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4:20 PM ET, January 21, 2018

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Simon van Zuylen-Wood / New York Magazine:
Does This Man Know More Than Robert Mueller?  —  It's 10:45 p.m. Rio de Janeiro time.  Glenn Greenwald and I are finishing dinner at a deserted bistro in Ipanema.  The restaurant, which serves its sweating beer bottles in metal buckets and goes heavy on the protein, is almost aggressively unremarkable …
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Emily Stewart / Vox:
Trump campaign ad says Democrats are “complicit” in murders committed by undocumented immigrants  —  Paul Ryan isn't sure if the race-baiting ad is “necessarily productive” in shutdown talks.  —  On Saturday, President Trump's official reelection campaign released a provocative new ad …
Julia Manchester / The Hill:
Eric Trump: The government shutdown is ‘good for us’ politically … President Trump  —  's son Eric Trump  —  said on Saturday that he believes the government shutdown is politically good for his father and his allies.  —  “Honestly, I think it's a good thing for us,” …
David Caplan / ABC News:
Eric Trump on government shutdown: 'Honestly, I think it's a good thing for us'
Discussion: Politico and Associated Press
Robert O'Harrow Jr / Washington Post:
Trump's 24-year-old drug policy appointee was let go at law firm after he 'just didn't show'  —  A former Trump campaign worker appointed at age 23 to a top position in the White House's drug policy office had been let go from a job at a law firm because he repeatedly missed work, a partner at the firm said.
Discussion: Balloon Juice
Rebecca Savransky / The Hill:
Trump calls for Republicans to trigger ‘nuclear option’ if stalemate continues  —  on Sunday called for Senate Republicans to trigger the so-called nuclear option if the government shutdown continues and pass a long-term budget with 51 votes.  —  “Great to see how hard Republicans are fighting …
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John Bresnahan / Politico:
Shutdown showdown enters day two
Discussion: IJR and ABC News
David Weigel / Washington Post:
Shutdown could hurt Democrats seeking reelection in Trump states
Discussion: Politico
Halimah Abdullah / ABC News:
As government shutdown negotiations continue, Congress risks giving America a case of the Mondays
Discussion: CNN, USA Today and Politico
Gary Langer / ABC News:
Amid record low one-year approval rating, half of Americans question Trump's mental stability: POLL  —  A year in the presidential spotlight hasn't been kind to President Donald Trump: His approval rating is the lowest in modern polling for a president at this point, with deep deficits on policy and personal matters alike.
Discussion: Taylor Marsh
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CNN:   CNN Poll: Economic boost buoys Trump, but negatives abound elsewhere
Washington Post:   Poll finds public optimistic about the economy, critical of Trump, split on issues
Matt Flegenheimer / New York Times:
Now on Stage, Stormy Daniels: A Strip Club and a Presidency Meet After Dark  —  GREENVILLE, S.C. — One by one, the patrons lurched to the stage's edge, summoned by the siren song of stale arena rock and toplessness — a sea of large men with small bills and slight smiles …
Discussion: Business Insider and Mediaite
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Dan Zak / Washington Post:   Stormy Daniels, star of the latest Trump sideshow, took her act to a strip club. It was a scene.
Elana Schor / Politico:
Graham tees off on Stephen Miller over immigration  —  The South Carolina Republican says President Donald Trump is being ill-served by his staff in shutdown talks.  —  Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) on Sunday renewed his criticism of White House aides' handling of immigration …
Discussion: Mediaite
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Benjamin Wallace-Wells / New Yorker:   The Shutdown Is About Who Gets to Be an American
Associated Press:
The Latest: Sen. Sanders to GOP: Talk immigration with Dems
Discussion: Politico and The Week
Barton Deiters / WOOD-TV:
Kzoo doctor detained by ICE after 40 years in US  —  KALAMAZOO, Mich. (WOOD) — Even as the issue of immigration has been central to the government shutdown in Washington, a respected doctor at Kalamazoo's Bronson Methodist Hospital who has been living in America for nearly 40 years finds himself …
Mary Papenfuss / HuffPost:
Paul Ryan Collected $500,000 In Koch Contributions Days After House Passed Tax Law  —  That's peanuts compared with what the Koch brothers will save.  —  Just days after the House passed its version of the federal tax law slashing corporate tax rates, House Speaker Paul Ryan collected nearly $500,000 …
Discussion: ThinkProgress and AOL
Eric Tucker / Associated Press:
More texts turned over from FBI agent taken off Mueller team  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department has turned over to Congress additional text messages involving an FBI agent who was removed from special counsel Robert Mueller's investigative team following the discovery of derogatory comments about President Donald Trump.
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
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Katharine Q. Seelye / New York Times:
1 Son, 4 Overdoses, 6 Hours  —  Drug deaths draw the most notice, but more addicted people live than die.  For them and their families, life can be a relentless cycle of worry, hope and chaos.  —  PEMBROKE, N.H. — The first time Patrick Griffin overdosed one afternoon in May …
Discussion: Marginal REVOLUTION
Jen Yamato / Los Angeles Times:
Yes, Scarlett Johansson was calling out James Franco in her Women's March speech  —  Addressing the 500,000 Women's March attendees gathered in downtown Los Angeles Saturday and even more onlookers livestreaming it at home, Scarlett Johansson began her speech with a pointed barb aimed squarely at James Franco.
 
 
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Sasha Savitsky / Fox News:
Fox Sports' Charissa Thompson's nude photos hacked, leaked online
Discussion: The Daily Caller and The Big Lead
Peggy Noonan / Wall Street Journal:
America Needs More Gentlemen
Ginni Thomas / The Daily Caller:
The Obama Administration's ‘Brazen Plot To Exonerate Hillary Clinton’ …
Discussion: MelaniePhillips.com
ABC News:
Freedom Caucus Chair: Democrats holding military ‘hostage’ with government shutdown
Discussion: Washington Times
New York Times:
How Corruption and Cronyism in Banking Fueled Iran's Protests
Anna Fifield / Washington Post:
Trump asked Moon to give him public credit for pressuring North Korea into talks
Discussion: Business Insider and ThinkProgress
 Earlier Items: 
Rahim Faiez / Associated Press:
Taliban attack on Afghan hotel ends after 13 hours, 18 dead
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Ross Douthat / New York Times:
Trump So Far Is More Farce Than Tragedy
Discussion: RedState and Crooked Timber
Annie Linskey / BostonGlobe.com:
Elizabeth Warren's Native American problem goes beyond politics
Discussion: IJR
Nick Cohen / The Guardian:
Why has Britain given such a warm welcome to this shadowy professor?
Discussion: Booman Tribune
Sean Wilentz / New York Times:
They Were Bad. He May Be Worse.
Julia Manchester / The Hill:
WH releases photos of Trump working through shutdown
Discussion: Vox, Raw Story and Joe.My.God.
 

 
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Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Sources: Apple is working on a smart doorbell system with advanced facial recognition that can wirelessly connect and unlock third-party smart locks

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch:
Donald Trump announces that Sriram Krishnan, until recently a general partner at a16z, will serve as senior policy advisor for AI at the White House OSTP

Financial Times:
Sources: Palantir and Anduril are in talks with OpenAI, SpaceX, and more to form a consortium to bid for US defense contracts and plan to announce it in January

 
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