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The Guardian:
Second Trump-Russia dossier being assessed by FBI  —  Exclusive: memo written by former journalist Cody Shearer independently sets out some of the allegations made by ex-spy Christopher Steele … The FBI inquiry into alleged Russian collusion in the 2016 US presidential election has been given …
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David Leonhardt / New York Times:
The Nunes Conspiracy  —  First, a few words on the State of the Union address.  There will be a lot of meaningless commentary about President Trump's speech tonight.  His critics will criticize him, his supporters will praise him and pundits will throw around the word “reset.”
Mike Emanuel / Fox News:
Paul Ryan calls to ‘cleanse’ the FBI, backs surveillance memo release  —  House Speaker Paul Ryan called Tuesday to “cleanse” the FBI as he openly backed the release of a controversial memo that purportedly details alleged surveillance abuses by the U.S. government.  —  “Let it all out, get it all out there.
Mike Allen / Axios:
The great disorientation machine  —  The coming release of a secret House memo, hotly sought by conservatives, will intensify the great muddying of the Russia investigation in the public's mind.  —  Why the memo matters: Trump's allies are betting that when all is said and done …
Rachael Bade / Politico:
Ryan urges Republicans to take caution with FBI memo
Discussion: CNBC, Breitbart and Daily Kos
Washington Post:
Internal Justice Department probe eyes McCabe's role in final weeks of 2016 election … The Justice Department's inspector general has been focused for months on why Andrew McCabe, as the No. 2 official at the FBI, appeared not to act for about three weeks on a request to examine a batch …
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NBC News:
FBI's Wray makes clear McCabe's retirement tied to IG's Clinton report
John Hudson / BuzzFeed:
Trump Administration Admits It Cribbed Forbes Magazine To Create “Oligarch List”  —  The revelation is likely to invite criticism that a congressionally-mandated list designed to punish Russia for interfering in the US election is not being aggressively implemented.  —  Reporting From Washington, DC
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Anders Åslund / Atlantic Council:
Payback: President Trump Gets Revenge for Russian Sanctions
Discussion: The Guardian
Howard Fineman / NBC News:
The ‘state’ of Donald Trump?  He thinks it couldn't be better.  —  WASHINGTON — Donald Trump is telling friends and aides in private that things are going great — for him.  —  Some reasons: He's decided that a key witness in the Russia probe, Paul Manafort, isn't going to “flip” and sell him out, friends and aides say.
CNN:
Trump wants Nunes memo released as quickly as possible, but not before State of the Union  —  Washington (CNN)President Donald Trump has told aides he wants a memo alleging the FBI abused its surveillance tools released as quickly as possible, two people familiar with the matter says …
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ABC News:
President Trump delivers his first State of the Union address
Discussion: Axios and Politico
Washington Post:
Disagreement on North Korea policy derails White House choice for ambassador to South Korea … The White House's original choice for U.S. ambassador to South Korea is no longer expected to be nominated after he privately expressed disagreement in late December with the Trump administration's …
Jeremy Diamond / CNN:
Trump to call for bipartisanship — but can he deliver?  —  Trump televises bipartisan White House meeting … Washington (CNN)Bipartisanship will be on President Donald Trump's lips Tuesday evening as he delivers his first official State of the Union address.
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Washington Post:   House GOP skeptical of Trump's framework on immigration — while some Democrats vent to Schumer
Seung Min Kim / Politico:
Republicans balk at Trump's cuts to legal immigration
Discussion: Outside the Beltway
The Daily Beast:
Russia's Sanctioned Spy Chief Reportedly Met CIA Director in the U.S. … Russia's sanctioned spy chief recently visited the United States and reportedly met with CIA Director Mike Pompeo, Russian state media reported Tuesday.  —  Sergey Naryshkin, director of Russia's foreign intelligence service …
Discussion: Raw Story and IJR
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TASS:
Russian intelligence chief visits US to discuss war on terror — ambassador
Discussion: Politico
Gordon Corera / BBC:
Russia ‘will target US mid-term elections’ says CIA chief
Heather Caygle / Politico:
Pelosi tells Democrats not to disrupt ‘slobbering’ Trump during SOTU  —  House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi is encouraging her caucus to behave during President Donald Trump's State of the Union address tonight, saying the focus should be on “his slobbering self.”
TMZ.com:
‘Glee’ Star Mark Salling Dead of Apparent Suicide  —  Mark Salling is dead of an apparent suicide, according to law enforcement ... TMZ has learned.  —  We're told his body was found near a riverbed in Sunland ... the area where he lived.  We do not yet know the manner of death.
Washington Post:
Scott Pruitt once said Trump 'would be more abusive to the Constitution than Barack Obama — and that's saying a lot' … Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt said in a 2016 interview that “Donald Trump in the White House would be more abusive to the Constitution than Barack Obama …
Discussion: The Daily Caller and Raw Story
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Nick Surgey / Documented:
PRUITT CALLED TRUMP A THREAT TO CONSTITUTION IN 2016 INTERVIEW
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CNN:
Senior adviser who worked for disgraced Trump appointee at federal volunteer agency was banned by Uber over allegations of racial comments  —  STORY HIGHLIGHTS  —  (CNN)A senior adviser who worked for disgraced Trump appointee Carl Higbie was banned from using Uber after an incident early …
Krystie Lee Yandoli / BuzzFeed:
Andrea Tantaros Says Roger Ailes Had Secret Surveillance Of Fox News Women Changing  —  The former Fox News star is suing her former employer, alleging they harassed and surveilled her.  —  Former Fox News star Andrea Tantaros is alleging that the network's former chair and CEO, Roger Ailes …
Discussion: RedState, Mashable and Mediaite
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Haley Britzky / Axios:
Former Fox host says Ailes spied on women while they changed
Discussion: Raw Story
Brian Fung / Washington Post:
Here's what went wrong with that Hawaii missile alert, the FCC says … The emergency worker who sent a false public safety alert on Jan. 13 warning of an imminent ballistic missile attack against Hawaii believed that a ballistic missile was truly bound for the state after mishearing …
Las Vegas Review-Journal:
Document shows police ID'd 2nd ‘person of interest’ in days after Las Vegas shooting  —  Scene's from day after the Route 91 Harvest shooting in Las Vegas October 2, 2017.  Richard Brian Las Vegas Review-Journal  —  A judge on Tuesday unsealed nearly 300 pages of search warrant records …
Discussion: Raw Story and AOL
Lydia Saad / Gallup:
Trump's Approval Highest in West Virginia, Lowest in Vermont  —  WASHINGTON, D.C. — President Donald Trump's job approval rating averaged 38% throughout the U.S. in 2017, but at the state level it ranged from a high of 61% in West Virginia to a low of 26% in Vermont.
Janine Puhak / Fox News:
Woman denied emotional support peacock on United flight  —  Birds of a feather may flock together, but United Airlines recently shot down one traveler's request to bring her emotional support peacock on a flight departing Newark Liberty International Airport.
Discussion: Mashable
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Scientific American Blog Network:
Bill Nye Does Not Speak for Us and He Does Not Speak for Science  —  By attending the State of the Union with NASA administrator nominee Jim Bridenstine, the Science Guy tacitly endorses climate denial, intolerance and attacks on science  —  Tonight, Bill Nye “The Science Guy” …
Brianna Ehley / Politico:
Trump's top health official traded tobacco stock while leading anti-smoking efforts  —  CDC Director Brenda Fitzgerald bought shares in a global tobacco giant even as her previous holdings were under review.  —  The Trump administration's top public health official bought shares …
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Kurt Wagner / Recode:
Facebook is banning all ads promoting cryptocurrencies — including bitcoin and ICOs
 
 
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