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12:05 PM ET, January 31, 2017

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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 …
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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 …
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.
Ed O'Keefe / Washington Post:
Democrats boycott confirmation hearings for Price and Mnuchin, blocking votes  —  Democrats intensified their opposition to President Trump's executive order banning immigration from seven Muslim-majority countries on Tuesday by further delaying the confirmation of several of his Cabinet nominees amid strong Republican objections.
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:
Veronica Stracqualursi / ABC News:
The Note: Who Will Be the Next SCOTUS Nominee?
Discussion: Associated Press
National Review:   Why Yates Had to Go  —  It is a very simple proposition.
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Watch Sally Yates answer the question that got her fired by President Trump
Matt Zapotosky / Washington Post:
Trump has fired the acting attorney general who ordered Justice Dept. not to defend president's travel ban
Evan Perez / CNN:
First on CNN: Justice Dept. will not defend executive order on travel restrictions
New York Times:
Acting Attorney General Orders Justice Dept. Not to Defend Refugee Ban
Louis Nelson / Politico:
Rep. Gohmert calls Sally Yates a ‘political hack’
JGoldsmith / Lawfare:
Quick Thoughts On Sally Yates' Unpersuasive Statement
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 …
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Geneva Sands / ABC News:
Meet the 8 Sitting Supreme Court Justices
Louis Nelson / Politico:
Trump ridicules Democrats for equipment failure at rally
Discussion: Axios
Mike DeBonis / Washington Post:
DeVos questionnaire appears to include passages from uncited sources  —  President Trump's nominee for education secretary, in written responses to questions from senators, appears to have used several sentences and phrases from other sources without attribution — including from a top Obama administration civil rights official.
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 …
Kyle Balluck / The Hill:
White House: Trump will enforce LGBTQ workplace protections  —  The White House said early Tuesday that President Trump will continue to enforce an Obama-era executive order protecting the rights of the LGBTQ community in the workplace.  —  “President Donald J. Trump is determined to protect …
Discussion: RedState
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Associated Press:
The Latest: Trump to Sign Executive Order on Cybersecurity
Discussion: ABC News and Politico
Kate Brannen / Foreign Policy:
Steve Bannon Is Making Sure There's No White House Paper Trail, Says Intel Source  —  The Trump administration's chief strategist has already taken control of both policy and process on national security.  —  If there was any question about who is largely in charge of national security behind …
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Steven Perlberg / BuzzFeed:
Wall Street Journal Editor: Stop Calling The Travel Ban Countries “Majority Muslim”  —  “It's very loaded.  The reason they've been chosen is not because they're majority Muslim but because they're on the list of countries Obama identified as countries of concern,” editor-in-chief Gerry Baker wrote to top editors.
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Los Angeles Times:
White House aides who wrote Trump's travel ban see it as just the start
Discussion: Mother Jones
Edward-Isaac Dovere / Politico:
How Obama will take on Trump  —  Barack Obama and his aides expected to take on President Donald Trump at some point, but they didn't think it would happen this quickly.  —  Now they're trying to find the right balance on issues that demand a response, and how to use Obama to deliver the selective pushback.
Discussion: Althouse
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NBC News:
SEAL, American Girl Die in First Trump-Era U.S. Military Raid  —  Two Americans killed in first military raid under President Trump 1:09  —  In what an official said was the first military raid carried out under President Donald Trump, two Americans were killed in Yemen on Sunday …
New York Post:
Priest tells anti-Trump protesters to commit suicide  —  The pastor of a largely immigrant Catholic church in Queens has a suggestion for his anti-Trump parishioners: Go take a flying leap off the nearest building.  —  “Show your hate for Trump.  Do it for social justice.
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.
 
 
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