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11:40 PM ET, January 24, 2018

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New York Times:
Trump Says He Is Willing to Speak Under Oath to Mueller  —  WASHINGTON — President Trump said on Wednesday that he was willing to speak under oath to Robert S. Mueller III, the special counsel investigating Russia's interference in the 2016 presidential campaign.
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Washington Post:
Trump says he would speak to Mueller under oath in Russia investigation … President Trump said Wednesday he is “looking forward” to testifying before special counsel Robert S. Mueller III and that he would speak under oath.  —  “I would love to do it, and I would like to do it as soon as possible,” Trump said at the White House.
Carol E. Lee / NBC News:
Flynn kept FBI interview concealed from White House, Trump  —  WASHINGTON — A year ago today, Donald Trump's newly sworn-in national security adviser, Michael Flynn, met privately in his West Wing office with FBI investigators interested in his communications with Russia's ambassador …
CNN:
Mueller gives Trump's attorneys possible topics for interview  —  WH: Trump ‘fully cooperative’ on Russia probe  —  (CNN)Special counsel Robert Mueller has provided lawyers for President Donald Trump with a range of topics he wants to ask about as part of ongoing negotiations regarding …
Discussion: Washington Press and Daily Wire
Elana Schor / Politico:
Judiciary Democrats want to share Trump Jr. testimony with Mueller  —  Two Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee on Wednesday pressed the committee's Republican chairman to provide special counsel Robert Mueller with transcripts of the panel's interviews with key witnesses in its Russia probe, including Donald Trump Jr.
Discussion: Palmer Report, Political Wire and Axios
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
One year ago, Paul Ryan made a heartfelt promise to a ‘dreamer.’ Now she's back.
Mike Levine / ABC News:
Exclusive: The full ‘secret society’ text between FBI agents: Was it meant in jest?  —  For the past 24 hours, a number of Republican lawmakers have been suggesting that a months-old text message between two FBI officials reveals a “secret society” of federal law enforcement officials clandestinely plotting …
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Jake Gibson / Fox News:
Thousands of FBI cellphones affected by glitch that lost Strzok-Page texts, officials say  —  EXCLUSIVE: Thousands of FBI cellphones were affected by the technical glitch that the DOJ says prevented five months' worth of text messages between FBI officials Peter Strzok and Lisa Page …
New York Times:
F.B.I. Texts and Dueling Memos Escalate Fight Over Russia Inquiry  —  WASHINGTON — The Justice Department warned the House Intelligence Committee chairman on Wednesday that it was “extraordinarily reckless” for Republicans to push to release a committee memo that draws on classified information …
Discussion: twitchy.com
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Republicans Are Using the Russian Playbook on the FBI
Discussion: Hullabaloo
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Washington Post:   Michigan State president resigns in wake of abuse scandal involving athletics doctor
Eric Levenson / CNN:
Larry Nassar sentenced to up to 175 years in prison for decades of sexual abuse
Charles P. Pierce / SI.com:
Burn It All Down: It's Time For Every Last Coward Who Enabled Larry Nassar To Pay For Their Sins
Discussion: The Mahablog and Eschaton
David Jesse / Detroit Free Press:   Sources: MSU Board of Trustees working on succession plan for Simon exit
U.S. Department of Justice:
Justice Department Demands Documents and Threatens to Subpoena 23 Jurisdictions As Part of 8 U.S.C. 1373 Compliance Review  —  The Department of Justice today sent the attached letters to 23 jurisdictions, demanding the production of documents that could show whether each jurisdiction …
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Matt Zapotosky / Washington Post:
Justice Department threatens to subpoena records in escalating battle with ‘sanctuary’ jurisdictions
Discussion: The Week
The Daily Beast:
Devin Nunes' Anti-FBI Memo Names James Comey, Rod Rosenstein, and Andrew McCabe … A controversial Republican memo alleging surveillance abuse specifically names GOP bêtes noires in the Justice Department and FBI, The Daily Beast has learned.  Two current top officials …
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Donie O'Sullivan / CNNMoney:
Hundreds of newly created Twitter accounts pushed #ReleaseTheMemo  —  The viral hashtag campaign #ReleaseTheMemo appears to have been driven at least in part by a swarm of Twitter accounts set up in the past week, a CNN analysis has found.  —  More than 1,000 accounts that were set up between Thursday …
Mike Levine / ABC News:
DOJ warns House Intel chairman about purported secret memo on FBI
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
BuzzFeed:
Cecile Richards Plans To Step Down As President Of Planned Parenthood, After More Than A Decade  —  Richards greatly expanded Planned Parenthood's political prominence, as well as its organizing and fundraising capacities, during her time leading the organization.  —  Reporting From Washington, DC
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Errant court filing suggests feds had informant at Manafort firm  —  A document that former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort's attorneys appear to have accidentally filed in court Wednesday suggests that federal investigators had an informant inside Manafort's consulting firm who provided information about his financial dealings.
Samantha Cole / Motherboard:
We Are Truly Fucked: Everyone Is Making AI-Generated Fake Porn Now  —  In December, Motherboard discovered a redditor named ‘deepfakes’ quietly enjoying his hobby: Face-swapping celebrity faces onto porn performers' bodies.  He made several convincing porn videos of celebrities …
Discussion: Jezebel and The Verge
Burgess Everett / Politico:
Budget talks progress, as Senate Dems drop Dreamer demand  —  Senate Democrats are willing to drop their demand that relief for Dreamers be tied to any long-term budget agreement — a potential boost for spending talks, but one that could face opposition from their House counterparts.
Discussion: IJR
YouTube:
Burger King |  Whopper Neutrality … The repeal of Net Neutrality is a hot topic in America, but it can be very difficult to understand.  That's why the BURGER KING® brand created WHOPPER® Neutrality, a social experiment that explains the effects of the repeal of Net Neutrality …
Discussion: The Daily Caller, Engadget and Reuters
David Marchese / Vulture:
In Conversation: Erykah Badu  —  “I'm gathering ideas,” says Erykah Badu, talking over dinner at a vegan restaurant in midtown Manhattan.  “I'm uploading.”  Badu, in a baggy sweater, oversized eyeglasses, and giant fedora, is talking about why she hasn't released an album of new material since 2010's …
David Nakamura / Washington Post:
Trump puts path to citizenship for some ‘dreamers’ on the table in immigration deal  —  President Trump said for the first time Wednesday that he is open to a path to citizenship for some younger undocumented immigrants known as “dreamers” in an immigration deal being negotiated by Congress …
Discussion: RedState and Outside the Beltway
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New York Times:
Trump Says He Is Open to a Path to Citizenship for ‘Dreamers’
Discussion: FOX 61 and Breitbart
Julia Ainsley / NBC News:
Report: Felons, people under foreign influence got national security clearances  —  WASHINGTON — A Defense Department report obtained by NBC News found that 165 defense contractors had their initial security clearances revoked last year after further investigation linked the recipients …
Discussion: Raw Story and IJR
Lauren Thomas / CNBC:
Toys R Us to close 180 stores across the US  — Toys R Us is planning to shutter roughly 180 stores across the country, or about one-fifth of its U.S. store fleet.  —  Toys R Us is planning to shutter roughly 180 stores across the country, or about one-fifth of its U.S. store fleet …
Jean Marc Manach / The Intercept:
NSA DELETES “HONESTY” AND “OPENNESS” FROM CORE VALUES  —  The National Security Agency maintains a page on its website that outlines its mission statement.  But earlier this month, the agency made a discreet change: It removed “honesty” as its top priority.
Discussion: Mashable and Boing Boing
Bloomberg:
Inside the Dysfunctional Relationship of Donald Trump and Theresa May  —  When Theresa May returned to the grandeur of the British Embassy on Washington's Massachusetts Avenue in January last year, her aides had no idea how spectacularly awry her visit to Donald Trump's White House had gone.
Kansas City Star:
With Pence breaking 49-49 tie, U.S. Senate advances Brownback's nomination  —  WASHINGTON  —  Kansas Republican Sam Brownback, one of the most unpopular governors in the country, barely survived a key vote on his bid for a big Trump administration job on Wednesday, as Vice President Mike Pence broke …
 
 
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Katie Notopoulos / BuzzFeed:
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Discussion: Jezebel and New York Magazine
Dana Blanton / Fox News:
Fox News Poll: As Trump ends year one, record number rate economy ‘excellent’
Katharine Q. Seelye / New York Times:
Journalists at an Intervention  —  My article called “1 Son …
Reuters:
North Korea sends rare announcement to all Koreans, calls for unification
Derek Hawkins / Washington Post:
How an Arizona couple's innocent bath-time photos of their kids set off a 10-year legal saga
Discussion: Hit & Run and Instapundit
 Earlier Items: 
Wfla Web / WFLA-TV:
Tampa native, former FOX 13 reporter killed in Kabul hotel attack
Discussion: CNN and Washingtonian
Seth Stevenson / Slate:
The Many Faces of Ben Shapiro
TMZ.com:
‘Storm Chasers’ Star Joel Taylor Dead From Suspected Overdose (UPDATE)
Discussion: Decider, Towleroad and WQAD-TV
Nick Wadhams / Bloomberg:
Tillerson's Overhaul at State in Doubt as USAID Suspends Role
Michael Scherer / Washington Post:
Potential citizenship question in 2020 Census could shift power to rural America
Discussion: ThinkProgress and Balkinization