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6:00 AM ET, February 22, 2017

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Betsy Woodruff / The Daily Beast:
Why Is Facebook Helping Fund CPAC?  —  A pillar of famously-liberal Silicon Valley is underwriting Washington's biggest gathering of conservatives.  —  Sources with direct knowledge of the matter tell The Daily Beast that Facebook made a six-figure contribution to CPAC …
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David Weigel / Washington Post:
Trump's America will be on vivid display at annual conservative gathering  —  The conservative movement in America now belongs to President Trump.  —  Thousands of activists will arrive in Washington this week for an annual gathering that will vividly display how Trump has pushed …
Discussion: Right Wing Watch
Associated Press:
Conservative forces clash in Trump's early days  —  Milo Yiannopoulos represented the conservative movement's struggle with powerful and conflicting forces in the early days of Donald Trump's presidency, even before he lost his job and speaking slot in this week's Conservative Political Action Conference.
Discussion: Politico
Sophie Gilbert / The Atlantic:
Simon & Schuster's Completely Avoidable Milo Yiannopoulos Disaster  —  On Monday, when videos reemerged on social media in which the Breitbart News senior editor Milo Yiannopoulos seemed to condone sexual relationships between adult men and teenagers below the age of consent, the overwhelming response was one of outrage.
Nick Gillespie / Hit & Run:
CPAC Organizer Tries To Pawn Off Milo Yiannopoulos as “Libertarian”
Discussion: Mediaite
Ben Howe / The Atlantic:
Milo Yiannopoulos and the Church of Winning
Discussion: Washington Post and Raw Story
Jeremy Herb / Politico:
McMaster needs Senate confirmation to keep 3 stars  —  President Donald Trump's new national security adviser, Lt. Gen. H.R. McMaster, needs Senate confirmation to remain a three-star general in his new post.  —  His job, like virtually all those in the West Wing of the White House, doesn't need Senate approval.
Discussion: The Daily Caller
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Wall Street Journal:
Donald Trump Would Reconsider Bannon's Role on National Security Council If Asked, White House Says
Discussion: Bloomberg, Hot Air and Political Wire
Luis Martinez / ABC News:
How H.R. McMaster's military rank could affect his role as national security adviser
Discussion: Politico
CNN:
Trump's brilliant choice of McMaster
Bryan Bender / Politico:
McMaster's takeaways: Don't lie, don't blame the media, don't rely on an inner circle
Paulina Firozi / The Hill:
Activists place ‘Refugees Welcome’ banner on Statue of Liberty pedestal  —  Activists unfurled a “Refugees Welcome” banner on the pedestal of the Statue of Liberty on Tuesday afternoon.  —  The National Park Service said the banner was placed just before 1 p.m., and rangers took …
Discussion: TheBlaze
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NBC New York:
‘Refugees Welcome’ Banner Unfurled at Statue of Liberty
Discussion: Talking Points Memo and Mediaite
Dan Hendrickson / WHOTV:
13Raw: Emotional Crowd Yells After Sen. Ernst as Town Hall Meeting Wraps … MAQUOKETA, Iowa — The national trend of Republican lawmakers facing angry crowds of constituents arrived in Iowa today.  —  Tuesday afternoon Sen. Joni Ernst sat through a 45 minute town hall meeting in Maquoketa.
Discussion: The Week and NBC News
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Greg Bluestein / Political Insider blog:
A lone GOP Georgia congressman holds a rocky town hall meeting
Discussion: twitchy.com
Michael Schwirtz / New York Times:
Ukraine Lawmaker Who Worked With Trump Associates Faces Treason Inquiry  —  Prosecutors in Ukraine are investigating whether a member of Parliament committed treason by working with two associates of President Trump's to promote a plan for settling Ukraine's conflicts with Russia.
Discussion: Hit & Run and Business Insider
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New York Times:
New Trump Deportation Rules Allow Far More Expulsions  —  WASHINGTON — The Department of Homeland Security on Tuesday released a set of documents translating President Trump's executive orders on immigration and border security into policy, bringing a major shift in the way the agency enforces the nation's immigration laws.
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CNN:
Sweden: Riots erupt in Stockholm neighborhood  — US President Donald Trump earlier suggested immigrants in Sweden were to blame for an increase in crime  —  Stockholm, Sweden (CNN)Riots broke out in a predominantly immigrant neighborhood of Stockholm Monday night, as residents clashed …
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Max Bearak / Washington Post:
Riots erupt in Sweden's capital just days after Trump comments
Dana Liebelson / The Huffington Post:
School Asks Teachers To Take Down Pro-Diversity Posters, Saying They're ‘Anti-Trump’  —  Now, the students are fighting back.  —  WASHINGTON School administrators in a 93 percent white Maryland county recently asked high school teachers to take down pro-diversity posters from classrooms …
Discussion: Raw Story and Mashable
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Donald Trump, Pseudoauthoritarian  —  Donald Trump is an authoritarian by instinct.  He displays the classic traits of an authoritarian personality — a man obsessed with domination and humiliation, and unable to tolerate cognitive dissonance.  (Guidance for Trump's presidential daily brief directs …
Ben Collins / The Daily Beast:
Tucker Carlson Couldn't Debate the Anti-Trump Organizer He Wanted, So This Actor Stepped In  —  Fox News' Tucker Carlson had a hard time booking Olga Lexell, the creator and co-organizer of the nationwide Not My President's Day protests on Monday.  —  So, after repeated refusals …
Amy Bushatz / Military.com:
Federal Hiring Freeze Suspends Some Army Child Care Programs  —  A federal civilian hiring freeze ordered by President Donald Trump has forced at least two Army bases to indefinitely suspend some child care programs.  —  Officials at Fort Knox, Kentucky, notified families Feb. 17 of the suspension …
Discussion: Raw Story and ThinkProgress
Fox News:
Louisiana woman hailed as a hero for stopping man from beating police officer  —  Authorities said a Louisiana woman “made a big difference” Sunday when she jumped on a suspect's back to save a police officer from a brutal beatdown.  —  Vickie Williams-Tillman, 56, was being hailed as a hero, The Advocate reported.
Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
Poll: Americans overwhelmingly oppose sanctuary cities  —  An overwhelming majority of Americans believe that cities that arrest illegal immigrants for crimes should be required to turn them over to federal authorities.  —  The poll shows that President Trump has broad public support in his effort to crack down on sanctuary cities.
Discussion: TheBlaze and Hot Air
Katherine Gregg / providencejournal.com:
Lincoln Chafee defends Trump, criticizes Raimondo and does not rule out return to politics  —  Former U.S. senator, Rhode Island governor and presidential candidate Lincoln D. Chafee has emerged from political nowhere land with a series of radio and TV appearances, weeks after the last settlement in the 38 Studios lawsuit he initiated.
ABC News:
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Discussion: Politico
Dustin Volz / Reuters:
U.S. Homeland Security employees locked out of computer networks: sources  —  Some U.S. Department of Homeland Security employees in the Washington area and Philadelphia were unable to access some agency computer networks on Tuesday, according to three sources familiar with the matter.
Discussion: Washington Monthly, Engadget and CNN
Tony Rizzo / Kansas City Star:
Columbia man charged with plotting Islamic State terror attack on Kansas City  —  A Columbia man is accused of plotting a Presidents Day jihadist terrorist attack on buses, trains and a train station in Kansas City.  —  Robert Lorenzo Hester Jr., 25, was charged in U.S. District Court …
Discussion: kplr11.com and Hot Air
 
 
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Jessie Hellmann / The Hill:
Trump officials weigh fate of birth-control mandate
Eric Owens / The Daily Caller:
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Jacob Bunge / Wall Street Journal:
U.S. Appetite for Organic Food Prompts Jump in Grain Imports; Farmers Cry Foul
Discussion: The Daily Caller and Axios
Associated Press:
NYC medical examiner says more study needed in death of Russian diplomat
Discussion: Political Wire
Liam Dillon / Los Angeles Times:
Storm brings record rainfall, gusts up to 199 mph and flooding to Northern California
Discussion: The Verge and KTLA
Brad Reed / Raw Story:
WATCH: GOP senator jeered after ducking travel ban question from Afghan man who served with US troops
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Kevin Fagan / San Francisco Chronicle:
Ex-spy Plame's big worries: ‘reckless’ president, nuclear weapons
Discussion: Raw Story and alan.com
Rebecca Savransky / The Hill:
McConnell: ‘Winners make policy, losers go home’
James Fallows / The Atlantic:
‘With Such a People You Can Then Do What You Please’
Discussion: Blue Mass Group and RedState
Art Swift / Gallup:
Putin's Image Rises in US, Mostly Among Republicans
Discussion: Hot Air, TheBlaze and Washington Post
Chris Cillizza / Washington Post:
Donald Trump's unbroken streak of falsehoods now stands at 33 days
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