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1:35 PM ET, February 11, 2017

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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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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
CNN:
US investigators corroborate some aspects of the Russia dossier
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
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’
Discussion: The Verge, Hit & Run and Grist
Kelsey Snell / Washington Post:
Swarming crowds and hostile questions are the new normal at GOP town halls
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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Greg Miller / Washington Post:
Flynn holds call with Pence amid calls for probes of contacts with Russian ambassador
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
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
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
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 Johnson / Washington Blade:
DOJ nixes request to halt order against trans student protections  —  On the day after Jeff Sessions was confirmed as U.S. attorney general, the U.S. Justice Department has withdrawn its request to halt partially an order against Obama administration guidance protecting transgender students …
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Chris Geidner / BuzzFeed:   The Justice Department Is Taking A Step Back From Efforts To Protect Transgender People Under Existing Law
Larry Celona / New York Post:
Woman falls to her death at World Trade Center's Oculus  —  A woman trying to grab a hat dropped by her twin sister fell to her death from an escalator at the World Trade Center's soaring Oculus transit hub on Saturday.  —  The 29-year-old Kearny, NJ resident, identified by law enforcement sources …
Aimee Green / Oregonian:
Guilty: Man who pulled gun out at 'Don't Shoot PDX' protest  —  A man who pulled out a gun at a Don't Shoot Portland march and pointed it at a crowd of protesters in downtown Portland was found guilty Friday of 21 felony and misdemeanor crimes.  —  Multnomah County Circuit Judge Thomas Ryan …
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 …
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.
CNN:
Trump to Dems: ‘Pocahontas is now the face of your party’  —  McConnell disagrees with Trump's voter fraud claim  —  Washington (CNN)President Donald Trump taunted Democrats by telling them “Pocahontas is now the face of your party” — his insult of choice for Sen. Elizabeth Warren …
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.
Natasha Korecki / Politico:
States find new ways to troll Trump  —  A California lawmaker is demanding Melania Trump's immigration records.  New Hampshire lawmakers have introduced a resolution demanding a federal probe into Trump University and “illegal financial or business dealings in which President TRUMP may have been involved.”
 
 
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Lauren Rankin / Cosmopolitan:
Planned Parenthood Asked These Pro-Choice Counterprotesters to Go Away. Here's Why They Should.
Discussion: Vox and Slate
CBS Los Angeles:
160 Arrested Across Southern California In Immigration Crackdown
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
 Earlier Items: 
Media Matters for America:
Tucker Carlson: On College Campuses “Everybody Gets A Safe Space Except White Men.  They Are Hated And Despised”
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
Pew Research Center:
How Americans Encounter, Recall and Act Upon Digital News
Discussion: Axios
Washington Post:
Trump counselor Kellyanne Conway hires a chief of staff
Discussion: Political Wire and Politico
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
The Hill:
Trump not planning to appeal travel ban ruling to Supreme Court
 

 
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Charlotte Van Campenhout / Reuters:
The European Commission opens a probe into Liberty Media's proposed $3.62B acquisition of Dorna Sports, citing possible reduced competition for broadcast rights

Jennifer Maas / Variety:
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