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4:50 PM ET, March 17, 2019

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Felicia Sonmez / Washington Post:
RNC links ‘noted Irishman’ Beto O'Rourke's heritage to 1998 DWI arrest  —  The Republican National Committee on Sunday sent out a tweet linking Democratic 2020 presidential candidate Beto O'Rourke's Irish heritage to his 1998 drunken-driving arrest, in an attack that a scholar said raises questions …
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Matt Viser / Washington Post:
From an emphatic no to an enthusiastic yes: How Beto O'Rourke decided to run for president  —  BURLINGTON, Iowa — Beto O'Rourke was in his bathroom, brushing his teeth.  He and his wife, Amy, had been engaged in the morning sprint to get out the door.  Fixing breakfast for their three children, packing lunches, getting dressed.
Discussion: New York Post and Politico
Ben Kamisar / NBC News:
Beto O'Rourke acknowledges ‘privileges’ afforded to him because of race and gender
Discussion: The Root
Will Weissert / Associated Press:
Other 2020 Dems begin sharpening criticism of Beto O'Rourke
Discussion: Axios
Todd J. Gillman / Dallas Morning News:
Beto O'Rourke would likely pick a woman for vice president: ‘That would be my preference’
Discussion: Politico and Axios
Jane Lee / Reuters:
Backstory: How Reuters uncovered Beto O'Rourke's teenage hacking days
Ruben Navarrette Jr. / USA Today:   For Latinos, ‘Beto’ O'Rourke is just another privileged white guy trying to manipulate them
Brian Stelter / CNN:
Trump tells Fox to ‘bring back’ Jeanine Pirro; source says she was suspended for Islamophobic remarks  —  New York (CNN Business)Jeanine Pirro, whose show did not air on Saturday night, was suspended by Fox News after her widely criticized commentary doubting Congresswoman Ilhan Omar's patriotism …
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Elliot Hannon / Slate:
Fox News Pulls Host Jeanine Pirro's Show From Air Following Anti-Islam Remarks
Discussion: Vox, Mediaite, Mother Jones and Joe.My.God.
Marisa Fernandez / Axios:
Trump defends Fox News' Jeanine Pirro after Islamophobic comments
Washington Post:
Mulvaney says it's ‘absurd’ to link New Zealand mosque attacks to Trump's rhetoric
Discussion: Politico, Townhall and Contemptor
Connor O'Brien / Politico:
Mulvaney: ‘Absurd’ to say that Trump's rhetoric influenced New Zealand attack  —  Acting White House Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney defended President Donald Trump on Sunday, calling suggestions his rhetoric on immigration influenced a mass shooting last week at two mosques in New Zealand “absurd.”
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Washington Post:
New Zealanders mourn, vow to stand together — but also to debate sensitive issues  —  • Police raised the death toll to 50 after removing victims' bodies from the crime scenes.  —  • The police have said that all the evidence points to Brenton Harrison Tarrant being a lone gunman.
Washington Post:
'Let's get this party started': New Zealand shooting suspect narrated his chilling rampage
Discussion: Talking Points Memo and Gulf News
Khaled Diab / Washington Post:
White supremacists and radical Islamists sound exactly alike
Discussion: Washington Monthly
Shane Harris / Washington Post:
New Zealand attack exposes how little the U.S. and its allies share intelligence on domestic terrorism threats
Discussion: Bangor Daily News
Michael Tackett / New York Times:
Trump Renews Attacks on John McCain, Months After Senator's Death  —  WASHINGTON — Tucked between St. Patrick's Day greetings and repeat criticism of a rerun of “Saturday Night Live,” President Trump demonstrated that not even death provides a respite from his wrath on Twitter.
Discussion: CNBC, The Week and The Daily Caller
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Tom Boggioni / Raw Story:
‘Weak’ Lindsey Graham destroyed for staying silent about Trump's ugly attacks on his friend John McCain (Updated)
Felicia Sonmez / Washington Post:
Trump again takes aim at John McCain over dossier, prompting rebuke from Meghan McCain
Discussion: Bloomberg, Splinter, Breitbart and Mediaite
Dominic Gates / The Seattle Times:
Flawed analysis, failed oversight: How Boeing and FAA certified the suspect 737 MAX flight control system  —  Federal Aviation Administration managers pushed its engineers to delegate wide responsibility for assessing the safety of the 737 MAX to Boeing itself.
Discussion: The Atlantic and Financial Times
John Bowden / The Hill:
Washington Senate passes bill that would keep Trump off 2020 ballot unless he releases tax returns  —  Washington's state Senate passed a bill this week that would drop President Trump from the state's 2020 presidential ballot until he releases his tax returns.
Discussion: Townhall
Mike Allen / Axios:
Trump's 2020 map from hell  —  Recent polling in a slew of states that carried President Trump to his thin win in 2016 show him starting 2020 in a deep hole.  —  What's new: Based on demographic changes, Republicans for the first time have authentic worries about Arizona, Georgia, Texas and other states they once took for granted.
BuzzFeed News:
We Confronted Chelsea Clinton At The Christchurch Vigil.  Here's Why.  —  Yesterday we posted a video of Leen confronting Chelsea Clinton at a vigil for the victims of the white supremacist New Zealand mosque massacre.  Today, we woke up to over 100,000 people talking about it on Twitter.
Wichita Eagle:
‘The Lord will get me to the right place’: Pompeo opens door to future Kansas run  —  When Mike Pompeo thinks about what's next, he thinks about Kansas.  —  He's ruled out a U.S. Senate run in 2020.  But on the eve of Pompeo's first official visit to Kansas since his meteoric rise …
Discussion: Politico
Nicholas Casey / New York Times:
‘It Is Unspeakable’: How Maduro Used Cuban Doctors to Coerce Venezuela Voters  —  Yansnier Arias knew it was wrong.  It violated the Constitution, not to mention the oath he took as a doctor in Cuba.  —  He had been sent to Venezuela by the Cuban government, one of thousands of doctors deployed …
New York Times:
U.S. Campaign to Ban Huawei Overseas Stumbles as Allies Resist  —  WASHINGTON — The Trump administration's aggressive campaign to prevent countries from using Huawei and other Chinese telecommunications equipment in their next-generation wireless networks has faltered, with even some of …
Martin Matishak / Politico:
Trump spy agency nominee marooned in Senate standoff  —  Sen. Chuck Grassley is accusing the Trump administration of stonewalling him over a request for documents related to the Russia investigation, and he's taking it out on the president's nominee for a critical U.S. intelligence post.
Discussion: POLITICUSUSA and Raw Story
Laura Greenhalgh / Politico:
May asks MPs for ‘honourable compromises’ to back Brexit deal  —  Prime Minister Theresa May today asked Britain's MPs to “stand together as democrats and patriots” to back her Brexit deal.  —  Writing in the Telegraph, May lent heavily on the prospect that delays to Brexit could force Britain …
 
 
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Phil Willon / Los Angeles Times:
The rich buying names on college buildings is ‘legal bribery,’ Gov. Gavin Newsom says
Michael Corkery / New York Times:
As Costs Skyrocket, More U.S. Cities Stop Recycling
Discussion: Reason
Nicholas Kristof / New York Times:
This 8-Year-Old Chess Champion Will Make You Smile
Christopher Dickey / The Daily Beast:
It's Time to Attack White Nationalism for the Terror Group It Is
Discussion: Raw Story
Ginger Gibson / Reuters:
Senator Gillibrand formally launches presidential campaign
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John Bowden / The Hill:
Missouri lawmaker files bills requiring some residents to own AR-15s, handguns
Discussion: KTLA and Political Wire
New York Times:
How Parents Are Robbing Their Children of Adulthood
Discussion: Althouse
Zak Cheney-Rice / New York Magazine:
The Endgame of White Supremacy Is Always Death
Discussion: Hullabaloo and Mother Jones
 

 
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Jessica Toonkel / Wall Street Journal:
A deep dive into Paramount's sale to Skydance; sources: Skydance may integrate Pluto into Paramount+, and CBS head George Cheeks is expected to be head of TV

New York Times:
In a first, Telegram is set to be profitable in 2024, with $1B+ in revenue, up from ~$350M in 2023, and 12M subscribers; source: 50%+ of its revenue is from ads

Kimberly Nordyke / The Hollywood Reporter:
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