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10:20 AM ET, January 31, 2017

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Josh Dawsey / Politico:
Hill staffers secretly worked on Trump's immigration order  —  Senior staffers on the House Judiciary Committee helped Donald Trump's top aides draft the executive order curbing immigration from seven Muslim-majority nations, but the Republican committee chairman and party leadership were not informed …
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New York Times:
Trump Fires Acting Attorney General Who Defied Him  —  WASHINGTON — President Trump fired his acting attorney general on Monday night, removing her as the nation's top law enforcement officer after she defiantly refused to defend his executive order closing the nation's borders to refugees …
Department of Homeland Security:
Statement from Secretary Kelly on the President's Appointment of Thomas D. Homan as Acting ICE Director  —  WASHINGTON - Today, the president appointed Mr. Thomas D. Homan acting director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).  —  Since 2013, Mr. Homan has served …
Mike Allen / Axios:
Under fire, Trump weighs new changes to refugee ban  —  Republican sources tell us that the Department of Homeland Security may issue “implementation guidance” that would allow for softening, and even policy changes, to President Trump's travel restrictions on migrants.
Tom Maguire / JustOneMinute:
I Smell Fake News  —  Acting Attorney General Sally Yates, an Obama holdover, thrills her future employers by refusing to put the weight of the DoJ behind Trump's travel ban.  Even the Times admits this gesture is somewhat symbolic since she is on her way out and Jeff Sessions is on his way in, but they include this odd detail:
Discussion: Associated Press and CBS Philly
Los Angeles Times:
White House aides who wrote Trump's travel ban see it as just the start  —  Senior aides to President Trump are determining whether to expand the travel bans he ordered Friday.  (Pablo Martinez Monsivais / Associated Press)  —  Even as confusion, internal dissent and widespread condemnation …
Discussion: Mother Jones
Matt Zapotosky / Washington Post:
Trump has fired the acting attorney general who ordered Justice Dept. not to defend president's travel ban  —  President Trump fired Acting Attorney General Sally Yates Monday night, after Yates ordered Justice Department lawyers Monday not to defend his immigration order temporarily banning entry …
Evan Perez / CNN:
First on CNN: Justice Dept. will not defend executive order on travel restrictions
National Review:   Why Yates Had to Go  —  It is a very simple proposition.
Louis Nelson / Politico:   Rep. Gohmert calls Sally Yates a ‘political hack’
Sean Sullivan / Washington Post:
Angry Republicans lash out at Trump for not consulting them on travel ban
Discussion: Balloon Juice
Scott Johnson / Power Line:
What's next?  —  You have to wonder what comes next after the hysteria manifested by the Democrat/Media Axis in the first 10 days of the Trump administration.  They have turned up the “resistance” to 11, Spinal Tap style.  —  Democrats vow to filibuster Trump's Supreme Court nominee, whoever he is.
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CNN:
Democrats consider backing off big battle over Trump's Supreme Court pick  —  Washington (CNN)Senate Democrats are weighing whether to avoid an all-out war to block President Donald Trump's upcoming Supreme Court pick, instead considering delaying that battle for a future nomination …
Discussion: The Daily Caller, Hot Air and Daily Kos
Louis Nelson / Politico:
Trump ridicules Democrats for equipment failure at rally
Discussion: Axios
Daily Mail:
NEXT SUPREME COURT JUSTICE?  William Pryor of the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals …
Jeremy W. Peters / New York Times:
Obama's Protections for L.G.B.T. Workers Will Remain Under Trump  —  WASHINGTON — The White House said on Monday that President Trump would leave in place a 2014 Obama administration order that created new workplace protections for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people.
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Kyle Balluck / The Hill:
White House: Trump will enforce LGBTQ workplace protections
Discussion: RedState
Edward-Isaac Dovere / Politico:
How Obama will take on Trump  —  Barack Obama and his aides expected …
Discussion: Althouse
Emily Jane Fox / Vanity Fair:
Can Jared and Ivanka Outrun Donald Trump's Scandals?  —  Less than a fortnight into his new post, Kushner appears unable to control his father-in-law—and is “furious” that his efforts are being undermined.  —  On Friday afternoon, Donald Trump descended upon the Pentagon's Hall of Heroes flanked …
David Brooks / New York Times:
The Republican Fausts  —  Many Republican members of Congress have made a Faustian bargain with Donald Trump.  They don't particularly admire him as a man, they don't trust him as an administrator, they don't agree with him on major issues, but they respect the grip he has on their voters …
Mike Allen / Axios:
Team Hillary blames Obama more than Putin  —  The worst-kept secret inside Democratic circles is how bitter Hillary Clinton's team is at President Obama over her election loss.  We have heard from numerous, anguished people in Clinton-land blaming Obama — more than Putin, FBI Director James Comey or …
Discussion: NBC News and The Daily Caller
New York Times:
President Bannon?  —  Plenty of presidents have had prominent political advisers, and some of those advisers have been suspected of quietly setting policy behind the scenes (recall Karl Rove or, if your memory stretches back far enough, Dick Morris).  But we've never witnessed a political aide move …
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Indivisible Kentucky:
Military Flying TRUMP FLAG in Louisville, KY  —  RESIST!!!  —  This video from yesterday morning captures the video of the United States Military flying a TRUMP flag in place of the United State flag.  This is a fascist tactic.  This is not acceptable.  RESIST!!!  —  Larger Image click here.
Globe and Mail:
Quebec City mosque attack suspect known for right-wing online posts  —  The suspect in the deadly attack on a Quebec City mosque was known in the city's activist circles as a right-wing troll who frequently took anti-foreigner and anti-feminist positions and stood up for U.S. President Donald Trump.
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The Intercept:
Suspect in Quebec Mosque Attack Quickly Depicted as a Moroccan Muslim. He's a White Nationalist.
Marc Caputo / Politico:
Trump urges Rick Scott to run for prized Florida Senate seat  —  President Donald Trump is personally urging Florida Gov. Rick Scott to challenge Democratic Sen. Bill Nelson in 2018 — and the loyal Trump ally looks increasingly likely to take the leap.  —  Trump and Scott speak about once …
Discussion: The Daily Caller and Axios
CBS Los Angeles:
Calif. To Consider Enacting Statewide Sanctuary  —  SACRAMENTO (CBSLA.com/AP) — California may prohibit local law enforcement from cooperating with federal immigration authorities, creating a border-to-border sanctuary in the nation's largest state as legislative Democrats ramp up their efforts …
 
 
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New York Post:
Priest tells anti-Trump protesters to commit suicide
Aliaksandr Kudrytski / Bloomberg:
Battle Rages Amid East Ukraine's Bloodiest Fighting in Weeks
Alice Speri / The Intercept:
The FBI Has Quietly Investigated White Supremacist Infiltration of Law Enforcement
Discussion: Boing Boing
David Lauter / Los Angeles Times:
President Trump hits majority disapproval in record time, Gallup finds
Discussion: Salon and The Week
Philip Rucker / Washington Post:
Kasich to publish ‘Two Paths,’ a book offering a contrast to Trump's America
Discussion: Political Wire and WDTN-TV
Extra:
Arnold Schwarzenegger Weighs In on President Trump's Immigration Ban: 'It's Crazy'
Discussion: Political Wire and Politico
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New York Times:
Republicans Have One Big Incentive to Stick With Trump
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Max Tani / @maxwelltani:
Memo: WaPo's Matt Murray lays out plans for WP Ventures, the “third newsroom”; Krissah Thompson will be editor and Samantha Henig will be general manager

Jack Dunn / Variety:
Trump appoints Mark Burnett, the British TV executive who created and produced the reality show The Apprentice, as a special envoy to the UK

Stephen Alpher / CoinDesk:
Rumble announces a $775M investment from Tether and plans to use $525M to fund a tender offer for ~70M shares of its common stock; RUM jumped 50%+ after hours
 
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