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1:05 PM ET, February 11, 2017

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New York Times:
Reports of Raids Have Immigrants Bracing for Enforcement Surge  —  In Austin, Tex., undocumented women working in a laundromat cowered in the back of the room, petrified after seeing a video and a photograph of apprehensions outside a local grocery store and burger joint.
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Abigail Hauslohner / Washington Post:
Federal agents conduct immigration enforcement raids in at least six states
Spokesman.com:   Federal agents conduct sweeping immigration enforcement raids in at least 6 states
NBC News:
Russia Considers Returning Snowden to U.S. to ‘Curry Favor’ With Trump: Official  —  U.S. intelligence has collected information that Russia is considering turning over Edward Snowden as a “gift” to President Donald Trump — who has called the NSA leaker a “spy” and a “traitor” who deserves to be executed.
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CNN:
US investigators corroborate some aspects of the Russia dossier  —  Washington (CNN)For the first time, US investigators say they have corroborated some of the communications detailed in a 35-page dossier compiled by a former British intelligence agent, multiple current and former US law enforcement and intelligence officials tell CNN.
Karoli Kuns / Crooks and Liars:
U.S. Intelligence Officials Able To Corroborate Parts Of Russia-Trump Dossier  —  CNN is reporting that intelligence officials in the United States have been able to corroborate some of the reports in the dossier gathered by a former MI-6 intelligence agent.
Discussion: alan.com
Kristin Salaky / Talking Points Memo:
Chaffetz Said He Believes Town Hall Protestors Were Paid, Not From Utah  —  Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-UT) said that the thousands of protestors who swarmed his town hall on Thursday night were not actually from his state and were “paid” to protest, the Deseret News reported Friday.
Discussion: Joe.My.God.
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Lisa Riley Roche / Deseret News:
Chaffetz says town hall crowd tried ‘bullying and intimidation’  —  SALT LAKE CITY — Rep. Jason Chaffetz said the raucous reception he received at Thursday evening's town hall meeting was “bullying and an attempt at intimidation” from a crowd opposed to President Donald Trump's election.
Discussion: The Verge, Hit & Run and Grist
Kelsey Snell / Washington Post:
Swarming crowds and hostile questions are the new normal at GOP town halls
Discussion: Outside the Beltway
Josh Dawsey / Politico:
CIA freezes out top Flynn aide  —  A top deputy to National Security Adviser Michael Flynn was rejected for a critical security clearance, effectively ending his tenure on the National Security Council and escalating tensions between Flynn and the intelligence community.
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Diane Bartz / Reuters:
Trump says he will bring down the price of wall on Mexico's border  —  President Donald Trump pushed back early on Saturday on assertions that the wall he wants built on the U.S. border with Mexico would cost more than anticipated and said he would reduce the price.
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Elliot Smilowitz / The Hill:
Trump: Border wall price ‘will come WAY DOWN’ when I negotiate
Peter W. Stevenson / Washington Post:
Donald Trump and the art of the super-awkward handshake
Discussion: WREG-TV, FOX6Now.com and twitchy.com
Scott Johnson / Power Line:
Somebody get me out of here  —  The federal courts of appeals routinely operate in randomly assigned panels of three judges.  Appeals from their decisions may be taken to the United States Supreme Court and are heard mostly as a matter of the Supreme Court's discretion.
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The Hill:
Trump not planning to appeal travel ban ruling to Supreme Court
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Al Franken to Maher: GOP senators privately express ‘great concern’ about Trump's temperament  —  Sen. Al Franken (D-Minn.) said Friday night that his Republican Senate colleagues privately express “great concern” about President Trump's temperament, and he joked about the GOP eventually impeaching Trump.
Santiago Pérez / Wall Street Journal:
Mexicans Vow to Fight Trump by Jamming U.S. Courts  —  Group says it will urge compatriots targeted for extradition to fight in court; government allocates funds  —  MEXICO CITY—Influential Mexicans are pushing an aggressive and perhaps risky strategy to fight a likely increase in deportations …
Discussion: TheBlaze and Axios
Wall Street Journal:
Internal Nordstrom Data Show Sales Decline for Ivanka Trump Brand  —  Brand's 32% tumble occurred even as the chain's overall sales rose  —  Dueling social-media movements are urging people to boycott and buy brands based on their affiliation with President Donald Trump …
Discussion: Political Wire and Axios
Chris Geidner / BuzzFeed:
The Justice Department Is Taking A Step Back From Efforts To Protect Transgender People Under Existing Law  —  WASHINGTON — The Justice Department took a step back Friday from its prior position of advancing transgender people's rights under existing civil rights laws.
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Rosalind S. Helderman / Washington Post:
Stephen Miller: A key engineer for Trump's ‘America first’ agenda  —  As a young conservative in liberal Santa Monica, Calif., Stephen Miller clashed frequently with his high school, often calling in to a national radio show to lambaste administrators for promoting multiculturalism …
Elaina Plott / Washingtonian:
Exclusive: White House Has Interviewed Carl Higbie for Press Secretary  —  Carl Higbie has interviewed for the position of White House press secretary, according to two senior administration officials familiar with the matter.  “Well, I can say that I've offered my services,” Higbie confirms for Washingtonian when reached by phone.
Washington Post:
Trump counselor Kellyanne Conway hires a chief of staff  —  Kellyanne Conway, counselor to President Trump and one of the most visible figures in the administration, is expanding her operation inside the White House by hiring a veteran congressional staffer as her chief of staff.
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Brooke Seipel / The Hill:
Newspaper uses photo of Alec Baldwin on ‘SNL’ instead of Trump  —  Dominican newspaper El Nacional on Friday printed a photo of Alec Baldwin doing his impression of President Trump on “Saturday Night Live” in an article about Trump and Israel.  —  The photo was used side-by-side with a photo …
Discussion: RedState and The Week
 
 
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CBS Los Angeles:
160 Arrested Across Southern California In Immigration Crackdown
Discussion: twitchy.com
Elizabeth Llorente / Fox News:
'We're going to see more': Sanctuary cities cave in face of Trump's funding threats
Jack Montgomery / Breitbart:
Merkel Will Pay Migrants Millions To Leave Germany
Gareth Davies / Daily Mail:
Screaming in pain in front of a cheering crowd before collapsing in agony, a woman is lashed …
Discussion: Daily Wire and The Last Tradition
Gail Collins / New York Times:
Footing the Bill for Trumps
Media Matters for America:
Tucker Carlson: On College Campuses “Everybody Gets A Safe Space Except White Men.  They Are Hated And Despised”
Natasha Korecki / Politico:
States find new ways to troll Trump
 Earlier Items: 
Charles E. Schumer / New York Times:
Charles Schumer: Judge Gorsuch, We Won't Be Fooled Again
Timothy Cama / The Hill:
GOP bill would gut EPA
Aimee Green / Oregonian:
Guilty: Man who pulled gun out at 'Don't Shoot PDX' protest
CNN:
Trump to Dems: ‘Pocahontas is now the face of your party’
Pew Research Center:
How Americans Encounter, Recall and Act Upon Digital News
Discussion: Axios
Kif Leswing / Business Insider:
REVEALED: This is what secretive billion-dollar startup Magic Leap has been working on
Discussion: Engadget, The Verge, Gizmodo and Mashable
Mickey White / RedState:
Breaking: Mob Gathering Outside Mitch McConnell's Home in Kentucky
Discussion: The Geller Report and TheBlaze
Larry Schweikart / Breitbart:
Democrats Are in Worse Shape than Even They Think
 

 
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Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch:
Google releases Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking, an experimental “reasoning” model that “explicitly shows its thoughts” and can use them to strengthen its reasoning

New York Times:
In 150+ X posts, Elon Musk led the charge to kill a bipartisan spending deal, in part by sharing misinfo, which may lead to a government shutdown over Christmas

Reuters:
Sources: Apple is in early-stage talks with Tencent and ByteDance about integrating their AI models into iPhones sold in China; ChatGPT is unavailable in China
 
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