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10:00 AM ET, January 26, 2019

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Peter Baker / New York Times:
For a President Consumed With Winning, a Stinging Defeat  —  WASHINGTON — President Trump famously declared that in his administration the nation would become tired of all the winning.  So on Friday he tried a little losing.  —  After the longest government shutdown in history …
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Gabby Orr / Politico:
‘All for nothing’: Trump's wall retreat bewilders allies  —  Before President Donald Trump finished speaking from the Rose Garden, putting a temporary end to the five-week government shutdown, a running group text between several of his former aides lit up with complaints.
Andrew Restuccia / Politico:
‘Complete, total surrender’: Why Trump waved the white flag  —  President Donald Trump touted GOP unity for 33 days of a partial government shutdown.  But by the 34th day, it was clearly gone — and so was the shutdown by the end of the 35th.  —  Senate Republicans had finally …
John Bresnahan / Politico:
'She's not one to bluff': How Pelosi won the shutdown battle  —  Two months ago, Nancy Pelosi was battling an internal Democratic rebellion trying to bar her from the speakership.  —  Pelosi faced doubts over whether she was the right person to lead the new Democratic majority …
Washington Post:
‘Prisoner of his own impulse’: Inside Trump's cave to end shutdown without wall  —  His poll numbers were plummeting.  His FBI director was decrying the dysfunction.  The nation's air travel was in chaos.  Federal workers were lining up at food banks.  Economic growth was at risk of flatlining …
Ezra Klein / Vox:   The vindication of Nancy Pelosi
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Trump just caved. Democrats can now take control of the immigration debate.
Discussion: Jamie Dupree - AJC
New York Times:
Trump Announces Deal to Reopen Government, in Surprise Retreat From Wall
Washington Post:
Trump signs bill to open the government, ending the longest shutdown in history
New York Times:
Trump and His Associates Had More Than 100 Contacts With Russians Before the Inauguration  —  Among these contacts are more than 100 in-person meetings, phone calls, text messages, emails and private messages on Twitter.  Mr. Trump and his campaign repeatedly denied having such contacts with Russians during the 2016 election.
Discussion: Joe.My.God.
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Andrew C. McCarthy / National Review:
Stone Indictment Underscores That There Was No Trump-Russia Conspiracy  —  Will the Justice Department ever correct the record?  —  Roger Stone is the shiny object.  The obstruction charges in his long-anticipated indictment, made public on Friday, are not the matter of consequence for the United States.
John Podesta / Washington Post:
It might now be Roger Stone's time in the barrel
Power Line:
Roger Stone's Arrest: What's Scandalous, and What Isn't
Todd S. Purdum / The Atlantic:   Trumpworld Follows a Godfather Script—Literally
Paul Seamus Ryan / Just Security:
Roger Stone Indictment Implicates Trump Campaign in Election Law Violations
Matt Ford / New Republic:
Uh-Oh  —  Criminal indictments are typically written in the dry …
Marshall Cohen / CNN:
6 takeaways from the Roger Stone indictment
Discussion: Raw Story and WTVR-TV
Scott Shane / New York Times:
Huge Trove of Leaked Russian Documents Is Published by Transparency Advocates  —  A group of transparency advocates on Friday posted a mammoth collection of hacked and leaked documents from inside Russia, a release widely viewed as a sort of symbolic counterstrike against Russia's dissemination …
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The Hill:   Transparency advocate group releases trove of hacked Russian documents
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 …
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Paul Mirengoff / Power Line:
Is Bernie Sanders the Dems' great white hope?
Discussion: LGBTQ Nation
Edward-Isaac Dovere / The Atlantic:
The Ex-Starbucks CEO Could Get Trump Re-elected  —  Before there was Jill Stein, there was Ralph Nader.  Before there was Nader, there was Ross Perot.  —  None won.  All argued that the Republican Party and Democratic Party were basically the same, and the only way to make real change was to ditch them both.
Discussion: Political Wire
Telegraph:
Melania Trump - An Apology  —  Following last Saturday's (Jan 19) Telegraph magazine cover story “The mystery of Melania”, we have been asked to make clear that the article contained a number of false statements which we accept should not have been published.
Bret Stephens / New York Times:
Yes, Venezuela Is a Socialist Catastrophe  —  In the age of A.O.C., the lesson must be learned again.  —  Conspicuous by its relative absence in much of the mainstream news coverage of Venezuela's political crisis is the word “socialism.”  Yes, every sensible observer agrees …
Washington Post:
The shutdown was proof of Trump's stark incapacity for leadership  —  PRESIDENT TRUMP'S temper tantrum over Congress's refusal to fund a border wall paralyzed much of the government for five weeks, sapped the morale and wallets of hundreds of thousands of federal workers and low-wage contractors …
CNN:
CNN NEWSROOM  —  THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT.  THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.  —  [14:30:00] DONALD TRUMP, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: We do not have the necessary space or resources to detain, house, vet, screen and safely process this tremendous influx of people.
The Daily Beast:
BuzzFeed Staff Unload on CEO Jonah Peretti After Massive Layoffs: You Make ‘Same Mistakes Over and Over’  —  Reporters blasted the company's CEO for spreading out the announcing of a 15% cut and only offering dogs in the office to comfort them.  —  BuzzFeed staffers chewed out CEO Jonah Peretti …
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Alex Pareene / Columbia Journalism Review:
The digital winter turns apocalyptic
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.
Media Matters for America:
Lou Dobbs slams Trump's shutdown cave: “Illegal immigrants are surely pleased”  —  VIDEO ››› January 25, 2019 ››› MEDIA MATTERS STAFF  —  From the January 25 edition of Fox Business News' Lou Dobbs Tonight:  —  Loading the player reg...
Discussion: twitchy.com
 
 
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Discussion: Joe.My.God.
Washington Post:
Even with shutdown deal, federal workers probably won't see back pay until next week
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Derek M. Norman / New York Times:
The Half King Is Dead. Long Live the Half King.
Michael Tomasky / The Daily Beast:
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Discussion: Raw Story
Adam Kredo / Washington Free Beacon:
Democrats Ducking Vote on Rejecting Anti-Semitism
Reuters:
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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

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