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9:30 PM ET, February 18, 2019

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CBS Chicago:
Jussie Smollett Case: Clues Into Potential Motive Behind The Attack  —  (CBS) -"Empire" actor Jussie Smollett, upset after a racist letter sent to the show's studio didn't get a “bigger reaction,” is suspected of paying two men to attack him a week later, according to multiple sources with direct knowledge of the investigation.
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John Nolte / Breitbart:
Fact Check: Brian Stelter Falsely Claims Media Was ‘Really Careful’ Not to Push Jussie Smollett Hoax
Caleb Howe / Mediaite:
Did the Media Jump the Gun on the Jussie Smollett Story?
New York Times:
16 States Sue to Stop Trump's Use of Emergency Powers to Build Border Wall  —  WASHINGTON — A coalition of 16 states, including California and New York, on Monday challenged President Trump in court over his plan to use emergency powers to spend billions of dollars on his border wall.
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Li Zhou / Vox:
16 states sue the Trump administration over national emergency declaration  —  They're contesting the president's attempt to move funding around for his border wall.  —  Sixteen states, including California, New York, and Michigan, are suing over Trump's decision to declare a national emergency to obtain funding for a border wall.
Discussion: Politico, Axios and Shareblue Media
Amy Goldstein / Washington Post:
Coalition of states sues Trump over national emergency to build border wall
Discussion: ThinkProgress and ABC News
Jane C. Timm / NBC News:
California AG: At least 13 states suing over Trump's national emergency
Discussion: CNBC
Camilo Montoya-Galvez / CBS News:
Hurd says 1,000 Texas farmers could have land seized to build Trump's border wall
Discussion: Arizona Republic
Melissa Brown / The Montgomery Advertiser:
Alabama newspaper editor calls for Klan return to ‘clean out D.C.’  —  The editor of a small-town Alabama newspaper published an editorial calling for “the Ku Klux Klan to night ride again” against “Democrats in the Republican Party and Democrats [who] are plotting to raise taxes in Alabama.”
Discussion: Raw Story
BuzzFeed News:
Roger Stone Posted A Photo Of The Judge Presiding Over His Case Next To Crosshairs  —  Roger Stone, a longtime Republican operative and adviser to President Donald Trump who was charged with lying to Congress, posted a photo Monday on Instagram of a judge presiding over his case in which she appears to be next to a crosshairs symbol.
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Christian Vasquez / Politico:
Stone apologizes to federal judge for posting photo of her with crosshairs  —  Days after a federal judge gagged Roger Stone from talking about the special counsel's Russia investigation around U.S. District Court in Washington, the Republican strategist and provocateur on Monday posted a photo …
Washington Post:
Roger Stone deletes photo of judge presiding over his case, says he didn't mean to threaten her
Discussion: Political Wire
Jonathan Cohn / HuffPost:
Elizabeth Warren To Unveil Sweeping Plan For Universal Child Care  —  The proposal could put the issue on top of the 2020 campaign agenda.  —  Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) will unveil a major new initiative on Tuesday designed to make sure every family can afford high-quality child care …
Discussion: Axios
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Astead W. Herndon / New York Times:   Elizabeth Warren's Native American Ancestry Draws a Shrug From These Voters
Molly Hensley-Clancy / BuzzFeed News:
Kamala Harris Says She'd Support Changing “Columbus Day” To “Indigenous Peoples' Day”  —  PORTSMOUTH, N.H. — Sen. Kamala Harris told a crowd Monday that she would push for the federal government to rename Columbus Day “Indigenous Peoples' Day,” a focal point for some progressives who say the holiday …
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Katharine Q. Seelye / New York Times:
Kamala Harris Faces Questions About ‘Democratic Socialist’ Label and Jussie Smollett in N.H. Debut
Discussion: Althouse and Political Wire
Kristine Phillips / Washington Post:
Florida sixth-grader charged with misdemeanor after refusing to recite Pledge of Allegiance  —  A Florida student is facing misdemeanor charges after a confrontation with his teacher that began with his refusal to recite the Pledge of Allegiance and escalated into what officials described as disruptive behavior.
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abc7ny.com:   11-year-old arrested in Florida after not reciting Pledge of Allegiance
Brennan Weiss / Business Insider:
RANKED: The greatest US presidents, according to political scientists  — Nearly 200 political scientists ranked the presidents by order of greatness in a survey, and President Donald Trump came in last.  — President Abraham Lincoln was first.  — Members of the American Political …
Discussion: Breitbart
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Hans von der Burchard / Politico:
Juncker: Trump ‘gave me his word’ not to impose car tariffs
Ken Meyer / Mediaite:
CBS's Lara Logan Calls Media ‘Mostly Liberal’ in Scorched Earth Interview: I'm Committing ‘Professional Suicide’  —  In a recent interview, CBS News Foreign Correspondent Lara Logan critiqued the international “liberal” media while holding up outlets like Breitbart as the opposite side of the coin.
Victor Davis Hanson / American Greatness:
Autopsy of a Dead Coup  —  The illegal effort to destroy the 2016 Trump campaign by Hillary Clinton campaign's use of funds to create, disseminate among court media, and then salt among high Obama administration officials, a fabricated, opposition smear dossier failed.
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Jacob Solis / The Nevada Independent:
Warren: If officials believe Trump cannot fulfill duties, they must invoke 25th Amendment
Catherine Rampell / Washington Post:
What America really needs to do is abolish Congress  —  The far right wants to eliminate what it considers the vestigial organs of government, including the Education, Commerce and Energy departments.  The far left wants to Abolish ICE.  —  They're both thinking too small.
Dennis Wagner / Arizona Republic:
Grand Canyon tourists exposed for years to radiation in museum building, safety manager says  —  For nearly two decades at the Grand Canyon, tourists, employees, and children on tours passed by three paint buckets stored in the National Park's museum collection building, unaware that they were being exposed to radiation.
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Darby Beane / WBKO-TV:
Man accused of pulling gun on victim wearing MAGA hat  —  BOWLING GREEN, Ky. (WBKO) — A Tennessee man is in jail after being accused of pulling a gun on a Sam's Club customer Saturday.  —  According to the police report, officers were called to Sam's Club due to a person with a gun.
David French / National Review:
Stephen Miller's Own Words Show the Weakness of the Trump Legal Argument on the Wall  —  One of the first rules of effective litigation is that you don't want your client to make statements out loud that reveal the weakness of your legal case.  On Sunday morning, Trump adviser Stephen Miller violated that rule.
Discussion: Raw Story
Anti-Defamation League:
Anti-Semite Louis Farrakhan Teams Up With Notorious Holocaust Denier at Saviours' Day 2019 Conference  —  Louis Farrakhan and the Nation of Islam teamed up with a Holocaust denier and anti-Semitic ideologue to attack the Jewish religion and blame numerous ills of modern society on Jews …
Discussion: Algemeiner.com
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Eric W. Dolan / Raw Story:
Racist Trump supporter busted for defrauding FEMA out of more than $18,000
Discussion: USA Today and Atlanta Black Star
New York Times:
The Vatican's Secret Rules for Priests Who Have Children
Discussion: The Daily Caller
The Babylon Bee:
Nation's Liberals Devastated After Learning Hate Crime Didn't Actually Happen
Discussion: CNN
John Dickerson / The Atlantic:
What Presidential Announcements Reveal About the Candidates
Miles Parks / NPR:
Officials Describe ‘Coordinated, Unlawful’ Scheme In Disputed N.C. Election
Meredith Watson / Washington Post:
I'm willing to testify in public. Justin Fairfax should, too.
Leslie Hook / Financial Times:
Surge in US economists' support for carbon tax to tackle emissions
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Adam Jentleson / New York Times:
How Mitch McConnell Enables Trump
Alexander Burns / New York Times:
Obama Quietly Gives Advice to 2020 Democrats, but No Endorsement
Discussion: The Daily Caller and Politico