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10:55 PM ET, March 17, 2019

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Molly Hensley-Clancy / BuzzFeed News:
Twitter's Insiders Are Skeptical About Beto O'Rourke.  Iowans Don't Seem To Care.  —  MT. VERNON, IOWA — Sydney Holland had heard pundits say that Beto O'Rourke was inexperienced and a policy lightweight, without specific answers on immigration or health care.  She'd seen people claiming he might not be a real progressive.
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Felicia Sonmez / Washington Post:
RNC links ‘noted Irishman’ Beto O'Rourke's heritage to 1998 DWI arrest
Will Weissert / Associated Press:
Other 2020 Dems begin sharpening criticism of Beto O'Rourke
Discussion: Axios
Matt Viser / Washington Post:
From an emphatic no to an enthusiastic yes: How Beto O'Rourke decided to run for president
Discussion: twitchy.com and New York Post
Ben Kamisar / NBC News:
Beto O'Rourke acknowledges ‘privileges’ afforded to him because of race and gender
Discussion: The Root
Todd J. Gillman / Dallas Morning News:
Beto O'Rourke would likely pick a woman for vice president: ‘That would be my preference’
Discussion: Politico and Axios
New York Times:
It Wasn't Just Khashoggi: Saudi Crown Prince's Brutal Drive to Crush Dissent  —  WASHINGTON — Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman of Saudi Arabia authorized a secret campaign to silence dissenters — which included the surveillance, kidnapping, detention and torture of Saudi citizens …
Washington Post:
Age of victim in prosecution of Jeffrey Epstein, long a source of confusion, eased his obligations to register as a sex offender  —  A federal investigation into alleged sexual misconduct by multimillionaire Jeffrey Epstein had flagged scores of potential underage victims, including the 14-year-old girl who first alerted police.
Tom Boggioni / Raw Story:
‘Weak’ Lindsey Graham destroyed for staying silent about Trump's ugly attacks on his friend John McCain (Updated)  —  President Donald Trump has spent two days attacking the late Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) but there has not been a peep of defense coming from Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) …
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Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Inside Rudy's vanishing act  —  Rudy Giuliani has vanished from your television.  The last time the president's once-ubiquitous attack dog did a major TV appearance was on Sunday, Jan. 20, when he went on NBC's “Meet the Press” and CNN's “State of the Union.”
Discussion: Law & Crime, Raw Story and Mediaite
Brynn Anderson / Post and Courier:
SC sheriffs fly first class, bully employees and line their pockets with taxpayer money  —  South Carolina sheriffs have embezzled, bribed and dipped into public funds for expensive chauffeurs.  They've driven drunk and bullied other public officials.  They've been accused of leveraging …
Anna Fifield / Washington Post:
As the New Zealand mosque attacks unfolded, the youngest victim — a 3-year-old boy — ran toward the gunman  —  CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand — Mucad Ibrahim was wearing little white socks, the type with grips on the bottom so that ­toddlers don't slip, when he was carried out of the Al Noor mosque in this city.
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Washington Post:
'Let's get this party started': New Zealand shooting suspect narrated his chilling rampage
Discussion: Mother Jones and Gulf News
Axios:
Scoop: Trump hates “crazy” driverless cars  —  In President Trump's view, self-driving cars are a menace to society.  A skeptic of cutting-edge technology — as his tweets about Boeing's “complex” planes emphasized — Trump has privately said he thinks the autonomous vehicle (AV) revolution is …
Discussion: Splinter and The Daily Caller
Ilhan Omar / Washington Post:
We must apply our universal values to all nations.  Only then will we achieve peace.  —  Ilhan Omar, a Democrat, represents Minnesota in the U.S. House of Representatives.  —  Since I began my first term in Congress, I have sought to speak openly and honestly about the scale of the issues …
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
The Times of Israel:
7 reporters held, ‘brutally beaten’ by Hamas for covering Gaza protests  —  UN envoy strongly condemns terror group over violent treatment of Palestinian reporters and rights activists, four of whom were hospitalized  —  Seven Palestinian journalists in Gaza were being held in custody …
Alex Koppelman / CNN:
The internet is radicalizing white men.  Big tech could be doing more  —  New York (CNN Business)Among the many tragedies of the massacre at two New Zealand mosques on Friday is a bitter irony: The terrorist who killed at least 50 people in an Islamophobic attack resembled in many ways a member of ISIS.
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.
Discussion: Raw Story
Elliot Hannon / Slate:
Fox News Pulls Host Jeanine Pirro's Show From Air Following Anti-Islam Remarks  —  Fox News commentator and host Jeanine Pirro was pulled from the air by the network this weekend in an apparent rebuke of her week-old Islamophobic comments about Democratic congresswoman Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) …
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Marisa Fernandez / Axios:
Trump defends Fox News' Jeanine Pirro after Islamophobic comments
Washington Post:
Mulvaney says it's ‘absurd’ to link New Zealand mosque attacks to Trump's rhetoric
Discussion: Axios, Raw Story and Politico
BuzzFeed News:
We Confronted Chelsea Clinton At The Christchurch Vigil.  Here's Why.  —  Yesterday we posted a video of Leen confronting Chelsea Clinton at a vigil for the victims of the white supremacist New Zealand mosque massacre.  Today, we woke up to over 100,000 people talking about it on Twitter.
Wall Street Journal:
U.S. Military Now Preparing to Leave as Many as 1,000 Troops in Syria  —  The policy shift comes three months after President Trump ordered a complete withdrawal and is far more than the White House originally intended.
Anne Gearan / Washington Post:
A church service on a blue-skied Sunday interrupts Trump's weekend of presidential pique  —  The Debrief: An occasional series offering a reporter's insights  —  On a sparkling, crisp spring Sunday morning, daffodils and crocus in bloom, President Trump attended a Lenten service …
Discussion: IJR
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Trip Gabriel / New York Times:
Legalizing Marijuana, With a Focus on Social Justice, Unites 2020 Democrats
Discussion: ACLU
Martin Lederman / Washington Post:
Why there may be much less — and much more — to the Mueller report than people expect
Paul Specht / @politifact:
NC GOP falsely says Democrats ‘forced’ a special election
New York Times:
U.S. Campaign to Ban Huawei Overseas Stumbles as Allies Resist
Nicholas Casey / New York Times:
‘It Is Unspeakable’: How Maduro Used Cuban Doctors to Coerce Venezuela Voters
Phil Willon / Los Angeles Times:
The rich buying names on college buildings is ‘legal bribery,’ Gov. Gavin Newsom says
John Bowden / The Hill:
Washington Senate passes bill that would keep Trump off 2020 ballot unless he releases tax returns
Discussion: Townhall and The Gateway Pundit
 Earlier Items: 
Michael Corkery / New York Times:
As Costs Skyrocket, More U.S. Cities Stop Recycling
Discussion: The Resurgent and Reason
Nicholas Kristof / New York Times:
This 8-Year-Old Chess Champion Will Make You Smile
Wichita Eagle:
‘The Lord will get me to the right place’: Pompeo opens door to future Kansas run
Discussion: Politico
Christopher Dickey / The Daily Beast:
It's Time to Attack White Nationalism for the Terror Group It Is
Discussion: Hullabaloo and Raw Story
Dominic Gates / The Seattle Times:
Flawed analysis, failed oversight: How Boeing and FAA certified the suspect 737 MAX flight control system
Martin Matishak / Politico:
Trump spy agency nominee marooned in Senate standoff
Discussion: POLITICUSUSA and Raw Story