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Kevin Johnson / USA Today:
Federal judges' association calls emergency meeting after DOJ intervenes in case of Trump ally Roger Stone — WASHINGTON - A national association of federal judges has called an emergency meeting Tuesday to address growing concerns about the intervention of Justice Department officials …
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Donald Ayer / The Atlantic:
Bill Barr Must Resign — When Donald Trump chose Bill Barr to serve as attorney general in December 2018, even some moderates and liberals greeted the choice with optimism. One exuberant Democrat described him as “an excellent choice,” who could be counted on to “stand …
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Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
The descent of the GOP into authoritarian know-nothingism — When Ivy League-educated, formerly sane politicians spew conspiracy theories, debunked talking points and contempt for science, the question often arises: Do they believe this nonsense (i.e. have they become thickheaded by listening …
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Mary Papenfuss / HuffPost:
Barr Aimed To Block Turkish Bank Indictment After Erdogan Asked Trump For Help: Report
Barr Aimed To Block Turkish Bank Indictment After Erdogan Asked Trump For Help: Report
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Nihar Kabinittal / ABC News:
More than 2,000 former DOJ officials call on Attorney General William Barr to resign
More than 2,000 former DOJ officials call on Attorney General William Barr to resign
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Vivian Salama / CNN:
Bolton issues plea that his upcoming book isn't ‘suppressed’ by White House — Durham (CNN)John Bolton issued a plea that his upcoming book isn't “suppressed” by the White House in his first public remarks since the impeachment inquiry into Trump wrapped. — “I hope it's not suppressed …
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Axios:
Top NSC official may be moved after “Anonymous” rumor fallout — Top Trump administration officials are in discussions to reassign deputy national security adviser Victoria Coates to the Department of Energy from the National Security Council, per two sources familiar with the planning.
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Asawin Suebsaeng / The Daily Beast:
Trump's Top Trade Adviser Peter Navarro Has a Side Project: Secretly Hunting for ‘Anonymous’ — The search is on for the alleged insider who has been raising concerns about the president's acumen and ineptitude. — As President Donald Trump moves to purge his administration of perceived disloyalty …
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Carol E. Lee / NBC News:
Bolton book remains stuck in White House classification review — A Bolton adviser says the delay is “more about suppressing” the former national security adviser's book than concerns over classified information. — DURHAM, N.C. — Former national security adviser John Bolton on Monday …
David Siders / Politico:
Bernie breaks out of the pack — LAS VEGAS — Bernie Sanders is becoming harder to stop. Nevada is where his opponents are starting to realize it. — Advisers to three rival campaigns privately conceded over the weekend that the best anyone else could hope for here is second or third.
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Alex Roarty / McClatchy Washington Bureau:
‘This race is really wide open’: Uncertainty hangs over final sprint to Nevada
‘This race is really wide open’: Uncertainty hangs over final sprint to Nevada
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Holly Bailey / Washington Post:
Campaigns warn of chaos ahead of the Nevada caucuses
Campaigns warn of chaos ahead of the Nevada caucuses
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Sean McElwee / Memos:
Memo: Sanders has Strong Lead in Nevada — Authors: Sean McElwee, Executive Director of Data for Progress, Jason Ganz, CTO of Data for Progress, Ryan O'Donnell, Senior Polling Advisor, Data for Progress, Ethan Winter, Senior Adviser — Key Findings: — Senator Bernie Sanders …
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Gabriel Debenedetti / New York Magazine:
What Obama Is Saying in Private About the Democratic Primary — Democratic leaders, whose two primary concerns these days are trying to keep Donald Trump in check and maintaining their own party's unity, have had ample reason for concern in the first seven weeks of 2020.
Paulina Firozi / Washington Post:
Tom Cotton keeps repeating a coronavirus conspiracy theory that was already debunked — Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) repeated a fringe theory suggesting that the ongoing spread of a coronavirus is connected to research in the disease-ravaged epicenter of Wuhan, China.
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New York Times:
Coronavirus Updates: Cruise Ship Passengers, Some Infected, Flown Back to U.S.
Coronavirus Updates: Cruise Ship Passengers, Some Infected, Flown Back to U.S.
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Alexandra Stevenson / New York Times:
Senator Tom Cotton Repeats Fringe Theory of Coronavirus Origins
Senator Tom Cotton Repeats Fringe Theory of Coronavirus Origins
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Michael Gerson / Washington Post:
Republicans owe Vindman a public apology — In the large category of things that justice demands but will never come to pass: The elected Republicans who voted against the impeachment and removal of President Trump owe Army Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman a public apology.
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David Mikkelson / Snopes.com:
Is This ‘God Bows Down to Trump’ Sign Real? — Claim — A photograph shows a real a Trump 2020 campaign sign bearing the legend “God Bows Down to President Donald J Trump — Declares ‘He Is Perfect.’” — Rating — What's True — A photograph of a Trump campaign sign bearing the legend …
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Emma Goldberg / New York Times:
She Didn't Want a Pelvic Exam. She Received One Anyway. — Medical schools and students are grappling with an unsettling practice: Performing pelvic exams on unconscious, non-consenting patients. — Janine, a nurse in Arizona, checked into the hospital for stomach surgery in 2017.
Hunter Lamirande / Point Blank Political:
2020 Nevada Democratic Caucus Poll — Tom Steyer leads a tight race in the Nevada Democratic Caucus with a slim 2-point lead, according to a poll commissioned and conducted by Point Blank Political; however, the top five candidates are all within the poll's 5.6 percent margin of error.
Samuel Lovett / Yahoo News:
Smugglers helping migrants scale Trump's border wall ‘using $5 ladders’ — Smugglers are reportedly helping migrants scale sections of — Donald Trump's multi-billion border wall using $5 ladders. — US Border Patrol has seen a rise in camouflage “hook-and-ladders” within the far south-west region of
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New York Times:
Katie Waldman and Stephen Miller Wed at Trump Hotel — Katie Rose Waldman and Stephen Miller, who both work in the Trump White House, were married Feb. 16 at Trump International Hotel in Washington. Rabbi Aryeh Lightstone, who is a senior adviser to David Friedman, the United States ambassador to Israel, officiated.
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Brian Feldman / New York Magazine:
11 Months From Today A second term for Trump seems more possible than ever. But what would it look like? … Here is one starting point for contemplating a second Trump term: The Ukraine scandal only became a Trump scandal because Ukraine refused to submit to a pair of presidential demands that would have been fairly easy to satisfy.
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Susan Fowler / TIME:
I Spoke Out Against Sexual Harassment at Uber. The Aftermath Was More Terrifying Than Anything I Faced Before — Susan Fowler is the author of Whistleblower: My Journey to Silicon Valley and Fight for Justice at Uber. — In February 2017, I published a blog post about my experiences …
Dan Pfeiffer / Politico:
Dems Beware: Don't Be Like Mitt in 2012 — Democratic political operatives have been banging their heads against the wall trying to figure out what went wrong in 2016. How did the party lose one of the most winnable elections in recent history? What can they do differently in 2020 to right that electoral wrong?
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Ryan Saavedra / The Daily Wire:
Dershowitz: I Have Proof Obama Ordered FBI Investigation At Request Of George Soros — Harvard Law School professor emeritus Alan Dershowitz revealed in an interview on Sunday that he has proof that former Democrat President Barack Obama ordered the FBI to investigate someone …
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Gregg Re / Fox News:
Bloomberg says many ‘black and Latino males’ don't ‘know how to behave in the workplace,’ in newly uncovered 2011 video — While promoting a $127 million, three-year initiative to help minorities in the workplace in 2011, then-New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg declared that there's …
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Washington Post:
The EPA is about to change a rule cutting mercury pollution. The industry doesn't want it. — For more than three years, the Trump administration has prided itself on working with industry to unshackle companies from burdensome environmental regulations. But as the Environmental Protection …