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2:40 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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Gideon Resnick / The Daily Beast:
Kellyanne Conway Referenced ‘Bowling Green Attack’ in TMZ Interview  —  Kellyanne Conway referred to a fictitious “Bowling Green attack” to defend President Donald Trump's ban on travel and immigration days before she said she misspoke on MSNBC's Hardball.  —  During a brief video interview …
Discussion: Mediaite and Joe.My.God.
Brad Reed / Raw Story:
CNN considers permanent ban for Kellyanne Conway over ‘serious questions’ about credibility: report
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
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 …
Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:
No, President Trump, negative polls are not ‘fake news’
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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Rebecca Savransky / The Hill:
Kremlin: O'Reilly's comments about Putin unacceptable, insulting
Discussion: RedState and The Week
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
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: Political Wire and RedState
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, SCOTUSblog and Joe.My.God.
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Sen. Mitch McConnell / Politico:
Give Neil Gorsuch an Up-Or-Down Vote
John Fund / National Review:
Trump's Best Asset May Be His Unhinged Opponents
Discussion: Washington Post and CNN
The Independent:
Donald Trump will effectively be blocked from addressing Parliament on his state visit to the UK, the Speaker of the House of Commons has said.  —  John Bercow, the Speaker, said he was “strongly opposed” to Mr Trump speaking in the Commons and that being invited was “not an automatic right” but “an earned honour”.
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.
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
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.
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
Andrew Prokop / Vox:
Trump's first health care action may be to let insurers charge older people more for insurance  —  On his first day in office, President Donald Trump signed an executive order instructing his agencies to dismantle the Affordable Care Act “to the maximum extent permitted by law.”
Kimberly Hefling / Politico:
Senate Democrats plan to debate all night in hopes of stopping DeVos  —  Senate Democrats will take to the floor throughout the day and night Monday to voice their opposition to Betsy DeVos for Education secretary — a Hail Mary effort to convince one more Republican to join them so they can thwart her confirmation.
Discussion: The Hill, Raw Story and The Week
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.
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: Washington Free Beacon and Axios
 
 
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Julie Verhage / Bloomberg:
Goldman Sachs Economists Are Starting to Worry About President Trump
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Josh Kosman / New York Post:
Inside Amazon's robot-run supermarket that needs just 3 human workers
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Daniel Payne / The Federalist:
16 Fake News Stories Reporters Have Run Since Trump Won
Discussion: twitchy.com and Daily Wire
Paul Bedard / Washington Examiner:
Trump urged to put GPS trackers on refugees until travel ban decided
Adam Cancryn / Politico:
Tom Price has his finger on the Obamacare destruct button
Discussion: Daily Kos and 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
Andrew Marantz / New Yorker:
Becoming Steve Bannon's Bannon
McKay Coppins / The Atlantic:
Bracing for Trump's Revenge
Kate Zernike / New York Times:
Trump Protesters Borrow From Tea Party to Put Pressure on Lawmakers
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Andrew Marchand / The Athletic:
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