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10:40 AM ET, January 28, 2018

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Ashley Parker / Washington Post:
Trump sought release of classified Russia memo, putting him at odds with Justice Department … On Wednesday, as Republicans were clamoring to make public a secret document that they think will undercut the investigation into Russian meddling, President Trump made clear his desire: release the memo.
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Byron York / Washington Examiner:
Justice Department withholds majority of FBI texts  —  The Justice Department has given Congress less than 15 percent of the texts between FBI officials Peter Strzok and Lisa Page - and that is all Congress is likely to get, at least until department experts finish an effort to recover …
Jill Abramson / The Guardian:
Trump's attack on the FBI is an attack on the US constitution itself
Discussion: Daily Kos and Washington Post
Meghan Keneally / ABC News:
Who is the White House counsel who reportedly threatened to resign?
Discussion: Lawfare and Reuters
Franklin Foer / The Atlantic:
The Plot Against America  —  I. The Wisdom of Friends  —  the clinic permitted paul manafort one 10-minute call each day.  And each day, he would use it to ring his wife from Arizona, his voice often soaked in tears.  “Apparently he sobs daily,” his daughter Andrea, then 29, texted a friend.
Ross Douthat / New York Times:
The Necessity of Stephen Miller  —  After 12 years of failed attempts at immigration reform, the current round of negotiations are turning on a strangely personalized question: When a deal is being made, should Stephen Miller be at the table?  —  Miller is the White House's point man for immigration policy …
Discussion: Notes
John A. Farrell / Politico:
Can Joe Kennedy Beat the State of the Union Curse?  —  This year's opposition response to the State of the Union address has two elements to lift it from its status as a star-crossed, sometimes futile exercise: One, the president's name is Donald Trump; two, the responder is named Kennedy.
Discussion: The Week
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Associated Press:
Amid turmoil, Trump seeking a reset with State of the Union  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — Beset by poor poll numbers and the grind of the Russia investigation, President Donald Trump will look to reset his term with his first State of the Union address, arguing that his tax cut and economic policies will benefit all Americans.
Discussion: Bloomberg, USA Today and The Week
Karen Tumulty / Washington Post:
Trump's first State of the Union: Can a divisive president flip the script?
Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money
Maureen Dowd / New York Times:
Trump Hits Alps, but Melania Is Frosty in Florida  —  WASHINGTON — Melania has learned a few things from the master.  —  The first lady will never be as brilliant at trolling as her husband.  He is an idiot-savant who plays in the roiling ocean of Twitter as naturally as a blubbery-necked sea lion.
Jordan Bhatt / International Business Times:
Donald Trump tells Theresa May he won't visit the UK unless she bans protests  —  Trump sets no-protest condition for visit to UK.  —  Donald Trump is refusing to visit the UK unless Theresa May can ensure that he is not met with protests.  —  Bloomberg revealed that Trump complained …
Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
Republicans redefine morality as whatever Trump does  —  Someday, likely three years from now, perhaps sooner, perhaps — gulp — later, President Trump will depart the stage.  —  But what will be left of us?  —  New evidence suggests that the damage he is doing to the culture is bigger than the man.
Discussion: Common Dreams
Ruby Cramer / BuzzFeed:
Hillary Clinton Let Him Stay.  Women Say His Harassment Continued.  —  Hillary Clinton at the 2008 Democratic National Convention.  —  Justin Sullivan / Getty Images  —  In 2007, while working for the candidate who hoped to be the first female president, a young woman filed a complaint …
Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
RNC finance chair Steve Wynn resigns after sexual harassment allegations  —  Las Vegas casino mogul Steve Wynn on Saturday stepped down as Republican National Committee finance chairman, according to three senior Republicans briefed on the decision.  —  The decision followed a Friday report …
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Gabriel Debenedetti / Politico:   Local Democrats warn DNC: Cash crunch threatens November gains
Associated Press:
Sean Hannity's Twitter page compromised, vanishes for hours  —  Fox News host Sean Hannity's Twitter account was compromised and was unavailable for a few hours on Saturday, inspiring speculation by his conservative followers that a government cabal they call the “deep state” or a rogue employee could be to blame.
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit and Mediaite
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Donie O'Sullivan / CNNMoney:
Russian bots retweeted Trump nearly 500,000 times in final weeks of 2016 campaign
Jacqueline Thomsen / The Hill:
Twitter: Russian bots retweeted Trump nearly 500,000 times in last months of election
Discussion: RedState
Associated Press:
Trump: I would be ‘tougher’ in Brexit talks than UK's May  —  U.S. President Donald Trump is claiming he would take a “tougher” attitude toward Brexit negotiations with the European Union than the approach now being used by British Prime Minister Theresa May.
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Peter S. Goodman / New York Times:   Every One of the World's Big Economies Is Now Growing
Associated Press:
The Latest: Russian opposition leader Navalny arrested  —  MOSCOW (AP) — The Latest on Russian protests Sunday (all times local):  —  Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny has been arrested in Moscow as protest demonstrations called by him took place across the country.
Discussion: Political Wire
Jess Bidgood / New York Times:
Testimony in Corruption Case Hinges on the Meaning of ‘Meatballs’  —  When is a meatball not a meatball?  —  That was the question in a federal courtroom in Pennsylvania on Thursday, where the mayor of Allentown, Pa., is on trial for charges wholly unrelated to that beefy fixture of nonnas' kitchens across the country.
New York Times:
The Follower Factory  —  Everyone wants to be popular online.  —  Some even pay for it.  —  Inside social media's black market.  —  Celebrities, athletes, pundits and politicians are buying millions of fake followers.  —  While the world's social media platforms look the other way.
 
 
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Julian E. Zelizer / The Atlantic:
America's Mirror on the Wall
Kevin D. Williamson / National Review:
Why Trust the FBI?  —  There is a reason for the crisis of faith in our institutions
New York Times:
How Wobbly Is Our Democracy?  —  President Trump hasn't destroyed the republic.
Discussion: Hullabaloo and Slate
New York Times:
In Nassar Case, Michigan State Wanted Famed Ex-Prosecutor to Both Examine and Defend It
Discussion: ThinkProgress
Henry C. Jackson / Politico:
Rubio fires chief of staff for improper relations with subordinates
Discussion: ABC News and RedState
Ashley Strickland / CNN:
Three decades after the Challenger disaster, Christa McAuliffe's lessons will finally be taught
Discussion: Mashable and IJR
Chuck Grassley:
Grassley, Graham Send Batch of Letters Related to Potential Political Influence on FBI
Discussion: Power Line and The Gateway Pundit
Associated Press:
Justice Ginsburg signals her intent to work for years more
Discussion: RedState and Liberty Unyielding
 Earlier Items: 
Kansas City Star:
Mike Sanders and former aide plead guilty to wire fraud charge
Discussion: Fox News and Breitbart
Michelle Ye Hee Lee / Washington Post:
Koch network to spend about another $20 million promoting GOP tax law
Discussion: Common Dreams
New York Times:
As Gridlock Deepens in Congress, Only Gloom Is Bipartisan
Krystie Lee Yandoli / BuzzFeed:
Exclusive: Three More Women Are Accusing Jeremy Piven Of Sexual Misconduct
Discussion: Decider, AOL and IndieWire
Caroline Orr / Shareblue Media:
Rep. Devin Nunes' hometown paper nails him for being “Trump's stooge”
Arizona Capitol Times:
Legislative staffers say pro-Trump supporters called them ‘illegal’ for being dark-skinned
Discussion: Raw Story
Courier-Journal:
Reporter rushes to Kentucky school shooting - and learns the alleged gunman is her son
Discussion: Liberty Unyielding and AOL
 

 
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Bloomberg:
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