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10:45 PM ET, February 5, 2018

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New York Times:
Trump's Lawyers Want Him to Refuse an Interview in Russia Inquiry  —  WASHINGTON — Lawyers for President Trump have advised him against sitting down for a wide-ranging interview with the special counsel, Robert S. Mueller III, according to four people briefed on the matter …
New York Times:
The Times Asks Court to Unseal Documents on Surveillance of Carter Page  —  WASHINGTON — The New York Times notified the Justice Department on Monday that it is asking the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court to unseal secret documents related to the wiretapping of Carter Page …
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Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Republicans concede key FBI ‘footnote’ in Carter Page warrant  —  Republican leaders are acknowledging that the FBI disclosed the political origins of a private dossier the bureau cited in an application to surveil former Trump campaign adviser Carter Page, undermining a controversial GOP memo released Friday …
Alayna Treene / Axios:
White House: Trump lawyers in favor of appointing second special counsel  —  Deputy Press Secretary Raj Shah told reporters on Air Force One Monday that President Trump's attorneys have already approved the idea of appointing a second special counsel to investigate the FBI …
Nicholas Fandos / New York Times:
Committee Votes to Release Democratic Rebuttal to G.O.P. Russia Memo  —  WASHINGTON — The House Intelligence Committee voted unanimously on Monday to make public a classified Democratic memorandum rebutting Republican claims that the F.B.I. and the Justice Department had abused their powers …
Patterico / RedState:   Well, Well, Well: Nunes Admits the Partisan Origins of the Dossier *Had* Been Disclosed After All
Sonam Sheth / Business Insider:   House Intelligence Committee votes unanimously to release a Democratic rebuttal that could ‘lay waste’ to the Nunes memo
John Sipher / Politico:   The Smearing of Christopher Steele
Olivia Nuzzi / New York Magazine:
White House Official Called Trump ‘a Deplorable’  —  The White House principal deputy press secretary, Raj Shah, called President Donald Trump “a deplorable” and referred to the release of the Access Hollywood tape as “some justice,” according to private messages independently obtained and verified by New York.
Discussion: Raw Story, Political Wire and Mediaite
Matt Egan / CNNMoney:
Dow falls over 1,000 points  —  The Dow had its worst week in two years.  Why?  —  The markets plunged Monday, with the Dow falling nearly 1,600 points in the largest intraday point decline ever.  —  The selloff knocked the Dow down as much as 6.3%.  —  At its worst levels …
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Ben White / Politico:
‘The president clearly set himself up’: Trump's stock market miscalculation  —  NEW YORK — President Donald Trump is learning a basic and painful lesson of Wall Street: Stocks also go down.  —  A global market sell-off accelerated Monday with the Dow Jones Industrial Average plunging nearly 1,600 points …
Evelyn Cheng / CNBC:
After Dow plunges, White House says it's focused on ‘long-term economic fundamentals’
Discussion: BuzzFeed, Hit & Run, IJR and Mediaite
Bloomberg:
U.S. Stocks Sink Most Since 2011 as Rout Deepens: Markets Wrap
Mark Landler / New York Times:
Trump Accuses Democrats of ‘Treason’ Amid Market Rout  —  President Trump, in a speech near Cincinnati, accused Democrats who did not clap during his State of the Union address of being un-American.  While he spoke, the market took a tumble.  —  PYEONGCHANG 2018
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Ali Vitali / NBC News:
Trump: Democrats' muted State of Union reaction ‘treasonous’  —  WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Monday called Democrats' stone-faced reaction to his State of the Union address last week “treasonous” and “un-American” during a visit to a manufacturing plant in Cincinnati.
Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money and The Root
Chris Kahn / Reuters:
Most Republicans believe FBI, Justice Dept. trying to ‘delegitimize’ Trump: Reuters/Ipsos poll
Discussion: Political Wire and Axios
Tommy Christopher / Shareblue Media:   Trump calls black lawmakers “treasonous” and “un-American” for not applauding him
Hadas Gold / CNNMoney:
Chaos at Newsweek: Top editors suddenly out  —  Employees at Newsweek have been told that editor-in-chief Bob Roe and executive editor Ken Li have been fired, sources with knowledge of the situation told CNN.  —  A reporter, Celeste Katz, who had written articles about financial issues …
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Danielle Tcholakian / Longreads:
Journalists Shouldn't Be Fired for Investigating Their Own Publications  —  In 1896, a Tennessee publisher named Adolph Ochs became the majority stockholder of The New York Times, and in a short few paragraphs under the heading “Business Announcement,” he outlined his plans for the paper.
Discussion: BuzzFeed and New York Post
Associated Press:
Court allows Pennsylvania to redraw GOP-favored district map  —  HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday let a court-ordered redrawing of congressional districts in Pennsylvania proceed, denying a plea from Republicans legislative leaders to block it.
Discussion: IJR
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Sam Levine / HuffPost:
Supreme Court Won't Let Pennsylvania GOP Delay Drawing New Congressional Map
Discussion: Politicus USA and IJR
Washington Post:   GOP-allied groups heavily outspend Democrats in special Pennsylvania election
Lawfare:
‘I Hope This Is an Instance of Fake News’: FBI Messages Show the Bureau's Real Reaction to Trump Firing James Comey  —  Then-FBI Director James Comey meets with North Dakotan state, local, and tribal leaders in 2016 (FBI)  —  When President Trump fired James Comey as FBI director last May …
TMZ.com:
‘Frasier’ Star John Mahoney Dead at 77  —  John Mahoney, the beloved dad on “Frasier,” has died in Chicago ... TMZ has learned.  —  According to John's publicist ... he passed away Sunday in hospice care.  —  The British-born actor famously played Martin Crane, the father of Kelsey Grammer …
Chuck Grassley:
After House GOP Memo, FBI OKs Release of Unclassified Steele Referral  —  FBI Required Redactions of Unclassified Material; Grassley Seeks Full Declassification Review  —  WASHINGTON - The Federal Bureau of Investigation signed off on an unclassified version of the criminal referral …
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Byron York / Washington Examiner:
Dossier author Steele wrote another anti-Trump memo; was fed info by Clinton-connected contact, Obama State Department
Garrett M. Graff / Wired:
Bob Mueller's Investigation Is Larger—and Further Along—Than You Think  —  PRESIDENT TRUMP CLAIMED in a tweet over the weekend that the controversial Nunes memo “totally vindicates” him, clearing him of the cloud of the Russia investigation that has hung over his administration for a year now.
CNN:
Trump ambassador nominee promoted fringe conspiracy theories on Twitter  —  STORY HIGHLIGHTS  —  (CNN)President Donald Trump's nominee to be the ambassador to Barbados and several other Caribbean countries spread fringe conspiracy theories and unfounded attacks about Trump's political opponents on Twitter …
Discussion: Raw Story, Daily Kos and Mediaite
Natasha Korecki / Politico:
Incendiary ad fuels primary challenge to Illinois governor  —  CHICAGO — The Illinois Republican whose “repulsive” campaign ad caused an uproar in the governor's race this weekend remains defiant and unapologetic about the spot.  —  “Well, do I have everybody's attention now?” …
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Ed Mazza / HuffPost:
An Actual Nazi Is About To Be The Only GOP Candidate In A Congressional Race
Jonathan Rauch / The Atlantic:
Boycott the Republican Party  —  A few days after the Democratic electoral sweep this past November in Virginia, New Jersey, and elsewhere, The Washington Post asked a random Virginia man to explain his vote.  The man, a marketing executive named Toren Beasley, replied that his calculus was simply to refuse to calculate.
Josh Barro / Business Insider:
Here are 3 theories about why stocks are puking, and what they mean for the economy  — Stocks are down sharply in the past two days.  I look at three possible reasons why.  — One story is happy: Maybe faster business expansion and more competition for workers will hurt corporate profits …
Discussion: New York Magazine
New York Times:
The Dating Blues?  #MeToo  —  I'm single this year for the very first time.  —  All I want is a man who's not committed a crime.  —  But that feels very unlikely in this landscape we're in,  —  much to my chagrin.  —  And so I'm going on dates,  —  And I'm truck'n along,
Dominic Patten / Deadline:
Eagles' 1st Super Bowl Win Draws 103.4M Viewers, Smallest Audience In Nine Years - Update  —  UPDATE, 1:13 PM: As late as it went and as rowdy as it got, the City of Brotherly Love made pretty swift progress this morning picking up the debris of last night's victory celebrations for the Philadelphia Eagles' first Super Bowl win ever.
Stan Collender / Forbes:
This Is The Real Reason The GOP Doesn't Want To Do A Budget This Year  —  House and Senate Republicans, who should be jonesing to pass a budget this year, are instead running away from doing that as fast as they possibly can.  In spite of the legal requirement that Congress adopt an annual budget resolution …
Discussion: bradford-delong.com
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Polls swing toward GOP, easing fears of midterm disaster  —  Republicans are feeling better about their prospects in the midterm elections, buoyed by recent polls that show their numbers improving.  —  An ebullient President Trump  —  touted the shift in public sentiment reflected …
Discussion: bizpacreview.com and Power Line
Matt Viser / BostonGlobe.com:
The seeds of Mitt Romney's US Senate bid were planted in a Marriott meeting with Orrin Hatch  —  WASHINGTON — One day last March, Mitt Romney and Senator Orrin Hatch sat together in a hotel suite on the top floor of the JW Marriott hotel in downtown Washington, a few blocks from the White House.
 
 
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Jeremy Diamond / CNN:
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Zoe Tillman / BuzzFeed:
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Alex Nowrasteh / Cato Institute:
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Andrew Kaczynski / CNN:
Scott Pruitt called Trump an ‘empty vessel’ on ‘the Constitution and rule of law’ in another 2016 interview
Discussion: The Daily Caller and Axios
Scott Wilson / Washington Post:
Think California politics is on the far-left fringe? Just wait for the next elections.