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12:40 AM ET, February 5, 2018

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Jonathan Swan / Axios:
House GOP: More memos to come  —  “The memo” — which pitted the Justice Department against the White House and brought ugly partisan sniping into stark relief — is only the beginning.  Republican sources close to Devin Nunes tell me he's assured them there's much more to come.
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Elise Viebeck / Washington Post:
Republican lawmakers distance themselves from Trump on memo … Republican members of the House Intelligence Committee dissented Sunday from President Trump's view that corruption has poisoned the special counsel's investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election.
Discussion: ABC News, Axios and Mother Jones
Manu Raju / CNN:
House Intel could vote Monday to release Dem memo rebutting GOP allegations against FBI
Discussion: RealClearPolitics and Vox
Fox News Insider:
Trump Jr.: Memo Is a ‘Little Bit of Sweet Revenge’ for Me and My Family
Discussion: Splinter, IJR and AOL
Shane Harris / Washington Post:
Nunes ‘abused’ his power on intelligence committee, former CIA director says
Discussion: Political Wire and ThinkProgress
Byron York / Washington Examiner:
Answering 3 key questions about the House memo
Discussion: Power Line
Asha Rangappa / Washington Post:
Devin Nunes tried to discredit the FBI. Instead, he proved it's onto something.
Jonathan Landay / Reuters:
House intelligence panel takes up Democrats' memo on Monday: sources
Discussion: IJR and Axios
Brooke Seipel / The Hill:
Baldwin returns as Trump in ‘SNL’ parody of ‘Fox & Friends’
Discussion: Breitbart and RedState
Quinn Scanlan / ABC News:
‘Very possible’ GOP congressman ‘coordinated with the White House’ on Russia memo: Democratic rep
Discussion: Breitbart and Politico
Chicago Sun Times:
Holocaust denier poised to claim GOP nomination in Illinois race for Congress  —  Sign-Up for our Newsletter  —  Arthur Jones — an outspoken Holocaust denier, activist anti-Semite and white supremacist — is poised to become the Republican nominee for an Illinois congressional seat representing parts of Chicago and nearby suburbs.
Andrew C. McCarthy / National Review:
Jerry Nadler's Leaked Rebuttal of the Nunes Memo Is Very Weak  —  Representative Nadler is a shrewd lawyer but he has spent his life in legislatures rather than courtrooms.  —  Representative Jerrold Nadler of New York, the senior Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee …
Discussion: AOL and Common Dreams
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CBS News:
Transcript: Rep. Trey Gowdy on “Face the Nation,” Feb. 4, 2018  —  Rep. Trey Gowdy, R-South Carolina, was one of the key authors of the House Intelligence Committee's now-declassified memo about the application under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) to surveil former Trump official Carter Page.
Dave Lawler / Axios:
Gowdy: Memo has no impact on Russia probe
Rebecca Savransky / The Hill:
Gowdy: Memo has no impact on Russia probe
Discussion: ABC News
Wall Street Journal:
‘Dreamer’ Talks Aim to End Budget Impasse  —  Republican Sen. John McCain, Democratic Sen. Chris Coons say they will propose path to citizenship for DACA participants, but no wall  —  WASHINGTON—Congress is expected this week to pass yet another short-term spending bill to avoid a government shutdown …
Discussion: Washington Post and The Week
Niraj Warikoo / Detroit Free Press:
In a strange land: Deported from Michigan, Jorge Garcia feels lost in Mexico  —  Jorge Garcia was torn away from his Lincoln Park family in January.  Brought to the United States at 10, Garcia was not eligible for the DACA program.  He has two teenagers and a wife and is now waiting to see what his future will be.
Discussion: Hullabaloo
Washington Post:
Trump nominee for U.N. migration post called Muslims violent, Christians top priority … The Trump administration's nominee to coordinate billions of dollars in assistance to migrants around the world has suggested in social-media posts that Islam is an inherently violent religion …
Discussion: ThinkProgress and Axios
Mallory Shelbourne / The Hill:
Gowdy: 'I've been a pretty lousy politician'  —  (R-S.C.), who will retire from Congress at the end of his current term, said in a new interview that he considers himself “a pretty lousy politician.”  —  “My wife hates it when I say this, but I was a pretty good prosecutor, I think.
Discussion: RedState
Katie Benner / New York Times:
Sessions Silent as Trump Attacks His Department, Risking Independence and Morale  —  WASHINGTON — As President Trump hammers away at the Justice Department's credibility, one voice has been notably absent in the department's defense: the one at the top.  —  The attorney general, Jeff Sessions …
Discussion: Raw Story
Warner Todd Huston / Breitbart:
Americans Turning Off Super Bowl in Droves: Bars, Bowling Alleys, Veterans Boycotting  —  More Americans than ever have decided to ignore the NFL's biggest game by finding other things to do than to tune in and watch Super Bowl LII and most cite the NFL's refusal to stand to honor the country during …
Discussion: Fox News and MLive.com
Indianapolis Star:
Colts player Edwin Jackson, Avon man killed by suspected drunken driver on I-70  —  Indianapolis Colts player Edwin Jackson and an Uber driver were both killed early Sunday after being struck by a suspected drunken driver along Interstate 70.  —  According to the Indiana State Police …
Washington Post:
Father of Otto Warmbier, who died after being held in North Korea, will attend the Olympics Opening Ceremonies … SEOUL — Fred Warmbier, the father of Otto Warmbier, an American student who was jailed in North Korea and who died last year after returning to the United States …
Discussion: The Daily Caller
New York Times:
To Counter Russia, U.S. Signals Nuclear Arms Are Back in a Big Way  —  WASHINGTON — A treaty committing the United States and Russia to keep their long-range nuclear arsenals at the lowest levels since early in the Cold War goes into full effect on Monday.  When it was signed eight years ago …
 
 
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Lauren Handley / fox13now.com:
Good Samaritan with concealed firearm comes to rescue of Utah police officer during assault
Discussion: Breitbart and KFOR-TV
Caroline Orr / Shareblue Media:
Trump publicly rebuked by his own State Dept for insulting another region of the world
Discussion: CNN and Splinter
Seung Min Kim / Politico:
Ivanka, Rubio find a new project: Paid family leave
Discussion: RedState and Raw Story
Matt Wilstein / The Daily Beast:
CNN's Brian Stelter: Hannity Deserves ‘Credit’ for Memo Release
Discussion: Breitbart and Shareblue Media
David Cohen / Politico:
Jordan's king: Peace process depends on U.S.
Khaled Abu Toameh / The Times of IsraelKhaled …:
Erekat says US is pushing a Palestinian ‘coup,’ tells Nikki Haley to ‘shut up’
City Journal:
The Nunes Memo: Just an Opening Act
Valerie Richardson / Washington Times:
Kaepernick raises $20K in celebrity donations for group honoring convicted cop-killer
Discussion: IJR and twitchy.com
 Earlier Items: 
Cory Turner / NPR:
Why Schools Fail To Teach Slavery's ‘Hard History’
Los Angeles Times:
Huge increase in arrests of homeless in L.A. — but mostly for minor offenses
Jackie Wallace / New Orleans Times-Picayune:
The search for Jackie Wallace
Discussion: emptywheel
David Caplan / ABC News:
Trump Jr. suggests Russia investigation akin to ‘McCarthyism,’ says Dems are ‘left of commie’
Discussion: New York Magazine, Hullabaloo and CNN
Derek Hunter / Townhall.com:
Journalism is Dead  —  This week we saw a perfect example …
Discussion: Instapundit
Molly K. McKew / Politico:
How Twitter Bots and Trump Fans Made #ReleaseTheMemo Go Viral
 

 
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Jonathan Stempel / Reuters:
A New York judge finds Sirius XM liable for a difficult subscription cancellation process; Sirius says it will appeal but abide by a new “click-to-cancel” rule

Ashley Carman / Bloomberg:
A growing number of podcasters, including Tim Ferriss, are moving away from interviews to monologues or co-hosts, as some well-known guests can be overexposed

Matthew Keys / The Desk:
DirecTV terminates its Dish acquisition after a group of Dish creditors rejected a modified bond exchange offer

 
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