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12:05 AM ET, January 16, 2018

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Wall Street Journal:
U.S. Warned Jared Kushner About Wendi Deng Murdoch  —  Officials said the businesswoman could be trying to further Beijing's interests, people familiar with the matter say  —  WASHINGTON—U.S. counterintelligence officials in early 2017 warned Jared Kushner, President Donald Trump's son …
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Jacqueline Thomsen / The Hill:
US officials warned Kushner about friendship with Wendi Deng Murdoch: report  —  last year that his friend, Chinese-American businesswoman Wendi Deng Murdoch, could be taking advantage of her close friendship with Kushner and his wife, Ivanka Trump  —  , to promote China's business interests, The Wall Street Journal reported Monday.
Discussion: RedState
Washington Post:
Inside the tense, profane White House meeting on immigration … When President Trump spoke by phone with Sen. Richard J. Durbin around 10:15 a.m. last Thursday, he expressed pleasure with Durbin's outline of a bipartisan immigration pact and praised the high-ranking Illinois Democrat's efforts …
Discussion: Notes, IJR, The Hill, The Week and New York Times
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Jamie Lovegrove / Post and Courier:
Graham: 'My memory hasn't evolved' on meeting where others say Trump referred to ‘shithole countries’  —  COLUMBIA — After taking the weekend to reflect on a combative White House meeting in which President Donald Trump reportedly referred to African countries as “shithole countries,” …
Washington Post:
Kevin McCarthy relishes role as Trump's fixer, friend and candy man … President Trump and House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) were alone in the presidential suite on Air Force One, flying east toward Washington in early October, when the president reached for a handful of Starbursts …
Bari Weiss / New York Times:
Aziz Ansari Is Guilty.  Of Not Being a Mind Reader.  —  I'm apparently the victim of sexual assault.  And if you're a sexually active woman in the 21st century, chances are that you are, too.  —  That is what I learned from the “exposé” of Aziz Ansari published this weekend …
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Michelle Goldberg / New York Times:
The President and the Porn Star  —  In 1998, the professional moral scold William Bennett published a book titled “The Death of Outrage: Bill Clinton and the Assault on American Ideals.”  In it, Bennett described blasé attitudes toward presidential adultery as corrosive.
Matthew Haag / New York Times:
13 Siblings, Some Shackled to Beds, Were Held Captive by Parents, Police Say  —  A 17-year old girl who said she was being held captive by her parents in her home in Perris, Calif., escaped on Sunday and alerted the authorities, who then rescued her 12 siblings — several of whom were found shackled …
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
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abc7.com:
13 victims, ages 2 to 29, kept shackled in foul Perris home by parents, officials say … <iframe width="476" height="267" src="http://abc7.com/video/embed/?pid= 2948829" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>  —  Thirteen victims, ranging in age from 2 to 29 years old …
Discussion: CNN, fox5sandiego.com, Breitbart and IJR
Vann R. Newkirk II / The Atlantic:
Five Decades of White Backlash  —  On April 4, 1968, Martin Luther King, Jr., was assassinated.  In response, a week later President Lyndon B. Johnson scrambled to sign into law the Fair Housing Act, a final major civil-rights bill that had languished for years under the strain of white backlash to the civil-rights movement.
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Anne Gearan / Washington Post:
On MLK Day, President Trump visits Trump golf course
Gil Troy / The Daily Beast:
When Trump Hatchet-Man Roy Cohn Sued Martin Luther King for Libel
Discussion: Instapundit and Raw Story
Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr / The White House:
Martin Luther King, Jr., Model of an American Patriot
Discussion: National Review and AOL
New York Times:
As Shutdown Talk Rises, Trump's Immigration Words Pose Risks for Both Parties  —  WASHINGTON — President Trump's incendiary words about immigration have dampened the prospects that a broad spending and immigration deal can be reached by the end of the week, raising the possibility …
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Emily Tillett / CBS News:
Sen. Tom Cotton says Trump's words, sentiments on immigration were misrepresented
Discussion: ABC News, WCTX-TV, CNBC and IJR
Jose Lambiet / miamiherald:
Trump's Mar-a Lago cited by state inspectors for poor maintenance  —  A year after the discovery of foods that could sicken people at President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago Club in Palm Beach, his Winter White House was just cited by inspectors for poor maintenance.
Niraj Warikoo / Detroit Free Press:
After 30 years in U.S., metro Detroit immigrant deported to Mexico  —  After 30 years of living in the U.S, a 39-year-old Lincoln Park man was deported this morning from Detroit Metro Airport to Mexico as family and friends wiped away tears.  —  Jorge Garcia was brought to the U.S …
Annie Karni / Politico:
The Democrat Trumpworld fears most  —  In early December, as President Donald Trump's approval rating reached a new low of 32 percent, the commander-in-chief was rating the 2020 Democratic field from behind the Resolute Desk in the Oval Office.  —  Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders …
Discussion: The Hill, Raw Story and Politicus USA
CNN:
Hope Hicks expected to talk to Hill committee  —  Who is Hope Hicks?  —  STORY HIGHLIGHTS  —  (CNN)White House Communications Director Hope Hicks is expected to meet with the House Intelligence Committee as soon as this week, making her one of President Donald Trump's closest confidantes …
Discussion: Raw Story and NBC News
The Cranberries / BBC:
Cranberries singer Dolores O'Riordan dies suddenly aged 46  —  The Cranberries lead singer Dolores O'Riordan has died suddenly at the age of 46, her publicist has confirmed.  —  The Irish musician, originally from Limerick, led the band to international success in the 90s with singles including Linger and Zombie.
HuffPost:
Here's What The FBI Lovers' Secret Texts Actually Say About Trump, Clinton And Leaks  —  Two FBI officials texted each other burns about politicians, but their main ideological commitment seems to be to the power and independence of the FBI.  —  WASHINGTON Last week, a story …
Discussion: Hullabaloo and Mother Jones
Richard Johnson / Page Six:
Ivanka and Jared ‘love it in Washington’  —  Ivanka Trump just finished decorating her apartment on the Upper East Side, but she doesn't do much entertaining there.  —  “Whenever she invites people, they all want to come see her in Washington,” a friend said after seeing Trump at Mar-a-Lago.
Kurt Erickson / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Amid scandal, Greitens puts off public appearances, pledges to move ahead with tax overhaul  —  • A statewide tour to promote a Trump-style overhaul of Missouri's tax system has fallen victim to the scandal enveloping Gov. Eric Greitens.  —  But Greitens' spokesman Parker Briden told …
Discussion: CNN and Raw Story
Adam Liptak / New York Times:
A Case for Math, Not ‘Gobbledygook,’ in Judging Partisan Voting Maps  —  WASHINGTON — In October, when the Supreme Court heard arguments in a case that could reshape American politics, Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. registered an objection.  There was math in the case, he said, and it was complicated.
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New York Times:   50 Years Later, It Feels Familiar: How America Fractured in 1968
New York Times:
Donald Trump's Racism: The Definitive List  —  Donald Trump has been obsessed with race for the entire time he has been a public figure.  He had a history of making racist comments as a New York real-estate developer in the 1970s and '80s.  More recently, his political rise was built …
Tegna / WUSA:
‘Dehumanizing:’ Pastor denounces Trump's remarks during service attended by VP Pence … PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY, MD. (WUSA9) - During a service attended by Vice President Mike Pence and his wife on Sunday morning, a pastor in Prince George's County denounced remarks made by President Trump earlier this week.
Discussion: IJR, Mediaite, Raw Story and Political Wire
Jess Bravin / Wall Street Journal:
Justice Scalia Spoke Favorably of Trump's Presidential Run, Author Bryan Garner Says  —  Conservative justice was ‘fascinated’ by Republican candidate's outspokenness, author of ‘Nino and Me’ says  —  WASHINGTON—Shortly before his death in February 2016, Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia spoke favorably …
 
 
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Stephen Kalin / Reuters:
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Tyler Durden / Zero Hedge:
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Darren Sands / BuzzFeed:
John Lewis Says He Gets Taunted By People Who Yell “Trump!” At Him
Discussion: Raw Story
Glenn Greenwald / The Intercept:
Centrist Dems Launch Smear Campaign Against Young Trans Woman, All to Keep an Old Straight White Man in Power
Discussion: Power Line and The Guardian
Michael B. Kelley / Yahoo! Finance:
‘A very high level of confidence’
Justin McCarthy / Gallup:
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Discussion: RedState and Axios