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1:55 PM ET, January 28, 2018

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Franklin Foer / The Atlantic:
The Plot Against America  —  I. The Wisdom of Friends  —  The clinic permitted Paul Manafort one 10-minute call each day.  And each day, he would use it to ring his wife from Arizona, his voice often soaked in tears.  “Apparently he sobs daily,” his daughter Andrea, then 29, texted a friend.
Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money
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Daniel Lippman / Politico:
INSIDE the Alfalfa dinner — JOSE ANDRES vs. IVANKA TRUMP — REMEMBERING Ed Lorenzen …
Discussion: The Week and Talking Points Memo
Patrick Temple-West / Politico:
GOP's Gowdy says he supports Mueller ‘100 percent’  —  A Republican member of the House Intelligence Committee said he supports Special Counsel Robert Mueller's investigation into Russia's potential interference in the 2016 election and Donald Trump campaign's contacts with Russia.
Discussion: ABC News
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Rachel Tillman / ABC News:
Special counsel Mueller is ‘the perfect guy to get to the bottom’ of Russia probe: Top Republican senator  —  A top GOP senator and ally of President Donald Trump said he thinks special counsel Robert Mueller “is the best person to look at” whether whether the president may have tried …
Ashley Parker / Washington Post:
Trump sought release of classified Russia memo, putting him at odds with Justice Department … On Wednesday, as Republicans were clamoring to make public a secret document that they think will undercut the investigation into Russian meddling, President Trump made clear his desire: release the memo.
Byron York / Washington Examiner:
Justice Department withholds majority of FBI texts
Jill Abramson / The Guardian:
Trump's attack on the FBI is an attack on the US constitution itself
Discussion: Daily Kos and Washington Post
Melissa Mahtani / CNN:
Jay-Z slams Trump's ‘shithole’ comment as ‘hurtful’  —  Jay-Z says Trump's words expose the racism lurking “behind closed doors”  —  (CNN)Hip-hop legend Shawn “Jay-Z” Carter described President Donald Trump's “shithole countries” comment as disappointing and hurtful.
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Philip Bump / Washington Post:
The grim cynicism of Trump's tweet about black unemployment
Discussion: Mediaite and Raw Story
Elaina Plott / The Atlantic:
Why Trump Can't Quit Steve Wynn  —  Steve Wynn is under siege.  The casino magnate is facing a range of allegations—from sexual harassment to forced sex— from former female employees, according to The Wall Street Journal.  Then on Saturday, Republican National Committee Chair Ronna Romney …
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Associated Press:
2 GOP senators: Party should consider returning Wynn money
Discussion: ThinkProgress
Associated Press:
The Latest: Russian opposition leader Navalny arrested  —  MOSCOW (AP) — The Latest on Russian protests Sunday (all times local):  —  Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny has been arrested in Moscow as protest demonstrations called by him took place across the country.
Discussion: ThinkProgress and Hullabaloo
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USA Today:
N.J. wants federal review of immigration arrests at schools … NJ Gov. Phil Murphy met with Harry Pangemanan and others in sanctuary at the Reformed Church of Highland Park.  The Rev. Seth Kaper-Dale explains their situation and their fear of being deported to Indonesia, where they face religious persecution.
Ross Douthat / New York Times:
The Necessity of Stephen Miller  —  After 12 years of failed attempts at immigration reform, the current round of negotiations are turning on a strangely personalized question: When a deal is being made, should Stephen Miller be at the table?  —  Miller is the White House's point man for immigration policy …
Discussion: Notes
YouCaring:
THE STORY  —  Our friend Kellie Lorenzen is experiencing a mothers worst nightmare.  On Friday, January 26, she lost her son and ex husband in a house fire.  Her oldest son, Zacheri, saved his youngest sister - a true hero.  —  Although money will not heal Kellie and her family …
Washington Post:
It could soon be a crime to blame Poland for Nazi atrocities, and Israel is appalled … JERUASALEM — A diplomatic crisis between Israel and Poland appeared to be deepening on Sunday as Poland's deputy chief of mission, Piotr Kozowski, was summoned to Israel's Ministry of Foreign Affairs …
Jess Bidgood / New York Times:
Testimony in Corruption Case Hinges on the Meaning of ‘Meatballs’  —  When is a meatball not a meatball?  —  That was the question in a federal courtroom in Pennsylvania on Thursday, where the mayor of Allentown, Pa., is on trial for charges wholly unrelated to that beefy fixture of nonnas' kitchens across the country.
The Daily Beast:
Celebrity Chef and Trump Foe Jose Andres Says Ivanka Trump Had Him Booted From Event  —  Celebrity chef José Andrés says he was asked to leave the after-party of the annual Alfalfa Club dinner in D.C. on Saturday night, apparently after Ivanka Trump complained about his presence.
Ruby Cramer / BuzzFeed:
Hillary Clinton Let Him Stay.  Women Say His Harassment Continued.  —  Hillary Clinton at the 2008 Democratic National Convention.  —  Justin Sullivan / Getty Images  —  In 2007, while working for the candidate who hoped to be the first female president, a young woman filed a complaint …
CBS News:
Former Colorado GOP chairman sentenced for voter fraud  —  GREELEY, Colo. — The former chairman of the Colorado Republican Party was sentenced to four years of probation and 300 hours of community service for voter fraud.  Steve Curtis blamed a “major diabetic episode” …
Discussion: CBS Denver
Scott Thistlestaff / Press Herald:
Maine falls behind other states in efforts to prevent overdose deaths  —  As states from New Hampshire to California expand access to the overdose antidote naloxone, the LePage administration delays action that could save Maine lives.  —  AUGUSTA — In New Hampshire, an online map locates scores …
New York Times:
The Follower Factory  —  Everyone wants to be popular online.  —  Some even pay for it.  —  Inside social media's black market.  —  Celebrities, athletes, pundits and politicians are buying millions of fake followers.  —  While the world's social media platforms look the other way.
Kevin D. Williamson / National Review:
Why Trust the FBI?  —  There is a reason for the crisis of faith in our institutions  —  The “failing” New York Times Company is earning about $30 million a quarter, and in the third quarter of 2017 alone it added more paid subscribers than either the Seattle Times/Post-Intelligencer or the Los Angeles Daily News has in total.
John A. Farrell / Politico:
Can Joe Kennedy Beat the State of the Union Curse?  —  This year's opposition response to the State of the Union address has two elements to lift it from its status as a star-crossed, sometimes futile exercise: One, the president's name is Donald Trump; two, the responder is named Kennedy.
Discussion: The Week
Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
Republicans redefine morality as whatever Trump does  —  Someday, likely three years from now, perhaps sooner, perhaps — gulp — later, President Trump will depart the stage.  —  But what will be left of us?  —  New evidence suggests that the damage he is doing to the culture is bigger than the man.
 
 
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John Nolte / Breitbart:
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Roger Cohen / New York Times:
It's Time for Mahmoud Abbas to Go
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Elana Schor / Politico:
Deadline looms for Trump and Russia sanctions
Discussion: Axios
Julian E. Zelizer / The Atlantic:
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New York Times:
In Nassar Case, Michigan State Wanted Famed Ex-Prosecutor to Both Examine and Defend It
Discussion: ThinkProgress
Associated Press:
Amid turmoil, Trump seeking a reset with State of the Union
Discussion: Bloomberg, USA Today and The Week
Associated Press:
Trump: I would be ‘tougher’ in Brexit talks than UK's May
Associated Press:
Justice Ginsburg signals her intent to work for years more
Discussion: RedState and Liberty Unyielding
New York Times:
As Gridlock Deepens in Congress, Only Gloom Is Bipartisan
Maureen Dowd / New York Times:
Trump Hits Alps, but Melania Is Frosty in Florida
Jordan Bhatt / International Business Times:
Donald Trump tells Theresa May he won't visit the UK unless she bans protests
Discussion: Outside the Beltway