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12:45 PM ET, February 6, 2017

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Kristen Mascia / Cosmopolitan:
That MSNBC Interview Was Not the First Time Kellyanne Conway Referred to the “Bowling Green Massacre”  —  Conway used the same wording in a conversation with Cosmopolitan.com on Jan. 29.  —  Kellyanne Conway took to Twitter on Friday to walk back her comments on MSNBC's Hardball …
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Jim Rutenberg / New York Times:
The Massacre That Wasn't, and a Turning Point for ‘Fake News’  —  There were so many instant internet spoofs making fun of Kellyanne Conway's now-famous “Bowling Green Massacre” that it's hard to pick a favorite.  Gun to my head, I'd say mine was the Twitter meme that showed a brass plaque dedicated …
New York Times:
After 2 Weeks, Trump's Bungles Have Aides Rethinking Strategy  —  WASHINGTON — President Trump loves to set the day's narrative at dawn, but the deeper story of his White House is best told at night.  —  Aides confer in the dark because they cannot figure out how to operate the light switches in the cabinet room.
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Michael G. Mullen / New York Times:
I Was on the National Security Council.  Bannon Doesn't Belong There.  —  In his first weeks in office, President Trump has outlined plans to reorganize the White House's National Security Council.  This is in keeping with tradition: New presidents regularly reconfigure the council to fit …
Maria Tsvetkova / Reuters:
Kremlin says it wants apology from Fox News over Putin comments  —  The Kremlin said on Monday it wanted an apology from Fox News over what it said were “unacceptable” comments one of the channel's presenters made about Russian President Vladimir Putin in an interview with U.S. counterpart Donald Trump.
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Ashley Parker / Washington Post:
Trump's continued defense of Putin confounds Republicans
Ryan Struyk / ABC News:
The Note: The Legal Showdown Over Trump's Travel Ban
Discussion: Politico
Esme Cribb / Talking Points Memo:
Pence Says It Would Be His ‘Honor’ To Lead Trump's Voter Fraud Commission
Discussion: Mediaite and ThinkProgress
Extra:
Exclusive: White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer Reacts to Melissa McCarthy's ‘SNL’ Skit  —  On Sunday, White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer spoke to “Extra's” AJ Calloway exclusively at the Super Bowl in Houston.  —  The White House Press Secretary gave his take on Melissa McCarthy's impression …
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The Daily Beast:   Sean Spicer Says ‘SNL’ Is Mean
John Yoo / New York Times:
Executive Power Run Amok  —  Berkeley, Calif. — Faced with President Trump's executive orders suspending immigration from several Muslim nations and ordering the building of a border wall, and his threats to terminate the North American Free Trade Agreement, even Alexander Hamilton …
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Mallory Shelbourne / The Hill:
Torture Memos author John Yoo says Trump has gone too far
Discussion: RedState
Byron York / Washington Examiner:
Justice Department demolishes case against Trump order  —  James Robart, the U.S. district judge in Washington State, offered little explanation for his decision to stop President Trump's executive order temporarily suspending non-American entry from seven terror-plagued countries.
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JGoldsmith / Lawfare:
Does Trump Want to Lose the EO Battle in Court?  Or is Donald McGahn Simply Ineffectual (or Worse)?  —  I'm starting to believe that either Donald Trump wants courts to strike down the Immigration Executive order, or that his White House Counsel is incompetent or ineffectual.
John Fund / National Review:
Trump's Best Asset May Be His Unhinged Opponents  —  Permanent outrage and hysterical doom-mongering do not attract moderate voters.  —  The good news for Democrats is that the apathy of many of their voters — which contributed to Hillary Clinton's losing in November — is gone now that Donald Trump is president.
Discussion: Washington Post and CNN
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Sen. Mitch McConnell / Politico:
Give Neil Gorsuch an Up-Or-Down Vote
Discussion: The Daily Caller and Axios
Gabriel Debenedetti / Politico:
Trump sets Democratic field ablaze with anger
Discussion: Political Wire
Susan B. Glasser / Politico:
Does Trump Actually Want to Succeed?  —  HOUSTON—Democrats and Republicans agree on one thing: James A. Baker III was the gold standard when it came to running a White House.  And so far he's not overly impressed when it comes to the troubled kickoff of the Trump administration.
Discussion: Raw Story
Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Trump 101: he is definitely not a health nut  —  Aides who travelled with Donald Trump during the campaign marveled at the lax health habits of a 70 year-old obsessed with appearance.  Here was a man fixated on his personal brand and look like nobody they'd ever seen.
Discussion: BizPac Review and Business Insider
Wall Street Journal:
Few Recall Gorsuch's Volunteer Work at Harvard  —  Questions arise over Trump Supreme Court pick's level of participation in programs to help less fortunate while in law school  —  When President Donald Trump introduced his Supreme Court pick on live television last week, he said Neil Gorsuch had …
Discussion: Raw Story, Joe.My.God. and SCOTUSblog
McKay Coppins / The Atlantic:
Bracing for Trump's Revenge  —  Donald Trump has never made a secret of his penchant for personal vengeance.  He boasts about it, tweets about it, tells long, rambling stories about it on the transcontinental speaking circuit.  When, last year, he was asked to identify a favorite Bible passage, he cited “an eye for an eye.”
Fox News:
Trump: Leaked transcripts of Mexico, Australia calls ‘disgraceful’  —  PALM BEACH, Fla. - President Trump on Saturday denounced the leaks of transcripts of his telephone conversations with leaders of Australia and Mexico as “disgraceful” and said his administration was searching “very, very hard” for the leakers.
Michael Sainato / The New York Observer:
Chelsea Clinton Is the Last Thing the Democratic Party Needs  —  The only positive would be for Chelsea to lose a congressional race, teaching Dems a lesson they've continuously failed to learn  —  Since Hillary Clinton's presidential election loss, rumors have circulated that speculate about what she will do next.
Discussion: The Daily Caller and Instapundit
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Heather Caygle / Politico:
Abdul-Jabbar, Chelsea Handler bring star power to Democratic retreat
Discussion: Axios
 
 
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Ruby Cramer / BuzzFeed:
Democrats Confront Lefty Fake News
Discussion: The Guardian and Catallaxy Files
Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Pelosi: Trump hasn't committed impeachable offense yet
Discussion: The Week and CBS Los Angeles
Matthew Yglesias / Vox:
The big lesson of Trump's first 2 weeks: resistance works
Stephen Gruber-Miller / Iowa City Press-Citizen:
‘No hate, no fear’: Crowd protests Trump's ‘Muslim ban’ in Iowa City
Discussion: Washington Post
Patricia Laya / Bloomberg:
Trump Speaks of ‘Strong Support’ for NATO in Call With Leader
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Andrew Marantz / New Yorker:
Becoming Steve Bannon's Bannon
 Earlier Items: 
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Sanders: Gorsuch needs 60 votes to pass the Senate
Discussion: alan.com, The Daily Caller and CNN
Kate Zernike / New York Times:
Trump Protesters Borrow From Tea Party to Put Pressure on Lawmakers
Discussion: Indivisible Guide
Joel Kotkin / Orange County Register:
Trump and the end of the world order
Discussion: Instapundit
Maria Tsvetkova / Reuters:
Kremlin says it disagrees with Trump's assessment of Iran
Michael V. Hayden / Washington Post:
Former CIA chief: Trump's travel ban hurts American spies — and America
Discussion: The Atlantic
Craig Timberg / Washington Post:
As a conservative Twitter user sleeps, his account is hard at work