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AXIOS (Marc Caputo) - Scoop: Cuba hardliners ask Trump's DOJ to indict Raul Castro

Four Cuban American members of Congress on Friday wrote to President Trump calling for the indictment of Cuba's de facto dictator, Raul Castro , for allegedly ordering the 1996 downing of a plane that was dropping supplies to people who were fleeing to the U.S. on rafts. - Four members of an aid group were killed in the incident. Why it matters: If Trump's Justice Department acts on the request and secures an indictment, it would be the latest move by his administration aimed at pressuring Cuba's struggling government to change its communist leadership. - Crippling U.S. sanctions and government mismanagement have brought Cuba closer to collapse than ever since the revolution of 1959. Zoom in: The letter, citing a Miami Herald story from…

NYTIMES (Kellen Browning) - AOC Ties Inequality to Rise of Authoritarians at Munich Security Conference

Speaking at a security conference, the New York progressive argued that “extreme levels of income inequality lead to social instability” and eventually far-right populism.

NYTIMES (Jeff Sommer) - Crises Everywhere, but the Markets Don’t Seem to Mind

Stocks have prospered while the world has plunged into disorder, an economist says. “Keep calm and carry on” may be the best investors can do.

NYTIMES (Lynsey Chutel and Henrik Pryser Libell) - The Mutually Beneficial Ties Between Jeffrey Epstein and Thorbjorn Jagland

Thorbjorn Jagland, a former prime minister of Norway who led the Nobel Committee, promised influence, and the disgraced financier had gifts to give, new emails show.

YOUTUBE (NewsNation) - 'I will not be intimidated, I will not back down': Don Lemon after court

"I will not be intimidated. … I will not be silenced": Independent journalist Don Lemon pleaded not guilty to federal civil rights charges in court Friday. Lemon vowed to fight what he called the "baseless charges" against him stemming from an anti-ICE protest that disrupted a church in Minnesota last month. More: https://tinyurl.com/ehfemwy2 #DonLemon #FirstAmendment #Minnesota