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11:20 AM ET, February 20, 2017

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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 …
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Trump may have been unclear, but Sweden experiencing a migrant crime wave  —  Police investigator Peter Springare isn't likely to be among those mocking President Trump for his remarks about refugees in Sweden.  —  Trump's comments during a Florida campaign rally on Saturday …
Jennifer Calfas / The Hill:
Sweden offers to teach Trump about its immigration policies
Jennifer Calfas / The Hill:
Trump clarifies remarks on Sweden: I got it from Fox News story
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 …
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.
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 …
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Julia Horowitz / CNNMoney:
Uber CEO orders ‘urgent’ investigation after sex harassment allegations
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
Associated Press:
Mattis: No plan to seize Iraqi oil
Discussion: Political Wire
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 …
Avalon Zoppo / NBC News:
Employees Across U.S. Fired After Joining ‘Day Without Immigrants’ Protest  —  More than 100 protesters across the country were fired from their jobs after skipping work to take part in last week's “Day Without Immigrants” demonstration.  —  Restaurants and day cares were among the businesses …
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WCMH-TV:
Workers fired after participating in ‘A Day Without Immigrants’ strike
Discussion: IJR
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 …
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.
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
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.
Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
Could reporters be hunted down if Trump goes after leakers?  —  For those who care about press rights in America, President Trump's words last week were stunning and disturbing.  —  The news media is not merely “scum,” as he has said many times before, but now “the enemy of the American People.”
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.
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
Nick Corasaniti / New York Times:
Joe Piscopo Considers Running for Governor of New Jersey.  No Joke.  —  He found fame in the 1980s impersonating Frank Sinatra, President Ronald Reagan and countless others on “Saturday Night Live,” followed by numerous Hollywood gigs, stand-up routines and a drive-time radio show.
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.
 
 
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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
Lucy Pasha-Robinson / The Independent:
Donald Trump is right, there was a recent attack in Sweden. By neo-Nazis on a refugee centre
Discussion: Hullabaloo and The Guardian
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
 Earlier Items: 
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’
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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New York Times:
The NBC News-Ronna McDaniel saga highlights the perks and perils of partisan talk TV; a source says McDaniel is now seeking $600K+ for her two year deal

New York Times:
Karlie Kloss' Bedford buys Life publication rights from Dotdash Meredith and plans to resume regular print publication in 2025; Josh Kushner will be publisher

Alexandra Bruell / Wall Street Journal:
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