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3:50 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.
Discussion: Mediaite
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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.
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.
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 …
CNN:
At Mar-a-Lago, Trump tackles crisis diplomacy at close range  —  Trump, Abe respond to N. Korea missile test  —  (CNN)The iceberg wedge salads, dripping with blue cheese dressing, had just been served on the terrace of Mar-a-Lago Saturday when the call to President Donald Trump came in …
New York Times:
Turmoil at the National Security Council, From the Top Down
Paul Krugman / New York Times:   Ignorance Is Strength  —  When I travel to Asia, I'm fairly often met …
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’
Los Angeles Times:
Live updates: Mass evacuation below Oroville Dam as officials frantically try to make repairs before new storms
Discussion: naked capitalism and The Week
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.
Discussion: New York Magazine and Raw Story
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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
Madeline Conway / Politico:
Trump, Trudeau tout common ground in joint statement  —  With Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in Washington for his first visit with President Donald Trump, the two leaders released a joint statement on Monday, touting their alliance and pledging to work together on issues like the environment and security.
Discussion: ABC News
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Emily Heil / Washington Post:
The White House still isn't open for tours — and Congress is getting annoyed
Discussion: DCist and Mediaite
ABC News:
Canadian prime minister makes 1st visit to Trump's White House
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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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
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.
Discussion: Joe.My.God. and The Gateway Pundit
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.
Hillel Italie / Associated Press:
Jake Tapper writing debut novel, scheduled for 2018  —  NEW YORK (AP) — Jake Tapper is working on a book that you could call fake news: It's his debut novel.  —  The CNN anchor and chief Washington correspondent has a thriller scheduled to come out in the summer of 2018, Little, Brown and Company told The Associated Press on Monday.
Discussion: Mediaite, The Daily Caller and The Week
Arjun Kharpal / CNBC:
Elon Musk: Humans must merge with machines or become irrelevant in AI age  —  Billionaire Elon Musk is known for his futuristic ideas and his latest suggestion might just save us from being irrelevant as artificial intelligence (AI) grows more prominent.  —  The Tesla and SpaceX CEO …
Andrew Tavani / New York Times:
Journalist facing ‘riot’ and ‘trespassing’ charges for covering Dakota Access Pipeline protests  —  Freelance journalist Jenni Monet has been covering the controversial Dakota Access Pipeline and the ongoing protests opposing the $3.8 billion project since September of 2016.
Hadas Gold / Politico:
Gerry Baker to staff: Criticism of Wall Street Journal's Trump coverage is ‘fake news’  —  Wall Street Journal editor in chief Gerry Baker on Monday mounted a vigorous defense of his newspaper's Donald Trump coverage, pushing back aggressively on months of internal criticism that the venerable broadsheet …
Brent Johnson / New Jersey Online:
Christie gets called to D.C. for lunch Tuesday with Trump, sources reveal  —  TRENTON — Gov. Chris Christie is scheduled to have a lunch meeting with President Donald Trump in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday, two sources with knowledge of the situation told NJ Advance Media.
Reuters:
No rise yet in deportation of Mexicans from U.S.: foreign minister  —  Mexico's Foreign Minister Luis Videgaray said on Monday there has not been a rise yet in the number of deportations of Mexicans from the United States under President Donald Trump, but that consulates were receiving more worried phone calls.
New York Times:
Immigration Agents Arrest 600 People Across U.S. in One Week  —  Federal immigration officials arrested more than 600 people across at least 11 states last week, detaining 40 people in the New York City area, law enforcement officials said on Sunday.  —  It remained unclear whether the actions …
Mallory Lane / WEARECENTRALPA:
Sandusky's son arrested for child sexual assault  —  Bellefonte, Centre County, Pa - Pennsylvania State Police arrested Jeffrey Sandusky, 41 and charged him with sexually assaulting a child.  Sandusky is the adopted son of Jerry Sandusky, the former Penn State football coach who was convicted on multiple counts of child sex abuse.
Charles M. Blow / New York Times:
The Power of Disruption  —  The Trump resistance movement is stretching its wings, engaging its muscles and feeling its power.  It is large and strong and tough.  It has moved past debilitating grief and into righteous anger, assiduous organization and pressing activism.
Wall Street Journal:
Commerce Nominee Wilbur Ross Will Keep His Stake in Chinese-Government-Backed Company  —  Wilbur Ross Jr. plans to keep millions of dollars invested in offshore entities whose values could be affected by policies that he implements as commerce secretary.
Discussion: Political Wire
Brian Chappatta / Bloomberg:
America's Biggest Creditors Dump Treasuries in Warning to Trump  —  Japanese investors cull U.S. government debt by most since '13  —  Currency-hedged returns were worst on record last quarter  —  In the age of Trump, America's biggest foreign creditors are suddenly having second thoughts about financing the U.S. government.
Discussion: CANNONFIRE, Mother Jones and Axios
Dana Nuccitelli / The Guardian:
Debunked David Rose doubles down, goes full Trump  —  On February 5th, Rose ran a story alleging scandalous behavior by NOAA scientists in a 2015 paper.  The story was based on an interview with retired NOAA scientist John Bates, who was not involved in the study.
Discussion: Daily Mail and Daily Wire
Toronto Sun:
Black Lives Matter co-founder appears to label white people ‘defects’  —  TORONTO -  —  A co-founder of Black Lives Matter Toronto argued that white people are “recessive genetic defects” and purportedly mused about how the race could be “wiped out” according to a post on what appears to be her Facebook page.
 
 
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TMZ.com:
Magic Johnson: — I'm Not Staying at Trump Hotels Anymore
Discussion: Breitbart and Raw Story
St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Police: KKK leader shot and killed while asleep by stepson
Discussion: Raw Story, AOL and Washington Post
Kathryn Jean Lopez / National Review:
White House Strategists Are People, Too
Stephanie Merry / Washington Post:
John Oliver returns with ‘Last Week Tonight’ and a clever plan to get through to Donald Trump
Betsy Reed / The Intercept:
Naomi Klein to Cover Shocks of Trump Era for The Intercept
Jonathan Swan / Axios:
House Republicans steamroll Obama's last-call regulations
Discussion: RedState
Jazz Shaw / Hot Air:
Disappointment: Trump rumored to be preparing to resurrect the Ex-Im Bank
Sputnik International:
Danish Teen Converts to Islam, Becomes Denmark's First Female Terrorist
Discussion: Vox Popoli
 Earlier Items: 
Jennifer G. Hickey / Fox News:
Libertarians split with Trump over controversial police tactic
Discussion: Instapundit
Judd Legum / ThinkProgress:
How Trump can be held accountable for violating the Constitution, even if Congress doesn't care
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
Focus, People  —  There's a side conversation occurring among …
Discussion: Borderline
Paul Schwartzman / Washington Post:
After angry demonstration in Utah, Chaffetz returns to more wrath in D.C.
Discussion: DCist and Talking Points Memo
Kurt Schlichter / Townhall.com:
Shoving Alinsky's Rules for Radicals Right Back in the Left's Ugly Face
Discussion: Instapundit
Susan B. Glasser / Politico:
Can a ‘Wrecking Ball’ of a President Evolve?
Discussion: Talking Points Memo and Axios