| No Images? Click here  Tuesday, February 19BERNIE’S RUNNING Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) is taking another crack at the White House, announcing in an email to supporters that he will run for the Democratic nomination in 2020. “I am asking you today to join me as part of an unprecedented and historic grassroots campaign,” he wrote. He said his campaign is “not only about defeating Donald Trump, the most dangerous president in modern American history,” but also about “creating a government based on the principles of economic, social, racial and environmental justice.” [HuffPost] [Tweet | Share on Facebook]TRUMP RAILS AGAINST INTERNATIONAL SOCIALISM President Donald Trump branded his efforts to oust Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro as a crusade against international socialism, using a speech in Miami to reignite rhetoric of the Cold War. “We’re here to proclaim a new day is coming in Latin America,” Trump said. “Socialism is dying and liberty, prosperity and democracy are being reborn.” [HuffPost]STATES FILE LAWSUIT AGAINST NATIONAL EMERGENCY Sixteen states joined to file a federal lawsuit arguing that Trump’s declaration of a national emergency is unconstitutional. The states bringing the suit include New York, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Illinois, Maine, Maryland, Minnesota, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, Oregon, Virginia and Michigan. [HuffPost]MCCABE SLAMS TRUMP’S ‘REMARKABLE’ RUSSIA TIES The number of contacts by members of Trump’s circle with “our most serious ... international enemy” is “remarkable,” and the indications of troubling relationships with Russia are “incredibly persuasive,” former Acting FBI Director Andrew McCabe said. [HuffPost]STONE ATTACKS HIS JUDGE ON INSTAGRAM Roger Stone, the Trump associate indicted on charges stemming from special counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia investigation, attacked the federal judge presiding over his case on Instagram, publishing her picture next to what appeared to be an image of crosshairs. [HuffPost]KLOBUCHAR DEFENDS TREATMENT OF STAFF Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) again addressed questions regarding her treatment of staff at a CNN town hall in New Hampshire, telling viewers, “Have I pushed people too hard? Yes.” She continued: “But I have kept expectations for myself that are very high. I’ve asked my staff to meet those same expectations.” [HuffPost]
 WARREN TO PUSH UNIVERSAL CHILD CARE Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) will unveil a major new initiative: to make access to child care universal. [HuffPost]FAIRFAX ACCUSER OPEN TO TESTIFYING Meredith Watson, the woman who accused Virginia Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax (D) of raping her in 2000, said she still hopes to testify in public about her allegation. [HuffPost]CALIFORNIA MAN SENTENCED FOR STARTING WILDFIRE A Southern California man has been sentenced to 12 years in prison after pleading guilty to starting a wildfire last summer that destroyed more than 13,000 acres east of Los Angeles. [HuffPost]TOSSED NAPKIN LEADS TO MURDER ARREST Police in Minneapolis arrested 52-year-old Jerry Westrom after DNA found on a napkin he tossed at a hockey game linked him to the 1993 murder of Jeanne Ann “Jeanie” Childs, who was 35 when she was killed. [HuffPost]AURORA VICTIM’S WIFE REVEALS FINAL MESSAGE The wife of one of five people killed in last week’s Aurora, Illinois, massacre revealed her husband’s final text message: “I love you, I’ve been shot at work.” [HuffPost]TEACHERS IN WEST VIRGINIA TO STRIKE West Virginia public school teachers plan to go on strike again Tuesday, nearly a year to the day after they began a historic walkout that inspired teacher strikes in other states. [HuffPost]
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