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12:45 PM 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 …
Ashley Dejean / Mother Jones:
Exclusive: Classified Memo Tells Intelligence Analysts to Keep Trump's Daily Brief Short  —  Keep it short and free of nuance—that is the new guidance that has recently circulated to some intelligence analysts who compile materials for the President's Daily Brief on security threats around the globe.
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
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 …
Rebecca Savransky / The Hill:
Intel agency denies withholding info from Trump
Discussion: RedState
Elizabeth Preza / Raw Story:
US intelligence officials are withholding information from Trump over fears he can't be trusted: report
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: Axios, The Root and Raw Story
Bloomberg:
Kremlin Tells Media to Cut Back on Fawning Trump Coverage, Sources Say  —  Order comes as hopes fade for improved relations with U.S.  —  Trump was garnering more media mentions in Russia than Putin  —  The Kremlin ordered state media to cut way back on their fawning coverage of President Donald Trump …
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ABC News:
The Note: Trump Dodges Questions on Russia
Discussion: Politico and Washington Post
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
GOP senators unnerved by Trump-Russia relationship
Discussion: Politico
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
Discussion: Hullabaloo 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 …
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PBS NewsHour:
CARTER PAGE: Yes.
Discussion: Washington Times
Numbers / Pew Research Center:
In First Month, Views of Trump Are Already Strongly Felt, Deeply Polarized  —  Opposition to Trump's refugee policy; improved views of economy  —  Less than a month after Donald Trump took office, the public's initial impressions of the new president are strongly felt, deeply polarized and far more negative than positive.
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Pew Research Center:
1. Early public attitudes about Donald Trump  —  Overall, 39% say they approve of how Trump is handling his job as president, while 56% say they disapprove and 6% do not offer a view.  Job ratings for Trump are more negative than for other recent presidents at similar points in their first terms.
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 …
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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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.
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Cristiano Lima / Politico:
Chaffetz asks Justice IG to investigate leaks about Flynn
Discussion: RedState, Corrente and ABC News
James Hohmann / Washington Post:
The Daily 202: What killed Andrew Puzder's nomination to be labor secretary  —  THE BIG IDEA: Andrew Puzder's past employment of an undocumented housekeeper and his support for more liberalized immigration policies did far more to doom his confirmation hopes in the Senate than his ex-wife's allegations …
Wall Street Journal:
Senate Majority Leader Takes on High-Wire Balancing Act  —  Mitch McConnell aims to offset his differences with Trump by focusing on shared goals  —  WASHINGTON—Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, trying to manage an ambitious legislative agenda amid White House turmoil …
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Fred Barnes / Weekly Standard:
Trump Making It ‘Harder’ on Himself Than Necessary, McConnell Says
Discussion: New York Times and Mediaite
Rasmussen Reports:
in Politics  —  The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll for Thursday shows that 55% of Likely U.S. Voters approve of President Trump's job performance.  Forty-five percent (45%) disapprove.  —  The latest figures include 38% who Strongly Approve of the way Trump is performing and 36% who Strongly Disapprove.
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
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 |
Bloomberg:
Republicans Fret Over Slow Pace of Congress Early in Trump Term  —  Looming fights on spending, debt limit likely to clog calendar  —  Corker says probes of Trump aide contacts with Russia distract  —  Congress is off to a slow start this year, and Republicans are starting to get nervous.
Discussion: Washington Post and Rush
Linda Greenhouse / New York Times:
Who Will Watch the Agents Watching Our Borders?  —  Whom do federal immigration agents despise more: former President Barack Obama, or the immigrants whose lives are in their hands?  —  That uncomfortable question came to mind as I read articles over the past week of the growing numbers of raids …
Kashmira Gander / The Independent:
King of Ink Land King Body Art The Extreme Ink-Ite - In pictures  —  Now, almost every part of Body Art is has been etched with ink or tweaked.  After around 15 years of careful research, he dyed both of his eye whites, or sclera, black.  While what is known as sclera tattooing is a recent phenomenon …
Discussion: Althouse
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.
Gardiner Harris / New York Times:
Rex Tillerson Meets Russian Counterpart in First Trip as Top U.S. Diplomat  —  BONN, Germany — By the time Secretary of State Rex W. Tillerson decided that he wanted to join his counterparts at an important global gathering in Bonn — his first trip overseas as America's top diplomat …
Discussion: New York Magazine and The Week
William Hicks / Heat Street:
Twitter's New Tool to Crack Down on Politically Incorrect Language  —  Twitter has launched a new way to punish users for bad behavior, temporarily “limiting” their account.  —  Some users are receiving notices their accounts are limited for 12 hours, meaning only people who follow them can see their tweets or receive notifications.
Discussion: Infowars, Mashable and Vox Popoli
 
 
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Discussion: Bloomberg
Eric Levenson / CNN:
Little Caesars founder quietly paid Rosa Parks' rent for years
Discussion: Mental Floss and The Week
Sarah Jones / New Republic:
Trump Has Turned the GOP Into the Party of Eugenics
Discussion: Hit & Run and Instapundit
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Judges v. Trump: Be Careful What You Wish For
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