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10:40 PM ET, January 29, 2019

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Billy House / Bloomberg:
GOP Lawmaker Tells Ocasio-Cortez Congress Isn't Just ‘Eating Bonbons’  — Leading House conservative addresses New York Democrat  — Two lawmakers mix it up at first meeting of Oversight panel  —  A leading House conservative backer of President Donald Trump decided …
Discussion: Raw Story
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Scott Wong / The Hill:
Some Dems float idea of primary challenge for Ocasio-Cortez  —  Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) has infuriated colleagues by aligning with a progressive outside group that's threatening to primary entrenched Democrats.  Now some of those lawmakers are turning the tables …
Jamie Ross / The Daily Beast:
Howard Schultz Blames Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez for His Decision to Run as Independent  —  Billionaire former Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz says he can't run for president as a Democrat because he doesn't like Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's proposal to slap a 70-percent marginal tax rate on income above $10 million.
t.e2ma.net:   Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez May Face Challenger, Eric Holder Inches Closer to Run, and Magic Johnson Names New President
Kerry Picket / The Daily Caller:   Potential New York Dem Names Floated To Primary Ocasio-Cortez
Isaac Chotiner / New Yorker:
Cliff Sims Is Proud to Have Served Trump  —  In August, 2016, Cliff Sims, the C.E.O. of an Alabama-based conservative news site, joined the Trump campaign.  He then followed Trump to the White House, where he worked as the special assistant to the President and as the director …
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Alex Thompson / Politico:
Tulsi Gabbard campaign in disarray  —  Tulsi Gabbard's presidential campaign hasn't officially launched yet but it's already melting down.  —  Two-and-a-half weeks after the Hawaii Democrat told CNN she had decided to run for the White House—an announcement that even her own staff didn't know was coming …
TMZ.com:
‘Empire’ Star Jussie Smollett Tells Cops His Attackers Touted MAGA  —  4:00 PM PT — Chicago PD confirms to TMZ Jussie told them, in a follow-up interview, about the attackers yelling, “MAGA country.”  —  They add Jussie still had the rope around his neck when he made contact with cops at 2:42 AM.
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Sister Toldjah / RedState:
Media Shouldn't Make The Same Mistakes in Jussie Smollett Attack Stories As The Mistakes …
Financial Times:
Trump sat down with Putin at G20 without US note-taker  —  Donald Trump sat down with Vladimir Putin for several minutes of conversation at the end of an evening event at the G20 summit in Buenos Aires in November, with no translator or note-taker from the US side to record the dialogue between the leaders …
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Alex Ward / Vox:   Trump met Putin without staff or note takers present — again
New York Times:
Mother Carrying Baby in Stroller Dies After Falling Down Subway Stairs  —  [What you need to know to start the day: Get New York Today in your inbox.]  —  A young mother died on Monday night when she fell down a flight of subway stairs in Midtown Manhattan while carrying her baby daughter in a stroller, the police said.
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NBC New York:
Young Mother Holding Stroller With Baby in It Falls Down Subway Stairs, Dies
Discussion: Gothamist
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
Has Howard Schultz Really Thought This Through?  —  Howard Schultz is no longer CEO of Starbucks.  But as de facto founder (he took it over as a small coffee roaster and developed it into what we know as Starbucks) I imagine he is still a major shareholder.  Really he and Starbucks are inseparable.
Discussion: Balloon Juice
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New York Times:
U.S. Intelligence Chiefs Contradict Trump on North Korea and Iran  —  WASHINGTON — A new American intelligence assessment of global threats has concluded that North Korea is “unlikely to give up” all of its nuclear stockpiles, and that Iran is not “currently undertaking the key nuclear weapons …
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Guy Taylor / Washington Times:   Team Trump quietly filling ‘pot of gold’ encouraging Kim Jong-un to denuclearize
Holly Otterbein / Politico:
Coffee clash: Schultz slammed by fellow java magnate  —  Howard Schultz has a problem with his base.  —  Not only are Democrats ripping the former Starbucks CEO's flirtation with an independent bid for president — now a fellow coffee mogul is, too.  —  “I first met Howard in 1984 …
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Benjy Sarlin / NBC News:
Elizabeth Warren's plan to tax the super-rich has been tried before. Here's what happened.
Discussion: The Mahablog and New York Times
Jon Schlosberg / ABC News:
Deep space radio waves baffle astronomers; aliens not ruled out  —  Aliens!  —  Astronomers can't rule out that possibility after an exciting new discovery.  A team in Canada recently stumbled upon ultra-brief repeating waves from deep space for only the second time in history.
Mary Louise Kelly / NPR:
Chris Christie: There Is No One With More Influence Over Trump Than Jared Kushner  —  Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie made headlines in early 2016 when he dropped out of the presidential race and subsequently became the first major Republican to endorse Donald Trump.
Discussion: Splinter
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Axios:
Kushner driving effort to replicate criminal justice success with immigration reform
Discussion: Hot Air
CNN:
Graham urges Trump to tie debt limit to border security funding  —  Manchin: Stop Washington's paychecks, stop shutdowns 01:16  —  Washington (CNN) — An influential Republican senator is urging President Donald Trump to up the ante in talks over his border wall: To push for an increase …
Discussion: Vox, The Daily Caller, Hullabaloo and CNBC
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Washington Post:
‘Whatever works’: Lawmakers negotiate to avert another shutdown absent signal from Trump
Discussion: Raw Story
Sarah Ferris / Politico:
House Democrats taunt GOP with vote to oppose shutdowns  —  House Democrats plan to put Republicans on the spot Wednesday with a vote to condemn future government shutdowns, even as the threat of another border wall showdown remains just weeks away.  —  Democratic leaders will force a vote …
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Sarah Ferris / Politico:   Liz Cheney rises amid GOP rubble
Michael Harriot / The Root:
Exclusive: Clemson's Black Players Refused to Accept Donald Trump's Invitation to the McCookout  —  When Filet-O-Fish aficionado Donald Trump invited the Clemson Tigers to enjoy the White House's first Presidential Value Meal, most of Clemson's national championship football team members jumped …
Discussion: Raw Story, The Guardian and Breitbart
CNN:
Kamala Harris is open to compromise on private insurers' role during ‘Medicare for all’ push  —  Kamala Harris backs ‘Medicare-for-all’ plan  —  (CNN)By stating she would eliminate private insurers as a necessary part of implementing “Medicare-for-all,” California Sen. Kamala Harris during …
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David Harsanyi / The Federalist:
Kamala Harris Sounds A Lot Like An Authoritarian
Discussion: Breitbart
Josh Constine / TechCrunch:
Facebook pays teens to install VPN that spies on them  —  Desperate for data on its competitors, Facebook has been secretly paying people to install a “Facebook Research” VPN that lets the company suck in all of a user's phone and web activity, similar to Facebook's Onavo Protect app …
Arizona Republic:
Phoenix restaurant says this is a photo of coal miners.  But I see offensive blackface  —  Opinion: Who determines what's offensive?  A photo in a downtown Phoenix restaurant raises this key question.  —  CONNECT  —  A few weeks ago, I attended a holiday party at a downtown Phoenix restaurant.
Discussion: The Resurgent and Instapundit
Daniel Strauss / Politico:
Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti will not run for president  —  LOS ANGELES — Eric Garcetti will not run for president in 2020, he confirmed late Tuesday, saying that being mayor of Los Angeles is “what I am meant to do.”  —  Garcetti, who traveled extensively for months as he mulled a presidential run …
Discussion: ABC News and Raw Story
Kenneth P. Vogel / New York Times:
Steven Mnuchin Draws Claims of Conflict of Interest in Decision on Russian Oligarch  —  WASHINGTON — Democrats in Congress raised ethical concerns on Tuesday about connections between Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and a billionaire Republican donor who stands to benefit financially …
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Gabby Orr / Politico:
Why Trump is still beefing with ‘Da Nang Dick’  —  He's not a household name.  He's not running for president.  Yet Richard Blumenthal keeps getting under President Donald Trump's skin.  —  Every few months, the president unleashes on the Connecticut Democrat by ridiculing his military service record …
Discussion: Raw Story and Vox
Bloomberg Law:
Labor Secretary's Role in Epstein Plea Deal Under DOJ Scrutiny  —  The Justice Department's inspector general wants lawmakers to give him the authority to investigate a decade-old plea deal in which Labor Secretary Alexander Acosta allegedly helped an accused sex offender skirt the harshest punishment for crimes against teens.
Discussion: Raw Story
Ashley / Chicks On The Right:
Chuck Schumer Wants A LITERAL LOSER To Deliver The Democratic SOTU Response  —  ShareTweetSubscribe to the Chicks!  —  Email address:  —  Leave this field empty if you're human:  —  WATCH: Chuck Schumer Wants A LITERAL LOSER To Deliver The Democratic SOTU Response  —  I'm sorry, but...what?
Washington Post:
Trump's company plans to expand check of employees' legal status following report that it hired undocumented workers for years  —  President Trump's company plans to institute E-Verify, a federal program that allows employers to check whether new hires are legally eligible to work in the United States …
Discussion: Axios
Alexa Ura / The Texas Tribune:
Texas quietly informs counties that some of the 95,000 voters flagged for citizenship review don't belong on the list  —  County officials said the number mistakenly flagged is “significant.” … After flagging tens of thousands of registered voters for citizenship reviews …
Discussion: The Week and Splinter
Peter Baker / New York Times:
Why Did Soviets Invade Afghanistan?  Documents Offer History Lesson for Trump  —  WASHINGTON — One day in October 1979, an American diplomat named Archer K. Blood arrived at Afghanistan's government headquarters, summoned by the new president, whose ousted predecessor had just been smothered to death with a pillow.
 
 
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John Binder / Breitbart:
Watch—Defense Official: Nothing Stopping Trump from Authorizing Military to Build Border Wall
Marisa Kendall / Mercury News:
Go into debt to pay rent? California startup finances your rent with high-interest loans
Tom Bissell / New York Times:
An Anti-Facebook Manifesto, by an Early Facebook Investor
Adam Looney / Brookings:
Ocasio-Cortez wants to raise the tax rate on high earners. The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act already did
Discussion: The Atlantic
Greenville News:
TAKEN: How police departments make millions by seizing property
Discussion: Hit & Run
Drew FitzGerald / Wall Street Journal:
AT&T Wants to Be Big in Entertainment. First, It Has a $49 Billion Problem to Fix.
Philip Klein / Washington Examiner:
CBO report shows that spending, not Trump tax cuts, are primarily driving the nation's deficits
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Michael R. Sisak / Associated Press:
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David French / National Review:
What Kamala Harris Doesn't Understand About Gun Owners
Discussion: Washington Post
Matt Lewis / The Daily Beast:
Trump: ‘The Greatest Salesman’ Who Can't Sell Anything
Discussion: Raw Story
Washington Post:
Gone in a Generation  —  Across America, climate change is already disrupting lives
Washington Post:
Senate panel postpones attorney general nominee William P. Barr's confirmation vote amid Democrats' concerns
Gabrielle Coppola / Bloomberg:
Harley-Davidson Profit Is Wiped Out by President Trump's Tariffs
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