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9:50 AM ET, February 11, 2017

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Abigail Hauslohner / Washington Post:
Federal agents conduct immigration enforcement raids in at least six states  —  U.S. immigration authorities made a series of arrests in at least half a dozen states across the country on Thursday and Friday, sweeping up an unknown number of undocumented immigrants, immigration lawyers and advocates said.
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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.
Brooke Seipel / The Hill:
Protests erupt in NYC over immigration enforcement raids  —  Hundreds gathered in New York City Friday night to protest raids by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) this week that resulted in the arrests of hundreds in several states.  —  According to a report by The Washington Post …
Discussion: RedState, LAist and The Week
Spokesman.com:   Federal agents conduct sweeping immigration enforcement raids in at least 6 states
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.
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.
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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Chris Cillizza / Washington Post:
Just how much trouble is Michael Flynn in?
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 …
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Eli Stokols / Politico:
Trump brings up vote fraud again, this time in meeting with senators  —  President Donald Trump can't stop—won't stop—talking about the election.  —  On Thursday, during a meeting with 10 senators that was billed as a listening session about Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch …
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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The Hill:
Trump not planning to appeal travel ban ruling to Supreme Court  —  The Trump administration is not planning to appeal a temporary hold on the president's travel ban to the Supreme Court, a White House official said Friday.  —  But the White House said it will forge ahead on the broader battle …
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NBC News:
White House Rewriting Trump's Controversial Travel Ban Order: Sources
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.
Peter W. Stevenson / Washington Post:
Donald Trump and the art of the super-awkward handshake  —  We know President Trump is concerned with appearances - especially when he's on television, or in front of news photographers or large crowds.  —  We also know that President Trump is concerned with hands - how large they are, how strong they are - just look at them!
Discussion: WREG-TV, FOX6Now.com and twitchy.com
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Louis Nelson / Politico:
Trump has some awkward exchanges with the Japanese prime minister
Discussion: Towleroad and ABC News
Anita Kumar / McClatchy Washington Bureau:
Japanese prime minister's stay at Mar-a-Lago will be a gift from President Trump
Discussion: RedState
Michael McConnell / Hoover Institution:
A Flawed Restraining of a Flawed Order  —  Yesterday a unanimous panel of the Ninth Circuit issued an order and a brief opinion in State of Washington v. Trump, a challenge to the legality of President Trump's executive order imposing a temporary moratorium on travel visas from seven designated countries …
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Kelsey Snell / Washington Post:
Swarming crowds and hostile questions are the new normal at GOP town halls  —  MURFREESBORO, Tenn. — Republicans in deep red congressional districts spent the week navigating massive crowds and hostile questions at their town hall meetings — an early indication of how progressive opposition movements …
Discussion: Outside the Beltway and Grist
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McKay Coppins / The Atlantic:   A Utah Congressman Faces the ‘Resistance’ in His Home State
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 …
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.
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.”
Timothy Cama / The Hill:
GOP bill would gut EPA  —  A House Republican is sponsoring legislation to do away with large portions of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), including environmental justice and greenhouse gas programs.  —  Rep. Sam Johnson  —  (R-Texas) introduced the Wasteful EPA Programs Elimination Act …
Ralph Ellis / CNN:
Protesters block Betsy DeVos from entering public school in Washington  — “I will not be deterred in executing the vital mission of the Department of Education,” DeVos says  —  (CNN)Protesters briefly blocked Education Secretary Betsy DeVos as she tried to enter a public school on Friday morning.
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Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
This video of Betsy DeVos being blocked by protesters shows what a powder keg our politics are
 
 
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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
Andrew O'Reilly / Fox News:
Venezuelans killing flamingos and anteaters to stave off hunger amid mounting food crisis
Discussion: Hot Air
Chris Johnson / Washington Blade:
DOJ nixes request to halt order against trans student protections
Carol E. Lee / Wall Street Journal:
White House Probing Leaks After Details of Call Between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin Released
Discussion: Washington Post
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 and Mashable
Mickey White / RedState:
Breaking: Mob Gathering Outside Mitch McConnell's Home in Kentucky
Discussion: The Geller Report and TheBlaze
 Earlier Items: 
Larry Schweikart / Breitbart:
Democrats Are in Worse Shape than Even They Think
Chicago Sun Times:
Four accused in Facebook Live torture case plead not guilty
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit, WGN-TV and The Root
Rosie Gray / The Atlantic:
Conflict Over Trump Forces Out an Opinion Editor at The Wall Street Journal
Discussion: Politico