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9:40 AM ET, January 31, 2017

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Josh Dawsey / Politico:
Hill staffers secretly worked on Trump's immigration order  —  Senior staffers on the House Judiciary Committee helped Donald Trump's top aides draft the executive order curbing immigration from seven Muslim-majority nations, but the Republican committee chairman and party leadership were not informed …
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New York Times:
Trump Fires Acting Attorney General Who Defied Him  —  WASHINGTON — President Trump fired his acting attorney general on Monday night, removing her as the nation's top law enforcement officer after she defiantly refused to defend his executive order closing the nation's borders to refugees …
Matt Zapotosky / Washington Post:
Trump has fired the acting attorney general who ordered Justice Dept. not to defend president's travel ban  —  President Trump fired Acting Attorney General Sally Yates Monday night, after Yates ordered Justice Department lawyers Monday not to defend his immigration order temporarily banning entry …
Evan Perez / CNN:
First on CNN: Justice Dept. will not defend executive order on travel restrictions  —  Federal lawsuit filed against travel ban  —  Washington (CNN)The acting Attorney General Sally Yates has told Justice Department lawyers not to make legal arguments defending President Donald Trump's executive order …
Tom Maguire / JustOneMinute:
I Smell Fake News  —  Acting Attorney General Sally Yates, an Obama holdover, thrills her future employers by refusing to put the weight of the DoJ behind Trump's travel ban.  Even the Times admits this gesture is somewhat symbolic since she is on her way out and Jeff Sessions is on his way in, but they include this odd detail:
Discussion: Associated Press and CBS Philly
New York Times:
Acting Attorney General Orders Justice Dept. Not to Defend Refugee Ban  —  WASHINGTON — Acting Attorney General Sally Q. Yates, a holdover from the Obama administration, ordered the Justice Department on Monday not to defend President Trump's executive order on immigration in court.
JGoldsmith / Lawfare:
Quick Thoughts On Sally Yates' Unpersuasive Statement  —  Acting Attorney General Sally Yates—who was Barack Obama's Deputy Attorney General and has been running DOJ until Jeff Sessions is confirmed—today sent a letter to top Justice Department officials announcing that she will …
Matt Ford / The Atlantic:
Trump Fires Acting Attorney General for Defying Order on Muslims  —  President Trump fired Acting Attorney General Sally Yates only hours after she instructed Justice Department lawyers not to defend his controversial executive order restricting Muslim travel and immigration to the United States …
Louis Nelson / Politico:   Rep. Gohmert calls Sally Yates a ‘political hack’
National Review:   Why Yates Had to Go  —  It is a very simple proposition.
Los Angeles Times:
White House aides who wrote Trump's travel ban see it as just the start
Discussion: Mother Jones
Sean Sullivan / Washington Post:
Angry Republicans lash out at Trump for not consulting them on travel ban
Discussion: Balloon Juice
Mike Allen / Axios:
Trump fires acting attorney general: “betrayed”
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
Mark Abadi / Business Insider:
Trump fires acting attorney general after she defies him on immigration ban
Discussion: AOL and The Gateway Pundit
CNN:
Democrats consider backing off big battle over Trump's Supreme Court pick  —  Washington (CNN)Senate Democrats are weighing whether to avoid an all-out war to block President Donald Trump's upcoming Supreme Court pick, instead considering delaying that battle for a future nomination …
Discussion: The Daily Caller, Hot Air and Daily Kos
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Scott Johnson / Power Line:
What's next?  —  You have to wonder what comes next after the hysteria manifested by the Democrat/Media Axis in the first 10 days of the Trump administration.  They have turned up the “resistance” to 11, Spinal Tap style.  —  Democrats vow to filibuster Trump's Supreme Court nominee, whoever he is.
Discussion: Politico, The Daily Caller and The Week
Louis Nelson / Politico:
Trump ridicules Democrats for equipment failure at rally
Discussion: Axios
Burgess Everett / Politico:
Senate Dems will filibuster Trump's Supreme Court nominee
Daily Mail:
NEXT SUPREME COURT JUSTICE?  William Pryor of the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals …
Jeremy W. Peters / New York Times:
Obama's Protections for L.G.B.T. Workers Will Remain Under Trump  —  WASHINGTON — The White House said on Monday that President Trump would leave in place a 2014 Obama administration order that created new workplace protections for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people.
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Jeff Taylor / LGBTQ Nation:
Sources: Trump executive order allowing anti-LGBTQ discrimination is coming soon
Discussion: Daily Kos and Joe.My.God.
Department of Homeland Security:
Statement from Secretary Kelly on the President's Appointment of Thomas D. Homan as Acting ICE Director  —  WASHINGTON - Today, the president appointed Mr. Thomas D. Homan acting director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).  —  Since 2013, Mr. Homan has served …
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Emily Jane Fox / Vanity Fair:
Can Jared and Ivanka Outrun Donald Trump's Scandals?  —  Less than a fortnight into his new post, Kushner appears unable to control his father-in-law—and is “furious” that his efforts are being undermined.  —  On Friday afternoon, Donald Trump descended upon the Pentagon's Hall of Heroes flanked …
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Associated Press:
In New White House, a Look at Trump's Inner Circle
Discussion: Politico
David Brooks / New York Times:
The Republican Fausts  —  Many Republican members of Congress have made a Faustian bargain with Donald Trump.  They don't particularly admire him as a man, they don't trust him as an administrator, they don't agree with him on major issues, but they respect the grip he has on their voters …
The Intercept:
Suspect in Quebec Mosque Attack Quickly Depicted as a Moroccan Muslim.  He's a White Nationalist.  —  A mass shooting at a Quebec City mosque last night left six people dead and eight wounded.  The targeted mosque, the Cultural Islamic Center of Quebec, was the same one at which a severed pig's head was left during Ramadan last June.
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David Frum / The Atlantic:
How to Build an Autocracy  —  It's 2021, and President Donald Trump will shortly be sworn in for his second term.  The 45th president has visibly aged over the past four years.  He rests heavily on his daughter Ivanka's arm during his infrequent public appearances.
Mike Allen / Axios:
Team Hillary blames Obama more than Putin  —  The worst-kept secret inside Democratic circles is how bitter Hillary Clinton's team is at President Obama over her election loss.  We have heard from numerous, anguished people in Clinton-land blaming Obama — more than Putin, FBI Director James Comey or …
Discussion: NBC News and The Daily Caller
 
 
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Alice Speri / The Intercept:
The FBI Has Quietly Investigated White Supremacist Infiltration of Law Enforcement
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Indivisible Kentucky:
Military Flying TRUMP FLAG in Louisville, KY
Marc Caputo / Politico:
Trump urges Rick Scott to run for prized Florida Senate seat
Discussion: Axios
Philip Rucker / Washington Post:
Kasich to publish ‘Two Paths,’ a book offering a contrast to Trump's America
Discussion: Political Wire and WDTN-TV
Extra:
Arnold Schwarzenegger Weighs In on President Trump's Immigration Ban: 'It's Crazy'
Discussion: Political Wire and Politico
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