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3:05 AM ET, February 7, 2017

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Tara Palmeri / Politico:
White House rattled by McCarthy's spoof of Spicer  —  As the press secretary for a president who's obsessed with how things play on cable TV, Sean Spicer's real audience during his daily televised press briefings has always been an audience of one.  —  And the devastating “Saturday Night Live” …
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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.
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White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer Reacts to Melissa McCarthy's ‘SNL’ Skit
Matthew Nussbaum / Politico:
Trump's White House tries to rehab its Hill outreach  —  Kellyanne Conway, one of President Donald Trump's most prominent aides, trekked to Capitol Hill Monday morning on a diplomatic mission — to reassure the 100 or so Senate GOP communications staffers that Trump has no intention …
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Kristen Mascia / Cosmopolitan:
That MSNBC Interview Was Not the First Time Kellyanne Conway Referred to the “Bowling Green Massacre”
Julia Marsh / New York Post:
Melania sues Mail Online a third time for claiming she was an escort  —  More On:  —  Melania Trump has filed her third defamation lawsuit against the Mail Online over an August 2016 article that accused her of having once been a prostitute, arguing for the first time that the story ruined her …
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Tom Hamburger / Washington Post:
Melania Trump missed out on ‘once-in-a-lifetime opportunity’ to make millions, lawsuit says  —  A lawyer for first lady Melania Trump argued in a lawsuit filed Monday that an article falsely alleging she once worked for an escort service hurt her chance to establish “multimillion dollar …
Discussion: The Week, The Hill and Boing Boing
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Trump's suggestion that the media is ignoring terrorist attacks traces to a familiar source: InfoWars  —  President Trump made a whopper of a claim on Monday, suggesting that the media is deliberately ignoring terrorist attacks.  —  “It's gotten to a point where it's not even being reported …
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Philip Rucker / Washington Post:
‘If something happens’: Trump points his finger in case of a terrorist attack
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”.
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Jessica Elgot / The Guardian:
Donald Trump should not be allowed to speak in UK parliament, says Speaker
Discussion: The Hill and Common Dreams
Karla Adam / Washington Post:
After this extraordinary intervention, Trump probably won't be addressing British lawmakers during his state visit
Discussion: France 24 and Shakesville
NBC News:
Yemen Raid Had Secret Target: Al Qaeda Leader Qassim Al-Rimi  —  Exclusive: Top al-Qaeda Leader was Target of U.S. Raid in Yemen, Sources Say 2:40  —  The Navy SEAL raid in Yemen last week had a secret objective — the head of al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, who survived …
Deena Zaru / CNN:
Kanye West deletes all tweets defending Trump meeting  —  Washington (CNN)Kanye West deleted all of his tweets defending his meeting with President Donald Trump sometime between Sunday night and Monday morning.  —  West, who met with Trump at Trump Tower in December, explained his meeting …
Discussion: Balloon Juice
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TMZ.com:
Kanye West — Deletes All Trump Tweets I'm Not with Him Anymore  —  Kanye West has scrubbed his Twitter account of all things Trump, and it's because he's super unhappy with the president's performance over his first 2 weeks in office.  —  Kanye had tweeted about Trump in a positive light after the election.
Eli Lake / Bloomberg:
On Russia, Trump Is a Code Pink Republican  —  After watching his interview on Fox News this weekend, it's worth asking whether President Donald Trump is now the leader of the Code Pink Republicans.  —  This is the term coined by the conservative author and radio host Mark Levin to describe …
Discussion: Hot Air
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Julie Hirschfeld Davis / New York Times:
Trump Seems to Side With Russia in Comments on Ukraine
Carrie Levine / Center for Public Integrity:
Secret money fueling pro-Betsy DeVos ad campaigns  —  Conservative groups making final push to save Trump's education secretary pick  —  Only 100 U.S. senators — not the general public — will vote to approve President Donald Trump's cabinet nominees.  —  But that's not stopping several …
Discussion: NPR, MyNorthwest.com and ThinkProgress
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Amy B Wang / Washington Post:
She had something to say about Betsy DeVos. So she sent her senator a pizza — with a message.
Discussion: Mashable and Mediaite
Colin Moynihan / New York Times:
About 20 Rabbis Arrested During Protest Over Trump Travel Ban  —  About 20 rabbis affiliated with a liberal Jewish group were arrested on Monday night after blocking the street near the Trump International Hotel and Tower at Columbus Circle in Manhattan to protest an executive order …
Rachel Desantis / EW.com:
Lena Dunham: ‘Soul-crushing pain’ of Trump's election made me lose weight  —  Most people turn to diets and exercise to lose extra pounds, but Girls star Lena Dunham is sharing a new weight-loss trick you may not want to try at home.  —  Dunham stopped by Howard Stern's SiriusXM radio show Monday morning …
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 …
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Melanie Zanona / The Hill:
Appeals court arguments on Trump's travel ban set for Tuesday
Discussion: Axios and New York Times
Ryan Grim / The Huffington Post:
Labor Nominee Andrew Puzder Has Another Problem: Undocumented Help  —  He did the right thing.  And it could cost him.  —  Washington bureau chief for The Huffington Post  —  WASHINGTON President Donald Trump's nominee to run the Department of Labor, Andrew Puzder, employed …
Discussion: CNN and The Week
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.
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
On Trump, Keep it Simple (In 5 Points)  —  After a tumultuous and chaotic two weeks of the Trump presidency, we are now seeing a new raft of counter-intuitive articles ranging from ‘Does Trump Even Want to Succeed as President?’ to 'How Trump Has Everyone Just Where He Wants Them and Is Kicking Ass …
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
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
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.
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Matthew Boyle / Breitbart:
Records: Soros Fund Execs Funded Paul Ryan, Marco Rubio, Jeb Bush, John McCain, John Kasich, Lindsey Graham in 2016
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
Washington Post:
Trump wants to push back against Iran, but Iran is now more powerful than ever
Eric Owens / The Daily Caller:
Campus Conservative Group Rejected Because It Makes Liberal Students Feel ‘Unsafe’ [VIDEO]
Discussion: TheBlaze
Ellen Nakashima / Washington Post:
Prosecutors to seek indictment against former NSA contractor as early as this week
Discussion: twitchy.com
Media Matters for America:
Alex Jones: “I'm Ready To Die For Trump”
Discussion: CANNONFIRE
Ylan Mui / CNBC:
Trump pulls back on delay for investor protection rule, raising new questions about regulation
Discussion: Daily Kos
 Earlier Items: 
Alexander Burns / New York Times:
How Attorneys General Became Democrats' Bulwark Against Trump
Paul Demko / Politico:
Trump administration weighs Obamacare changes sought by insurers
Discussion: Axios
Heather Long / CNNMoney:
Trump gives America's ‘poorest white town’ hope
Discussion: Daily Kos
Mark Moore / New York Post:
Drug dealer whose sentence was commuted by Obama is back behind bars
Tom LoBianco / CNN:
First on CNN: Pro-Trump group hacked, website taken down in Cabinet fight
Discussion: Raw Story, alan.com and RedState
USA Today:
Survey: Sleeping together before a first date is a-OK, but cracked phones are a put off
Discussion: Instapundit and Mashable
JGoldsmith / Lawfare:
Does Trump Want to Lose the EO Battle in Court? Or is Donald McGahn Simply Ineffectual (or Worse)?
 

 
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Kif Leswing / CNBC:
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