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3:05 PM ET, February 25, 2018

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Mona Charen / New York Times:
I'm Glad I Got Booed at CPAC  —  I've been a conservative my entire life.  I fell hard for William F. Buckley as a teenager and my first job was as editorial assistant at Buckley's National Review, followed by stints writing speeches for first lady Nancy Reagan and then working for the Gipper himself.
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Tim Alberta / Politico:   Trump's Takeover of Conservatism Is Complete and Total
CNN:
CNN Poll: Trump approval slides, matches lowest point of presidency  —  WASHINGTON (CNN)President Donald Trump's approval rating in a new CNN poll conducted by SSRS stands at 35%, down five points over the last month to match his lowest level yet.  —  The slide follows a January bump …
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USA Today:
Poll: Americans support tougher gun laws, don't expect Congress to act  —  WASHINGTON — Americans overwhelmingly support tougher gun laws, a new USA TODAY/Suffolk University Poll finds, but they also overwhelmingly agree on this: Congress isn't likely to act anytime soon.
Discussion: Political Wire and The Week
CNN:
CNN Poll: Seven in 10 favor tighter gun laws in wake of Parkland shooting
Discussion: ThinkProgress and Joe.My.God.
Politico:
California Democrats decline to endorse Feinstein  —  The party declines to give its backing to the state's senior senator.  —  SAN DIEGO — In a sharp rebuke of Sen. Dianne Feinstein, the California Democratic Party has declined to endorse the state's own senior senator in her bid for reelection.
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Casey Tolan / Mercury News:
California Democratic Party declines to endorse Dianne Feinstein in re-election bid  —  SAN DIEGO — The California Democratic Party declined to make an endorsement in this year's U.S. Senate race early Sunday morning, snubbing Sen. Dianne Feinstein in her bid for a fifth full term.
Los Angeles Times:
California Democratic Party offers no endorsements in U.S. Senate or governor's races
Discussion: Breitbart, KQED News and Political Wire
David Weigel / Washington Post:
Feinstein loses California Democratic Party's endorsement
Discussion: Politico
David Dayen / The Intercept:   California Democrats Deny Dianne Feinstein Their Endorsement for Senate
Byron York / Washington Examiner:
Assessing the new Democratic intel memo  —  It took a while, owing to delays over classified information, but Democrats on the House Intelligence Committee have finally released their rebuttal to the “FISA abuse” memo put forth earlier this month by committee Republicans.
Discussion: Fox News and Power Line
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Charlie Savage / New York Times:
5 Takeaways From the Release of the Democratic Memo
Discussion: The Week and Mediaite
The Daily Beast:
Trump Claims Democrats' Memo ‘Really Verifies’ GOP Memo
Discussion: CNN and Politico
Lawfare:
Takeaways From the House Intelligence Democrats' Memo
Ellen Nakashima / Washington Post:
Russian spies hacked the Olympics and tried to make it look like North Korea did it, U.S. officials say … Russian military spies hacked several hundred computers used by authorities at the 2018 Winter Olympic Games in South Korea, according to U.S. intelligence.
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Mark Steyn / Steyn Online:
A Total Failure of the State  —  During Wednesday's horrible fiasco of a “Town Hall”, Broward County Sheriff Scott Israel spelled it out: … I was sufficiently struck by the above to write it down - because it was clear even then that Sheriff Israel is an incompetent deployer of the power he already has.
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Kelsey Tamborrino / Politico:
Broward sheriff: 'I won't resign'  —  Broward County Sheriff Scott Israel pushed back Sunday on calls for his resignation in the aftermath of the shooting at a high school in his jurisdiction that killed 17 people.  —  Israel was asked by host Jake Tapper on CNN's “State of the Union” …
Justin Baragona / Mediaite:   David Hogg Dings NRA's Dana Loesch: 'Everything She's Saying Seems Like Spectacle'
Peter Nicholas / Wall Street Journal:
White House Legal Team Considers Ways Trump Could Testify Before Mueller  —  Possible options include written answers to special counsel's questions or limited verbal testimony by president  —  President Donald Trump's lawyers are considering ways for him to testify before special counsel Robert Mueller …
Erik Wemple / Washington Post:
‘I do not know if the president is having an affair’: Michael Wolff squirms on Dutch TV … After several minutes of interrogation about a central drama surrounding his new book, Michael Wolff said this: “I will just clean this up. . . . I do not know if the president is having an affair.”
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Andrew Sparrow / The Guardian:   Fire and Fury author and Tony Blair accuse each other of lying
Anthony Swofford / New York Times:
I Was a Marine.  I Don't Want a Gun in My Classroom.  —  Before the United States Marine Corps allowed me to carry a live M-16 assault rifle, I went through hundreds of hours of firearms training.  Classroom sessions devoted to nomenclature, maintenance and basic operation accounted …
Discussion: The Moderate Voice
Katie Kindelan / ABC News:
US could be witnessing ‘end of a two-party system’: Republican governor  —  Ohio Gov. John Kasich said he believes Americans could be witnessing the “end of a two-party system.”  —  “I don't think either party is answering people's deepest concerns and needs,” Kasich told ABC News Chief …
Discussion: Politico, The Week, Breitbart and Axios
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Katie Kindelan / ABC News:
Florida shooting creates ‘a window’ to reform gun laws: Republican governor
Discussion: Politico, Washington Post and Breitbart
Stan Collender / Forbes:
Will Trump Wage A Privately Funded War?  —  In one of the most frightening stories I've read since the start of the Trump presidency, The New York Times reported on Saturday that the administration is seriously considering paying for the new U.S. embassy it wants to build in Jerusalem …
Maureen Dowd / New York Times:
This Snake Can't Shed His Skin  —  On her way to work one morning, down the path along the lake, a tenderhearted woman saw a rich, coldhearted, frozen snake.  —  His tangerine skin was all caked with makeup and his bald spot was frosted with the dew.  —  “Poor thing,” she cried, “I'll take you in, and I'll take care of you.”
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Ross Douthat / New York Times:
The Edges of Reason  —  When I was a child I lived in several worlds.
Discussion: ABC
Gregory Krieg / CNN:
The most ‘popular’ 2020 Democrat at CPAC is ...  Oxon Hill, Maryland (CNN)President Donald Trump is the unquestioned king of this year's Conservative Political Action Conference.  But with his throne on the line in 2020, the faithful here are already busy handicapping the Democratic field.
Discussion: Fox News
 
 
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Jamie Lovegrove / Post and Courier:
As 2020 Democratic primary warms up, LA Mayor Eric Garcetti stakes early claim to South Carolina
Discussion: Politico, Political Wire and KQED News
Craig Ford / WTVA-TV:
McDaniel expected to clarify political future Monday
Discussion: Political Wire
Martin Chulov / The Guardian:
Moscow mired in Syria as Putin's gameplan risks a deadly ending
Fox News:
Naval Academy drug ring under investigation: LSD, cocaine allegedly bought on dark web
Tim Johnson / McClatchy Washington Bureau:
Hoax attempts against Miami Herald augur brewing war over fake, real news
Avi Selk / Washington Post:
Trump just retweeted a fringe radio host who has attacked the Florida school shooting survivors
 Earlier Items: 
Associated Press:
Transgender boy wins girls' state wrestling title for second time
Discussion: The College Fix and Daily Wire
Kurt Erickson / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Prepping for impeachment: Here's what Greitens and lawmakers face in the coming days
Discussion: Political Wire
John Wagner / Washington Post:
Trump would like to see a military parade on Veterans Day with ‘a lot of plane flyovers’
Discussion: Political Wire
Ana Cerrud / Washington Post:
Police, yelling, power turned off: Confrontation over Trump's Panama hotel escalates
Dana Schuster / Page Six:
Inside the toxic atmosphere at ‘Megyn Kelly Today’
Discussion: Mediaite, Jezebel and TVNewser
Washington Post:
After testy call with Trump over border wall, Mexico's president shelves plan to visit White House