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4:20 AM ET, February 16, 2020

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Washington Post:
Barr's internal reviews and re-investigations feed resentment, suspicion inside Justice Dept.  —  The Justice Department in the Trump era has repeatedly tasked U.S. attorneys from far-flung offices to parachute into politically explosive cases in Washington, raising concerns among current …
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George Conway / Washington Post:
There is no one to stop Trump now  —  When the subject of Attorney General William P. Barr comes up these days, it's hard not to think of John S. McCain.  Not the late senator, mind you, but the USS John S. McCain, the naval destroyer named after his father and grandfather.
Discussion: CNN
New York Times:
Fearful of Trump's Attacks, Justice Dept. Lawyers Worry Barr Will Leave Them Exposed  —  After a week of tumult, some career prosecutors expressed concerns about political interference and the attorney general's response to the president weighing in on the prosecution of an associate.
Discussion: American Greatness
Isaac Chotiner / New Yorker:
Why D.C.'s Mayor Endorsed Michael Bloomberg  —  Michael Bloomberg, who will enter the Democratic Presidential primaries on Super Tuesday, on March 3rd, and has already spent more than three hundred million dollars on his campaign, has risen to third place in an average of national polls of Democratic primary voters.
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Karen Tumulty / Washington Post:
Bloomberg should face a reckoning on his treatment of women  —  When it comes to dealing with race relations, former New York City mayor Mike Bloomberg wants us to believe that he has grown and changed.  —  In November, just days before he officially made his late entry into the 2020 presidential race …
Washington Post:
The Portable Bloomberg: The Wit & Wisdom of Michael Bloomberg  —  This booklet was given to Mike Bloomberg on his 48th birthday in 1990.  It was produced by Elisabeth DeMarse, Bloomberg L.P.'s former chief marketing officer.  “Yes, these are all actual quotes,” DeMarse wrote in the introduction.
Michael Kranish / Washington Post:
Mike Bloomberg for years has battled women's allegations of profane, sexist comments  —  NEW YORK — As Mike Bloomberg celebrated his 48th birthday in 1990, a top aide at the company he founded presented him with a booklet of profane, sexist quotes she attributed to him.
Zeeshan Aleem / Vox:
A new report raises more questions about Bloomberg's alleged sexism and sexual harassment
Discussion: CNN, The Hill, NBC News and HuffPost
Associated Press:
Sanders attacks moderate rivals as voting begins in Nevada  —  LAS VEGAS (AP) — Progressive firebrand Bernie Sanders jabbed his more moderate rivals on Saturday for taking campaign cash from billionaires as Democratic officials at some sites across Nevada were overwhelmed by long lines …
Discussion: Washington Post
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Dan Balz / Washington Post:
The Democratic nomination contest doesn't look like any from the past  —  Halfway through the early state primaries and caucuses, Democrats are no closer to clarifying their nominating contest than they were at the turn of the New Year.  In the coming two contests — Nevada's caucuses next Saturday …
Maya King / Politico:
Deep cracks emerge in Biden's firewall
Discussion: The Hill, Associated Press and The Week
Evan Semones / Politico:
Drudge floats the implausible: A Bloomberg-Clinton ticket  —  Matt Drudge, the famous news aggregator and internet provocateur, shattered the lull of an otherwise calm Saturday morning with a big-if-true bombshell: “EXCLUSIVE: BLOOMBERG CONSIDERS HILLARY RUNNING MATE.”
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Mike Memoli / NBC News:
Biden calls on Sanders to take accountability for supporters' threats  —  The message comes after the powerful Culinary Workers Union said supporters of the Vermont senator had “viciously attacked” its members.  —  LAS VEGAS — Joe Biden called on Bernie Sanders to accept greater accountability …
Mike DeBonis / Washington Post:
Ted Cruz once called Trump ‘utterly amoral’ and a ‘sniveling coward.’ Then he worked to save his presidency.  —  Donald Trump called him “Lyin' Ted” Cruz, mocked his wife's appearance and falsely suggested his father was involved in President John F. Kennedy's assassination.
Discussion: Raw Story
New York Times:
A Presidency Increasingly Guided by Suspicion and Distrust  —  Presidential paranoia is not a new phenomenon but Mr. Trump, burned by impeachment, seems to have elevated it to a governing philosophy of his White House.  —  WASHINGTON — President Trump suggested in recent days that he had …
Ross Douthat / New York Times:
The Bloomberg Temptation  —  Will the Democrats try to replace Donald Trump with a power-hungry plutocrat?  —  For a long time the notion of a Michael Bloomberg presidential candidacy seemed like a Manhattan fancy, a conceit with elite appeal but no mass constituency, a fantasy for Acela riders …
Discussion: Jacobin
Colby Itkowitz / Washington Post:
Trump eliminates funding for program honoring Ambassador Stevens, who was killed in Benghazi  —  The Trump administration has zeroed out of the State Department budget a request from a nonprofit entity set up in honor of J. Christopher Stevens, the U.S. ambassador killed in Benghazi, Libya, in 2012 terrorist attacks.
Minyvonne Burke / NBC News:
Black college swimmer on team trip had gun pointed at his head by police  —  Jaylan Butler of Eastern Illinois University said officers threatened to blow his head off before it became clear they mistook him for a suspect.  —  A black student at Eastern Illinois University returning …
Associated Press:
Klobuchar shifts on immigration before Nevada caucuses  —  LAS VEGAS (AP) — Democratic presidential candidate Amy Klobuchar says she no longer believes English should be the national language of the U.S., disavowing a vote she took more than a decade ago as she tries to build support in a state …
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Associated Press:   In interview, Amy Klobuchar and Tom Steyer can't name Mexico's president
Tal Axelrod / The Hill:
GOP governor endorses Weld in Vermont primary  —  Vermont Gov. Phil Scott (R) has endorsed GOP presidential candidate Bill Weld ahead of the state's GOP primary next month, a move intended as a rebuke of President Trump.  —  “I've met with him before, I think a lot of him and his platform …
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WPTZ:
Gov. Scott gives endorsement in Presidential race
Discussion: New York Post, TheBlaze and Politico
 
 
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Jonah Engel Bromwich / New York Times:
Lots of Rich Men Tweet Like the President Now
Adam Shaw / Fox News:
Joe Biden, grilled on Obama-era record of putting children in ‘cages,’ argues ‘we kept them safe’
Discussion: The Hill and The Daily Caller
David Knowles / Yahoo News:
Trump budget zeroes out funding for Stars and Stripes, the military's newspaper
Shane Goldmacher / New York Times:
Pete Buttigieg's Dash for Cash: 10 Fund-Raisers in Two Weeks
Discussion: The Hill
Pat Rynard / Iowa Starting Line:
Mark Smith Elected As New Chair Of Iowa Democrats
Associated Press:
Sanders' bond with Latinos gets first test of many in Nevada
Donald Judd / CNN:
After saying Keegan-Michael Key supports Buttigieg, the former mayor's campaign says the actor …
 Earlier Items: 
Maya Gebeily / Agence France-Presse:
Irked US squeezes Iraq with cash delays, short waivers
Christopher Caldwell / New York Times:
Bloomberg Is Right About the 2008 Financial Crash
Discussion: The Week
John McWhorter / The Atlantic:
Bloomberg Flunks the Wokeness Test
Discussion: Slate
USA Today:
This college was accredited by a DeVos-sanctioned group.  We couldn't find evidence of students or faculty.
Speaker Nancy Pelosi:
Pelosi Names Shanna Devine First Director of Whistleblower Ombudsman Office of the U.S. House of Representatives
Eric Levitz / New York Magazine:
This One Chart Explains Why the Kids Back Bernie
Associated Press:
AP FACT CHECK: Trump's wall claim is beyond ‘redemption’
Discussion: The Mahablog
Sarah Quinlan / Arc Digital:
Donald Trump Taught Me A Lot (Though Not On Purpose)
 

 
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