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10:10 AM ET, February 6, 2017

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New York Times:
After 2 Weeks, Trump's Bungles Have Aides Rethinking Strategy  —  WASHINGTON — President Trump loves to set the day's narrative at dawn, but the deeper story of his White House is best told at night.  —  Aides confer in the dark because they cannot figure out how to operate the light switches in the cabinet room.
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Michael G. Mullen / New York Times:
I Was on the National Security Council.  Bannon Doesn't Belong There.  —  In his first weeks in office, President Trump has outlined plans to reorganize the White House's National Security Council.  This is in keeping with tradition: New presidents regularly reconfigure the council to fit …
Discussion: Politico, Mediaite and Raw Story
New York Times:
Donald Trump Says ‘Negative Polls Are Fake News’  —  Opposition to President Trump's travel restrictions on certain countries was mounting on Monday, but Mr. Trump remained defiant and unbowed.  —  Mr. Trump turned to Twitter early Monday and began challenging polls that showed his travel order was not popular.
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: emptywheel
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Mallory Shelbourne / The Hill:
Torture Memos author John Yoo says Trump has gone too far  —  John Yoo, a former Justice Department attorney known for writing legal memorandums on enhanced interrogation tactics known as the Torture Memos, says President Donald Trump  —  has gone too far in his use of executive power.
Discussion: RedState
Susan B. Glasser / Politico:
Does Trump Actually Want to Succeed?  —  HOUSTON—Democrats and Republicans agree on one thing: James A. Baker III was the gold standard when it came to running a White House.  And so far he's not overly impressed when it comes to the troubled kickoff of the Trump administration.
Byron York / Washington Examiner:
Justice Department demolishes case against Trump order  —  James Robart, the U.S. district judge in Washington State, offered little explanation for his decision to stop President Trump's executive order temporarily suspending non-American entry from seven terror-plagued countries.
Discussion: The Last Refuge
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Mark Joseph Stern / Slate:
Why Judge Robart Blocked the Muslim Ban
Matt Zapotosky / Washington Post:
Former top diplomats, tech giants blast immigration order as court showdown looms
Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Trump 101: he is definitely not a health nut  —  Aides who travelled with Donald Trump during the campaign marveled at the lax health habits of a 70 year-old obsessed with appearance.  Here was a man fixated on his personal brand and look like nobody they'd ever seen.
Heather Caygle / Politico:
Abdul-Jabbar, Chelsea Handler bring star power to Democratic retreat  —  NBA Hall of Famer Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and comedian Chelsea Handler will headline House Democrats' retreat this week as lawmakers head to Baltimore to regroup after months of intra-party turmoil.
Discussion: Axios
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Michael Sainato / The New York Observer:
Chelsea Clinton Is the Last Thing the Democratic Party Needs
Discussion: Instapundit
Edward-Isaac Dovere / Politico:
The Democrats face up to their Trump problem
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: SCOTUSblog
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Sanders: Gorsuch needs 60 votes to pass the Senate  —  (I-Vt.) on Sunday said that President Trump's nominee for the Supreme Court, Neil Gorsuch, should not win confirmation unless he can muster 60 votes.  —  “This is a major, major nomination.  It should require 60 votes and a very serious debate …
Discussion: alan.com and The Daily Caller
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Sen. Mitch McConnell / Politico:
Give Neil Gorsuch an Up-Or-Down Vote
Discussion: Axios
Mallory Shelbourne / The Hill:   Schumer slams Trump for attacking federal judge
Gabriel Debenedetti / Politico:
Trump sets Democratic field ablaze with anger  —  The Democratic base is so roiled and enraged after only two weeks of Donald Trump's presidency that a take-no-prisoners posture toward the White House is emerging as the price of entry for the 2020 primary.  —  An election that could have focused …
Discussion: Political Wire
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Burgess Everett / Politico:   ‘The Senate is coming apart’
Bloomberg:
Apple to Zynga File Legal Brief Against Trump Immigration Order  —  Ninety-seven companies, from Apple Inc. to Zynga Inc., filed an impassioned legal brief condemning President Donald Trump's executive order on immigration, stepping up the industry's growing opposition to the policy.
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Elizabeth Dwoskin / Washington Post:
Uber, Twitter, Netflix and other tech giants to call travel ban ‘unlawful’ in rare coordinated legal action
Discussion: Politico
Kate Zernike / New York Times:
Trump Protesters Borrow From Tea Party to Put Pressure on Lawmakers  —  Opponents on the left are making plans to show up in force when members of Congress hold town forums during this month's recess.  —  MORRISTOWN, N.J. — For weeks, a swelling group has been showing up every Friday …
Discussion: Indivisible Guide
Andrew Marantz / New Yorker:
Becoming Steve Bannon's Bannon  —  How Julia Hahn got from the University of Chicago to Breitbart to the White House.  —  There's an old saw about Washington, D.C., that staffers in their twenties know more about the minutiae of government than their bosses do.  Whether they wield real power is a different question.
Joel Kotkin / Orange County Register:
Trump and the end of the world order  —  In comparison with Barack Obama, who was well regarded in the foreign media, Donald Trump does not come off as a good guy.  He is also clearly redefining the country's identity and global focus.  The first American president since the 1920s to walk away …
Discussion: Instapundit
 
 
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McKay Coppins / The Atlantic:
Bracing for Trump's Revenge
Maria Tsvetkova / Reuters:
Kremlin says it disagrees with Trump's assessment of Iran
Discussion: Politico
Michael V. Hayden / Washington Post:
Former CIA chief: Trump's travel ban hurts American spies — and America
Discussion: The Atlantic
Craig Timberg / Washington Post:
As a conservative Twitter user sleeps, his account is hard at work
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Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
Cancel dinner plans. Send ‘nerd prom’ to the history books.
Chris Tomlinson / Breitbart:
Facebook ‘Fake News’ Censor Correctiv Funded By Soros, Staffed By Left-Wing Establishment
Joe Concha / The Hill:
Columnist to CNN's Stelter: You're becoming ‘quite a ridiculous figure’
Discussion: alan.com and Raw Story
Associated Press:
For Trump Foes, Democratic Gains May Remain Elusive in 2018
Discussion: PoliPundit.com
 

 
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