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2:40 PM ET, January 8, 2018

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Libby Hill / Los Angeles Times:
Oprah at the Golden Globes: Is she running for president?  She should!  —  Oprah Winfrey for president was something of a running theme throughout the Golden Globes on Sunday, beginning with Seth Meyers' opening monologue.  He jokingly forbade Winfrey from considering the presidency.
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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 …
Anousha Sakoui / Bloomberg:
Oprah Denies Presidential Ambition After Golden Globes Speech  —  Minutes after giving a rousing speech at the Golden Globes Awards that promised “a new day” for women, minorities and the downtrodden, Oprah Winfrey said she has no ambitions to run for president.
Kevin Fallon / The Daily Beast:
Oprah for President?  Why Oprah Winfrey's Golden Globes Stump Speech Just Changed Everything … Oprah Winfrey, as she is wont to do, just gave the most galvanizing, inspiring, and possibly life-saving speech in awards show history.  (And, as she has been wont to do lately …
Meridith McGraw / ABC News:
Why a suburban Midwest dad started a Draft Oprah 2020 PAC
Discussion: The Daily Beast
Brian Flood / Fox News:
NBC slammed for ‘stunningly unprofessional’ tweet declaring Oprah Winfrey ‘our’ next president
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Washington Post:
200,000 Salvadorans will be forced to leave the U.S. or face deportation as Trump administration ends immigration protection  —  The Department of Homeland Security will not renew the Temporary Protected Status designation that has allowed the Salvadorans to remain in the United States since at least 2001 …
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Temporary Protected Status
Discussion: Vox and Common Dreams
Heather Caygle / Politico:
Trump to end protected status for Salvadorans
Discussion: ABC News and Associated Press
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 …
Linette Lopez / Business Insider:
Stephen Miller had to be escorted off CNN's set after his interview with Jake Tapper went off the rails  — Stephen Miller needed to be escorted off a CNN set on Sunday.  — His appearance on “State of the Union” ended abruptly after host Jake Tapper pressed him on damaging claims about President Donald Trump.
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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.
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
Discussion: BuzzFeed and Politicus USA
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Bloomberg:
Bannon's Olive Branch Too Late for Angry Trump  —  Fallout continues from book portraying White House dysfunction  —  Trump gives aides a choice: you're with Bannon, or with me  —  Stephen Bannon's attempt to make amends for his comments trashing Donald Trump's family did little to tamp …
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.
Discussion: Axios, TheBlaze, AOL and CNBC
Shaun King / The Intercept:
ACLU Says New Jersey Prisons' Banning of “The New Jim Crow” Is Unconstitutional  —  America's jails and prisons have long since banned and censored books that the institutions determined posed a material danger to the safety of inmates and employees.  There is a logic, at least …
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Jon Swaine / The Guardian:
Acclaimed book The New Jim Crow banned in some New Jersey prisons
Discussion: HuffPost, The Root and Splinter
Associated Press:
Scene quiet before frenzy of big game, planned protests  —  ATLANTA (AP) — The scene was relatively quiet Monday morning around the stadium in downtown Atlanta where the College Football Playoff title game was set to be held.  A light drizzle fell on some fans milling about, but there were no anti-Trump demonstrators in sight.
Discussion: The Daily Caller
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Rebecca Savransky / The Hill:
NAACP to protest Trump in Atlanta: report
Discussion: IJR
Jane Wester / The Charlotte Observer:
This woman's mugshot got compliments, so she turned it into an ad for her business  —  When Shia Yearwood was arrested and charged with violating a domestic protective order in Mecklenburg County on Wednesday, it seemed like a rough start to the new year.  —  Shia Yearwood, 24 …
Discussion: The Root
David Benoit / Wall Street Journal:
iPhones and Children Are a Toxic Pair, Say Two Big Apple Investors  —  Two activist shareholders want Apple to develop tools and research effects on young people of smartphone overuse and addiction  —  The iPhone has made Apple Inc. AAPL 1.14% and Wall Street hundreds of billions of dollars.
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Glenn Harlan Reynolds / USA Today:
Here's a novel idea: If you don't like Jeff Session's marijuana decision, change the law  —  This is basic civics stuff, but it seems to have eluded a lot of legislators who decided to fire off tweets instead of make real change.  —  CONNECT  —  Article I, Section 1 of the United States …
David Ferrara / Las Vegas Review-Journal:
Judge in Las Vegas dismisses case against Cliven Bundy, 2 sons  —  Defendants Ammon Bundy, left, and his brother Ryan Bundy talk to the news media outside the Lloyd George U.S. Courthouse on Dec. 20, 2017, after a mistrial was declared in the Bunkerville standoff case involving their father, rancher Cliven Bundy.
Discussion: Los Angeles Times and Mother Jones
Manu Raju / CNN:
Corker smooths over relationship with Trump, sources say  —  Corker's biggest Trump criticisms (so far)  —  STORY HIGHLIGHTS  —  (CNN)Sen. Bob Corker, who is traveling Monday on Air Force One with President Donald Trump, has repaired his relationship with the commander in chief …
Discussion: Axios and Political Wire
Greta Gerwig / CBS News:
Fire breaks out at Trump Tower in NYC  —  NEW YORK — The Fire Department of New York says it's at the scene of a fire at Trump Tower in Manhattan.  The department says it was called around 7 a.m. Monday for a report of a fire on the top floor.  —  Aerial views showed firefighters on the roof …
 
 
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ABC News:
Lindsay Graham reacts to Trump calling himself ‘really smart ... and a very stable genius’
Discussion: Breitbart
Casey Newton / The Verge:
Facebook is shutting down M, its personal assistant service that combined humans and AI
Discussion: Mashable and Axios, more at Techmeme »
Reuters:
Exclusive: Trump to call on Pentagon, diplomats to play bigger role on arms sales
Discussion: Axios and Common Dreams
Bob Bauer / Lawfare:
The President-as-Plaintiff, the Republican Party and the Battering of Norms
Sarah Karlin-Smith / Politico:
How Trump's HHS nominee's drug company ‘gamed’ a patent
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Washington Post:
Beijing bets on facial recognition in a big drive for total surveillance
Glenn Harlan Reynolds / Wall Street Journal:
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Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Scoop: Trump's “The Wall” moment
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Jeffrey M. Jones / Gallup:
Americans' Identification as Independents Back Up in 2017
Discussion: Daily Wire
Ed O'Keefe / Washington Post:
As influx of Puerto Ricans continues, Koch-backed group starts seeking them out in Florida
Discussion: The Week
McKenna Aiello / E! Online:
Connie Britton Wears “Poverty Is Sexist” Shirt to 2018 Golden Globes: What It Means