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12:30 PM ET, February 9, 2018

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CNN:
Trump frustrated with Hicks' role in Porter scandal  —  Porter's ex-wife: I don't think he's changed  —  Washington (CNN)President Donald Trump has grown increasingly frustrated with Hope Hicks, his communications director and one of his closest confidantes, amid the fallout from the Rob Porter scandal …
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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.
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 …
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.
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: Washington Times
Erin Gloria Ryan / The Daily Beast:   Why the Hell Is Hope Hicks Getting Off Easy?
Gabriel Sherman / Vanity Fair:
“He Was F—ing Pissed”: With Rob Porter Gone, the Heat on John Kelly Is Increasing
MJ Lee / CNN:
Email to FBI: Porter's friend ‘actively working to quell’ background check issues
Discussion: ThinkProgress and USA Today
CNN:
John Kelly sends staff email condemning domestic violence
Discussion: Talking Points Memo and The Week
Kyle Swenson / Washington Post:
‘Your story is mine’: Rob Porter's ex, Jennie Willoughby, inspires outpouring from abuse survivors
Discussion: NBC News, Mediaite, Althouse and thecut
Washington Post:
Breaking with tradition, Trump skips president's written intelligence report and relies on oral briefings … For much of the past year, President Trump has declined to participate in a practice followed by the past seven of his predecessors: He rarely if ever reads the President's Daily Brief …
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Nicole Lafond / Talking Points Memo:
WaPo: Trump Has Intel Officials Present Daily Briefing Rather Than Reading It
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.
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CNN:
Federal government shuts down as Rand Paul holds up key vote
James Hohmann / Washington Post:
The Daily 202: Rand Paul's short-lived shutdown is ending, but his warning about GOP deficit hypocrisy reverberates
Thomas Kaplan / New York Times:
Trump Signs Budget Deal to Raise Spending and Reopen Government
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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CNN:
Clash with witness shows Nunes' drive to discredit dossier
Discussion: Washington Post
Maya Rao / Star Tribune:
U.S. Rep. Rick Nolan won't run for re-election in 8th District  —  The Democratic congressman from northern Minnesota said it's time ‘to pass the baton.’  —  U.S. Rep. Rick Nolan said Friday that he will not run for re-election when his term ends in 2018.  —  “Now is the time for me to pass …
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Brian Bakst / mprnews.org:
MN Rep. Nolan says he won't seek re-election to Congress
Discussion: Axios
Michael Lewis / Bloomberg:
Has Anyone Seen the President?  —  Michael Lewis goes to Washington in search of Trump and winds up watching the State of the Union with Steve Bannon.  —  Back when he was president, Barack Obama told me that only two people treated any interaction with him as a zero-sum game.
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 …
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
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 …
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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Fareed Zakaria / Washington Post:
Give South Korea a gold medal
Discussion: Vox
Rose Hackman / The Guardian:
The Michigan town where only Christians are allowed to buy houses  —  Bay View is for many an idyllic community - but a lawsuit will test its rule that only practicing Christians can own property … Tucked away in Michigan's Lower Peninsula, somewhere along the winding roads that hug Great Lakes shores …
Heidi Przybyla / NBC News:
Sen. Tim Kaine demands release of secret Trump war powers memo  —  WASHINGTON — Democratic Sen. Tim Kaine is demanding the release of a secret memo outlining President Trump's interpretation of his legal authority to wage war.  —  Kaine, a member of the Armed Services and Foreign Relations Committees …
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.
Pranav Dixit / BuzzFeed:
YouTube Just Cut Off Ads On All Of Logan Paul's Videos  —  The company's decision will stop the controversial YouTube star's income stream, estimated to be more than a million dollars a month.  —  YouTube has temporarily suspended ads on the channels of Logan Paul, the YouTube star who filmed …
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The Daily Beast:   YouTube Bans Ads From Logan Paul's Channel
 
 
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MAINSTREAM MEDIA, EMBRACE YOUR LIBERALISM
Olivia Messer / The Daily Beast:
High-School Coach ‘Ignored’ Boy's Screams as Teammates Raped Him, Lawsuit Claims
Jose A. Del Real / New York Times:
'I'm Not a Career Politician': 6 Teenagers Run for Kansas Governor
Discussion: FiveThirtyEight
Andrew Sullivan / New York Magazine:
We All Live on Campus Now
Meghann Myers / Army Times:
It's official: Army unveils brown beret, new patch for military advisers, SFAB
Discussion: Defense One
Philip Klein / Washington Examiner:
Republicans repeal the Tea Party
Discussion: BloombergQuint
The Local:
100 people die in Germany each year due to risky sex practices
 Earlier Items: 
Jason Noble / Des Moines Register:
Iowa Poll: Donald Trump's approval rating rises, but he remains underwater
Walter Shaub / Los Angeles Times:
Trump's Ethics Office has blessed an unethical legal defense fund for the president's associates
CBS San Francisco:
San Francisco Bay Area Experiences Mass Exodus Of Residents
Tal Kopan / CNN:
McConnell officially tees up immigration debate next week
Discussion: WPIX 11 New York and WBBH-TV
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Fraudulence of the Fiscal Hawks
Discussion: Washington Post and Daily Kos
Fred Barnes / Weekly Standard:
A man with a plan: Newt's strategy for GOP victory
Carla Marinucci / Politico:
MeToo movement lawmaker investigated for sexual misconduct allegations
 

 
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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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