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1:15 PM ET, February 5, 2017

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Rebecca Morin / Politico:
Sanders on Trump: ‘This guy is a fraud’  —  Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders said Sunday that President Donald Trump is “a fraud” and is working with Wall Street as he looks to roll back some banking regulations.  —  “It is hard not to laugh, to see President Trump alongside these Wall Street guys.
Discussion: Political Wire
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Isaac Arnsdorf / Politico:
McConnell rebukes Trump's judge attack  —  Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on Sunday distanced himself from President Donald Trump's positions on Russia, voter fraud and the travel ban, while criticizing the president for attacking a federal judge.  —  “It is best not to single out judges …
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
McConnell: No federal money for voter fraud probe
Discussion: Joe.My.God.
John Fund / National Review:   Round Two for the Supreme Court?
Julie Westfall / Los Angeles Times:
Hundreds of people showed up for a town hall with California's Rep. Tom McClintock, and things got intense  —  The scene inside and outside Rep. Tom McClintock's town hall meeting Saturday morning was at times raucous, and the California congressman ultimately was escorted out by police.
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Tampa Bay Times:
A Bilirakis gathering turns out to be strongly pro-Obamacare  —  PALM HARBOR — Rep. Gus Bilirakis issued the call to residents of his conservative district on Facebook: Come share your thoughts on the future of health care.  —  More than 200 people took the Republican congressman up on it …
Discussion: ThinkProgress
Angela Hart / Sacramento Bee:
McClintock exits with police escort after raucous town hall meeting in Roseville  —  Facing a packed auditorium and raucous crowd, Republican Rep. Tom McClintock on Saturday defended his party's national agenda and voiced strong support for President Donald Trump's controversial executive actions …
Kyle Balluck / The Hill:
Appeals court rejects Trump administration's request to restore travel ban  —  A federal appeals court early Sunday rejected the Department of Justice's (DOJ) request to restore President Trump's travel ban on immigrants from seven predominantly Muslim countries.
Discussion: Scripting News, alan.com, RedState and IJR
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Mallory Shelbourne / The Hill:
Pence: Judge ‘certainly’ has right to halt travel ban  —  said a federal judge in Seattle “certainly” has the authority to halt President Donald Trump  —  's travel ban, but insisted the administration would seek a stay of the order.  —  “He certainly does, and that's why the administration …
Laura Jarrett / CNN:
DOJ appealing travel ban ruling
Mark Landler / New York Times:
Appeals Court Rejects Request to Immediately Restore Travel Ban
David Cohen / Politico:
Albright on Trump: Bannon ‘pulling the strings’  —  Referring to him as President Donald Trump's puppet master, former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright condemned the placement of Steve Bannon on the National Security Council.  —  “I think he's the person that's pulling the strings,” …
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Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Democrats aim to make Steve Bannon a scarier Karl Rove  —  Democrats spent years turning George W. Bush strategist Karl Rove into a bogeyman whose mere mention sent liberals' blood boiling.  Now, members of Congress are doing the same to top Trump hand Steve Bannon — but in much darker terms.
Discussion: Political Wire
Marc Tracy / New York Times:
Steve Bannon's Book Club
Discussion: Axios
Adam Gopnik / New Yorker:
Trump's Radical Anti-Americanism  —  As the President rejects our foundational principles, all we can turn to is our instinct for shared defiance.  —  Beate and Serge Klarsfeld, the couple who did so much to bear witness to the terrible truths of the Second World War, came to town last week …
ABC News:
‘This Week’ Transcript 2-5-17: VP Mike Pence, Sen. Amy Klobuchar, and Sen. Ben Sasse  —  THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT FOR ‘THIS WEEK’ on February 5, 2017 and it will be updated.  —  GEORGE STEPHANOPOULOS: The president is vowing to overturn that order.  This morning he called it, “A ridiculous order from a so-called judge.”
Discussion: The Week and Associated Press
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Isaac Arnsdorf / Politico:
Pence leaves door open to easing Russia sanctions
Discussion: ABC News and Mediaite
Tom Jackman / Washington Post:
How far can protesters go before the government steps in?  —  The protests of 2016, against pipelines and police shootings and a presidential candidate, have sparked lawmakers in eight states to consider bills boosting penalties for unlawful demonstrations.  They include one that would protect drivers …
Discussion: Hot Air
Andrew C. McCarthy / National Review:
Prosecute the Rioters  —  And make sure that we condemn them as well.  —  From time to time over the years, the eminent historian Daniel Pipes has lamented that treason, not just as a crime but as a concept, appears defunct in the West.  The question of bringing treason charges against jihadists has been raised from time to time.
Ariane de Vogue / CNN:
Trump's DOJ lays out travel ban defense  —  Trump travel ban remains suspended for now  —  (CNN)Top Justice Department lawyers are now in charge of defending the Trump administration's hastily drawn up executive order, and they are assiduously avoiding President Donald Trump's blunt …
Discussion: NBC News, Deadline, Jamie Dupree and IJR
CNN:
Gorsuch nomination meets with positive reception  — That's roughly the same share that said so about Samuel Alito in 2005 and Sonia Sotomayor in 2009  —  Washington (CNN)Americans' first impressions of Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch tilt positive, and a plurality say the Senate ought …
Discussion: Washington Post
Lisa Riley Roche / Deseret News:
Mitt Romney: No regrets about criticizing Trump, but time to recognize his ‘strong start’  —  PARK CITY — Mitt Romney said Friday he has no regrets about criticizing then candidate Donald Trump in a stinging speech last year but now sees the new president as having “obviously gotten off to a very strong start.”
Fox News Insider:
PREVIEW: Trump Tells O'Reilly He ‘Respects’ Putin in Super Bowl Interview  —  On Sunday, Bill O'Reilly will hold a special Super Bowl pre-game interview with President Trump at 4 p.m. ET on your local FOX broadcast station.  —  In a special preview, Trump revealed his plans for dealing with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
 
 
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The Irish Times:
Fintan O'Toole: Welcome to Trumperica
David Rose / Daily Mail:
Exposed: How world leaders were duped into investing billions over manipulated global warming data
Discussion: Power Line and The Daily Caller
Peter Holley / Washington Post:
Florida heroin bust reveals something bizarre: Drugs covered in Donald Trump's face
Discussion: AOL, Tampa Bay Times and IJR
Associated / KOSU:
New Film Links McVeigh to Far-Right Ahead of OKC Bombing
Discussion: Balloon Juice
Eric Lipton / New York Times:
G.O.P. Hurries to Slash Oil and Gas Rules, Ending Industries' 8-Year Wait
Robin Pogrebin / New York Times:
Is the Met Museum ‘a Great Institution in Decline’?
Derek Hunter / The Daily Caller:
Google Redefines The Word ‘Fascism’ To Smear Conservatives, Protect Liberal Rioters
Patrick Maguire / The Guardian:
Two-thirds of Britons believe Trump is ‘threat to international stability’
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CBC News:
In his own words: Imam Hassan Guillet's address at Quebec City funeral for 3 mosque victims
Discussion: Balloon Juice
Colbert I. King / Washington Post:
AME bishops sound a battle cry against the Trump administration
Neil Johnson / GazetteXtra:
Hundreds protest Trump, Ryan in Janesville
Philip Rucker / Washington Post:
'We'll do better': Trump's White House tries to gain a sense of order amid missteps
Discussion: New Yorker and The Guardian