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2:45 PM ET, February 22, 2020

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Mark Joseph Stern / Slate:
Sonia Sotomayor Just Accused the Supreme Court's Conservatives of Bias Toward the Trump Administration  —  On Friday evening, by a 5-4 vote, the Supreme Court allowed the Trump administration's wealth test for immigrants to take effect in Illinois.  All four liberal justices dissented from the order …
Gabriel Debenedetti / New York Magazine:
How Beating Up Bloomberg Has Reinvigorated the Democratic Field  —  Entering the final week before Saturday's Nevada caucuses, it was hard to walk down the Las Vegas Strip without running into Democratic officials, strategists, and campaign staffers.  Often, when I'd begin talking with them …
Discussion: NBC News
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Holly Otterbein / Politico:
Bernie unleashes volunteer army on Nevada
Discussion: Mother Jones, ABC News and The Hill
Annie Linskey / Washington Post:
With little left to lose, Elizabeth Warren rolls the dice
Discussion: Politico and Associated Press
HuffPost:   Trump Costing Taxpayers And Putting Money In His Pocket With Stay At His Own Hotel
NBC News:
Pigeons with ‘Make America Great Again’ hats glued to their heads released in Las Vegas
Discussion: Instapundit
Andrew Prokop / Vox:
Nevada Democratic caucuses: Live results  —  You can follow the results here as they come in.  —  The Nevada caucuses — the third contest in the Democratic nomination process — are happening Saturday, with caucus locations opening at 10 am Pacific and the actual caucuses scheduled to begin at 12 pm Pacific (or 3 pm Eastern).
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Jonathan Allen / NBC News:   Sanders drives toward Super Tuesday delegate haul as establishment frets
Paul Steinhauser / Fox News:
Sanders aims for Nevada caucus win to keep momentum going — but other Dems not giving up
Discussion: Associated Press, Politico and ABC News
Associated Press:   Democrats face an important test in Nevada caucuses
William H. McRaven / Washington Post:
If good men like Joe Maguire can't speak the truth, we should be deeply afraid  —  William H. McRaven, a retired Navy admiral, was commander of the U.S. Special Operations Command from 2011 to 2014.  He oversaw the 2011 Navy SEAL raid in Pakistan that killed Osama bin Laden.
Maura Dolan / Los Angeles Times:
Trump has flipped the 9th Circuit — and some new judges are causing a ‘shock wave’  —  When President Trump ticks off his accomplishments since taking office, he frequently mentions his aggressive makeover of a key sector of the federal judiciary — the circuit courts of appeal …
Los Angeles Times:
Twitter is suspending 70 pro-Bloomberg accounts, citing ‘platform manipulation’  —  Michael R. Bloomberg's presidential campaign has been experimenting with novel tactics to cultivate an online following, or at least the appearance of one.  —  But one of these strategies …
Rick Wilson / New York Daily News:
Memo to Mike: Bloomberg needs to go medieval on Bernie if he wants any chance of beating Trump  —  Dear Mr. Bloomberg, or may I call you Mike?  —  So, Wednesday didn't quite go according to plan, did it?  —  You've invested $400 million dollars in the biggest, fastest, shiniest campaign toy that money can buy.
New York Times:
Under O'Brien, N.S.C. Carries Out Trump's Policy, but Doesn't Develop It  —  WASHINGTON — When President Trump's national security adviser, Robert C. O'Brien, convenes meetings with top National Security Council officials at the White House, he sometimes opens by distributing printouts …
Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money
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Bob Brigham / Raw Story:
Judge rules against Devin Nunes in $9.9 million lawsuit over the salacious Steele Dossier  —  Internet heaps praise on CNN's Anderson Cooper for his ‘must watch’ destruction of Rod Blagojevich … Bill Barr's relationship with Trump ‘on the rocks’ as unleashed president ‘openly defies him’: ex-prosecutor
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Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Court dumps Nunes' suit against Trump dossier firm
Discussion: POLITICUSUSA and The Hill
CNN:
Justice Department unease with Barr goes beyond Stone case  —  Washington (CNN)In recent months, as Attorney General William Barr stood on the sidelines of President Donald Trump's impeachment drama, he noted to associates how problematic the episode was for Secretary of State Mike Pompeo.
Discussion: Raw Story
Emily Smith / Page Six:
Bernie Sanders calls out MSNBC over campaign coverage  —  Bernie Sanders went ballistic at NBC and MSNBC execs ahead of the Democratic debate this week — jabbing one top TV exec repeatedly in the face with his finger and accusing the networks of offensive negative coverage.
Discussion: Mediaite
NBC News:
Harry Reid: Iowa and New Hampshire ‘have done so much damage’  —  Former Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said Iowa and New Hampshire should not be the first to vote in the Democratic primary nominating contest.  He also told NBC News' Leigh Ann Caldwell that he doesn't support Medicare for All …
NBC News:
Live Blog / Nevada caucuses live updates: Results and analysis from the third 2020 Democratic contest  —  The candidates — not including Mike Bloomberg, who is not on the ballot — are vying for the state's 36 pledged delegates.  —  The Nevada caucuses kick off on Saturday following …
Discussion: FiveThirtyEight
Washington Post:
Al-Qaeda and Islamic State groups are working together in West Africa to grab large swaths of territory  —  NOUAKCHOTT, Mauritania — Groups linked to al-Qaeda and the Islamic State, at war with each other in the Middle East, are working together to take control of territory across a vast stretch …
Isaac Arnsdorf / ProPublica:
Trump's New Spy Chief Used to Work for a Foreign Politician the U.S. Accused of Corruption  —  Richard Grenell did not disclose payments for advocacy work on behalf of a Moldovan politician whom the U.S. later accused of corruption.  His own office's policy says that could leave him vulnerable to blackmail.
Lisa Lerer / New York Times:
Bernie Sanders, the Teflon Candidate, Faces Sudden New Tests  —  The Vermont senator has long brushed off political vulnerabilities and evaded attacks from rivals.  But the spotlight on his front-runner status and possible Russian interference could pose challenges.
Discussion: Daily Kos
Zeynep Tufekci / The Atlantic:
How the Coronavirus Revealed Authoritarianism's Fatal Flaw  —  China is in the grip of a momentous crisis.  The novel coronavirus that emerged late last year has already claimed three times more lives than the SARS outbreak in 2003, and it is still spreading.
Anita Kumar / Politico:
Trump visits a big foreign market — for the U.S. and for Trump Org  —  President Donald Trump arrives Monday in a country featuring the most Trump properties outside the U.S.  —  The White House hopes the visit will advance trade talks and bolster the president's standing with Indian-Americans ahead of the 2020 election.
Discussion: Raw Story
 
 
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Rana Ayyub / Washington Post:
Journalism is under attack in India. So is the truth.
Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Roger Stone moves to disqualify judge in last-ditch bid to avoid prison
Nihar Kabinittal / Associated Press:
Afghan deal will be hard to assess, fraught with pitfalls
Discussion: The Week
Gillian Brockell / Washington Post:
Trump loves ‘Gone With the Wind.’ Historians, not so much.
James Delingpole / Spectator USA:
The Democrats are fracking insane
Andrew C. McCarthy / Washington Examiner:
The case for repealing FISA and reforming the FBI and CIA
Craig Gilbert / Milwaukee Journal Sentinel:
Paul Ryan says a Bernie Sanders nomination would help GOP win back the U.S. House
Discussion: CANNONFIRE and The Hill
 Earlier Items: 
Daniel Nichanian / The Appeal:
Virginia May Make All Children Eligible for Parole, a Major Shift for This Punitive State
The Intercept:
Leaked Reports Show EU Police Are Planning a Pan-European Network of Facial Recognition Databases
John Pomfret / Washington Post:
I was expelled from China for my reporting, too. It's part of a larger strategy.
Discussion: The National Interest
Associated Press:
UConn students' arrest over racial slur prompts review of state's ridicule ban
Discussion: The Root
Matt Mueller / WNYW-TV:
Why the IRS may be knocking on your door during tax season this year
Washington Post:
Trump was not told coronavirus-infected Americans would be flown home from cruise ship
Discussion: Fox News, CNN and The Hill
 

 
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Daniel Wiessner / Reuters:
Google scraps a 2019 policy requiring US suppliers and staffing firms to pay their employees $15 an hour and provide health insurance and other benefits

Gaby Del Valle / The Verge:
The US Senate reauthorizes FISA's Section 702; some communication service providers had threatened to stop cooperating with the US government in case of a lapse

Foo Yun Chee / Reuters:
Sources: EU may accept Apple's proposal to open its NFC payments tech to rivals, and may close its antitrust probe in May, letting Apple avoid hefty fines

 
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