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Bret Stephens / New York Times:
Dear Millennials: The Feeling Is Mutual — Joe Biden dares to take offense at those who specialize in being offended. — Earlier this month, a video of Joe Biden saying he had “no empathy” for “the younger generation” that “tells me how tough things are” resurfaced on social media.
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Jill Filipovic / New York Times:
Does Anyone Actually Want Joe Biden to Be President? — What ‘electability’ seems to mean in 2020 — and what it meant in 2018. — The most important requirement for the Democratic Party's presidential nominee? Electability. It matters more, we keep hearing, than nominating a candidate who has good policies.
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Opinion Today
Molly Nagle / ABC News:
Joe Biden heads to Philadelphia to give pitch on uniting the country
Joe Biden heads to Philadelphia to give pitch on uniting the country
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Axios, One America News Network and The Guardian
CNN:
Flynn contacted GOP Mueller critic while cooperating with special counsel — Why Mueller cares about Michael Flynn (2018) — Washington (CNN)While he was cooperating with special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation, former Trump national security adviser Michael Flynn contacted at least …
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Talking Points Memo, New York Post, emptywheel, Mediaite and Raw Story
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Darren Samuelsohn / Politico:
Mueller's House testimony likely off until at least June
Mueller's House testimony likely off until at least June
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Conservative News Today
NEWS.com.au:
Scott Morrison clinches unlikely victory over Bill Shorten in bombshell election result — Prime Minister Scott Morrison has swept to a sensational win over Bill Shorten in a shock election result that keeps the Coalition in power. — Federal Election 2019: The best photos from ScoMo's campaign1:48
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The American Conservative
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Michael Heath / Bloomberg:
Ex-Australian PM Abbott Loses Seat in ‘Unprecedented’ Defeat — Controversial minister is defeated by former Olympic skier — Predicted ‘stupendous’ victory for Coalition in upbeat speech — Former Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott has been soundly defeated in his formerly ultra-safe seat …
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BBC and The Guardian
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Bernie Sanders Wants to Destroy the Best Schools Poor Urban Kids Have — Bernie Sanders today is announcing the foundation of his K-12 education plan, which is to crack down on public charter schools. If enacted, the Sanders plan would snuff out one of the most successful social policy innovations …
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CNN, Conservative News Today and Outside the Beltway
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Adam Kelsey / ABC News:
Sen. Bernie Sanders' education plan nixes for-profit charter school funding
Sen. Bernie Sanders' education plan nixes for-profit charter school funding
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Vox, The Week and Citizen Times
Rashaan Ayesh / Axios:
Bernie Sanders unveils plan to reform public education system
Bernie Sanders unveils plan to reform public education system
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BuzzFeed News and Joe.My.God.
CBS News:
Democratic governor ready to sign Louisiana abortion ban bill — Nearly three decades ago, when Democratic Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards' wife was 20 weeks pregnant with their first child, a doctor discovered their daughter had spina bifida and encouraged an abortion. They refused.
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Melinda Deslatte / Associated Press:
Louisiana governor breaks with Democratic Party on abortion
Louisiana governor breaks with Democratic Party on abortion
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twitchy.com and Fortune
Morgan Gstalter / The Hill:
Dem Louisiana governor prepared to sign fetal ‘heartbeat’ ban
Dem Louisiana governor prepared to sign fetal ‘heartbeat’ ban
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Fox News and twitchy.com
Sarah Jones / New York Magazine:
Abortion Is Morally Good — Abortion, Bill Clinton once said …
Abortion Is Morally Good — Abortion, Bill Clinton once said …
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twitchy.com
Colby Itkowitz / Washington Post:
'It's entirely inappropriate': Trump shot a political video on Air Force One — Seated behind a desk on Air Force One, the presidential seal over his left shoulder, President Trump shot a short video Thursday, blasting New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio's entry into the 2020 race.
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Political Wire and Daily Kos
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Dave Goldiner / New York Daily News:
President Trump's Air Force One video trashing Mayor Bill de Blasio may have violated law
President Trump's Air Force One video trashing Mayor Bill de Blasio may have violated law
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PJ Media Home, New York Times and Daily Wire
Washington Post:
Acting secretary blocked Stephen Miller's bid for another DHS shakeup — An attempt by President Trump's senior adviser Stephen Miller to engineer a new shake-up at the Department of Homeland Security was blocked this week by Kevin McAleenan, the department's acting secretary …
Sydney Ember / New York Times:
‘I Did My Best to Stop American Foreign Policy’: Bernie Sanders on the 1980s — In an interview, one of the leading candidates for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination discusses his long-held opposition to war and his support for socialist leaders. — As Burlington's mayor from 1981 to 1989 …
Rachel Frazin / The Hill:
Trump admin not sending migrants to Florida after backlash — U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) does not plan to send migrant families to Florida after reports about a Trump administration proposal resulted in backlash from local and state officials this week.
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Orlando Sentinel and IJR
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Kevin Poulsen / The Daily Beast:
The Hell of Working at Trump's New Favorite Network — Conspiracy theories, racist outbursts, and a whole lot of Putin love. Working for the far-right One America News Network was a deeply weird experience, former employees say. — Ernest Champell realized there was something unusual …
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Raw Story
Lisa de Moraes / Deadline:
Fran Lebowitz Apologizes After Telling Bill Maher U.S. Should Give Donald Trump To Saudis Who Killed Khashoggi — Fran Lebowitz said she regrets that “everyone misinterpreted” her comment onb Bill Maher's Real Time Friday night, when she suggested the U.S. turn President Donald Trump …
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Rolling Stone, Joe.My.God., Washington Free Beacon, twitchy.com and Althouse
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Joseph Wulfsohn / Fox News:
Trump ‘deserves’ Khashoggi treatment, Maher guest Fran Lebowitz says before backpedaling
Trump ‘deserves’ Khashoggi treatment, Maher guest Fran Lebowitz says before backpedaling
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Conservative News Today and IJR
Jonathan Cohn / HuffPost:
Why This Political Fight In Michigan Should Matter To Democrats Everywhere — It's a test of Gov. Gretchen Whitmer's leadership — and whether her party can convince voters better public services are worth higher taxes. — WARREN, Mich. ― Mechanic Jay Buni knows all about the …
Fedor Indutny / BostonGlobe.com:
Mayor Pete and the Order of the Kong: How Buttigieg's Harvard pals helped spur his rise in politics — A tired-looking Senator Ted Kennedy was nearing the end of a question-and-answer session with students at Harvard's Institute of Politics when a young man in a white button-down shirt approached the microphone.
Aída Chávez / The Intercept:
A Genuine Populist is Running for West Virginia Governor. His Donor Rolls Broke the State's Campaign Finance Software. — When Stephen Noble Smith's campaign sought to present its 62-page finance filings to the West Virginia secretary of state, something went wrong.
Mikhael Smits / Washington Free Beacon:
Arson Suspected in Three Fires At Jewish Centers — Fires at Jewish centers in Massachusetts were deliberately set, authorities now believe. Two were an hour apart, and two struck one house the same week. — Police responded to reports of fires two Massachusetts cities Thursday night.
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VICE News and Jewish Telegraphic Agency
Alex Spence / BuzzFeed:
Researchers Say Many Of The Brexit Party's Twitter Followers Aren't Behaving Like Genuine Voters — High volumes. Short intervals. Odd times of day. Twitter thinks this is the online behaviour of regular British voters, but researchers have raised doubts.
Eric Levitz / New York Magazine:
Trump Accidentally Raised Taxes on the Children of Dead Veterans — Donald Trump always knew that his tax law would include a few unpopular provisions. After all, as a Republican president, he had a fiduciary duty to provide his party's shareholders a hefty return on their investments.
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Daily Kos and New York Times
Adam Mill / American Greatness:
How the FBI Broke the Rules Using Christopher Steele — Attorney General Bill Barr recently asked a question that all Americans should be asking: “How did we get to the point where . . . the evidence is now that the president was falsely accused of colluding with the Russians and accused …
Constance Grady / Vox:
The Mueller report holds the top 3 slots on the New York Times best-seller list — And the rest of the week's best writing on books and related subjects. — Welcome to Vox's weekly book link roundup, a curated selection of the internet's best writing on books and related subjects.
Sally Goldenberg / Politico:
De Blasio targets ‘Con Don’ on Iowa stump — SIOUX CITY, Iowa — New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio is pitching himself to Iowa's Democratic caucus-goers as the party's best chance to defeat President Trump, ignoring skepticism back home over his chances as he toured an ethanol plant and heard from struggling farmers Friday.
Emily Wax-Thibodeaux / Washington Post:
Where women call the shots — The nation's first majority-female legislature is currently meeting in Nevada. Carson City may never be the same. — CARSON CITY, Nev. — She didn't plan to say it. Yvanna Cancela, a newly elected Democrat in the Nevada Senate, didn't want to “sound crass.”
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