memeorandum: United by post-inauguration marches, Democratic women plan to step up activism (Scott Clement/Washington Post)

7:55 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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Ramesh Ponnuru / National Review:

Neil Gorsuch: A Worthy Heir to Scalia — Judge Neil Gorsuch (Federalist Society/YouTube) — Donald Trump will nominate a textualist and an originalist Supreme Court justice in the vein of Antonin Scalia. — President Trump's nominee to the Supreme Court will be Neil Gorsuch …

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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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Eric Bradner / CNN:

Pelosi on Gorsuch: ‘A very hostile appointment’ — Pelosi says Gorsuch is a ‘hostile appointment’ — (CNN)House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi blasted President Donald Trump's newly named Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch as “a very hostile appointment” and “a very bad decision …

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

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Matt Vespa / Townhall.com:
War: Senate Democrats Prepare To Filibuster Trump's SCOTUS Pick No Matter What

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

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

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

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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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David Weigel / Washington Post:
Progressives cheer Democratic obstruction — and aim at Supreme Court

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Benny Johnson / IJR:
Exclusive: President Trump's Supreme Court Pick, Confirmed by Two High-Ranking Officials

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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 …

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

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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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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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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

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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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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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Scott Clement / Washington Post:

United by post-inauguration marches, Democratic women plan to step up activism — Days into Donald Trump's presidency, large numbers of liberals say they plan to step up their political activity, with Democratic women particularly motivated to take action, according to a new Washington Post poll.

Jennifer Calfas / The Hill:

Jake Tapper airs footage of Spicer calling Trump order a ‘ban’ … CNN's Jake Tapper played footage Tuesday afternoon of White House press secretary Sean Spicer describing President Trump's executive order on immigration as a “ban” on multiple occasions. — Earlier Tuesday …

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Dara Lind / Vox:
Sean Spicer says Trump's immigration order isn't banning people. That's a lie.

Discussion: The Atlantic, ABC News, The Hill, Washington Post and Politico

Byron York / Washington Examiner:

Dems escalate anti-Trump offensive — From Washington State to Washington DC, Democrats across the country are stepping up what some call “The Resistance” to President Trump, moving across political, legal, bureaucratic, legislative, and civil disobedience fronts to frustrate the newly elected president's agenda.

Discussion: Power Line