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9:00 PM ET, January 25, 2019

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Jeremy Herb / CNN:
How CNN captured video of the Roger Stone raid  —  (CNN)The rare, dramatic video from CNN Friday capturing the early morning FBI raid of longtime Donald Trump confidante Roger Stone's Florida home was the product of good instincts, some key clues, more than a year of observing comings …
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CNN:
Mueller indicts Roger Stone, says he was coordinating with Trump officials about WikiLeaks' stolen emails  —  (CNN)Roger Stone has been indicted by a grand jury on charges brought by special counsel Robert Mueller, who alleges that the longtime Donald Trump associate sought stolen emails …
Mark Mazzetti / New York Times:
Roger Stone, Adviser to Trump, Is Indicted in Mueller Investigation  —  WASHINGTON — Roger J. Stone Jr., a longtime informal adviser to President Trump who has spent decades plying the dark arts of scandal-mongering and dirty tricks to help influence American political campaigns …
Matt Ford / New Republic:
Uh-Oh  —  Criminal indictments are typically written in the dry, terse active voice of American legalese.  Special counsel Robert Mueller's criminal indictment of Roger Stone, who was arrested by FBI agents in the wee hours on Friday, is no different—with one notable exception.
New York Times:
Indicting Roger Stone, Mueller Shows Link Between Trump Campaign and WikiLeaks  — The special counsel, Robert S. Mueller III, revealed the most direct link yet between the Trump campaign's and WikiLeaks' parallel efforts in the 2016 campaign.  — An indictment disclosed evidence …
Todd S. Purdum / The Atlantic:
Trumpworld Follows a Godfather Script—Literally
Discussion: Political Wire
Jared Holt / Right Wing Watch:
Alex Jones Says Roger Stone Contacted WikiLeaks at Jones' Behest While Seeking Infowars Job
Discussion: CNN, twitchy.com and Politico
New York Times:
Roger Stone's Dirty Tricks Put Him Where He's Always Wanted to Be: Center Stage
Discussion: Washington Press
Michael Kruse / Politico:
Roger Stone's Last Dirty Trick
Discussion: CNN, USA Today and Vox
Washington Post:
Longtime Trump adviser Roger Stone indicted by special counsel in Russia investigation
Washington Post:
House approves bill to reopen the government, sends measure to Trump for his signature  —  Congress sent legislation to President Trump on Friday to temporarily reopen the government, ending the longest shutdown in history while handing Democrats a major political victory in the protracted standoff.
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Washington Post:
Poll: Majority of Americans hold Trump and Republicans responsible for shutdown  —  Public disapproval of President Trump has swelled five points to 58 percent over three months as a majority of Americans continue to hold him and congressional Republicans most responsible …
New York Times:
Trump Announces Deal to Reopen Government, in Surprise Retreat From Wall  —  WASHINGTON — President Trump agreed Friday to reopen the federal government for three weeks while negotiations proceeded over how to secure the nation's southwestern border, backing down after a monthlong standoff failed …
Alex Wagner / The Atlantic:
Pelosi Won, Trump Lost  —  On Friday afternoon, President Donald Trump walked into the Rose Garden to announce, effectively, that he was throwing in the towel.  After shutting down the government as part of a 35-day executive tantrum to secure funding for his proposed border wall with Mexico …
Discussion: VICE
Wall Street Journal:
Trump, Congress Reach Tentative Deal to Reopen Government for Three Weeks
Discussion: Daily Wire
Hunter Walker / Yahoo News:
Bernie Sanders set to announce 2020 presidential run  —  WASHINGTON—Three years after fighting a surprisingly competitive Democratic primary race against Hillary Clinton, Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders is making another run for the White House.  —  Two sources with direct knowledge …
Ben Collins / NBC News:
4chan trolls flood laid off HuffPost, Buzzfeed reporters with death threats  —  The threats are part of a coordinated campaign organized on the far-right message board.  —  Shortly after he tweeted the news of his own layoff, Nick Wing checked his inbox at the Huffington Post and saw an email with a few pictures from a troll.
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Will Sommer / The Daily Beast:
Pro-Trump Media Stars Despair After Trump Caves on Shutdown  —  ‘Trump is a broken man,’ lamented Mike Cernovich, while Ann Coulter called the president a ‘the biggest wimp.’  —  President Trump's top supporters among right-wing media despaired on Friday after he agreed to a three-week deal …
Ezra Klein / Vox:
The vindication of Nancy Pelosi  —  How Pelosi delivered Trump the most humiliating loss of his presidency.  —  Flashback 40 days and Nancy Pelosi's return to the speakership was a hard-won prize marred by Democratic grumbling.  —  After the midterm elections, 15 House Democrats signed …
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Reuters:
Exclusive: Kremlin-linked contractors help guard Venezuela's Maduro - sources  —  MOSCOW (Reuters) - Private military contractors who do secret missions for Russia flew into Venezuela in the past few days to beef up security for President Nicolas Maduro in the face of U.S.-backed opposition protests …
Associated Press:
AP Exclusive: Anti-Maduro coalition grew from secret talks  —  CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — The coalition of Latin American governments that joined the U.S. in quickly recognizing Juan Guaido as Venezuela's interim president came together over weeks of secret diplomacy that included whispered messages …
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Gary Langer / ABC News:
Shutdown blame stays on Trump, with his approval at a historic low  —  Blame for the partial government shutdown continues to focus on President Donald Trump and his party in Congress, with the president's overall job approval rating the lowest on record for any president after two years in office.
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The Daily Beast:
Trump Caves, Ends Longest Government Shutdown in History Without His Precious Wall
Discussion: ABC News and Joe.My.God.
Raphael Satter / Associated Press:
APNewsBreak: Undercover agents target cybersecurity watchdog  —  NEW YORK (AP) — The researchers who reported that Israeli software was used to spy on Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi's inner circle before his gruesome death are being targeted in turn by international undercover operatives, The Associated Press has found.
Discussion: The Citizen Lab
Federal Bureau of Investigation:
Video Message to Employees from Director Wray  —  Message to employees from FBI Director Wray regarding government shutdown.  —  Video Transcript  —  Hi Everyone.  —  We're now five weeks and two missed paychecks into this mess, and I wanted to touch base with all of you again.
Discussion: Politico and ABC News
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Mark Berman / Washington Post:
FBI director blasts ‘mind-boggling’ shutdown impact in message to unpaid employees
Discussion: Mother Jones
Will Sommer / The Daily Beast:
Arson Suspected at Comet Ping Pong, the D.C. Restaurant Made Famous by Pizzagate  —  The D.C. pizzeria targeted by far-right conspiracy theorists was on fire Thursday, cops said.  No one was injured.  —  An arsonist allegedly started a fire Thursday night at Comet Ping Pong, the Washington …
Discussion: Eschaton
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WTTG-TV:   Fire at Comet Ping Pong pizza shop was intentionally set, DC fire officials say
Michael Tomasky / The Daily Beast:
Trump's Zombies Applaud as He Lights Himself on Fire  —  It was funny, watching Trump trying to persuade America that this wasn't a colossal failure for which he alone was responsible.  But it wasn't fun.  —  Michael Tomasky  —  What a joke.  What a fraud.  As Bugs Bunny used to say, what a maroon.
Sarah Jones / New York Magazine:
Flight Attendants Are ‘Mobilizing Immediately’ Over Shutdown, Union Says  —  On Friday morning, air traffic controllers missed their second paycheck due to the government shutdown.  Many called out sick, resulting in delayed flights at some of the nation's busiest airports, including LaGuardia, Newark, and Hartfield-Jackson in Atlanta.
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Alex Pareene / Columbia Journalism Review:
The digital winter turns apocalyptic  —  This week, as a long-predicted collapse seemed to hit digital media, we saw a few of the tried-and-true ways managers use to explain to employees why they're laying them off.  —  BuzzFeed chose the language of corporation-as-family …
 
 
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Washington Post:
Even with shutdown deal, federal workers probably won't see back pay until next week
Media Matters for America:
Lou Dobbs slams Trump's shutdown cave: “Illegal immigrants are surely pleased”
Discussion: twitchy.com
Washington Post:
Even with evidence of ‘high crimes,’ impeaching Trump would probably fail
Derek M. Norman / New York Times:
The Half King Is Dead. Long Live the Half King.
Gideon Resnick / The Daily Beast:
Richard Ojeda Becomes First 2020 Democrat to Drop Out of Race
Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar / Associated Press:
Tom Raum, versatile Washington reporter for AP, is dead
 Earlier Items: 
David Siders / Politico:
Beto O'Rourke says 2020 decision could be months away
Adam Kredo / Washington Free Beacon:
Democrats Ducking Vote on Rejecting Anti-Semitism
Stephanie Saul / New York Times:
Kris Kobach Wants to Build the Wall His Way, and Says He Has the President's Blessing
Nick Anderson / Washington Post:
Johns Hopkins to buy Newseum building in D.C. as journalism museum plans to relocate
Steve Peoples / Associated Press:
Bloomberg says Trump, at this point, ‘cannot be helped’
Discussion: Politico
 

 
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