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1:30 AM ET, February 12, 2018

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Josh Rogin / Washington Post:
Pence: The United States is ready to talk with North Korea  —  Despite the mutual chilliness between U.S. and North Korean officials in South Korea last week, behind the scenes real progress was made toward a new diplomatic opening that could result in direct talks without preconditions between Washington and Pyongyang.
Discussion: The Daily Caller and The Week
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BuzzFeed:
PSA: Kim Jong Un's Sister Is Not Your New Fave Shade Queen.  She's A Garbage Monster.  —  During the opening ceremony of the 2018 Winter Olympics on Friday, Vice President Mike Pence was seated near North Korean delegate Kim Yo Jong, who is Kim Jong Un's sister.
Bloomberg:
Kim's Smiling Sister Exploits Trump-Moon Divide
Discussion: NPR and The Week
Joshua Robinson / Wall Street Journal:
North Korean Cheerleaders: 100 Olympic Stars Are Born
Discussion: The Daily Beast, New York Times and CNN
Reuters:
North Korea judged winner of diplomatic gold at Olympics
Discussion: twitchy.com and Axios
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 and Mediaite
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Jonathan Swan / Axios:
White House can't gets its story straight on Rob Porter exit  —  Consider this: It's been five days since domestic violence allegations toward Rob Porter surfaced.  Within 24 hours, Porter was out of a job.  The scandal has rocked the White House and one of its most astonishing components …
Kurt Schlichter / Townhall.com:
Principles, Schminciples - Lynch Mobs Are Cool If They Derail Trump  —  The last couple months of success for Donald Trump's administration have the liberals and their Fredocon buddies in a panic.  It's blocking their return to power.  General John Kelly came into the White House as Chief …
Discussion: CNN, ABC News and RedState
Andrew Restuccia / Politico:
Kelly under pressure to defend handling of Porter abuse allegations
Discussion: Axios, ABC News and ThinkProgress
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
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Washington Post:
Trump plan will drop GOP's traditional goal of balancing budget within 10 years … President Trump is remaking the Republican economic playbook in his own image, abandoning ideological consistency in ­favor of a debt-busting strategy that will upend how Washington taxes and spends trillions of dollars each year.
Jennifer Scholtes / Politico:
Trump to demand tough budget cuts for domestic programs
Discussion: TheBlaze
Charlie Warzel / BuzzFeed:
He Predicted The 2016 Fake News Crisis.  Now He's Worried About An Information Apocalypse.  —  In mid-2016, Aviv Ovadya realized there was something fundamentally wrong with the internet — so wrong that he abandoned his work and sounded an alarm.  A few weeks before the 2016 election …
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
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
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) …
Discussion: Splinter
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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
Juliet Eilperin / Washington Post:
First-class travel distinguishes Scott Pruitt's EPA tenure … Just days after helping orchestrate the United States' exit from a global climate accord last June, Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt embarked on a whirlwind tour aimed at championing President Trump's agenda at home and abroad.
Tom Boggioni / Raw Story:
Trump campaign co-chair gets 20 years for sexual abuse and trafficking teens  —  Tea Party leader and former Trump campaign chair Tim Nolan has pleaded guilty and received 20 years in prison for human trafficking, reports Cincinnati.com.  —  According to the report, Nolan, 71, a former judge …
Discussion: Breitbart
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.
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: The Week
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
 
 
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israelhayom.com:
Trump to Israel Hayom: The Palestinians are not looking to make peace
Joel Rose / NPR:
As Congress Debates Immigration, DREAMers Are In Limbo Along With Their Families
ABC News:
Johnny Manziel reflects on ‘mistakes’ that got him ‘out of the NFL’
Discussion: The Daily Caller
David M. Halbfinger / New York Times:
With Gaza in Financial Crisis, Fears That 'an Explosion's Coming'
Kevin Poulsen / The Daily Beast:
U.S. Intelligence Shuts Down Damning Report on Whistleblower Retaliation
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: Raw Story and TheBlaze
 Earlier Items: 
Julie McCarthy / NPR:
Bhutan's Alcohol-Fueled Archery: It's Nothing Like The Olympics
Lauren Dezenski / Politico:
Progressives storm Democratic primaries
Stephen Dinan / Washington Times:
Grassley and Cornyn unveil enforcement-heavy immigration bill
ag.ny.gov:
A.G. Schneiderman Files Civil Rights Lawsuit Against The Weinstein Companies, Harvey Weinstein, And Robert Weinstein
Discussion: Axios
Michelle Cottle / The Atlantic:
Echoes of the Mommy Wars in #MeToo
Steven Hayward / Power Line:
Is California Starting to Circle the Drain?
Christian Davenport / Washington Post:
The Trump administration wants to turn the International Space Station into a commercially run …