UNACCEPTABLE’
Perry Bacon Jr / FiveThirtyEight:
The Six Wings Of The Democratic Party  —  There's a lot of news right now about conflicts within the Democratic Party, and similar stories will likely continue to pop up for the next two years.  Much of this is normal and unsurprising.  The American political system has only two major parties …
Discussion: Althouse
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Washington Post:
‘Like herding cats’: Pelosi struggles to unify Democrats after painful fight over anti-Semitism
Discussion: Althouse
Tom Llamas / ABC News:
'He's not taking me to Washington?'  Michael Cohen furious at snub: Stormy Daniels' former lawyer  —  Keith Davidson, the former attorney for adult-film star Stormy Daniels and Playboy Playmate Karen McDougal, detailed his role in negotiating hush-money deals to keep both women quiet …
Discussion: Washington Post and Political Wire
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Heidi Przybyla / NBC News:
Cummings seeks testimony from two more Trump attorneys about Cohen payments
Discussion: Raw Story and POLITICUSUSA
Associated Press:
UK prime minister fights to save Brexit deal  —  LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Theresa May refused to admit defeat for her European Union divorce deal Monday, despite deadlocked talks with the bloc a day before Parliament is scheduled to vote on the plan.
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Charlie Cooper / Politico:
Brexit vote to go ahead but uncertainty remains over its status
Jeremy Barr / Hollywood Reporter:
Fox News “Strongly” Condemns Host Jeanine Pirro's Comments About Muslim Congresswoman  —  “They do not reflect those of the network and we have addressed the matter with her directly,” the network said on Sunday night.  —  In a rare rebuke of a high-profile host, Fox News on Sunday night came …
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Jamil Smith / Rolling Stone:
Will the Masses Finally See Fox News for What It Is?  —  The unholy union between the president and Rupert Murdoch's propaganda network is under fresh scrutiny  —  Less than one week after New Yorker staff writer Jane Mayer published a thoroughly reported exposé about Fox News …
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Devan Cole / CNN:
Democratic congressman says DNC is wrong to not hold primary debates on Fox News
Discussion: Talking Points Memo and Mediaite
Michael Bamberger / Golf.com:
President Trump won a 2018 club championship — without actually playing in it!  —  WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — Donald Trump takes great pride in his golf game.  Shinzo Abe and Tiger Woods and countless others can tell you about that.  He once tweeted “I don't cheat at golf” …
Discussion: Shareblue Media
New York Times:
Beto O'Rourke Moves Toward a 2020 Race He Could Upend, Ready or Not  —  Beto O'Rourke has driven alone across the plains, straining to find his emotional bearings — or at least a Pancake House in Liberal, Kan. He has collected an “El Pasoan of the Year” award, before a modest audience …
Discussion: CNN
Ken Thomas / Wall Street Journal:
Democrats Choose Milwaukee for 2020 National Convention  —  The Democratic Party has selected Milwaukee to hold its 2020 national convention, choosing to nominate its challenger to President Trump in the key battleground state of Wisconsin.
Darren Samuelsohn / Politico:
The week that could reveal Mueller's end-game  —  Buckle up: The next five days could reveal how the Mueller probe will play out.  —  Paul Manafort will know how long he'll be serving in prison, closing the book on special counsel Robert Mueller's most visible legal fight.
Discussion: Raw Story
Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Scoop: Trump lied to RNC donors about “Tim Apple” video  —  Republican donors in attendance called it one of Trump's weirdest lies ever.  On Friday night, under a tent erected over the pool at his Mar-a-Lago club in Florida, President Trump claimed the media were spreading “fake news” …
Sally Goldenberg / Politico:
‘F—ing insane’: De Blasio allies warn against 2020 run  —  NEW YORK — New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio may be thinking of running for president, but many of those closest to him aren't on board.  —  As de Blasio touted his liberal record in Iowa and South Carolina in recent weeks …
Discussion: Splinter and The Guardian
David Frum / The Atlantic:
If Liberals Won't Enforce Borders, Fascists Will  —  I. The Wave That's Still Building  —  Through much of the 20th century, the United States received comparatively few immigrants.  In the 60 years from 1915 until 1975, nearly a human lifetime, the United States admitted fewer immigrants than arrived …
Byron York / Washington Examiner:
Yes, Trump is target of ‘presidential harassment’  —  President Trump often complains that he is the victim of “presidential harassment” — or, as he sometimes puts it, “PRESIDENTIAL HARASSMENT!”  —  “Presidential Harassment by ‘crazed’ Democrats at the highest level in the history of our Country,” Trump tweeted on March 3.
Discussion: New York Times
Osita Nwanevu / New Yorker:
Democrats Push to Make Washington, D.C., the Fifty-first State  —  In the coming days, the House will vote on, and likely pass, H.R. 51, a bill that would make Washington, D.C., the fifty-first state.  The bill, which has two hundred co-sponsors, was introduced by Eleanor Holmes Norton …
Steven Papamarcos / New York Daily News:
I'm so, so, so sorry: A Baby Boomer apologizes on behalf of his generation  —  As a professor and dean for the last 30 years, I have sought, with varying degrees of success, to prepare some of you for the world into which you were to graduate.  My generation has been curating that world …
Jonathan Cohn / HuffPost:
Here's What Women Politicians Are Doing To Help Families Struggling With Child Care  —  The goal is to make it more affordable in America — and to improve the quality, too. … Kristel England-Keefe has helped literally hundreds of families find child care over the last three years in her role …
Ellen Mitchell / The Hill:
US-North Korea tensions approach boiling point  —  The Trump administration — which canceled two large-scale spring war games between the United States and South Korea in an effort to move along nuclear disarmament talks with North Korea — is now grappling with reports that Pyongyang is preparing to launch a missile soon.
 
 
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Jim Geraghty / National Review:
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Sarah Ferris / Politico:
Dems have started the gears of impeachment. Can they still turn back?
Discussion: Raw Story
Rob Gillies / Associated Press:
Canada's no-sex, no-money scandal could topple Trudeau
Rebecca Falconer / Axios:
Presidential hopeful Buttigieg calls Pence a “cheerleader for the porn star presidency”
Discussion: Politico
New York Times:
Trump Administration Steps Up Air War in Somalia
Discussion: Splinter
Washington Post:
Trump's massive reelection campaign has 2016 themes — and a 2020 infrastructure
Discussion: Talking Points Memo and Raw Story
Tommy Christopher / Mediaite:
Katrina Pierson Responds to WH Diversity Question By Asking How Many Black Staffers Abraham Lincoln Had
Discussion: The Hill