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9:45 AM ET, March 22, 2019

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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.
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Caitlin Oprysko / Politico:
Trump: I hope Barr will 'do what's fair' with regards to investigating Hillary Clinton  —  President Donald Trump said in an interview that aired Friday he hopes Attorney General William Barr will “do what's fair” with regards to opening investigations to perceived crimes by his 2016 opponent Hillary Clinton …
Discussion: Political Wire
Reuters:
Turn in your smartphones!  How Mueller kept a lid on Trump-Russia probe  —  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - When members of Special Counsel Robert Mueller's team investigating Russia's role in the 2016 U.S. election arrived for work each day, they placed their mobile phones in a locker outside of their office suite before entering.
Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: Why Mueller's end is only the beginning  —  DRIVING THE DAY  —  BREAKING OVERNIGHT ... REUTERS' JAMES MACKENZIE in Islamabad and ROD NICKEL in Kabul: “Two U.S. service members killed in Afghanistan”: “[T]he NATO-led Resolute Support mission ... gave no further details …
Adam B. Schiff / USA Today:
Don't hide Mueller, FBI findings on Trump. Protect America and rule of law.
Discussion: Raw Story, CNN and Bloomberg
Rick Wilson / The Daily Beast:
Profiles in Chickenshit From the Grand Old Party as Trump Spits on John McCain's American Greatness  —  It's time for McCain's old Senate colleagues to tell the president to shut the fuck up and stop smearing a real hero, or give up whatever dignity and decency they have left.  —  Rick Wilson
Discussion: Raw Story and CNN
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Washington Post:
For Trump, attacking McCain is a way to appeal to his political base  —  Republican leaders gasped again this week at President Trump's conduct, expressing horror at his scathing criticism of John McCain, the late Arizona senator and former GOP presidential nominee.
Bob Brigham / Raw Story:
Trump fans launch all-out attack on ex-Navy SEAL GOP lawmaker for defending McCain: 'You'll be a one-term wonder'  —  Retired Navy Lieutenant Commander Dan Crenshaw — who now serves as a Republican congressman — defended former Navy Captain John McCain on Thursday.
Discussion: The Hill and RedState
Burgess Everett / Politico:
McSally says she spoke to Trump about McCain attacks
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
David M. Drucker / Washington Examiner:
Republicans resigned to Trump losing 2020 popular vote but confident about Electoral College  —  Senior Republicans are resigned to President Trump losing the popular vote in 2020, conceding the limits of the flamboyant incumbent's political appeal and revealing just how central the Electoral College …
Discussion: Raw Story
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CNN:
The inside story of how John Roberts negotiated to save Obamacare  —  (CNN)Adapted from “The Chief: The Life and Turbulent Times of Chief Justice John Roberts” by Joan Biskupic.  Copyright © 2019.  Available from Basic Books.  —  Chief Justice John Roberts arrived at the Valletta campus …
Discussion: SCOTUSblog
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 …
Bob Moser / New Yorker:
The Reckoning of Morris Dees and the Southern Poverty Law Center  —  In the days since the stunning dismissal of Morris Dees, the co-founder of the Southern Poverty Law Center, on March 14th, I've been thinking about the jokes my S.P.L.C. colleagues and I used to tell to keep ourselves sane.
Michael Wilner / McClatchy Washington Bureau:
‘We all found out by tweet’: Trump's Golan Heights surprise  —  President Donald Trump's tweet on Thursday recognizing the Golan Heights as Israeli territory surprised members of his own Middle East peace team, the State Department, and Israeli officials.  —  U.S. diplomats and White House aides …
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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.
Ann Saphir / Reuters:
Trump eyes Stephen Moore for Fed governor: Bloomberg News  —  SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump is considering picking long-time supporter Stephen Moore to be a governor at the Federal Reserve Board, Bloomberg News reported.  —  Moore, a senior fellow at the Heritage Foundation …
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Bloomberg:
Trump Said to Consider Stephen Moore for Federal Reserve Board
Discussion: Axios and Mediaite
Zack Beauchamp / Vox:
Trump's free speech executive order isn't about free speech  —  It's actually about power — specifically, the conservative attempt to seize it on college campuses.  —  President Donald Trump gleefully pressed on another culture war hot button Thursday afternoon, issuing an executive order that's supposed …
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The White House:
Executive Order on Improving Free Inquiry, Transparency, and Accountability at Colleges and Universities
Brian Schwartz / CNBC:
Skeptical Democratic donors tell Joe Biden they will not raise funds for him at the start of the 2020 campaign  — Several top Democratic donors have told Joe Biden they aren't willing to bundle funds for him in the early stages of the 2020 primary race.  — Biden has recently called financiers …
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Maggie Severns / Politico:   Obama donors prepare to power Biden's campaign
Jennie Willoughby / Washington Post:
Is there life after disgrace?  My ex-husband Rob Porter shows that is hard to answer.  —  Jennie Willoughby is a writer and speaker.  —  Last week, my ex-husband, former White House staff secretary Rob Porter, emerged from a year of silence to pen an op-ed for the Wall Street Journal.
Ishaan Tharoor / Washington Post:
The warped history that fuels right-wing terrorism  —  Sign up for the Today's WorldView newsletter.  —  Brenton Tarrant, the white supremacist suspected of killing at least 50 people last week in two New Zealand mosques, saw his murderous rampage as part of a morbid historical fantasy.
Sheryl Gay Stolberg / New York Times:
From a Swimsuit Model to the Trump Megaphone: The Genesis of ‘Jexodus’  —  WASHINGTON — At 23, Elizabeth Pipko has branded herself on social media as a onetime figure skater, a part-time poet and a former Trump campaign aide, an Instagramista whose feed spotlights her Mar-a-Lago wedding and racy swimsuit and lingerie modeling shots.
Debbie Truong / Washington Post:
An online threat of violence shuts down all Charlottesville schools  —  Public school campuses in Charlottesville will be shuttered Friday for a second straight day — and more than 4,300 students will be kept out of classrooms — after a threat of racial violence surfaced online.
Brian Faler / Politico:
Some Democrats want more than just Trump's personal tax returns  —  Top Democratic lawmakers are preparing to request President Donald Trump's personal tax returns, but some liberal lawmakers say they should also demand his business tax filings.  —  The business returns are much more likely …
Discussion: POLITICUSUSA and Raw Story
Washington Post:
Counties that hosted a 2016 Trump rally saw a 226 percent increase in hate crimes  —  There is suggestive evidence that Trump's rhetoric matters.  —  During an interview with CBS's “Face the Nation” this past Sunday, Sen. Tim Kaine (D-Va.) lambasted President Trump for emboldening white nationalism …
Joyce Karam / The National:
US envoy Brian Hook: Sanctions are hurting Iran's $700m support for Hezbollah  —  Exclusive interview: Envoy says US is putting pressure on Hezbollah and warns of Iran's ‘vastly under-reported role in Yemen’  —  The Trump administration told The National that it is seeing an impact …
Steven Nelson / Washington Examiner:
White House personnel official described Trump GOP nomination as ‘end of the world’  —  President Trump secured the Republican presidential nomination on May 3, 2016, when he crushed a final “Never Trump” effort to stop him in the Indiana primary.  —  At the GOP Data Trust …
Discussion: The Right Scoop
Jon Levine / The Wrap:
Reporter Loses Job After Right-Wing Activist Laura Loomer's Legal Threats Over CPAC Coverage (Exclusive)  —  Zachary Petrizzo, a writer for the pro-life media organization Live Action, says he was forced to resign after he tweeted about right-wing activist Laura Loomer “verbally tormenting” …
WKOW:
Judge blocks Wisconsin's Republican-written lame-duck laws  —  MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A judge has issued a temporary injunction blocking Wisconsin Republicans' contentious lame-duck laws limiting the powers of Gov. Tony Evers and Attorney General Josh Kaul, both Democrats.
Samuel Chamberlain / Fox News:
Washington state deputy was killed by illegal immigrant, ICE says  —  A road rage suspect who investigators say shot and killed a Washington state sheriff's deputy and wounded a police officer earlier this week was in the U.S. illegally, federal authorities said Thursday.
Heather Caygle / Politico:
Obama to meet with freshman Dems next week  —  Former President Barack Obama will meet with House Democratic freshmen on Monday, according to an invitation obtained by POLITICO.  —  Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) is hosting the reception, which will occur Monday evening after House votes …
Emily Heil / Washington Post:
What Ariana Grande's ‘Sweetener’ tour has to do with the 2020 election  —  Pop star Ariana Grande is known as a tastemaker.  Wearable cat ears?  Sure.  Pete Davidson as a romantic partner?  Why not.  But the latest thing she's trying to make popular might be good for democracy.
 
 
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John Hudson / Washington Post:
Revolutionary group that raided North Korean Embassy establishes contact with FBI
E&E News:
GSA planned to keep Trump Hotel site open a year, if needed
Discussion: Shareblue Media
Jordan Libowitz / CREW:
CREW Calls on All 2020 Candidates to Release 10 Years of Tax Returns
Mike Allen / Axios:
An unearthed 1985 document shows Nancy Reagan struck the Bushes from a White House guest list
Byron York / Washington Examiner:
Years later, Trump dossier still frustrates verification efforts
Associated Press:
Flooding in Midwest could be historic, National Weather Service says
Richard Sisk / Military.com:
Google's Work with China Eroding US Military Advantage, Dunford Says
Jason Meisner / Chicago Tribune:
Judge postpones sentencing in terrorism case after defense alleges evidence withheld
 Earlier Items: 
Alan Gomez / USA Today:
ICE sets record for arrests of undocumented immigrants with no criminal record
Deanna Paul / Washington Post:
Dozens of Jewish graves vandalized with swastikas and anti-Semitic slurs
Discussion: USA Today, JNS.org and Herald News
Politico:
EU delays Brexit, gives UK new deadlines
Will Sommer / The Daily Beast:
South Carolina Republican Endorses QAnon: 'They're Legit'
Discussion: Splinter
Deconstructed / The Intercept:
Mayor Pete Buttigieg on Trump, Islamophobia, and His Presidential Bid