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10:45 AM ET, March 30, 2019

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Lucy Flores / The Cut:
An Awkward Kiss Changed How I Saw Joe Biden  —  In 2014, I was the 35-year-old Democratic nominee for lieutenant governor in Nevada.  The landscape wasn't looking good for my party that year.  There were no high-profile national races to help boost turnout, and after the top candidate bowed …
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Rebecca Traister / The Cut:
Joe Biden Isn't the Answer  —  It's still three months before the first Democratic debate, nearly a year before Super Tuesday, and he hasn't even declared yet, but poll after presidential poll continues to show 76-year-old former vice-president Joe Biden leading an enormous, diverse, and talented Democratic field.
Discussion: Axios and Mediaite
Laura McGann / Vox:
Lucy Flores isn't alone.  Joe Biden's got a long history of touching women inappropriately.  —  The media gave Biden a pass for years.  It won't in 2020.  —  Democrat Lucy Flores was preparing to give one of her final stump speeches in a race for lieutenant governor in Nevada when she felt two hands on her shoulders.
New York Times:
After Trump Casts Blame for a Special Olympics Cut, Betsy DeVos Flashes Pique  —  WASHINGTON — After a two-day thrashing over her department's proposal to eliminate funding for the Special Olympics, Education Secretary Betsy DeVos sat before senators on Thursday ready to defend it again.
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Washington Post:
With social program fights, some Republicans fear being seen as the party of the 1 percent  —  President Trump boasted this week that the Republican Party will soon be known as “the party of great health care.”  —  But a growing number of Republicans fear that it risks being tagged as the party …
Michael Warren / CNN:
WH budget office, not DeVos, pushed for proposed Special Olympics cuts, official says  —  DeVos ignores CNN's questions after budget testimony  —  Washington (CNN)The Education Department failed to include funding for the Special Olympics in its budget proposal this year after it was rebuffed …
Discussion: IJR and Raw Story
Elizabeth Williamson / New York Times:
How Alex Jones and Infowars Helped a Florida Man Stalk Sandy Hook Families  —  In the world of conspiracy theorists, Alex Jones and Wolfgang Halbig fueled each other's darkest tendencies.  —  Soon after the Dec. 14, 2012, mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn. …
Discussion: The Trace and Daily Kos
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Sebastian Murdock / HuffPost:
We Got Alex Jones' Deposition Video.  It Was A Predictable Disaster For Him.  —  For all his dangerous talk about the Sandy Hook school shooting, Alex Jones couldn't even recall the date it happened.  —  Infowars host Alex Jones was questioned earlier this month for three hours by the lawyer …
Calvin Woodward / Associated Press:
AP FACT CHECK: Trump twists facts of a migrant girl's death  —  FILE - In this Dec. 15, 2018, file photo, Annunciation House director Ruben Garcia answers questions from the media after reading a statement from the family of Jakelin Caal Maquin, pictured at left, during a press briefing at Casa Vides in downtown El Paso, Texas.
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Tim Reid / Reuters:
O'Rourke holds rallies on the Mexican border that Trump threatens to shut
Discussion: Political Wire
Washington Post:
Guatemalan girl in U.S. custody died of bacterial infection, autopsy shows
Kayla Melson / KTSM-TV:   Autopsy report: Detained Guatemalan girl died of ‘rapidly progressive’ infection
Sally Yates / Washington Post:
William Barr should release the full Mueller report as soon as possible  —  The writer served as deputy attorney general from January 2015 to January 2017.  —  America's justice system is built upon one thing — truth.  When witnesses give testimony, they are sworn to tell “the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth.”
Discussion: The Hill
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emptywheel:
Pressure Works: After Four Days, William Barr Capitulates and Gives an Estimated Page Count!!
Discussion: Hullabaloo and Common Dreams
Kim Foxx / Chicago Tribune:
Commentary: Kim Foxx: I welcome an outside review of how we handled the Jussie Smollett case  —  Cook County State's Attorney Kim Foxx prepares to speak to the media on Jan. 8, 2019.  (Brian Cassella/Chicago Tribune)  —  Let's talk about the Jussie Smollett case.
Rob Price / Business Insider:
Years of Mark Zuckerberg's old Facebook posts have vanished.  The company says it ‘mistakenly deleted’ them.  — Some old Facebook posts by CEO Mark Zuckerberg have disappeared, and the company says it “mistakenly deleted” them.  — “A few years ago some of Mark's posts were mistakenly deleted due to technical errors.
New York Times:
Trump's 2020 Campaign: A Traditional Operation With a Wild-Card Candidate  —  WASHINGTON — On a former trading floor in an office tower in Rosslyn, Va., with sweeping views of the Potomac River, the Trump 2020 campaign is settling in.  It has about 40 staff members and counting …
Wall Street Journal:
OxyContin-Maker Owner Maligned Opioid Addicts, Suit Says  —  New portions of lawsuit against opioid makers allege more details of how the Sackler family operated the company  —  In early 2001, Purdue Pharma LP executives discussed how to respond to abuse of the company's five-year-old prescription painkiller OxyContin.
Discussion: Slate
Christopher Rivas / New York Times:
I Broke Up With Her Because She's White  —  When it comes to dating, I'd rather not think about race.  But that's been hard to avoid.  —  O.K., let me just get to it.  I think I broke up with my last girlfriend because she's white.  Actually, no, I definitely broke up with her because she's white.
Discussion: Townhall, Instapundit and Hot Air
Washington Post:
Trump's barometer for success following Russia investigation's end — TV ratings  —  After President Trump vowed to take credit for shutting down the government over border wall funding during a televised Oval Office meeting with Democratic leaders in December, West Wing aides sprung into overdrive to clean up the mess.
Paul Waldman / Washington Post:
Spare us the lectures from Democratic candidates about how Democratic voters are the problem  —  If you thought we were past the tiresome “How can Democrats appeal to Trump-loving Trump voters in Trump Country?” conversation, I'm going to disappoint you.  And I'd like to use some recent comments …
Discussion: Hullabaloo
James Arkin / Politico:
Stacey Abrams builds massive political network ahead of 2020 decision  —  Stacey Abrams is set to reveal soon whether she'll run for president or senator or something else.  —  But in recent months, the Democrat has mounted a nationwide, largely below-the-radar effort to expand her donor …
Discussion: POLITICUSUSA
Scott Johnson / Power Line:
John Brennan: From spittle to flop sweat  —  Among the high former Obama administration officials who have disgraced themselves by their public comments since leaving office, John Brennan deserves special recognition.  Marc Thiessen has done us the favor of making the case in the Washington Post column …
Ian Buruma / Financial Times:
Editing in an age of outrage  —  Until recently Jian Ghomeshi, a former CBC broadcaster and rock musician, was not much known outside Canada.  I now rather wish it had stayed that way.  But last September I decided, as editor of the New York Review of Books, to publish Ghomeshi's story …
Jordain Carney / The Hill:
GOP shifts focus to investigating Obama officials  —  Republicans are setting their sights on top Obama-era officials as they plan their own probe into the 2016 election.  —  Eager to move on from special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation into Russian election interference and the Trump campaign …
Discussion: POLITICUSUSA and Political Wire
Katie Rogers / New York Times:
White House Blames Fed for Slowing Economic Growth  —  President Trump and his top economic adviser criticized the Federal Reserve's recent interest rate increases again on Friday, blaming the central bank for hindering economic growth while denying any suggestion of a looming slowdown.
Discussion: TheStreet
Bret Stephens / New York Times:
The Foreign Policy Fiasco That Wasn't  —  Withdrawing from the Iran nuclear deal has paid dividends.  —  It's been nearly a year since Donald Trump made the decision to withdraw from the Iran nuclear deal, to loud cries that it would bring nothing but woe to the United States and our interests in the Middle East.
Washington Post:
Golan policy may invite Israel's right to annex West Bank territory.  That would spell disaster.  —  Dennis Ross, a former special assistant to President Barack Obama, is the counselor and William Davidson Distinguished Fellow at the Washington Institute.  David Makovsky is the Ziegler …
Kristen Hare / Poynter:
AP says the percentage sign now OK when used with a numeral (that's shift+5)  —  Brace yourselves.  —  The AP Stylebook says the percentage sign is now acceptable when paired with a numeral in most cases.  —  On Friday, Stylebook Editor Paula Froke announced the latest round of changes …
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Doris Truong / Poynter:
AP Stylebook update: It's OK to call something racist when it's racist
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David Marcus / The Federalist:
Why The Left Can't Understand The Alt-Right
Andrew Sullivan / New York Magazine:
Why the Mueller Summary Is a Big Win for America
Senator Jeff Merkley:
Merkley Introduces Legislation to Ensure Equal Representation for Every American
Discussion: Common Dreams
NRA-ILA:
Breaking! Federal Court Finds California Magazine Ban Violates the Second Amendment
Discussion: The Daily Caller and TheBlaze
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Ilhan Omar: “To Me, the Hijab Means Power, Liberation, Beauty, and Resistance”
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Trump issues new permit for stalled Keystone XL pipeline
Aaron Rupar / Vox:
Trump's latest comments about the border indicate he doesn't understand how trade works
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Daily Mail:
TIMELINE OF BUSH'S DECADE-LONG AFFAIR WITH JENNIFER FITZGERALD
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Matthew Sheffield / The Hill:
Poll: Americans more likely to say Ocasio-Cortez is ‘bad’ than ‘good’ for Democrats
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David Ignatius / Washington Post:
How the mysteries of Khashoggi's murder have rocked the U.S.-Saudi partnership
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Linda McMahon to leave Cabinet for Trump 2020 PAC
 

 
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