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9:45 AM ET, February 16, 2017

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Wall Street Journal:
Spies Keep Intelligence From Donald Trump  —  U.S. intelligence officials have withheld sensitive intelligence from President Donald Trump because they are concerned it could be leaked or compromised, according to current and former officials familiar with the matter.
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New York Times:
White House Plans to Have Trump Ally Review Intelligence Agencies  —  WASHINGTON — President Trump plans to assign a New York billionaire to lead a broad review of American intelligence agencies, according to administration officials, an effort that members of the intelligence community fear …
Kurt Eichenwald / Newsweek:
U.S. ALLIES CONDUCT INTELLIGENCE OPERATION AGAINST TRUMP STAFF AND ASSOCIATES, INTERCEPTED COMMUNICATIONS  —  U.S. DONALD TRUMP RUSSIA  —  As part of intelligence operations being conducted against the United States for the last seven months, at least one Western European ally intercepted …
Discussion: CANNONFIRE and Hullabaloo
Louis Nelson / Politico:
Office of Director of National Intelligence: We don't withhold intel from Trump  —  The Office of the Director of National Intelligence denied on Wednesday reports that intelligence community officials have withheld intelligence from President Donald Trump.  —  The ODNI statement …
Betsy Woodruff / The Daily Beast:
Leaked Emails Show Justice Clarence Thomas's Wife Pushing Travel Ban  —  Justice Clarence Thomas's wife is organizing in support of President Donald Trump's agenda.  And it might make her husband's life a little complicated.  —  In an email sent to a conservative listserv on Feb. 13 …
Discussion: Raw Story
ABC News:
The Note: Trump Dodges Questions on Russia  —  Yesterday, as most days in this White House, was a day of contrasts.  The president didn't answer any questions about the biggest story: his campaign and associates having “repeated contacts with senior Russian intelligence officials,” …
Discussion: Washington Post
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CNN:
US Special Ops chief: US government ‘in unbelievable turmoil’
Discussion: Hullabaloo and Business Insider
Adam Kelsey / ABC News:
Senate Judiciary Committee requests FBI, DOJ briefing on Michael Flynn
Discussion: RedState, Politico and Associated Press
Alyssa Canobbio / Washington Free Beacon:
Mattis on Flynn's Resignation: ‘Frankly, This Has No Impact’
Discussion: IJR and Mediaite
Jennifer Steinhauer / New York Times:
G.O.P.'s Grand Visions for Congress Now Look Like a Mirage  —  WASHINGTON — Congressional Republicans, who craved unified control of the government to secure their aggressive conservative agenda, have instead found themselves on a legislative elliptical trainer, gliding toward nowhere.
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Megan McArdle / Bloomberg:
A Rough 24 Hours for Obamacare  —  The last 24 hours have been one long string of bad news for Obamacare.  Tuesday, the insurer Humana announced that it would be pulling out of the exchanges for next year.  Then we found out that the IRS had responded to Trump's executive order on Obamacare …
Philip Elliott / TIME:
Inside Donald Trump's White House Chaos  —  For two years, Donald Trump mastered the art of disruption.  Name a political precept and he probably broke it during his improbable march to the White House.  But disruption in government—the rulemaker breaking the rules—turns out to be more costly.
Discussion: Mother Jones and Business Insider
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Josh Dawsey / Politico:
Priebus struggles to control fractious White House  —  Reince Priebus, facing growing criticism and calls for his ouster, is racing to bring order to a White House that looks to be spiraling out of control.  —  After weeks of West Wing turmoil and critiques from the president himself …
Discussion: Hullabaloo
Nolan D. McCaskill / Politico:
Trump to take breather from White House, hold rally this weekend  —  President Donald Trump is returning to the trail.  —  The president will hold a rally Saturday afternoon at a hangar in Melbourne, Florida.  It will be his first campaign-style rally since his so-called thank-you tour during …
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Grabien News RSS:
After Likening Trump to Hitler, Journalists Upset They're Not Getting Called on for Questions
Discussion: Instapundit
Brad Reed / Raw Story:   CNN's Jim Acosta slams Trump for ducking Russia questions by only calling on right-wing news outlets
Sarah D. / twitchy.com:
'Karma's a b*tch, isn't it'? Sneering MSM lose it when Trump calls on Katie Pavlich, CBN
Discussion: Power Line, Townhall.com and Hot Air
Jon Schwarz / The Intercept:
Carter Page, at Center of Trump Russian Investigation, Writes Bizarre Letter to DOJ Blaming Hillary Clinton  —  Carter Page, briefly a foreign policy adviser to Donald Trump's presidential campaign, sent a peculiar, rambling letter this week to the Department of Justice, asking it to review …
Discussion: Balloon Juice and The Guardian
Fred Barnes / Weekly Standard:
Trump Making It ‘Harder’ on Himself Than Necessary, McConnell Says  —  In an exclusive interview, the Senate's top Republican praises Trump's agenda, but says going off-message is hampering it.  —  Senate majority leader Mitch McConnell says President Trump's approval rating would be …
Discussion: Mediaite
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Wall Street Journal:
Senate Majority Leader Takes on High-Wire Balancing Act
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
GOP senators unnerved by Trump-Russia relationship  —  Senate Republicans are expressing growing concerns about the relationship between the Trump administration and Russia.  —  While Republicans aren't yet willing to endorse a special investigative committee, GOP senators have indicated that could change.
Discussion: Politico
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David Corn / Mother Jones:
Why Trump Can't Come Clean on Russia
Eric Posner / New York Times:
Judges v. Trump: Be Careful What You Wish For  —  The opinion of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit upholding the temporary restraining order against President Trump's travel ban has received a fair amount of criticism from legal experts.
Discussion: Simple Justice
Marty Schladen / El Paso Times:
ICE detains domestic-violence victim in court  —  AUSTIN - Six federal immigration agents went to the El Paso County Courthouse last week and arrested an undocumented woman who had just received a protective order alleging that she was a victim of domestic violence.
New York Times:
Day Without Immigrants to Hit Washington in the Stomach  —  WASHINGTON — In a city where expense account meals are a central part of power players' lives, some of Washington's best-known restaurants will shutter their doors on Thursday in solidarity with a national campaign to draw attention to the power and plight of immigrants.
Richard Pollock / The Daily Caller:
EXCLUSIVE: How The Nation's Spooks Played The Game ‘Kill Mike Flynn’  —  Ted Cruz Tries To Wreck Liz Warren's Legacy With One Sentence  —  Democrats Announce HUGE Show Of No-Confidence In Crucial Senate Race  —  Why Did The FBI Just Release Trump Real Estate Records From The 70s?  —  US |
Michael D. Shear / New York Times:
After Election, Trump's Professed Love for Leaks Quickly Faded  —  WASHINGTON — As a candidate for president, Donald J. Trump embraced the hackers who had leaked Hillary Clinton's emails to the press, declaring at a rally in Pennsylvania, “I love WikiLeaks!”
Todd Starnes / Townhall.com:
Teacher: I Lost $100 Bet Because Trump Wasn't Shot  —  Franklin Graham says Todd's new book should be read by every patriot in America.  Click here to get your copy!  —  Jane Germaine said her son's English teacher at Rancho Campana High School told the class that she lost a $100 bet …
Discussion: Infowars
Kyle Kondik / Sabato's Crystal Ball:
2018's Initial Senate Ratings  —  Democrats start on defense but national environment will be key  —  At first blush, one might think that the Democrats have a decent chance of taking control of the Senate in the 2018 midterm.  After all, midterms frequently break against the president's party …
Discussion: Washington Times
Sarah Jones / New Republic:
Trump Has Turned the GOP Into the Party of Eugenics  —  The long-discredited theory is newly relevant in 2017—but maybe it's always been embedded in the Republican platform.  —  “What is meant by improvement?”  Sir Francis Galton asked the Sociology Society of the University of London in 1904.
Discussion: Hit & Run, Daily Kos and Instapundit
Jim VandeHei / Axios:
The media IS the opposition party  —  President Trump claims traditional media represent a stronger, more effective opposition party than the Democrats.  So far, he's undeniably correct.  —  This has only a little to do with the Democrats.  They have no power in Congress …
Lukas I. Alpert / Wall Street Journal:
Gizmodo Ads Target Potential Trump Leakers  —  Facebook ads steer government agency employees to TellOnTrump.com, which explains how to securely send tips and documents  —  With the Trump administration proving to be a leaky ship in its early days, one news outlet is launching an ad blitz to find the next Deep Throat.
Discussion: Mashable and Axios
Anthony Capaccio / Bloomberg:
Trump's F-35 Calls Came With a Surprise: Rival CEO Was Listening  —  Boeing CEO said to be in room as Trump phoned program chief  —  Lockheed has faced Trump attacks over cost of F-35 contract  —  Days before taking office, President-elect Donald Trump made two surprise calls …
Discussion: Balloon Juice
Nicholas Rondinone / Hartford Courant:
Coast Guard Tracking Russian Spy Ship Near U.S. Navy Submarine Base In Groton  —  Officials are tracking a Russian spy ship that cruised up the East Coast to within 30 miles of the U.S. Naval Submarine Base in Groton Wednesday in what some lawmakers called another aggressive action from Russian President Vladimir Putin.
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Reid Cherlin / VICE News:
“The world is on fire”  —  In September of 2014 I went to Steve Bannon's house for a party.  I was on assignment from Rolling Stone to embed with the staff of Breitbart.com.  It was supposed to be a way of illuminating the larger world of gonzo right-wing media.  I had never heard of Steve Bannon himself.
Discussion: Washington Monthly
 
 
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U.S. Department of Justice:
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Paige St. John / Los Angeles Times:
An ‘aggressive, proactive attack’ to prevent disaster at the Oroville Dam
Discussion: NPR
Southern Poverty Law Center:
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Associated Press:
China awards Trump valuable new trademark
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