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4:10 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 …
John Daniel Davidson / The Guardian:
Trump is no fascist.  He is a champion for the forgotten millions  —  Obama promised solutions but let the people down.  Is it any surprise that they voted for real change?  —  mid the ongoing protests against President Trump, calls for “resistance” among Democratic politicians and activists …
Isaac Arnsdorf / Politico:
Pence leaves door open to easing Russia sanctions
Discussion: Mediaite and ABC News
Robert Barnes / Washington Post:
9th Circuit Court declines to quickly reinstate travel ban  —  A federal appeals court early Sunday denied an initial bid by the Trump administration to restore its controversial immigration order that had barred refugees and those from seven Muslim-majority countries from entering the United States.
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Kyle Balluck / The Hill:
Appeals court rejects Trump administration's request to restore travel ban
Discussion: Scripting News and RedState
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
Gregory Locke / Facebook:
I got on the subway in Manhattan tonight and found a Swastika on every advertisement and every window.  The train was silent as everyone stared at each other, uncomfortable and unsure what to do.  —  One guy got up and said, “Hand sanitizer gets rid of Sharpie.  We need alcohol.”
Alberto Luperon / LawNewz:
Judge Wears Anti-Trump Pussy Hat to Court  —  Travis County Judge Sarah Eckhardt has been rocking headgear with strong anti-Trump symbolism: The Pussy hat.  To say it's politically charged is like saying third-rails are shocking: These hats are pointed symbols in opposition to President Donald Trump …
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
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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 …
Maureen Dowd / New York Times:
Free Melania - From Our Expectations  —  WASHINGTON — Now, stacked on the Trump tower of petrifying things we have to worry about — war with Iran, war with China, war with Mexico, war with Islam, war with koala bears — there is yet another looming disaster.
Discussion: New Yorker
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 boogeyman 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
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David Cohen / Politico:   Albright on Trump: Bannon ‘pulling the strings’
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
McConnell: No federal money for voter fraud probe  —  (R-Ky.) on Sunday said he doesn't want to spend federal funds to investigate what President Trump claimed was massive voter fraud in the 2016 presidential election.  —  While McConnell says there is voter fraud, he doesn't believe it's …
Discussion: Joe.My.God.
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
CBS News:
Minnesota man who shot 5 Black Lives Matter protesters found guilty  —  MINNEAPOLIS - A jury on Wednesday convicted a Minnesota man of assault for opening fire and wounding five mendemonstrating against the fatal shooting of a black man by Minneapolis police officers.
David Rose / Daily Mail:
Exposed: How world leaders were duped into investing billions over manipulated global warming data  — The report claimed the pause in global warming never existed, but it was based on misleading, ‘unverified’ data  —  The Mail on Sunday today reveals astonishing evidence that the organisation …
Discussion: Power Line and The Daily Caller
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 and Jamie Dupree
 
 
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Sophie Tatum / CNN:
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Patrick Maguire / The Guardian:
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CBC News:
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