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9:25 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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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.”
Discussion: ABC News and The Week
Steve Berman / The Resurgent:   The Hill reported Monday morning: … I'm still smarting …
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 Bob Harward, General David Petraeus reportedly has withdrawn over the issue of being able to bring in his own staff.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
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.
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Milo Yiannopoulos / Facebook:
A note for idiots (UPDATED):  —  I do not support pedophilia.  Period.
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Peter Baker / New York Times:
Trump, Ever-Loyal TV Viewer, Leaves Swedish Allies Feeling Abandoned  —  PALM BEACH, Fla. — On Friday night, Fox News aired an alarming six-minute segment in which the host Tucker Carlson interviewed a documentary filmmaker about a crisis of violence in Sweden ignited by the recent wave of Muslim migration.
Fox News:
Trump may have been unclear, but Sweden experiencing a migrant crime wave
Edward Price / Washington Post:
I didn't think I'd ever leave the CIA.  But because of Trump, I quit.  —  Edward Price worked at the CIA from 2006 until this month, most recently as the spokesman for the National Security Council.  —  Nearly 15 years ago, I informed my skeptical father that I was pursuing a job with the Central Intelligence Agency.
Discussion: Business Insider and Raw Story
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
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, Hullabaloo and Political Wire
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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
Andy Banker / FOX2now.com:
Vandals target historic Jewish cemetery in University City  —  UNIVERSITY CITY, MO (KTVI) - Investigators with the University City Police Department are working to determine who knocked over or damaged several headstones at a local Jewish cemetery.  —  Police would not say if they considered …
Discussion: Hot Air
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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 …
Matt Wilstein / The Daily Beast:
Judd Apatow Denounces Trump in Epic Stand-Up Set: 'I Feel Like I've Just Been Raped'  —  Before Judd Apatow was the ultra-successful producer of movies like Anchorman, Bridesmaids, and this year's Sundance hit The Big Sick, all he wanted to be in life was a stand-up comedian.
Discussion: Mediaite, RedState, Deadline and TheBlaze
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Jerome Hudson / Breitbart:
Judd Apatow: I Feel Like I've Been ‘Raped’ by Trump
Adelle Nazarian / Breitbart:
Democrats Invoke 25th Amendment, Question Trump's Mental Health  —  WASHINGTON, D.C. — Democratic lawmakers are openly questioning President Donald Trump's mental health, and a growing number of them are invoking the 25th Amendment as a springboard to introduce legislation …
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
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 and France 24
Cristina Marcos / The Hill:
Dem rep to file lawsuit over controversial police painting  —  Rep. Lacy Clay (D-Mo.) will file a federal lawsuit on Tuesday against the Architect of the Capitol for removing a constituent's painting that depicted police officers as animals from the Capitol complex.
Discussion: Hot Air and 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.
 
 
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Kelly Mclaughlin / Daily Mail:
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Chris White / LawNewz:
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Fox News:
Study: Venezuelans lost 19 lbs. on average over past year due to lack of food
Discussion: TheBlaze
Robby Soave / Hit & Run:
Alt-Right Leader Richard Spencer Crashed a Student Libertarian Conference and Was Shunned
Discussion: TheBlaze
Michelle Goldberg / Slate:
The first month of the Trump presidency has been more cruel and destructive than the majority of Americans feared.
Discussion: Maggie's Farm
CNN:
Vitaly Churkin, Russia's ambassador to UN, dies suddenly at 64
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Rob Shimshock / The Daily Caller:
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Patricia Sullivan / Washington Post:
Va. Democrats to challenge GOP state lawmakers in each district Clinton won
Discussion: Political Wire and Balloon Juice
Foreign Policy:
President Trump's Terrible One-Month Report Card
Graydon Carter / Vanity Fair:
Trump's White House: The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight
Associated Press:
AP source: Revised travel ban targets same countries