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9:20 PM ET, February 11, 2018

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Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Twisted: Trump says Porter sick, guilty; defends him publicly  —  President Trump is defending Rob Porter even though, privately, he says he's guilty.  —  Behind closed doors: The president has told multiple people that he believes the accusations about Porter, and finds him “sick.”
Discussion: Raw Story, Mediaite and Eschaton
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Axios:
Scoop: Rob Porter telling different story than John Kelly  —  White House Staff Secretary Rob Porter is telling associates that some senior White House officials strongly encouraged him to “stay and fight,” and claims he “never misrepresented anything” to Chief of Staff John Kelly.
Andrew Restuccia / Politico:
Kelly under pressure to defend handling of Porter abuse allegations
Discussion: Axios, ABC News and ThinkProgress
Eric W. Dolan / Raw Story:   Fox News host Jeanine Pirro blames Barack Obama for Rob Porter wife-beating scandal
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Bloomberg:
Kim's Smiling Sister Exploits Trump-Moon Divide  —  Charm offensive aimed at undermining sanctions, war talk  —  Pence says there's ‘no daylight’ between U.S. and South Korea  —  North Korean leader Kim Jong Un deployed a new weapon at the Olympics to fight back against the Trump administration's sanctions …
Discussion: NPR and The Week
Reuters:
North Korea judged winner of diplomatic gold at Olympics
Discussion: Axios, twitchy.com and CNN
Wall Street Journal:
Senate Conservatives Offer Immigration Plan Heavy on Border Security, Quick Deportations  —  Package aligns with President Trump's proposal but has uphill battle to 60 votes  —  WASHINGTON—Heading into an open-ended immigration debate, some of the Senate's most conservative members …
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Matt Kibbe / Reason:
The Tea Party Is Officially Dead. It Was Killed By Partisan Politics.
Discussion: EconLog
Tal Kopan / CNN:
GOP senators introduce version of White House immigration framework
Discussion: Axios
CNN:
Sen. Bob Corker's second thoughts on retiring  —  John King, CNN Chief National Correspondent and Rebecca Schatz, CNN  —  STORY HIGHLIGHTS  — CNN has learned Sen. Bob Corker is mulling over changing his mind on retirement and running for re-election  —  Washington (CNN) …
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Tennessean.com:   Sen. Bob Corker is standing by his decision not to seek re-election, a senior adviser says
Russell Mokhiber / Common Dreams:
Woman Dragged Out of West Virginia House Hearing For Listing Oil and Gas Contributions to Members  —  “The people who are going to be speaking in favor of this bill are all going to be paid by the industry.”  —  Lissa Lucas traveled the 100 miles from her home in Cairo …
Discussion: Raw Story
David Siders / Politico:
Devin Nunes creates his own alternative news site  —  LOS ANGELES — House Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin Nunes, a relentless critic of the media, has found a way around the often unflattering coverage of his role in the Trump-Russia investigation — by operating his own partisan news outlet.
Damian Paletta / Washington Post:
In big reversal, new Trump budget will give up on longtime Republican goal of eliminating deficit … President Trump on Monday will offer a budget plan that falls far short of eliminating the government's deficit over 10 years, conceding that huge tax cuts and new spending increases …
Discussion: Political Wire
Tommy Christopher / Shareblue Media:
GOP candidate and Trump ally faces global backlash for racist attack on Meghan Markle  —  Republican congressional candidate Paul Nehlen's response to the denouncement was just as repugnant as his hateful tweet.  —  Congressional candidate and prominent Trump supporter Paul Nehlen (R-WI) …
Discussion: The Guardian and twitchy.com
Christian Davenport / Washington Post:
The Trump administration wants to turn the International Space Station into a commercially run venture, NASA document shows. … The Trump administration wants to turn the International Space Station into a kind of orbiting real estate venture run not by the government, but by private industry.
Nancy Cook / Politico:
The mysterious oppo researcher working in the White House lawyer's office  —  Michael Roman, best known as a shadowy operative who oversaw a research unit for the Koch network, now occupies an unusual and undefined role in the Trump administration.  —  Few people in or close to the White House …
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
Maureen Dowd / New York Times:
Trump Shows Us the Way  —  WASHINGTON — Donald Trump slipped into the Oval Office through a wormhole of confusion about the American identity.  —  We weren't winning wars anymore.  They just went on and on and on, with inexplicable and deceptive aims and so many lives and limbs and trillions lost.
Discussion: Power Line
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Ross Douthat / New York Times:   Let's Ban Porn
Julie McCarthy / NPR:
Bhutan's Alcohol-Fueled Archery: It's Nothing Like The Olympics  —  The host of the Winter Olympics, South Korea, excels in the summer game of archery.  They grabbed gold medals in all four categories in Rio.  —  But the tiny Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan may be less than awed.
Ryan Faughnder / Los Angeles Times:
New York attorney general sues Weinstein Co. for civil rights ‘violations,’ throwing sale into question  —  A $500-million deal to sell Harvey Weinstein's troubled old studio to former Obama administration official Maria Contreras-Sweet hit a major roadblock this weekend after the New York …
Discussion: ThinkProgress and NPR
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ag.ny.gov:
A.G. Schneiderman Files Civil Rights Lawsuit Against The Weinstein Companies, Harvey Weinstein, And Robert Weinstein
Discussion: Axios
Kevin Poulsen / The Daily Beast:
U.S. Intelligence Shuts Down Damning Report on Whistleblower Retaliation … The nation's top intelligence watchdog put the brakes on a report last year that uncovered whistleblower reprisal issues within America's spy agencies, The Daily Beast has learned.  The move concealed a finding …
 
 
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ABC News:
Saturday Olympic ratings strong; NBC sorry for Japan remark
Tegna / KVUE-TV:
Leander ISD middle school assignment instructs students to draw picture of themselves as slaves
Discussion: TheBlaze and Raw Story
Lauren Dezenski / Politico:
Progressives storm Democratic primaries
Stephen Dinan / Washington Times:
Grassley and Cornyn unveil enforcement-heavy immigration bill
Robert Pear / New York Times:
Administration Imposes Sweeping Limits on Federal Actions Against Companies
Discussion: Power Line
Ian Timberlake / Yahoo:
CIA denies report over mystery Russian who promised Trump info
Discussion: RedState
Michelle Cottle / The Atlantic:
Echoes of the Mommy Wars in #MeToo
Steven Hayward / Power Line:
Is California Starting to Circle the Drain?
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Frederick Melo / Twin Cities:
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Daniel Lippman / Politico:
REPUBLICANS aren't interested in Trump weighing in on domestic violence …
Discussion: NPR, Raw Story and Breitbart
CNN:
Senator seeking admin records on Trump's sale of Palm Beach mansion to Russian
Discussion: AOL
Fredreka Schouten / USA Today:
Outside groups pummel vulnerable senators in early wave of television advertising
CNNMoney:
Why the bond market is freaking out Wall Street
New York Times:
Single Mothers Are Not the Problem
Christal Hayes / USA Today:
‘Horrific murder spree’ leaves 5 dead in Kentucky: Sheriff