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7:00 PM ET, February 17, 2020

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CNN:
Bolton to break his silence as White House wrangles over content of his book  —  Washington (CNN)President Donald Trump's former national security adviser John Bolton is due to make his first public speech since the impeachment inquiry into Trump wrapped up, even as his lawyers continue …
Discussion: Law & Crime
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Axios:
Top NSC official may be moved after “Anonymous” rumor fallout  —  Top Trump administration officials are in discussions to reassign deputy national security adviser Victoria Coates to the Department of Energy from the National Security Council, per two sources familiar with the planning.
Discussion: Raw Story
Asawin Suebsaeng / The Daily Beast:
Trump's Top Trade Adviser Peter Navarro Has a Side Project: Secretly Hunting for ‘Anonymous’  —  The search is on for the alleged insider who has been raising concerns about the president's acumen and ineptitude.  —  As President Donald Trump moves to purge his administration of perceived disloyalty …
Discussion: Mediaite
Carol E. Lee / NBC News:   Bolton book remains stuck in White House classification review
Kevin Johnson / USA Today:
Federal judges' association calls emergency meeting after DOJ intervenes in case of Trump ally Roger Stone  —  WASHINGTON - A national association of federal judges has called an emergency meeting Tuesday to address growing concerns about the intervention of Justice Department officials …
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Mary Papenfuss / HuffPost:
Barr Aimed To Block Turkish Bank Indictment After Erdogan Asked Trump For Help: Report
Discussion: Raw Story and KTLA
Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
Justice Department alumni send a message to staff attorneys: Resist!
Discussion: Breitbart, The Dispatch and CBS News
Donald Ayer / The Atlantic:
Bill Barr Must Resign  —  When Donald Trump chose Bill Barr to serve as attorney general in December 2018, even some moderates and liberals greeted the choice with optimism.  One exuberant Democrat described him as “an excellent choice,” who could be counted on to “stand …
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Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
The descent of the GOP into authoritarian know-nothingism  —  When Ivy League-educated, formerly sane politicians spew conspiracy theories, debunked talking points and contempt for science, the question often arises: Do they believe this nonsense (i.e. have they become thickheaded by listening …
Discussion: Raw Story
Alexandra Stevenson / New York Times:
Senator Tom Cotton Repeats Fringe Theory of Coronavirus Origins
Discussion: Breitbart
David Siders / Politico:
Bernie breaks out of the pack  —  LAS VEGAS — Bernie Sanders is becoming harder to stop.  Nevada is where his opponents are starting to realize it.  —  Advisers to three rival campaigns privately conceded over the weekend that the best anyone else could hope for here is second or third.
Discussion: Associated Press and Breitbart
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Thomas Beaumont / Associated Press:
Pete Buttigieg's next test: Winning over minority voters
Discussion: Breitbart
The Boston Globe:   In Nevada, Democrats chase Sanders in a contest that could be make-or-break
Gabriel Debenedetti / New York Magazine:
What Obama Is Saying in Private About the Democratic Primary  —  Democratic leaders, whose two primary concerns these days are trying to keep Donald Trump in check and maintaining their own party's unity, have had ample reason for concern in the first seven weeks of 2020.
Michael Gerson / Washington Post:
Republicans owe Vindman a public apology  —  In the large category of things that justice demands but will never come to pass: The elected Republicans who voted against the impeachment and removal of President Trump owe Army Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman a public apology.
Discussion: Raw Story
David Mikkelson / Snopes.com:
Is This ‘God Bows Down to Trump’ Sign Real?  —  Claim  —  A photograph shows a real a Trump 2020 campaign sign bearing the legend “God Bows Down to President Donald J Trump — Declares ‘He Is Perfect.’”  —  Rating  —  What's True  —  A photograph of a Trump campaign sign bearing the legend …
Emma Goldberg / New York Times:
She Didn't Want a Pelvic Exam.  She Received One Anyway.  —  Medical schools and students are grappling with an unsettling practice: Performing pelvic exams on unconscious, non-consenting patients.  —  Janine, a nurse in Arizona, checked into the hospital for stomach surgery in 2017.
Samuel Lovett / Yahoo News:
Smugglers helping migrants scale Trump's border wall ‘using $5 ladders’  —  Smugglers are reportedly helping migrants scale sections of  —  Donald Trump's multi-billion border wall using $5 ladders.  —  US Border Patrol has seen a rise in camouflage “hook-and-ladders” within the far south-west region of
Discussion: Raw Story
New York Times:
Katie Waldman and Stephen Miller Wed at Trump Hotel  —  Katie Rose Waldman and Stephen Miller, who both work in the Trump White House, were married Feb. 16 at Trump International Hotel in Washington.  Rabbi Aryeh Lightstone, who is a senior adviser to David Friedman, the United States ambassador to Israel, officiated.
Susan Fowler / TIME:
I Spoke Out Against Sexual Harassment at Uber.  The Aftermath Was More Terrifying Than Anything I Faced Before  —  Susan Fowler is the author of Whistleblower: My Journey to Silicon Valley and Fight for Justice at Uber.  —  In February 2017, I published a blog post about my experiences …
Brian Feldman / New York Magazine:
11 Months From Today A second term for Trump seems more possible than ever.  But what would it look like? … Here is one starting point for contemplating a second Trump term: The Ukraine scandal only became a Trump scandal because Ukraine refused to submit to a pair of presidential demands that would have been fairly easy to satisfy.
Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money
Hunter Lamirande / Point Blank Political:
2020 Nevada Democratic Caucus Poll  —  Tom Steyer leads a tight race in the Nevada Democratic Caucus with a slim 2-point lead, according to a poll commissioned and conducted by Point Blank Political; however, the top five candidates are all within the poll's 5.6 percent margin of error.
Nihar Kabinittal / ABC News:
Stacey Abrams ‘absolutely’ wants to run for president one day, but says she'd accept a VP slot in 2020  —  The former Georgia lawmaker opted against endorsing a candidate this cycle.  —  Stacey Abrams, the former Georgia gubernatorial candidate who's now focusing on tackling voter suppression head on …
Discussion: NB Blog, The Hill, Twitchy and Breitbart
Gregg Re / Fox News:
Bloomberg says many ‘black and Latino males’ don't ‘know how to behave in the workplace,’ in newly uncovered 2011 video  —  While promoting a $127 million, three-year initiative to help minorities in the workplace in 2011, then-New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg declared that there's …
Discussion: The Guardian
Washington Post:
The EPA is about to change a rule cutting mercury pollution.  The industry doesn't want it.  —  For more than three years, the Trump administration has prided itself on working with industry to unshackle companies from burdensome environmental regulations.  But as the Environmental Protection …
Dan Pfeiffer / Politico:
Dems Beware: Don't Be Like Mitt in 2012  —  Democratic political operatives have been banging their heads against the wall trying to figure out what went wrong in 2016.  How did the party lose one of the most winnable elections in recent history?  What can they do differently in 2020 to right that electoral wrong?
Discussion: Raw Story and Amazon.com
LoveBreedsAccountability:
Two More Tactics Media Will Use To Meddle In America's 2020 Election  —  The disgraced and discredited corporate media (NBC, ABC, CBS, CNN, NYT, WaPo, the Jeanne Cummings wing of WSJ, to name a few) have long been exposed as nothing more than Democrat propagandists masquerading as impartial news organizations.
Ron Wyden / Washington Post:
Corporations are working with the Trump administration to control online speech  —  Ron Wyden, a Democrat, represents Oregon in the U.S. Senate.  —  Some of the biggest corporations in the United States are brawling over the future of the law that allows free speech and innovation to thrive online.
Eleni Courea / Politico:
First ‘misfit’ to join UK government resigns over alleged racism  —  Andrew Sabisky said he quit his job as an adviser at No. 10 Downing Street over ‘media hysteria.’  —  LONDON — An adviser hired by the U.K. government last week as part of a push to increase the number of “weirdos and misfits” …
Rosie Gray / BuzzFeed News:
Michael Bloomberg's Campaign Is Huge.  That's The Point  —  RALEIGH, North Carolina — Michael Bloomberg is not a tall man.  But his presidential campaign is very big.  —  The sheer hugeness of the former New York City mayor's campaign is its defining feature.  It is the Death Star of presidential campaigns.
Justin Mattingly / Richmond Times-Dispatch:
Chesterfield Sen. Amanda Chase announces run for governor  —  Amanda Chase, the gun-carrying Republican state senator from Chesterfield County, is running for governor.  —  The second-term senator cited Democratic gun control proposals as the reason for running for statewide office.
 
 
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James Randerson / Politico:
UK Brexit negotiator: We're not bluffing on not accepting EU rules
New York Times:
Biden, Seeking Revival, Is Counting on at Least Second Place in Nevada
Ethan Winter / Data For Progress:
Attitudes About Norms Among Democratic Primary Voters
George Joseph / Gothamist:
Staten Island Prosecutors Are Creating A List of Cops They Don't Trust To Testify
Discussion: Law & Crime
Clare Foran / CNN:
Pelosi warns Democrats ‘must be unified’ to ensure Trump isn't reelected
Discussion: Mediaite
New York Post:
Squeegee men, scourge of the '90s, are back in New York
 Earlier Items: 
Liam Stack / New York Times:
‘Most Visible Jews’ Fear Being Targets as Anti-Semitism Rises
Discussion: Raw Story
Christian Schneider / The Bulwark:
We Already Know What Trump Will Do Next
Discussion: Raw Story
Politico:
Democrats fear Republican sabotage in key Senate race
Discussion: Raw Story
Daniel Dale / CNN:
Trump campaign manager deletes dramatic Air Force One photo after people point out it's from 2004