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5:50 PM ET, February 21, 2019

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Julie K. Brown / miamiherald:
Federal prosecutors broke law in Jeffrey Epstein case, judge rules  —  A judge ruled Thursday that federal prosecutors — among them, U.S. Labor Secretary Alexander Acosta — broke federal law when they signed a plea agreement with a wealthy, politically connected sex trafficker and concealed …
Matthew Choi / Politico:
Roger Stone gets full gag order after Instagram post  —  A federal judge hit Roger Stone with a full gag order on Thursday, several days after the longtime Donald Trump associate posted a photo on Instagram that appeared to threaten the federal judge overseeing his case.
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Tierney Sneed / Talking Points Memo:
Stone Testifies In Off-The-Rails Hearing About Instagram Post  —  Roger Stone said he was “heartfully sorry” Thursday for a threatening Instagram post he published Monday about the judge in his case, U.S. District Amy Berman Jackson.  —  He made the comments from the stand at a hearing on Thursday.
Discussion: Balloon Juice
HuffPost:
Federal Judge Extends Gag Order To Roger Stone Over Instagram Post  —  The former Trump confidant is accused of lying, obstruction and witness tampering in the Robert Mueller investigation.  —  WASHINGTON A federal judge extended a gag order effectively silencing Roger Stone after he published …
Discussion: Daily Kos and Hill Reporter
Zoe Tillman / BuzzFeed News:   Roger Stone Can No Longer Talk About His Case — Or Robert Mueller — After Posting A Photo Of The Judge With Crosshairs
Washington Post:   Judge bars Roger Stone from speaking about criminal case
Sharon LaFraniere / New York Times:
Roger Stone Placed Under Gag Order by Federal Judge
Kevin Breuninger / CNBC:
Trump advisor and friend Roger Stone could go to jail as a judge is set to rule on whether …
Discussion: Shareblue Media and Mediaite
Associated Press:
The Latest: Mayor thanks public for help in Smollett case  —  CHICAGO (AP) — The Latest on the attack reported by Jussie Smollett (all times local):  —  Mayor Rahm Emanuel says hate crimes will never be tolerated in Chicago and charges accusing “Empire” actor Jussie Smollett of paying …
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Tess Owen / VICE News:
Jussie Smollet allegedly faked his attack. But hate crimes are almost never hoaxes, data shows.
Amy Gardner / Washington Post:
N.C. board declares a new election in contested House race after the GOP candidate admitted misspeaking under oath  —  BREAKING NEWS: Mark Harris, during testimony this afternoon to the North Carolina State Board of Elections, said a new election was warranted in the hotly contested race, which Harris led by 905 votes.
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Raleigh News & Observer:   Mark Harris suddenly calls for a new election in the 9th District, leaves hearing
Leigh Ann Caldwell / NBC News:   Republican candidate's son shakes up North Carolina hearing with surprise testimony
Neal K. Katyal / New York Times:
The Mueller Report Is Coming.  Here's What to Expect.  —  A concise report will probably act as a “road map” to investigation for the Democratic House — and to further criminal investigation by other prosecutors.  —  Mr. Katyal was an acting solicitor general under President Barack Obama.
Kara Scannell / CNN:
IRS analyst charged in leak of Michael Cohen's bank records  —  (CNN)An analyst with the Internal Revenue Service was charged with disclosing confidential reports about Michael Cohen's bank records that revealed the President's former lawyer sought to profit from his proximity to the White House.
Khadeeja Safdar / Wall Street Journal:
Meet Under Armour CEO's Unusual Adviser: An MSNBC Anchor  —  Under Armour CEO Kevin Plank was questioned last year by the company's board over his ties to MSNBC anchor Stephanie Ruhle, who has traveled on his private jet and provided input on a range of business matters, according to current and former executives.
Asawin Suebsaeng / The Daily Beast:
Trump White House Is Forcing Interns to Sign NDAs and Threatening Them With Financial Ruin  —  Not even the interns are exempt from the legally dubious rite of passage practiced by the Trump White House.  —  Asawin Suebsaeng  —  When the Trump White House welcomed its newest batch …
PRRI:
American Democracy in Crisis: The Fate of Pluralism in a Divided Nation  —  The 2018 Election  —  Views of President Trump  —  After two years in office, the public's view of President Trump remains negative.  As of late December 2018, when this survey was conducted …
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Emma Green / The Atlantic:   These Are the Americans Who Live in a Bubble
Wall Street Journal:
Trump Inaugural Committee Challenged Vendor Requests and Budgeting, Documents Show  —  In the weeks before his inauguration, top officials on President Trump's inaugural committee repeatedly sounded alarms about the budgets submitted by several vendors, according to correspondence, committee records and draft budgets.
Discussion: Raw Story and Talking Points Memo
Jared Keller / Task & Purpose:
Trump claims border wall is under construction ‘right now’ using fence repair footage from 5 months ago  —  With a legal fight challenge mounting from state governments over the Trump administration's use of a national emergency to construct at the U.S.-Mexico border, the president has kicked his push for the barrier into high gear.
Marianne LeVine / Politico:
Schumer: Senate Dems to introduce measure to block Trump's national emergency  —  Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) said Thursday that Senate Democrats will introduce a resolution to block President Donald Trump's national emergency declaration.  —  The Senate Democrats' resolution …
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Ronald Brownstein / The Atlantic:
Bernie Sanders Will Hit Huge Obstacles in 2020  —  Bernie Sanders's entry into the 2020 race amounts to a big stone in a lake: It will generate ripples that touch every other candidate.  But his own path to the nomination remains rocky unless he can attract a broader coalition than he did in 2016.
Discussion: Hot Air, ThinkProgress and KBZK
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Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
How Bernie's 2020 Map Might Change Without The #NeverHillary Vote
Discussion: New York Times
Nick Bilton / Vanity Fair:
“She Never Looks Back”: Inside Elizabeth Holmes's Chilling Final Months at Theranos  —  At the end, Theranos was overrun by a dog defecating in the boardroom, nearly a dozen law firms on retainer, and a C.E.O. grinning through her teeth about an implausible turnaround.
Brian Schwartz / CNBC:
Russian-backed US energy company hires lobbying firm with connections to Trump to help with China deal  — A lobbying firm run by former advisors to President Donald Trump is representing American Ethane Company, an energy producer funded by Russian billionaires that is involved with a Chinese aluminum company.
Astead W. Herndon / New York Times:
2020 Democrats Embrace Race-Conscious Policies, Including Reparations  —  From the very first day of the 2020 presidential race, when Senator Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts blamed “generations of discrimination” for black families earning far less than white households …
Sam Dean / Los Angeles Times:
Facebook decided which users are interested in Nazis — and let advertisers target them directly  —  Facebook makes money by charging advertisers to reach just the right audience for their message — even when that audience is made up of people interested in the perpetrators of the Holocaust or explicitly neo-Nazi music.
Jonathan Bernstein / Bloomberg:
Trump's Presidency Is Getting Weaker  —  A defeat for the president's “Space Force” proposal was typical - and telling.  —  This week offered two prime examples of why Donald Trump's presidency has been weaker than most people realize.  —  First: “Although President Donald Trump tweeted …
Philip Klein / Washington Examiner:
Government report reveals CBO was scandalously off in Obamacare estimates  —  A new report from government actuaries has revealed that the Congressional Budget Office was scandalously off in its estimates of the impact of Obamacare's individual mandate, a miscalculation that has had significant ramifications …
Benjamin Parker / The Bulwark:
Laura Ingraham Goes All In on the Duke  —  “Sometimes it isn't being fast that counts, or even accurate; but willing.”  —John Wayne  —  Let's stipulate for a moment that John Wayne's 1971 Playboy interview is news (which is apparently unrelated to the word “new") and that …
Bryan Lowry / Kansas City Star:
‘Wide open race’ and open wallets in Kansas after Pompeo rules out 2020 Senate run  —  A giant obstacle has been cleared from the path of Kansas politicians who want a spot in the U.S. Senate now that Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said he has ruled out a run in 2020.
Nina dos Santos / CNN:
This man could shed light on Trump mystery, Senate witness says  —  London and Moscow (CNN)Senate investigators want to question a Moscow-based American businessman with longstanding ties to President Donald Trump after witnesses told them he could shed light on the President's commercial …
 
 
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Jamelle Bouie / New York Times:
The Sanders Foreign Policy Advantage
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Washington Post:
Residents of another Manhattan building vote to remove ‘Trump Place’ name
Charles Duhigg / New York Times:
America's Professional Elite: Wealthy, Successful and Miserable
Will Sommer / The Daily Beast:
Turning Point USA Students Call on Candace Owens to Step Down
Discussion: Raw Story and Right Wing Watch
Tal Kopan / San Francisco Chronicle:
Trump administration begins effort to strip work permits for immigrant spouses
George F. Will / Washington Post:
Trump is trashing the Constitution. Larry Hogan shows how Republicans should respond.
Discussion: Cafe Hayek
Adam Klasfeld / courthousenews.com:
Airline Intrigue With Mueller Tie Lands in US Court
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David Armstrong / STAT:
Purdue's Sackler embraced plan to conceal OxyContin's strength from doctors, sealed deposition shows
Kevin D. Williamson / National Review:
Where to Go on Health Insurance?
Caleb Melby / Bloomberg:
Trump's Inaugural Team Scrambled to Defend Staff and Record Haul
Discussion: Politico and Raw Story
Alan Gomez / USA Today:
The Trump administration keeps breaking up migrant families. Here's how they do it
Discussion: NBC News and Daily Kos
Deconstructed / The Intercept:
Crazy in Gov: Why Won't the Media Discuss Trump's Mental Instability?
Alex Linder / shanghaiist:
Uniqlo says its new spring jacket was not inspired by Mao Zedong
Nogales International:
Town says it's ‘taken action’ after marshal's encounter with young journalist
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