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8:30 AM ET, February 2, 2018

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The Daily Beast:
Sean Hannity Has Been Advising Donald Trump on the Nunes Memo, Because of Course He Has … President Donald Trump is at odds with his own chief law enforcement officers over a controversial memo fueling Republican allegations of a conspiracy against the Trump presidency.
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Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Rising White House fear: Nunes memo is a dud  —  Inside the Trump administration, sources who've been briefed on the Nunes memo expect it will be underwhelming and not the “slam dunk” document it's been hyped up to be.  —  What we're hearing: There is much more skepticism inside the administration …
CNN:
White House worried FBI director could quit over Nunes memo release  —  White House and FBI clash over GOP memo  —  Washington (CNN)Top White House aides are worried FBI Director Christopher Wray could quit if the highly controversial Republican memo alleging the FBI abused its surveillance tools …
Washington Post:
A process that tarnishes the House  —  “WHAT THIS is not is an indictment of our institutions, of our justice system,” House Speaker Paul D. Ryan (R-Wis.) said Thursday about the now infamous “Nunes memo.”  “It does not impugn the Mueller investigation or the deputy attorney general,” the speaker insisted.
Joe Walsh / Washington Post:
Devin Nunes is acting like a partisan hack.  That's just how I remember him.  —  My former colleague doesn't seem to grasp what his job in Congress is.  —  I served in Congress with Rep. Devin Nunes (R-Calif.).  Based on my experience working with him, nothing about the way he's behaving …
Washington Post:
‘Never any hesitation’: Trump was quickly persuaded to support memo's release … President Trump was only vaguely aware of a controversial, classified memo about the FBI's Russia investigation when two House conservatives brought it to his attention in a Jan. 18 phone call.
New York Times:
The Republican Plot Against the F.B.I.  —  So this is what a partisan witch hunt really looks like.  —  In a demonstration of unbridled self-interest and bottomless bad faith, the Trump White House and its Republican minions in Congress are on the cusp of releasing a “memo” …
Kimberley A. Strassel / Wall Street Journal:
Memo Reading for Nonpartisans  —  Ignore the spin.  When the document goes public, here's what to look for.  —  The White House looks set to release the House Intelligence Committee memo on 2016 government surveillance abuses, which means the attacks on the document by Democrats …
New York Times:
With Memo, Devin Nunes, Once a Scourge of the Hard Right, Becomes Its Hero  —  WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, W.Va. — Representative Devin Nunes once called fellow Republicans “lemmings in suicide vests.”  —  Now it is Mr. Nunes, Republican of California and chairman of the House Intelligence Committee …
Mike Dorning / Bloomberg:
Comey Blasts ‘Weasels’ in Tweet Apparently Aimed at GOP Memo
Gregory Krieg / CNN:   Devin Nunes is acting like he's in a spy thriller
Mhayden / Lawfare:   Radio Silence From the Intelligence Community: Where Does It Stand on the Memo?
William D. Cohan / Vanity Fair:
“F—ing Sith Lord,” “Horrific Leakers," and “Berserkazoid Craziness”: The Mooch Recalls His Brief Shining Fortnight at the Center of American Politics  —  Steve Bannon is the ultimate swamp creature, Reince Priebus acts like Richie Cunningham, Donald Trump is like Michael Jordan, and other observations of Anthony Scaramucci.
New York Times:
White House Wants Pentagon to Offer More Options on North Korea  —  WASHINGTON — The White House has grown frustrated in recent weeks by what it considers the Pentagon's reluctance to provide President Trump with options for a military strike against North Korea, according to officials …
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David Nakamura / Washington Post:
Trump to meet with North Korean defectors in Oval Office in bid to raise pressure on Kim Jong Un
Discussion: The Stream and Daily Kos
Darren Samuelsohn / Politico:
Russia probe lawyers think Mueller could indict Trump  —  Special counsel Robert Mueller's Russia investigation has gathered enough steam that some lawyers representing key Donald Trump associates are considering the possibility of a historic first: an indictment against a sitting president.
Discussion: Raw Story and Just Security
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Tim Weiner / New York Times:   In Trump vs. the F.B.I., Trump Will Lose
Katie Benner / New York Times:
Justice Dept. Office to Make Legal Aid More Accessible Is Quietly Closed
Discussion: IJR and Splinter
Darren Samuelsohn / Politico:
Lawyers for Rick Gates withdraw from Russia case  —  Three attorneys representing Rick Gates told a federal court Thursday they are immediately withdrawing as counsel for the former Donald Trump campaign aide, who is fighting special counsel Robert Mueller's indictment of him on money laundering and other charges.
Josh Delk / The Hill:
Geraldo Rivera to Hannity: If you were around then Nixon 'wouldn't have been forced to resign'  —  Fox News personality Geraldo Rivera told network host Sean Hannity on Thursday that President Nixon “wouldn't have been forced to resign” if Hannity were around in his day.  —  Hannity, a vocal defender of President Trump
Discussion: Outside the Beltway and RedState
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Justin Baragona / Mediaite:   Geraldo to Hannity: Nixon Wouldn't ‘Have Been Forced to Resign’ If You Were In Media Then
Washington Post:
McConnell urges Mississippi governor to consider Cochran Senate seat … Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has asked the governor of Mississippi to consider appointing himself to the Senate if ailing Republican Sen. Thad Cochran resigns from office, according to two people familiar with the conversations.
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The Clarion Ledger:
Bryant not interested in Cochran seat despite urging from Trump, McConnell
Discussion: New York Magazine
Steve Bousquet / Tampa Bay Times:
Judge strikes down Florida's system for restoring felons' voting rights  —  U.S. District Mark Walker said Florida's voter restoration process unfairly relies on the personal support of Gov. Rick Scott.  —  TALLAHASSEE — A federal judge ruled Thursday that Florida's lifetime ban on restoring …
Ben Riley-Smith / Telegraph:
Donald Trump's FBI memo release ‘risks revealing British spying methods’  —  Britain's spy agencies risk having their intelligence methods revealed if Donald Trump releases a controversial memo about the FBI, congressional figures have warned.  —  The UK will be less likely …
Discussion: Raw Story
Lena H. Sun / Washington Post:
CDC to cut by 80 percent efforts to prevent global disease outbreak … Four years after the United States pledged to help the world fight infectious-disease epidemics such as Ebola, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is dramatically downsizing its epidemic prevention activities …
Manya Brachear Pashman / Chicago Tribune:
Green card veteran facing deportation starts hunger strike  —  A U.S. Army veteran and green card holder with a felony drug conviction began a hunger strike Wednesday to protest his likely deportation, after a federal court denied his appeal to remain in the U.S., where he has lived since age 8.
Discussion: twitchy.com
Burgess Everett / Politico:
Republicans give up on Obamacare repeal  —  WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, W.Va. — Republicans are giving up on their years-long dream of repealing Obamacare.  —  Though the GOP still controls both chambers of Congress and maintains the ability to jam through a repeal-and-replace bill via a simple majority …
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Rachael Bade / Politico:   Trump's talk of GOP ‘unity’ a myth
Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Trump rips into Kasich at RNC dinner  —  The president also described to the audience how he aced a mental acuity test.  —  President Donald Trump on Thursday evening, tore into Ohio Gov. John Kasich, a GOP rival and potential 2020 primary challenger.  —  Appearing before a Republican …
Discussion: Political Wire
Blake Montgomery / BuzzFeed:
White Supremacists Are Targeting Colleges “Like Never Before,” Researchers Say  —  A new report by the Anti-Defamation League says the amount of white supremacist messaging on college campuses increased 258% between fall 2016 and fall 2017.  —  White supremacists are targeting colleges …
Discussion: The Week
CNN:
CIA chief met with sanctioned Russian spies, officials confirm  —  Washington (CNN)CIA Director Mike Pompeo did meet with the head of Russia's foreign intelligence agency, an official barred from entering the US under 2014 sanctions, as well as the head of Russia's internal security agency …
Hayley Peterson / Business Insider:
‘Seeing someone cry at work is becoming normal’: Employees say Whole Foods is using ‘scorecards’ to punish them  — Whole Foods uses checklists called “scorecards” and tests called “walks” to ensure stores comply with a new inventory-management system.  — “The stress has created …
Discussion: Gizmodo and Raw Story
Financial Times:
BuzzFeed News in talks with Powell Jobs group  —  The editor of BuzzFeed has had discussions with the company started by Laurene Powell Jobs, the widow of the late Steve Jobs, about investing in the digital media company's news division, according to two people with knowledge of the talks.
CNN:
4 students hit by gunfire at Los Angeles school; 12-year-old girl in custody  —  (CNN)Police arrested a 12-year-old girl Thursday after a morning shooting at a Los Angeles middle school left five people injured, including two with significant gunshot wounds, officials said.
 
 
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Matthew Continetti / Washington Free Beacon:
The Back to the Future Democrats  —  Column: The party of Pelosi …
Discussion: New York Times and Breitbart
Andrew Ferguson / Weekly Standard:
The Final Hagiography of the Obama Team
Charlie Spiering / Breitbart:
After Sending Media Away, President Donald Trump Joked with RNC About Mental Test
Discussion: Political Wire
Julie Bykowicz / Wall Street Journal:
Trump Makes Quick Work of Re-Election Fundraising
Discussion: Instapundit
Erica L. Green / New York Times:
With DACA in Limbo, Teachers Protected by the Program Gird for the Worst
Lee Fang / The Intercept:
Rick Saccone, Critic of Government Spending, Spends Freely From His Expense Account, Records Show
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I Quit Twitter and It Feels Great
Robert D. McFadden / New York Times:
Nicholas von Hoffman, Provocative Journalist and Author, Dies at 88
Danielle Paquette / Washington Post:
Humane Society keeps CEO after sexual harassment complaints, prompting seven board members to resign
Discussion: New York Times and The Week
Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
Democrats' behavior at the State of the Union was embarrassing
Jonathan Kauffman / New Yorker:
How Carob Traumatized a Generation
Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money
CBS News:
Investigator calls Robert Wagner a “person of interest” in Natalie Wood drowning death
 

 
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Caitlin Huston / The Hollywood Reporter:
Internal memo: Hearst Magazines president announces layoffs as part of a decision to “reallocate resources” to “continue our focus on digital innovation”

Lachlan Cartwright / The Ankler:
Sources: MSNBC renewed Rachel Maddow's contract early this fall, but with a pay cut; MSNBC bosses' plan to shake up daytime and weekend programming

Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica:
FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel announced she will leave the agency on January 20; she was the first woman to be confirmed to lead the agency

 
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