memeorandum: Sources: Oprah Winfrey ‘actively thinking’ about running for president (Brian Stelter/CNNMoney)

6:25 PM ET, January 8, 2018

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Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:

Sources: Oprah Winfrey ‘actively thinking’ about running for president — Oprah Winfrey in 96 seconds — Oprah Winfrey is “actively thinking” about running for president, two of her close friends told CNN Monday. — The two friends, who requested anonymity in order to speak freely …

Ben Smith / BuzzFeed:

The Case Against President Oprah — Nope-rah? — BuzzFeed Editor-in-Chief — When Donald Trump was elected in the fall of 2016, some analysts saw the end of normal politics and the rise of a new wave of celebrity candidates. — “Voters have demonstrated their thirst for the Big Gulp …

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CNN:
Read Oprah Winfrey's rousing Golden Globes speech

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Libby Hill / Los Angeles Times:
Oprah at the Golden Globes: Is she running for president? She should!

Kevin Fallon / The Daily Beast:
Oprah for President? Why Oprah Winfrey's Golden Globes Stump Speech Just Changed Everything

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Dahlia Lithwick / Slate:
It wasn't about her. It was about us.

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Steven Zeitchik / Washington Post:
Meryl Streep just endorsed an Oprah Winfrey presidential run

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Brian Flood / Fox News:
NBC slammed for ‘stunningly unprofessional’ tweet declaring Oprah Winfrey ‘our’ next president

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Anousha Sakoui / Bloomberg:
Oprah Denies Presidential Ambition After Golden Globes Speech

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NBC News:

Initial talks underway about Trump interview in Mueller Russia probe — WASHINGTON — Anticipating that Special Counsel Robert Mueller will ask to interview President Donald Trump, the president's legal team is discussing a range of potential options for the format, including written responses …

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Carol D. Leonnig / Washington Post:

Mueller likely to interview Trump as part of Russia probe; questioning could happen within weeks, according to a person close to the president — Special counsel Robert S. Mueller III has raised the likelihood with President Trump's legal team that his office will seek an interview with the president …

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Sebastian Gorka / The Hill:

Don't believe Michael Wolff's book about Trump if you want the truth — BY SEBASTIAN GORKA, OPINION CONTRIBUTOR — 01/08/18 12:00 PM EST THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY CONTRIBUTORS ARE THEIR OWN AND NOT THE VIEW OF THE HILL — When I worked in the White House, I was viewed as strange by many of my colleagues on Sean Spicer

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Jonathan Martin / New York Times:

From ‘Fire and Fury’ to Political Firestorm — Inside the Trump White House — 312 pp. Henry Holt & Company. $30. — He is a New Yorker in Washington, far more consumed with the news media and personalities than policy issues. He elides facts, fudges the specifics and dispenses …

Ben Domenech / The Federalist:
Michael Wolff Presents 'Steve Bannon's What Happened'

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Bloomberg:
Bannon's Olive Branch Too Late for Angry Trump

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Charlie Warzel / BuzzFeed:
“Fire And Fury” Is The First Book Of The Post-Truth Social Media Era

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Miriam Jordan / New York Times:

Trump Administration Rules That Nearly 200,000 Salvadorans Must Leave, Officials Say — LOS ANGELES — Nearly 200,000 people from El Salvador who have been allowed to live in the United States for more than a decade must leave the country, two government officials familiar with the decision said on Monday.

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Nick Miroff / Washington Post:
200,000 Salvadorans may be forced to leave the U.S. as Trump ends immigration protection

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Washington Post:
200,000 Salvadorans will be forced to leave the U.S. or face deportation as Trump administration …

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Maria Sacchetti / Washington Post:
‘We will lose practically everything’: Salvadorans devastated by TPS decision

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Department of Homeland Security:
Secretary of Homeland Security Kirstjen M. Nielsen Announcement on Temporary Protected Status for El Salvador

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Robert Anglen / Arizona Republic:

Cliven Bundy to walk free as federal judge dismisses Bundy Ranch standoff case — LAS VEGAS — Nevada rancher Cliven Bundy, his two sons and a militia member will not face a retrial on charges that they led an armed rebellion against federal agents in 2014.

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David Ferrara / Las Vegas Review-Journal:
Judge in Las Vegas dismisses case against Cliven Bundy, 2 sons

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Maxine Bernstein / Oregonian:
Cliven Bundy standoff case thrown out in another stunning blow to government

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Kirk Johnson / New York Times:
Charges Against Bundys in Ranch Standoff Case Are Dismissed

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CNN:

Bannon group shopped anti-Trump document in 2015 — STORY HIGHLIGHTS — Washington (CNN)Before Donald Trump and Steve Bannon were enemies, they were allies. And not long before that, Bannon was part of an effort to sink Trump's presidential hopes — even if Trump didn't know it.

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Jonathan Swan / Axios:

Scoop: Trump's secret, shrinking schedule — President Trump is starting his official day much later than he did in the early days of his presidency, often around 11am, and holding far fewer meetings, according to copies of his private schedule shown to Axios.

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Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Allow us to figure out just how much of your life is spent on Trump's ‘executive time’

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Ryan Mac / BuzzFeed:

Google Memo Author James Damore Sues Company For Discrimination Against White Males — The author of a controversial memo that sparked debates about gender and diversity at Google sued his former employer on Monday, alleging that the company discriminates against politically conservative white men.

Discussion: New York Magazine and thecut

Connie Loizos / TechCrunch:

James Damore just filed a class action lawsuit against Google, saying it discriminates against white male conservatives — James Damore, a former Google engineer who was fired in August after posting a memo to an internal Google message board arguing that women may not be equally represented …

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Edward Luttwak / Foreign Policy:

It's Time to Bomb North Korea — Destroying Pyongyang's nuclear arsenal is still in America's national interest. — Nothing can be known about this week's talks between North and South Korea other than their likely outcome. As in every previous encounter, South Korea …

Mark Minton / The Garden City Telegram:

Alford cites '30s-era belief blacks more susceptible to marijuana — During Saturday's Legislative Coffee session at St. Catherine Hospital, State Rep. Steve Alford, R-Ulysses, made an ostensibly racist comment when citing domestic Jim Crow-era drug policies.

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Kansas City Star:

Brownback to get another shot at Trump administration job — McClatchy Washington Bureau and The Kansas City Star — WASHINGTON — Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback is going to get another chance to join the Trump administration. — President Donald Trump will formally renominate …

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Committee on Foreign Affairs:

Chairman Ed Royce Statement — Washington, D.C. - House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce (R-CA) issued the following statement:

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Marianne LeVine / Politico:

White House considering Puzder for administration job — Spotted at the White House recently: Andy Puzder, President Donald Trump's first pick for labor secretary, who dropped out of the confirmation process in February amid allegations of domestic abuse. — Now the White House …

Lydia Wheeler / The Hill:

Supreme Court refuses to hear challenge to Miss. LGBT law — The Supreme Court on Monday refused to hear two cases challenging a Mississippi law that allows businesses and government employees to deny services to LGBT people based on their religious beliefs.

Discussion: RedState

David Weigel / Washington Post:

Tom Steyer will plow $30 million into midterms, but won't run for office in 2018 — Democratic donor Tom Steyer, who has spent more than $100 million since 2016 on political campaigns, will forgo any run for office this year and focus instead on ending Republican control of the House of Representatives.