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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 from national security officials, House Democratic report says  —  Several current and former Trump administration appointees promoted sales of nuclear power plants to Saudi Arabia despite repeated objections …
Discussion: Politico and Raw Story
House Committee on Oversight and Reform:
Multiple Whistleblowers Raise Grave Concerns with White House Efforts to Transfer Sensitive U …
Discussion: Axios and NPR
Nicholas Fandos / New York Times:
House Opens Inquiry Into Proposed U.S. Nuclear Venture in Saudi Arabia
Discussion: Bloomberg
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 …
Camilo Montoya-Galvez / CBS News:
Bernie Sanders announces 2020 run: “We're gonna win”
Discussion: CNBC, IJR, Okayplayer and The Source
David Weigel / Washington Post:
Sen. Bernie Sanders will seek the Democratic presidential nomination in 2020
YouTube:   Bernie Sanders announces 2020 run: Extended interview
Alex Seitz-Wald / NBC News:
Bernie Sanders enters 2020 presidential race: ‘Complete the revolution’
Discussion: TheBlaze
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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Erik Wemple / Washington Post:
From disputed New York Times scoop to ‘Coup’!  —  The New York Times reported in September 2018 that in the crazy days following President Trump's firing of then-FBI Director James B. Comey in May 2017, Deputy Attorney General Rod J. Rosenstein talked about some bold measures …
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
TMZ.com:
Jussie Smollett's ‘Empire’ Role Slashed in Wake Of ‘Attack’ Scandal
Byron York / Washington Examiner:   Much talk that something is up with Mueller. Too bad nobody knows.
Josh Lederman / NBC News:
Trump administration launches global effort to end criminalization of homosexuality  —  The administration is responding in part to a reported hanging of a young gay man in Iran, Trump's top geopolitical foe.  —  BERLIN — The Trump administration is launching a global campaign to end …
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.”
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Antonia Noori Farzan / Washington Post:
‘Time for the Ku Klux Klan to night ride again’: An Alabama newspaper editor wants to bring back lynching  —  Two decades ago, the editor of the tiny Democrat-Reporter newspaper in Linden, Ala., was being talked about as a potential contender for the Pulitzer Prize.
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.
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 …
Domenico Montanaro / NPR:
Poll: 6-In-10 Disapprove Of Trump's Declaration Of A National Emergency  —  Loading...  Nearly 6-in-10 also don't believe there is an emergency at the southern border and that the president is misusing his presidential authority.  They also believe that his decision should be challenged in court.
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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
The public sees through Trump's national emergency lies. A new poll confirms it.
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 …
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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Peter Hasson / The Daily Caller:
Here's A List Of Hoax ‘Hate Crimes’ In The Trump Era
Discussion: RedState and The Federalist
New York Times:
Marc Short Returns to Administration as Pence's Chief of Staff  —  Vice President Mike Pence has chosen Marc Short, who served as President Trump's legislative affairs director for most of his first two years in office, to be his chief of staff, a person familiar with the announcement said Tuesday.
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Jonathan Swan / Axios:   Marc Short to become Pence's chief of staff
Ken White / The Atlantic:
Reckless Even by Roger Stone Standards  —  Minutes after this article posted, Judge Amy Berman Jackson issued an Order to Show Cause directing Roger Stone to appear at a hearing on February 21, 2019 to determine whether the gag order should be broadened or his bail should be modified or revoked in light of his Instagram post.
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
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
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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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
 
 
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Wall Street Journal:
As Allies Grapple With U.S. Pressure on NATO, Europe Pleads for Caution in Afghanistan
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Elena Schneider / Politico:
Klobuchar opts for pragmatic approach in town hall
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Ariane de Vogue / CNN:
Ruth Bader Ginsburg returns to Supreme Court for oral arguments
Discussion: Daily Wire
Wall Street Journal:
With Evangelicals Behind Him, Vice President Mike Pence Takes Prominent Role in Foreign Policy
Lukas Mikelionis / Fox News:
Ocasio-Cortez raises eyebrows after comparing Trump's border wall to Berlin Wall
Discussion: IJR
 Earlier Items: 
Jacqueline Klimas / Politico:
Trump to approve lean Space Force
Bret Hayworth / Sioux City Journal:
Steve King urges crowd to pray for Kevin McCarthy to restore committee assignments
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Marc Caputo / Politico:
‘Are you with us?’: Bloomberg calls in his chits
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Roger Cohen / New York Times:
Europe to Mike Pence: No, Thank You
New York Times:
16 States Sue to Stop Trump's Use of Emergency Powers to Build Border Wall
 

 
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