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12:25 PM 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:
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
Matthew Yglesias / Vox:   33 questions about Donald Trump and Russia
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 …
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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Associated Press:
Mattis: No plan to seize Iraqi oil
Discussion: Daily Kos and Political Wire
Dan Lamothe / Washington Post:
'We're not in Iraq to seize anybody's oil:' Pentagon chief arrives in Iraq with a message of cooperation
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
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: Fox News and IJR
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 …
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 and Daily Kos
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Fox News:
Revised travel ban targets same seven countries, exempts green card holders
Ian Swanson / The Hill:
NBC: Russia setting up dossier on Trump  —  A dossier on President Trump's psychological makeup is being prepared for Russian President Vladimir Putin, according to a report Monday by NBC News.  —  A senior Kremlin adviser describing the dossier to NBC said Trump is a “risk-taker” who can be “naïve.”
Discussion: RedState
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.
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.
Jennifer Calfas / The Hill:
Thousands expected to attend ‘Not My Presidents Day’ rallies across the country  —  Tens of thousands of protesters are expected to attend demonstrations across the country to rally against President Trump on President's Day.  —  Protesters have used the federal holiday to organize …
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.
Jenny Gold / CNN:
‘Post-election stress disorder’ strikes on both sides  —  Journalists managing election year stress  —  Wally Pfingsten has always been a news junkie.  But since President Donald Trump was elected, he's been so anxious about the political tumult that even just having the TV news on in the background at home is unbearable.
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Natalie Andrews / Wall Street Journal:
Justin Amash Emerges as Leading Critic of Fellow Republican Donald Trump  —  The libertarian congressman uses Twitter to challenge and taunt the president  —  President Donald Trump's “constant fear-mongering” about terrorism is “irresponsible and dangerous.”  He needs to “stop attacking the legitimacy of the judiciary.”
Discussion: Cafe Hayek
Patricia Sullivan / Washington Post:
Va. Democrats to challenge GOP state lawmakers in each district Clinton won  —  Buoyed by a wave of progressive activism that began after the election of President Trump, Virginia Democrats plan to challenge 45 GOP incumbents in the deep-red House of Delegates this November …
Discussion: Political Wire
 
 
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Lucy Pasha-Robinson / The Independent:
Donald Trump is right, there was a recent attack in Sweden. By neo-Nazis on a refugee centre
Christopher Mims / Wall Street Journal:
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Eli Stokols / Politico:
Reality collides with Trump's promises
Jazz Shaw / Hot Air:
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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
Jenna Johnson / Washington Post:
Trump supporters see a successful president — and are frustrated with critics who don't
Chris Enloe / TheBlaze:
Video surfaces of Milo Yiannopoulos defending pedophilia, ACU board reportedly not consulted on CPAC invite