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4:50 PM ET, February 10, 2017

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Josh Dawsey / Politico:
Trump vexed by challenges, scale of government  —  Being president is harder than Donald Trump thought, according to aides and allies who say that he's growing increasingly frustrated with the challenges of running the massive federal bureaucracy.  —  In interviews, nearly two dozen people who've spent …
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Eli Stokols / Politico:
Trump brings up vote fraud again, this time in meeting with senators  —  President Donald Trump can't stop—won't stop—talking about the election.  —  On Thursday, during a meeting with 10 senators that was billed as a listening session about Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch …
Greg Miller / Washington Post:
National security adviser Flynn discussed sanctions with Russian ambassador, despite denials, officials say  —  National security adviser Michael Flynn privately discussed U.S. sanctions against Russia with that country's ambassador to the United States during the month before President Trump took office …
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New York Times:
Flynn Is Said to Have Talked to Russians About Sanctions Before Trump Took Office  —  WASHINGTON — Weeks before President Trump's inauguration, his national security adviser, Michael T. Flynn, discussed American sanctions against Russia, as well as areas of possible cooperation …
Media Matters for America:
Day After Flynn Bombshell, Trump Calls On Only Murdoch Outlets At Press Conference  —  Following a bombshell report that National Security Adviser Michael Flynn may have violated the Logan Act, President Donald Trump called on reporters only from outlets owned by Rupert Murdoch …
Discussion: New York Times and Politico
Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Pence was told Flynn didn't discuss sanctions, aides say
Discussion: Washington Post, Mediaite and Raw Story
CNN:   Pence unaware if Flynn discussed sanctions with Russian ambassador
Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
Americans Now Evenly Divided on Impeaching Trump  —  PPP's new national poll finds that Donald Trump's popularity as President has declined precipitously just over the last two weeks.  On our first poll of his Presidency voters were evenly divided on Trump, with 44% approving of him and 44% also disapproving.
CNN:
Anger erupts at Republican town halls  —  Murfreesboro, Tennessee (CNN)More than seven years after angry anti-Obamacare town halls erupted across the country, raw emotions are boiling over again — this time, as the Republican Party under President Donald Trump gears up to dismantle Barack Obama's legacy.
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Associated Press:
UNDER FIRE, CONWAY MAINTAINS SUPPORT OF THE PRESIDENT  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — Kellyanne Conway, the high-profile White House counselor, has come under fire from Democratic and Republican lawmakers, fact checkers and the media.  But she's so far maintained the support of her boss, President Donald Trump.
The Salt Lake / Salt Lake Tribune:
Watch: Utahns instigate while Chaffetz rebuffs their calls to investigate
Discussion: Wilderness.org, Balloon Juice and DCist
CNN:
First on CNN: Trump nixes Elliott Abrams for State Department job  —  (CNN)CNN has learned that Elliott Abrams will not get the number two position at the State Department, according to Republican sources.  —  President Donald Trump met with Abrams and the sources said that the meeting went …
Andrew Sullivan / New York Magazine:
The Madness of King Donald  —  I guess I should start by saying this is not a blog.  Nor is it what one might call a column.  It's an experiment of sorts to see if there's something in between those two.  Most Fridays, from now on, I'll be writing in this space about, among other things …
Sam Sweeney / WJLA-TV:
Education Secretary Betsy DeVos physically blocked by protesters from entering D.C. school  —  Education Secretary Betsy DeVos was physically blocked by protesters from entering Jefferson Academy in SW, D.C. Friday morning.  This was her first visit to a public school.
Discussion: CNN, Power Line and Common Dreams
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J.D. Durkin / Mediaite:
‘GO BACK! SHAME! SHAME! SHAME!’: Protestors Block Betsy DeVos From Entering DC School
Bwittes / Lawfare:
How to Read (and How Not to Read) Today's 9th Circuit Opinion  —  Today's 9th Circuit decision is a bit less of a big deal than it will play in the press tomorrow; it will play big both because of the high stakes of the current litigation and because of some rhetorical excess in the opinion itself.
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Hans A. von Spakovsky / Fox News:
The Ninth Circuit gets it wrong
Discussion: The Daily Signal
NBC News:
White House Rewriting Trump's Controversial Travel Ban Order: Sources  —  Donald Trump learning how things work 21:41  —  Still regrouping from a federal appeals court's refusal to reinstate President Trump's controversial ban of nationals from seven predominantly Muslim countries …
Parisa Hafezi / Reuters:
Hundreds of thousands rally in Iran against Trump, chant ‘Death to America’: TV  —  Hundreds of thousands of Iranians rallied on Friday to swear allegiance to their clerical leaders and reject U.S. President Donald Trump's warning that he had put the Islamic Republic “on notice”, state TV reported.
Anita Kumar / McClatchy Washington Bureau:
Japanese prime minister's stay at Mar-a-Lago will be a gift from President Trump  —  WASHINGTON  —  President Donald Trump is personally paying the tab for Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's visit to the Trump-owned Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach, Florida.
Discussion: RedState
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The White House:
Readout of the President's Call with President Xi Jinping of China  —  President Donald J. Trump and President Xi Jinping of China had a lengthy telephone conversation on Thursday evening.  The two leaders discussed numerous topics and President Trump agreed, at the request of President Xi, to honor our “one China” policy.
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Gordon G. Chang / The Daily Beast:
China Hangs Tough. Trump Folds. China Ups the Ante.
Mikael Wood / Los Angeles Times:
Katy Perry gets political: Listen to her new song ‘Chained to the Rhythm’  —  Pop Music Critic  —  You know America's in a troubling spot when even Katy Perry is singing about the illusion of freedom.  —  That's the subject of “Chained to the Rhythm,” the once-carefree pop star's new single …
Discussion: twitchy.com
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
No, Donald Trump's father didn't create racist ads for a mayoral bid  —  A pair of ads allegedly created by President Trump's father Fred for a 1970s mayoral bid circulated widely on the Internet this week.  They were ads, one titled “Dope Man” and the other “Real New Yorkers,” presenting two depictions of the city during that decade.
Discussion: Mediaite
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Peter Sterne / Politico:
Sidney Blumenthal taken in by Fred Trump campaign ads that appear to be fake
Discussion: RedState
Margaret Talev / Bloomberg:
White House: Cohn-Led Tax Plan Is Real and It's Phenomenal  —  Congressional leaders have been consulted, official says  —  Cohn has said he's focused on tax cuts for low earners  —  Former Goldman Sachs Group Inc. president Gary Cohn is leading the effort to craft President Donald Trump's plan …
Discussion: Political Wire and Axios
Jason Horowitz / New York Times:
Steve Bannon Cited Italian Thinker Who Inspired Fascists  —  ROME — Those trying to divine the roots of Stephen K. Bannon's dark and at times apocalyptic worldview have repeatedly combed over a speech that Mr. Bannon, President Trump's ideological guru, made in 2014 to a Vatican conference …
Art Swift / Gallup:
Americans See US World Standing as Worst in a Decade  —  WASHINGTON, D.C. — Americans believe the world at large sees the U.S. more unfavorably (57%) than favorably (42%), their worst assessment of the country's image in 10 years.  A year ago, Americans' perceptions were more positive than negative.
Discussion: Vox
Haaretz:
Le Pen: French Jews Will Have to Give Up Israeli Citizenship  —  Asked specifically about Jews and Israel, she said: 'Israel isn't an EU member.'  —  In a France ruled by the far-right Marine Le Pen, Jewish citizens will be forced to give up their Israeli citizenship, the Front National party leader said on Thursday.
Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times:
Daytime TV's New Star?  Sean Spicer  —  He is no match for “The Young and the Restless.”  But he is beating “The Bold and the Beautiful.”  —  Sean Spicer, the White House press secretary whose early tenure has prompted political fireworks and late-night parodies, may be struggling to settle in behind the lectern.
Discussion: LGBTQ Nation
 
 
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Rosie Gray / The Atlantic:
Conflict Over Trump Forces Out an Opinion Editor at The Wall Street Journal
St. Louis American:
Tishaura Jones slams Post editorial board while declining interview
Discussion: The Slot and alicublog
Robert Samuels / Washington Post:
Republicans in Idaho tried to design a better plan than Obamacare — and failed
Elana Schor / Politico:
Hill GOP backs Trump on leaks investigation
Discussion: The Week
Tom Kacich / News-Gazette:
Urbana man charged with living, voting in U.S. illegally
Discussion: The American Mirror
 Earlier Items: 
CBS Dallas / Fort Worth:
Mexican Citizen Sentenced To 8 Years In Prison For Voter Fraud In TX
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
Scott Wong / The Hill:
GOP frets over too-high expectations
Discussion: Raw Story
israelhayom.com:
'I won't condemn Israel, it's been through enough'
David Brooks / New York Times:
A Gift for Donald Trump