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1:40 PM ET, March 17, 2019

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Brian Steinberg / Variety:
Fox News' ‘Judge Jeanine’ Won't Air This Saturday  —  “Judge Jeanine” isn't holding court Saturday night.  —  Fox News Channel replaced tonight's broadcast of Jeanine Pirro's weekly program with a repeat episode of its documentary series “Scandalous,” just days after the 21st Century Fox …
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Brian Stelter / CNN:
Trump tells Fox to ‘bring back’ Jeanine Pirro; source says she was suspended for Islamophobic remarks  —  New York (CNN Business)Jeanine Pirro, whose show did not air on Saturday night, was suspended by Fox News after her widely criticized commentary doubting Congresswoman Ilhan Omar's patriotism …
Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times:
Jeanine Pirro's Show Is Bumped by Fox, to the President's Chagrin  —  Jeanine Pirro is off Fox News prime time — and President Trump is not thrilled about it.  —  Fox News removed Ms. Pirro's program, “Justice With Judge Jeanine,” from its usual 9 p.m. time slot on Saturday …
Ben Kamisar / NBC News:
Beto O'Rourke acknowledges ‘privileges’ afforded to him because of race and gender  —  On an Iowa presidential campaign swing, O'Rourke praised the diversity of the large Democratic field.  —  WASHINGTON — Former Rep. Beto O'Rourke said that he's been afforded “privileges” …
Discussion: The Root
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Todd J. Gillman / Dallas Morning News:
Beto O'Rourke would likely pick a woman for vice president: ‘That would be my preference’  —  DUBUQUE, Iowa— O'Rourke-Harris?  O'Rourke-Warren?  —  On Saturday night, at the end of his third day as a presidential candidate, Beto O'Rourke said that he very likely would choose a female running mate …
Discussion: Politico and Axios
Ruben Navarrette Jr. / USA Today:   For Latinos, ‘Beto’ O'Rourke is just another privileged white guy trying to manipulate them
Dominic Gates / The Seattle Times:
Flawed analysis, failed oversight: How Boeing and FAA certified the suspect 737 MAX flight control system  —  Federal Aviation Administration managers pushed its engineers to delegate wide responsibility for assessing the safety of the 737 MAX to Boeing itself.
Martin Matishak / Politico:
Trump spy agency nominee marooned in Senate standoff  —  Sen. Chuck Grassley is accusing the Trump administration of stonewalling him over a request for documents related to the Russia investigation, and he's taking it out on the president's nominee for a critical U.S. intelligence post.
Discussion: Raw Story and POLITICUSUSA
Washington Post:
'Let's get this party started': New Zealand shooting suspect narrated his chilling rampage  —  The recording blinked to life shortly after 1:30 p.m. Friday to reveal the ordinary gray interior of a Subaru Outback.  The overcast skies of the late New Zealand summer filtered through the windshield …
Discussion: Joe.My.God.
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Shane Harris / Washington Post:
New Zealand attack exposes how little the U.S. and its allies share intelligence on domestic terrorism threats
Discussion: Bangor Daily News
Wichita Eagle:
‘The Lord will get me to the right place’: Pompeo opens door to future Kansas run  —  When Mike Pompeo thinks about what's next, he thinks about Kansas.  —  He's ruled out a U.S. Senate run in 2020.  But on the eve of Pompeo's first official visit to Kansas since his meteoric rise …
Discussion: Politico
Mike Allen / Axios:
Trump's 2020 map from hell  —  Recent polling in a slew of states that carried President Trump to his thin win in 2016 show him starting 2020 in a deep hole.  —  What's new: Based on demographic changes, Republicans for the first time have authentic worries about Arizona, Georgia, Texas and other states they once took for granted.
Laura Greenhalgh / Politico:
May asks MPs for ‘honourable compromises’ to back Brexit deal  —  Prime Minister Theresa May today asked Britain's MPs to “stand together as democrats and patriots” to back her Brexit deal.  —  Writing in the Telegraph, May lent heavily on the prospect that delays to Brexit could force Britain …
John Bowden / The Hill:
Missouri lawmaker files bills requiring some residents to own AR-15s, handguns  —  A Republican lawmaker in Missouri wants to require adults in his state to purchase handguns and AR-15 rifles.  —  Two bills introduced by state Rep. Andrew McDaniel would require residents to purchase firearms …
Discussion: KTLA and Political Wire
Nicholas Kristof / New York Times:
This 8-Year-Old Chess Champion Will Make You Smile  —  Overcoming life's basic truth: Talent is universal, but opportunity is not.  —  In a homeless shelter in Manhattan, an 8-year-old boy is walking to his room, carrying an awkward load in his arms, unfazed by screams from a troubled resident.
Connor O'Brien / Politico:
Mulvaney: ‘Absurd’ to say that Trump's rhetoric influenced New Zealand attack  —  Acting White House Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney defended President Donald Trump on Sunday, calling suggestions his rhetoric on immigration influenced a mass shooting last week at two mosques in New Zealand “absurd.”
John Bowden / The Hill:
Washington Senate passes bill that would keep Trump off 2020 ballot unless he releases tax returns  —  Washington's state Senate passed a bill this week that would drop President Trump from the state's 2020 presidential ballot until he releases his tax returns.
Discussion: Townhall
Jane Lee / Reuters:
Backstory: How Reuters uncovered Beto O'Rourke's teenage hacking days  —  (Reuters) - Reuters reporter Joseph Menn exclusively revealed on Friday that Democratic presidential candidate Beto O'Rourke belonged to one of the best-known groups of computer hackers as a teenager.
Paul Sakkal / The Age:
Fraser Anning lashes out after he was egged by teenager  —  Queensland senator Fraser Anning struck out twice with an open hand at a teenager who smashed an egg on the back of his head during a media conference at a right-wing rally in Melbourne on Saturday.
Discussion: Bloomberg and Splinter
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Phil Willon / Los Angeles Times:
The rich buying names on college buildings is ‘legal bribery,’ Gov. Gavin Newsom says
Michael Corkery / New York Times:
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Christopher Dickey / The Daily Beast:
It's Time to Attack White Nationalism for the Terror Group It Is
Discussion: Raw Story and Hullabaloo
Ginger Gibson / Reuters:
Senator Gillibrand formally launches presidential campaign
Anne Applebaum / Washington Post:
Radicalism kills. Why do we only care about one kind?
New York Times:
How Parents Are Robbing Their Children of Adulthood
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Khaled Diab / Washington Post:
White supremacists and radical Islamists sound exactly alike
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John Bowden / The Hill:
Buttigieg says campaign gained enough donors to be on debate stage
Discussion: Joe.My.God.
Zak Cheney-Rice / New York Magazine:
The Endgame of White Supremacy Is Always Death
Discussion: Hullabaloo and Mother Jones
Carole Cadwalladr / The Guardian:
Facebook faces fresh questions over when it knew of data harvesting
Discussion: Engadget and Forbes
Tom Kington / The Times & The Sunday Times:
Witness in Berlusconi's bunga-bunga trial ‘poisoned’
David Gelles / New York Times:
Wall Street Has Been Unscathed by MeToo. Until Now.
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My Housing Plan for America
Stuart E. Eizenstat / Politico:
I've Seen Civil War Destroy the Democrats Before. We Can't Let it Happen Again.
 

 
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