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Wall Street Journal:
Gary Cohn Has Emerged as an Economic-Policy Powerhouse in Trump Administration — Gary Cohn, a former Goldman Sachs executive and commodities trader, is emerging as President Donald Trump's most powerful economic policy maker during the early days of the administration, capitalizing on a vacuum created while other top posts sit vacant.
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Kate Kelly / New York Times:
Trump's Economic Cabinet Is Mostly Bare. This Man Fills the Void.
Trump's Economic Cabinet Is Mostly Bare. This Man Fills the Void.
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David Ignatius / Washington Post:
When it comes to his contacts with Russia, Michael Flynn has bigger problems than the Logan Act — Michael Flynn's real problem isn't the Logan Act, an obscure and probably unenforceable 1799 statute that bars private meddling in foreign policy disputes. It's whether President Trump's …
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Mallory Shelbourne / The Hill:
Top Flynn aide rejected for key security clearance: report — A top aide to national security adviser Michael Flynn was denied security clearance to serve on the National Security Council (NSC), Politico reported late Friday. — Robin Townley, the senior Africa director on the NSC …
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Helaine Olen / Slate:
Meet the Teacher Whose Powerful, Christian Defense of Obamacare Made a GOP Town Hall Go Viral — Jessi Bohon was more than a bit tired when I called her Friday. The 35-year-old high-school French teacher who lives in Cookeville, Tennessee, didn't expect her first real moment of political activism to go national.
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.
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Kristin Salaky / Talking Points Memo:
Chaffetz Said He Believes Town Hall Protestors Were Paid, Not From Utah
Chaffetz Said He Believes Town Hall Protestors Were Paid, Not From Utah
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Joe.My.God.
Kelsey Snell / Washington Post:
Swarming crowds and hostile questions are the new normal at GOP town halls
Swarming crowds and hostile questions are the new normal at GOP town halls
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Liberal Values, Infowars, the daily howler and Outside the Beltway
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 …
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Nikita Vladimirov / The Hill:
Sales of Ivanka Trump's brand dropped sharply at Nordstrom: report
Sales of Ivanka Trump's brand dropped sharply at Nordstrom: report
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RedState, The Nation, New York Times and theGrio
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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Brooke Seipel / The Hill:
Protests erupt in NYC over immigration enforcement raids
Protests erupt in NYC over immigration enforcement raids
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Tal Kopan / CNN:
Democrats, advocates question ICE enforcement raids after hundreds of arrests
Democrats, advocates question ICE enforcement raids after hundreds of arrests
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Politicus USA, The Slot, Liberty Unyielding, Hot Air and The Hill
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 …
Andy Campbell / The Huffington Post:
Justice Department Begins Rollback Of Transgender Students' Bathroom Rights — Fears among the LGBTQ community are already being realized. — The Trump administration appears to be moving backward on transgender rights and defying the Obama administration that was looking to expand them.
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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 …
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New York Times:
‘A Sense of Dread’ for Civil Servants Shaken by Trump Transition — WASHINGTON — Across the vast federal bureaucracy, Donald J. Trump's arrival in the White House has spread anxiety, frustration, fear and resistance among many of the two million nonpolitical civil servants who say they work for the public, not a particular president.
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Herb Jackson / USA Today:
Congressman: Rarely used law could make Trump tax returns public — A New Jersey congressman says a rarely invoked 1924 law could be used to examine President Donald Trump's tax returns for possible conflicts of interest and Constitutional violations. — Rep. Bill Pascrell …
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Occupy Democrats and Daily Kos
Jeffrey Toobin / New Yorker:
The Vulnerabilities in the Ninth Circuit's Executive-Order Decision — The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals delivered an extraordinary rebuke to President Trump yesterday. The politically diverse panel (two Democratic appointees, one Republican) rejected just about every argument put forth …
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Scott Johnson / Power Line:
Somebody get me out of here — The federal courts …
Somebody get me out of here — The federal courts …
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Sense of Events, BuzzFeed, Althouse and Washington Post
Matt Novak / Gizmodo:
These Pathetic Tweets Are Just How Our Government Works Now — Do you ever feel like President Trump isn't listening to you? Well, even sitting Republican Senators now feel the same way. But they've found a solution. Senator Chuck Grassley from Iowa now just starts his tweets with …
Elliot Smilowitz / The Hill:
Trump: Border wall price ‘will come WAY DOWN’ when I negotiate — President Trump on Saturday responded to reports that the cost of his proposed border wall is much higher than expected, insisting that it will be much cheaper after he gets involved in negotiations.
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Diane Bartz / Reuters:
Trump says he will bring down the price of wall on Mexico's border
Trump says he will bring down the price of wall on Mexico's border
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Morgan Winsor / ABC News:
Hopeful of Victory, Anti-Abortion Rights Protests Target Planned Parenthood, Are Met By Counterprotests — From Pennsylvania to Tennessee to California, hundreds of protests of varying size against Planned Parenthood and counterprotests in support of the nonprofit health organization took place across the country Saturday.
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Kathleen Parker / Washington Post:
Trump's two-year presidency — Good news: In two years, we'll have a new president. Bad news: If we make it that long. — My “good” prediction is based on the Law of the Pendulum. Enough Americans, including most independent voters, will be so ready to shed Donald Trump and his little shop …
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Occupy Democrats
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 …
New York Times:
State G.O.P. Leaders Move Swiftly as Party Bickers in Congress — When Republicans in Kentucky seized total control of the state government last year, Damon Thayer, the majority leader in the State Senate, began asking around for advice from counterparts in other capitals where the party already dominated …