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Benjamin Wittes / The Atlantic:
The Catastrophic Performance of Bill Barr  —  I was willing to give Bill Barr a chance.  Consider me burned.  —  When Barr was nominated, I wrote a cautious piece for this magazine declining to give him “a character reference” and acknowledging “legitimate reasons to be concerned about …
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Andrew Desiderio / Politico:
Pelosi accuses Barr of committing a crime by lying to Congress  —  Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Thursday accused Attorney General William Barr of committing a crime by lying to Congress, blasting him in a closed-door meeting and later at a news conference.  —  “We saw [Barr] commit a crime …
The Daily Beast:
The Trump White House Is Loving Itself Some Bill Barr: He ‘Dismembered’ Democrats  —  He may not be the president's Roy Cohn.  But the attorney general is certainly winning plaudits from Trumpland.  —  Shortly after Attorney General William Barr's Senate testimony ended on Wednesday …
Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
At least one person came out smelling like a rose  —  Attorney General William P. Barr lost whatever credibility he had left.  Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Lindsey O. Graham (R-S.C.) once more revealed himself incapable of putting country over party.
CNN:
READ: White House letter to Barr on Mueller report  —  The White House accused special counsel Robert Mueller's team of playing politics with the investigation.  Read the letter:
CNN:
White House complained to Barr that Mueller should have decided on obstruction
Discussion: Talking Points Memo and Hullabaloo
Darren Samuelsohn / Politico:
Democrats channel their Trump outrage on Barr
Discussion: The Daily Beast
Grant Stern / Washington Press:
A Democratic Congressman just brutally mocked the cowardice of Trump's attorney general with a hilarious stunt
Discussion: Fortune, The Daily Caller and RedState
Fox News:
White House rips Mueller in letter to DOJ, says team ‘failed in their duty to act as prosecutors’
Discussion: Raw Story
Jamelle Bouie / New York Times:
Bill Barr's Perverse Theory of Justice
New York Times:
F.B.I. Sent Investigator Posing as Assistant to Meet With Trump Aide in 2016  —  WASHINGTON — The conversation at a London bar in September 2016 took a strange turn when the woman sitting across from George Papadopoulos, a Trump campaign adviser, asked a direct question: Was the Trump campaign working with Russia?
Elizabeth Dwoskin / Washington Post:
Facebook bans far-right leaders including Louis Farrakhan, Alex Jones, Milo Yiannopoulos for being “dangerous”  —  The bans are a sign that the social network is more aggressively enforcing its hate speech policies under pressure from civil rights groups.  —  Facebook said on Thursday …
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Casey Newton / The Verge:
Facebook bans Alex Jones and Laura Loomer for violating its policies against dangerous individuals  —  Milo Yiannopoulos and Louis Farrakhan have been banned as well  —  Facebook today removed Louis Farrakhan, Alex Jones, Paul Nehlen, Milo Yiannopoulos, Paul Joseph Watson, Laura Loomer …
Taylor Lorenz / The Atlantic:
Instagram and Facebook Ban Far-Right Extremists  —  In an effort to contain misinformation and extremism that have spread across the platforms, Instagram and its parent company, Facebook, have banned Alex Jones, Infowars, Milo Yiannopoulos, Paul Joseph Watson, Laura Loomer …
Oliver Darcy / CNN:
Facebook bans Louis Farrakhan, Milo Yiannopoulos, InfoWars and others from its platforms as ‘dangerous’
Greg Farrell / Bloomberg:
Someone Did Get to Look at Trump's Tax Returns: Deutsche Bankers  — A trip to Weisselberg's office but no photocopies allowed  — Ivanka served as point person and suggested personal guarantee  —  Donald Trump doesn't want anyone to see his tax returns.  Not the public.  Not Congress.
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CNN:
Bernie Sanders personally spearheaded campaign strategy to take on Joe Biden  —  Sanders: Dems must campaign on policy issues, not attacks  —  (CNN)The decision by Bernie Sanders' campaign to immediately engage with Joe Biden — in a series of public remarks, tweets and emails to supporters …
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Associated Press:   Biden's campaign revives Democratic splits on foreign policy
Matt Bai / Yahoo News:   Biden is right about Trump. Democrats should listen.
Baltimore Sun:
Baltimore Mayor Pugh resigns after month on leave amid investigation into her business deals  —  Pictures of Baltimore Mayor Catherine Pugh through the years  —  Baltimore Mayor Catherine E. Pugh resigned Thursday, apologizing for the harm she has caused to the city's image and the mayor's office amid …
Discussion: Axios, Associated Press and Joe.My.God.
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Washington Post:
Baltimore Mayor Catherine Pugh resigns amid book scandal, health problems
Discussion: RedState, CNN, New York Times and The Week
Julia Arciga / The Daily Beast:
Stephen Moore Withdraws as Trump's Federal Reserve Board Pick After Anti-Women Remarks Unearthed  —  The former Trump campaign advisor's views on women and other subjects sparked criticism from lawmakers, including Republicans.  —  Stephen Moore withdrew himself from consideration to sit …
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Charles Sykes / Politico:
Stephen Moore Went Down for the Wrong Thing
Charlotte Alter / TIME:
Mayor Pete Buttigieg's Unlikely, Untested, Unprecedented Presidential Campaign  —  As Pete Buttigieg addressed supporters off a back porch in Marshalltown, Iowa, the Devil was whispering his name.  “Pete,” the Devil hissed into a microphone.  “You're sooo smart, Pete.”
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Ellen McCarthy / Washington Post:
Chasten Buttigieg has been a homeless community-college student and a Starbucks barista.
Rick Noack / Washington Post:
Authorities: Alleged Russian spy whale is refusing to leave and seeking Norwegians' devotion  —  BERLIN — An alleged Russian spy whale is refusing to leave a Norwegian port city, in what appears to be a high-profile defection after a week of global attention on the unnamed beluga.
Jason Lemon / Newsweek:
Maduro Announces Plan to ‘Improve Everything’ and ‘Correct Mistakes’ Through National Dialogue  —  Venezuela's President Nicolás Maduro has called for a weekend of national dialogue as opposition demonstrations have rocked the South American nation this week.
Discussion: TASS
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Julia Harte / Reuters:
Exclusive: Foreign government leases at Trump World Tower stir more emoluments concerns  —  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. State Department allowed at least seven foreign governments to rent luxury condominiums in New York's Trump World Tower in 2017 without approval from Congress …
Washington Post:
Trump administration pushed to strip mention of climate change from Arctic policy statement  —  The Trump administration sought to remove references to climate change from an international statement on Arctic policy that Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is expected to endorse next week …
Discussion: Axios and One America News Network
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Dino Grandoni / Washington Post:
House passes bill to force U.S. to stay in Paris climate agreement
Discussion: Grist
Alexandra Steigrad / Page Six:
Gayle King pushes out Norah O'Donnell at ‘CBS This Morning’  —  Norah O'Donnell is officially out as co-host of CBS's struggling morning show — thanks to Gayle King.  —  Sources close to CBS say that the new anchor lineup for “CBS This Morning” has been set and it doesn't include O'Donnell because King …
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Brian Steinberg / Variety:
CBS News Sets New A.M. Lineup: Gayle King, Anthony Mason, Tony Dokoupil
Discussion: TVNewser
Michael Hayden / CNN:
Surviving a stroke  —  CNN National Security Analyst Michael Hayden, a retired four-star US Air Force general, formerly headed the Central Intelligence Agency and the National Security Agency.  His daughter-in-law, Jessica Powley Hayden, helped him to focus his thoughts and put them on paper.
Margaret Carlson / The Daily Beast:
Beto O'Rourke Blew It  —  Reacting to losing to Ted Cruz by running for president is like failing to land a role in a community theater production and deciding to take your talents to Broadway.  —  Margaret Carlson  —  BEAST INSIDE  —  Beto O'Rourke has flamed out.  It's not just me saying it.
Discussion: National Review
Phil Williams / WTVF-TV:
Did House Speaker's office attempt to frame activist?  DA asks for special prosecutor to investigate  —  Casada's chief of staff: ‘Black people are idiots’  —  NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) — Did Tennessee House Speaker Glen Casada's office try to frame a young activist who had challenged …
Noam N. Levey / Los Angeles Times:
Health insurance deductibles soar, leaving Americans with unaffordable bills … Soaring deductibles and medical bills are pushing millions of American families to the breaking point, fueling an affordability crisis that is pulling in middle-class households with health insurance as well as the poor and uninsured.
Wall Street Journal:
Washington's Biggest Lobbyist, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Gets Shut Out  —  Chilly relations with both the White House and congressional Democrats leaves the chief advocacy group for American corporations struggling to adapt  —  A month before his inauguration, and shortly after he had finished …
Discussion: Politico
 
 
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Sarah Ferris / Politico:
Dreamer bill stalls amid Dem divisions
Anna Giaritelli / Washington Examiner:
Trump administration to give Border Patrol agents authority to decide asylum claims on the spot: Sources
Discussion: Townhall and The Daily Caller
Eric Wolff / Politico:
Trump erases offshore drilling rules enacted after BP oil spill
Discussion: Wall Street Journal and Axios
Julie Bykowicz / Wall Street Journal:
Cory Booker's 2020 Presidential Campaign Is Short of Donor Threshold
Rachel Frazin / The Hill:
Conservatives seize on Alabama state Dem's abortion comments
Marisa Fernandez / Axios:
All the 2020 Democrats doing Fox News town halls
Discussion: Politico
Ronald Brownstein / The Atlantic:
Biden Accelerates the Democratic Fight About the White Working Class
 Earlier Items: 
Joseph Curl / Daily Wire:
High School Mulls Removing George Washington Murals Because They ‘Traumatize’ Students
Eric Levitz / New York Magazine:
2021 Could Be a Nightmare for Democrats — Even If Trump Loses
Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money
John Wagner / Washington Post:
Top House Republican says he agrees Trump was subject to a ‘coup’ attempt
emptywheel:
One Man's Declination Decision Is Another Man's Criminal Suspect Failson
Julie Turkewitz / New York Times:
Michael Bennet, Senator From Colorado, Is Running for President
Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: What Trump is saying behind closed doors about the Democratic field
Discussion: Washington Post, CNN and Daily Kos