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10:10 AM ET, February 11, 2017

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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.
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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.
Brooke Seipel / The Hill:
Protests erupt in NYC over immigration enforcement raids
Discussion: RedState, LAist and The Week
Spokesman.com:   Federal agents conduct sweeping immigration enforcement raids in at least 6 states
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.
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.
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?
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  —  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 …
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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The Hill:
Trump not planning to appeal travel ban ruling to Supreme Court  —  The Trump administration is not planning to appeal a temporary hold on the president's travel ban to the Supreme Court, a White House official said Friday.  —  But the White House said it will forge ahead on the broader battle …
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NBC News:
White House Rewriting Trump's Controversial Travel Ban Order: Sources
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.
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.
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
Charles E. Schumer / New York Times:
Charles Schumer: Judge Gorsuch, We Won't Be Fooled Again  —  Just three weeks in, the Trump administration has tested the limits of executive power, violated the separation of powers and shaken the very roots of the Constitution.  A particular theme of President Trump's first days in office …
Michael McConnell / Hoover Institution:
A Flawed Restraining of a Flawed Order  —  Yesterday a unanimous panel of the Ninth Circuit issued an order and a brief opinion in State of Washington v. Trump, a challenge to the legality of President Trump's executive order imposing a temporary moratorium on travel visas from seven designated countries …
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Natasha Korecki / Politico:
States find new ways to troll Trump  —  A California lawmaker is demanding Melania Trump's immigration records.  New Hampshire lawmakers have introduced a resolution demanding a federal probe into Trump University and “illegal financial or business dealings in which President TRUMP may have been involved.”
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
Kelsey Snell / Washington Post:
Swarming crowds and hostile questions are the new normal at GOP town halls  —  MURFREESBORO, Tenn. — Republicans in deep red congressional districts spent the week navigating massive crowds and hostile questions at their town hall meetings — an early indication of how progressive opposition movements …
Discussion: Outside the Beltway and Grist
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McKay Coppins / The Atlantic:   A Utah Congressman Faces the ‘Resistance’ in His Home State
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 …
Peter W. Stevenson / Washington Post:
Donald Trump and the art of the super-awkward handshake  —  We know President Trump is concerned with appearances - especially when he's on television, or in front of news photographers or large crowds.  —  We also know that President Trump is concerned with hands - how large they are, how strong they are - just look at them!
Discussion: WREG-TV, FOX6Now.com and twitchy.com
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Louis Nelson / Politico:
Trump has some awkward exchanges with the Japanese prime minister
Discussion: Towleroad and ABC News
 
 
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Santiago Pérez / Wall Street Journal:
Mexicans Vow to Fight Trump by Jamming U.S. Courts
Discussion: Axios
Media Matters for America:
Tucker Carlson: On College Campuses “Everybody Gets A Safe Space Except White Men.  They Are Hated And Despised”
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
Carol E. Lee / Wall Street Journal:
White House Probing Leaks After Details of Call Between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin Released
Discussion: Washington Post
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 and Mashable
Mickey White / RedState:
Breaking: Mob Gathering Outside Mitch McConnell's Home in Kentucky
Discussion: The Geller Report and TheBlaze
 Earlier Items: 
Larry Schweikart / Breitbart:
Democrats Are in Worse Shape than Even They Think
Chicago Sun Times:
Four accused in Facebook Live torture case plead not guilty
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit, WGN-TV and The Root
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
This video of Betsy DeVos being blocked by protesters shows what a powder keg our politics are
Rosie Gray / The Atlantic:
Conflict Over Trump Forces Out an Opinion Editor at The Wall Street Journal
Discussion: Politico
 

 
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