memeorandum: White House ices out CNN (Hadas Gold/Politico)

9:05 AM ET, February 1, 2017

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Neal K. Katyal / New York Times:

Why Liberals Should Back Neil Gorsuch — I am hard-pressed to think of one thing President Trump has done right in the last 11 days since his inauguration. Until Tuesday, when he nominated an extraordinary judge and man, Neil Gorsuch, to be a justice on the Supreme Court.

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Robert Barnes / Washington Post:

Trump picks Colo. appeals court judge Neil Gorsuch for Supreme Court — President Trump selected Colorado federal appeals court judge Neil Gorsuch as his Supreme Court nominee on Tuesday, opting in the most important decision of his young presidency for a highly credentialed favorite …

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President Trump had the chance to select:

President Trump had the chance to select a consensus nominee to the Supreme Court. To the surprise of absolutely nobody, he failed that test. — Instead, he carried out his public promise to select a nominee from a list drawn up by far right activist groups that were financed by big business interests.

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Philip Rucker / Washington Post:

How Trump kept Gorsuch nomination a secret until the clock struck 8 — Tuesday night's presidential announcement of a Supreme Court nomination had all the makings of a Donald J. Trump production — except for this: The secret held. — When President Trump strode down the red-carpeted hallway …

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Ian Millhiser / ThinkProgress:

Who is Neil Gorsuch? — What you need to know about Trump's extraordinarily conservative nominee for the Supreme Court. — Judge Neil Gorsuch is Republican nobility—the son of Anne Gorsuch Burford, who spent her brief tenure as President Reagan's EPA administrator cutting staff …

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Matt Vespa / Townhall.com:

War: Senate Democrats Prepare To Filibuster Trump's SCOTUS Pick No Matter What — Tomorrow at 8 P.M. President Donald J. Trump will announce his pick for the Supreme Court. Reportedly, Appellate Judges Neil Gorsuch (Tenth Circuit) and Thomas Hardiman (Third Circuit) are the top choices …

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Christina Cauterucci / Slate:

What Neil Gorsuch, Trump's SCOTUS Pick, Means for American Women — Neil Gorsuch, Donald Trump's nominee for the vacancy on the Supreme Court, is a consistently conservative judge who'd enter the court at a critical moment for reproductive rights. Though Gorsuch, a federal judge …

Discussion: Hot Air and Instapundit

Eric Bradner / CNN:
Pelosi on Gorsuch: ‘A very hostile appointment’

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Philip Rucker / Washington Post:
Ayotte to lead White House team shepherding Supreme Court nominee

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Adam Liptak / New York Times:
In Judge Neil Gorsuch, an Echo of Scalia in Philosophy and Style

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Ramesh Ponnuru / National Review:
Neil Gorsuch: A Worthy Heir to Scalia

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Ariane de Vogue / CNN:
President Trump nominates Neil Gorsuch for Supreme Court

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Carl Hulse / New York Times:
A Jarring New Level of Confrontation and Conflict Hits Washington

Discussion: American Power

CNN:
First on CNN: Trump bringing Supreme Court favorites to Washington

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New York Times:
It's ‘The Apprentice, Supreme Court Edition,’ as Trump Summons Finalists to White House

Brent Kendall / Wall Street Journal: Judge Neil Gorsuch Backs Scalia's ‘Originalist’ Approach

New York Times:
Trump Nominates Neil Gorsuch to the Supreme Court

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Amy Lange / WJBK-TV:

Detroit family caught in Iraq travel ban, mom dies waiting to come home — DETROIT (WJBK) - A local business owner flies to Iraq to bring his mother back home to the US for medical treatment. But under President Trump's ban on immigration and travel from seven predominately Muslim nations, he was forced to leave his family behind.

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Chris Kahn / Reuters:

Exclusive: Only a third of Americans think Trump's travel ban will make them safer — Imposing a temporary travel ban on citizens from seven Muslim countries, President Donald Trump said the move would help protect the United States from terrorism. But less than one-third of Americans believe …

Discussion: The Moderate Voice, Ipsos In North America, Hot Air, Washington Times, The Daily Caller, Hit & Run, Mediaite, The Week, Political Wire and Axios

Neil Munro / Breitbart:
Left Protests While Trump Junks Obama's Global Immigration Plan

Discussion: VDARE

Hadas Gold / Politico:

White House ices out CNN — The White House has refused to send its spokespeople or surrogates onto CNN shows, effectively icing out the network from on-air administration voices. — “We're sending surrogates to places where we think it makes sense to promote our agenda,” …

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Jeremy Diamond / CNN:

Trump trip canceled; Harley Davidson wasn't comfortable with likely protests — US President Donald Trump speaks to the staff at the Department of Homeland Security in Washington, DC, on January 25, 2017. Trump vowed to restore “control” of US frontiers as he moved Wednesday to fulfil his pledge to …

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KFYR-TV:

Hoeven, Cramer say Acting Secretary of the Army has directed Corps to issue final easement for DAPL — WASHINGTON, D.C. - Senator John Hoeven issued the following statement after speaking today with Vice President Pence and Acting Secretary of the Army Robert Speer:

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Terray Sylvester / Reuters:
Clean-up begins at Dakota pipeline protest camp

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Wall Street Journal:

Prosecutors Weigh Child-Pornography Charges Against Anthony Weiner — Former congressman is being investigated for sexually explicit exchanges he allegedly had with a 15-year-old girl — Federal prosecutors are weighing bringing child-pornography charges against former Rep. Anthony Weiner …

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Mark Hensch / The Hill:
Prosecutors mull child porn charges for Weiner: report

Discussion: RedState

Abigail Hauslohner / Washington Post:

Trump administration circulates more draft immigration restrictions, focusing on protecting U.S. jobs — The Trump administration is considering a plan to weed out would-be immigrants who are likely to require public assistance, as well as to deport — when possible — immigrants already living …

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Jake Sherman / Politico:

Poll: 1-in-4 voters believe Trump's vote-fraud claims — One in four voters believe President Donald Trump's unsupported claim that millions of votes were illegally cast in the 2016 election, but more people believe that Trump benefited from any electoral malfeasance instead of Hillary Clinton.

Discussion: Morning Consult, Political Wire, Washington Times and The Week

Sarah Kliff / Vox:

Today in Obamacare: Trump quickly changed his mind on drug prices. Expect the same on Obamacare. — If Trump's pharma comments are any clue, we have no idea what he wants on Obamacare — President Trump has apparently done some rethinking on his views of American drug pricing policy …

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Matthew Yglesias / Vox:
After meeting with pharma lobbyists, Trump drops promise to negotiate drug prices

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Jeffrey Gettleman / New York Times:

State Dept. Dissent Cable on Trump's Ban Draws 1,000 Signatures — Then it went to Jakarta. Then across Africa. — One version even showed up on Facebook. — Within hours, a State Department dissent cable, asserting that President Trump's executive order to temporarily bar citizens …

Discussion: Talking Points Memo, Hot Air, Washington Free Beacon, RedState and The American Conservative