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Politics   Harris’ Office Tried to Keep Inmates Locked Up for Labor BY Jackie Kucinich Lawyers for California also argued that allowing certain inmates to be paroled early would deplete a program that allowed prisons to fight wildfires. Justin Fairfax’s Monstrous Magical Thinking BY Erin Gloria Ryan We’ve seen Fairfaxian magical thinking before. In fact, it’s so predictable a year and a half into the Post-Weinstein Era that it could be mad-libbed. Are Russian DisInfo Warriors Meta-Trolling Us All? BY Adam Rawnsley Frat-house antics in the courtroom, winking at its own celebrity—what’s behind the spate of bizarre behavior from the IRA, Russia’s notorious troll factory? CNN Under Fire for Howard Schultz Town Hall BY Gideon Resnick and Maxwell Tani Democrats fear the cable news giant is, once again, valuing celebrity over everything else. Joe Scarborough: Trump Is the Laziest President in History BY Olivia Messer President Trump apparently tweeted back in anger after the ‘Morning Joe’ hosts compared his ‘executive time’ to an old man yelling in a retirement home.   SEE MORE STORIES     CHEAT SHEET ® 1.  ME TIME More Trump Schedules Leaked—Dominated by ‘Executive Time’ President has defended his non-structured “executive time.” 2.  TRAILBLAZER Kamala Harris Says She’s Smoked Weed—‘and I Did Inhale’ “Half my family is from Jamaica. Are you kidding me?” 3.  TOO LITTLE TOO LATE Gov. Northam: Scandal Helped Me Learn About White Privilege Says he’s also learned this week why blackface is offensive. 4.  IN COURT Accused Tree of Life Gunman Robert Bowers Pleads Not Guilty The October synagogue shooting left 11 people dead. 5.   Ad By From You Flowers Get This Classic Valentine’s Day Gift for 50% Off Right Now Get ahead of the game and order now. (Don’t worry, From You Flowers also has next-day delivery.)   KEEP CHEATING   More From The Beast Politics Klobuchar’s Prosecutor Past Could Haunt Presidential Bid BY Sam Brodey Politics We Lost John Dingell Just as We Need More Giants in Congress BY David N. Cicilline Politics Virginia Activists: If Fairfax Goes, Northam Better Go Too BY Kate Andrews Follow us: THE DAILY BEAST  |  ABOUT US  |  CONTACT US  |  MANAGE YOUR SUBSCRIPTION © Copyright 2019 The Daily Beast Company LLC 555 W. 18th Street, New York NY 10011 If you cannot view the images, click here to view this email in your browser. To ensure delivery of these emails, please add emails@thedailybeast.com to your address book. If you no longer wish to receive these emails or think you received this message in error, you can safely unsubscribe.