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5:10 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 …
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Nicholas Fandos / New York Times:
Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump Use Private Accounts for Official Business, Their Lawyer Says  —  WASHINGTON — The chairman of the House Oversight and Reform Committee revealed information on Thursday that he said showed that Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner used private email accounts …
Heidi Przybyla / NBC News:
Cummings presses White House on Kushner's use of WhatsApp for official business
Discussion: Fortune
CNN:
White House rejects Dem requests for info on Putin communications
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
Sarah K. Burris / Raw Story:   White House official caught using AOL email to discuss sensitive sale of nuclear technology to the Saudis
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 …
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.
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
9 Reasons a Biden-Abrams Ticket Is a Brilliant Idea for Both Biden and Abrams  —  Yesterday, unconfirmed speculation circulated that Joe Biden might name Stacey Abrams as his vice-presidential selection at the start of his campaign.  This morning, the New York Times and Mike Allen report …
James Comey / New York Times:
What I Want From the Mueller Report  —  I am rooting for a demonstration to the world that the United States justice system works.  —  Mr. Comey is a former director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation.  —  The country is eagerly awaiting the special counsel Robert Mueller's report.
Discussion: Politico, CNN, Axios and Raw Story
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Jeremy Diamond / CNN:   Trump says it's time for US to recognize 'Israel's Sovereignty over the Golan Heights"
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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Daniel Lippman / Politico:
Aides struggle to see strategy in Trump's Conway, McCain fights
Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Pence woos 2016 anti-Trumpers to bankroll billion-dollar reelection
Washington Post:
Cesar Sayoc pleads guilty to mailing explosive devices to Trump critics  —  BREAKING: Cesar Sayoc pleaded guilty in federal court Thursday, five months after he was arrested and accused of sending explosive devices to more than a dozen politicians and other figures who have criticized President Trump.
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Associated Press:   The Latest: Man pleads guilty to mailing bombs to Trump foes
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 …
Brian Krebs / Krebs on Security:
Facebook Stored Hundreds of Millions of User Passwords in Plain Text for Years  —  Hundreds of millions of Facebook users had their account passwords stored in plain text and searchable by thousands of Facebook employees — in some cases going back to 2012, KrebsOnSecurity has learned.
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Keeping Passwords Secure
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.
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.
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.
Discussion: Political Wire and Splinter
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: Breitbart and The Daily Caller
Financial Times:
How Theresa May decided she was willing to accept a no-deal Brexit  —  In the early hours of Wednesday morning, Theresa May made a momentous choice.  After a day of acrimonious debate in her cabinet and inner circle, the prime minister decided that she was willing to take Britain out of the EU without a deal.
Discussion: National Review and OpenMarket
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Edward Luce / Financial Times:   Why Donald Trump is desperate for Britain to declare independence
Daily Mail:
Yang agreed to a debate with conservative radio host Ben Shapiro on the issue of circumcision, which he opposes  —  ‘Terrific!  Look forward to it,’ Shapiro replied.  —  No date has been announced yet.  —  Shapiro discussed Yang's long-shot candidacy on his radio show Tuesday …
Discussion: Babalú Blog
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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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 …
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.
Shadi Hamid / Foreign Policy:
White Supremacism Isn't Insanity  —  If you want to stop terrorists like New Zealand's mosque shooter, the first step is to try to understand what they're saying.  —  It's not quite right to say the suspect charged with killing 50 Muslims in Christchurch, New Zealand, last week was “crazy,” or “mad.”
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.
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.
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
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 …
Anna Merlan / Jezebel:
We Should Probably Talk About Lauren Duca  —  In the thousand years since Donald Trump sailed down an escalator and crash-landed with a wet thump in the Oval Office, a lot of Americans have changed, for good or ill. Many of us are more political or more cynical, impassioned or deflated, hopeful or entirely gutted.
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
 
 
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Matt Friedman / Politico:
New Jersey lawmakers want schools to stop teaching ‘Huckleberry Finn’
Discussion: RedState
New York Times:
Faster Tax Cuts Could Be Backfiring on Republicans
Daniel Rutledge / Newshub:
Jordan Peterson's 12 Rules for Life removed from Whitcoulls following Christchurch terror attack
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Michael Calderone / Politico:
Trump's ‘minions and misfits’ — Lachlan Murdoch emerges — Brazile talks Fox move
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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
Kadri Gursel / Al-Monitor:
Erdogan's government in panic over risk of electoral defeats
Washington Post:
This photo shows why a border wall won't stop the immigration surge
Discussion: Mother Jones and NBC News
David Mack / BuzzFeed News:
Katie Couric Reflected On That Controversial 2008 Interview With Sarah Palin
Discussion: Political Wire
Taylor Lorenz / The Atlantic:
Instagram Is the Internet's New Home for Hate
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David D. Kirkpatrick / New York Times:
The Kingdom and the Kushners: Jared Went to Riyadh. So Did His Brother.
Alex Pareene / New Republic:
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