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9:00 AM ET, February 9, 2018

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Washington Post:
Dozens at White House lack permanent security clearances … Dozens of White House employees are awaiting permanent security clearances and have been working for months with temporary approvals to handle sensitive information while the FBI continues to probe their backgrounds, according to U.S. officials.
Discussion: emptywheel
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Gabriel Sherman / Vanity Fair:
“He Was F—ing Pissed”: With Rob Porter Gone, the Heat on John Kelly Is Increasing  —  Trump is not happy with the chaos; Jared and Ivanka are trying to right the ship; and even Hope Hicks, one of the president's closest confidants, is in trouble.  —  A day after White House Staff Secretary …
The Daily Beast:
Trump White House Fingered Corey Lewandowski in Rob Porter ‘Smear Campaign’ … Late Tuesday night, senior White House officials reached out to Sen. Orrin Hatch's (R-UT) office with an urgent request.  They needed the Utah Republican to put together a statement praising his former chief …
Washington Post:
Top White House officials knew of abuse allegations against top aide for months  —  White House Counsel Donald McGahn knew one year ago that Staff Secretary Rob Porter's ex-wives accused him of domestic violence but allowed him to serve as an influential gatekeeper and aide to President Trump …
New York Times:
Unwelcome Attention for John Kelly, the Man Enlisted to Bring Calm  —  WASHINGTON — Among the many people agitated this week over John F. Kelly, the White House chief of staff, was President Trump.  And among the people the president called to express dissatisfaction, according to those close to him …
Helena Andrews-Dyer / Washington Post:
Omarosa says she wouldn't vote for Trump again ‘in a million years’ … She claimed to be looking forward to “staying away from the media,” but that didn't stop Omarosa from dropping as many headline-making statements as she could during Thursday night's episode of “Celebrity Big Brother.”
Eliana Johnson / Politico:
Kelly knew before abuse reports that Porter would be denied security clearance  —  White House chief of staff John Kelly was told several weeks ago that the FBI would deny full security clearances to multiple White House aides who had been working in the West Wing on interim security clearances.
Jonathan Swan / Axios:
John Kelly crisis engulfs the West Wing  —  The Rob Porter crisis has become a John Kelly crisis, and it has now totally engulfed the West Wing.  White House staff — especially Porter's close friendship circle —are shell-shocked by the allegations of domestic abuse by the departing aide.
Discussion: Raw Story, The Week and Washington Post
Dahlia Lithwick / Slate:
Rob Porter's History of Domestic Abuse Wasn't a Secret. It's Just That No One Cared.
CNN:
Sources: Porter fallout won't cost Kelly his job — for now
Discussion: The Week
Tom Kludt / CNNMoney:
Rob Porter scandal: Everywhere but Fox News
Ed Henry / Fox News:
Democratic Sen. Mark Warner texted with Russian oligarch lobbyist in effort to contact dossier author Christopher Steele  —  EXCLUSIVE - Sen. Mark Warner, the top Democrat on the Senate Intelligence Committee who has been leading a congressional investigation into President Trump's alleged ties to Russia …
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Jonathan M. Winer / Washington Post:
Devin Nunes is investigating me.  Here's the truth.  —  Jonathan M. Winer, a Washington lawyer and consultant, is a former U.S. deputy assistant secretary of state for international law enforcement and former special envoy for Libya.  —  House Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin Nunes …
CNN:
Clash with witness shows Nunes' drive to discredit dossier
Discussion: Washington Post
Seung Min Kim / Politico:
The dumbest shutdown ever  —  Rand Paul and Nancy Pelosi have virtually nothing in common.  But on Thursday night, the conservative Kentucky firebrand and San Francisco Democratic leader teamed up to push Washington into what Capitol Hill dwellers are calling the dumbest shutdown fight ever.
Discussion: Associated Press and Splinter
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Burgess Everett / Politico:
GOP rips Rand for shutdown  —  Rand Paul took a stand, consequences be damned.  And Senate Republicans are livid about it.  —  After driving the government into a brief shutdown over his demand for an amendment to cut government spending, the Kentucky Republican took friendly fire …
Heather Caygle / Politico:
Congress votes to end government shutdown
Mike DeBonis / Washington Post:
Government shutdown set to end as House passes sweeping budget bill
Karen Tumulty / Washington Post:   Nancy Pelosi: ‘The stories kept coming’
Tal Kopan / CNN:
McConnell officially tees up immigration debate next week
Discussion: WBBH-TV
Carla Marinucci / Politico:
MeToo movement lawmaker investigated for sexual misconduct allegations  —  SAN FRANCISCO — California Assemblywoman Cristina Garcia — whose high-profile advocacy of the #MeToo movement earned her national media notice — is herself the subject of a state legislative investigation in the wake …
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Melanie Mason / Los Angeles Times:
Assemblywoman at forefront of #MeToo movement accused of sexual misconduct
Hollywood Reporter:
Jill Messick's Family Issues Blistering Statement on Harvey Weinstein and Rose McGowan  —  “Seeing her name in headlines again and again, as part of one person's attempt to gain more attention for her personal cause, along with Harvey's desperate attempt to vindicate himself, was devastating for her,” the family said.
David Ovalle / miamiherald:
Bad info from Spirit Air led me to flush pet hamster down airport toilet, student says  —  Before Belen Aldecosea flew home from from college to South Florida, she twice called Spirit Airlines to ensure she could bring along a special guest: Pebbles, her pet dwarf hamster.  No problem, the airline told her.
Sam Levin / The Guardian:
California police worked with neo-Nazis to pursue ‘anti-racist’ activists, documents show  —  Officers expressed sympathy with white supremacists and sought their help to target counter protesters after a violent 2016 rally, according to court documents
Mark Osborne / ABC News:
Pence bashes North Korea's military parade, endorses Trump's parade  —  Vice President Mike Pence engaged in a game of parade one-upmanship on Friday as he spoke to reporters in South Korea ahead of the opening ceremonies for the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics.
John Moody / Fox News:
In Olympics, let's focus on the winner of the race — not the race of the winner  —  Unless it's changed overnight, the motto of the Olympics, since 1894, has been “Faster, Higher, Stronger.”  It appears the U.S. Olympic Committee would like to change that to “Darker, Gayer, Different.”
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Media Matters for America:
Fox News executive VP rails against diversity of US Olympians: “Darker, Gayer, Different”
Discussion: Hullabaloo
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Fraudulence of the Fiscal Hawks  —  In 2011, House Republicans, led by Paul Ryan, issued a report full of dire warnings about the dangers of budget deficits.  “The United States is facing a crushing burden of debt,” it declared, warning of a looming fiscal crisis that might soon “capsize” the economy.
Discussion: Washington Post and Daily Kos
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Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:   Republicans Stopped Sabotaging the Economy Because They Have the White House Now
Kyle Cheney / Politico:
FBI surveillance of Carter Page might have picked up Bannon  —  The FBI was monitoring Carter Page when the former Trump campaign adviser says he spoke with Trump adviser Steve Bannon about Russia in January 2017, raising the strong possibility that the FBI intercepted a conversation between the two men.
Laura Stevens / Wall Street Journal:
Amazon to Launch Delivery Service That Would Vie With FedEx, UPS  —  The company is preparing to begin the offering in Los Angeles with its ‘third-party merchants’ and then roll it out more broadly  —  Amazon.com Inc. AMZN -4.68% is preparing to launch a delivery service for businesses …
Catherine Herridge / Fox News:
Another longtime Comey aide leaving FBI  —  The longtime head of public affairs at the FBI — who was a confidant of former director James Comey — is planning to retire, Fox News has learned.  —  A notice went out this week for a retirement get-together for Michael Kortan scheduled for Feb. 15.
Discussion: Don Surber and The Last Refuge
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Wall Street Journal:
Syria Condemns U.S. Airstrike as Tensions Rise
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WSFA-TV:
Former U.S. Rep. Bobby Bright to run as Republican for 2nd District seat
Discussion: Daily Kos
Brett Samuels / The Hill:
Mattis vows ‘Dreamers’ serving in military will not be deported
Discussion: NPR and The Week
Sopan Deb / New York Times:
Casting Controversy Derailed a High School Play. Then Came the Threats.
Discussion: Front Page Magazine
CBS San Francisco:
San Francisco Bay Area Experiences Mass Exodus Of Residents
Haley Byrd / Weekly Standard:
Matt Gaetz Knows How to Get President Trump's Attention
Kyle Smith / National Review:
The Idolatry of Journalism  —  The Newseum is a monument of absurd self-praise.
Fred Barnes / Weekly Standard:
A man with a plan: Newt's strategy for GOP victory
 Earlier Items: 
Bryan Lowry / Kansas City Star:
Kobach sits on board of veterans group that isn't using money to help veterans
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
CRFB Papers and Blog Posts:
CBO Finds Budget Deal Will Cost $320 Billion
Discussion: NBC News and Business Insider
Hannah Levintova / Mother Jones:
Russian Activist Alleges New Link Between the Kremlin and Paul Manafort
Bloomberg:
Trump Administration Is Weighing Emergency Aid for Some Coal Plants
Philip Wegmann / Washington Examiner:
Sebastian Gorka fully supports Danny Tarkanian (whose campaign paid Gorka $5,000)
Discussion: ThinkProgress
Taffy Brodesser-Akner / New York Times:
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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”

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

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

 
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