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12:00 PM ET, February 7, 2018

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Greg Jaffe / Washington Post:
Trump's ‘marching orders’ to the Pentagon: Plan a grand military parade … President Trump's vision of soldiers marching and tanks rolling down the boulevards of Washington is moving closer to reality in the Pentagon and White House, where officials say they have begun to plan …
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Jake Gibson / Fox News:
FBI lovers' latest text messages: Obama ‘wants to know everything’  —  Newly revealed text messages between FBI paramours Peter Strzok and Lisa Page include an exchange about preparing talking points for then-FBI Director James Comey to give to President Obama, who wanted “to know everything we're doing.”
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Eric Tucker / Associated Press:
FBI texts reveal admiring view of then-director James Comey
Discussion: RedState
Lanny J. Davis / Kirkus Reviews:
Kirkus Review  —  The former special counsel to former President …
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit and twitchy.com
Amanda Terkel / HuffPost:
Democrats Win Special Election In Missouri District That Went Big For Trump  —  Democrats have dominated at the ballot box during Trump's time in office.  —  Democrats flipped a Missouri state House seat Tuesday, marking the 35th seat that has changed from red to blue since Donald Trump became president.
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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
No, Trump has not been ‘contained.’ He's still as big a threat as ever.  —  THE MORNING PLUM:  —  Here's where we are today: President Trump's allies fear that refusing an interview with the special counsel, as his lawyers want, could trigger a destructive showdown that could go all the way to the Supreme Court.
Discussion: New York Times and Crooked Media
Adam Serwer / The Atlantic:
The Trumping of the FBI  —  President Trump and his allies …
Discussion: Reason
Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:
Devin Nunes' Trumpian media strategy
Discussion: Raw Story
Wall Street Journal:
Steve Wynn Steps Down as Wynn Resorts CEO  —  Resignation comes in wake of sexual-misconduct allegations against him  —  Steve Wynn, the billionaire casino visionary considered to be the architect of modern Las Vegas, resigned Tuesday as chairman and chief executive of his company in the wake …
Discussion: Politico
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Matt Levine / Bloomberg:
Are Banks Worthless?  —  Why banks?  —  Here is a hilarious paper from Juliane Begenau of Stanford and Erik Stafford of Harvard called “Do Banks Have an Edge?”  No, is their answer.  You'd be better off just passively buying Treasuries than buying the complicated mix of stuff that banks actually own:
Everett Rosenfeld / CNBC:
Steve Wynn is out as CEO of Wynn Resorts
Craig Silverman / BuzzFeed:
Russian Trolls Ran Wild On Tumblr And The Company Refuses To Say Anything About It  —  Tumblrs run by Russian trolls generated hundreds of thousands of interactions with anti-Hillary Clinton, pro-Bernie Sanders content.  —  Russian trolls posed as black activists on Tumblr and generated hundreds …
Byron York / Washington Examiner:
Republicans and those ‘attacks’ on the FBI … The news is filled with reports that Republicans in Washington are “attacking” the FBI over the Trump-Russia investigation.  —  The Washington Post recently compiled a collection of statements by GOP lawmakers under the heading, “Republicans launch attack after attack on the FBI.”
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Byron York / Washington Examiner:
Scheming, speculation behind scenes as Democrats push intel memo
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
Meg James / Los Angeles Times:
Billionaire Patrick Soon-Shiong reaches deal to buy L.A. Times, San Diego Union-Tribune  —  Biotech billionaire Patrick Soon-Shiong has agreed to purchase the Los Angeles Times from its parent company Tronc, restoring local ownership and perhaps ending a turbulent period for the storied 136-year-old institution.
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Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
Los Angeles Times owner will sell paper, ending a long-troubled relationship … The Chicago-based owner of the Los Angeles Times is expected to announce it is selling the newspaper, according to people familiar with the company's plans, in a surprise move that likely spells the end …
Sara Murray / CNN:
Trump wants to talk to Mueller despite lawyers' concerns  —  (CNN)President Donald Trump's lawyers have aimed to hit the brakes on a potential sit-down with Robert Mueller, but Trump remains eager to speak with the special counsel, according to his allies.  —  One person familiar …
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Darren Samuelsohn / Politico:
Trump allies urge compromise with Mueller
Ben Kamisar / The Hill:
Holder won't rule out presidential run  —  refused to rule out running for president while speaking to reporters at a Christian Science Monitor breakfast in Washington on Wednesday.  —  “We'll see,” Holder said in response to a question about whether he could run for the White House.
Discussion: RedState and The Daily Caller
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Alexander Burns / New York Times:
Democratic Group Targets All-G.O.P. States to Attack Gerrymandering
Discussion: Political Wire
Gideon Resnick / The Daily Beast:
Democrat Flips Deep-Red House Seat in Missouri … Democratic candidate Mike Revis on Tuesday flipped what had been a deep-red State House seat in Missouri by a 108-vote margin over his Republican opponent.  —  Revis defeated GOP candidate David C. Linton in the special election to replace …
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Jack Suntrup / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Democrats snag Missouri House seat, Republicans hang onto 3 others in special election
Discussion: Political Wire
Cameron Joseph / Talking Points Memo:
Another Dem Pulls Off A Big Upset In State Legislative Race
Discussion: Washington Monthly
The Daily Beast:
Cash for Coalition Against Trump Going Into Consultants' Pockets Instead … Omar Siddiqui couldn't make it to an August fundraiser in Beverly Hills for the Democratic Coalition Against Trump.  But he ponied up the $2,000 ticket price after the group's senior adviser, Scott Dworkin, sent him a personal invitation.
Discussion: Splinter and Eschaton
David Daley / Salon:
How the Republicans rigged Congress — new documents reveal an untold story  —  Exclusive: Insider documents unveil Republicans' years-long scheme to gerrymander America and undermine democracy  —  Delegates to the 2009 Republican Legislative Campaign Committee's national meeting stayed …
Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Senate budget deal would bust budget caps, raise debt limit  —  It seems increasingly likely that a debt-ceiling increase will be attached to a budget deal that Senate negotiators from both sides hope to announce as soon as today.  —  The big picture: This means DACA will likely be dealt with …
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Mike DeBonis / Washington Post:
Senate leaders see two-year budget deal within their grasp
Christine Brennan / USA Today:
Openly gay figure skater Adam Rippon declined chance to speak with Vice President Pence  —  PYEONGCHANG, South Korea - Vice President Pence is set to arrive here soon to lead the official U.S. delegation to the 2018 Winter Olympic opening ceremony, a delegation that is making a strong political statement …
Gabriel Bell / Salon:
Here's what the critics are saying about “Black Panther” — it's a “masterpiece”  —  The first reviews of the Marvel film are streaming in, and they're even better than expected  —  “Black Panther,” the new Marvel film starring Chadwick Boseman, was always going to make history …
Alana Goodman / Daily Mail:
EXCLUSIVE: Adam Schiff sent his staff to try and collect ‘classified materials for the FBI’ after Russian pranksters told him Putin has NAKED blackmail pictures of Trump  — Adam Schiff, the ranking Democratic member of the House Intel Committee was recorded speaking to Russian pranksters who spun elaborate ‘kompromat’ tale
J. Patrick Coolican Star / Star Tribune:
GOP's Jeff Johnson, DFL's Tim Walz get wins in tests at Minnesota caucus meetings  —  Party activists weighed in for the first time on the governor's race in a busy year for state politics.  —  Republican Jeff Johnson and DFLer Tim Walz scored victories Tuesday with party activists who weighed …
Kai Stinchcombe / Politico:
Digital natives will get old, too  —  Why we need to start designing technology that older people can use.  —  Technology can divide Americans as well as connect them, and older Americans face not one but two of these digital divides.  Seniors are more likely to have lower incomes and live in rural areas …
Caitlin MacNeal / Talking Points Memo:
Video Shows Trump's Beloved Hair Swept Away By Wind To Expose Scalp  —  President Donald Trump's carefully coifed hairdo suffered a setback on Friday as he boarded Air Force One on a windy day.  —  A video posted on Friday that did not surface until Tuesday shows the hair …
Sarah Aswell / Splitsider:
How Facebook Is Killing Comedy  —  Last month, in its second round of layoffs in as many years, comedy hub Funny or Die reportedly eliminated its entire editorial team following a trend of comedy websites scaling back, shutting down, or restructuring their business model away from original online content.
Fox News:
Russians already meddling in US midterms, Tillerson says  —  EXCLUSIVE - Secretary of State Rex Tillerson on Tuesday warned the United States is ill-prepared to prevent Russian interference in the upcoming midterms, as it was in the 2016 general election.  —  “I don't know that I would say …
 
 
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Rebecca Savransky / The Hill:
Trump campaign releases ad calling Dem State of the Union response ‘disgraceful’
Discussion: Outside the Beltway
Zachary Cohen / CNN:
US B-52 bomber unleashes record-setting payload
Chris Tomlinson / Breitbart:
Over 2,000 Germans March Against Mass Migration in City Experiencing Wave of Migrant Crime
E&E News:
Pruitt suggests warming can help humans
Mike Maciag / Governing magazine:
Suicide Rate Highest in Decades But Worst in Rural America
Discussion: New Republic
WCSC-TV:
Charleston Black Lives Matter leader dies after shooting in New Orleans
Discussion: Raw Story and The Root
Gordon R. Friedman / Oregonian:
Report finds Kruse groped women at Oregon Capitol, misbehavior escalated after warnings
Discussion: The Daily Beast and OPB
Josh Kraushaar / National Journal:
GOP Slackers Endanger House Majority
Discussion: Outside the Beltway
 Earlier Items: 
Lauren Dezenski / Politico:
In fight against Trump, Democratic AGs take a page from GOP
Discussion: Political Wire
Edward-Isaac Dovere / Politico:
Inside Biden's 2018 — and possibly 2020 — plans
John Bresnahan / Politico:
‘It will be an intraparty war’  —  Nancy Pelosi is betting everything …
Discussion: ABC News
Robinson Meyer / The Atlantic:
The Cowboys rule a lot of land, but they're not unambiguously “America's Team.”
 

 
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The Hollywood Reporter:
Disney expects to spend $24B on content in 2025, up from $23.4B in 2024, due to sports programming expenses rising after NFL rate increases and NBA contracts

Matthew Keys / The Desk:
Disney said Disney+ Q4 ARPU in the US and Canada, down 1% QoQ to $7.70, was affected partly by new wholesale arrangements with some distributors

Jesse Whittock / Deadline:
Small to mid-sized US unscripted producers like Lucky 8 are looking overseas to find new business and co-producers as the US market contraction hits budgets

 
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