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Brad Plumer / New York Times:
Civilization Is Accelerating Extinction and Altering the Natural World at a Pace ‘Unprecedented in Human History’  —  WASHINGTON — Humans are transforming Earth's natural landscapes so dramatically that as many as one million plant and animal species are now at risk of extinction …
Discussion: The Guardian
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Darryl Fears / Washington Post:
One million species face extinction, U.N. panel says.  And humans will suffer as a result.  —  Up to 1 million plant and animal species are on the verge of extinction, with devastating implications for human survival, according to a United Nations report released Monday.
Seth Borenstein / Associated Press:
UN report says nature is in worst shape in human history  —  Nature is in more trouble now than at any other time in human history, with extinction looming over 1 million species of plants and animals, scientists said Monday in the United Nations' first comprehensive report on biodiversity.
Discussion: The Week
Jonathan Watts / The Guardian:
Human society under urgent threat from loss of Earth's natural life
Discussion: Splinter and Financial Times
Matt McGrath / BBC:
Nature crisis: Humans ‘threaten 1m species with extinction’
Discussion: Raw Story
James Reston Jr / New York Times:
Trump's Other Impeachable Offense  —  As Nixon learned, Congress will not abide a president who defies its subpoenas.  —  Mr. Reston is the author of “The Conviction of Richard Nixon: The Untold Story of the Frost/Nixon Interviews.”  —  On July 30, 1974, nine days before President Richard Nixon resigned …
Discussion: Hullabaloo and Philly.com
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Hugh Hewitt / Washington Post:
Democrats have done Republicans a huge favor  —  After the release of the report written by special counsel Robert S. Mueller III, Democrats had two options: They could either attempt to inflate the narrative of obstruction of justice that the special counsel hinted at but did not act upon …
Andrew Desiderio / Politico:
Democrats prepare to hold William Barr in contempt  —  The House Judiciary Committee has taken its first formal step toward holding Attorney General William Barr in contempt of Congress for defying a subpoena for special counsel Robert Mueller's unredacted report on Russian interference in the 2016 election …
CNN:
House panel sets Wednesday vote to hold Barr in contempt after DOJ doesn't turn over Mueller report
Discussion: Mediaite
Washington Post:
House Democrats to hold contempt vote Wednesday after Barr misses deadline to provide complete Mueller report
Discussion: Political Wire
Chris Joyner / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Georgia mayor under fire for alleged remarks about black job candidate  —  The mayor of Hoschton, a nearly all-white community 50 miles northeast of Atlanta, allegedly withheld a job candidate from consideration for city administrator because he was black, an AJC investigation has found.
Nancy Cook / Politico:
Mulvaney aims for ‘more proactive, less reactive’ Trump message  —  One of Mick Mulvaney's first acts after he started working as President Donald Trump's acting chief of staff in December was to hit the television airwaves.  With Trump under fire for forcing a government shutdown to fund …
Discussion: Talking Points Memo and Raw Story
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Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: Will Democrats start playing hardball with Trump?  —  DRIVING THE DAY  —  A FEW THINGS WE'RE WATCHING ...  — WHEN WILL DEMOCRATS start making PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP pay a political price for the administration's refusal to cooperate in congressional investigations?
New York Times:
In Tiger Woods, Trump Finds a Hero and a Business Opportunity  —  WASHINGTON — Ever since Tiger Woods arrived on the public stage as a golf phenom at the age of 21, Donald J. Trump has been cultivating him as a celebrity who could add a sheen to his properties around the globe.
Discussion: Talking Points Memo and Fox News
Kate Riga / Talking Points Memo:
Trump Retweets Falwell's Call For Two Years To Be Added To His Term As ‘Reparations’  —  In a move likely to heighten the anxiety of those already dubious about President Donald Trump's respect for term limits, the President retweeted Jerry Falwell's call to add two years to his term as …
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Ronald A. Klain / Washington Post:
Trump is a policy simpleton, but he's a shrewd survivor
Discussion: Raw Story
NBC News:
Democrats lose their enthusiasm advantage in latest NBC News/WSJ poll  —  First Read is your briefing from “Meet the Press” and the NBC Political Unit on the day's most important political stories and why they matter.  —  WASHINGTON — Democrats had two advantages that fueled their midterm victories …
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Carrie Dann / NBC News:
Republicans, Democrats take opposite views on nixing the Electoral College
Discussion: Political Wire
Cory Booker:
Cory's Plan to End the Gun Violence Epidemic  —  Cory's plan is the most sweeping gun violence prevention proposal ever advanced by a presidential candidate.  —  To make justice a reality for all, we have to end the epidemic of gun violence and invest in communities that have been shattered by the trauma left in its wake.
Discussion: Politico, Shakesville and The Week
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Jack Turman / CBS News:   Cory Booker unveils “bold” plan to curb gun violence
Marisa Fernandez / Axios:   Cory Booker proposes gun control plan
Thomas Heath / Washington Post:
Dow dives 450 points at open after Trump threatens higher tariffs on Chinese imports  —  U. S. markets tumbled Monday as global fears of a trade meltdown between the U.S. and China resurrected worries of an economic slowdown.  —  The Dow Jones industrial plunged more than 450 points, or nearly 1.7 percent, at the start of trading.
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Andrew C. McCarthy / National Review:
The FBI's Trump-Russia Investigation Was Formally Opened on False Pretenses  —  The State Department and an Australian diplomat grossly exaggerated Papadopoulos's claims — which were probably false anyway.  —  Chicanery was the force behind the formal opening of the FBI's Trump-Russia investigation.
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Margot Cleveland / The Federalist:
Major Report Omission Shows Mueller Was Either Incompetent Or A Political Hack
Discussion: Instapundit
Axios:
Scoop: Inside a top Trump adviser's fundraising mirage  —  A political organization run by David Bossie, President Trump's former deputy campaign manager, has raised millions of dollars by saying it's supporting Trump-aligned conservative candidates — but has spent only a tiny fraction of that money supporting candidates.
Discussion: Splinter and Raw Story
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Axios:
Elderly Bossie donors say they thought they were helping Trump
Steve Peoples / Associated Press:
Biden's strength fueled by perception of his electability  —  COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Twenty of his rivals have lined up to run for president, believing the race for the Democratic Party's presidential nomination was wide open.  But one week after launching his campaign …
Wall Street Journal:
U.S. Deploys Forces to Mideast to Deter Iran  —  The U.S. is deploying a carrier strike group and a number of bombers to the Middle East to serve as a deterrent to Iran based on new intelligence that suggests allied interests and American forces could be imperiled.
Discussion: The Guardian and Splinter
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Associated Press:
Michael Cohen heads to prison in Trump hush-money scheme  —  NEW YORK (AP) — Michael Cohen, the former lawyer, media attack dog and all-around fixer for President Donald Trump, is scheduled to begin serving a three-year prison sentence Monday for crimes including campaign finance violations related …
Discussion: Daily Kos, New York Times and The Week
Gregory A. Smith / Pew Research Center:
U.S. Jews are more likely than Christians to say Trump favors the Israelis too much  —  In his more than two years as president, Donald Trump has taken significant steps to support Israel, including moving the U.S. embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem and recognizing the Jewish state's sovereignty over the Golan Heights region.
 
 
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Stephanie Murray / Politico:
Massachusetts Republicans move to protect Trump in 2020 primary
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Isabel Vincent / New York Post:
Cartels thrive in New Mexico county after feds shut down checkpoints
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Victor Davis Hanson / American Greatness:
The Fright of James Comey
Discussion: Raw Story and New York Times
Elena Schneider / Politico:
Desperate drive to make the debate stage shakes Dem campaigns
John Hickenlooper / Wall Street Journal:
I'm Running to Save Capitalism
Discussion: Politico, Political Wire and Splinter
 Earlier Items: 
Dominic Gates / The Seattle Times:
Long before first 737 MAX crash, Boeing knew a key sensor warning light wasn't working, but told no one
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Washington Examiner:
Trump-era economy: A rising tide is lifting all boats
Amber Phillips / Washington Post:
How gender bias is shaping the 2020 Democratic primary
Discussion: Althouse
Matt Ford / New Republic:
Waiting for Peak Trump
Susan E. Rice / New York Times:
The Real Trump Foreign Policy: Stoking the G.O.P. Base
Discussion: Raw Story
CBS News:
CBS News announces anchor changes at “CBS This Morning” and “CBS Evening News”
Discussion: Mediaite
Saleha Mohsin / Bloomberg:
Mnuchin's Day Job Consumed by Protecting Trump's Tax Returns
Discussion: Raw Story
CNN:
Anatomy of a smear: How far-right websites spread a fake story about Pete Buttigieg
 

 
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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

Bloomberg:
A look at the challenges facing Crunchyroll, as current and ex-staffers say its management is out of touch, amid Disney and Netflix's expansion into anime

Max Tani / @maxwelltani:
Memo: WaPo's Matt Murray lays out plans for WP Ventures, the “third newsroom”; Krissah Thompson will be editor and Samantha Henig will be general manager

 
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