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10:35 AM ET, February 20, 2017

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Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
A Big Shoe Just Dropped  —  I don't know how much attention it's received.  But the appearance of the name of Felix Sater in this new article in the Times is one of the biggest shoes I've seen drop on the Trump story in some time.  —  The new story explains that a group of Trump operatives …
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Tom Hamburger / Washington Post:
Amid Russia scrutiny, Trump associates received informal Ukraine policy proposal  —  President Trump's personal lawyer and a former business associate met privately in New York City last month with a member of the Ukrainian parliament to discuss a peace plan for that country …
Discussion: alan.com and Talking Points Memo
New York Times:
A Back-Channel Plan for Ukraine and Russia, Courtesy of Trump Associates
Natasha Bertrand / Business Insider:
Report: Trump's lawyer hand-delivered Michael Flynn a secret plan to lift sanctions on Russia
Milo Yiannopoulos / Facebook:
A note for idiots (UPDATED):  —  I do not support pedophilia.  Period.  It is a vile and disgusting crime, perhaps the very worst.  There are selectively edited videos doing the rounds, as part of a co-ordinated effort to discredit me from establishment Republicans, that suggest I am soft on the subject.
Helene Cooper / New York Times:
Jim Mattis to Baghdad: 'We're Not in Iraq to Seize Anybody's Oil'  —  BAGHDAD — Defense Secretary Jim Mattis arrived in Baghdad on Monday, promising that, despite what President Trump said last month, the administration would not try to seize Iraq's oil.  —  Nor, he said, would the …
Discussion: rubber hose
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Dan Lamothe / Washington Post:
'We're not in Iraq to seize anybody's oil:' Pentagon chief arrives in Iraq with a message of cooperation
Discussion: Talking Points Memo and CNN
Associated Press:
Mattis: No plan to seize Iraqi oil
Discussion: Political Wire
Karol Markowicz / New York Post:
Lefties keep showing off their civic ignorance  —  Michael Moore stars in “TrumpLand,” a filmed political stage show.  —  MORE FROM:  —  Last week, cable news personality Sally Kohn tweeted what she called a “straightforward” plan that would eject Donald Trump and install Hillary Clinton into the presidency: “1.
Jim Rutenberg / New York Times:
In Trump's Volleys, Echoes of Alex Jones's Conspiracy Theories  —  Way back on Friday, President Trump declared that several news organizations — ABC, CBS, CNN, NBC, The New York Times — were “the enemy of the American people.”  You know who's not the enemy, in his book?  —  Alex Jones.
Susan Fowler / Susan J. Fowler:
Reflecting on one very, very strange year at Uber  —  As most of you know, I left Uber in December and joined Stripe in January.  I've gotten a lot of questions over the past couple of months about why I left and what my time at Uber was like.  It's a strange, fascinating …
Associated Press:
AP source: Revised travel ban targets same countries  —  WASHINGTON — A draft of President Donald Trump's revised immigration ban targets the same seven countries listed in his original executive order and exempts travelers who already have a visa to travel to the U.S., even if they haven't used it yet.
Discussion: alan.com
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Fox News:
Revised travel ban targets same seven countries, exempts green card holders
Graydon Carter / Vanity Fair:
Trump's White House: The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight  —  The Constitution-straining conflicts surrounding the president, his top aides, some of his children, and his licensing-and-development business are a problem with no end in sight.  —  We aren't even a third of the way through …
WCMH-TV:
Workers fired after participating in ‘A Day Without Immigrants’ strike  —  NOLENSVILLE, TN (WCMH) — While people all over the country participated in “A Day Without Immigrants” protests, one business in Nolensville, Tennesee, has fired 18 people for joining the movement.
Discussion: IJR
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Tim Skoczek / CNN:
Lewandowski: Trump's staff is letting him down  —  The Axe Files, featuring David Axelrod, is a podcast distributed by CNN and produced at the University of Chicago Institute of Politics.  The author works for the podcast.  —  Chicago (CNN)President Donald Trump has been hampered …
John Fund / National Review:
Trump Is a Lot Like the LBJ Whom Liberals Still Idolize  —  President Johnson at a White House press conference, 1967 (LBJ Presidential Library)  —  Johnson was reckless, grandiose, and intimidating, but he got things done, with the help of the GOP.  —  Austin, Texas - As president, he cut a grandiose figure.
Discussion: Real Clear Politics
DN.SE:
Swedish police featured in Fox News segment: Filmmaker is a madman  —  Trump's comments about Sweden during his rally in Melbourne, Florida, spawned headlines in newspapers all around the world.  The American president later clarified on Twitter, saying that he was referring to a segment …
Jenna Johnson / Washington Post:
Trump supporters see a successful president — and are frustrated with critics who don't  —  MELBOURNE, Fla. — Many of President Trump's most dedicated supporters — the sort who waited for hours in the Florida sun this weekend for his first post-inauguration campaign rally — say their lives changed on election night.
Chris Enloe / TheBlaze:
Video surfaces of Milo Yiannopoulos defending pedophilia, ACU board reportedly not consulted on CPAC invite  —  The American Conservative Union, which hosts the annual gathering of conservatives called “CPAC,” announced over the weekend that alt-Right provocateur Milo Yiannopoulos would be this year's keynote speaker.
Dan Merica / CNN:
White House confirms adviser reassigned after disagreeing with Trump  —  West Palm Beach, Florida (CNN)A senior National Security Council adviser was reassigned to his old job at the National Defense University, a White House spokeswoman confirmed Sunday, after he criticized the Trump administration's Latin American policies.
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Vivian Salama / Associated Press:
SENIOR TRUMP APPOINTEE FIRED AFTER CRITICAL COMMENTS
Discussion: AOL
Jennifer Calfas / The Hill:
Trump clarifies remarks on Sweden: I got it from Fox News story  —  President Trump sought to explain his reference to a nonexistent terrorism incident in Sweden at a rally Saturday night, pointing to a story from Fox News.  —  “My statement as to what's happening in Sweden was in reference …
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Jennifer Calfas / The Hill:
Sweden offers to teach Trump about its immigration policies
Lucy Pasha-Robinson / The Independent:
Donald Trump is right, there was a recent attack in Sweden.  By neo-Nazis on a refugee centre  —  US President could have been referring to largely underreported ‘politically motivated’ incident in Gothenburg  —  Negan's back on next week's episode of The Walking Dead - trailer
Discussion: Hullabaloo and The Guardian
 
 
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Sarah Lyall / New York Times:
Liberals Are Still Angry, but Merrick Garland Has Reached Acceptance
Discussion: Althouse
Jenny Gold / CNN:
‘Post-election stress disorder’ strikes on both sides
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Matt Wilstein / The Daily Beast:
Judd Apatow Denounces Trump in Epic Stand-Up Set: 'I Feel Like I've Just Been Raped'
Discussion: Mediaite
Christopher Mims / Wall Street Journal:
For Generation Z, ‘Live Chilling’ Replaces Hanging Out in Person
Discussion: Instapundit
Eli Stokols / Politico:
Reality collides with Trump's promises
Ali Dukakis / ABC News:
Paul dismisses McCain's criticisms of Trump: We're ‘lucky John McCain is not in charge’
Eric Bradner / CNN:
Kasich: Repealing Medicaid expansion is ‘a very, very bad idea’
 Earlier Items: 
Los Angeles Times:
Editorial 75 years later, looking back at The Times' shameful response to the Japanese internment
Discussion: NPR and The Daily Caller
Jazz Shaw / Hot Air:
Democrats would like their rabid base to cool it with the impeachment talk
Discussion: The Resurgent, AOL and TheBlaze
Kevin D. Williamson / National Review:
The Press vs. the President
Brad Wilmouth / NewsBusters:
MSNBC's Reid Race-Baits With Phony Claims, Kicks GOP Guest off Show
Donald Trump / Aftonbladet:
In English: This happened in Sweden Friday night, Mr President
 

 
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