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1:50 PM ET, February 12, 2017

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Mallory Shelbourne / The Hill:
Gillibrand: I'm not running for president in 2020  —  (D-N.Y.) is denying rumors that she will run for president in 2020.  —  “No, I am running for Senate.  I'm running for Senate in 2018,” she said during an interview Sunday with radio host John Catsimatidis on AM 970 in New York.
Discussion: RedState and Politicker
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Nicki Rossoll / ABC News:
White House Senior Adviser: ‘The Judiciary is Not Supreme’
Discussion: Raw Story
David Edwards / Raw Story:
‘Talking bag of pus’: Twitter rips Stephen Miller for ‘clearly reading from script’ on Sunday shows
Discussion: ABC News and ThinkProgress
New York Times:
Stephen Miller Is a ‘True Believer’ Behind Core Trump Policies
Discussion: Hullabaloo
Daniel Strauss / Politico:   Stephen Miller: Administration looking at new ways to do travel ban
Aaron Short / New York Post:
Trump's White House eyes potential foes in 2020 election  —  The White House is already tracking which Democrats could challenge President Trump in 2020 and Gov. Cuomo and Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand aren't on the list, sources told The Post.  —  Trump's chief strategist, Steve Bannon …
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Dwain Price / Fort Worth Star-Telegram:
Mark Cuban warns CEOs to be careful with talk about President Trump  —  DALLAS  —  Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban believes with the climate laid down by President Donald Trump's administration, CEO's across America are in a very difficult spot.  —  Earlier this week during an interview with CNBC …
Rebecca Savransky / The Hill:
Trump hits Cuban: 'He's not smart enough to run for president'  —  President Trump on Sunday blasted Mark Cuban, saying the billionaire is not smart enough to run for the White House.  —  “I know Mark Cuban well,” the president tweeted.  —  “He backed me big-time but I wasn't interested …
John R. Schindler / The New York Observer:
The Spy Revolt Against Trump Begins  —  Intelligence Community pushes back against a White House it considers leaky, untruthful and penetrated by the Kremlin  —  In a recent column, I explained how the still-forming Trump administration is already doing serious harm to America's longstanding global intelligence partnerships.
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Pam Key / Breitbart:
Franken Calls for ‘Independent Investigation’ Into Trump's ‘Putin Crush’  —  Sunday on CNN's “State of the Union,” in reacting to reports about President Donald Trump's national security adviser Michael Flynn's phone conversations with a Russian ambassador, Sen. Al Franken (D-MN) said …
Eric Bradner / CNN:
Christie: Flynn needs to clear up Russia conversation details with Trump, Pence
Discussion: Political Wire
Tara Palmeri / Politico:
Kellyanne Conway's dangerous game  —  Kellyanne Conway once again put herself at the center of controversy this week when she went on national television and declared she was doing a “free commercial” for Ivanka Trump's clothing line, ethics laws be damned.  Media snarked, ethics watchdogs barked …
Discussion: Raw Story and Associated Press
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Reuters:
Defections by Sears, Kmart cap week of controversy for Trump brands
Discussion: Political Wire and The Week
Sopan Deb / New York Times:
Meryl Streep Pledges to Stand Up to ‘Brownshirts’ in Tirade Against Trump  —  Meryl Streep, in a fiery speech criticizing President Trump on Saturday night, pledged to stand up against “brownshirts and bots” at a time when she and others are increasingly denouncing his administration's policies and the president himself.
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John Wagner / Washington Post:
A hastily called news conference caps a surreal day for Trump in South Florida  —  WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — It was, in many respects, a surreal day in South Florida.  It started with President Trump high-fiving Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on a Trump-branded golf course at a morning event that the media was kept from witnessing.
Discussion: New York Magazine
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Chadwick Moore / New York Post:
I'm a gay New Yorker — and I'm coming out as a conservative  —  Chadwick Moore in his East Williamsburg home … When Out magazine assigned me an interview with the Breitbart.com rabble-rouser Milo Yiannopoulos, I knew it would be controversial.  In the gay and liberal communities in particular …
Matt Latimer / Politico:
Hillary Clinton Is Running Again  —  Hillary Clinton will run for president.  Again.  —  No inside information informs this prediction.  No argument is advanced as to whether her run is a good or a bad idea—there are many ways to make a case either way.
Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Palace intrigue: Trump friend goes off on Priebus  —  President Trump's friend Chris Ruddy appeared Sunday on CNN's Reliable Sources.  Unprompted, Ruddy, the CEO of Newsmax Media, attacked the President's chief of staff, Reince Priebus, as weak and incompetent.  —  Here's what Ruddy said:
Paul Bedard / Washington Examiner:
Report: 72 convicted of terrorism from ‘Trump 7’ mostly Muslim countries  —  Since 9/11, 72 individuals from the seven mostly Muslim countries covered by President Trump's “extreme vetting” executive order have been convicted of terrorism, bolstering the administration's immigration ban.
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Fox News:
Venezuelans lead in US asylum requests as crisis deepens  —  New data shows Venezuelans are leading asylum requests to the United States for the first time, as the middle class in the country are fleeing the crashing, oil-dependent economy.  —  The U.S. government's Citizenship …
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Joshua Goodman / Associated Press:
VENEZUELA NOW LEADS US ASYLUM REQUESTS AS CRISIS DEEPENS
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
Ed Rogers / Washington Post:
Elizabeth Warren is a grandstanding phony  —  Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) was right to invoke Rule 19 against Sen Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) for her personal harangue against her “friend and colleague” Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.).  Dignity is flowing out of Washington …
Washington Post:
A gift and a challenge for Democrats: A restive, active and aggressive base  —  A super PAC formed to reelect Barack Obama in 2012 is driving activists to congressional town halls.  Veterans of Bill Clinton's administration are joining marches and plotting bigger ones for the spring.
Discussion: The Daily Caller and Hot Air
 
 
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Cade Metz / Wired:
The AI Threat Isn't Skynet. It's the End of the Middle Class
Discussion: Outside the Beltway
Cynthia Littleton / Page Six:
Grammys producer wants stars to be political during speeches
Discussion: RedState, TheBlaze and NBC News
Fox News Insider:
Several GOP States Move to Block Their Own Funding to Sanctuary Cities
Discussion: RedState and BizPac Review
Marianne LeVine / Politico:
Swift repeal of Obama rules leaves former staffers steaming
Discussion: Breitbart and RedState
Tyler Durden / Zero Hedge:
Newspaper Apologizes For Using Alec Baldwin Photo In Trump Cover Story
Discussion: Gizmodo, NBC News and Political Wire
Ross Douthat / New York Times:
Can This Presidency Be Saved?  —  THE peak of Donald Trump's presidency …
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Nikita Vladimirov / The Hill:
GOP senator: Physical border wall ‘would rate very low’ among Texans
Discussion: Political Wire
Matthew Rozsa / Salon:
“There's anti-Semitism in the White House”: What made the Anne Frank Center get political on Twitter
Discussion: alan.com
Associated Press:
FREEDOM GRANTED TO MAN WHO BEHEADED BUS PASSENGER IN CANADA
Steven Shepard / Politico:
Trump impeached? You can bet on it
Rod Dreher / The American Conservative:
Georgetown Prof Defends Islamic Slavery
Discussion: Power Line
 

 
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Colby Hall / Mediaite:
Neil Cavuto is leaving Fox News after 28 years at the network; source: Fox offered him a new deal that he declined to accept and ultimately decided to leave

 
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