memeorandum: FORGING AHEAD, TRUMP TEAM CONFIDENT ITS PEACE PLAN APPEALS TO PALESTINIANS (Michael Wilner/Jerusalem Post)

4:20 AM ET, January 8, 2018

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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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Mike Allen / Axios:

Exclusive: Bannon apologizes — Battered by the backlash from Michael Wolff's book, Steve Bannon is trying to make amends with the Trump family, providing a statement to Axios that expresses “regret” to President Trump and praises his son, Donald Trump Jr. Show less “Donald Trump, Jr. is both a patriot and a good man.

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We're still better off with Trump than Clinton — Now that Steve Bannon has carried his political jihad to its logical conclusion, martyrdom never looked so meaningless. A bright and talented man has sacrificed himself over nothing more significant than anger and vanity.

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CNN:

Tapper cuts off interview with Trump adviser — In a heated interview, White House adviser Stephen Miller talks with CNN's Jake Tapper about Michael Wolff's book “Fire and Fury” and its revelations about life inside the Trump campaign and White House.

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Jacqueline Thomsen / The Hill:

WikiLeaks shares full text of Wolff's Trump book — WikiLeaks posted the full text of Michael Wolff's explosive new book about President Trump — on Sunday. — The website's official account tweeted a link to a Google Drive containing the full text of the book. — “New Trump book ‘Fire and Fury’ by Michael Wolff.

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Annie Karni / Politico:

Bannon finds his regrets aren't good enough for Trump — Steve Bannon, like his onetime brother-in-arms President Donald Trump, is known as someone whose instinct is to double down, not kiss up. — That made his belated attempt on Sunday to de-escalate mounting tension with the commander-in-chief …

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Derek Hunter / Townhall.com:

We Live in Stupid Times — Remember the “harmonic convergence”? It was the alignment of the planets that took place in 1987 some said was going to bring about major changes in the world. And then there was Y2K, when people hoarded canned goods and caused at least one person …

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Josh Dawsey / Washington Post:
Mixed signals on infrastructure plan emerge from Trump retreat

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New York Times:
Steve Bannon's Statement on Donald Trump Jr.

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Simon Walters / Daily Mail:
Trump would resent not being invited to Harry and Meghan's wedding, could put a post-Brexit deal …

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Julia Manchester / The Hill:
CIA director pushes back on claim in Wolff book: Trump reads

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The Daily Beast:
Jake Tapper Cuts Off WH Adviser Stephen Miller in Tense Interview

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Shaun King / New York Daily News:
KING: Stephen Miller is the latest insufferable liar and bigot on Team Trump

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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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Megan Friedman / Esquire:

Oprah Continues a 63-Year Streak of Living Up to the Hype — The icon's Cecil B. DeMille award speech at the Golden Globes was phenomenal. — Oprah Winfrey was the recipient of the Golden Globes' annual Cecil B. DeMille award for lifetime achievement, and gave a powerful acceptance speech during Sunday night's ceremony.

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Cara Buckley / New York Times:

Golden Globes 2018: Stars Will Take Activists to the Red Carpet — In their push to highlight the problems of sexual harassment and gender inequality, eight actresses at Sunday night's Golden Globes ceremony are extending their political statements to their plus-ones.

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Matt Wilstein / The Daily Beast:

Seth Meyers Savages Sexual Predators Harvey Weinstein and Kevin Spacey in Golden Globes Monologue … Seth Meyers wasted no time bringing up the black-clad elephant in the room at the 75th annual Golden Globe Awards Sunday night. — “Good evening ladies and remaining gentlemen,” he began.

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New York Times:
2018 Golden Globe Awards Red Carpet Pictures

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McKenna Aiello / E! Online:
Connie Britton Wears “Poverty Is Sexist” Shirt to 2018 Golden Globes: What It Means

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Erin Nyren / Variety:
Emma Stone, Meryl Streep, Laura Dern To Be Accompanied by Activists at Golden Globes

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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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Michael Wilner / Jerusalem Post:

FORGING AHEAD, TRUMP TEAM CONFIDENT ITS PEACE PLAN APPEALS TO PALESTINIANS — “A peace process and a credible conclusion to that process can't happen without the US- they know that. And once the plan is revealed, it will speak for itself,” a senior White House official said.

Jesse Drucker / New York Times:
Kushner's Financial Ties to Israel Deepen Even With Mideast Diplomatic Role

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Matt Arco / New Jersey Online:

You'll miss me, Jersey! And with that, Chris Christie's just getting warmed up — Gallery: Governor Christie reflects on his time in office — The first time I asked Gov. Chris Christie a question we were 2,000 miles from New Jersey. I was a year into my first newspaper job in southeast New Mexico.

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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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