0 0 Unlike Obama, Trump defers to generals’ advice on military strategy (Washington Times – Ben Wolfgang) *Lead Story* Mulvaney Set To Tell Agencies To Prep For Substantial Cuts (Daily Caller – Juliegrace Brufke) *Important* Shale Versus the World (American Interest – Walter Russell Mead Staff) NYT Accuses Free Beacon of Defaming ‘Doggie Hamlet’ (Washington Free Beacon – Elizabeth Harrington) E-cigarette critics get research dollars from industry competitors (Townhall – Kathy Hoekstra) How the Clintons Sold Out U.S. National Interests to the Putin Regime (National Review – Deroy Murdock) Navy Sends Carrier Strike Group Toward Korean Peninsula (PJ Media – Rick Moran) Vermont AG’s office admits it blocked public records release based on requesters’ politics (Watchdog – Michael Bielawski) Why Can Rivers Be Granted Legal Personhood But Not Human Babies? (The Federalist – Zachary D. Schmoll) KT McFarland reassigned from National Security Council to ambassadorship (Washington Examiner – Sarah Westwood) Trump-taxes: President scraps tax plan, timetable threatened (CNS News – Josh Baok and Stephen Ohlemacher) Italian Court Bows to Powerful Taxi Union, Banning Uber (Breitbart – Thomas D. Williams) U of Wisconsin Researcher: Standard English ‘Oppressive’ to Minorities; Teach Ebonics Instead (Heat Street – Ian Miles Cheong) Violating Our Conscience: 11 Ways The MSM And Left Keep Us Divided (Daily Wire – John Nolte) Battle over sanctuary cities escalating (The Hill – Reid Wilson) Idaho Governor Flips Off Libertarians With Both Hands, Vetoes Asset Forfeiture AND Licensing Reforms (Reason – Eric Boehm) Report: China Offers Concessions on Beef Imports, Financial Investments (Newsmax – Solange Reyner) Burn After Reading (The Intercept – Kim Zetter) CBS wonders: Say, what happened to Russia’s guarantee on Syrian chemical weapons? (Hot Air – Ed Morrissey) Why Is the ‘Right Side of History’ Losing? (American Spectator – Robert Stacy McCain)