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11:25 AM ET, February 7, 2018

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Jake Gibson / Fox News:
FBI lovers' latest text messages: Obama ‘wants to know everything’  —  Newly revealed text messages between FBI paramours Peter Strzok and Lisa Page include an exchange about preparing talking points for then-FBI Director James Comey to give to President Obama, who wanted “to know everything we're doing.”
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Adam Serwer / The Atlantic:
The Trumping of the FBI  —  President Trump and his allies …
Discussion: Weekly Standard
Byron York / Washington Examiner:   Republicans and those ‘attacks’ on the FBI
Lanny J. Davis / Kirkus Reviews:
Kirkus Review  —  The former special counsel to former President …
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit and twitchy.com
Eric Tucker / Associated Press:
FBI texts reveal admiring view of then-director James Comey
Discussion: RedState
Greg Jaffe / Washington Post:
Trump's ‘marching orders’ to the Pentagon: Plan a grand military parade … President Trump's vision of soldiers marching and tanks rolling down the boulevards of Washington is moving closer to reality in the Pentagon and White House, where officials say they have begun to plan …
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Amanda Terkel / HuffPost:
Democrats Win Special Election In Missouri District That Went Big For Trump  —  Democrats have dominated at the ballot box during Trump's time in office.  —  Democrats flipped a Missouri state House seat Tuesday, marking the 35th seat that has changed from red to blue since Donald Trump became president.
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Gideon Resnick / The Daily Beast:   Democrat Flips Deep-Red House Seat in Missouri
Cameron Joseph / Talking Points Memo:
Another Dem Pulls Off A Big Upset In State Legislative Race
Discussion: Washington Monthly
Jack Suntrup / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Democrats snag Missouri House seat, Republicans hang onto 3 others in special election
Discussion: Political Wire
Wall Street Journal:
Trump Meets Rosenstein About Democratic Surveillance Memo  —  White House must decide whether to allow release of rebuttal to GOP document  —  WASHINGTON—President Donald Trump met Tuesday with Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein to discuss a classified Democratic memo rebutting GOP allegations …
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Byron York / Washington Examiner:
Scheming, speculation behind scenes as Democrats push intel memo
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:
Devin Nunes' Trumpian media strategy
Discussion: Washington Post and Raw Story
CNN:
House GOP gives Trump leeway over whether to block Schiff memo
Discussion: New Republic and RedState
Craig Silverman / BuzzFeed:
Russian Trolls Ran Wild On Tumblr And The Company Refuses To Say Anything About It  —  Tumblrs run by Russian trolls generated hundreds of thousands of interactions with anti-Hillary Clinton, pro-Bernie Sanders content.  —  Russian trolls posed as black activists on Tumblr and generated hundreds …
Meg James / Los Angeles Times:
Billionaire Patrick Soon-Shiong reaches deal to buy L.A. Times, San Diego Union-Tribune  —  Biotech billionaire Patrick Soon-Shiong has agreed to purchase the Los Angeles Times from its parent company Tronc, restoring local ownership and perhaps ending a turbulent period for the storied 136-year-old institution.
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Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
Los Angeles Times owner will sell paper, ending a long-troubled relationship … The Chicago-based owner of the Los Angeles Times is expected to announce it is selling the newspaper, according to people familiar with the company's plans, in a surprise move that likely spells the end …
Ben Kamisar / The Hill:
Holder won't rule out presidential run  —  refused to rule out running for president while speaking to reporters at a Christian Science Monitor breakfast in Washington on Wednesday.  —  “We'll see,” Holder said in response to a question about whether he could run for the White House.
Discussion: RedState
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Alexander Burns / New York Times:
Democratic Group Targets All-G.O.P. States to Attack Gerrymandering  —  A Democratic group backed by former President Barack Obama intends to pour millions of dollars into an eclectic array of elections in a dozen states, in an effort to block Republicans from single-handedly drawing congressional maps …
Discussion: Political Wire
Christine Brennan / USA Today:
Openly gay figure skater Adam Rippon declined chance to speak with Vice President Pence  —  PYEONGCHANG, South Korea - Vice President Pence is set to arrive here soon to lead the official U.S. delegation to the 2018 Winter Olympic opening ceremony, a delegation that is making a strong political statement …
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David Daley / Salon:
How the Republicans rigged Congress — new documents reveal an untold story  —  Exclusive: Insider documents unveil Republicans' years-long scheme to gerrymander America and undermine democracy  —  Delegates to the 2009 Republican Legislative Campaign Committee's national meeting stayed …
Darren Samuelsohn / Politico:
Trump allies urge compromise with Mueller  —  President Donald Trump's associates are warning him that a word he rarely uses - compromise - is the only acceptable outcome from a high-stakes game of chicken with special counsel Robert Mueller over the terms of a potential in-person interview.
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The Daily Beast:
Cash for Coalition Against Trump Going Into Consultants' Pockets Instead … Omar Siddiqui couldn't make it to an August fundraiser in Beverly Hills for the Democratic Coalition Against Trump.  But he ponied up the $2,000 ticket price after the group's senior adviser, Scott Dworkin, sent him a personal invitation.
Discussion: Eschaton
Gabriel Bell / Salon:
Here's what the critics are saying about “Black Panther” — it's a “masterpiece”  —  The first reviews of the Marvel film are streaming in, and they're even better than expected  —  “Black Panther,” the new Marvel film starring Chadwick Boseman, was always going to make history …
Mike DeBonis / Washington Post:
Senate leaders see two-year budget deal within their grasp … Top Senate leaders were working Tuesday to finalize a sweeping long-term budget deal that would include a defense spending boost President Trump has long demanded alongside an increase in domestic programs championed by Democrats.
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Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Senate budget deal would bust budget caps, raise debt limit
Alana Goodman / Daily Mail:
EXCLUSIVE: Adam Schiff sent his staff to try and collect ‘classified materials for the FBI’ after Russian pranksters told him Putin has NAKED blackmail pictures of Trump  — Adam Schiff, the ranking Democratic member of the House Intel Committee was recorded speaking to Russian pranksters who spun elaborate ‘kompromat’ tale
Sarah Aswell / Splitsider:
How Facebook Is Killing Comedy  —  Last month, in its second round of layoffs in as many years, comedy hub Funny or Die reportedly eliminated its entire editorial team following a trend of comedy websites scaling back, shutting down, or restructuring their business model away from original online content.
Associated Press:
Trudeau to Start U.S. Tour With Talk at University of Chicago  —  Chicago (AP) — Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is embarking on a four-day U.S. tour with the first stop in Chicago to discuss how public service can contribute to stronger economic and political ties between the two countries.
Fox News:
Russians already meddling in US midterms, Tillerson says  —  EXCLUSIVE - Secretary of State Rex Tillerson on Tuesday warned the United States is ill-prepared to prevent Russian interference in the upcoming midterms, as it was in the 2016 general election.  —  “I don't know that I would say …
J. Patrick Coolican Star / Star Tribune:
GOP's Jeff Johnson, DFL's Tim Walz get wins in tests at Minnesota caucus meetings  —  Party activists weighed in for the first time on the governor's race in a busy year for state politics.  —  Republican Jeff Johnson and DFLer Tim Walz scored victories Tuesday with party activists who weighed …
Kai Stinchcombe / Politico:
Digital natives will get old, too  —  Why we need to start designing technology that older people can use.  —  Technology can divide Americans as well as connect them, and older Americans face not one but two of these digital divides.  Seniors are more likely to have lower incomes and live in rural areas …
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Lauren Dezenski / Politico:
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John Bresnahan / Politico:
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Discussion: ABC News
Everett Rosenfeld / CNBC:
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