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6:55 PM ET, February 20, 2017

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USA Today:
Could Milo Yiannopoulos now lose his lucrative book deal?  —  If you troll a black comedian on Twitter, attack feminists and liberal Democrats in toxic terms and trash women who use birth control, you can get a lucrative book deal.  If you seem to condone sex between men and boys — and it's on tape — could you lose your book deal?
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Milo Yiannopoulos / Facebook:
I am a gay man, and a child abuse victim.  —  I would like to restate my utter disgust at adults who sexually abuse minors.  I am horrified by pedophilia and I have devoted large portions of my career as a journalist to exposing child abusers.  I've outed three of them, in fact -\-\ three more than most of my critics.
Rebecca Savransky / The Hill:
Breitbart employees threaten to leave over Yiannopoulos  —  Employees at Breitbart News are reportedly prepared to leave the company if Milo Yiannopoulos is not fired.  —  A senior editor at the publication told The Washingtonian that “at least a half dozen” employees are prepared to leave.
Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Milo Yiannopoulos disinvited from CPAC slot amid tape controversy  —  Milo Yiannopoulos lost his keynote speaking slot at the Conservative Political Action Conference after tapes surfaced of the right wing provocateur and senior Breitbart editor advocating for sexual relationships between “younger boys and older men.”
Milo Yiannopoulos / Facebook:
A note for idiots (UPDATED):  —  I do not support pedophilia.  Period.
Fox Business:
Breitbart News May Boot Milo Yiannopoulos Over Sex Comments
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
Steve Berman / The Resurgent:   The Hill reported Monday morning: … I'm still smarting …
Margaret Hartmann / New York Magazine:
CPAC Blasted for Milo Yiannopoulos Invite After Pedophilia Remarks Resurface
Thomas E. Ricks / Foreign Policy:
Last man standing: McMaster for NSA?  —  I think Army Lt. Gen. H.R. McMaster will be the next national security advisor.  Like Vice Adm. Bob Harward, General David Petraeus reportedly has withdrawn over the issue of being able to bring in his own staff.  And Lt. Gen. Keith Kellogg …
Discussion: Heavy.com, Washington Post and Axios
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Peter Baker / New York Times:
Trump Chooses H.R. McMaster as National Security Adviser  —  WASHINGTON — President Trump picked Lt. Gen. H.R. McMaster, a widely respected military strategist, as his new national security adviser on Monday, calling him “a man of tremendous talent and tremendous experience.”
Matthew Nussbaum / Politico:
Trump picks Lt. Gen. H.R. McMaster to be national security adviser
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Fox News:
Trump may have been unclear, but Sweden experiencing a migrant crime wave
New York Times:
Trump Pursues His Attack on Sweden, With Scant Evidence
Sam Stein / The Huffington Post:
Trump's Former Aide Concedes There Was No Voter Fraud In New Hampshire  —  Corey Lewandowski is not reading from the same script.  —  In a rare bit of message contradiction within the ranks, Donald Trump's first campaign manager, Corey Lewandowski, conceded there was no evidence …
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Palegroove / CNN:
Ep. 123 - Corey Lewandowski | The Axe Files with David Axelrod
Discussion: The Hill and Mediaite
Bill Neely / NBC News:
Russia Compiles Psychological Dossier on Trump for Putin  —  MOSCOW — A dossier on Donald Trump's psychological makeup is being prepared for Russian President Vladimir Putin.  —  Among its preliminary conclusions is that the new American leader is a risk-taker who can be naïve, according to a senior Kremlin adviser.
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Matthew Yglesias / Vox:
33 questions about Donald Trump and Russia
Discussion: Taylor Marsh and New York Times
Ian Swanson / The Hill:
NBC: Russia setting up dossier on Trump
Discussion: RedState
Matthew Nussbaum / Politico:
White House reverses on Trump's golf game  —  President Donald Trump played a full round of golf Sunday, enjoying once again a habit he regularly assailed Barack Obama for.  After initially saying Trump had only played a few holes, the White House reversed itself Monday after professional …
Discussion: ABC News and Political Wire
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CNN:
Vitaly Churkin, Russia's ambassador to UN, dies suddenly at 64  —  (2014) Churkin talks international role in crisis  —  Moscow (CNN)The Russian ambassador to the United Nations, Vitaly Ivanovich Churkin, died suddenly in New York on Monday the Russian Foreign Ministry said.
Discussion: alan.com
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Jamie Schram / New York Post:
Russian ambassador to UN rushed to hospital
Alex Griswold / Mediaite:
'I Don't Know What You're Referring To': NBC's Katy Tur Doesn't Remember Obama Promising Putin ‘Flexibility’  —  When a Republican congressman on MSNBC brought up a 2012 incident where President Barack Obama was caught on a hot mic promising to give Russia's Vladimir Putin a little more …
Jeb Lund / Esquire:
Dispatches from the Saturday night Trump rally.  —  If people told you that MAGA hats come 25 percent off when you look peevish and 50 percent off when you're already wearing a sneer, the line snaking out of the airport hangar and a quarter mile down S. Apollo Blvd. in Melbourne, Florida …
Discussion: Hullabaloo
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.
Bloomberg:
Le Pen Gains in French Polls as Security Concerns Win Voters  —  Macron trips up with comments on France's colonial past  —  French risk premium rises as Le Pen's chances improve  —  Marine Le Pen gained ground on her rivals for the French election as she benefits from concerns about security …
Discussion: Hot Air, Political Wire and France 24
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 and Balloon Juice
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.
 
 
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The first month of the Trump presidency has been more cruel and destructive than the majority of Americans feared.
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