memeorandum: All eyes on 9th Circuit Court of Appeals in battle over Trump's travel ban (Ariane de Vogue/CNN)

7:40 PM ET, February 6, 2017

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Kristen Mascia / Cosmopolitan:

That MSNBC Interview Was Not the First Time Kellyanne Conway Referred to the “Bowling Green Massacre” — Conway used the same wording in a conversation with Cosmopolitan.com on Jan. 29. — Kellyanne Conway took to Twitter on Friday to walk back her comments on MSNBC's Hardball …

Philip Bump / Washington Post:

President Trump is now speculating that the media is covering up terrorist attacks — Speaking to the U.S. Central Command on Monday, President Trump went off his prepared remarks to make a truly stunning claim: The media was intentionally covering up reports of terrorist attacks.

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Gideon Resnick / The Daily Beast:

Kellyanne Conway Referenced ‘Bowling Green Attack’ in TMZ Interview — Kellyanne Conway referred to a fictitious “Bowling Green attack” to defend President Donald Trump's ban on travel and immigration days before she said she misspoke on MSNBC's Hardball. — During a brief video interview …

Discussion: The Atlantic, Mediaite and Gothamist

Brad Reed / Raw Story:
CNN considers permanent ban for Kellyanne Conway over ‘serious questions’ about credibility: report

Discussion: John Hawkins' Right Wing News, The Week, Politico, Moonbattery, twitchy.com and TVNewser

Lindsey Ellefson / Mediaite:
CNN's Choice Not To Feature Conway During Yesterday's Shows Was Reportedly Because Of ‘Credibility’ Issues

Discussion: Raw Story, The Daily Caller, Politicus USA, Hot Air, Occupy Democrats, TheBlaze and Talking Points Memo

Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Kellyanne Conway's ‘Bowling Green massacre’ wasn't a slip of the tongue. She's said it before.

Discussion: Mediaite, New York's PIX11, Business Insider and Joe.My.God.

Full Feed:

White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer Reacts to Melissa McCarthy's ‘SNL’ Skit — On Sunday, White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer spoke to “Extra's” AJ Calloway exclusively at the Super Bowl in Houston. — The White House press secretary gave his take on Melissa McCarthy's impression …

Discussion: The Daily Beast, Talking Points Memo, CNNMoney, New York Times, Mediaite, Occupy Democrats, Gothamist, Mashable, Washington Post, Politico, Arkansas Blog, Arkansas Times, The Week, AOL, NBC News, Joe.My.God. and Slate

Jordan Fabian / The Hill:

Spicer: New York Times owes Trump an apology — White House press secretary Sean Spicer demanded an apology from The New York Times for publishing an article containing eye-opening details about President Trump's earliest days in office, even disputing whether the president owns a bathrobe.

Discussion: Talking Points Memo, CNN, Mediaite and Joe.My.God.

The Independent:

Donald Trump will effectively be blocked from addressing Parliament on his state visit to the UK, the Speaker of the House of Commons has said. — John Bercow, the Speaker, said he was “strongly opposed” to Mr Trump speaking in the Commons and that being invited was “not an automatic right” but “an earned honour”.

Discussion: Politico, The Guardian, alan.com, Common Dreams, Occupy Democrats, The Stranger …, Politicus USA and The Week

BBC:

Speaker Bercow: Trump should not speak in Parliament — House of Commons Speaker John Bercow has said he would be “strongly opposed” to US President Donald Trump addressing the Houses of Parliament during his state visit to the UK. — Mr Bercow told MPs that “opposition to racism and sexism” were “hugely important considerations”.

Discussion: The Gateway Pundit, The Daily Caller, Joe.My.God. and Mediaite

Karla Adam / Washington Post:
After this extraordinary intervention, Trump probably won't be addressing British lawmakers during his state visit

Discussion: France 24, Shakesville and The Guardian

Matthew Yglesias / Vox:

The big lesson of Trump's first 2 weeks: resistance works — Protests, phone calls, and mobilization are making a difference. — It's easy to miss amid Donald Trump's frenetic pace of activity and nonstop media coverage, but the most important story in American politics right …

Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money, Washington Post and Arkansas Blog, Arkansas Times

Andrew Prokop / Vox: Trump's first health care action may be to let insurers charge older people more for insurance

Matthew Rozsa / Salon:
VoteVets calls out President Trump by name in new ad: “You want to be a legitimate president?

Discussion: The Week, The Gateway Pundit, Raw Story, AOL, USA Today, Mashable and Daily Kos

Jonathan Cohn / The Huffington Post:
Trump Administration May Use Executive Authority To Tweak Obamacare's Rules

Discussion: Vox, Daily Kos and ACASignups.net

Rebecca Harrington / Business Insider:

Trump lashes out at New York Times after report suggests he wasn't ‘fully briefed’ on action giving Bannon more power — President Donald Trump wasn't “fully briefed” on the details of an executive action giving his chief strategist, Steve Bannon, more power, according to an explosive report from The New York Times.

Discussion: The Gateway Pundit, Little Green Footballs, TheBlaze, Daily Wire, The Daily Caller, Washington Post, New York Times, Common Dreams, Hot Air, Hullabaloo, Raw Story, AOL and Gothamist

Michael G. Mullen / New York Times:
I Was on the National Security Council. Bannon Doesn't Belong There.

Discussion: Raw Story, Occupy Democrats, Business Insider, Mediaite, Politicus USA, Daily Kos and Politico

Chris Cillizza / Washington Post:
The peculiar isolation of Donald Trump

Discussion: Business Insider, The Daily Caller, Raw Story, twitchy.com, Patterico's Pontifications, Daily Kos, Talking Points Memo, The Slot, No More Mister Nice Blog, Joe.My.God., Mediaite and The Daily Beast

Ariane de Vogue / CNN:

All eyes on 9th Circuit Court of Appeals in battle over Trump's travel ban — Trump slams ‘so-called’ judge who halted ban — (CNN)President Donald Trump has only been in office for 17 days, but his Justice Department is already embroiled in a high-stakes legal battle over his executive order …

Discussion: Washington Post, CNNMoney, The Hill, New York Times, The Week, The Guardian, Common Dreams, Raw Story, The Mahablog, NBC News, TheBlaze, The Atlantic, Fox News Insider and Jamie Dupree

Associated Press:
How Court Battle Over Travel Ban Could Unfold

Discussion: Politico and ABC News

Paul Bedard / Washington Examiner:
Trump urged to put GPS trackers on refugees until travel ban decided

Discussion: John Hawkins' Right Wing News and RedState

John Yoo / New York Times:

Executive Power Run Amok — Berkeley, Calif. — Faced with President Trump's executive orders suspending immigration from several Muslim nations and ordering the building of a border wall, and his threats to terminate the North American Free Trade Agreement, even Alexander Hamilton …

Discussion: The Hill, NBC News, Daily Kos, The Slot, Boing Boing, ThinkProgress, Vox, Talking Points Memo, RedState and emptywheel

Spiegel Online:

Europe Must Defend Itself Against A Dangerous President — The United States president is becoming a danger to the world. It is time for Germany and Europe to prepare their political and economic defenses. — Is the United States turning its back on liberty? — There are times in life that really do count.

Discussion: Daily Wire and The Week

Max Fisher / New York Times: Germany Prepares for Turbulence in the Trump Era

Wall Street Journal:

Few Recall Gorsuch's Volunteer Work at Harvard — Questions arise over Trump Supreme Court pick's level of participation in programs to help less fortunate while in law school — When President Donald Trump introduced his Supreme Court pick on live television last week, he said Neil Gorsuch had …

Discussion: Washington Free Beacon, Daily Kos, SCOTUSblog, The Fiscal Times, Raw Story and Joe.My.God.

Sen. Mitch McConnell / Politico:
Give Neil Gorsuch an Up-Or-Down Vote

Discussion: Daily Kos, Talking Points Memo, CNN, The Daily Caller and Axios

Kimberly Hefling / Politico:

Senate Democrats plan to debate all night in hopes of stopping DeVos — Senate Democrats will take to the floor throughout the day and night Monday to voice their opposition to Betsy DeVos for Education secretary — a Hail Mary effort to convince one more Republican to join them so they can thwart her confirmation.

Discussion: ABC News, The Hill, Raw Story, The Slot and The Week

Ed O'Keefe / Washington Post:
Virtually all Senate Democrats poised to vote against remaining Cabinet picks

Discussion: Outside the Beltway, National Review and CNN

Maria Tsvetkova / Reuters:

Kremlin says it wants apology from Fox News over Putin comments — The Kremlin said on Monday it wanted an apology from Fox News over what it said were “unacceptable” comments one of the channel's presenters made about Russian President Vladimir Putin in an interview with U.S. counterpart Donald Trump.

Discussion: The Hill, The Daily Caller, TheBlaze, The Week, The Guardian, Politico, TVNewser, RedState, The Gateway Pundit and Joe.My.God., more at Mediagazer »

National Journal:

No Joke: Al Franken for President? — After years of shunning the spotlight in the Senate, Minnesota's junior senator is in the limelight—and would be a formidable candidate for the Democrats. — Al Franken isn't a punch line in the Senate anymore.

Discussion: Washington Post, CANNONFIRE and The Daily Caller

Brian Beutler / New Republic:

Never Believe the Republicans' B.S. Ever Again — Their silence on Trump reveals that their Obama-era sanctimony was fake. — It's forgotten history at this point, but the stunningly over-hyped Hillary Clinton email server controversy that ultimately cost her the presidency grew …

Discussion: Washington Post and Washington Times

Tom LoBianco / CNN:

First on CNN: Pro-Trump group hacked, website taken down in Cabinet fight — (CNN)A prolific Republican super PAC pushing President Donald Trump's Cabinet took down its website temporarily Monday after hackers got in and retitled sections “Make America S****y Again” and scrawled “Black Lives Matter” across the video section.

Discussion: Raw Story and RedState

Alexander Burns / New York Times:

How Attorneys General Became Democrats' Bulwark Against Trump — The three Democratic lawyers met over dinner in a cavernous hotel in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., picking at seafood as they discussed how to take on President Trump: Eric T. Schneiderman, the attorney general of New York; Josh Shapiro …

Fox News:

Trump: Leaked transcripts of Mexico, Australia calls ‘disgraceful’ — PALM BEACH, Fla. - President Trump on Saturday denounced the leaks of transcripts of his telephone conversations with leaders of Australia and Mexico as “disgraceful” and said his administration was searching “very, very hard” for the leakers.

Discussion: Talking Points Memo, Mediaite, IJR, The Week, The Daily Caller and Political Wire

Mark Moore / New York Post:

Drug dealer whose sentence was commuted by Obama is back behind bars — More On: — A Texas man whose life sentence on drug charges was commuted by former President Obama is back behind bars after cops caught him with more than two pounds of cocaine following a high-speed chase, according to a report.

Discussion: Washington Free Beacon