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12:30 AM ET, February 6, 2018

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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 …
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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 …
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 …
Fox News:
Carter Page: Who is he and how is he linked to Trump?  —  As the investigation into Russia's involvement in the 2016 election continues, investigators are looking for information from one of President Trump's former campaign advisers, Carter Page.  —  Page, who was a foreign policy adviser …
Discussion: Just Security
CNN:
Source: Bannon not expected to appear before House Intel Tuesday despite subpoena
Discussion: Washington Times
Justin Baragona / Mediaite:   Bannon Reportedly Expected to Skip House Intel Committee Appearance Despite Subpoena
Nicholas Fandos / New York Times:
Committee Votes to Release Democratic Rebuttal to G.O.P. Russia Memo
Byron York / Washington Examiner:
Dossier author Steele wrote another anti-Trump memo; was fed info by Clinton-connected contact, Obama State Department
Sonam Sheth / Business Insider:   House Intelligence Committee votes unanimously to release a Democratic rebuttal that could ‘lay waste’ to the Nunes memo
Alex Pappas / Fox News:
Intelligence Committee approves release of Dems' rebuttal to FISA memo
Discussion: Mediaite and Fox News Insider
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 …
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, Mediaite and Political Wire
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
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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Patti Domm / CNBC:   Dow futures point to a more than 1,200-point fall at the open
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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Ian Millhiser / ThinkProgress:
Pennsylvania Republican launches effort to impeach state supreme court to save GOP gerrymander
Discussion: Democrats.com
Kaili Joy Gray / Shareblue Media:
Pennsylvania GOP lawmaker: Impeach justices for ruling against gerrymander scheme
Discussion: Washington Post
Washington Post:   GOP-allied groups heavily outspend Democrats in special Pennsylvania election
Sam Levine / HuffPost:
Supreme Court Won't Let Pennsylvania GOP Delay Drawing New Congressional Map
Discussion: Politicus USA and IJR
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
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Mark Landler / New York Times:   Trump Accuses Democrats of ‘Treason’ Amid Market Rout
Chris Kahn / Reuters:
Most Republicans believe FBI, Justice Dept. trying to ‘delegitimize’ Trump: Reuters/Ipsos poll
Discussion: Political Wire and Axios
National Journal:
The GOP's Misguided Midterm Optimism  —  Recent polls have made some Republicans feel better about November.  They shouldn't.  —  All of our national elections are important, but there is always a special significance to the last midterm elections before the congressional and state-legislative redistricting processes take place.
Discussion: NBC News
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.
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 …
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Chris Jones / Chicago Tribune:
John Mahoney, Steppenwolf and ‘Frasier’ actor, dead at 77
Discussion: NPR
Sarah Pulliam Bailey / Washington Post:
'I wasn't hearing any call from God': Michele Bachmann opts out of running for Al Franken's Senate seat … Former U.S. representative Michele Bachmann has decided not to run for the U.S. Senate seat recently vacated by Al Franken, just weeks after she told a televangelist she was mulling the decision.
Discussion: Right Wing Watch and Raw Story
Mike Fleming / Deadline:
Quentin Tarantino Explains Everything: Uma Thurman, The ‘Kill Bill’ Crash & Harvey Weinstein  —  EXCLUSIVE: Since Saturday morning when The New York Times published Uma Thurman's depiction of assault at the hands of Harvey Weinstein, the writer/director most closely associated with her biggest successes …
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,
Kate O'Keeffe / Wall Street Journal:
Steve Wynn Set Up LLC to Pay His Accuser  —  The casino mogul and his legal representatives took steps to conceal $7.5 million settlement  —  Steve Wynn and his legal representatives set up a company separate from his Wynn Resorts Ltd. WYNN -0.65% , according to public records …
Discussion: Splinter and Mediaite
Patterico / RedState:
Well, Well, Well: Nunes Admits the Partisan Origins of the Dossier *Had* Been Disclosed After All  —  Listen up, young people: Emily Litella is a character developed by Gilda Radner on Saturday Night Live.  Each week, she would fly into a rage about something that she had misheard …
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 …
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
 
 
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Stuart Leavenworth / McClatchy Washington Bureau:
Trump ripped this judge as ‘hater.’ Now he'll hear environmental case on border wall.
Discussion: Washington Post
Brett T. / twitchy.com:
This guy: Lawmaker who called Nunes memo ‘fake ketchup’ compares Democrat memo to milk and cookies
Discussion: The Daily Signal
Jeremy Diamond / CNN:
Trump to establish National Vetting Center focused on travelers, immigrants to US
Discussion: Washington Times
Jason Stein / Milwaukee Journal Sentinel:
Foxconn package cost Wisconsin eight times as much per job as similar 2017 state jobs deals
Matt Viser / BostonGlobe.com:
The seeds of Mitt Romney's US Senate bid were planted in a Marriott meeting with Orrin Hatch
Glenn Harlan Reynolds / USA Today:
Second Amendment law lessons: Look beyond the courts for freedom
Discussion: Reason
Josh Barro / Business Insider:
Here are 3 theories about why stocks are puking, and what they mean for the economy
Discussion: New York Magazine
Natasha Korecki / Politico:
Incendiary ad fuels primary challenge to Illinois governor
 Earlier Items: 
Carol Rosenberg / miamiherald:
Secretary of Defense fires Guantánamo war court overseer
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Polls swing toward GOP, easing fears of midterm disaster
Discussion: bizpacreview.com and Power Line
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
We Know Devin Nunes Probable Collaborator at the White House: Michael Ellis
Stan Collender / Forbes:
This Is The Real Reason The GOP Doesn't Want To Do A Budget This Year
Discussion: bradford-delong.com
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