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GENERAL INTEREST
One Man’s Off-Road Journey
https://www.marketwatch.com/video/one-mans-off-road-journey/81BA98D5-8DCD-421B-BCAD-5D00389896A2.html

The official fast food French fry power rankings
https://start.att.net/news/read/category/lifestyle/article/los_angeles_times-the_official_fast_food_french_fry_power_rankings-tca

HEALTH
Experimental 'nano-painkiller' is more effective than morphine but has low addiction risk, scientists discover
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-6702113/Experimental-nano-painkiller-effective-addictive-morphine.html

CLIMATE CHANGE
Where Glaciers Melt Away, Switzerland Sees Opportunity
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/02/13/climate/switzerland-glaciers-climate-change.html?emc=edit_nn_p_20190214&nl=morning-briefing&nlid=58935408tion%3DtopNews&section=topNews&te=1

WEATHER
El Nino is back but it's late, weak and probably no big deal
https://start.att.net/news/read/article/the_associated_press-el_nino_is_back_but_its_late_weak_and_probably_no-ap/category/news+

ENVIRONMENT
Senate Passes Massive Public Lands Conservation Bill
https://www.ecowatch.com/senate-passes-conservation-bill-2628872795.html

Trail camera captures stunning look at 'exceedingly rare’ ocelot in Arizona, as experts warn Trump’s border wall could threaten their survival
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-6702659/Trail-camera-captures-look-exceedingly-rare-ocelot-Arizona.html

TECHNOLOGY
Worst Phone Radiation Offenders Ranked (Apple’s Spot May Surprise You)
https://www.idropnews.com/news/worst-phone-radiation-offenders-ranked-apples-spot-may-surprise-you/96486/

DOJ
Senate confirms Trump pick William Barr as new attorney general
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/430025-senate-confirms-trump-pick-william-barr-as-new-attorney-general

NATIONAL SECURITY
The CIA's communications suffered a catastrophic compromise. It started in Iran.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/cias-communications-suffered-catastrophic-compromise-started-iran-090018710.html

Voter ID laws don’t suppress turnout (Rules don’t appear to boost confidence in election system, either)
https://washingtontimes-dc.newsmemory.com/?token=5a251b3f313d6e15be2579b0de4e9b01_5c65b153_5cd1fdb&selDate=20190214&goTo=A01&artid=0&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=washingtontimes-E-Editions&utm_source=washingtontimes&utm_content=Read-Button

BORDER SECURITY
The Real Threat We Face is Unjustified Presidential Exercise of Emergency Power
https://townhall.com/columnists/davidwaller/2019/02/13/the-real-threat-we-face-is-unjustified-presidential-exercise-of-emergency-power-n2541461?utm_source=thdaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl&newsletterad=02/14/2019&bcid=3cb4e56ddeac8885c78e874bb1d8f1a4&recip=27077809

Details On Border Security Bill Are Out & It Sucks
https://kprcradio.iheart.com/featured/the-pursuit-of-happiness/content/2019-02-14-details-on-border-security-bill-are-out-it-sucks/

TRUMPGATE
Drama hits Senate Intel panel’s Russia inquiry
https://thehill.com/policy/national-security/429930-drama-hits-senate-intel-panels-russia-inquiry

FEMINISM
My Sister Kate
https://eagleforum.org/publications/efr/jan19/my-sister-kate.html

POLITICS
Twenty Things You Probably Didn’t Know about Kirsten Gillibrand
https://www.nationalreview.com/2019/02/twenty-things-you-probably-didnt-know-about-kirsten-gillibrand/

Maybe It’ll Be Beto
See the Wall Street Journal article, below.

GOP wants to pit Ocasio-Cortez against Democrats in the Senate
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/429926-gop-wants-to-pit-ocasio-cortez-against-democrats-in-the-senate

'NO' MEANS 'YES': Ilhan Omar Gets Nasty With Former Reagan Official
https://www.dailywire.com/news/43446/watch-anti-semite-ilhan-omar-freaks-out-former-ryan-saavedra

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FROM THE WALL STREET JOURNAL (without permission)  FULL story at link below

https://www.wsj.com/articles/maybe-itll-be-beto-11550100862?emailToken=97f7d4e5f697fe6ecc4d57890f150a0cG9B9n7Mvq/zxRt8/4ffR9GPJBqfOW39jzwJWM6pzAHhuacfGeCQeLJ3YqMfyrbEj&reflink=article_email_share

Maybe It’ll Be Beto

The Democrats are going to lose if their nominee can’t hold a stage with Trump.

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By

Daniel Henninger

Feb. 13, 2019 6:34 p.m. ET

President Trump speaks at a rally in El Paso, Texas, Feb. 11. Photo: Joe Raedle/Getty Images

How many other people watched the entire 80 or 85 minutes of President Trump’s rally in El Paso, Texas, Monday night on Fox? The pre-rally expectation was that this event would be an effort to build support for the border wall. Instead, it obviously was a test-run of issues for the 2020 campaign, covering everything from A to Zzz.

Wonder Land Podcast for February 13, 2019

At 9:55 ET, Sean Hannity cut away from the speech to denounce the border deal emerging in Washington. Then it was back to the rally’s remaining 40 minutes. It was strangely mesmerizing. Let me say this: Any Democrats with a stake in winning in 2020 should set aside their anti-Trump phobias long enough to watch that rally. Truth is, their candidate may not be able to compete with what this guy’s got.Their opponent won’t be just “Trump” but an incumbent president. Progressives and their media affiliates can produce all the Trump fear and loathing they want. If their candidate can’t hold a stage with him, they won’t win.

Write henninger@wsj.com.