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2:30 PM ET, February 28, 2019

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John Bresnahan / Politico:
‘This is not a day at the beach’: Pelosi tells moderate Dems to stop voting with GOP  —  House Democrats held an emotional debate behind closed doors Thursday over how to stop losing embarrassing procedural battles with Republicans — a clash that exposed the divide between moderates and progressives.
Discussion: Political Wire and twitchy.com
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Marcy Wheeler / New York Times:
Did Cohen Give a Peek at the Mueller Report?  —  The special counsel is still hiding events that lie at the core of his investigation — events that involve the president directly.  —  Ms. Wheeler writes about national security at the website Emptywheel.  —  Even before Michael Cohen appeared …
Caroline Fredrickson / New York Times:
How Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Won the Cohen Hearing  —  Too many representatives chose to bloviate instead of interrogate — except for one.  —  Ms. Fredrickson is the president of the American Constitution Society.  —  On Wednesday, Michael Cohen, Donald Trump's one-time personal lawyer and …
Peter Wehner / New York Times:
Republicans Sink Further Into Trump's Cesspool  —  What they left out of their questioning of Michael Cohen says more about the degradation of my former party than anything they said.  —  Michael Cohen's testimony before Congress on Wednesday revealed as much about the Republican Party …
Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
After Cohen's hearing, the BuzzFeed bombshell that Mueller disputed looks better — and worse  —  In mid-January, a BuzzFeed News report hit the news cycle like a mile-wide asteroid landing on Earth.  —  Its assertion was stunning: that President Trump had directed his fixer, Michael Cohen …
Emily Stewart / Vox:
Why the answers Michael Cohen gave to Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's questions mattered  —  AOC got Cohen to name names — and help build a case for getting Trump's tax returns.  —  Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's (D-NY) questioning of Michael Cohen during his congressional testimony …
Ken White / The Atlantic:
Republicans Committed the Classic Cross-Examination Blunder
Discussion: USA Today, Raw Story and Hullabaloo
Joyce White Vance / Washington Post:
Yes, Michael Cohen's a liar and a criminal. So how come you believed him?
Discussion: Althouse, NPR and Politico
Michael J. Stern / USA Today:
Michael Cohen testimony was a WWE body slam against Trump. Here's why it's credible.
Discussion: Raw Story and The Atlantic
Barbara McQuade / The Daily Beast:
The Legal Case Against Trump Has Never Been Stronger After Cohen Testimony
Discussion: POLITICUSUSA and Raw Story
Keith Griffith / Daily Mail:
EXCLUSIVE: Gambino mob heir predicts Michael Cohen will get WHACKED in prison because ‘inmates love Trump and hate rats’
Discussion: Daily Wire and The Gateway Pundit
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Washington Post:
North Korea's foreign minister says country seeks only partial sanctions relief, contradicting Trump  —  HANOI — President Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un abruptly cut short their two-day summit Thursday amid contradictory accounts over why they were unable to reach an agreement to dismantle Pyongyang's nuclear weapons.
Andrew Egger / The Bulwark:
The Three Problems with the North Korea Walk-Out
Discussion: Vox, Breitbart, USA Today and NBC News
NBC News:
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu indicted on bribe and fraud charges  —  The indictment marks the first time in Israeli history that a sitting prime minister has been charged with a crime.  —  Israel's attorney general announced Thursday that his office had indicted Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu …
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Raoul Wootliff / The Times of Israel:
Netanyahu to stand trial for bribery and breach of trust, pending hearing  —  AG's decision is legal bombshell ahead of April 9 elections, marks first time in Israel's history that serving PM is told he faces criminal charges; premier to speak at 8 p.m.  —  In a move that drastically shakes …
New York Times:
Prosecutor Moves to Indict Netanyahu on Corruption Charges
Ian Austen / New York Times:
Trudeau's Ex-Attorney General: ‘Veiled Threats’ Were Made to Drop Case
Discussion: Globe and Mail
Haaretz:
Netanyahu to Be Charged With Bribery Pending Hearing
Discussion: Vox, Politico and Townhall
Colby Itkowitz / Washington Post:
Videos of Mark Meadows saying ‘send Obama home to Kenya’ resurface hours after he's accused of racist stunt  —  The most emotionally fraught moment during the Michael Cohen hearing had nothing directly to do with President Trump's former lawyer but was a tense exchange after one lawmaker accused another …
Discussion: Breitbart, Contemptor and Boing Boing
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Chris Cillizza / CNN:
The winners and losers of Michael Cohen's House hearing
Discussion: Raw Story, CNBC and Townhall
David M. Drucker / Washington Examiner:
GOP nightmare as Alabama's Roy Moore signals he might run again  —  Roy Moore, a conservative lightening rod who cost the Republican party a Senate seat in deep-red Alabama, is signaling fresh interest in mounting another campaign in 2020, sparking alarm on the right that Democratic Sen. Doug Jones …
Discussion: Joe.My.God., Hot Air and IJR
Kyle Kondik / Larry J. Sabato's Crystal Ball:
The 2020 Electoral College: Our First Look  —  KEY POINTS FROM THIS ARTICLE  — Our initial Electoral College ratings reflect a 2020 presidential election that starts as a Toss-up.  — We start with 248 electoral votes at least leaning Republican, 244 at least leaning Democratic, and 46 votes in the Toss-up category.
Discussion: The Week
Mike Allen / Axios:
Scoop: A new conservative media company  —  Jonah Goldberg is leaving National Review in the coming months to start a new conservative media company with Steve Hayes, who was editor-in-chief of The Weekly Standard when its owner shut it down in December.  —  Details: Goldberg and Hayes tell …
Kate Riga / Talking Points Memo:
LePage: Eliminating Electoral College Would Make Whites ‘A Forgotten People’  —  Former Gov. Paul LePage (R) tore apart a bill currently in the Maine state legislature that proposes essentially eliminating the Electoral College in favor of the popular vote because it would only “be minorities that elect” the President.
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Ronn Blitzer / Law & Crime:
Former GOP Governor: We Need Electoral College or Else ‘White People Will Not Have Anything to Say’
Discussion: Towleroad Gay News and Raw Story
Washington Post:
Andrew Wheeler, former energy lobbyist, confirmed as nation's top environmental official  —  As acting chief at the EPA, Wheeler has advanced the Trump administration's deregulation agenda.  —  The Senate on Thursday approved former coal lobbyist Andrew Wheeler to head the Environmental Protection Agency …
Discussion: Boing Boing
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Zachary Basu / Axios:
Senate confirms Andrew Wheeler as EPA administrator
Discussion: Politico
John Harwood / CNBC:
Trump and GOP promised economic growth much better than Obama's.  That's not what happened  — Throughout the 2016 campaign and since, the president and his party have vowed to kick-start tepid Obama-era economic growth.  — New government data show that Trump, too …
New York Times:
Under Peace Plan, U.S. Military Would Exit Afghanistan Within Five Years  —  WASHINGTON — All American troops would withdraw from Afghanistan over the next three to five years under a new Pentagon plan being offered in peace negotiations that could lead to a government in Kabul that shares power with the Taliban.
 
 
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The Economist:
The politicisation of white evangelical Christianity is hurting it
Philip Klein / Washington Examiner:
Unrepentant Ilhan Omar suggests Jews who criticize her anti-Semitic statements are doing …
NBC News:
Woman accused of assaulting man in MAGA hat faces possible deportation, ICE says
Paul Mirengoff / Power Line:
Neomi Rao clears judiciary committee
Discussion: NBC News
CNN:
Group running robocalls impersonating Trump's campaign has already raised more than $100,000
Discussion: Raw Story and The Verge
Ruth Brown / New York Post:
CNN didn't disclose Democratic Party ties of questioners in Sanders town hall
Discussion: twitchy.com and Fox News
Deanna Paul / Washington Post:
‘Damaging precedent’: Conservative federal judge installed without consent of home-state senators
Discussion: Mother Jones and Nevada Current
 Earlier Items: 
Alex Daugherty / miamiherald:
Dems want Acosta out over Epstein. GOP wants to know more... Then there's Matt Gaetz
Discussion: Tampa Bay Times and The Week
Molly Ball / TIME:
Julia Louis-Dreyfus Knew She Was Good. She Fought to Make Sure the World Did Too
Discussion: Breitbart
Julia Carrie Wong / The Guardian:
Anti-vaxx ‘mobs’: doctors face harassment campaigns on Facebook
Reuters:
Martha Stewart's new role as cannabis adviser
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Axios:
GOP Rep. Paul Gosar says climate change isn't real because of photosynthesis
Discussion: Raw Story
Timothy P. Carney / Washington Examiner:
Tim Carney: The holy war over Trump
Discussion: National Review
Wall Street Journal:
Cohen in the Colosseum  —  The legal fixer unloads on his former boss …
 

 
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