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10:15 PM ET, January 15, 2018

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Wall Street Journal:
U.S. Warned Jared Kushner About Wendi Deng Murdoch  —  Officials said the businesswoman could be trying to further Beijing's interests, people familiar with the matter say  —  WASHINGTON—U.S. counterintelligence officials in early 2017 warned Jared Kushner, President Donald Trump's son …
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Jacqueline Thomsen / The Hill:
US officials warned Kushner about friendship with Wendi Deng Murdoch: report  —  last year that his friend, Chinese-American businesswoman Wendi Deng Murdoch, could be taking advantage of her close friendship with Kushner and his wife, Ivanka Trump  —  , to promote China's business interests, The Wall Street Journal reported Monday.
Discussion: RedState
Washington Post:
Kevin McCarthy relishes role as Trump's fixer, friend and candy man … President Trump and House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) were alone in the presidential suite on Air Force One, flying east toward Washington in early October, when the president reached for a handful of Starbursts …
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Washington Post:
Inside the tense, profane White House meeting on immigration … When President Trump spoke by phone with Sen. Richard J. Durbin around 10:15 a.m. last Thursday, he expressed pleasure with Durbin's outline of a bipartisan immigration pact and praised the high-ranking Illinois Democrat's efforts …
Discussion: The Hill, IJR and New York Times
Mike DeBonis / Washington Post:
Shutdown looms as Republicans seek short-term spending deal for government … Chances of a government shutdown grew Monday as Republicans concluded that they would be unable to pass a long-term spending bill by the Friday deadline.  GOP leaders are now turning to a short-term funding measure …
Matthew Haag / New York Times:
13 Siblings, Some Shackled to Beds, Were Held Captive by Parents, Police Say  —  A 17-year old girl who said she was being held captive by her parents in her home in Perris, Calif., escaped on Sunday and alerted the authorities, who then rescued her 12 siblings — several of whom were found shackled …
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
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abc7.com:
13 victims, ages 2 to 29, kept shackled in foul Perris home by parents, officials say … <iframe width="476" height="267" src="http://abc7.com/video/embed/?pid= 2948829" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>  —  Thirteen victims, ranging in age from 2 to 29 years old …
Discussion: fox5sandiego.com, CNN, Breitbart and IJR
Anne Gearan / Washington Post:
On MLK Day, President Trump visits Trump golf course  —  WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — President Trump's first stop Monday was Trump International Golf Club, apparently beginning the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday with golf rather than the charitable service the slain civil rights leader's family has urged as the best way to memorialize him.
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Vann R. Newkirk II / The Atlantic:   Five Decades of White Backlash
Gil Troy / The Daily Beast:
When Trump Hatchet-Man Roy Cohn Sued Martin Luther King for Libel
Discussion: Instapundit and Raw Story
Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr / The White House:
Martin Luther King, Jr., Model of an American Patriot
Discussion: National Review and AOL
Bari Weiss / New York Times:
Aziz Ansari Is Guilty.  Of Not Being a Mind Reader.  —  I'm apparently the victim of sexual assault.  And if you're a sexually active woman in the 21st century, chances are that you are, too.  —  That is what I learned from the “exposé” of Aziz Ansari published this weekend …
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Michelle Goldberg / New York Times:
The President and the Porn Star  —  In 1998, the professional moral scold William Bennett published a book titled “The Death of Outrage: Bill Clinton and the Assault on American Ideals.”  In it, Bennett described blasé attitudes toward presidential adultery as corrosive.
Jamie Lovegrove / Post and Courier:
Graham: 'My memory hasn't evolved' on meeting where others say Trump referred to ‘shithole countries’  —  COLUMBIA — After taking the weekend to reflect on a combative White House meeting in which President Donald Trump reportedly referred to African countries as “shithole countries,” …
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Jose Lambiet / miamiherald:
Trump's Mar-a Lago cited by state inspectors for poor maintenance  —  A year after the discovery of foods that could sicken people at President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago Club in Palm Beach, his Winter White House was just cited by inspectors for poor maintenance.
Discussion: Raw Story and Politicus USA
Niraj Warikoo / Detroit Free Press:
After 30 years in U.S., metro Detroit immigrant deported to Mexico  —  After 30 years of living in the U.S, a 39-year-old Lincoln Park man was deported this morning from Detroit Metro Airport to Mexico as family and friends wiped away tears.  —  Jorge Garcia was brought to the U.S …
Discussion: Raw Story
New York Times:
Donald Trump's Racism: The Definitive List  —  Donald Trump has been obsessed with race for the entire time he has been a public figure.  He had a history of making racist comments as a New York real-estate developer in the 1970s and '80s.  More recently, his political rise was built …
HuffPost:
Here's What The FBI Lovers' Secret Texts Actually Say About Trump, Clinton And Leaks  —  Two FBI officials texted each other burns about politicians, but their main ideological commitment seems to be to the power and independence of the FBI.  —  WASHINGTON Last week, a story …
Discussion: Hullabaloo and Mother Jones
The Cranberries / BBC:
Cranberries singer Dolores O'Riordan dies suddenly aged 46  —  The Cranberries lead singer Dolores O'Riordan has died suddenly at the age of 46, her publicist has confirmed.  —  The Irish musician, originally from Limerick, led the band to international success in the 90s with singles including Linger and Zombie.
CNN:
Hope Hicks expected to talk to Hill committee  —  Who is Hope Hicks?  —  STORY HIGHLIGHTS  —  (CNN)White House Communications Director Hope Hicks is expected to meet with the House Intelligence Committee as soon as this week, making her one of President Donald Trump's closest confidantes …
Discussion: Raw Story
Tegna / WUSA:
‘Dehumanizing:’ Pastor denounces Trump's remarks during service attended by VP Pence … PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY, MD. (WUSA9) - During a service attended by Vice President Mike Pence and his wife on Sunday morning, a pastor in Prince George's County denounced remarks made by President Trump earlier this week.
Discussion: IJR, Mediaite, Raw Story and Political Wire
Stephen Kalin / Reuters:
Saudi Arabia begins screening films after decades-long ban lifted  —  JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia began screening feature-length animated children's films this weekend in a makeshift theater, after a 35-year-old ban on cinemas was lifted in the conservative Islamic kingdom.
Justin McCarthy / Gallup:
Highest GOP Satisfaction With U.S. Direction Since 2007  —  WASHINGTON, D.C. — About six in 10 Republicans (61%) say they are satisfied with the way things are going in the U.S. — the party's highest level of satisfaction since February 2007.  This latest uptick comes on the heels …
Discussion: RedState and Axios
Tyler Durden / Zero Hedge:
FBI Probe Into Russian Uranium Bribes Concealed By Obama DOJ; Mueller, McCabe, Rosenstein Involved  —  Friday's 11-count indictment of former uranium transportation company executive, Mark Lambert, was the latest in a series of DOJ prosecutions involving individuals linked to the Russian nuclear industry and the Uranium One deal.
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
Ariel Edwards-Levy / HuffPost:
Trump Voters Have Turned On Steve Bannon  —  Just 1 percent say they side with Bannon over the president.  —  Former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon, who recently lost his job at Breitbart News in the wake of a public spat with President Donald Trump, has also lost the support …
Discussion: Daily Wire
 
 
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George Soros fights back against populist foes
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Glenn Greenwald / The Intercept:
Centrist Dems Launch Smear Campaign Against Young Trans Woman, All to Keep an Old Straight White Man in Power
Discussion: Power Line and The Guardian
Michael B. Kelley / Yahoo! Finance:
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