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11:40 AM ET, February 11, 2017

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New York Times:
Reports of Raids Have Immigrants Bracing for Enforcement Surge  —  In Austin, Tex., undocumented women working in a laundromat cowered in the back of the room, petrified after seeing a video and a photograph of apprehensions outside a local grocery store and burger joint.
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Abigail Hauslohner / Washington Post:
Federal agents conduct immigration enforcement raids in at least six states  —  U.S. immigration authorities made a series of arrests in at least half a dozen states across the country on Thursday and Friday, sweeping up an unknown number of undocumented immigrants, immigration lawyers and advocates said.
Spokesman.com:   Federal agents conduct sweeping immigration enforcement raids in at least 6 states
Josh Dawsey / Politico:
CIA freezes out top Flynn aide  —  A top deputy to National Security Adviser Michael Flynn was rejected for a critical security clearance, effectively ending his tenure on the National Security Council and escalating tensions between Flynn and the intelligence community.
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Chris Cillizza / Washington Post:
Just how much trouble is Michael Flynn in?
NBC News:
Russia Considers Returning Snowden to U.S. to ‘Curry Favor’ With Trump: Official  —  U.S. intelligence has collected information that Russia is considering turning over Edward Snowden as a “gift” to President Donald Trump — who has called the NSA leaker a “spy” and a “traitor” who deserves to be executed.
CNN:
US investigators corroborate some aspects of the Russia dossier  —  Washington (CNN)For the first time, US investigators say they have corroborated some of the communications detailed in a 35-page dossier compiled by a former British intelligence agent, multiple current and former US law enforcement and intelligence officials tell CNN.
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Al Franken to Maher: GOP senators privately express ‘great concern’ about Trump's temperament  —  Sen. Al Franken (D-Minn.) said Friday night that his Republican Senate colleagues privately express “great concern” about President Trump's temperament, and he joked about the GOP eventually impeaching Trump.
Scott Johnson / Power Line:
Somebody get me out of here  —  The federal courts of appeals routinely operate in randomly assigned panels of three judges.  Appeals from their decisions may be taken to the United States Supreme Court and are heard mostly as a matter of the Supreme Court's discretion.
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The Hill:
Trump not planning to appeal travel ban ruling to Supreme Court
NBC News:
White House Rewriting Trump's Controversial Travel Ban Order: Sources
Wall Street Journal:
Internal Nordstrom Data Show Sales Decline for Ivanka Trump Brand  —  Brand's 32% tumble occurred even as the chain's overall sales rose  —  Dueling social-media movements are urging people to boycott and buy brands based on their affiliation with President Donald Trump …
Discussion: Political Wire and Axios
Chris Johnson / Washington Blade:
DOJ nixes request to halt order against trans student protections  —  On the day after Jeff Sessions was confirmed as U.S. attorney general, the U.S. Justice Department has withdrawn its request to halt partially an order against Obama administration guidance protecting transgender students …
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Chris Geidner / BuzzFeed:   Justice Department Takes A Step Back From Effort To Protect Transgender People Under Existing Law
Santiago Pérez / Wall Street Journal:
Mexicans Vow to Fight Trump by Jamming U.S. Courts  —  Group says it will urge compatriots targeted for extradition to fight in court; government allocates funds  —  MEXICO CITY—Influential Mexicans are pushing an aggressive and perhaps risky strategy to fight a likely increase in deportations …
Discussion: TheBlaze and Axios
CNN:
Trump to Dems: ‘Pocahontas is now the face of your party’  —  McConnell disagrees with Trump's voter fraud claim  —  Washington (CNN)President Donald Trump taunted Democrats by telling them “Pocahontas is now the face of your party” — his insult of choice for Sen. Elizabeth Warren …
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Eli Stokols / Politico:
Trump brings up vote fraud again, this time in meeting with senators
Lisa Riley Roche / Deseret News:
Chaffetz says town hall crowd tried ‘bullying and intimidation’  —  SALT LAKE CITY — Rep. Jason Chaffetz said the raucous reception he received at Thursday evening's town hall meeting was “bullying and an attempt at intimidation” from a crowd opposed to President Donald Trump's election.
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Kelsey Snell / Washington Post:
Swarming crowds and hostile questions are the new normal at GOP town halls
Discussion: Outside the Beltway
Rosalind S. Helderman / Washington Post:
Stephen Miller: A key engineer for Trump's ‘America first’ agenda  —  As a young conservative in liberal Santa Monica, Calif., Stephen Miller clashed frequently with his high school, often calling in to a national radio show to lambaste administrators for promoting multiculturalism …
Washington Post:
Trump counselor Kellyanne Conway hires a chief of staff  —  Kellyanne Conway, counselor to President Trump and one of the most visible figures in the administration, is expanding her operation inside the White House by hiring a veteran congressional staffer as her chief of staff.
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Elaina Plott / Washingtonian:
Exclusive: White House Has Interviewed Carl Higbie for Press Secretary  —  Carl Higbie has interviewed for the position of White House press secretary, according to two senior administration officials familiar with the matter.  “Well, I can say that I've offered my services,” Higbie confirms for Washingtonian when reached by phone.
Jack Montgomery / Breitbart:
Merkel Will Pay Migrants Millions To Leave Germany  —  Chancellor Angela Merkel is setting aside €90m (£76m) in taxpayers' money to create a fund which will pay migrants to withdraw their asylum applications and leave Germany voluntarily.  —  The handouts will form part …
Gail Collins / New York Times:
Footing the Bill for Trumps  —  All these Trumps are getting damned expensive.  —  Last month, taxpayers forked over nearly $100,000 to protect Eric Trump while he was on a business trip to Uruguay.  And the Defense Department is looking to rent space in Trump Tower …
Aimee Green / Oregonian:
Guilty: Man who pulled gun out at 'Don't Shoot PDX' protest  —  A man who pulled out a gun at a Don't Shoot Portland march and pointed it at a crowd of protesters in downtown Portland was found guilty Friday of 21 felony and misdemeanor crimes.  —  Multnomah County Circuit Judge Thomas Ryan …
Media Matters for America:
Tucker Carlson: On College Campuses “Everybody Gets A Safe Space Except White Men.  They Are Hated And Despised”  —  TUCKER CARLSON (HOST): If you've been awake at any point in the last 50 years, you know that American colleges are basically pretty liberal.
 
 
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New York Times:
African Nations Increasingly Silence Internet to Stem Protests
Elizabeth Llorente / Fox News:
'We're going to see more': Sanctuary cities cave in face of Trump's funding threats
Gareth Davies / Daily Mail:
Screaming in pain in front of a cheering crowd before collapsing in agony, a woman is lashed …
Discussion: Daily Wire and The Last Tradition
Natasha Korecki / Politico:
States find new ways to troll Trump
Charles E. Schumer / New York Times:
Charles Schumer: Judge Gorsuch, We Won't Be Fooled Again
Timothy Cama / The Hill:
GOP bill would gut EPA
Andrew O'Reilly / Fox News:
Venezuelans killing flamingos and anteaters to stave off hunger amid mounting food crisis
Discussion: Hot Air
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Pew Research Center:
How Americans Encounter, Recall and Act Upon Digital News
Discussion: Axios
Kif Leswing / Business Insider:
REVEALED: This is what secretive billion-dollar startup Magic Leap has been working on
Discussion: Engadget, The Verge, Gizmodo and Mashable
Mickey White / RedState:
Breaking: Mob Gathering Outside Mitch McConnell's Home in Kentucky
Discussion: The Geller Report and TheBlaze
Larry Schweikart / Breitbart:
Democrats Are in Worse Shape than Even They Think
Peter W. Stevenson / Washington Post:
Donald Trump and the art of the super-awkward handshake
Discussion: WREG-TV, FOX6Now.com and twitchy.com