Page 1 Roundup (02/13)

The Daily News: New York’s bail reform lets career transit crook with 138 arrests extend his rap sheet

 Bail out! N.Y. Dems eye overhauls to controversial criminal justice reforms

There were two highly qualified black candidates this time around and the polls found African Americans preferred an old white guy. Now that old white guy is losing momentum and three black lawmakers have endorsed Mike Bloomberg -- who was canceled by many of us over "stop and frisk" -- and we're being told that African American voters are embracing Bloomberg too. What are we to make of these strange bedfellows? Perhaps it's time well-meaning white people stop projecting what *we* think black voters want and try just listening.

Sarah Lawrence sex cult perv kept explicit extortion stash at his home: prosecutor

Baseline: Watch radio hosts order a "Vasek Pospisil" coffee

Tennis: The hunky Canadian upset Daniil Medvedev in Rotterdam!

BosGuy: Black and blue

Greg in Hollywood: Beloved gay couple Will and Sonny depart “Days of Our Lives”

NBC News: Brother of OSU whistleblower said Rep. Jim Jordan tearfully asked for support amid allegations he turned a blind eye to sex abuse

Time: If Trump is allowed to turn the Justice Department into a political weapon, no one is safe

Newsweek: Trump's secretary of revenge needs to be carted off to the funny farm

Reuters: Trump adding stops to his 2020 Revenge Tour

Business Insider: 'There need to be mass protests': Authoritarianism experts say time is running out for Americans to stop Trump

Associated Press: Ousted Ukraine ambassador urges students to pursue diplomacy

Real Clear Politics: Warren warns Democratic rivals: Don't "burn down the rest of the party in order to be the last man standing"

The Hill: Bill Barr will gladly pay Dems in March for a hamburger today

Boy Culture: What were you thinking, Chris?

Towleroad: Four men arrested in murder of gay journalist in Northern Ireland

Useful Dynamics: Maybe long hair isn't bad on all men

The Randy Report: Hunky shrink says it's OK to be 'needy'

New York Post: My ‘Sex and the City’ experiment: A year of dating in NYC’s cutthroat meet market

True Crime Daily: Did Jenny McCarthy get to this dead pediatrician?

The Washington Post: Trump seeks to bend the executive branch as part of impeachment vendetta

How far can Bernie Sanders possibly expand his reach?

Monica Hesse: Loving Elizabeth Warren means having a plan for when America breaks your heart

The New York Times: Centrist Democrats want to stop Sanders. They’re not sure who can.

After Stone case, prosecutors say they fear pressure from Trump

Moderate Democrats fear Bernie Sanders could cost them the House

Carlos Maza, a socialist who calls YouTube “deeply unethical and reckless,” is trying to bolster the video site’s left wing.

Charles Busch’s mash-up of mother-love weepies finds both pathos and hilarity in the tough talk of Hollywood divas.

The memoirs of Dan Peres and other ex-employees of Conde Nast reveal mess behind the gloss of the aughts.

The Wall Street Journal: Facebook suspends accounts in Myanmar, Russia and Iran for misinformation

Theranos trial’s judge narrows case against founder Elizabeth Holmes

Jeff Bezos buys David Geffen’s Beverly Hills mansion for a record $165 million

Why do so many aging stars wear tinted glasses?

Hot Cat of the Day: This little cutie is just one of the some 2,000 household pets that were left starving to death by residents trapped away from home by Wuhan's coronavirus lockdown ... luckily help has arrived.