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Jonathan Martin / New York Times:
Beto O'Rourke Raised $6.1 Million Online in First 24 Hours of Campaign — WASHINGTON — Beto O'Rourke raised more than $6 million online in the first 24 hours after announcing his presidential campaign last week, according to his campaign, outpacing his rivals for the Democratic nomination …
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Molly Hensley-Clancy / BuzzFeed News:
Twitter's Insiders Are Skeptical About Beto O'Rourke. Iowans Don't Seem To Care. — MT. VERNON, IOWA — Sydney Holland had heard pundits say that Beto O'Rourke was inexperienced and a policy lightweight, without specific answers on immigration or health care. She'd seen people claiming he might not be a real progressive.
Will Weissert / Associated Press:
Other 2020 Dems begin sharpening criticism of Beto O'Rourke
Other 2020 Dems begin sharpening criticism of Beto O'Rourke
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Axios
Felicia Sonmez / Washington Post:
RNC links ‘noted Irishman’ Beto O'Rourke's heritage to 1998 DWI arrest
RNC links ‘noted Irishman’ Beto O'Rourke's heritage to 1998 DWI arrest
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POLITICUSUSA, The Resurgent and The Right Scoop
Eric Levitz / New York Magazine:
Ta-Nehisi Coates Is an Optimist Now A conversation about race and 2020. — In recent days, as Democrats debated the definition of “reparations,” Joe Biden rationalized his opposition to integration, and socialist congresswomen started demanding the rebirth of a nation, inquiring minds wanted to know: What would Ta-Nehisi say?
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Trip Gabriel / New York Times:
Legalizing Marijuana, With a Focus on Social Justice, Unites 2020 Democrats
Legalizing Marijuana, With a Focus on Social Justice, Unites 2020 Democrats
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ACLU
New York Times:
Saudi Crown Prince's Brutal Drive to Crush Dissenters Began Before Khashoggi — WASHINGTON — Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman of Saudi Arabia authorized a secret campaign to silence dissenters — which included the surveillance, kidnapping, detention and torture of Saudi citizens …
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Christopher Mathias / HuffPost:
Exclusive: 7 U.S. Military Members Identified As Part Of White Nationalist Group — Leaked chat logs revealed active military servicemen with ties to the extremist group Identity Evropa. — Leaked chat logs have connected seven current members of the U.S. armed forces to a white nationalist group …
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Raw Story
Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Inside Rudy's vanishing act — Rudy Giuliani has vanished from your television. The last time the president's once-ubiquitous attack dog did a major TV appearance was on Sunday, Jan. 20, when he went on NBC's “Meet the Press” and CNN's “State of the Union.”
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Raw Story, Law & Crime and Mediaite
Ilhan Omar / Washington Post:
We must apply our universal values to all nations. Only then will we achieve peace. — Ilhan Omar, a Democrat, represents Minnesota in the U.S. House of Representatives. — Since I began my first term in Congress, I have sought to speak openly and honestly about the scale of the issues …
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Talking Points Memo
Laura Strickler / NBC News:
Ben Carson's schedule shows Friday trips to Florida, lunch with My Pillow founder — For 5 Fridays out of 31, Carson was off or had no appointments. For 5 more he left before 2 p.m. to fly to South Florida, where he owns a mansion. — WASHINGTON — Ben Carson's daily schedule from 2017 shows …
Washington Post:
Trump was the face of the 737 probe — Several days after an Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737 Max 8 crashed outside Ethiopia's capital city, the Trump administration's senior air safety official was still defending the plane. — Acting Federal Aviation Administration chief Daniel K. Elwell …
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Martin Lederman / Washington Post:
Why there may be much less — and much more — to the Mueller report than people expect — This piece has been updated. — Martin Lederman teaches constitutional law at the Georgetown University Law Center and has twice served in the Office of Legal Counsel at the Justice Department.
Washington Post:
Age of victim in prosecution of Jeffrey Epstein, long a source of confusion, eased his obligations to register as a sex offender — A federal investigation into alleged sexual misconduct by multimillionaire Jeffrey Epstein had flagged scores of potential underage victims, including the 14-year-old girl who first alerted police.
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The Week
Brynn Anderson / Post and Courier:
SC sheriffs fly first class, bully employees and line their pockets with taxpayer money — South Carolina sheriffs have embezzled, bribed and dipped into public funds for expensive chauffeurs. They've driven drunk and bullied other public officials. They've been accused of leveraging …
Ana Swanson / New York Times:
Trade Fight With China Enters Overtime, With Tariffs a Costly Sticking Point — WASHINGTON — The United States and China are pushing for a summit meeting in late April to complete a trade deal, while negotiators are still grappling over its terms and how they should be enforced.
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Marc Caputo / Politico:
‘Middle-Class Joe’ rakes in millions — “Middle-Class Joe” Biden has a $2.7 million vacation home. He charges more than $100,000 per speaking gig and has inked a book deal likely worth seven figures. — Since leaving office in 2017, the 76-year-old former vice president has watched …
Washington Post:
'I haven't abandoned my principles': Hogan, pondering challenge to Trump, casts himself as a traditional Republican — Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan acknowledges that many Republicans nationwide who have heard about his potential presidential ambitions probably view him as a centrist with little hope …
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Political Wire
Tom Boggioni / Raw Story:
‘Weak’ Lindsey Graham destroyed for staying silent about Trump's ugly attacks on his friend John McCain (Updated) — President Donald Trump has spent two days attacking the late Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) but there has not been a peep of defense coming from Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) …
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Felicia Sonmez / Washington Post:
Trump again takes aim at John McCain over dossier, prompting rebuke from Meghan McCain
Trump again takes aim at John McCain over dossier, prompting rebuke from Meghan McCain
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The Week, Mediaite, National Review, Talking Points Memo, Splinter, Daily Wire, Joe.My.God. and Big League Politics
Michael Tackett / New York Times:
Trump Renews Attacks on John McCain, Months After Senator's Death
Trump Renews Attacks on John McCain, Months After Senator's Death
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The Moderate Voice, New York Post, CNBC, The Daily Caller and The Gateway Pundit
CNN:
If Biden runs, he should commit to just one term — David Gergen has been a White House adviser to four presidents and is a senior political analyst at CNN. A graduate of Harvard Law School, he is a professor of public service and was the founding director of the Center for Public Leadership at the Harvard Kennedy School.
Marisa Fernandez / Axios:
Trump defends Fox News' Jeanine Pirro after Islamophobic comments — President Trump came to Fox News anchor Jeanine Pirro's defense on Sunday in response to the network taking her off the air without explanation, one week after she implied Rep. Ilhan Omar's (D-Minn.) use of a hijab was antithetical to the U.S. Constitution.
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Elliot Hannon / Slate:
Fox News Pulls Host Jeanine Pirro's Show From Air Following Anti-Islam Remarks
Fox News Pulls Host Jeanine Pirro's Show From Air Following Anti-Islam Remarks
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CNN, Mediaite, Common Dreams and Mother Jones