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5:00 PM ET, March 5, 2019

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Michael R. Bloomberg / Bloomberg:
Our Highest Office, My Deepest Obligation  —  I'm not running for president, but I am launching a new campaign: Beyond Carbon.  —  I've never made any secret of my belief that Donald Trump is a threat to our country.  At the 2016 Democratic National Convention, I said: “New Yorkers know a con when we see one.”
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Alexander Burns / New York Times:
Michael Bloomberg Will Not Run for President in 2020  —  Michael R. Bloomberg, the former New York City mayor who joined the Democratic Party last year to crusade against President Trump, has decided not to challenge Mr. Trump as a candidate in the 2020 election.
Discussion: Bloomberg and Breitbart
Michael Scherer / Washington Post:   Former New York mayor Michael Bloomberg bows out of 2020 Democratic presidential contest
Jordan Weissmann / Slate:
Ilhan Omar Has a Point  —  In early 2015, as the Obama administration was deep into negotiations with Iran over its nuclear program, Republican House Speaker John Boehner invited Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who stridently opposed the deal, to address a joint session of Congress.
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Patreon:
What Ilhan Omar actually said  —  Thanks to the Institute for Policy Studies for transcribing what Ilhan Omar actually said at an event last Wednesday at Busboys and Poets.  It would have been great if Jonathan Chait had the decency to not misrepresent Omar.  But Chait's gonna Chait.
Discussion: The Nation and Balloon Juice
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Can Anti-Semitism Split Democrats Like It Split Labour?
Beth Kieffer Leonard / Jewish Democratic Council …:
Does Ilhan Omar Understand the Impact of her Words? Minnesotans Want to Know.
Discussion: IJR and New York Post
Mehdi Hasan / The Intercept:
Republicans and Democrats Say Their Criticism of Ilhan Omar Is About Anti-Semitism.  They're Gaslighting You.
Discussion: The Federalist, Politico and RedState
Jeffrey Toobin / New Yorker:
Adam Schiff Hires a Former Prosecutor to Lead the Trump Investigation  —  Representative Adam Schiff, the chairman of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, has hired a veteran prosecutor with experience fighting Russian organized crime to lead his investigation of the Trump Administration.
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Caitlin Oprysko / Politico:
Judge demands more answers from Roger Stone about his Russia book and gag order  —  A federal judge reprimanded Roger Stone on Tuesday over possible violations of a court-imposed gag order that could ultimately land him in jail.  She also gave the longtime associate of President Donald Trump …
Discussion: Axios and The Daily Beast
Spencer S. Hsu / Washington Post:   Judge warns Roger Stone of ‘costs and consequences’ for his new book release amid gag order
Washington Post:
FDA Commissioner Gottlieb, who raised alarms about teen vaping, resigns  —  The 46-year-old physician, former venture capitalist and drug consultant will leave in about a month.  —  Food and Drug Commissioner Scott Gottlieb, who used his post to tackle difficult public health issues …
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Washington Post:   FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb, who raised national alarms about teenage vaping, is resigning
Caitlin Owens / Axios:
FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb to resign
Discussion: Politico
New York Times:
Trump Organization's Insurance Policies Under Scrutiny in New York  —  New York State regulators have issued an expansive subpoena to the Trump Organization's longtime insurance broker, the first step in an investigation of insurance policies and claims involving President Trump's family business …
ABC News:
Ex-Trump White House lawyer calls Mueller ‘hero,’ says probe is no witch hunt  —  On Congressional investigations into the White House, Ty Cobb said, “It's never gonna be over.”
Tim Mak / NPR:
Elderly Trump Critics Await Mueller's Report — Sometimes Until Their Last Breath  —  Expectations among Democrats are sky-high as reports have emerged about special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation coming to an end.  —  In fact, expectations are so intense among some elderly …
Sam Stein / The Daily Beast:
Rand Paul: Sure, Vaccines Are OK, But We Shouldn't Trade ‘Liberty’ for ‘False Sense of Security’  —  His own Republican colleague, Sen. Bill Cassidy, was openly appalled by what he said.  —  During a Senate Health Committee hearing on Tuesday, Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) criticized the idea …
Caitlin Dickerson / New York Times:
Border at ‘Breaking Point’ as More than 76,000 Migrants Cross in a Month  —  For the fourth time in five months, the number of migrant families crossing the southwest border has broken records, border enforcement authorities said Tuesday, warning that government facilities are full and agents are overwhelmed.
Tim Wu / New York Times:
The Oppression of the Supermajority  —  The defining political fact of our time is not polarization.  It's the thwarting of a largely unified public.  —  Mr. Wu is a law professor.  —  We are told that America is divided and polarized as never before.  Yet when it comes to many important areas of policy, that simply isn't true.
Discussion: Common Dreams and Hullabaloo
Rebecca Ballhaus / Wall Street Journal:
White House Rebuffs Lawmakers on Security Clearances  —  The White House has rebuffed a request from the House Oversight Committee for documents related to the administration's security-clearance decisions, amid questions about the clearance granted to President Trump's son-in-law, Jared Kushner.
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Rachael Bade / Washington Post:
White House rebuffs House Democrats' request regarding security clearances
Discussion: Axios
Damian Paletta / Washington Post:
The federal deficit ballooned at start of new fiscal year, up 77 percent from a year before  —  The federal budget deficit ballooned rapidly in the first four months of the fiscal year amid falling tax revenue and higher spending, the Treasury Department said Tuesday, posing a new challenge …
Discussion: Mother Jones, Axios and Political Wire
Zach Carter / HuffPost:
Joe Biden's Biggest 2020 Problem Is Joe Biden  —  Despite cultivating a populist image, the former vice president has spent his career championing policies favored by Republicans and the corporate elite.  —  As Democratic voters begin to consider who to make their standard-bearer in the 2020 election …
Discussion: Breitbart
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Linda Sarsour:
This is why we wanted Congresswoman Barbara Lee to be the Speaker of the House and “progressives” were like nah, Pelosi is a leader and omg you should see how she claps.  What a clap!  —  Nancy is a typical white feminist upholding the patriarchy doing the dirty work of powerful white men.
Discussion: Daily Wire, twitchy.com and TheBlaze
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Peter Hasson / The Daily Caller:
Linda Sarsour Attacks ‘White Feminist’ Nancy Pelosi Over Resolution Condemning Anti-Semitism
Discussion: IJR
Marc Fisher / Washington Post:
‘Grab that record’: How Trump's high school transcript was hidden  —  In 2011, days after Donald Trump challenged President Barack Obama to “show his records” to prove that he hadn't been a “terrible student,” the headmaster at New York Military Academy got an order from his boss: Find Trump's academic records and help bury them.
Jordain Carney / The Hill:
McConnell: House election reform bill won't get Senate vote  —  Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) said on Monday that he will not bring a House election reform bill up for a vote in the Senate.  —  “This sprawling 622-page doorstop is never going to become law.
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Riley Snyder / The Nevada Independent:   Senate Majority Leader Kelvin Atkinson resigns after admitting to misappropriating campaign funds for personal use
Jason Rezaian / Washington Post:
Otto Warmbier will haunt Trump forever  —  President Trump's summit with Kim Jong Un in Hanoi last week was an epic failure on multiple fronts, but only one part of it seems to bother him.  —  “We get along, we've developed a good relationship, very good, and made great, historic progress …
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Stephen M. Walt / Foreign Policy:
The Tragedy of Trump's Foreign Policy
bronx.news12.com:
'I'm not running': Hillary Clinton rules out 2020 bid for first time on camera in exclusive interview with News 12  —  NEW YORK -  —  Hillary Clinton ruled out a 2020 presidential run for the first time on camera in an exclusive interview with News 12, pledging instead to take an active role …
Ben Hubbard / New York Times:
American Woman, Divorced From Saudi Husband, Is Trapped in Saudi Arabia  —  BEIRUT, Lebanon — At first, Saudi Arabia was an adventure for Bethany Vierra.  —  An American from Washington State, she taught at a women's university, started a company, married a Saudi businessman and gave birth to a curly-haired daughter, Zaina.
Patricia Sullivan / Washington Post:
Here's what Amazon has to do to get $23 million from Arlington County  —  Amazon will receive staggered payouts for occupying an increasing amount of office space near National Airport, and get at least two days' notice when someone requests information it provides to Arlington County …
Discussion: The Verge
BBC:
Explosive packages found at Heathrow, Waterloo and London City Airport  —  Counter-terror police are investigating three packages containing explosives found at Heathrow Airport, London City Airport and Waterloo station.  —  The “small improvised explosive devices” were found in A4 postal bags, the Metropolitan Police said.
David Brooks / New York Times:
‘Medicare for All’: The Impossible Dream  —  There's no plausible route from here to there.  —  The Brits and Canadians I know certainly love their single-payer health care systems.  If one of their politicians suggested they should switch to the American health care model, they'd throw him out the window.
Kate Smith / CBS News:
12 detained babies have been released from ICE custody in Dilley, Texas  —  ICE officers have released 12 of the infants that were being held at a rural Texas detention center, where immigrant advocates claim they dealt with dirty water, limited baby food and a lack of medical care.
Brian Schwartz / CNBC:
Trump friend and inaugural chair Tom Barrack plans to cooperate with House Judiciary Committee requests  — Longtime friend of President Donald Trump's Tom Barrack will be cooperating with the House Judiciary Committees requests to hand over their requested documents.
Dustin Volz / Wall Street Journal:
Chinese Hackers Target Universities in Pursuit of Maritime Military Secrets  —  Chinese hackers have targeted more than two dozen universities in the U.S. and around the globe as part of an elaborate scheme to steal research about maritime technology being developed for military use.
Sarah Singleterry / WAAY-TV:
Attorney: Madison County first court in U.S. to recognize aborted fetus as person with rights  —  A Madison County father is suing the Huntsville abortion clinic where his girlfriend terminated her pregnancy  —  The Madison County probate court recognized an aborted fetus as a person with legal rights.
Discussion: IJR
Sadie Gurman / Wall Street Journal:
Trump to Nominate Jessie Liu as Justice Department's No. 3 Official  —  President Trump will nominate federal prosecutor Jessie Liu as the Justice Department's No. 3 official, after a year in which his administration failed to persuade several candidates to take on the challenging position.
 
 
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Donie O'Sullivan / CNN:
FBI Director Wray says foreign influence campaigns targeting US have continued ‘virtually unabated’
Discussion: Axios
Brian Faler / Politico:
Democrats' demand for Trump's tax returns expected in about two weeks
Discussion: Raw Story and The Daily Caller
Matt Wilstein / The Daily Beast:
Eric Trump Admits Pressure on Family Maybe Not ‘Worth’ Winning Presidency
Washington Post:
White House hopeful Bernie Sanders signs loyalty pledge to run, govern as a Democrat
Paul Mirengoff / Power Line:
Donors don't take kindly to political correctness at Yale
Discussion: Washington Examiner
Los Angeles Times:
Post-Hurricane Harvey, NASA tried to fly a pollution-spotting plane over Houston. The EPA said no
Discussion: Raw Story
Ross Douthat / New York Times:
What's Left of the Center-Left?
David Byler / Washington Post:
Trump's support among Hispanics and Latinos is real. Don't assume it will fade.
 Earlier Items: 
Sam Baker / Axios:
Sen. Collins opposes Trump judicial nominee, citing ACA case
Discussion: Politico and Washington Post
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Fox News spins desperately to shield lawless president from accountability
Discussion: Raw Story
Washington Post:
T-Mobile acknowledges its patronage of Trump's Washington hotel increased sharply after announcement …
Graeme Wood / The Atlantic:
John Bolton May Save Us All
Discussion: The Week, IJR and Washington Post
Caitlin Flanagan / The Atlantic:
The Anger of Amy Klobuchar
Gary Fineout / Politico:
Inside the Gaetz-Scott Florida feud
Wall Street Journal:
Lawyer for Cohen Approached Trump Attorneys About Pardon