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4:25 AM ET, February 18, 2017

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Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
John McCain just systematically dismantled Donald Trump's entire worldview  —  John McCain is increasingly mad as hell about President Trump.  And on Friday, he went after Trump — hard.  —  During a speech at the Munich Security Conference in Germany, the Arizona Republican delivered …
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mccain.senate.gov:
REMARKS BY SASC CHAIRMAN JOHN McCAIN AT THE 2017 MUNICH SECURITY CONFERENCE  —  Washington, D.C. ­- U.S. Senator John McCain (R-AZ), Chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, delivered the following remarks today at the 2017 Munich Security Conference:  —  “Thank you, Ian, for that kind introduction.
Discussion: Raw Story, The Week and Hot Air
Steven Beutler / New Republic:
A Medical Theory for Donald Trump's Bizarre Behavior  —  Many mental health professionals believe the president is ill. But what if the cause is an untreated STD?  —  Al Franken recently raised a provocative question about Donald Trump: Is he mentally ill?
Discussion: Raw Story, AOL, Mediaite and NBC News
Natasha Bertrand / Business Insider:
A suspicious pattern is emerging for how the White House handles its most controversial plans  —  The White House quickly denied an explosive Associated Press report published Friday morning that said the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) was seeking to mobilize 100,000 National Guard troops …
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CBS News:
AP: Trump admin considers using 100,000 National Guard troops for immigration raids
Discussion: Washington Post
Teresa Welsh / McClatchy Washington Bureau:
Trump wouldn't be first president to mobilize National Guard for immigration enforcement
Discussion: TheBlaze
New York Times:
Popular Domestic Programs Face Ax Under First Trump Budget  —  WASHINGTON — The White House budget office has drafted a hit list of programs that President Trump could eliminate to trim domestic spending, including longstanding conservative targets like the Corporation for Public Broadcasting …
Discussion: Political Wire
Erin Gloria Ryan / New York Times:
The Downfall of Kellyanne Conway  —  As Kellyanne Conway sleepwalks her way through a series of increasingly embarrassing interviews, it's been hard not to feel sorry for her.  It was difficult not to feel bad for her when “Saturday Night Live” depicted her as a craven hack driven to …
Nick Timiraos / Wall Street Journal:
Trump Team's Growth Forecasts Far Rosier Than Those of CBO, Private Economists  —  While there are often disparities between the White House and independent agencies on growth projections, they are rarely this large  —  WASHINGTON—The Trump administration has drafted preliminary economic growth forecasts …
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Matthew Yglesias / Vox:
Report: Trump transition ordered government economists to cook up rosy growth forecasts
Discussion: Washington Monthly
Darren Sands / BuzzFeed:
Source Says Dr. Ben Carson “Baffled” At Firing Of HUD Staffer  —  One of Carson's closest aides was fired from the agency after writings critical of Trump from October resurfaced.  —  WASHINGTON — Dr. Ben Carson was “baffled” and “speechless” that one of his most loyal aides was walked …
CBS News:
Trump yells at CIA director over reports intel officials are keeping info from him  —  CBS News has learned that on Thursday, an angry President Trump called CIA Director Mike Pompeo and yelled at him for not pushing back hard enough against reports that the intelligence community was withholding information from the commander-in-chief.
Discussion: Raw Story and Business Insider
Josh Dawsey / Politico:
Trump ignores ‘the grown-ups’ in his Cabinet  —  President Donald Trump this week abruptly dropped the nation's commitment to a two-state solution for Middle East peace — without reviewing the specifics of his new strategy with Secretary of State Rex Tillerson.
Fox News:
Fox News Poll: Voters divided over trusting Trump or the media  —  Slightly more voters find the White House more truthful than the media, according to the latest Fox News Poll.  —  In addition, most feel the press is tougher on President Trump than it was on President Obama.
Oliver Holmes / The Guardian:
Suspect in North Korea killing ‘thought she was taking part in TV prank’  —  Indonesian Siti Aisyah, 25, duped and ‘not aware it was assassination attempt by alleged foreign agents’, says head of police  —  An Indonesian woman arrested for suspected involvement in the killing …
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Simon Denyer / Washington Post:
In China, a sense of betrayal after the assassination of Kim Jong Nam
Discussion: Outside the Beltway, Hot Air and AOL
Alex Griswold / Mediaite:
CBS's John Dickerson: Donald Trump Didn't Ruin the Press's Reputation, We Did That Ourselves  —  CBS's Face the Nation host John Dickerson was critical of President Donald Trump's haranguing of the press during a Thursday press conference, but told conservative talk show host Hugh Hewitt …
Brady Dennis / Washington Post:
Scott Pruitt, longtime adversary of EPA, confirmed to lead the agency  —  Scott Pruitt, who as Oklahoma's attorney general spent years suing the Environmental Protection Agency over its efforts to regulate various forms of pollution, was confirmed Friday as the agency's next administrator.
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Matthew Rozsa / Salon:
President Trump's family is living large — and American taxpayers are paying for it  —  The Trump family is footing Americans with an ever-increasing bill so they can maintain their lifestyle  —  President Donald Trump may have been elected as the nominee of a party that prides itself …
David Ferguson / Raw Story:
Creationist Ken Ham: Dinosaurs fought gladiator battles against humans and giants  —  DON'T MISS STORIES.  FOLLOW RAW STORY!  —  Creationist and Christian fundamentalist Ken Ham believes that in ancient times humans and dinosaurs co-existed with a race of giants and they all did battle with each other in gladiator-style combat.
David French / National Review:
The Rise of the Tough-Guy Right  —  Too many conservatives mistake the admission of inconvenient truths for weakness.  —  It's not worth spending much time talking about Donald Trump's press conference yesterday.  He was the same guy we've watched since he came down that escalator on June 16, 2015.
Discussion: RedState
Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times:
Trump Calls the News Media the ‘Enemy of the American People’  —  President Trump, in an extraordinary rebuke of the nation's press organizations, wrote on Twitter on Friday that the nation's news media “is not my enemy, it is the enemy of the American people.”
Cory Bennett / Politico:
Nunes asks FBI to investigate Trump leaks  —  House Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin Nunes on Friday sent a letter to the Federal Bureau of Investigation asking it to investigate the leaks of classified information that have produced a series of damaging media reports …
Seung Min Kim / Politico:
Congress keeps Trump grounded  —  The Senate left town Friday with Trump's administration barely staffed, Republicans' legislative agenda stuck in neutral and Democrats using parliamentary tactics to make senators and staffers' life a blur of partisan fights and all-night debates.
Discussion: Politicus USA
Abigail Hauslohner / Washington Post:
This group believes Islam threatens America: 'It's a spiritual battle of good and evil.'  —  AUSTIN — Roy White wants to inform as many Americans as possible about the terrorists he sees in their midst.  —  The lean, 62-year-old Air Force veteran strode into the Texas State Capitol …
Discussion: Raw Story
Bloomberg:
Conservatives Object to Obamacare Replacement's Tax Credits  —  Refundable tax credit would help people buy insurance coverage  —  Debate underscores difficulty in agreeing on a new plan  —  Some conservative House Republicans are objecting to a major part of the Obamacare replacement outline presented …
Discussion: The Daily Caller and Axios
Jim Rutenberg / New York Times:
In Trump Era, Censorship May Start in the Newsroom  —  This is how the muzzling starts: not with a boot on your neck, but with the fear of one that runs so deep that you muzzle yourself.  —  Maybe it's the story you decide against doing because it's liable to provoke a press-bullying president …
Mike Allen / Axios:
Trump says he's killing it; GOP wants intervention  —  Top Republicans tell us they're as rattled as ever by President Trump and his White House — and want an intervention.  Their gravest long-term concern (beyond the Russia scandal): Trump's devil-may-care effort to run the free world …
 
 
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Matea Gold / Washington Post:
After working for Trump's campaign, British data firm eyes new U.S. government contracts
Christopher Mele / New York Times:
You've Been Accepted to Columbia. Oops, Our Error.
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Michael Stratford / Politico:
DeVos gets beefed-up security
Mark Hensch / The Hill:
Pentagon: No record Flynn's paid Russian event was allowed
FOX News Radio:
Chris Wallace: President Trump Calling On Reporters Who Are Favorable To Him Is Exactly What President Obama Did
Discussion: Breitbart and Mediaite
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
President Trump's approval rating is at Barack Obama's all-time low
Discussion: Raw Story
Michael Georgy / Reuters:
Captive Islamic State militant says mass rapes were ‘normal’
Discussion: Geller Report and Hot Air
Katy Murphy / Mercury News:
California bill would make Election Day a state holiday
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Daniel Lippman / Politico:
19-PAGE GOP pamphlet on OBAMACARE …
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Andrew Kaczynski / CNN:
Group making anti-Trump robocalls is closely tied to a pro-Trump PAC
Carl Campanile / New York Post:
Prep school cancels party at Trump Wollman Rink over parents' protests
Colum Lynch / Foreign Policy:
Flynn Pressured U.N. On Israel Vote Before Taking Office
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