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7:40 PM ET, February 10, 2018

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Jacqueline Thomsen / The Hill:
Gillibrand: If Trump wants due process, we'll have hearings on allegations against him  —  on Saturday for his tweet questioning a lack of “due process” in abuse claims, saying that Congress could hold hearings about sexual misconduct allegations against him if he wanted due process.
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Michael A. Cohen / BostonGlobe.com:
John Kelly was supposed to be ‘the adult in the room.’ He's anything but  —  John Kelly is the perfect Donald Trump staffer — he's a bad person who is bad at his job.  —  While this might seem like a harsh judgment, consider the evidence.  —  This week, the White House has been embroiled in controversy …
Haley Britzky / Axios:
Trump's history of defending the accused  —  This morning, President Trump tweeted a vague defense this morning of those accused of sexual misconduct and abuse, stating that “lives are being shattered and destroyed by a mere allegation.”  —  Why it matters: This follows two White House staffers leaving …
Caroline Orr / Shareblue Media:
America shames Trump for smearing domestic violence victims
Discussion: Vox, Chicago Tribune and Dan Rather
Mary Jordan / Washington Post:
Hope Hicks: The quiet one in Trump's White House suddenly feels the glare
William J. Antholis / Politico:   Rob Porter Is a National Security Scandal, Too
Michael Levenson / BostonGlobe.com:
Rob Porter was ‘quintessential golden boy’ from Belmont now accused of abuse
Discussion: CNN and The Federalist
Wall Street Journal:
John Kelly and Hope Hicks Face Scrutiny as Trump Questions Response to Abuse Allegations
Discussion: Politico, Washington Post and Fox News
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Associated Press:
Pence upstaged by 2 Koreas' efforts to warm ties  —  Vice President Mike Pence's efforts to keep North Korea from stealing the show at the Winter Olympics proved to be short-lived, quickly drowned out by the images of the two Koreas marching and competing together, as the South appeared …
Brent D. Griffiths / Politico:
Fred Warmbier criticizes North Korean Olympic spirit
Max Greenwood / The Hill:
Nunes: ‘No surprise’ Dem memo wasn't released  —  House Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin Nunes  —  (R-Calif.) said Friday he was not surprised that the Justice Department and FBI advised against the release of a memo authored by the panel's Democratic members.
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Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
The White House's broken promise on the Democratic memo
The Hill:
Trump declines to approve release of Dem counter-memo
Andrew C. McCarthy / National Review:
Grassley-Graham Memo Affirms Nunes Memo — Media Yawns
Discussion: NewsBusters and Power Line
Philip Ewing / NPR:
The Russia Investigations: Democrats Try To Counterattack But Lose A Key Weapon
Discussion: TheBlaze, RedState and Politico
Charlie Savage / New York Times:
Fired Official Was Exploring Resolution to 9/11 Case Precluding Death Penalty  —  WASHINGTON — Before his sudden firing last week, the Pentagon official who oversaw military commission trials at Guantánamo Bay was exploring potential plea deals to end the long-delayed prosecution …
Lauren Gardner / Politico:
Top official departs ‘rudderless’ railroad safety agency  —  A top official charged with overseeing the safety of the nation's railroads has resigned “effective immediately,” the Department of Transportation said Saturday after POLITICO raised questions about whether he was simultaneously working …
Sarah Ruiz-Grossman / HuffPost:
ICE Set To Deport Undocumented Father Whose 5-Year-Old Son Is Battling Cancer  —  The agency chose not to grant the Arizonan another stay despite his child's leukemia.  —  Immigration and Customs Enforcement plans to deport an undocumented man from Mexico whose child is battling cancer.
Discussion: ThinkProgress and Hullabaloo
Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
Sinclair Broadcast Group solicits its news directors for its political fundraising efforts … The nation's largest TV station owner is gearing up to fight for deregulation, and it wants some of its own newsroom managers to join the effort.  —  Sinclair Broadcast Group is asking its executives …
Discussion: Axios and Political Wire
Dean Baker / cepr.net:
NYT Misleads Readers: “Ballooning Deficits” Do Not Add Urgency to Republican Efforts to Cut Medicaid and Other Programs  —  The NYT should have its presses washed out with soap.  In an article about plans to impose work requirements for Medicaid it told readers:
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Abby Goodnough / New York Times:   Kentucky Rushes to Remake Medicaid as Other States Prepare to Follow
Laura M. Holson / New York Times:
How Joy Reid of MSNBC Became a Heroine of the Resistance  —  The daughter of immigrants, she spars fiercely with supporters of President Trump, both on the air and in the Twitter ether.  —  In early January, Joy-Ann Reid invited Pastor Mark Burns to be a guest on her MSNBC show …
Discussion: twitchy.com
Yaniv Kubovich / Haaretz:
Israel Downs Iranian Drone, Strikes Syria; Israeli F-16 Shot Down  —  One pilot in serious condition Israel attacks Syrian, Iranian targets in fresh strike Rocket sirens sound throughout northern Israel  —  An Israeli F-16 was downed Saturday morning after Israel intercepted an Iranian drone launched from Syria into Israeli territory.
Discussion: RedState
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CNN:
Woodward and Bernstein: Trump's Russia response ‘eerily similar’ to Nixon's leading up to Saturday Night Massacre  —  Woodward and Bernstein adapted this piece from their 1976 book, “The Final Days.”  This excerpt is appearing both in The Washington Post and on CNN.  —  (CNN)We're here again.
Discussion: Mediaite
Edward-Isaac Dovere / Politico:
The Democrats' secret weapon to take back statehouses  —  Donald Trump has certainly helped.  But Democrats' massive success in flipping statehouse seats in special elections this past year isn't happening by accident.  —  The party's dominance — it's flipped 35 seats …
Discussion: Balloon Juice
Patrick Kingsley / New York Times:
As West Fears the Rise of Autocrats, Hungary Shows What's Possible  —  BUDAPEST — The senior leaders of Fidesz gathered on the banks of the Danube, in a building known as the Hungarian White House, stunned by the scale of their good fortune.  Their right-wing party had won unexpectedly sweeping political power in national elections.
 
 
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Doug Evans / WAGA-TV:
Police: Stranger spanks toddler in checkout line
Discussion: Breitbart and KHQ-TV
Donald G. McNeil Jr / New York Times:
Trump, Tell Us About Your Flu Shot
Thomas Erdbrink / New York Times:
He Fought for Iran's Environment and Was Arrested. Now, He's Dead.
Jared S Hopkins / Bloomberg:
Pain Pill Giant Purdue to Stop Promotion of Opioids to Doctors
Discussion: STAT, Gizmodo and The Daily Caller
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VICE:
How One Subway Closure in Queens Wrecked a Community
Emily Stewart / Vox:
Trump promised to deliver better pay to workers. This chart says differently.
Discussion: The Nation
NBC News:
Steve Vladeck Who is Rachel Brand, and how does her resignation affect Mueller's Russia investigation?
Discussion: Raw Story, Politico and ABC News
Thomas Binion / The Hill:
Alarm bells are ringing on the federal debt
Discussion: Hit & Run
James Lankford / Wall Street Journal:
Impose Sanctions on Turkey
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Dana Houle / Washington Post:
Nancy Pelosi is incredibly underrated
 

 
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