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7:35 PM ET, February 15, 2020

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Rachel Sharp / Daily Mail:
BREAKING: Mike Bloomberg ‘wants Hillary Clinton as his running mate’, sources close to his campaign tell Drudge  —  Mike Bloomberg is considering Hillary Clinton as his running mate, source says Polling found the Bloomberg-Clinton combination would be a formidable force to take on Trump …
New York Times:
Bloomberg's Billions: How the Candidate Built an Empire of Influence  —  In the fall of 2018, Emily's List had a dilemma.  With congressional elections approaching and the Supreme Court confirmation battle over Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh underway, the Democratic women's group was hosting a major fund-raising luncheon in New York.
Isaac Chotiner / New Yorker:
Why D.C.'s Mayor Endorsed Michael Bloomberg  —  Michael Bloomberg, who will enter the Democratic Presidential primaries on Super Tuesday, on March 3rd, and has already spent more than three hundred million dollars on his campaign, has risen to third place in an average of national polls of Democratic primary voters.
Discussion: Washington Post and The Atlantic
Zeeshan Aleem / Vox:
A new report raises more questions about Bloomberg's alleged sexism and sexual harassment  —  Former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg speaks at an event at Texas' Buffalo Soldier National Museum.  Mark Felix/AFP /AFP via Getty Images  —  Bloomberg faces these questions …
Discussion: NBC News, The Hill, HuffPost and ABC News
New York Times:
Trump's Prying Becomes Source of Distress for Justice Department Lawyers  —  After a week of tumult, some career prosecutors expressed concerns about political interference and the attorney general's response to the president weighing in on the prosecution of an associate.
Discussion: Washington Post
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CNN:
Attorney general's actions spark outrage and unease among US prosecutors  —  What exactly is going on with Trump, Stone and the DOJ?  —  New York (CNN)As the clash between Justice Department leaders and career prosecutors in the case of President Donald Trump's longtime friend Roger Stone spilled …
The Boston Globe:
William Barr must go
Discussion: CNN
Max Boot / Washington Post:
This is how democracy dies — in full view of a public that couldn't care less
Maya King / Politico:
Deep cracks emerge in Biden's firewall  —  CHARLESTON, S.C. — His message is uninspiring.  His ground game is flawed.  After Iowa and New Hampshire, they're no longer convinced he can beat Donald Trump.  —  Interviews with two dozen South Carolina lawmakers, consultants and voters …
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Dan Balz / Washington Post:
The Democratic nomination contest doesn't look like any from the past
Discussion: Associated Press
Associated Press:   Sanders' bond with Latinos gets first test of many in Nevada
Colby Itkowitz / Washington Post:
Trump eliminates funding for program honoring Ambassador Stevens, who was killed in Benghazi  —  The Trump administration has zeroed out of the State Department budget a request from a nonprofit entity set up in honor of J. Christopher Stevens, the U.S. ambassador killed in Benghazi, Libya, in 2012 terrorist attacks.
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Maya Gebeily / Agence France-Presse:   Irked US squeezes Iraq with cash delays, short waivers
Mike DeBonis / Washington Post:
Ted Cruz once called Trump ‘utterly amoral’ and a ‘sniveling coward.’ Then he worked to save his presidency.  —  Donald Trump called him “Lyin' Ted” Cruz, mocked his wife's appearance and falsely suggested his father was involved in President John F. Kennedy's assassination.
Discussion: Raw Story
New York Times:
A Presidency Increasingly Guided by Suspicion and Distrust  —  Presidential paranoia is not a new phenomenon but Mr. Trump, burned by impeachment, seems to have elevated it to a governing philosophy of his White House.  —  WASHINGTON — President Trump suggested in recent days that he had …
Ross Douthat / New York Times:
The Bloomberg Temptation  —  Will the Democrats try to replace Donald Trump with a power-hungry plutocrat?  —  For a long time the notion of a Michael Bloomberg presidential candidacy seemed like a Manhattan fancy, a conceit with elite appeal but no mass constituency, a fantasy for Acela riders …
Discussion: Jacobin and BizPac Review
Minyvonne Burke / NBC News:
Black college swimmer on team trip had gun pointed at his head by police  —  Jaylan Butler of Eastern Illinois University said officers threatened to blow his head off before it became clear they mistook him for a suspect.  —  A black student at Eastern Illinois University returning …
Mike Memoli / NBC News:
Biden calls on Sanders to take accountability for supporters' threats  —  The message comes after the powerful Culinary Workers Union said supporters of the Vermont senator had “viciously attacked” its members.  —  LAS VEGAS — Joe Biden called on Bernie Sanders to accept greater accountability …
Eric Levitz / New York Magazine:
This One Chart Explains Why the Kids Back Bernie  —  The kids are all left.  Or, almost all Democratic voters under 30 are, anyway.  —  Blue America's gaping chasm of a generation gap has been a - if not the - defining feature of the Democratic primary race thus far.
WPTZ:
Gov. Scott gives endorsement in Presidential race  —  HIDE TRANSCRIPT SHOW TRANSCRIPT  —  Vermont Governor Phil Scott has endorsed a Presidential candidate, just 3 weeks before the Vermont primary.  —  He said he is backing Bill Weld, President Trump's Challenger on the March 3rd Ballot.
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Tal Axelrod / The Hill:   GOP governor endorses Weld in Vermont primary
Courtney Subramanian / USA Today:
USA TODAY/Ipsos poll: For voters, Bernie Sanders outranks other Democrats - and Trump - on values, empathy  —  WASHINGTON - Is Democratic candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders likable enough to win the White House?  A new USA TODAY/Ipsos poll released Friday suggests a lot of voters think so.
Discussion: New York Post
USA Today:
This college was accredited by a DeVos-sanctioned group.  We couldn't find evidence of students or faculty.  —  Chris Quintana Shelly ConlonUSA TODAY  —  SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — Reagan National University was supposed to be a place of higher learning in Sioux Falls, South Dakota.
Discussion: Joe.My.God.
Adam Shaw / Fox News:
Joe Biden, grilled on Obama-era record of putting children in ‘cages,’ argues ‘we kept them safe’  —  Former Vice President Joe Biden was grilled Friday about the Obama administration's record of detaining migrant children in what some lawmakers and activists have described as “cages” …
David Knowles / Yahoo News:
Trump budget zeroes out funding for Stars and Stripes, the military's newspaper  —  pulled funding in its 2021 budget for Stars and Stripes, the U.S. military news organization that has published a daily newspaper continuously since World War II for troops stationed around the world.
Christopher Caldwell / New York Times:
Bloomberg Is Right About the 2008 Financial Crash  —  It was brought about by a flawed attempt to use credit markets to broaden access to housing.  —  Mr. Caldwell is the author of “The Age of Entitlement: America Since the Sixties.”  —  You would have thought that Michael Bloomberg …
Discussion: The Week and Washington Post
 
 
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Shane Goldmacher / New York Times:
Pete Buttigieg's Dash for Cash: 10 Fund-Raisers in Two Weeks
Discussion: The Hill
Pat Rynard / Iowa Starting Line:
Mark Smith Elected As New Chair Of Iowa Democrats
Donald Judd / CNN:
Keegan-Michael Key set to announce support for Pete Buttigieg in Nevada
John McWhorter / The Atlantic:
Bloomberg Flunks the Wokeness Test
Associated Press:
In interview, Amy Klobuchar and Tom Steyer can't name Mexico's president
Associated Press:
Virginia emerges as South progressive leader under Democrats
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Associated Press:
AP FACT CHECK: Trump's wall claim is beyond ‘redemption’
Sarah Quinlan / Arc Digital:
Donald Trump Taught Me A Lot (Though Not On Purpose)
Michael R. Pompeo / United States Department of State:
The West Is Winning  —  SECRETARY POMPEO: Well, good morning, everyone.
Discussion: The Hill and UPI
Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
The future of local newspapers just got bleaker. Here's why we can't let them die.
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Emily Jane Fox / Vanity Fair:
“I Want to Be Really F—king Clear”: The Epic, Inconceivable, Totally Predictable Fall of Michael Avenatti
Discussion: The Week and TheBlaze
Catie Edmondson / New York Times:
White House Memo Justifying Suleimani Strike Cites No Imminent Threat
Terrence McCoy / Washington Post:
He showed me a lawless border town. Then masked gunmen killed him in front of his family.
George F. Will / Washington Post:
The Senate's self-degradation is even more depressing than Trump's misbehavior
 

 
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