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3:55 PM ET, February 22, 2019

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New York Times:
How Amy Klobuchar Treats Her Staff  —  Senator Amy Klobuchar was hungry, forkless and losing patience.  —  An aide, joining her on a trip to South Carolina in 2008, had procured a salad for his boss while hauling their bags through an airport terminal.  But once onboard, he delivered the grim news …
Discussion: Splinter and Boing Boing
Greg Farrell / Bloomberg:
New York Has Prepared Paul Manafort Charges If Trump Pardons Him  — Cy Vance has been investigating ex-Trump aide since 2017  — District Attorney sees way to avoid double jeopardy protection  —  New York state prosecutors have put together a criminal case against Paul Manafort …
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William K. Rashbaum / New York Times:
Manafort Is Expected to Face Charges in New York, Even if Trump Pardons Him  —  [What you need to know to start the day: Get New York Today in your inbox.]  —  The Manhattan district attorney's office is preparing state criminal charges against Paul J. Manafort, President Trump's former campaign chairman …
Katelyn Polantz / CNN:
Mueller could tell all in last major court filing in Paul Manafort's case
Discussion: POLITICUSUSA
Jamie McCarthy / WPTV:
New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft charged as a ‘john’ in human trafficking/prostitution investigation  —  JUPITER, Fla. — In his Tuesday news conference about a major human trafficking investigation , Martin County Sheriff William Snyder said about 100 men would be arrested.
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Mary Helen Moore / TCPalm.com:
Patriots owner Robert Kraft charged with soliciting prostitution in Florida spa  —  JUPITER — New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft was charged with two counts of soliciting prostitution in connection with a Florida spa tied to an international human trafficking ring, police said Friday.
Eliana Johnson / Politico:
Trump aides worry he'll get outfoxed in North Korea talks  —  President Donald Trump is eagerly anticipating his second summit with Kim Jong Un, touting his “really meaningful” relationship with the North Korean strongman and insisting he's ready to give up his nuclear arsenal.
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Caitlin Oprysko / Politico:
South Dakota governor says Trump trade wars have ‘devastated’ the state  —  South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem said Friday that President Donald Trump's trade wars have “devastated” her state, and though she agreed that countries like China were not following fair trade practices …
Discussion: Raw Story
Axios:
Scoop: Trump, Pence overseas travel to overlap, concerning some officials
Discussion: Washington Post
Chicago Sun-Times:
R. Kelly charged in Cook County with aggravated criminal sexual abuse  —  Embattled R&B superstar R. Kelly was charged with 10 counts of aggravated criminal sexual abuse in Cook County Friday morning, records show.  —  His first court date is listed as March 8, according to records.
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Associated Press:   The Latest: R Kelly charged with 10 counts of sexual abuse
Susan B. Glasser / New Yorker:
Audience of One: Why Flattery Works in Trump's Foreign Policy  —  When the commander of U.S. forces in Europe, General Curtis Scaparrotti, met privately with members of Congress at the Munich Security Conference, last weekend, Senator Lindsey Graham finished the meeting with a blunt question.
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Ariana Eunjung Cha / Washington Post:
Trump administration bars clinics that provide abortions or abortion referrals from federal funding  —  Planned Parenthood, which stands to lose $60 million a year, calls on courts, Congress to block the rule.  —  The Trump administration issued a rule Friday barring groups that provide abortions …
Discussion: Axios
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Latest News Releases:
Fact Sheet: Final Title X Rule Detailing Family Planning Grant Program
Alice Miranda Ollstein / Politico:
Trump administration issues rule to strip millions from Planned Parenthood
Discussion: Shareblue Media
Sam Schechner / Wall Street Journal:
You Give Apps Sensitive Personal Information.  Then They Tell Facebook.  —  Wall Street Journal testing reveals how the social-media giant collects a wide range of private data from developers; ‘This is a big mess’  —  Millions of smartphone users confess their most intimate secrets to apps …
Hunter Walker / Yahoo News:
Democrat predicts House will get Trump's tax returns — but there are a few complications  —  WASHINGTON — House Democrats are planning to ask for a confidential copy of President Trump's tax returns from the IRS, but obtaining them won't be simple or fast, Rep. Don Beyer, D-Va., said during an interview on
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
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Amanda Becker / Reuters:
Puerto Rico governor says 2020 Democrats must support statehood  —  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Puerto Rico Governor Ricardo Rosselló said on Friday that as Democratic candidates begin visiting the island ahead of the 2020 presidential nominating contests there is one question they must answer …
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CNN:   Donald Trump's plan for 2020 Democrats: Cause chaos and sow division
Brian Beutler / Crooked Media:
The Democrats' Grand Delusion
Discussion: Washington Post and Hot Air
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Dahleen Glanton / Chicago Tribune:
Column: Sorry, bigots, but I'm not sorry for once trusting Jussie Smollett
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
The slowly written Mueller report that's sitting in plain sight  —  President Trump has benefited enormously from the frog-in-hot-water nature of special counsel Robert S. Mueller III's investigation into his campaign and possible overlap with Russian efforts to influence the 2016 election.
Discussion: Raw Story
McKay Coppins / The Atlantic:
Naming and Shaming the Pro-Trump Elite  —  Charlie Sykes is sitting behind a desk in a sparse, disheveled office—blank walls lined with empty filing cabinets, windows covered with crooked blinds—as he tries to conjure the perfect metaphor for The Bulwark, the anti-Donald Trump conservative news site he recently helped start.
Discussion: twitchy.com
David A. Fahrenthold / Washington Post:
For the second time in two days, a building called Trump Place decides to take down the president's name  —  On Election Day 2016, six residential buildings called Trump Place stood in a row on Manhattan's Upper West Side — a legacy of Donald Trump's efforts to develop that site and a sign …
Brianne Pfannenstiel / Des Moines Register:
Former Iowa Gov. Tom Vilsack will not run for the U.S. Senate against Sen. Joni Ernst in 2020  —  Former Iowa Gov. Tom Vilsack will not run for the U.S. Senate against Sen. Joni Ernst in 2020.  —  Iowa operative Matt Paul confirmed the decision to the Register on behalf of Vilsack Friday.
Discussion: Political Wire
J. David Goodman / New York Times:
Sex in New York City Parks?  It's Less of a Thing Than It Used to Be  —  A decade ago, New York City police officers handed out hundreds of tickets for “sex in park.”  Last year, they wrote six.  —  In a wild, overrun corner of Fort Tryon Park, a secluded area had become a popular destination …
Robin Abcarian / Los Angeles Times:
On the campaign trail, Kamala Harris tries on a sequined jacket, and men go nuts  —  Every four years, aspiring presidential nominees leave behind families, jobs and, frequently, their dignity to prove they are worthy of the votes of everyday people.  —  Senators, governors, million- or billionaires …
Discussion: Mother Jones
Jeffrey M. Jones / Gallup:
Trump Job Approval 50% or Higher in 17 States in 2018  —  WASHINGTON, D.C. — President Donald Trump's job approval rating varied widely across the U.S. states in 2018, with 17 states giving him ratings of 50% or higher, and 16 states giving him ratings below 40%.
Discussion: Washington Monthly
Eli Lake / Bloomberg:
Netanyahu's Most Cynical Ploy Yet  —  By allying himself with one of Israel's most despicable parties, the prime minister is jeopardizing his legacy.  —  Most Americans have probably never heard of Yifat Ehrlich, or for that matter her former center-right political party in Israel, Bayit Yehudit.
Washington Post:
Two dead after Venezuelan soldiers open fire on opposition supporters  —  SAN CRISTOBAL, Venezuela — Venezuelan soldiers opened fire on a group of civilians attempting to keep open a segment of the southern border with Brazil for deliveries of humanitarian aid, causing multiple injuries …
Discussion: TheBlaze
Sasha Issenberg / Politico:
Here's What Beto Could Unleash on Trump  —  AUSTIN, Texas—With rain hammering outside, Zack Malitz stood in a warehouse space lit by strands of bistro lights and began to reveal the campaign strategy of Beto O'Rourke in exacting detail.  Malitz, who was the field director of O'Rourke's Senate campaign …
Andrew Sullivan / New York Magazine:
The Corruption of the Vatican's Gay Elite Has Been Exposed  —  I spent much of this week reading and trying to absorb the new and devastating book by one Frédéric Martel on the gayness of the hierarchy at the top of the Catholic Church, In the Closet of the Vatican: Power, Homosexuality, Hypocrisy.
Julia Arciga / The Daily Beast:
Ex-Fox News Quack Doctor Keith Ablow Accused of Sexually Exploiting Patients  —  The infamous TV huckster allegedly lured multiple female patients into sexual relationships, according to lawsuits, before engaging in physically abusive behavior.  —  A former member of Fox News' “Medical A-Team” …
A.J. Katz / TVNewser:
PBS NewsHour Continues to Expand Its Team by Naming New Foreign Affairs Producer  —  Some notable revolving door news to report this morning: PBS NewsHour has named Ali Rogin the nightly news broadcast's newest foreign affairs producer.  —  “I am delighted to welcome Ali to the NewsHour …
Conrad Black / American Greatness:
The Greatest Constitutional Crisis Since the Civil War  —  The most immense and dangerous public scandal in American history is finally cracking open like a ripe pomegranate.  The broad swath of the Trump-hating media that has participated in what has amounted to an unconstitutional attempt …
 
 
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Matthew Choi / Politico:
Arkansas governor calls Trump's border emergency declaration ‘worrisome’
CNN:
Trump admin weighs softening demands ahead of second North Korea summit
Humeyra Pamuk / Reuters:
U.S. farmers receive $7.7 billion in trade aid to date: USDA
Discussion: Axios
Jeffrey M. Jones / Gallup:
Democratic States Exceed Republican States by Four in 2018
Timothy Cama / The Hill:
Ocasio-Cortez explains ‘farting cows’ comment: 'We've got to address factory farming'
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Lachlan Markay / The Daily Beast:
Judge Jeanine Pirro Stiffs Campaign Vendors Out of Nearly $600K
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M.L. Nestel / Newsweek:
Washington Man Arrested For Allegedly Vowing Sheriffs Who Oppose Gun Control Law ‘Will Be Shot.  By Me.’
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Walker Davis / CREW:
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Morgan Cook / sandiegouniontribune.com:
Rep. Duncan Hunter gets help with legal expenses from government contractors, others
Discussion: Roll Call
Brian Schwartz / CNBC:
Pfizer executive Sally Susman to host 2020 presidential fundraiser for Democrat Kirsten Gillibrand
Discussion: The Guardian and Splinter
Michelle Goldberg / New York Times:
Not the Fun Kind of Feminist
Discussion: Althouse
Andrew Desiderio / Politico:
Jim Risch tries to calm Republicans furious with Trump
Discussion: Daily Kos and The Week
Marc Caputo / Politico:
‘He is not going to be the nominee’: Dems slam Sanders over Maduro stance