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7:55 PM ET, February 25, 2019

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Washington Post:
Former campaign staffer alleges in lawsuit that Trump kissed her without her consent.  The White House denies the charge.  —  A staffer on Donald Trump's 2016 presidential campaign says he kissed her without her consent at a small gathering of supporters before a Florida rally …
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Ronan Farrow / New Yorker:
A Lawsuit by a Campaign Worker Is the Latest Challenge to Trump's Nondisclosure Agreements  —  A staff member of Donald Trump's 2016 Presidential campaign filed a lawsuit in federal court in Florida on Monday, alleging that she experienced “racial and gender discrimination” while working for the campaign …
Olivia Messer / The Daily Beast:
Trump Accuser Alva Johnson Feels ‘Responsible’ for Putting ‘Sexual Predator’ in White House, Lawyer Says
Discussion: Mediaite
Chris Geidner / BuzzFeed News:
Trump's Memo Appointing Matthew Whitaker Raises Questions About When He Actually Took Over DOJ  —  WASHINGTON — A newly released document regarding former acting attorney general Matthew Whitaker's appointment shows that, at the earliest, President Donald Trump authorized Whitaker to lead …
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The Daily Beast:
Trump Tells His Lawyers: Stay for the Coming Legal Hellscape  —  The president has made private admissions that federal investigations bedeviling his first term in office will be haunting him for possibly years to come.  —  Late last year, over the course of three separate conversations …
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Rosenstein: Barr will do the ‘right thing’ on Mueller report
Discussion: Breitbart and Raw Story
Elizabeth Harrington / Washington Free Beacon:
Study: Green New Deal Would Cost Up to $94 Trillion  —  Sen. Barrasso: ‘Green New Deal would bankrupt the nation’  —  The “Green New Deal” would cost up to $94.4 trillion, or over $600,000 per household in the United States, according to a new study.  —  The American Action Forum study offers …
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Thom Tillis / Washington Post:
I support Trump's vision on border security.  But I would vote against the emergency.  —  Thom Tillis, a Republican, is a U.S. senator from North Carolina.  —  President Trump has few bigger allies than me when it comes to supporting his vision of 21st-century border security …
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Just Security:
Exclusive: Full Text of Bipartisan Declaration of Former Senior U.S. Officials Refuting President's …
Discussion: Conservative Review, Politico and CNN
Casey Newton / The Verge:
The Trauma Floor  —  The secret lives of Facebook moderators in America  —  She spent the past three and a half weeks in training, trying to harden herself against the daily onslaught of disturbing posts: the hate speech, the violent attacks, the graphic pornography.
Maggie Severns / Politico:
GOP donors: Trump campaign lacks a strategy to win in 2020  —  Late last month, more than 100 major Republican donors gathered at the Trump International Hotel for a presentation from the president's campaign manager Brad Parscale and other top political hands on their plans to keep the White House …
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New York Times:
Rust Belt, Sun Belt or Both? Democrats Seek the Best Route to the White House
Discussion: Wall Street Journal and Althouse
Associated Press:   Re-build the wall? Dems see opportunity, danger in Midwest
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
As fresh signs of Trump's weakness emerge, some Democrats are already screwing up
Discussion: Raw Story and The Mahablog
emptywheel:
On August 2, 2016, Paul Manafort Gave Konstantin Kilimnik 75 Pages of Recent, Detailed Polling Data  —  I want to return again to the question of what Paul Manafort ordered Rick Gates to print out on August 2, 2016, so he could share it with Konstantin Kilimnik at a clandestine meeting that night.
New York Times:
It's Mueller's Investigation.  But Right Behind Him Is Andrew Goldstein.  —  WASHINGTON — The routine was always the same.  President Trump's lawyers would drive to heavily secured offices near the National Mall, surrender their cellphones, head into a windowless conference room …
Discussion: Law & Crime
Stephen Castle / New York Times:
Labour Party Leader, Under Pressure, Backs a New Brexit Referendum  —  LONDON — Britain's opposition Labour Party said on Monday that it was prepared to support a second referendum on withdrawal from the European Union, a shift that could have significant ramifications for the fate of Brexit and for the country's future.
Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money
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Tim Ross / Bloomberg:   U.K.'s Theresa May to Consider Delay to Brexit Date
Mark Leibovich / New York Times:
How Lindsey Graham Went From Trump Skeptic to Trump Sidekick  —  “What happened to me?” the senator asks.  “Not a damn thing.”  —  As the luncheon dishes were placed down, the master of ceremonies kicked off a boisterous round of Lindsey Graham trivia.  “What is the senator's middle name? …
Shane Goldmacher / New York Times:
Bernie Sanders Raises $10 Million in Less Than a Week  —  A clutch of advisers to Senator Bernie Sanders began arriving at the Capitol Hill townhouse that served as his makeshift headquarters before dawn last Tuesday, where they readied themselves to track, among other things …
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Daniel Lippman / Politico:
Ex-Clinton staffers slam Sanders over private jet flights
Brett Samuels / The Hill:
Russia says US asked for advice on dealing with North Korea  —  Russian foreign minister Sergey Lavrov on Monday said that the U.S. asked for Moscow's advice in approaching this week's summit between President Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.  —  The Associated Press reported …
Discussion: Just Security
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Dana Bash / CNN:
Harry Reid wishes for George W. Bush again ‘every day’  —  Programming note: For more on George W. Bush and the political family that produced two Presidents, watch CNN's Original Series “The Bush Years” debuting Sunday, March 3 at 9pm ET on CNN.  —  (CNN)Former Senate Democratic Leader Harry Reid …
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WZVN-TV:   Harry Reid weighs in on the 2020 Democratic field: They don't need to talk about Trump
ICE:
Joint Statement from ICE and CBP on stillbirth in custody  —  On Feb. 22, while being processed for release from DHS custody, a 24-year-old Honduran woman went into premature labor and delivered a stillborn baby at the Port Isabel Detention Center (PIDC).  —  The woman, whose name …
Discussion: The Daily Beast and Splinter
Francis X. Donnelly / Detroit News:
Jackson gay rights leader accused of burning down own home … Nikki Joly, transgender activist, arrives in court with defense attorney Daniel Barnett in Circuit Court in Jackson, to face Judge John McBain on Friday, Feb 1, 2019, and is granted a continuance.
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty:
Daughter Of Putin's Spokesman Working In European Parliament  —  BRUSSELS — The daughter of Russian President Vladimir Putin's spokesman works as an intern in the European Parliament in Brussels, and has unhindered access to various EU documents, RFE/RL has learned.
Discussion: The Guardian
Holmes Lybrand / CNN:
Fact Check: Did Ivanka Trump create ‘millions of jobs’?  —  Washington (CNN)During an address to US governors Monday morning, President Donald Trump discussed the need for training programs and claimed that his daughter Ivanka had “created millions of jobs.”
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The White House:
Remarks by President Trump at the 2019 White House Business Session with our Nation's Governors
Discussion: Politico
John Wagner / Washington Post:
Trump Organization asks House committee to cease investigations, citing an alleged conflict of interest  —  A lawyer for the Trump Organization has asked the House Judiciary Committee to cease any investigations related to it, claiming that the panel's work has been tainted by its hiring …
Justin McCarthy / Gallup:
Americans' Perceptions of U.S. World Image Best Since 2003  —  WASHINGTON, D.C. — Fifty-eight percent of Americans believe the U.S. rates “very” or “somewhat favorably” in the world's eyes.  Though the current figure is up just slightly from the 55% recorded last year, it represents the highest figure Gallup has found since 2003.
Win McNamee / Marketplace:
Former Fed Chair Janet Yellen: Far from retired, nowhere near done  —  Janet Yellen made history as the first woman to chair the Federal Reserve Board — a position that has been called “the second most powerful person in government” and the peak of a nearly 17-year career at the institution.
New York Times:
Arrest Record Leaks for a Top Candidate in Tuesday's Public Advocate Election  —  [What you need to know to start the day: Get New York Today in your inbox.]  —  A decade-old arrest of Councilman Jumaane Williams has surfaced in the final stretch of the New York City public advocate's race …
Discussion: New York Daily News
Bryan Lowry / Kansas City Star:
Activist whose group infiltrated McCaskill campaign will take stage after Josh Hawley  —  As soon as Sen. Josh Hawley exits the stage at a Friday event in Maryland, a conservative activist responsible for undercover videos of his Democratic opponent will appear on that same stage.
Pat Eaton-Robb / Washington Times:
Transgender sprinters finish 1st, 2nd at Connecticut girls indoor track championships  —  NEW HAVEN, Conn. — Andraya Yearwood hears the comments, usually from adults and usually not to her face.  —  She shouldn't be running, they say, not against girls.  —  Yearwood, a 17-year-old junior …
 
 
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Dave Levinthal / Center for Public Integrity:
Jill Stein is finally paying her numerous federal fines
Anna North / Vox:
A Republican-backed bill to protect “abortion survivors” won't pass. It still matters.
Discussion: Washington Post and ThinkProgress
John Williams / New York Times:
New York Review Names 2 Top Editors 5 Months After Ian Buruma's Departure
ABC News:
Jon Stewart, lawmakers introduce bill for permanent 9/11 victim's fund
Discussion: Politico
Sarah Boseley / The Guardian:
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Ben Lefebvre / Politico:
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Dan Vergano / BuzzFeed News:
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Discussion: The Week
Aaron Rodriguez / CREW:
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Discussion: ThinkProgress and Raw Story
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