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6:40 AM ET, January 25, 2019

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NBC News:
Officials rejected Jared Kushner for top secret security clearance, but were overruled  —  Jared Kushner was rejected for a top secret clearance by 2 career security specialists, but their supervisor overruled them and approved him, say sources.  —  WASHINGTON — Jared Kushner's application …
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Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: The losing move  —  DRIVING THE DAY  —  DAY 35 ... NEW ... ONE IDEA that seems to be picking up steam at the White House and in some quarters on Capitol Hill is creating a commission to study border security and a border wall.  —  NEEDLESS TO SAY, THIS WOULD BE REPUBLICANS FOLDING …
CNN:
Exclusive: White House preparing draft national emergency order, has identified $7 billion for wall  —  Washington (CNN)The White House is preparing a draft proclamation for President Donald Trump to declare a national emergency along the southern border and has identified more than $7 billion …
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Heather Caygle / Politico:
Trump White House grows eager to escape losing shutdown fight  —  Now that the Senate has shot down President Donald Trump's compromise offer to end the month-long government shutdown, White House officials aren't sure of their next move.  —  But they do know one thing: they're losing, and they want to cut a deal.
Sheryl Gay Stolberg / New York Times:
A Rival Who Can Flummox Trump: A Powerful Woman Named Nancy Pelosi  —  WASHINGTON — When President Trump is battling a man, he tends to belittle his foe with nicknames like “Cryin' Chuck” and “Low-energy Jeb.”  When he is in a fight with a woman, he is known to lob insults like “horseface” and “ugly” and “dog.”
McClatchy Washington Bureau:
Kushner floats deal of permanent protections for 1.8 million dreamers, LULAC chief says  —  Top White House adviser Jared Kushner told members of Latino advocacy organizations on Thursday that President Donald Trump was willing to give 1.8 million Dreamers permanent protections from deportation …
Jonathan Bernstein / Bloomberg:
Trump Just Lost His Leverage for Building a Wall  —  Two failed votes in the Senate on reopening the government show the president can't even count on the Republican majority to have his back.  —  President Donald Trump doesn't seem to realize it, but his claim to any leverage on the shutdown …
Discussion: CNN, Balloon Juice and The Atlantic
Burgess Everett / Politico:
'We're talking': McConnell and Schumer attempt to defuse shutdown  —  There's growing hope that the longtime Senate operators can end the stalemate fueled by Trump's border wall demands.  —  Chuck Schumer emerged from Mitch McConnell's office after a 30-minute meeting on Thursday afternoon bearing a wide grin.
Discussion: Vox, Axios and Washington Post
Washington Post:
‘This is your fault’: GOP senators clash over shutdown inside private luncheon  —  Republican senators clashed with each other and confronted Vice President Pence inside a private luncheon on Thursday, as anger hit a boiling point over the longest government shutdown in history.
Discussion: Raw Story
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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
GOP senators read Pence riot act before shutdown votes  —  Frustrated GOP senators read Vice President Pence the riot act at a closed-door meeting Thursday, telling him the partial government shutdown needs to end soon, according to lawmakers in the room.  —  Republican senators …
Discussion: The Resurgent
Colby Itkowitz / Washington Post:
Sen. Michael Bennet slams Ted Cruz for ‘crocodile tears’ over the shutdown
Discussion: ABC News, Joe.My.God. and The Week
Washington Post:
Wilbur Ross says furloughed workers should take out a loan.  His agency's own credit union is charging nearly 9 percent  —  The Department of Commerce federal credit union is charging furloughed employees almost 9 percent interest on emergency loans to cover their missing paychecks …
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Washington Post:
‘Am I out of touch?’: Trump administration struggles to show empathy for workers.
Discussion: Politico
New York Times:
Another Loan? Furloughed Employees Balk at Wilbur Ross's Suggestion
Discussion: POLITICUSUSA and The Guardian
Jeffrey Schweers / Tallahassee Democrat:
Florida Secretary of State Michael Ertel resigns after Halloween blackface photos emerge  —  Michael Ertel, the newly appointed Secretary of State of Gov. Ron DeSantis, has resigned after photos emerged of him posing as a Hurricane Katrina victim in blackface at a private Halloween party 14 years ago.
Elie Mystal / The Nation:
Black Children Don't Have Nick Sandmann's Rights  —  And they definitely don't get the chance to redeem themselves on national TV with the help of Savannah Guthrie.  —  On Wednesday morning, I watched Savannah Guthrie help Nick Sandmann gaslight America into disbelieving its own eyes.
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Rich Lowry / Politico:
In Defense of the MAGA Hat
Discussion: Breitbart
Robin Givhan / Washington Post:
The MAGA hat is not a statement of policy. It's an inflammatory declaration of identity.
Brian Beutler / Crooked Media:
The Covington Boys and the Poison of Trumpism
Discussion: NB Blog
Washington Post:
Elizabeth Warren to propose new ‘wealth tax’ on very rich Americans, economist says  —  Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) will propose a new “wealth tax” on Americans with more than $50 million in assets, according to an economist advising her on the plan, as Democratic leaders vie …
Washington Post:
Trump administration to start sending asylum seekers back to Mexico  —  U.S. officials at the southern border will begin sending some asylum applicants back to Mexico on Friday as the Trump administration implements new measures prohibiting migrants from waiting in the United States while their cases are processed.
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Alicia A. Caldwell / Wall Street Journal:   U.S. to Start Returning Some Asylum Seekers to Mexico
Kimberley A. Strassel / Wall Street Journal:
Mark Warner's Enablers  —  The Virginia senator gets too much respect for his Trump-Russia conspiracy theories.  —  Hand it to Sen. Mark Warner.  Of the many Russia-collusion theorists, how many get to claim “bipartisan” credentials?  —  That's one question that accompanied Thursday's supposedly big news …
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Fareed Zakaria / Washington Post:
Davos is a microcosm of the world — and the outlook is grim  —  The atmosphere at the 2019 World Economic Forum reflects the global picture perhaps more genuinely than in years past, and the painting is not very pretty.  The mood here is subdued, cautious and apprehensive.
Washington Post:
Koch network tells donors it plans to stay out of 2020 race, once again declining to back Trump  —  The conservative Koch political network has told donors that it plans to once again stay out of the presidential race and will not work to help reelect President Trump in 2020 …
Discussion: Raw Story and Axios
Lucien Bruggeman / ABC News:
Former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort expected in court to confront special counsel's allegations of lying  —  Paul Manafort, the onetime campaign chairman for President Donald Trump, is expected to make a rare court appearance in Washington, D.C., Friday morning to address allegations lodged …
Rachel Bitecofer / New York Times:
Why Trump Will Lose in 2020  —  The president is running hard on a strategy of riling up his base.  But by doing that, he riles up the Democratic base, too, and that one is bigger.  —  Dr. Bitecofer is a professor of political science at Christopher Newport University.
Discussion: Raw Story
Brian Schwartz / CNBC:
JP Morgan CEO Jamie Dimon and Goldman Sachs CEO David Solomon recently had private meetings with top Democratic Wall Street critic Maxine Waters  — J.P. Morgan CEO Jamie Dimon and Goldman Sachs CEO David Solomon recently met in private with leading Wall Street critic Rep. Maxine Waters …
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CNBC:   Deutsche Bank queried by US House panels on Trump ties
Washington Post:
Witness in special counsel probe, former Stone associate, collected payments from Infowars through job Stone arranged  —  Over the past several months, author and conspiracy theorist Jerome Corsi has emerged as one of special counsel Robert S. Mueller III's most vexing witnesses in his probe of Russian interference in the 2016 campaign.
Discussion: Raw Story and Talking Points Memo
General Colin L. Powell:
Yesterday was a reassuring day for me.  I was on my way to Walter Reed Military Hospital for an exam.  As I drove along Interstate 495 my left front tire blew out.  I am a car guy and knew I could change it but it was cold outside and the lug bolts were very tight.
Discussion: CNN, Task & Purpose, KTLA and IJR
 
 
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Scott Wong / The Hill:
GOP compares Ocasio-Cortez to Trump
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Alfredo Ortiz / Fox News:
Small business owners are feeling very optimistic right now but could House Democrats change all that?
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Washington Post:
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Associated Press:
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Josh Lederman / NBC News:
Skripal poisoning: Trump admin yet to impose new Russia sanctions required by law
Discussion: Hullabaloo
Meagan Flynn / Washington Post:
‘Trump will handle this’: Florida man tried to force Iraqi family out of his neighborhood, police say
BuzzFeed News:
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GQ:
The Unfinished Business of Bernie Sanders
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