The tamest sex scandal in recent memory just got a little less tame. [Gawker]
department of justice
AG Barr Could Resign if Trump Keeps Tweeting About DOJ Investigations: Report
THE FEED
pardons
President Trump’s Big Day of Pardons and Commutations
intelligencer chats
Are Markets Underrating the Coronavirus Threat?
Little reason for him not to be confident at this point
Sanders today, speaking with increasing confidence about the primary: “If win the caucus here we’re gonna do really well in South Carolina, California, in Super Tuesday. And if we do well on Super Tuesday we’re gonna win the Democratic nomination.”
—@rubycramer
vision 2020
There Is a Case for Bloomberg. It’s Just Bleak As Hell.
Trump is looking stronger than ever
Trump’s job rating:
Approve: 47% (tied for all-time high in NBC/WSJ poll)
Disapprove: 50%
Econ handling:
Approve: 53%
Disapprove 38%
Feb 14-17, RVs, MOE +/- 3.3%
—@mmurraypolitics
Approve: 47% (tied for all-time high in NBC/WSJ poll)
Disapprove: 50%
Econ handling:
Approve: 53%
Disapprove 38%
Feb 14-17, RVs, MOE +/- 3.3%
nypd
NYC Prosecutors Keep Lists of Police Officers Who Lie Too Much
Drain the…never mind
Crimes of those granted clemency by @realDonaldTrump today:
-failing to report felony
-criminal financial schemes
-conspiracy to hack a computer
-tax fraud + false statements
-obstructing an investigation
-selling a Senate appointment
-drug trafficking
-Medicare fraud
—@Travis_Tritten
-failing to report felony
-criminal financial schemes
-conspiracy to hack a computer
-tax fraud + false statements
-obstructing an investigation
-selling a Senate appointment
-drug trafficking
-Medicare fraud
politics
Trump Commutes Prison Sentence of Ex-Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich
As they say, shots fired
It’s a shame Mike Bloomberg can buy his way into the debate. But at least now primary voters curious about how each candidate will take on Donald Trump can get a live demonstration of how we each take on an egomaniac billionaire. https://t.co/H02radEZcv
—@ewarren
the alt-right
This Obscure Foundation Helped Fund the Alt-Right
The very picture of discretion
Trump is asked if there is a search for anonymous in the White House.
“I know who it is,” Trump says.
Reporters ask who it is.
“I can’t tell you that,” Trump replies.
—@oliverdarcy
“I know who it is,” Trump says.
Reporters ask who it is.
“I can’t tell you that,” Trump replies.
coronavirus
Coronavirus Kills Wuhan Hospital Director As New Infections Fall
games
The Astros Cheating Scandal Has Only Gotten Nuttier
Coming on the heels of a furious campaigned headed by Blagojevich’s wife
BREAKING - @ABC News has learned President Trump expected to commute the sentenced of former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich via multiple senior level sources - more to come @KFaulders @vlasto & me
—@Santucci
A catastrophe that is receiving little attention in the American press
CNN: The United Nations says 900,000 people, mostly women and children, have been displaced in northwest Syria in the last 11 weeks, could become the “biggest humanitarian horror story of the 21st Century.”
—@ryanstruyk
In the annals of “didn’t see that coming”
WASHINGTON (AP) — Trump pardons Edward DeBartolo Jr., former San Francisco 49ers owner convicted in gambling fraud scandal.
—@ZekeJMiller
democratic debate
Mike Bloomberg Will Be on the Debate Stage This Week
Quite the juxtaposition in Israel
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli court says Prime Minister Netanyahu corruption trial to begin March 17, two weeks after national elections.
—@ZekeJMiller
Trump not exactly taking William Barr’s advice to stay out of cases
“Judge Jackson now has a request for a new trial based on the unambiguous & self outed bias of the foreperson of the jury, whose also a lawyer, by the way. ‘Madam foreperson, your a lawyer, you have a duty, an affirmative obligation, to reveal to us when we selected you the…..
—@realDonaldTrump
politics
The Immoderate Susan Collins
An excellent poll for Sanders – and for Bloomberg, who now qualifies for Wednesday’s debate
NPR/PBS/Marist National Dem Poll
(+/- since December)
Sanders 31% (+9)
Bloomberg 19% (+15)
Biden 15% (-9)
Warren 12% (-5)
Klobuchar 9% (+5)
Buttigieg 8% (-5)
Steyer 2% (+1)https://t.co/O0HiDVR60a
—@LPDonovan
(+/- since December)
Sanders 31% (+9)
Bloomberg 19% (+15)
Biden 15% (-9)
Warren 12% (-5)
Klobuchar 9% (+5)
Buttigieg 8% (-5)
Steyer 2% (+1)https://t.co/O0HiDVR60a
vision 2020
Polls Show Bernie Sanders Way Ahead in Nevada
department of justice
Over 2,000 Former DOJ Officials Call for Attorney General William Barr to Resign
environment
Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos Pledges $10 Billion to Fight Effects of Climate Change
democratic primaries
As Bloomberg Rises, Democratic Candidates Go On the Attack
gun control
Virginia’s Assault Weapons Ban Fails
Senator Tom Cotton is still promoting the debunked conspiracy theory that China engineered the coronavirus
“This analysis provides evidence that SARS-CoV-2 is not a laboratory construct nor a purposefully manipulated virus.” Before you read any speculation about SARS-CoV-2 origins, read this post by some leading researchers in pathogen evolution/genomics https://t.co/S2OeJuLCYS
—@AdamJKucharski
The White House mole hunt sounds like the search for a serial killer
Officially, assistant to the president Peter Navarro is Trump’s point-man on trade policy. But Navarro has also taken it upon himself in recent weeks to uncover the identity of the person known simply as “Anonymous,” the senior Trump administration official who has railed against the president in the New York Times opinion pages and, most recently, in a bestselling book titled A Warning, and whose actual identity has so far confounded White House leak hunters.
Since at least the time of the impeachment process against Trump, Navarro—whom the president affectionately calls “my Peter”—began conducting his own private investigation into the identity of Anonymous, according to three sources with knowledge of Navarro’s efforts.
One of those sources described Navarro’s investigative efforts as partially an in-depth analysis of the language and phrases used in Anonymous’ book and other public writings. The process, as described to The Daily Beast, mimics forensic linguistic profiling, and the goal is to cross-reference Navarro’s “profile” with a list of potential suspects.
cityscape
L.A.’s Beguiling Idea: An African-American Arts Destination
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