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Matthew Nussbaum / Politico:
Trump signs executive order requiring that for every one new regulation, two must be revoked  —  President Donald Trump signed an executive order Monday morning requiring that for every new federal regulation implemented, two must be rescinded.  —  “This will be the biggest such act …
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Ayesha Rascoe / Yahoo:
Trump signs executive order to slash regulations  —  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump signed an order on Monday that will seek to dramatically pare back federal regulations by requiring agencies to cut two existing regulations for every new rule introduced.
Washington State:
AG Ferguson seeks halt to Trump's immigration Executive Order
Rebecca Savransky / The Hill:
Rubio, Scott ‘uneasy’ about Trump immigration order
Discussion: Politico, ABC News and RedState
Justin Amash / Facebook:
Many supporters and opponents of President Trump's executive order …
Discussion: RedState
Stephen Collinson / CNN:
Donald Trump's travel ban fundamentally changes American history
Jacob Pramuk / CNBC:
Trump signs executive order aiming to slash regulations
Bwittes / Lawfare:
BREAKING NEWS: Full Text of Draft Dissent Channel Memo on Trump Refugee and Visa Order  —  Consider this a major bureaucratic uprising on the part of career foreign service officers against the President on his executive order on refugees. … Numerous Foreign Service officers and other diplomats …
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Mike Levine / ABC News:
EXCLUSIVE: US Diplomats Consider Filing Dissent Over Immigration Ban
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
New York Times:
How Trump's Rush to Enact an Immigration Ban Unleashed Global Chaos  —  WASHINGTON — As President Trump signed a sweeping executive order on Friday, shutting the borders to refugees and others from seven largely Muslim countries, the secretary of homeland security was on a White House conference call getting …
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Benjamin Wallace-Wells / New Yorker:
A Dangerously Isolated President  —  The Presidential order that Donald Trump signed on Friday barring all refugees and citizens from seven Muslim countries from travel to the United States was reviewed by virtually no one.  The State Department did not help craft it, nor the Defense Department, nor Justice.
Rebecca Savransky / The Hill:
Scarborough singles out Trump aide Stephen Miller for ‘power trip’ … MSNBC's Joe Scarborough on Monday singled out Stephen Miller, saying President Trump's senior adviser had gone on a “power trip.”  —  “Why did Stephen Miller fight so hard to put out this order on Friday without talking to any of the other agencies?”
Burgess Everett / Politico:
Senate Dems will filibuster Trump's Supreme Court nominee  —  Senate Democrats are going to try to bring down President Donald Trump's Supreme Court pick no matter who the president chooses to fill the current vacancy.  —  With Trump prepared to announce his nominee on Tuesday evening …
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Jonathan S. Tobin / New York Post:   Why the Supreme Court fight is sure to go nuclear
Edward-Isaac Dovere / Politico:
Obama supports protests: ‘American values are at stake’  —  Former President Barack Obama's office released a statement Monday supporting the protests going on around the country, and speaking out against discriminating against individuals because of their faith or religion, saying “American values are at stake.”
New York Times:
Bannon Is Given Security Role Usually Held for Generals  —  WASHINGTON — The whirlwind first week of Donald J. Trump's presidency had all the bravura hallmarks of a Stephen K. Bannon production.  —  It started with the doom-hued inauguration homily to “American carnage” …
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David Ferguson / Raw Story:
Democrats and Republicans can't believe Trump put ‘Nazi’ Steve Bannon on National Security Council
Discussion: New York Daily News
Bloomberg:
U.S. Exempts Green Card Holders From Trump's Travel Ban  —  Trump defends order on immigration after criticism, protests  —  Republican lawmakers say White House action was too broad  —  Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly said green-card holders from the predominantly Muslim Middle …
Discussion: Business Insider and IJR
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Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
Trump accuses Schumer of shedding ‘fake tears’ over refugees … President Trump on Monday accused Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer  —  (D-N.Y.) of shedding “fake tears” over his ban on refugees and individuals from a certain Muslim-majority nations from entering the U.S.
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ABC News:   Donald Trump Blasts Sen. Schumer's ‘Fake Tears’ Over Travel Ban
Madeline Conway / Politico:
Trump on Schumer's tears: Who is his acting coach?
Discussion: Political Wire and Daily Kos
Dave Itzkoff / New York Times:
Samantha Bee to Roast Trump on Same Night as Correspondents' Dinner  —  The annual custom of the White House Correspondents' Association dinner suddenly seems uncomfortable if not untenable: Journalists mingling with Trump administration aides who loathe them, celebrities decrying Trump White House policies …
Page Six:
Billy Bush's wife is furious about that Donald Trump tape  —  Media insiders are buzzing that Andy Lack wants NBC to become “the next Fox News” after he poached cable stars Greta Van Susteren and Megyn Kelly from the network.  —  “He believes he's building MSNBC and NBC into the next Fox.
Yonatan Zunger:
Trial Balloon for a Coup?  —  Analyzing the news of the past 24 hours  —  The theme of this morning's news updates from Washington is additional clarity emerging, rather than meaningful changes in the field.  But this clarity is enough to give us a sense of what we just saw happen, and why it happened the way it did.
Washington Post:
Trump's hard-line actions have an intellectual godfather: Jeff Sessions  —  In jagged black strokes, President Trump's signature was scribbled onto a catalogue of executive orders over the past 10 days that translated the hard-line promises of his campaign into the policies of his government.
Discussion: Los Angeles Times and Axios
James V. Grimaldi / Wall Street Journal:
Rep. Tom Price Got Privileged, Discounted Offer on Biomedical Stock, Company Says  —  Rep. Tom Price got a privileged offer to buy a biomedical stock at a discount, the company's officials said, contrary to his congressional testimony this month.
Bloomberg:
Trump's Next Move on Immigration to Hit Closer to Home for Tech  —  President Donald Trump's clash with Silicon Valley over immigration is about to become even more contentious.  —  After the new president banned refugees and travelers from seven predominantly Muslim countries, Google …
Matea Gold / Washington Post:
Koch network could serve as potent resistance in Trump era  —  INDIAN WELLS, Calif. — The weekend gathering of wealthy donors who help finance the conservative Koch network was supposed to serve as a celebration of the policy victories within reach now that Republicans control Washington …
Discussion: Hot Air, Axios and East Bay Times
CBC News:
Multiple dead, 2 arrested after shooting at Quebec City mosque  —  Quebec Premier Philippe Couillard calls shooting an act of terrorism  —  Quebec City Police say several people are dead after shots were fired inside a mosque on Sunday night during evening prayers.  —  Multiple people are also feared wounded.
Melanie Zanona / The Hill:
Ford criticizes immigration order: ‘Against our values’  —  Ford Motor Co. said Monday that it does not support President Trump's 90-day ban on travelers from seven Muslim-majority nations, arguing that the policy goes against a “core value” of the company.  —  The comments come nearly …
Discussion: Raw Story and The Verge
 
 
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Laurie R. Blank / The Hill:
Return of ‘black site’ prisons would be a return to darkness
Discussion: RedState
Associated Press:
Trump Advisers Start ‘America First Policies’ Nonprofit
Discussion: Politico and ABC News
Farhad Manjoo / New York Times:
The Alt-Majority: How Social Networks Empowered Mass Protests Against Trump
Anna Yukhananov / Morning Consult:
Approval Ratings for Obamacare Jump With Law on Chopping Block
Discussion: Vox, CNBC, Hit & Run and Politicus USA
Susan Page / USA Today:
Trayvon Martin's parents, five years after his shooting, weigh political bids
Discussion: TheBlaze, Mediaite and AOL
Los Angeles Times:
When Muslims got blocked at American airports, U.S. veterans rushed to help
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Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
Just Hate  —  This is a delicate, unlovely point.
Discussion: Washington Monthly
Nina Chestney / Reuters:
U.S. will change course on climate policy, says former EPA transition head
Discussion: RedState and Infowars
Amanda Marcotte / Salon:
Rise of an urban resistance: A weekend of protest proves that America's cities will not be silent
Tom Maguire / JustOneMinute:
Normalizing Violence  —  Have you punched a Nazi today?
Discussion: The Hill, New York Times and Mediaite
Aaron Short / New York Post:
Chuck Schumer under fire from left-wing activists
Discussion: Power Line
Weekly Standard:
The Final Obama Scandal
 

 
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Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica:
FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel announced she will leave the agency on January 20; she was the first woman to be confirmed to lead the agency

Lachlan Cartwright / The Ankler:
Sources: MSNBC renewed Rachel Maddow's contract early this fall, but with a pay cut; MSNBC bosses' plan to shake up daytime and weekend programming

Guthrie Scrimgeour / Wired:
Hawaii's The Garden Island stops using AI-generated newscasters on YouTube, Facebook, and Instagram after two months, likely due to the negative public response

 
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