memeorandum: Sen. Manchin on Gorsuch: 'Let's give the man a chance' (Louis Nelson/Politico)

11:50 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.

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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Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:

Make Republicans Nuke the Filibuster to Confirm Neil Gorsuch — Once Mitch McConnell blockaded Barack Obama's last Supreme Court nomination, and then Donald Trump carried the Electoral College, the chance that Republicans would fill the vacancy rose to 100 percent.

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Louis Nelson / Politico:

Sen. Manchin on Gorsuch: 'Let's give the man a chance' — Sen. Joe Manchin, considered one of the most imperiled lawmakers in the upcoming 2018 midterm elections, said Tuesday that he is “anxious” to meet with Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch and that Democrats should not launch an all-out effort …

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Nikita Vladimirov / The Hill:

Warren says she'll oppose Trump's Supreme Court nominee — (D-Mass.) on Tuesday pledged to oppose President Donald Trump — 's nomination of Judge Neil Gorsuch to succeed the late Antonin Scalia on the Supreme Court. — “Based on the long and well-established record of Judge Gorsuch …

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Fox News:

Ted Cruz reportedly says nuclear option is on table in Supreme Court pick — Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, said in an interview Tuesday that “all procedural options are on the table” when it comes to confirming a strong conservative to replace Justice Scalia on the Supreme Court.

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Veronica Stracqualursi / ABC News:
The Note: Trump Goes With Gorsuch

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Christina Cauterucci / Slate:
What Neil Gorsuch, Trump's SCOTUS Pick, Means for American Women

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Jason Sattler / USA Today:
Time for outrageous obstruction against Gorsuch: Jason Sattler

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New York Times:
Neil Gorsuch, the Nominee for a Stolen Seat

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Ian Millhiser / ThinkProgress:
Who is Neil Gorsuch?

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

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Robert Barnes / Washington Post:
Trump picks Colo. appeals court judge Neil Gorsuch for Supreme Court

Philip Rucker / Washington Post:
How Trump kept Gorsuch nomination a secret until the clock struck 8

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

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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:

‘Idiots’ — Senate tensions boil over — The Senate has become embroiled in bitterness and name-calling less than two weeks after Inauguration Day. — The usually genteel chamber of Congress has been anything but recently amid controversial directives from the White House …

Discussion: Politico and alan.com

CNN:

Republicans vote to suspend committee rules, advance Mnuchin, Price nominations — (CNN)Senate Republicans took an extraordinary step Wednesday to move forward with two of President Donald Trump's top Cabinet nominees after confronting a boycott from Democrats across the aisle.

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Peter Schroeder / The Hill:

GOP changes rules to push through nominees after Dem boycott — Senate Republicans pushed through a pair of President Trump's Cabinet nominees Wednesday, upending standard committee rules to circumvent a Democratic boycott. — The Senate Finance Committee advanced a pair of Trump's nominees …

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Timothy Cama / The Hill:
Dems boycott committee vote on Trump's EPA pick

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Peter Schroeder / The Hill:
Dems boycott confirmation votes for Trump nominees

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Phil Mattingly / CNN:
First on CNN: Treasury secretary nominee's foreign money links bring new scrutiny

Discussion: CANNONFIRE and Political Wire

Us Weekly:

First Lady Melania Trump May Stay in NYC Permanently and Never Move Into the White House — President Donald Trump may have 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue all to himself. — Though Donald, 70, and his wife Melania announced in November that the first lady would relocate from New York City …

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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: Political Wire, The Daily Caller and The Week

Eli Yokley / Morning Consult:
Poll: If There Was Voter Fraud, Trump Benefited Most

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Adriano Udani / Washington Post: Who believes in voter fraud? Americans who are hostile to immigrants

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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Standingrock / Stand With Standing Rock:
Standing Rock will challenge any suspension of pipeline's environmental review

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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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Alan M. Dershowitz / The Hill:

Sally Yates was wrong and should have resigned — Sally Yates is neither a hero, nor a villain. She made an honest mistake when she instructed the entire Justice Department not to defend President Trump's wrong-headed executive order on immigration. The reasons she gave in her letter referred …

Discussion: Salon, Associated Press and twitchy.com

Juliet Eilperin / Washington Post:
Resistance from within: Federal workers push back against Trump

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Jennifer Calfas / The Hill:

Dem: Trump could be impeached over immigration order — Rep. Joaquin Castro (D-Texas) says Congress should consider impeaching President Trump if he orders federal agencies to ignore the a judge's stay on parts of his controversial immigration order. — If Trump orders the Customs …

Discussion: RedState

John Stanton / BuzzFeed:
Congressman Says Trump Could Be Impeached If He Overstepped Authority On Travel Ban

Discussion: Raw Story

Goldie Blumenstyk / Chronicle of Higher Education:

Jerry Falwell Jr. Says He Will Lead Federal Task Force on Higher-Ed Policy — Jerry L. Falwell Jr., president of Liberty University, has been asked by President Trump to head up a new task force that will identify changes that should be made to the U.S. Department of Education's policies and procedures …

Discussion: Talking Points Memo, TheBlaze, CANNONFIRE and Washington Post

Bethany Mandel / The Federalist:

Facebook Dead At 12, A Victim Of 2016 — If I were to write an obituary for Facebook, it might look something like this: … The Facebook, known as Facebook or FB for short, was invented as a tool to connect users with friends, family, and occasionally brands.