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8:05 PM ET, February 1, 2018

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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 …
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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:
Trump sees Nunes memo as a way to discredit the Russia investigation  —  White House: Trump has not seen the FBI memo  —  Washington (CNN)President Donald Trump continues to tell his associates he believed the highly controversial Republican memo alleging the FBI abused its surveillance tools …
Wall Street Journal:
Former Trump Aide Carter Page Was on U.S. Counterintelligence Radar Before Russia Dossier  —  Court documents, testimony show foreign-policy adviser was known to authorities as early as 2013  —  Carter Page, who served as a foreign-policy adviser to Donald Trump's campaign …
Discussion: Politico, Daily Kos and ThinkProgress
Spencer Ackerman / The Daily Beast:
FBI Director Must Be Prepared to Resign Over Nunes Memo, Ex-Agents Warn … Former FBI agents are warning that FBI Director Christopher Wray has to be prepared to quit, should President Donald Trump assent over bureau objections to the release of a memo calling the FBI's integrity into question.
New York Times:
Senator Urges Fellow Republicans to Heed Warnings on Releasing Secret Memo  —  WASHINGTON — Senator John Thune of South Dakota, the No. 3 Senate Republican, urged House Republicans on Thursday to slow their push to release a secret staff-written memo said to accuse the F.B.I. and Justice Department …
Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi / Democratic Leader …:
Pelosi Sends Letter to Speaker Ryan Calling for Removal of Chairman Nunes and End to House Republicans' Partisan Charade  —  Washington, D.C. - Today, Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi sent a letter to Speaker Paul Ryan demanding the removal of House Intelligence Chairman Devin Nunes …
Quinta Jurecic / Lawfare:
It Was Worse than You Think: The House Intelligence Meeting on the Nunes Memo
Burgess Everett / Politico:   FBI memo firestorm engulfs GOP retreat
Mhayden / Lawfare:   Radio Silence From the Intelligence Community: Where Does It Stand on the Memo?
Andrew C. McCarthy / National Review:
Positioning over the Nunes FISA Memo Continues Ahead of Its Release
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 …
Discussion: Political Wire and Joe.My.God.
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.
Discussion: The Week, Raw Story and Joe.My.God.
CBS News:
Investigator calls Robert Wagner a “person of interest” in Natalie Wood drowning death  —  For the first time since reopening the investigation into the mysterious death of the legendary actress, investigators speak out to “48 Hours”  —  Nearly four decades after the unexplained drowning death …
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Los Angeles Times:
Detective's comments ignite new interest in Natalie Wood's mysterious drowning
Discussion: KFOR-TV
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
Craig Silverman / BuzzFeed:
The Publisher of Newsweek And The International Business Times Has Been Buying Traffic And Engaging In Ad Fraud  —  Several of Newsweek Media Group's business websites are buying and manipulating traffic that originates on pirated video streaming sites.  The company acknowledged buying traffic, but denies engaging in ad fraud.
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.
Discussion: Political Wire
Danielle Paquette / Washington Post:
Humane Society keeps CEO after sexual harassment complaints, prompting seven board members to resign … The Humane Society of the United States defied donor backlash on Thursday and chose to keep chief executive Wayne Pacelle at the helm of one of the country's biggest animal charities, prompting seven board members to resign.
Jonathan Kauffman / New Yorker:
How Carob Traumatized a Generation  —  A wry disgruntlement will forever unite those of us who were children during the height of the nineteen-seventies natural-foods movement.  It was a time that we recall not for its principles—yes to organics, no to preservatives—but for its endless assaults on our tender young palates.
Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money
Matthew Lee / Associated Press:
Top career US diplomat to step down in blow to State Dept  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — The top career U.S. diplomat announced Thursday he will step down, dealing a blow to the State Department as the Trump administration confronts numerous international challenges.
Discussion: Axios
Ben Penn / bnanews.bna.com:
Labor Dept. Ditches Data on Worker Tips Retained by Businesses  —  Labor Department leadership scrubbed an unfavorable internal analysis from a new tip pooling proposal, shielding the public from estimates that showed employees could lose out on billions of dollars in gratuities, four current and former DOL sources tell Bloomberg Law.
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 …
Discussion: The Daily Beast
Renae Merle / Washington Post:
Trump administration strips consumer watchdog office of enforcement powers in lending discrimination cases … The Trump administration has stripped enforcement powers away from Consumer Financial Protection Bureau office that specializes in pursuing cases against financial firms accused …
Dan Nowicki / Arizona Republic:
Joe Arpaio has given at least 5 interviews to an anti-Semitic publication  —  Republican U.S. Senate candidate Joe Arpaio has given several interviews to a publication that traffics in anti-Semitic conspiracy theories and on Wednesday declined an opportunity to distance himself from the extremist material.
Nielsen Newswire:
Nearly 46 Million Viewers Watch President Trump's State of the Union Address  —  An estimated 45.6 million people tuned in to watch President Donald Trump deliver his State of the Union address in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday, Jan. 30, 2018.  —  While coverage varied by network …
CBS News:
The backstory of Trump's foundering opioid fight  —  In his State of the Union address on Tuesday, President Trump ticked off the startling, oft-repeated statistics about the opioid epidemic, which is now the largest public health crisis in modern American history.  —  “In 2016, we lost 64,000 Americans to drug overdoses.
Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
Democrats' behavior at the State of the Union was embarrassing  —  It gives me no pleasure to say this, but the Democrats' behavior at the State of the Union was embarrassing.  —  I take a back seat to nobody in decrying President Trump's cynical and divisive performance.
Daily Mail:
Democratic congresswoman caught on camera playing CANDY CRUSH while Trump delivered State of the Union while two others answered emails and read tweets  — Michigan Democratic Rep. Brenda Lawrence tapped her way through Candy Crush during Tuesday's State of the Union Address
Rebecca Klein / HuffPost:
American Students Aren't Learning The Full Truth About Slavery  —  Students often get only a superficial view of the atrocity that built the country, a new study finds.  —  American students are being taught an inadequate and often sanitized version of history when it comes to slavery, according to a new report.
Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money
Page Six:
Savannah Guthrie's ‘power grab’ leaves some staffers puzzled  —  Savannah Guthrie pulled a “power grab” to install an ally as the executive producer of the “Today” show, sources say.  —  We're told that after former co-host Matt Lauer was canned in November, Guthrie pushed out Lauer pal …
Discussion: AOL
Jonathan Swan / Axios:
What Gary Cohn told Republicans about infrastructure behind closed doors  —  Gary Cohn briefed members this morning at the Republican Congressional Retreat about infrastructure, per a source briefed on the presentation.  Cohn — who sat on a panel with Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao …
Business Wire:
Hostess Brands Rewards Employees with Bonuses of More Than $1,000 Following New Tax Reform Law  —  KANSAS CITY, Mo.—(BUSINESS WIRE)—Hostess Brands, Inc. today announced that, following the recently enacted tax legislation, the snack cake maker will be providing bonuses totaling $1,250 to its 1036 hourly bakery and corporate employees.
Robert D. McFadden / New York Times:
Nicholas von Hoffman, Provocative Journalist and Author, Dies at 88  —  Nicholas von Hoffman, a provocative author, broadcast commentator and syndicated columnist who examined American politics and culture for five decades from a left-wing perspective, died on Thursday in Rockport, Me.  He was 88.
CBS Detroit:
Nassar Attorney Questions If Victims Were Actually Molested: ‘They Just Feel Like They Must Have Been Victimized’  —  DETROIT (WWJ) - One of the defense attorneys for Larry Nassar is questioning whether some of the 265 women who say they were molested by the former sports doctor were actually assaulted.
 
 
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Thomas B. Edsall / New York Times:
Trump Has Got Democrats Right Where He Wants Them
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