memeorandum: As Beto O'Rourke Weighs 2020 Run, Democrats Chafe at His Go-It-Alone Style (New York Times)

4:55 PM ET, January 19, 2019

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Jonathan Swan / Axios:

Exclusive: Trump expected to propose DACA-TPS immigration compromise — President Trump plans to use remarks from the Diplomatic Reception Room on Saturday afternoon to propose a notable immigration compromise, according to sources familiar with the speech.

Axios:

Democrats dismiss Trump shutdown offer — Even before President Trump's shutdown remarks on Saturday, Democratic aides on the Hill were dismissing his planned shutdown compromise offer as inadequate. — As first reported by Axios, Trump was expected to make two offers to Democrats in exchange …

Discussion: VICE News and POLITICUSUSA

Washington Post:

Trump offers 3-year extension of protection for ‘dreamers’ in exchange for $5.7 billion for wall; Democrats call it a ‘non-starter’ — President Trump made a new offer Saturday to Democrats aimed at ending the 29-day partial government shutdown that would extend deportation protections …

Discussion: Mother Jones, Joe.My.God., TheStreet, Breitbart, Raw Story, Mediaite and illegal immigration …

Pelosi / Speaker Nancy Pelosi:

Pelosi Statement on Trump Speech — San Francisco — Speaker Nancy Pelosi issued this statement in advance of the President's address: — “Democrats were hopeful that the President was finally willing to re-open government and proceed with a much-needed discussion to protect the border.

Discussion: Shareblue Media, Talking Points Memo, twitchy.com and New York Times

Tal Axelrod / The Hill:

Pelosi: Trump proposals to reopen government a ‘non-starter’ — Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) on Saturday called reports of a deal to be proposed by President Trump to end a record-long partial government shutdown a “non-starter.” — “Democrats were hopeful that the President …

Discussion: Political Wire

Grace Segers / CBS News:
Trump proposes deal on immigration, Pelosi calls shutdown offer a “non-starter”

Discussion: ThinkProgress, Breitbart, The Gateway Pundit, Chicks On The Right, RT, Conservative News Today and CBS Baltimore

Michael C. Bender / Wall Street Journal:
Trump to Support DACA Protections for More Wall Funding

Discussion: Roll Call and Talking Points Memo

Burgess Everett / Politico:
Trump's bid to negotiate on wall met by Democratic rejection

Discussion: Axios, Vox, Raw Story, Breitbart and illegal immigration …

CNN:
Trump plans to make Democrats an offer to end shutdown, not declare national emergency …

Discussion: Talking Points Memo, Political Wire, Associated Press, Denver Post, The Mahablog, The Week, Vox, Outside the Beltway, CBS News, Raw Story and CNBC

Dallas Morning News: Protect Dreamers and build the wall, and we can all win

Nancy Cook / Politico:
‘Theater of the absurd’: How the shutdown's bleakest week unfolded for Trump

Discussion: Raw Story

Vincent Schilling / Indian Country Today:

Outrage as non-Native youth wearing #MAGA hats taunt and disrespect Native elder — Native Twitter has gone ablaze as a Native American elder singing the AIM Song in Washington DC during the Indigenous Peoples March was ridiculed, taunted and mocked by a group of non-Native youth.

Discussion: RedState, Talking Points Memo, The Daily Beast, abc7ny.com, Mashable, The Hill, Towleroad Gay News, Splinter, Mediaite and Boing Boing

Lisa Ryan / The Cut:

Mob of MAGA Hat-Wearing Teen Boys Caught on Video Harassing Native Elder — Native American activists and allies gathered in Washington on Friday for the Indigenous Peoples March - just days after President Donald joked on Twitter about a Native American massacre.

Discussion: Washington Post, The Gateway Pundit and Chicks On The Right

Max Londberg / Cincinnati.com:

CovCath faces backlash after video of incident at Indigenous Peoples March surfaces — Covington Catholic High School faced backlash on social media Saturday morning after video was posted and widely shared showing a tense incident involving indigenous marchers and a group of young men in Washington, D.C.

Discussion: ThinkProgress, Mother Jones, Courier-Journal, The Resurgent, Friendly Atheist, twitchy.com, Joe.My.God., Lawyers, Guns & Money and Hullabaloo

Axios:

Mueller's BuzzFeed statement is a reckoning for journalism in the age of Trump — Last night's rare on-the-record statement from the Mueller team is a reckoning that journalism had coming: Amid some of the most impressive reporting of our lifetimes, there's plenty of questionable coverage in this shock-a-minute era.

Discussion: ThinkProgress, Deadline, Breitbart and The Resurgent

emptywheel:

Peter Carr Speaks — Yesterday, Mueller's spox Peter Carr issued a statement vaguely denying Thursday's Buzzfeed story claiming that Trump ordered Michael Cohen to lie. … Clearly, there are parts of the story that are correct, in that they provide specific details that match the vague ones Mueller himself has released.

Discussion: New York Times, POLITICUSUSA, Chicks On The Right and Hullabaloo

Reuters:
Trump says grateful to Mueller for BuzzFeed statement

Discussion: Political Wire

Alan Dershowitz / Fox News:
BuzzFeed report (and Mueller rebuke) a vivid example of “Get Trump” media mindset

Discussion: IJR, New York Daily News, The New Neo and illegal immigration …

Washington Post:
In a rare move, Mueller's office denies BuzzFeed report that Trump told Cohen to lie about Moscow project

Amber Athey / The Daily Caller:
CNN And MSNBC Repeatedly Floated Impeachment Over Disputed BuzzFeed Report

Discussion: Breitbart, Sputnik International, Mueller's Office … and NB Blog

New York Times:

As Beto O'Rourke Weighs 2020 Run, Democrats Chafe at His Go-It-Alone Style — For a moment in August, an event hall in Texas teemed with hope, taquitos and unity. — It was a border-town stop for Beto O'Rourke's Senate campaign, but another Democratic politician commanded particular attention …

Beto O'Rourke:

I had been to Ulysses, Kansas once before, briefly. — Mike and I were driving back to Texas from New York in the summer of 1998. I had bought a used truck in Long Island for a thousand dollars, put my worldly possessions in the back and we drove the 2,200 miles to El Paso. One of the funnest times in my life.

Jon Ward / Yahoo News: Why was Beto O'Rourke a national phenomenon while Stacey Abrams wasn't?

David Siders / Politico: Beto O'Rourke's road trip drives home his message

Dan Balz / Washington Post:

“Would you like to speak to the president?” — PARIS — “Would you like to speak to the president?” — That was about the last question I expected from a stranger on a Friday night in Paris. — I was at a brasserie in the Latin Quarter, enjoying dinner with James McAuley, the Post's Paris correspondent.

Discussion: Raw Story

Cleve R. Wootson Jr / Washington Post:

A black R&B artist hoped singing for Trump would build ‘a bridge.’ It derailed her career instead. — Chrisette Michele is singing to nearly empty concert halls. She says she's finding a new path to happiness. — GLENSIDE, Pa. — Chrisette Michele held hands with her band members during a final prayer …

Discussion: Raw Story

Kevin Sieff / Washington Post:

Attempts to steal fuel from Mexican pipeline set off massive fireball, killing at least 66 — MEXICO CITY — At least 66 people were killed when a fuel pipeline exploded outside Mexico City, unleashing a massive fireball after residents tapped into the duct to steal buckets of gasoline, officials said Saturday.

Discussion: New York Times and Gizmodo

Mark Stevenson / Associated Press:
Horrifying fireball at ruptured Mexico oil pipeline kills 21

Discussion: The Week

Ashe Schow / Daily Wire:

FAIL: Only 10,000 Are Expected At This Year's Women's March Following Anti-Semitism Scandal — This year's Women's March has taken a significant hit after reports in 2018 that the founders of the organization were openly anti-Semitic. Many of the founders are supporters …

Discussion: TheBlaze

Washington Post: Thousands gather for third Women's March after year of controversy

Associated Press:

Arizona: Four women convicted after leaving food and water in desert for migrants — Federal judge finds activists guilty of entering a national wildlife refuge without a permit to give aid to migrants — A federal judge has found four women guilty of entering a national wildlife refuge without …

Discussion: Axios

Scott Johnson / Power Line:

Useful idiots, Kristof edition — Lo these many years since the Russian Revolution and the collapse of the Soviet Union, the New York Times is still doing public relations for Communism. The most recent example — I find it almost unbelievable — is Nicholas Kristof's January 18 Times column …

Discussion: Babalú Blog and New York Times