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11:20 AM ET, February 24, 2019

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New York Times:
Defender of World Order or Trump Mouthpiece?  Pompeo Is Tested by North Korea, Iran and U.S. Allies  —  WARSAW — In the eyes of Mike Pompeo, the day was shaping up to be one of his most commanding displays of diplomacy since becoming secretary of state.  Months of planning had finally yielded …
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Harry J. Kazianis / Fox News:
If you don't want a nuclear war, hope Trump does these things in his summit with North Korea's Kim Jong Un  —  No matter what President Trump says or does when he holds a second historic summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on Wednesday and Thursday in Vietnam, he will never satisfy his Republican and Democratic critics.
Foster Klug / Associated Press:   Hanoi summit nightmare scenario: Bad deals and little change
KABE-LP:
What triggered the escalation of US-Venezuela policy?  —  For two decades the US was powerless to alter the course of Venezuela's socialist rule.  But, in recent weeks Trump has turned the screws on the Maduro regime.  So, what changed?  How a casual meeting at Trump Tower and a photo op …
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Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Venezuelan border clashes further isolate Maduro's regime  —  As expected, yesterday brought violent clashes on the Venezuelan border.  The Venezuelan opposition head Juan Guaidó, whom the U.S. and some 50 other countries recognize as Venezuela's legitimate leader …
Associated Press:   Clean up begins on Venezuela-Colombia border after unrest
New York Times:
Some Aid From Brazil Pierces Venezuela's Blockade, but Deadly Violence Erupts
Discussion: Breitbart
Franklin Foer / The Atlantic:
The Loud Silence of Mueller's Manafort Memo  —  A nation is waiting, with no clear sense of timing or resolution, to learn if its leader is a foreign agent of a hostile power.  But the director of this epic tale seems determined to jerk everyone around.  —  Expectations of imminent revelation are routinely deflated.
Discussion: emptywheel, Daily Kos and Splinter
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Adam Davidson / New Yorker:
Robert Mueller's Nothing-Burger Sentencing Memo on Paul Manafort
Discussion: Althouse
Sharon LaFraniere / New York Times:
Sentencing Memo Paints Manafort as Someone Who ‘Repeatedly and Brazenly’ Broke Law
Discussion: Mother Jones
Zachary Basu / Axios:
Robert Mueller files 800+ page sentencing memo for Paul Manafort
Discussion: POLITICUSUSA and Politico
Rachel Weiner / Washington Post:
Paul Manafort a ‘hardened’ and ‘bold’ criminal, Mueller prosecutors tell judge
Sam Brasch / NPR:
After Stinging Presidential Loss, Popular Vote Movement Gains Momentum In States  —  An attempt at an Electoral College workaround is gaining momentum in the Mountain West.  —  Democrats in Colorado and New Mexico are pushing ahead with legislation to pledge their 14 collective electoral votes …
Bill McKibben / New Yorker:
The Hard Lessons of Dianne Feinstein's Encounter with the Young Green New Deal Activists  —  One imagines that Senator Dianne Feinstein would like a do-over of her colloquy with some young people on Friday afternoon.  A group of school students, at least one as young as seven …
Jeffrey Toobin / New Yorker:
Andrew McCabe's Countdown to the Mueller Report  —  In his new book, the former acting director of the F.B.I. speaks with bracing directness about what was going on in the Trump-Russia investigation and why it matters.  —  In “Seven Days in May,” a popular novel from the early nineteen-sixties …
Discussion: Althouse
Gregory Korte / USA Today:
With women in combat roles, a federal court rules the male-only draft unconstitutional  —  A federal judge in Texas has declared that the all-male military draft is unconstitutional, ruling that “the time has passed” for a debate on whether women belong in the military.
Discussion: Outside the Beltway
Alexandra Hutzler / Newsweek:
Bill Maher Mocks Red State Voters, Says Rich and Educated Live in Blue States  —  Bill Maher ridiculed red state voters in a segment about Amazon's HQ2 locations, saying that the rich and educated people of America live in blue states.  —  “That's why red state voters are so pissed off.
Quint Forgey / Politico:
Schiff: ‘We will bring Bob Mueller in to testify’ if report not made public  —  House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) on Sunday threatened to call Robert Mueller to Capitol Hill and subpoena his investigative findings if Attorney General William Barr does …
Discussion: Axios
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Erik Wemple / Washington Post:
The Mueller report is coming! Oh, wait.
Discussion: New York Times and Daily Kos
Virginia Heffernan / Los Angeles Times:
Uncovering the deal Trump's Labor Secretary Alexander Acosta gave to a Florida sex abuser  —  Over the last two decades, nearly 100 women told authorities all about sexual crimes allegedly committed by the hedge-funder Jeffrey Epstein.  Epstein was a friend of Donald Trump, Bill Clinton and many other men in high places.
Tom Boggioni / Raw Story:
Mueller filing could be held up pending indictments of Don Jr. and Jared Kushner for lying: ex-US Attorney  —  Appearing on MSNBC on Saturday afternoon, former U.S. Attorney Barbara McQuade said there is no telling when special counsel Robert Mueller will be releasing his final report …
Emerson College Polling:
Bernie Takes Early Lead In New Hampshire Democratic Primary; Potential Tight US Senate Race if Gov. Sununu takes on Sen. Shaheen  —  The first New Hampshire Democratic Primary Poll since Sen. Bernie Sanders announced he's running for president finds Sanders at a slight advantage with 27% of the vote …
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Tom Boggioni / Raw Story:
GOP's Grassley blows up over complaints about reduced tax refunds: 'Isn't it kind of stupid to look at a refund?'  —  In a deep dive into how Republicans are dealing with voter anger over seeing their IRS tax refunds shrink due to Donald Trump's tax cuts, Senior Republican Senator Chuck Grassley …
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Aaron Lorenzo / Politico:
As tax refunds shrink, Republicans scramble to defend Trump tax cut
Discussion: The Mahablog and The Hill
 
 
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