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12:05 PM ET, February 19, 2019

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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 …
YouTube:
Bernie Sanders announces 2020 run: Extended interview … Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders says he will run again for the Democratic nomination.  In this extended conversation with “CBS This Morning” co-host John Dickerson, Sanders discusses taking another shot at the presidency and why he believes this campaign will succeed.
Camilo Montoya-Galvez / CBS News:
Bernie Sanders announces 2020 run: “We're gonna win”
Discussion: CNBC, IJR, Okayplayer and The Source
Alex Seitz-Wald / NBC News:
Bernie Sanders enters 2020 presidential race: ‘Complete the revolution’
Discussion: TheBlaze
David Weigel / Washington Post:
Sen. Bernie Sanders will seek the Democratic presidential nomination in 2020
Discussion: ThinkProgress and Balloon Juice
Devan Cole / CNN:
CNN to host Bernie Sanders at 2020 town hall
Discussion: RedState and POLITICUSUSA
Jeff Stein / Washington Post:
Bernie Sanders's 2020 policy agenda: Medicare for All; action on climate change; $15 an hour minimum wage
Discussion: VICE News and CNN
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.
Matt Zapotosky / Washington Post:
Rosenstein plans to leave Justice Department next month
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
Ken Dilanian / NBC News:
Flynn-backed plan to transfer nuclear tech to Saudis may have broken laws, say whistleblowers  —  Investigators fear President Trump is still considering the plan, which was pushed by Flynn and Trump friend Tom Barrack.  —  WASHINGTON — Whistleblowers from within President Donald Trump's …
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Washington Post:
Trump appointees promoted nuclear sales to Saudi Arabia over senior officials' objections, according to report from House Democrats  —  The report is based on documents obtained by the House Oversight and Reform Committee and the account of unnamed whistleblowers inside the White House …
Washington Post:
Top Trump appointees promoted selling nuclear power plants to Saudi Arabia over objections …
Discussion: Politico and Raw Story
Nicholas Fandos / New York Times:
House Opens Inquiry Into Proposed U.S. Nuclear Venture in Saudi Arabia
Discussion: Bloomberg
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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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.
Byron York / Washington Examiner:   Much talk that something is up with Mueller. Too bad nobody knows.
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.
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.”
Ken White / The Atlantic:
Reckless Even by Roger Stone Standards  —  Roger Stone, the trash-talking, Richard Nixon-tattooed Donald Trump adviser recently indicted for lying to Congress and threatening a witness, had an eventful Presidents' Day.  In the space of time you or I might enjoy a leisurely brunch …
Discussion: Raw Story and Rolling Stone
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BuzzFeed News:
Roger Stone Posted A Photo Of The Judge Presiding Over His Case Next To Crosshairs
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 …
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”
Discussion: Commonwealth Club
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 and Breitbart
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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: Washington Post and Axios
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Elizabeth Warren / Team Warren:
My plan for Universal Child Care
Discussion: IJR, Bloomberg and The Daily Caller
Michael Calderone / Politico:
Ex-Sessions spokeswoman to join CNN as political editor  —  President Donald Trump has derided CNN as a leading purveyor of “fake news,” and now, a recently departed administration official is joining the network in a senior role.  —  Sarah Isgur, who served as the Justice Department's …
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
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
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 …
Discussion: The Week and Talking Points Memo
 
 
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Axios:
Republicans want to push “socialism vs. freedom” as an opening 2020 message
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New York Times:
The Democrats and Israel  —  The Democratic Party has a long history …
Marc Caputo / Politico:
‘Are you with us?’: Bloomberg calls in his chits
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Peter Hasson / The Daily Caller:
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