memeorandum: Jeff Bezos Jumps Into ‘Dreamer’ Fight With Gift for Scholarships (Nick Wingfield/New York Times)

1:00 PM ET, January 12, 2018

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Trump attacks protections for immigrants from ‘shithole’ countries in Oval Office meeting — President Trump grew frustrated with lawmakers Thursday in the Oval Office when they floated restoring protections for immigrants from Haiti, El Salvador and African countries as part …

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Samantha Schmidt / Washington Post:

'This is CNN Tonight. I'm Don Lemon. The president of the United States is racist.' — It's not every day you hear a television news anchor unabashedly calling a public figure “racist.” Broadcast journalists tend to tread lightly when describing racism, using terms such as “racially charged” or “racially tinged.”

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Adam Edelman / NBC News:

Trump denies Haiti slur amid fallout from ‘shithole’ comment — President Donald Trump on Friday appeared to deny he insulted Haiti and African nations as “shithole countries” but admitted he used “tough” language during a discussion about an immigration deal with lawmakers.

New York Times:

Trump Alarms Lawmakers With Disparaging Words for Haiti and Africa — WASHINGTON — President Trump on Wednesday balked at an immigration deal that would include protections for people from Haiti and African countries, demanding to know at a White House meeting why he should accept immigrants from …

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Daniel Lippman / Politico:

JUST when you thought things were calming, TRUMP's THURS was wild from wire to wire — POTUS says he won't go to UK embassy opening because of bad Obama deal, but BUSH cut the deal — DINA POWELL's going away party — DRIVING THE DAY — A HEADLINE TRUMP WON'T LIKE — “Obama …

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Washington Post:
‘Here is what my #shithole looks like’: African countries and Haiti react to Trump's remark

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Benjamin Freed / Washingtonian:
Washington Post: “When the President Says It, We'll Use It Verbatim”

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Christina Wilkie / CNBC:
Mar-a-Lago, Trump's exclusive club, reportedly hires more of its seasonal foreign workers …

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Evens Sanon / Associated Press:
Haiti ‘shocked and outraged’ over reported Trump remarks

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Henrik Pryser Libell / New York Times:
From Norway to Haiti, Trump's Comments Stir Fresh Outrage

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Cara Anna / Associated Press:
Africa startled by Trump's sudden and vulgar attention

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Paola Chavez / ABC News:
Trump defends ‘tough’ language used in DACA meeting after ‘s—hole countries’ comment

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NBC News:
Trump referred to Haiti and African countries as ‘shithole’ nations

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Wall Street Journal:

Transcript of Donald Trump Interview With The Wall Street Journal — President Donald Trump sat down for an interview Thursday morning with four reporters from The Wall Street Journal: Rebecca Ballhaus, Michael C. Bender, Peter Nicholas and Louise Radnofsky.

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Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:

David Brooks Picked a Bad Week to Say Trump ‘Runs a Normal, Good Meeting’ — Four days ago, David Brooks broke the news in the New York Times that President Trump is actually a sober-minded and competent public servant. “People who go into the White House to have a meeting …

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Joe Scarborough / Washington Post:
There is nothing ‘professional’ about this president

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Donald Trump / Telegraph:

US ambassador to Panama resigns, saying he can no longer serve under Trump administration — US Ambassador to Panama John Feeley, a career diplomat and former Marine Corps helicopter pilot, has resigned, telling the State Department he no longer feels able to serve President Donald Trump.

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James Hohmann / Washington Post:
The Daily 202: Trump has no nominees for 245 important jobs, including an ambassador to South Korea

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Gaby Pacheco / TheDream.Us:

Jeff and MacKenzie Bezos to Fund 1,000 College Scholarships for Dreamers $33 million donation the largest ever for TheDream.US — Jeff Holmes jholmes@skdknick.com 860-575-6870 — Desiree Vodounon dvodounon@skdknick.com 917-499-5101

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Nick Wingfield / New York Times: Jeff Bezos Jumps Into ‘Dreamer’ Fight With Gift for Scholarships

Linda Qiu / New York Times: These Claims About ‘Chain Migration’ Are Not Accurate

Ed O'Keefe / Washington Post:
Jeff Bezos donates $33 million to scholarship fund for ‘dreamers’

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Heather Stewart / The Guardian:

Donald Trump visit to London called off amid fears of mass protests — President will not now open new US embassy next month, with secretary of state Rex Tillerson likely to take his place … Donald Trump has backed off the idea of visiting Britain next month to open the new US embassy in London amid fears of mass protests.

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Jesse Byrnes / The Hill:

Trump says he canceled trip to London — said late Thursday that he canceled a trip to London to open the new U.S. Embassy there, citing an Obama-era real estate sale. — Trump wrote on Twitter that he canceled his trip because he is “not a big fan of the Obama Administration having sold perhaps …

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Anne Gearan / Washington Post:
Trump ‘cancels’ London visit to dedicate new U.S. Embassy, citing ‘bad deal’ to sell and relocate building

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Charlie Warzel / BuzzFeed:

How The Alt Right — And Paul Ryan's Challenger — Coordinate To Fight The “Jewish Media” — When Steve Bannon, Breitbart and other conservatives cut ties with far right activist and congressional candidate Paul Nehlen, he turned to his private Twitter direct message group, CityRevoltVoteNehlen.

Discussion: twitchy.com

Thomas Frank / BuzzFeed:

Secret Money: How Trump Made Millions Selling Condos To Unknown Buyers — A BuzzFeed News review of every sale of a Trump-branded condominium in the United States provides the first comprehensive look at how many went to unidentified buyers who paid cash, an indication of possible money laundering.

Discussion: Political Wire

YouTube:

Martha McSally Announcement Video

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Ronald J. Hansen / Arizona Republic: Martha McSally's U.S. Senate ambitions began at least last summer

Matthew Yglesias / Vox:
Arizona's already very complicated Senate race, explained

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Edward-Isaac Dovere / Politico:

Obama: Presidents need to watch their behavior — Barack Obama's advice on the presidency: Watch your behavior — because everyone else is watching it, and taking cues from it. — “One of the things that Michelle figured out, in some ways faster than I did — was part of your ability …

Discussion: Washington Free Beacon

Judy Kurtz / The Hill:
John Lewis: Trump administration ‘is a major setback’ for the nation, world

Discussion: The Daily Caller

Matt Wilstein / The Daily Beast: Obama to Letterman: No Sense of ‘Relief’ After Turning Presidency Over to Trump

David Leonhardt / New York Times:

Time to Say It: Trump Is a Racist — When it comes to President Trump and race, there is a predictable cycle. He makes a remark that seems racist, and people engage in an extended debate about whether he is personally racist. His critics say he is. His defenders argue for an interpretation …

Mike Allen / Axios:

Fits and fitness: Trump gives his skeptics plenty of fodder — A new Axios/SurveyMonkey poll shows that 55% of Americans (and 54% of independents) think Trump's mental fitness is a legitimate issue. But this is as partisan as any other question, with most Republicans saying the questions are “unfair and politically motivated.”

Discussion: Political Wire

Tanya Basu / The Daily Beast:
Will President Trump's Physical Show That He's Obese?

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New York Times:

Some Assembly Required — In The New York Times Book Review, Michael Bierut reviews Alexander Langlands's “Craeft: An Inquiry Into the Origins and True Meaning of Traditional Crafts.” Bierut writes: — In “Craeft,” Langlands neither jumps aboard the homemade bandwagon nor stands athwart it.