memeorandum: Facebook ‘Fake News’ Censor Correctiv Funded By Soros, Staffed By Left-Wing Establishment (Chris Tomlinson/Breitbart)

5:25 PM ET, February 5, 2017

Top Items:

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

Eric Bradner / CNN:

Sanders on Trump: ‘This guy is a fraud’ — Washington (CNN)Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders accused President Donald Trump of falling short of commitments to middle-class voters, pointing to his Cabinet and senior advisers' ties to Wall Street. — “This guy is a fraud,” Sanders told CNN's Jake Tapper on “State of the Union” Sunday.

Discussion: Washington Times, John Hawkins' Right Wing News and TheBlaze

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 …

Discussion: Talking Points Memo and WCCO | CBS Minnesota

Ned Resnikoff / ThinkProgress:
Mike Pence defends Trump's attacks on the legitimacy of the judicial branch

Discussion: ThinkProgress, New York Times, The Hill, Daily Kos, The Daily Caller, Talking Points Memo, Gothamist, AOL, IJR and Washington Post

ABC News:
‘This Week’ Transcript 2-5-17: VP Mike Pence, Sen. Amy Klobuchar, and Sen. Ben Sasse

Discussion: Politico, The Week and Associated Press

Nicki Rossoll / ABC News:
VP Mike Pence Did Not Ask Supreme Court Nominee About Roe V. Wade

Discussion: Associated Press, Hot Air, Mediaite and Politico

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.

Discussion: Politico, Hit & Run, The Guardian, NPR, Booman Tribune, New York Times, RedState, Mediaite, CBS San Francisco, NBC News, Hot Air, IJR, CBS Los Angeles, Business Insider, CBS Boston, 6 and Mother Jones

Kyle Balluck / The Hill:
Appeals court rejects Trump administration's request to restore travel ban

Discussion: Scripting News and RedState

Mallory Shelbourne / The Hill:
Pence: Judge ‘certainly’ has right to halt travel ban

Discussion: AOL, Mashable, Liberty Unyielding and Politicus USA

Laura Jarrett / CNN:
DOJ appealing travel ban ruling

Discussion: Reuters, New York Times, Common Dreams, MichelleMalkin.com and The Gateway Pundit

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.

Discussion: Axios, Lawyers, Guns & Money and Politico

Tampa Bay Times:
A Bilirakis gathering turns out to be strongly pro-Obamacare

Discussion: ThinkProgress

Angela Hart / Sacramento Bee:
McClintock exits with police escort after raucous town hall meeting in Roseville

Discussion: 6, The Guardian, Power Line, Talking Points Memo, Occupy Democrats, The Hill, Washington Post, Daily Kos and RedState

Edward-Isaac Dovere / Politico:

The Democrats face up to their Trump problem — Democrats don't know how long they'll be able to keep up the pace of protests against President Donald Trump — and they're worried Trump and his team are counting on them to run out of energy before the White House does.

Discussion: twitchy.com and Balloon Juice

Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Democrats aim to make Steve Bannon a scarier Karl Rove

Discussion: Political Wire

David Cohen / Politico: Albright on Trump: Bannon ‘pulling the strings’

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

Robert Barnes / LawNewz:
On Trial: Why Trump's Immigration Ban Will Win Over Seattle Judge's Nationwide Order

Discussion: Hot Air, Liberty Unyielding, The Last Refuge and The Gateway Pundit

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.”

Discussion: New York Times, NBC News, Business Insider, IJR, Mashable and Joe.My.God.

Wall Street Journal:

Russian Arrests Spur Questions Over Links to U.S. Hacking — A series of high-profile arrests in Russia has intelligence officials on both sides of the Atlantic trying to unravel a mystery they suspect may be connected to Russian hacking in the U.S.

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

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 …

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

Joe Concha / The Hill:

Columnist to CNN's Stelter: You're becoming ‘quite a ridiculous figure’ — USA Today and Hollywood Reporter columnist Michael Wolff slammed CNN's Brian Stelter on his media affairs program Sunday, telling the host he was becoming “quite a ridiculous figure.”

Discussion: Raw Story

Chris Tomlinson / Breitbart:

Facebook ‘Fake News’ Censor Correctiv Funded By Soros, Staffed By Left-Wing Establishment — Correctiv, the allegedly non-partisan “fake news” censor working with Facebook in Germany is funded by groups linked to left-wing billionaire George Soros and the establishment media.

Discussion: John Hawkins' Right Wing News and The Gateway Pundit