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8:15 PM ET, January 30, 2018

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Washington Post:
Internal Justice Department probe eyes McCabe's role in final weeks of 2016 election … The Justice Department's inspector general has been focused for months on why Andrew McCabe, as the No. 2 official at the FBI, appeared not to act for about three weeks on a request to examine a batch …
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The Guardian:
Second Trump-Russia dossier being assessed by FBI  —  Exclusive: memo written by former journalist Cody Shearer independently sets out some of the allegations made by ex-spy Christopher Steele … The FBI inquiry into alleged Russian collusion in the 2016 US presidential election has been given …
The Daily Beast:
Devin Nunes Won't Say if He Worked With White House on Anti-FBI Memo  —  The House intel committee GOP leader refused to answer behind closed doors if he coordinated with the president's team on his report blasting Rosenstein, Comey, and McCabe.  —  BETSY WOODRUFF, SPENCER ACKERMAN1.30.18 6:17 PM ET
Washington Post:
Justice Dept. officials appealed to White House to halt release of memo alleging FBI abuses related to author of Trump dossier … Top Justice Department officials made a last-ditch plea Monday to White House Chief of Staff John F. Kelly about the dangers of publicly releasing a memo alleging abuses …
David Leonhardt / New York Times:
The Nunes Conspiracy  —  First, a few words on the State of the Union address.  There will be a lot of meaningless commentary about President Trump's speech tonight.  His critics will criticize him, his supporters will praise him and pundits will throw around the word “reset.”
Discussion: Consortiumnews.com
Mike Emanuel / Fox News:
Paul Ryan calls to ‘cleanse’ the FBI, backs surveillance memo release  —  House Speaker Paul Ryan called Tuesday to “cleanse” the FBI as he openly backed the release of a controversial memo that purportedly details alleged surveillance abuses by the U.S. government.  —  “Let it all out, get it all out there.
NBC News:
FBI's Wray makes clear McCabe's retirement tied to IG's Clinton report  —  FBI Director Chris Wray made clear in a message sent to all bureau employees on Monday night that Deputy Director Andrew McCabe's decision to step aside was a result of forthcoming information to be detailed …
John Yoo / New York Times:
Fix the F.B.I. Don't Politicize It.
Discussion: NBC News, The Daily Beast and BizzyBlog
Amanda Carpenter / Politico:
I'm a Republican. Why Is My Party Gaslighting America?
Discussion: Conservative Review
Asha Rangappa / Just Security:
Five Questions the Nunes Memo Better Answer
Discussion: Mother Jones and Daily Kos
Rachael Bade / Politico:
Ryan urges Republicans to take caution with FBI memo
Discussion: CNBC, Breitbart and Daily Kos
John Hudson / BuzzFeed:
Trump Administration Admits It Cribbed Forbes Magazine To Create “Oligarch List”  —  The revelation is likely to invite criticism that a congressionally-mandated list designed to punish Russia for interfering in the US election is not being aggressively implemented.  —  Reporting From Washington, DC
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Anders Åslund / Atlantic Council:
Payback: President Trump Gets Revenge for Russian Sanctions
Discussion: The Guardian
Howard Fineman / NBC News:
The ‘state’ of Donald Trump?  He thinks it couldn't be better.  —  WASHINGTON — Donald Trump is telling friends and aides in private that things are going great — for him.  —  Some reasons: He's decided that a key witness in the Russia probe, Paul Manafort, isn't going to “flip” and sell him out, friends and aides say.
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CNN:
Trump's lawyers argue Mueller has not met threshold for presidential interview  —  STORY HIGHLIGHTS  —  Washington (CNN)President Donald Trump's attorneys are arguing that special counsel Robert Mueller's team has not met the high threshold they believe is needed to interview a president in person …
Discussion: Political Wire
Michael Calderone / Politico:
Trump needles ‘monster’ Chuck Todd at off-the-record anchors' lunch  —  The president used his traditional pre-State of the Union sit-down to air his grievances with news coverage of his presidency, again.  —  Hours before his first formal State of the Union address, President Donald Trump …
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David A. Fahrenthold / Washington Post:
Trump's steep challenge in his first State of the Union address: Uniting a fractured country
ABC News:
President Trump delivers his first State of the Union address
Discussion: Politico and Axios
Bloomberg:
Trump Not Planning New Offer for ‘Dreamers’ in State of Union, Official Says
Discussion: Axios
Brianna Ehley / Politico:
Trump's top health official traded tobacco stock while leading anti-smoking efforts  —  The Trump administration's top public health official bought shares in a tobacco company one month into her leadership of the agency charged with reducing tobacco use — the leading cause of preventable disease …
Washington Post:
Disagreement on North Korea policy derails White House choice for ambassador to South Korea … The White House's original choice for U.S. ambassador to South Korea is no longer expected to be nominated after he privately expressed disagreement in late December with the Trump administration's …
Heather Caygle / Politico:
Pelosi tells Democrats not to disrupt ‘slobbering’ Trump during SOTU  —  House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi is encouraging her caucus to behave during President Donald Trump's State of the Union address tonight, saying the focus should be on “his slobbering self.”
Joanna Walters / The Guardian:
Greg Gianforte, politician who assaulted Guardian reporter, to lead GOP workshop  —  Gianforte to give communications workshop for the NRCC, group that strives to get Republicans elected to Congress … The National Republican Congressional Committee has picked as the speaker …
The Daily Beast:
Russia's Sanctioned Spy Chief Reportedly Met CIA Director in the U.S. … Russia's sanctioned spy chief recently visited the United States and reportedly met with CIA Director Mike Pompeo, Russian state media reported Tuesday.  —  Sergey Naryshkin, director of Russia's foreign intelligence service …
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Matthew / Live and Let's Fly:
United Airlines Denies Boarding to Emotional Service Animal...a Peacock  —  Recently, I argued that airlines must crack down on the abuse of emotional support animals.  Passengers continue to twist federal law to bypass pet cargo fees and bring animals onboard who do not belong onboard.
Discussion: RedState, AOL, Mashable and TheBlaze
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Janine Puhak / Fox News:
Woman denied emotional support peacock on United flight
Discussion: Hit & Run, Mashable and WPRI-TV
Scientific American Blog Network:
Bill Nye Does Not Speak for Us and He Does Not Speak for Science  —  By attending the State of the Union with NASA administrator nominee Jim Bridenstine, the Science Guy tacitly endorses climate denial, intolerance and attacks on science  —  Tonight, Bill Nye “The Science Guy” …
TMZ.com:
‘Glee’ Star Mark Salling Dead of Apparent Suicide  —  Mark Salling is dead of an apparent suicide, according to law enforcement ... TMZ has learned.  —  We're told his body was found near a riverbed in Sunland ... the area where he lived.  We do not yet know the manner of death.
Washington Post:
Scott Pruitt once said Trump 'would be more abusive to the Constitution than Barack Obama — and that's saying a lot' … Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt said in a 2016 interview that “Donald Trump in the White House would be more abusive to the Constitution than Barack Obama …
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Nick Surgey / Documented:
PRUITT CALLED TRUMP A THREAT TO CONSTITUTION IN 2016 INTERVIEW
Eric Eyre / Charleston Gazette-Mail:
Drug firms shipped 20.8M pain pills to WV town with 2,900 people  —  Over the past decade, out-of-state drug companies shipped 20.8 million prescription painkillers to two pharmacies four blocks apart in a Southern West Virginia town with 2,900 people, according to a congressional committee investigating the opioid crisis.
CNN:
Senior adviser who worked for disgraced Trump appointee at federal volunteer agency was banned by Uber over allegations of racial comments  —  STORY HIGHLIGHTS  —  (CNN)A senior adviser who worked for disgraced Trump appointee Carl Higbie was banned from using Uber after an incident early …
Discussion: Raw Story
Las Vegas Review-Journal:
Document shows police ID'd 2nd ‘person of interest’ in days after Las Vegas shooting  —  Scene's from day after the Route 91 Harvest shooting in Las Vegas October 2, 2017.  Richard Brian Las Vegas Review-Journal  —  A judge on Tuesday unsealed nearly 300 pages of search warrant records …
Discussion: RedState, Raw Story and AOL
Brian Fung / Washington Post:
Here's what went wrong with that Hawaii missile alert, the FCC says … The emergency worker who sent a false public safety alert on Jan. 13 warning of an imminent ballistic missile attack against Hawaii believed that a ballistic missile was truly bound for the state after mishearing …
 
 
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ICE Deports Palestinian Man Living In The U.S. For Almost 40 Years Despite Outcry
Mark K. Matthews / Denver Post:
Tom Tancredo is dropping out of the Colorado governor's race
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Stephen Piggott / Southern Poverty Law Center:
White nationalist Richard Spencer praises his “mentee,” Stephen Miller, for taking hardline anti-immigrant positions
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McKay Coppins / The Atlantic:
How the Swamp Drained Trump
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