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8:20 PM ET, February 13, 2017

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Yashar Ali / New York Magazine:
Here's a Video of Trump Crashing a Wedding Right After Giving His North Korea Statement  —  On Saturday, as President Donald Trump was hosting Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe at Trump's private Mar-a-Lago club in Palm Beach, news broke that North Korea had launched a ballistic missile into the Sea of Japan.
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David A. Fahrenthold / Washington Post:
Trump turns Mar-a-Lago Club terrace into open-air situation room  —  Richard DeAgazio was already seated for dinner, on the Mar-a-Lago Club's terrace, when President Trump entered with the prime minister of Japan on Saturday night.  The crowd — mostly paying members of Trump's private oceanfront club …
Mallory Shelbourne / The Hill:
Mar-a-Lago guest takes picture with nuclear ‘football’ briefcase  —  A visitor to President Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida posted a Facebook photo with a person he says is responsible for carrying the black bag that contains the nuclear launch codes for the president of the United States.
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Trump ran a campaign based on intelligence security.  That's not how he's governing.  —  Close observers of the 2016 election will remember that, on occasion, President Trump liked to draw attention to his opponent's security practices as a way of criticism.  There was, you may recall, something about an email server.
Jennifer Calfas / The Hill:
Trump returning to Mar-a-Lago for third straight weekend
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Ignorance Is Strength  —  When I travel to Asia, I'm fairly often met …
Discussion: Washington Monthly
USA Today:
Flynn apologizes after admitting he may have discussed sanctions with Russia  —  WASHINGTON — National Security Adviser Michael Flynn has apologized amid reports that Flynn discussed U.S. sanctions against Russia with the Russian ambassador in the days before President Trump's inauguration, a White House official said.
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Katie Bo Williams / The Hill:
Flynn seen as standing on thin ice  —  Michael Flynn's position as President Trump's national security adviser appeared to be in peril on Monday as Democrats stepped up their attacks and the White House remained stonily silent.  —  President Trump was not asked about Flynn at a joint press conference …
Mike Allen / Axios:
Priebus, Flynn, others on thin ice
Washington Times:   Mainstream media whines as Trump calls on less established news outlets
John King / CNN:
Labor secretary nominee Andrew Puzder in jeopardy  —  Washington (CNN)Four Republican senators have told GOP leadership they are withholding support for President Donald Trump's choice for labor secretary, setting off an intense effort by Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and business groups …
Discussion: Political Wire and The Week
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Ed O'Keefe / Washington Post:
At least four GOP senators are on the fence about Labor Dept. nominee Andrew Puzder  —  At least four Republican senators are still on the fence about whether to support Andrew Puzder, President Trump's choice for labor secretary, putting more pressure on the restaurant executive and political novice …
Discussion: Axios
Marianne LeVine / Politico:
Oprah gives tape with Puzder abuse allegations to Senate
Discussion: The Hill and Mediaite
Kelsey Sutton / Politico:
N.Y. Times reprimands reporter for sharing ‘unfounded rumor’ about Melania Trump  —  Editors at the New York Times have reprimanded a reporter for referring to first lady Melania Trump as a “hooker” at an event Sunday night, calling the remarks “completely inappropriate.”
Jordan Smith / The Intercept:
Oklahoma Lawmakers Want Men to Approve All Abortions  —  Something unexpected happened in the Oklahoma Legislature on February 8 that had Karo Chowning feeling pretty optimistic.  That morning, lawmakers in the House Public Health Committee blocked one anti-abortion bill and a second was tabled without discussion.
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Emily Crockett / Vox:
Oklahoma lawmaker: pregnant women's bodies aren't their own, because they are “hosts”
Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money
Rebecca Savransky / The Hill:
Scarborough gives brutal review of Trump aide's Sunday show performance … MSNBC's Joe Scarborough is giving a brutal review of White House policy adviser Stephen Miller's performance on the Sunday morning talk show circuit.  —  “Oh my god.  It was so much worse than I ever thought,” Scarborough said on “Morning Joe.”
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Media Matters for America:
A Dangerous Troll Is Now Reporting From The White House  —  The internet's most hapless political blogger now has his own White House correspondent — a regular contributor with little reporting experience but ample ties to “alt-right” harassment — sitting in the White House press briefing room.
Sydney Ember / New York Times:
Top Wall Street Journal Editor Defends Trump Coverage  —  Gerard Baker, the editor in chief of The Wall Street Journal, vigorously defended his newspaper's coverage of President Trump on Monday, rejecting suggestions that The Journal had not been aggressive enough.
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Scott Wong / The Hill:
Right set to fight back on town hall protests  —  For the past three weeks, Democratic protesters have swarmed Republican town hall events across the country, booing, shouting down and trying to embarrass GOP lawmakers seeking to gut ObamaCare.  —  In the coming weeks, grassroots conservatives will be fighting back.
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MJ Lee / CNN:
Republican lawmakers grow wary of ‘town hall’ events
Discussion: Post On Politics
Geneva Sands / ABC News:
Homeland Security chief Kelly responds after immigration raids spark outrage  —  The U.S. immigration agency arrested more than 640 people from California to Georgia to New York last week, Department of Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly said in a statement Monday.
Discussion: Politico
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New York Times:
Immigration Agents Arrest 600 People Across U.S. in One Week
Hollywood Reporter:
Designer of Pro-Trump Grammys Dress Is an Immigrant  —  Designer Andre Soriano, who immigrated to the U.S. from the Philippines, is a big fan of the new president.  —  The designer behind Joy Villa's pro-Trump, “Make America Great Again” Grammys gown, Filipino immigrant Andre Soriano …
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Fox News:
Joy Villa's music sales skyrocket after singer dons pro-Trump dress to Grammys
Paul Rogers / Mercury News:
Oroville Dam: Feds and state officials ignored warnings 12 years ago  —  More than a decade ago, federal and state officials and some of California's largest water agencies rejected concerns that the massive earthen spillway at Oroville Dam — at risk of collapse Sunday night and prompting …
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Anna M. Phillips / Los Angeles Times:
Evacuations ordered below Oroville Dam; failure of emergency spillway ‘expected’
Keith J. Kelly / New York Post:
Playboy is featuring naked women again  —  No-nudes were apparently not good news at Playboy magazine.  —  The 63-year-old legendary men's magazine is bringing back nude models in its upcoming issue — one year after banning naked photos in an effort to boost circulation and attract more mainstream advertisers.
US News:
CARTOON GALLERY … It was a brilliant play.  No one had dared be so brazen.  Hillary was crooked and stamina-less.  Jeb was low energy.  Little Marco was little and Lying Ted lied.  But we are about to see the cost of such daring.  If Trump's main selling point was his strength …
Sabrina Eaton / Plain Dealer:
President Donald Trump cancels planned visit to Northeast Ohio  —  President Donald Trump waves as he walks on the South Lawn upon arrival at the White House in Washington, Sunday, Feb. 12, 2017, from a trip to Florida.  (Manuel Balce Ceneta, Associated Press)
Pat Rynard / Iowa Starting Line:
Police Officers: “We Didn't Vote Republican To Get Stabbed In The Back”  —  In the highly contentious battle to extinguish public worker rights, Iowa Republicans have attempted a divide-and-conquer approach to pit unions against each other.  Their legislation splits public workers into two groups …
Discussion: Mother Jones
Seth Fiegerman / CNNMoney:
Senate Democrats want answers about Trump's phone  —  Obama's @POTUS manager: Account insecure under Trump  —  President Trump's smartphone and tweets are now the subject of a Senate inquiry.  —  Senators Tom Carper and Claire McCaskill, both Democrats, sent a letter to the Secretary …
St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Police: KKK leader shot and killed while asleep by stepson  —  James Russell, 58, points to blood spots on the sidewalk that he says police investigated in front of Frank Ancona's house on Monday, Feb. 13, 2017, in Leadwood, Mo. Russell, who lives next door, said he has been friends with Ancona for five years.
Discussion: Raw Story, AOL, Mediaite and Washington Post
Media Matters for America:
Trump Ally Alex Jones Explains How Television Is Being Used To Implant Demons Inside People  —  ALEX JONES (HOST): I have to assess the reality that we've had it so good, so long, it's the paradox that you become monsters.  Prosperity makes monsters, adversity makes men.
T. Becket Adams / Washington Examiner:
More mainstream media mess-ups: The Muslim Olympian 'detained because of President Trump's travel ban' was detained under Obama  —  Reporters are at it again - and again, and again and again.  —  The latest spun-up, anti-President Trump story involves Ibtihaj Muhammad …
Jordain Carney / The Hill:
Senate confirms Mnuchin as Treasury secretary  —  The Senate is poised to clear Steve Mnuchin to be President Trump's Treasury secretary, largely along party lines.  —  As of 7:27 p.m., Mnuchin had 52 votes.  The vote remains open, but the longtime Goldman's executive has more than the simple majority needed for confirmation.
Discussion: Politico
 
 
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Rob Tracinski / RealClearFuture:
The Supersonic Age  —  An Interview with Blake Scholl of Boom Technology
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Media Matters for America:
Alex Jones Suggests Jennifer Lopez Go To Somalia Where She'll “Be Gang Raped So Fast It'll Make Your Head Spin”
Discussion: Raw Story
Chris Geidner / BuzzFeed:
Justice Department Appears To Rule Out Seeking Immediate Supreme Court Review In Travel Ban Case
Discussion: RedState and The Daily Beast
TMZ.com:
Magic Johnson: — I'm Not Staying at Trump Hotels Anymore
Discussion: Breitbart and Raw Story
Emily Heil / Washington Post:
The White House still isn't open for tours — and Congress is getting annoyed
Discussion: DCist and Mediaite
Andrew Tavani / New York Times:
Journalist facing ‘riot’ and ‘trespassing’ charges for covering Dakota Access Pipeline protests
Discussion: FOX40
 Earlier Items: 
Jason Blakely / The Atlantic:
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Kathryn Jean Lopez / National Review:
White House Strategists Are People, Too
Ari Berman / The Nation:
THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION'S LIES ABOUT VOTER FRAUD WILL LEAD TO MASSIVE VOTER SUPPRESSION
Dana Nuccitelli / The Guardian:
Debunked David Rose doubles down, goes full Trump
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