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2:45 PM ET, March 21, 2019

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Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Cummings demands docs on Kushner's alleged use of encrypted app for official business  —  House Democrats are raising new concerns about what they say is recently revealed information from Jared Kushner's attorney indicating that the senior White House aide has been relying …
Discussion: Raw Story, Axios and Mediaite
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Nicholas Fandos / New York Times:
Jared Kushner Uses Non-Official Messaging for Official Business, Lawyer Says  —  WASHINGTON — Jared Kushner, the president's son-in-law and senior adviser, uses an unofficial online messaging service for official White House business, including with foreign contacts, his lawyer told the House Oversight Committee late last year.
Daniel Lippman / Politico:
Aides struggle to see strategy in Trump's Conway, McCain fights  —  He is a “whack job,” a “husband from hell,” and a “stone cold LOSER.”  Those were just some of the insults President Donald Trump hurled on Wednesday at a once little-known corporate litigator who happens to be married …
Associated Press:   Cummings: Ivanka Trump not preserving all official email
Andrew Desiderio / Politico:
White House rebuffs Dem demands for docs on Trump-Putin talks
Discussion: Joe.My.God.
Mike Allen / Axios:
Scoop: Biden advisers debate Stacey Abrams as out-of-the-gate V.P. choice  —  Close advisers to former Vice President Joe Biden are debating the idea of packaging his presidential campaign announcement with a pledge to choose Stacey Abrams as his vice president.
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New York Times:
Biden Weighing Unique Steps to Reassure Voters Concerned About His Age  —  Former Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr., aware that concerns about his age could weigh on his candidacy if he runs for the White House, has discussed two steps that could reassure voters about electing a 78-year-old president next year.
Discussion: Daily Wire and New York Magazine
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Politico:
POLITICO Playbook PM: Trump says ‘it is time’ for the U.S. to recognize Israel's sovereignty over the Golan Heights, a boost for Bibi  —  NEW, FROM THE PRESIDENT at 12:50 p.m.: “After 52 years it is time for the United States to fully recognize Israel's Sovereignty over the Golan Heights …
Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Julian Assange won't hand over docs to House Judiciary, attorney says
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit and Raw Story
New York Times:
Doomed Boeing Jets Lacked 2 Safety Features That Company Sold Only as Extras  —  As the pilots of the doomed Boeing jets in Ethiopia and Indonesia fought to control their planes, they lacked two notable safety features in their cockpits.  —  One reason: Boeing charged extra for them.
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Alexis Grenell / The Daily Beast:
To the White Men Running to Be the Democratic Presidential Candidate: Can You Not?
Discussion: RedState
Alexi McCammond / Axios:
Wisconsin swing voters know AOC better than most 2020 Democrats
Discussion: Politico, The Daily Caller and The Week
Steven Shepard / Politico:
How Trump is on track for a 2020 landslide  —  President Donald Trump has a low approval rating.  He is engaging in bitter Twitter wars and facing metastasizing investigations.  —  But if the election were held today, he'd likely ride to a second term in a huge landslide …
Discussion: Axios and Fox News
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Molly O'Toole / Los Angeles Times:
Marine Corps commandant says deploying troops to the border poses ‘unacceptable risk’ … The commandant of the Marines has warned the Pentagon that deployments to the southwest border and funding transfers under the president's emergency declaration, among other unexpected demands, have posed …
Marianne LeVine / Politico:
Ernst: Trump ‘does need to stop’ attacking McCain  —  ADEL, Iowa — Sen. Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) on Thursday urged President Donald Trump to stop disparaging the late Sen. John McCain, calling the Vietnam war hero “a dear friend” and defending him against the president's criticisms.
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Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Pence woos 2016 anti-Trumpers to bankroll billion-dollar reelection
Discussion: The Week and Talking Points Memo
Zach Praiss / Navigator:
Stepping Inside the Fox Hole  —  This memo reflects the findings of 1,001 interviews conducted online with U.S. adult confirmed registered voters using a voter-file matched panel.  Interviews were completed March 1-4, 2019.  Navigator Research is a collaboration between Global Strategy Group and GBA Strategies.
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Nic Garcia / Denver Post:
Colorado's Sen. Michael Bennet near presidential announcement, sources say  —  U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet is taking the final steps toward becoming the second Colorado Democrat in the 2020 race for president, with a possible announcement coming soon, sources familiar with his plan have told The Denver Post.
Steve Cortes / Real Clear Politics:
Trump Didn't Call Neo-Nazis ‘Fine People.’ Here's Proof  —  News anchors and pundits have repeated lies about Donald Trump and race so often that some of these narratives seem true, even to Americans who embrace the fruits of the president's policies.  The most pernicious and pervasive of these lies is the …
Discussion: The Daily Caller and Breitbart
New York Times:
Michael Steinhardt, a Leader in Jewish Philanthropy, Is Accused of a Pattern of Sexual Harassment  —  Several women said Mr. Steinhardt made sexual requests of them while they were relying on or seeking his support.  He denies many of the actions attributed to him.
Summer Concepcion / Talking Points Memo:
Redistricting Edge Saved GOP From Deeper Midterm Losses  —  JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Democrats won more votes, regained control of the U.S. House and flipped hundreds of seats in state legislatures during the 2018 elections.  It was, by most accounts, a good year for the party.
Trump, Inc.:
Trump's Moscow Tower Problem  —  This week, we're exploring President Donald Trump's efforts to do business in Moscow.  Our team — Heather Vogell, Andrea Bernstein, Meg Cramer and Katie Zavadski — dug into just who Trump was working with and just what Trump needed from Russia to get a deal done.
Discussion: Raw Story
Ernie Suggs / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Jimmy Carter gets new title: oldest living former president  —  At 94 years, 172 days the 39th president passes George H.W. Bush  —  When Jimmy Carter left office in 1980, the return home to Plains was not easy.  His once flourishing farming business was more than $1 million dollars in debt …
Bret Stephens / New York Times:
Palestinian Lives Don't Matter*  —  The people of the Gaza Strip are protesting again, and soldiers are shooting again, and civilians are being victimized again.  Only this time you may have missed the story, because these protests barely rated a buried paragraph in most Western news accounts.
Gillian Brockell / Washington Post:
'I'm a political prisoner': Mouthy Martha Mitchell was the George Conway of the Nixon era  —  The disgraced president even blamed his attorney general's wife, nicknamed ‘the Mouth from the South,’ for Watergate  —  In psychology circles, there's an unofficial concept called “the Martha Mitchell effect.”
Discussion: Above the Law, Hit & Run and CNSNews
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Jordan Peterson:
Cambridge University Rescinds my Fellowship  —  From @CamDivinity, this morning (Wed, Mar 20, 2019): “Jordan Peterson requested a visiting fellowship at the Faculty of Divinity, and an initial offer has been rescinded after a further review.”  —  I visited Cambridge University in November of last year …
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
If Trump is a national emergency, it's time for Democrats to act like it  —  An odd disconnect has opened up in the Democratic approach to President Trump.  On the one hand, Democrats rhetorically treat his presidency as a rolling national emergency, as an existential threat to our democracy.
Discussion: Eschaton and CNN
Indianapolis Star:
‘It hurt so bad’: Indiana teachers shot with plastic pellets during active shooter training  —  An active-shooter training exercise at an Indiana elementary school in January left teachers with welts, bruises and abrasions after they were shot with plastic pellets by the local sheriff's office conducting the session.
David D. Kirkpatrick / New York Times:
The Kingdom and the Kushners: Jared Went to Riyadh.  So Did His Brother.  —  In late October 2017, Jared Kushner, President Trump's son-in-law and Middle East adviser, dropped into Saudi Arabia for an unannounced visit to the desert retreat of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, who was in the process of consolidating his power.
David Mack / BuzzFeed News:
Katie Couric Reflected On That Controversial 2008 Interview With Sarah Palin  —  TV news veteran Katie Couric says she's not sure if the question about reading material she famously asked Sarah Palin during the 2008 presidential election would have the same impact in 2019 due to what she said was a …
Discussion: Political Wire
New York Times:
New Zealand to Ban Military-Style Semiautomatic Guns, Jacinda Ardern Says  —  CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand — Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern on Thursday announced a national ban on all military-style semiautomatic weapons, all high-capacity ammunition magazines and all parts that allow weapons …
Edward Luce / Financial Times:
Why Donald Trump is desperate for Britain to declare independence  —  It is hard to imagine March 29 becoming Britain's version of America's Fourth of July.  Even if Britain leaves the EU next Friday, as scheduled, half the country would see it as a dark moment.
Alex Pareene / New Republic:
Nihilist in Chief  —  In the midst of this January's historic, senselessly protracted government shutdown, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell decided it was time to put forward his vision of how government should properly function.  So he took to the Washington Post op-ed section to deride …
Laura M. Holson / New York Times:
After Devin Nunes Sues @DevinCow, the Twitter Parody Gains a Half-Million Followers  —  Consider this: A parody account pretending to be an imaginary cow owned by Representative Devin Nunes, the California Republican, is more popular on Twitter than the congressman, a day after he sued the account (and Twitter) for $250 million.
 
 
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Rich Yeselson / The Nation:
The Past and Future of the American Strike
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Michael Calderone / Politico:
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Celine Ryan / Campus Reform:
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Washington Post:
This photo shows why a border wall won't stop the immigration surge
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David M. Drucker / Washington Examiner:
Ex-CIA Democrat dismisses AOC threat to fall in line
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Taylor Lorenz / The Atlantic:
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Charles Kushner / Washington Post:
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