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8:20 AM ET, February 9, 2018

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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 …
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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 …
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 …
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
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 …
MJ Lee / CNN:
Email to FBI: Porter's friend ‘actively working to quell’ background check issues  —  White House aide's ex-wife details alleged abuse  —  Washington (CNN)The current husband of one of Rob Porter's ex-wives emailed the FBI last January expressing concern that a close friend …
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
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.
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.”
Discussion: Political Wire
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
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.
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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’
Fred Barnes / Weekly Standard:   A man with a plan: Newt's strategy for GOP victory
Associated Press:
Used to scuffles, Rand Paul takes on Senate, risks shutdown
Discussion: Politico
Elaina Plott / The Atlantic:   The U.S. Government Shut Down Overnight—and Will Soon Reopen
Reuters:
Fiscal hawk Paul slows budget deal, shutdown looms
Discussion: CNN and Splinter
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
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.
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
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.
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Yonhap News Agency:   (LEAD) Chief delegates of U.S., N. Korea meet briefly at Olympic reception
Yonhap News Agency:   (LEAD) Moon urges Japan to look ‘squarely’ at history for improved ties with S. Korea
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.
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
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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Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Fraudulence of the Fiscal Hawks
Discussion: Washington Post and Daily Kos
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.
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
Alex Horton / Washington Post:
A woman may have given birth in an airport bathroom, and left the baby behind, police say
Discussion: ABC News
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
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Bloomberg:
Trump's Soaring Budget Deficit Risks Intensifying Market Frenzy
Philip Wegmann / Washington Examiner:
Sebastian Gorka fully supports Danny Tarkanian (whose campaign paid Gorka $5,000)
Discussion: ThinkProgress
Eric Katz / GovExec.com:
Allegations of Rampant Sexual Harassment and Rape Roil Federally Run College
Discussion: Raw Story
 

 
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Max Tani / @maxwelltani:
Memo: WaPo's Matt Murray lays out plans for WP Ventures, the “third newsroom”; Krissah Thompson will be editor and Samantha Henig will be general manager

Jack Dunn / Variety:
Trump appoints Mark Burnett, the British TV executive who created and produced the reality show The Apprentice, as a special envoy to the UK

Jessica Toonkel / Wall Street Journal:
A deep dive into Paramount's sale to Skydance; sources: Skydance may integrate Pluto into Paramount+, and CBS head George Cheeks is expected to be head of TV
 
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