memeorandum: Poll: Majority of Americans hold Trump and Republicans responsible for shutdown (Washington Post)

9:15 PM ET, January 25, 2019

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Jeremy Herb / CNN:

How CNN captured video of the Roger Stone raid — (CNN)The rare, dramatic video from CNN Friday capturing the early morning FBI raid of longtime Donald Trump confidante Roger Stone's Florida home was the product of good instincts, some key clues, more than a year of observing comings …

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CNN:

Mueller indicts Roger Stone, says he was coordinating with Trump officials about WikiLeaks' stolen emails — (CNN)Roger Stone has been indicted by a grand jury on charges brought by special counsel Robert Mueller, who alleges that the longtime Donald Trump associate sought stolen emails …

Mark Mazzetti / New York Times:

Roger Stone, Adviser to Trump, Is Indicted in Mueller Investigation — WASHINGTON — Roger J. Stone Jr., a longtime informal adviser to President Trump who has spent decades plying the dark arts of scandal-mongering and dirty tricks to help influence American political campaigns …

Matt Ford / New Republic:

Uh-Oh — Criminal indictments are typically written in the dry, terse active voice of American legalese. Special counsel Robert Mueller's criminal indictment of Roger Stone, who was arrested by FBI agents in the wee hours on Friday, is no different—with one notable exception.

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New York Times:

Indicting Roger Stone, Mueller Shows Link Between Trump Campaign and WikiLeaks — The special counsel, Robert S. Mueller III, revealed the most direct link yet between the Trump campaign's and WikiLeaks' parallel efforts in the 2016 campaign. — An indictment disclosed evidence …

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Paul Seamus Ryan / Just Security:
Roger Stone Indictment Implicates Trump Campaign in Election Law Violations

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Todd S. Purdum / The Atlantic:
Trumpworld Follows a Godfather Script—Literally

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Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
What did the president know, and when did he know it?

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Byron York / Washington Examiner:
In new Mueller indictment, what is Roger Stone charged with doing?

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Jared Holt / Right Wing Watch:
Alex Jones Says Roger Stone Contacted WikiLeaks at Jones' Behest While Seeking Infowars Job

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Colby Hall / Mediaite:
Conspiracy Theorist in Chief: Trump Asks ‘Who Alerted CNN’ to Roger Stone Arrest

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Michael Kruse / Politico:
Roger Stone's Last Dirty Trick

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Bloomberg:
Trump Associate Roger Stone Arrested in Florida as Part of Special Counsel Probe

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Washington Post:
Longtime Trump adviser Roger Stone indicted by special counsel in Russia investigation

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New York Times:
Roger Stone's Dirty Tricks Put Him Where He's Always Wanted to Be: Center Stage

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Brian Schwartz / CNBC:
Steve Bannon is the ‘high-ranking’ …

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Washington Post:

House approves bill to reopen the government, sends measure to Trump for his signature — Congress sent legislation to President Trump on Friday to temporarily reopen the government, ending the longest shutdown in history while handing Democrats a major political victory in the protracted standoff.

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Washington Post:

Poll: Majority of Americans hold Trump and Republicans responsible for shutdown — Public disapproval of President Trump has swelled five points to 58 percent over three months as a majority of Americans continue to hold him and congressional Republicans most responsible …

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New York Times:

Trump Announces Deal to Reopen Government, in Surprise Retreat From Wall — WASHINGTON — President Trump agreed Friday to reopen the federal government for three weeks while negotiations proceeded over how to secure the nation's southwestern border, backing down after a monthlong standoff failed …

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Alex Wagner / The Atlantic:

Pelosi Won, Trump Lost — On Friday afternoon, President Donald Trump walked into the Rose Garden to announce, effectively, that he was throwing in the towel. After shutting down the government as part of a 35-day executive tantrum to secure funding for his proposed border wall with Mexico …

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New York Times:
Trump Likely to Announce Deal to End Government Shutdown for Three Weeks

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Hunter Walker / Yahoo News:

Bernie Sanders set to announce 2020 presidential run — WASHINGTON—Three years after fighting a surprisingly competitive Democratic primary race against Hillary Clinton, Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders is making another run for the White House. — Two sources with direct knowledge …

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Will Sommer / The Daily Beast:

Pro-Trump Media Stars Despair After Trump Caves on Shutdown — ‘Trump is a broken man,’ lamented Mike Cernovich, while Ann Coulter called the president a ‘the biggest wimp.’ — President Trump's top supporters among right-wing media despaired on Friday after he agreed to a three-week deal …

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Alex Pareene / Columbia Journalism Review:

The digital winter turns apocalyptic — This week, as a long-predicted collapse seemed to hit digital media, we saw a few of the tried-and-true ways managers use to explain to employees why they're laying them off. — BuzzFeed chose the language of corporation-as-family …

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The Daily Beast:
BuzzFeed Staff Unload on CEO Jonah Peretti After Massive Layoffs: You Make ‘Same Mistakes Over and Over’

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Rafi Schwartz / Splinter:
We Now Go Live to BuzzFeed's ‘Ask Jonah Anything’ Slack Channel

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Ben Collins / NBC News:

4chan trolls flood laid off HuffPost, Buzzfeed reporters with death threats — The threats are part of a coordinated campaign organized on the far-right message board. — Shortly after he tweeted the news of his own layoff, Nick Wing checked his inbox at the Huffington Post and saw an email with a few pictures from a troll.

Ezra Klein / Vox:

The vindication of Nancy Pelosi — How Pelosi delivered Trump the most humiliating loss of his presidency. — Flashback 40 days and Nancy Pelosi's return to the speakership was a hard-won prize marred by Democratic grumbling. — After the midterm elections, 15 House Democrats signed …

CNN:
Pelosi on State of the Union date: ‘Not planned’ yet

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Reuters:

Exclusive: Kremlin-linked contractors help guard Venezuela's Maduro - sources — MOSCOW (Reuters) - Private military contractors who do secret missions for Russia flew into Venezuela in the past few days to beef up security for President Nicolas Maduro in the face of U.S.-backed opposition protests …

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Associated Press:

AP Exclusive: Anti-Maduro coalition grew from secret talks — CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — The coalition of Latin American governments that joined the U.S. in quickly recognizing Juan Guaido as Venezuela's interim president came together over weeks of secret diplomacy that included whispered messages …

Wall Street Journal:
A Call From Pence Helped Set an Uncertain New Course in Venezuela

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Joseph Wulfsohn / Fox News:
Rep. Ilhan Omar faces backlash after claiming Trump is backing ‘coup’ in Venezuela

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Gary Langer / ABC News:

Shutdown blame stays on Trump, with his approval at a historic low — Blame for the partial government shutdown continues to focus on President Donald Trump and his party in Congress, with the president's overall job approval rating the lowest on record for any president after two years in office.

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The Daily Beast:
Trump Caves, Ends Longest Government Shutdown in History Without His Precious Wall

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Raphael Satter / Associated Press:

APNewsBreak: Undercover agents target cybersecurity watchdog — NEW YORK (AP) — The researchers who reported that Israeli software was used to spy on Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi's inner circle before his gruesome death are being targeted in turn by international undercover operatives, The Associated Press has found.

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Will Sommer / The Daily Beast:

Arson Suspected at Comet Ping Pong, the D.C. Restaurant Made Famous by Pizzagate — The D.C. pizzeria targeted by far-right conspiracy theorists was on fire Thursday, cops said. No one was injured. — An arsonist allegedly started a fire Thursday night at Comet Ping Pong, the Washington …

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WTTG-TV: Fire at Comet Ping Pong pizza shop was intentionally set, DC fire officials say

Michael Tomasky / The Daily Beast:

Trump's Zombies Applaud as He Lights Himself on Fire — It was funny, watching Trump trying to persuade America that this wasn't a colossal failure for which he alone was responsible. But it wasn't fun. — Michael Tomasky — What a joke. What a fraud. As Bugs Bunny used to say, what a maroon.

Sarah Jones / New York Magazine:

Flight Attendants Are ‘Mobilizing Immediately’ Over Shutdown, Union Says — On Friday morning, air traffic controllers missed their second paycheck due to the government shutdown. Many called out sick, resulting in delayed flights at some of the nation's busiest airports, including LaGuardia, Newark, and Hartfield-Jackson in Atlanta.