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12:20 AM ET, March 8, 2019

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Washington Post:
Paul Manafort says at his sentencing he feels ‘humiliated and ashamed’  —  Paul Manafort, President Trump's onetime campaign chairman, asked a judge for mercy at his sentencing Thursday for a host of financial crimes — conduct that could now earn the once high-flying political consultant years in prison.
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Kevin Breuninger / CNBC:
Ex-Trump campaign chief Paul Manafort sentenced to 47 months for fraud in Mueller case  —  A federal judge on Thursday sentenced President Donald Trump's former campaign chairman Paul Manafort to serve 47 months in prison.  —  The decision from federal judge T.S. Ellis in Virginia comes less …
Franklin Foer / The Atlantic:   The ‘Otherwise Blameless Life’ of Paul Manafort
Ryan J. Reilly / HuffPost:   Paul Manafort Sentenced To Less Than 4 Years In Prison In Mueller Probe
Zoe Tillman / BuzzFeed News:
Paul Manafort Will Serve At Least 38 Months In Prison, But His Legal Fight Isn't Over Yet
Discussion: Raw Story
Bonchie / RedState:
BREAKING: In Surprise Move, Paul Manafort Sentenced to UNDER FOUR Years in Prison
Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
Republicans manage to get Democrats out of a jam — by showing the GOP's true colors  —  After a remarkably successful start for the new Congress, House Democrats got themselves tied up in knots this week.  In responding to Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.), who accused Israel supporters of loyalty …
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Politico:
Omar bails out Trump  —  Democrats used to be happily united in their opposition to Trump.  It's getting more complicated.  —  She snidely refers to him as “Individual 1.”  She has denounced him for “sabotaging the economy.”  And she has accused him of engaging in “dehumanizing rhetoric.”
Discussion: RedState, Sara A. Carter and Townhall
Mike Lillis / The Hill:
New cracks emerge in Dem unity  —  House Democrats are showing more cracks in their united front just two months into the new Congress.  —  Leaders are scrambling to contain high-profile rifts between liberals and centrists on everything from the Green New Deal and “Medicare for all,” …
Sam Stein / The Daily Beast:
Eric Holder Says Next Democratic President Should Consider Court Packing  —  The former attorney general made the comments Thursday during a chat with the Yale Law National Security Group.  —  Former Attorney General Eric Holder said Thursday that the next Democratic president should …
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Jennifer Bendery / HuffPost:
Senate Confirms Trump Court Pick Who Repeatedly Weakened Voting Rights  —  Every Republican voted to make Eric Murphy, 40, a lifetime federal judge.  —  WASHINGTON The Senate voted Thursday to confirm Eric Murphy to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit, meaning a 40-year-old lawyer …
Fred Barbash / Washington Post:
Wilbur Ross broke law, violated Constitution in census decision, judge rules  —  Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross acted in “bad faith,” broke several laws and violated the constitutional underpinning of representative democracy when he added a citizenship question to the 2020 Census, a federal judge ruled Wednesday.
Associated Press:
Pentagon may tap military pay, pensions for border wall  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon is planning to tap $1 billion in leftover funds from military pay and pension accounts to help President Donald Trump pay for his long-sought border wall, a top Senate Democrat said Thursday.
Discussion: Townhall, Washington Post and The Week
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Eliana Johnson / Politico:
Fearing mass GOP defections, Trump leans in to emergency fight  —  Sen. Ron Johnson made no secret of his displeasure with Donald Trump declaring a national emergency to build his border wall, worrying in late January that the president would take the “Emergency Act beyond where it's ever been.”
Discussion: Raw Story
CNN:
Lynne Patton, a Trump housing official, says she has presidential OK for reality TV  —  (CNN)Lynne Patton, a longtime Trump family associate who made a controversial appearance at last week's House hearing with Michael Cohen, says she has the President's blessing to follow in his footsteps …
Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
It's time — high time — to take Fox News's destructive role in America seriously  —  Chris Wallace is an exceptional interviewer, and Shepard Smith and Bret Baier are reality-based news anchors.  —  Now that we've got that out of the way, let's talk about the overall problem of Fox News …
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Reid Standish / Foreign Policy:
U.S. Cancels Journalist's Award Over Her Criticism of Trump  —  Jessikka Aro was to receive a “Women of Courage” prize.  Then officials read her Twitter feed.  —  Jessikka Aro, a Finnish investigative journalist, has faced down death threats and harassment over her work exposing Russia's …
Erin Banco / The Daily Beast:
Embassy Staffers Say Jared Kushner Shut Them Out of Saudi Meetings  —  When a member of the administration travels overseas, the embassy often helps coordinate the trip.  Not when Jared Kushner meets his buddy MBS.  —  Officials and staffers in the U.S. embassy in Riyadh said they were not read …
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Matt Viser / Washington Post:
Biden's tough talk on 1970s school desegregation plan could get new scrutiny in today's Democratic Party  —  When Joe Biden was a freshman senator in the mid-1970s, his home state of Delaware, like other hotspots across the country, was engulfed in a bitter battle over school busing …
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Jane C. Timm / NBC News:
A conservative group alleges Ocasio-Cortez and her allies ran a PAC scam.  But there's no evidence of wrongdoing.  —  While the structure of her campaign and its vendors might be confusing, it's not illegal, campaign finance experts said.  —  Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's congressional campaign …
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The Babylon Bee:   Ilhan Omar Withdraws Support From Bill To Save The Earth After Learning That's Where Israel Is
Jane Chastain / WND:
AOC was a Girl Scout ... just say no to the cookies  —  Exclusive: Jane Chastain explains group's continual support of leftist causes  —  Jane Chastain is a Southern California-based broadcaster, author and political commentator.  Despite her present emphasis on politics …
Discussion: Daily Wire and New York Post
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Travis Gettys / Raw Story:
Conservative calls for cookie boycott because AOC used to be a Girl Scout
Discussion: The Daily Caller
CNN:
Top House Republican attacks Nadler probe as unconstitutional  —  House Judiciary announces sweeping scope in Trump probe  —  (CNN)The top Republican on the House Judiciary Committee on Thursday charged that the sweeping investigation opened this week by the panel's chairman …
Discussion: Raw Story
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Washington Post:
House Democrats torn over how aggressively to scrutinize Ivanka Trump, president's other children
Discussion: Politico
Shane Goldmacher / New York Times:
What Kirsten Gillibrand Is Missing: New York Endorsements for 2020  —  WASHINGTON — Senator Cory Booker has been endorsed for president by New Jersey's entire 11-member Democratic congressional delegation, his state's governor and its other senator.  Senator Bernie Sanders has the backing …
David Brooks / New York Times:
The Case for Reparations  —  A slow convert to the cause.  —  I've been traveling around the country for the past few years studying America's divides — urban/rural, red/blue, rich/poor.  There's been a haunting sensation the whole time that is hard to define.  It is that the racial divide doesn't feel like the other divides.
Discussion: The Post Millennial and from FEE
Konstantin Kakaes / MIT Technology Review:
Zuckerberg's new privacy essay shows why Facebook needs to be broken up  —  In a letter published when his company went public in 2012, Mark Zuckerberg championed Facebook's mission of making the world “more open and connected.”  Businesses would become more authentic, human relationships stronger, and government more accountable.
 
 
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Anthony Capaccio / Bloomberg:
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Bruce Schlesman / Judicial Watch:
Judicial Watch Uncovers DOJ Records Showing Numerous Bruce Ohr Communications with Fusion GPS and Christopher Steele
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
Carla Marinucci / Politico:
Jimmy Carter offers to visit North Korea to try and break nuclear stalemate
Discussion: Washington Times
Spencer Ackerman / The Daily Beast:
Pentagon Might Detain Thousands of Migrant Kids on Military Bases
Michael Morford / USA Today:
John Bolton is trying to steer Trump and the US into another Mideast war. Don't let him.
Associated Press:
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Bloomberg:
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Scott Calvert / Wall Street Journal:
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Discussion: Eater
Sarah Lyall / New York Times:
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Discussion: NB Blog
Andrew McCarthy / Fox News:
Would Mueller indict Trump for ‘attempting’ to fire Mueller?
Discussion: Daily Wire
Bloomberg:
Cohen Fires New Shot at Trump With Suit for Millions in Fees
Vindicator:
U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown will not run for president in 2020
Discussion: The Atlantic and POLITICUSUSA