memeorandum: May asks MPs for ‘honourable compromises’ to back Brexit deal (Laura Greenhalgh/Politico)

11:45 AM ET, March 17, 2019

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Brian Steinberg / Variety:

Fox News' ‘Judge Jeanine’ Won't Air This Saturday — “Judge Jeanine” isn't holding court Saturday night. — Fox News Channel replaced tonight's broadcast of Jeanine Pirro's weekly program with a repeat episode of its documentary series “Scandalous,” just days after the 21st Century Fox …

Discussion: The Gateway Pundit, Raw Story and Big League Politics

Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times:

Jeanine Pirro's Show Was Bumped by Fox, to President's Chagrin — Jeanine Pirro is off Fox News prime time — and President Trump is not thrilled about it. — Fox News removed Ms. Pirro's program, “Justice With Judge Jeanine,” from its usual 9 p.m. time slot on Saturday …

Discussion: Slate, Washington Post, Townhall, Bloomberg and The Gateway Pundit, more at Mediagazer »

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.

John Cassidy / New Yorker:

It's Time to Confront the Threat of Right-Wing Terrorism — Brenton Harrison Tarrant, the twenty-eight-year-old Australian who allegedly carried out a racially motivated gun massacre, in Christchurch, New Zealand, on Friday, appeared in court on Saturday morning and was charged with one count of murder.

Discussion: New York Daily News, Los Angeles Times and Splinter

Washington Post:

'Let's get this party started': New Zealand shooting suspect narrated his chilling rampage — The recording blinked to life shortly after 1:30 p.m. Friday to reveal the ordinary gray interior of a Subaru Outback. The overcast skies of the late New Zealand summer filtered through the windshield …

Discussion: Joe.My.God.

Christopher Dickey / The Daily Beast:
It's Time to Attack White Nationalism for the Terror Group It Is

Discussion: Raw Story and Hullabaloo

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

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

Todd J. Gillman / Dallas Morning News:

Beto O'Rourke would likely pick a woman for vice president: ‘That would be my preference’ — DUBUQUE, Iowa— O'Rourke-Harris? O'Rourke-Warren? — On Saturday night, at the end of his third day as a presidential candidate, Beto O'Rourke said that he very likely would choose a female running mate …

Discussion: Axios

Ruben Navarrette Jr. / USA Today: For Latinos, ‘Beto’ O'Rourke is just another privileged white guy trying to manipulate them

Jane Lee / Reuters:

Backstory: How Reuters uncovered Beto O'Rourke's teenage hacking days — (Reuters) - Reuters reporter Joseph Menn exclusively revealed on Friday that Democratic presidential candidate Beto O'Rourke belonged to one of the best-known groups of computer hackers as a teenager.

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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 …

Discussion: Telegraph, Breitbart, The Guardian and One America News Network

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

John Bowden / The Hill:

Missouri lawmaker files bills requiring some residents to own AR-15s, handguns — A Republican lawmaker in Missouri wants to require adults in his state to purchase handguns and AR-15 rifles. — Two bills introduced by state Rep. Andrew McDaniel would require residents to purchase firearms …

Discussion: Political Wire

Tom Kington / The Times & The Sunday Times:

Witness in Berlusconi's bunga-bunga trial ‘poisoned’ — A Moroccan-born model who attended Silvio Berlusconi's bunga-bunga dinners has died in hospital, allegedly killed by radioactive poisoning. — Magistrates opened a murder investigation after the death this month of Iman Fadil, 34 …

Paul Sakkal / The Age:

Fraser Anning lashes out after he was egged by teenager — Queensland senator Fraser Anning struck out twice with an open hand at a teenager who smashed an egg on the back of his head during a media conference at a right-wing rally in Melbourne on Saturday.

Discussion: Bloomberg and Splinter

Associated Press: The Latest: Death toll in mosque attacks rises to 50

Zak Cheney-Rice / New York Magazine:

The Endgame of White Supremacy Is Always Death — At least 49 people were killed on Friday in an attack on two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand, by a man whose name — by his own admission — is irrelevant. It is irrelevant, according to a 74-page manifesto he allegedly wrote …

Discussion: Hullabaloo and Mother Jones

David Weigel / Washington Post:

He's running — almost. Joe Biden gets ahead of himself in Saturday speech, to cheers from the crowd. — DOVER, Del. — Former vice president Joe Biden is expected to announce soon whether he will seek the White House in 2020. On Saturday night, he seemed — for a moment — to get ahead of himself.

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