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vpr.org:
He's In For 2020: Bernie Sanders Is Running For President Again  —  Sen. Bernie Sanders has confirmed to VPR that he is seeking the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination.
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Sydney Ember / New York Times:
Bernie Sanders Announces 2020 Presidential Run  —  Senator Bernie Sanders, the Vermont independent and 2016 Democratic primary runner-up whose populist policy agenda has helped push the party to the left, announced on Tuesday that he was running for president again, embarking on a bid …
vpr.org:
He's In For 2020: Bernie Sanders Is Running For President Again … Sen. Bernie Sanders has confirmed to VPR that he is seeking the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination.  —  His official announcement video is expected to stream online Tuesday morning.  —  “I wanted to let the people …
Discussion: Common Dreams and FiveThirtyEight
Camilo Montoya-Galvez / CBS News:
Bernie Sanders announces 2020 run: “We're gonna win”
Discussion: Okayplayer and The Source
YouTube:   Bernie Sanders announces 2020 run: Extended interview
David Weigel / Washington Post:
Sen. Bernie Sanders will seek the Democratic presidential nomination in 2020
Discussion: ThinkProgress and Balloon Juice
Alex Seitz-Wald / NBC News:
Bernie Sanders enters 2020 presidential race: ‘Complete the revolution’
Discussion: TheBlaze
Jeff Stein / Washington Post:   Bernie Sanders's 2020 policy agenda: Medicare for All; action on climate change; $15 an hour minimum wage
John DiStaso / WMUR:
Key Bernie Sanders supporter says presidential announcement coming Tuesday
Gregory Krieg / CNN:
Bernie Sanders is running for president again
Discussion: RedState and POLITICUSUSA
Washington Post:   Sen. Bernie Sanders, Democrats' 2016 runner-up, to make another presidential bid
Holly Otterbein / Politico:
Sanders launches second bid for presidency
Natasha Bertrand / The Atlantic:
Andrew McCabe Couldn't Believe the Things Trump Said About Putin  —  In the months before President Donald Trump fired FBI Director James Comey, FBI counterintelligence agents investigating Russian election interference were also collecting evidence suggesting that Trump could be compromised by Russian President Vladimir Putin.
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Washington Post:
Trump suggests Rosenstein, McCabe are ‘treasonous,’ citing Fox News  —  President Trump suggested Monday night that former acting FBI director Andrew McCabe committed treason, making his case in a tweet that cited Fox News's Sean Hannity, hours after lobbing similar claims at Deputy Attorney General Rod J. Rosenstein.
Discussion: The Federalist, NBC News and The Week
Laura Jarrett / CNN:
Deputy AG Rod Rosenstein expected to leave Justice Department in mid-March  —  (CNN)Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein is expected to leave the Justice Department in mid-March, according to a Justice Department official who spoke to CNN Monday.  —  The official disputed the idea …
Matt Zapotosky / Washington Post:
Rosenstein plans to leave Justice Department next month
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
Julie Kelly / American Greatness:
Adam Schiff: The Jussie Smollett of Trump-Russia Collusion  —  He helped conceive a hoax so outlandish that only the most gullible, craven, or witless person could believe it.  —  The attack, as he called it, allegedly was executed by mysterious and politically motivated thugs with the intent to inflict harm.
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Byron York / Washington Examiner:
Much talk that something is up with Mueller.  Too bad nobody knows.  —  There are two diametrically opposed lines of thinking about Trump-Russia special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation.  The first is that he is winding down his probe and is unlikely to allege that the Trump campaign …
Ben Shapiro / Daily Wire:
On January 29, Two Hate Crimes Occurred.  The Media Only Covered The Fake One.  Here's Why.  —  On January 29, 2019, Chicago Police opened a hate crime investigation into the alleged assault of Empire actor Jussie Smollett.  Smollett, who is black and gay, alleged that two men approached …
Discussion: New York Times
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.”
Howard Schultz:
Our path  —  Howard SchultzBlockedUnblockFollowFollowing  —  It's been three weeks since we began this journey with the launch of my new book on 60 Minutes and the announcement that I am seriously considering running for president as a centrist independent.  The reaction has been beyond any expectation I had.
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Mike Allen / Axios:
Howard Schultz's 2020 promise: “I will do nothing to re-elect Donald Trump”
Tanya Snyder / Politico:
Emails reveal coordination between Chao, McConnell offices  —  A trove of more than 800 pages of emails sheds new light on the working relationship between Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, one of the most potent power couples in Washington …
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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Ken White / The Atlantic:
Reckless Even By Roger Stone Standards
Discussion: Raw Story and Rolling Stone
Declan Walsh / New York Times:
Egypt Turns Back Veteran New York Times Reporter  —  CAIRO — Egyptian officials detained a New York Times correspondent after he arrived in Cairo on Monday, holding him incommunicado for hours before forcing him onto a flight back to London without explanation.
Washington Post:
‘He just picks up’: Trump and the lawmakers he loves to talk to on the phone  —  One surprise call came from Air Force One as President Trump was leaving Iraq, startling Sen. James M. Inhofe (R) as he was chopping wood back home in rural Oklahoma with his grandson.
Discussion: Talking Points Memo and Althouse
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
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.
Bret Hayworth / Sioux City Journal:
Steve King urges crowd to pray for Kevin McCarthy to restore committee assignments  —  ROCK RAPIDS, Iowa — In front of another friendly audience Monday, U.S. Rep. Steve King urged his supporters to pray for House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy to restore King's committee assignments …
Lee Smith / Washington Times:
Stalking and punishing Rep. Devin Nunes  —  ANALYSIS/OPINION:  —  On Tuesday, the Senate Intelligence Committee announced that it found no direct evidence of collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia.  The president took a victory lap, but that hardly means the two-year-long attempt to undo his legitimate election is over.
Jacqueline Klimas / Politico:
Trump to approve lean Space Force  —  The presidential directive will set the groundwork for a subsequent legislative proposal for Congress.  —  President Donald Trump will sign a directive on Tuesday to establish a new branch of the military dedicated to space but instead …
Zeke Miller / Associated Press:
Trump the pundit handicaps 2020 Democratic contenders  —  WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Kamala Harris had the best campaign roll-out.  Amy Klobuchar's snowy debut showed grit.  Elizabeth Warren's opening campaign video was a bit odd.  Take it from an unlikely armchair pundit sizing …
Discussion: The Week and New York Times
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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Marc Caputo / Politico:
‘Are you with us?’: Bloomberg calls in his chits
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Peter Hasson / The Daily Caller:
Here's A List Of Hoax ‘Hate Crimes’ In The Trump Era
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Roger Cohen / New York Times:
Europe to Mike Pence: No, Thank You
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