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6:40 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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Philip Bump / Washington Post:
President Trump is now speculating that the media is covering up terrorist attacks  —  Speaking to the U.S. Central Command on Monday, President Trump went off his prepared remarks to make a truly stunning claim: The media was intentionally covering up reports of terrorist attacks.
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 …
Brad Reed / Raw Story:
CNN considers permanent ban for Kellyanne Conway over ‘serious questions’ about credibility: report  —  DON'T MISS STORIES.  FOLLOW RAW STORY!  —  Over the weekend, CNN pointedly turned down an offer from the White House to have Trump adviser Kellyanne Conway appear on its Sunday shows …
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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Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
Spicer: New York Times owes Trump an apology
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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Rebecca Harrington / Business Insider:
Trump lashes out at New York Times after report suggests he wasn't ‘fully briefed’ on action giving Bannon more power
BBC:
Speaker Bercow: Trump should not speak in Parliament  —  House of Commons Speaker John Bercow has said he would be “strongly opposed” to US President Donald Trump addressing the Houses of Parliament during his state visit to the UK.  —  Mr Bercow told MPs that “opposition to racism and sexism” were “hugely important considerations”.
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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”.
Karla Adam / Washington Post:
After this extraordinary intervention, Trump probably won't be addressing British lawmakers during his state visit
Discussion: Shakesville, France 24 and The Guardian
Matthew Yglesias / Vox:
The big lesson of Trump's first 2 weeks: resistance works  —  Protests, phone calls, and mobilization are making a difference.  —  It's easy to miss amid Donald Trump's frenetic pace of activity and nonstop media coverage, but the most important story in American politics right …
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Andrew Prokop / Vox:   Trump's first health care action may be to let insurers charge older people more for insurance
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 …
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Paul Bedard / Washington Examiner:
Trump urged to put GPS trackers on refugees until travel ban decided
Sen. Mitch McConnell / Politico:
Give Neil Gorsuch an Up-Or-Down Vote
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 …
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.
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Ed O'Keefe / Washington Post:
Virtually all Senate Democrats poised to vote against remaining Cabinet picks
Spiegel Online:
Europe Must Defend Itself Against A Dangerous President  —  The United States president is becoming a danger to the world.  It is time for Germany and Europe to prepare their political and economic defenses.  —  Is the United States turning its back on liberty?  —  There are times in life that really do count.
Discussion: Daily Wire and The Week
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Max Fisher / New York Times:   Germany Prepares for Turbulence in the Trump Era
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.
Mark Moore / New York Post:
Drug dealer whose sentence was commuted by Obama is back behind bars  —  More On:  —  A Texas man whose life sentence on drug charges was commuted by former President Obama is back behind bars after cops caught him with more than two pounds of cocaine following a high-speed chase, according to a report.
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.
Tom LoBianco / CNN:
First on CNN: Pro-Trump group hacked, website taken down in Cabinet fight  —  (CNN)A prolific Republican super PAC pushing President Donald Trump's Cabinet took down its website temporarily Monday after hackers got in and retitled sections “Make America S****y Again” and scrawled “Black Lives Matter” across the video section.
Discussion: Raw Story and RedState
Alanna Vagianos / The Huffington Post:
Women's March Organizers Are Planning A ‘Day Without A Woman’  —  The general strike will be the second big action planned by the organizers.  —  Women's Editor, The Huffington Post  —  On Monday morning, the Women's March announced on Instagram that there will be a “general strike.”
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.
National Journal:
No Joke: Al Franken for President?  —  After years of shunning the spotlight in the Senate, Minnesota's junior senator is in the limelight—and would be a formidable candidate for the Democrats.  —  Al Franken isn't a punch line in the Sen­ate any­more.
Discussion: CANNONFIRE and Washington Post
David Dayen / The Intercept:
Donald Trump's Executive Order Will Let Private Equity Funds Drain Your 401(k)  —  Donald Trump's February 3 executive order enabling financial advisers to continue ripping off their clients could prove a lifeline for a surprising beneficiary: the private equity industry.
Discussion: Raw Story
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
 
 
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Brian Beutler / New Republic:
Never Believe the Republicans' B.S. Ever Again
Paul Demko / Politico:
Trump administration weighs Obamacare changes sought by insurers
Brooks Barnes / New York Times:
Janice Min Will Step Down as Hollywood Reporter's Top Editor
Heather Long / CNNMoney:
Trump gives America's ‘poorest white town’ hope
Discussion: Daily Kos
Tim Murphy / Mother Jones:
Democrats Are Desperate for Bernie Sanders' Email List
USA Today:
Survey: Sleeping together before a first date is a-OK, but cracked phones are a put off
Discussion: Instapundit and Mashable
Sarah Kliff / Vox:
A college student got liquid stitches and a bandage at the ER. Then he got a $2,783 bill.
Discussion: Axios
Kurt Schlichter / Townhall.com:
The Left Hates You. Act Accordingly.
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Washpostpr / Washington Post:
Hugh Hewitt joins The Washington Post as contributing opinion columnist
Mike Lillis / The Hill:
Pelosi: No grounds for impeaching Trump
Discussion: RedState and The Daily Caller
Julie Verhage / Bloomberg:
Goldman Sachs Economists Are Starting to Worry About President Trump
Josh Kosman / New York Post:
Inside Amazon's robot-run supermarket that needs just 3 human workers
Discussion: The Daily Caller
McKay Coppins / The Atlantic:
Bracing for Trump's Revenge
Jonathan Swan / Axios:
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