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7:10 PM ET, January 9, 2019

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Meridith McGraw / ABC News:
Trump walks out of latest shutdown talks with Democrats, call them ‘waste of time’ … Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer said that after Trump asked House Speaker Nancy Pelosi whether she would “agree to my wall,” and she said, “No,” Trump said, “We have nothing to discuss,” got up and left.
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New York Times:
Trump Storms Out of White House Meeting with Democrats on Shutdown  —  WASHINGTON — President Trump slammed his hand on a table and stormed out of a White House meeting with congressional leaders on Wednesday after Speaker Nancy Pelosi of California said she would not fund a wall along the southern border …
Yascha Mounk / Slate:
Trump's Speech Was Too Effective for Comfort  —  The president probably failed to win anyone over to his message.  But that doesn't mean the public is immune to that message.  —  President Donald Trump's address to the nation on Tuesday night was unimaginative, lacking in energy …
Joe Concha / The Hill:
Pelosi, Schumer response tops Trump speech in preliminary ratings  —  The response to President Trump's Oval Office address to the nation by Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y) on Tuesday night rated slightly higher than the president's remarks, according to preliminary audience figures.
Discussion: Deadline and Joe.My.God.
Rick Porter / Hollywood Reporter:
TV Ratings: Democrats' Response to Trump Speech Outdraws President in Early Numbers  —  The response by Democratic leaders Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer has slightly larger preliminary numbers than the president's address.  —  President Trump's televised Oval Office address on immigration Tuesday drew a big audience.
Washington Post:
Shutdown impasse: 8 House Republicans break with Trump on shutdown strategy, back Democrats' plan to reopen Treasury without new border wall funds  —  BREAKING: 8 House Republicans break with Trump on shutdown strategy, back Democrats' plan to reopen Treasury without new border wall funds.
Washington Post:
Trump walks out of shutdown negotiations after Democrats reject wall money, calls meeting ‘total waste of time’
Discussion: RedState
John Bresnahan / Politico:
White House lobbying blitz holds down GOP defections on funding bill
Discussion: Raw Story
Haley Britzky / Axios:
Democratic rebuttal had higher ratings than Trump's address
Discussion: ABC News
Wall Street Journal:
Trump Says Bypassing Congress Still an Option on Wall
Discussion: Hot Air and twitchy.com
Julie Hirschfeld Davis / New York Times:
Democrats Focus on Shutdown's Cost and Steer Away From Trump's Wall
Discussion: Politico
Heidi Przybyla / NBC News:
House Democrats now asking questions about Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin  —  Mnuchin will give the House a classified briefing Thursday, after a request from the Democratic chairs of the main House investigative panels.  —  WASHINGTON — Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin has agreed …
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Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
The ‘Collusion’ Debate Ended Last Night  —  As I signaled last night, the seemingly accidental redaction error in the Manafort legal filing combined with the news published mid-evening by The New York Times is one of the biggest revelations in more than two years of the Trump/Russia scandal.
John R. Schindler / Observer:
Exclusive: Mueller Is Holding Top Secret Intelligence That Will Sink the Trump Presidency  —  Another day, another bombshell emanating from the Special Counsel investigation into President Donald Trump and his links to the Kremlin.  We now have more proof that Robert Mueller really does …
Discussion: CNN, Raw Story and Talking Points Memo
Ken Meyer / Mediaite:
New York Times Makes Major Correction to Report on Manafort and Russian Oligarch  —  New York Times has made a significant edit to their report on Paul Manafort's sharing of Trump campaign polling data with an associate believed to be connected to Russian intelligence.
James Hohmann / Washington Post:   The Daily 202: The new Russia revelations are more consequential than Trump's newsless immigration speech
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
That sophisticated, specific Russian 2016 voter targeting effort doesn't seem to exist
Discussion: Talking Points Memo and Daily Kos
CNN:
Law firm that represented Russian interests part of mystery Mueller subpoena case  —  Supreme Court rules against mystery company  —  Washington (CNN)One law firm involved in a foreign government-owned company's challenge of a mysterious grand jury subpoena related to the Robert Mueller investigation …
Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
Trump's Oval Office address was a pure propaganda opportunity.  Networks shouldn't allow it next time.  —  After Tuesday night's debacle in the Oval Office, television network executives should be spending the day in their spacious offices practicing a simple word: No.
Discussion: Common Dreams, Daily Wire and The Hill
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McKay Coppins / The Atlantic:
Trump's Oval Office Address Was Classic Stephen Miller
Discussion: CNN
Alexander Burns / New York Times:
Tom Steyer, Billionaire Impeachment Activist, Won't Run Against Trump  —  Tom Steyer, the California billionaire who has crusaded for President Trump's impeachment, said on Wednesday that he would not join the pack of Democrats running for president in 2020 and would instead redouble his efforts to topple Mr. Trump before the election.
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Christopher Cadelago / Politico:
Steyer won't run for president in 2020
Discussion: Washington Post and Breitbart
Dan Lamothe / Washington Post:
Coast Guard families told they can have garage sales to cope with government shutdown  —  Employees of the U.S. Coast Guard who are facing a long U.S. government shutdown just received a suggestion: To get by without pay, consider holding a garage sale, babysitting or serving as a “mystery shopper.”
Carol D. Leonnig / Washington Post:
A beefed-up White House legal team prepares aggressive defense of Trump's executive privilege as investigations loom large  —  A beefed-up White House legal team is gearing up to prevent President Trump's confidential discussions with top advisers from being disclosed to House Democratic investigators …
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Mary Clare Jalonick / Associated Press:   Attorney General pick Barr expresses confidence in Mueller
Pierre Thomas / ABC News:
Rosenstein expected to depart DOJ in coming weeks if new attorney general confirmed
Washington Post:
Reduced inspections ‘put our food supply at risk’  —  The furloughing of hundreds of Food and Drug Administration inspectors has sharply reduced inspections of the nation's food supply — one of many repercussions of the partial government shutdown that make Americans potentially less safe.
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Emily Birnbaum / The Hill:   FDA says most food inspections halted amid shutdown
Josh Barro / New York Magazine:
Modern Monetary Theory Doesn't Make Single-Payer Health Care Any Easier  —  You may have heard of Modern Monetary Theory, an approach to economics that is increasingly popular on the left, and which is sometimes mischaracterized (by advocates and especially detractors) as holding that budget deficits …
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Chelsea Davis / Hawaii News Now:
Tensions rise between 2 of Hawaii's Congressional leaders over ‘religious bigotry’ comments  —  HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - Hawaii Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard appears to have “called out” Hawaii Senator Mazie Hirono over her questioning of a judicial nominee, accusing her and others of religious bigotry.
Discussion: National Review, The Week and RedState
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Casey Newton / The Verge:
People older than 65 share the most fake news, a new study finds  —  And the finding holds true across party lines  —  Older Americans are disproportionately more likely to share fake news on Facebook, according to a new analysis by researchers at New York and Princeton Universities.
Bryan Lowry / McClatchy Washington Bureau:
Josh Hawley to furloughed federal workers: No comment  —  Josh Hawley, Republican U.S. senator from Missouri  —  Josh Hawley has a message to federal workers in Kansas City who won't receive paychecks this week: No comment.  —  Wednesday, the freshman Republican Missouri senator was asked …
John DiStaso / WMUR:
Sen. Elizabeth Warren to bring her message to NH in visit this weekend, again in February  —  Organizing event, house party on tap Saturday ahead of Feb. 22 keynote address to big Democratic Party fundraiser  —  MANCHESTER, N.H. —  Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren this weekend …
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Ruby Cramer / BuzzFeed News:   Elizabeth Warren Knows Something Other Presidential Hopefuls Don't: Exactly Why She's Running For President
Kate Taylor / Business Insider:
Drugs and syringes have become such a problem in Starbucks bathrooms that the company is installing needle-disposal boxes in certain locations  — Starbucks is installing needle-disposal boxes in some bathrooms, as well as exploring other solutions to workers' concerns regarding improperly disposed …
Discussion: Front Page Magazine
Andrew Griffin / The Independent:
Repeated radio signals coming from galaxy 1.5 billion light years away, scientists announce  —  Scientists pick up large number of blasts over a few weeks  —  Scientists have spotted repeated blasts of radio signals coming from deep in space.  —  The breakthrough is only the second …
Discussion: The Atlantic and Joe.My.God.
Niraj Chokshi / New York Times:
Angela Davis Says She's ‘Stunned’ After Award Is Revoked Over Her Views on Israel  —  Angela Davis, the activist and scholar, said this week that she was “stunned” after a civil rights group in her native Birmingham, Ala., reversed its decision to honor her with an award amid protests over her support for a boycott of Israel.
Joe Perticone / Business Insider:
Trump's threat of national emergency declaration to fund the border wall is leaving Capitol Hill in shock  — President Donald Trump has been floating a national emergency declaration to start construction of a border wall without congressional approval.  — Democrats claim he has no legal basis …
 
 
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Nick Miroff / Washington Post:
Record number of migrant families arrested while crossing U.S. border in December
New York Daily News:
Government shutdown means no pay for U.S. marshals guarding ‘El Chapo’ during Brooklyn drug-smuggling trial
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Terry Gross / NPR:
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Gregory Krieg / CNN:
Jeff Weaver will not return as Bernie Sanders' campaign manager in 2020
Discussion: Washington Post and NTK Network
Alex Samuels / The Texas Tribune:
Tarrant County GOP set to vote on whether to remove vice-chairman because he's Muslim
Newt Gingrich / Fox News:
Trump 1, Pelosi-Schumer 0 — Border wall debate did not turn out well for Dems Tuesday night
Discussion: RedState
Sarah Zhang / The Atlantic:
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Anna North / Vox:
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