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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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Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Nunes: Fine, the FBI Didn't Lie, But Its Font Was Too Small  —  The central, and most damaging, accusation in the memo published Friday by House Republicans is that the FBI failed to disclose the bias of one of its sources when it applied to wiretap Carter Page.
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 …
Fox News:
Carter Page: Who is he and how is he linked to Trump?
Discussion: Just Security
Patterico / RedState:   Well, Well, Well: Nunes Admits the Partisan Origins of the Dossier *Had* Been Disclosed After All
Nicholas Fandos / New York Times:
Committee Votes to Release Democratic Rebuttal to G.O.P. Russia Memo
Victor Davis Hanson / National Review:   The FISA-Gate Boomerangs  —  Many questions remain, but Democrats …
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 …
CNN:
Source: Bannon not expected to appear before House Intel Tuesday despite subpoena  —  Rep. Collins: Bannon should answer questions  —  (CNN)Former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon is not expected to appear before the House Intelligence Committee Tuesday, risking being held in contempt …
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Justin Baragona / Mediaite:   Bannon Reportedly Expected to Skip House Intel Committee Appearance Despite Subpoena
Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Bannon subpoenaed by House intelligence panel, but will he show?
Discussion: Raw Story
Kimberley A. Strassel / Wall Street Journal:   Did Steele Really Snooker the FBI?
Ian Millhiser / ThinkProgress:
Pennsylvania Republican launches effort to impeach state supreme court to save GOP gerrymander  —  Turning and turning in the widening gyre, the falcon cannot hear the falconer.  —  In a direct attack on the rule of law, Pennsylvania state Rep. Cris Dush (R) sent a memo …
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Wall Street Journal:
Supreme Court Denies Bid to Keep GOP-Friendly Districts in Pennsylvania  —  Democrats gain potential midterm-election advantage after court declines to block a ruling that state districts were unlawfully gerrymandered  —  The Supreme Court's refusal Monday to block a decision nullifying …
Kaili Joy Gray / Shareblue Media:
Pennsylvania GOP lawmaker: Impeach justices for ruling against gerrymander scheme
Associated Press:
Court allows Pennsylvania to redraw GOP-favored district map
Discussion: IJR
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 and Mediaite
Patti Domm / CNBC:
Dow futures point to a more than 1,200-point fall at the open  —  Stocks looked set for another rocky opening and a volatile trading day Tuesday.  —  Stock futures slid into negative territory in Monday evening trade: Dow futures were down 826 points, and S&P 500 futures were lower by 76.5 points as of 11:25 p.m. ET.
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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
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Dan McLaughlin / National Review:
Is Trump Serious About “Treasonous” Democrats?  —  By now, we're all familiar with President Trump's remarkable gift for saying outrageous things that create controversy entirely for its own sake.  These controversies generally feature his liberal critics overreacting by many orders of magnitude …
Mark Landler / New York Times:
Trump Accuses Democrats of ‘Treason’ Amid Market Rout
Discussion: ECHIDNE OF THE SNAKES
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.
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.
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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
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
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
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Chris Kahn / Reuters:
Most Republicans believe FBI, Justice Dept. trying to ‘delegitimize’ Trump: Reuters/Ipsos poll
Discussion: Axios
Jeremy Diamond / CNN:
Trump to establish National Vetting Center focused on travelers, immigrants to US
Discussion: Washington Times
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 …
Discussion: Mashable and The Guardian
Lukas Mikelionis / Fox News:
After defeat of ISIS, US redeploying forces from Iraq to Afghanistan  —  Jennifer Griffin reports on the ongoing conflict and the State Department's suspension of security aid to Pakistan.  —  The U.S. military is pulling its forces from an American-led coalition base in Iraq and shifting …
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
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: Politico, Mediaite and Splinter
 
 
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