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9:00 PM ET, February 7, 2019

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Jeff Bezos:
No thank you, Mr. Pecker  —  Something unusual happened to me yesterday.  Actually, for me it wasn't just unusual—it was a first.  I was made an offer I couldn't refuse.  Or at least that's what the top people at the National Enquirer thought.  I'm glad they thought that, because it emboldened them to put it all in writing.
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Karen Weise / New York Times:
Jeff Bezos Accuses National Enquirer of ‘Extortion and Blackmail’  —  SEATTLE — Jeff Bezos, Amazon's chief executive, accused the owner of The National Enquirer on Thursday of trying “extortion and blackmail” to stop his investigation into how his private text messages and photos documenting …
Lachlan Markay / The Daily Beast:
Bezos: National Enquirer Threatened Me With a ‘D*ck Pick’  —  The Amazon chief and Washington Post owner says the supermarket tabloid tried to blackmail him with explicit pictures and texts of him and his mistress, Lauren Sanchez.  —  Call off the Washington Post's investigation, or we'll publish your “d*ck pick.”
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Michael Balsamo / Associated Press:
Bezos says Enquirer threatened to publish revealing pics
Discussion: Mashable
Carla Herreria / HuffPost:   Jeff Bezos Says National Enquirer Exec Threatened To Publish ‘Dick Pick’
Virginian-Pilot:
Virginia Sen. Tommy Norment was an editor for VMI yearbook filled with racist photos and slurs  —  Blackface and Confederate flag images are seen from the 1968 edition of Bomb: Virginia Military Institute's yearbook.  —  Virginia Senator Thomas K. Norment arrives on the floor of the Senate chamber on Thursday, Feb. 7, 2019.
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CNN:
Trump furious after Schiff hires former NSC aides to help oversee his administration  —  Washington (CNN)House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff has hired officials with experience at the National Security Council to help with its oversight of President Donald Trump's administration, according to a committee aide.
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John Solomon / The Hill:
Adam Schiff, Glenn Simpson and their Forrest Gump-like encounter in Aspen  —  The new House Intelligence Committee chairman, Adam Schiff (D-Calif.), has proven to be his party's most effective antagonist toward President Trump.  And now, with the new powers of being chairman, he is drawing both new weapons and new scrutiny.
Bloomberg:
Trump Fears Schiff Is Recruiting White House Employees for Probe  — Intelligence chairman hired former national security official  — Schiff said not to be trying to learn about Trump via hires  —  Donald Trump believes House Intelligence Chairman Adam Schiff is trying …
John Aravosis / AMERICAblog NewsAMERICAblog News:   Adam Schiff says there's collusion
Olivia Beavers / The Hill:   Dems ready to issue subpoena for phone records linked to Trump Tower meeting
Joe Concha / The Hill:   Fox's Kilmeade: Why doesn't Trump investigate personal finances of Schiff and Waters?
Emily Jane Fox / Vanity Fair:
“I Am Disgusted”: Behind the Scenes of Trump's Increasingly Scrutinized $107 Million Inauguration  —  Stephanie Winston Wolkoff was the mastermind event producer behind Trump's inaugural celebration, which has since come under S.D.N.Y. investigation.  Now, taped conversations reveal Wolkoff's concerns …
Discussion: Raw Story
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NBC News:
Manafort kept working in Ukraine after Mueller indictment, transcript shows  —  According to prosecutors, Paul Manafort and Konstantin Kilimnik had a discussion that referred to a “backdoor.”  —  The newly released transcript of a sealed hearing held earlier this week reveals …
Discussion: Raw Story
CNN:
Transcript of closed-door Manafort hearing  —  A federal court released a partial transcript from Paul Manafort's four-and-a-half hour sealed court hearing held on Monday.
Discussion: Axios and Law & Crime
Washington Post:
The Mueller investigation has sprouted. Therein lies the jeopardy for Trump.
Discussion: Mother Jones and Raw Story
Danielle Kurtzleben / NPR:
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Releases Green New Deal Outline  —  Whether it's a deadly cold snap or a hole in an Antarctic glacier or a terrifying new report, there seem to be constant reminders now of the dangers that climate change poses to humanity.  —  Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez …
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John Bresnahan / Politico:
‘Too hot to handle’: Pelosi predicts GOP won't trigger another shutdown
David Harsanyi / The Federalist:
The 10 Most Insane Requirements Of The Green New Deal
Michael Grunwald / Politico:   The Impossible Green Dream of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
Alex Baca / Slate:   The Green New Deal's Huge Flaw
Washington Post:
Acting attorney general Whitaker to testify before Congress on Friday.  He said earlier he wouldn't do so if under subpoena threat.  —  BREAKING: Rep. Jerrold Nadler tweeted Thursday evening that Matthew G. Whitaker “will appear tomorrow morning at 9:30 am,” capping a dramatic daylong standoff …
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Betsy Woodruff / The Daily Beast:
‘They Hate This Guy’: Matt Whitaker Braces for Showdown With Dems  —  'We don't know what we're up against with the House Judiciary Committee,' one Justice Department source told The Daily Beast.  ‘We have no idea.’  —  Betsy Woodruff  —  The Justice Department is bracing for impact.
CNN:
House Judiciary chairman says Whitaker will appear for hearing Friday
Discussion: Daily Kos
Mark Mazzetti / New York Times:
Year Before Killing, Saudi Prince Told Aide He Would Use ‘a Bullet’ on Jamal Khashoggi  —  WASHINGTON — Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman of Saudi Arabia told a top aide in a conversation in 2017 that he would use “a bullet” on Jamal Khashoggi, the journalist killed in October …
Discussion: Joe.My.God. and Mediaite
CNN:
Former Fox News reporter named to lead counter-propaganda efforts at State  —  (CNN)The State Department on Thursday announced that a former Fox News reporter would lead its agency in charge of efforts to counter foreign propaganda and disinformation.  —  Lea Gabrielle will become …
Tamar Hallerman / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
BREAKING: U.S. Rep. Rob Woodall will not seek re-election  —  U.S. Rep. Rob Woodall, who narrowly won the closest congressional race in the nation last fall, will not seek re-election next year, all but ensuring his rapidly-diversifying suburban House district will become one of the country's fiercest political battlegrounds in 2020.
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Democratic focus groups may have identified a hidden vulnerability for Trump  —  This is the week that the broad outlines of President Trump's reelection strategy are coming into focus.  Trump will continue pushing forward with his reactionary xenophobic nationalist agenda on immigration …
Discussion: Toronto Star and Raw Story
Washington Post:
‘I was up all night’ going through plagiarism claims, Jill Abramson says  —  Former New York Times executive editor Jill Abramson responded Thursday to allegations that she plagiarized portions of her new book, “Merchants of Truth: The Business of News and the Fight for Facts,” …
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The Daily Beast:
New York Times Staffers Blast Jill Abramson for Plagiarism: ‘One More Piece of Ammo’ for ‘Fake News’ Haters
Discussion: Contemptor and twitchy.com
Antonia Noori Farzan / Washington Post:
A Florida politician allegedly made a habit of licking men's faces.  She's now resigned.  —  It was supposed to be a fun, lighthearted alternative to typical government meetings, and one befitting a laid-back beach town.  The city commission of Madeira Beach, Fla. — a coastal community …
Discussion: Chicks On The Right and Althouse
ABC News:
Does inconspicuous clerk's marking on Stone indictment hold clues to Mueller case?  —  Hints of those ties may have been in a little-noticed marking on the indictment.  —  2h ago  —  Ex Fox News reporter, Navy vet tapped to lead center combating Russian disinformation
The Daily Beast:
Phoenix Police Refute Cindy McCain's Story of Human Trafficking at Airport  —  Phoenix police on Wednesday disputed Cindy McCain's account of human trafficking at an Arizona airport.  McCain had told local news station KTAR on Monday that she intervened at Sky Harbor International Airport …
Eli Rosenberg / Washington Post:
Trump's troop deployment strung ‘lethal’ razor wire on the border.  This city has had enough.  —  Arturo Garino said one of his constituents told him about the razor wire on Saturday night.  —  Garino knew the military had installed a line of wire across the top of the fence that divides Nogales …
Discussion: Defense One, Hit & Run and Raw Story
Josh Barbanel / Wall Street Journal:
New York's Grand Hyatt Hotel to Be Torn Down  —  A development group will demolish the glass-sheathed hotel by Grand Central Terminal that was Donald Trump's first major Manhattan project, and replace it with a mixed-use tower.
James LaPorta / Newsweek:
Did U.S. Army Officials Pocket Over $1 Million of Taxpayer Money?  Exclusive Documents Reveal Investigation of ‘Gross Mismanagement’ Claims  —  A U.S. State Department report out of Kiev, Ukraine, has accused officials at U.S. Army Europe of trying to cover up the “gross mismanagement” …
Ryan Lizza / Esquire:
A Swamp Divided: How Trump's Arrival Turned D.C. Nightlife Upside Down  —  “Trump doesn't need to build a wall; he's built one here.”  —  Washington is one of the only places in America where an election transforms the city's social life.  Plenty of people live here with no regard …
 
 
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Brian Faler / Politico:
Democrats and Republicans go head-to-head over Trump's tax returns
Dana Hedgpeth / Washington Post:
Possum spotted in daylight outside Washington Post office. What does it mean?
Discussion: Big League Politics
Conrad Black / American Greatness:
Donald Trump's Annihilation of the Democratic Party
James Comey / Washington Post:
Blackface is a tool of white oppression. There are many more towering over us.
Brian Slodysko / Associated Press:
Democratic group to spend $30M on voting rights effort
Mike Spies / The Trace:
NRA Chief Wayne LaPierre Targeted in Congressional Inquiry Into Illegal Campaign Coordination
Discussion: Joe.My.God. and POLITICUSUSA
Eliana Johnson / Politico:
Kushner to visit Mideast for peace plan push
Discussion: Axios and POLITICUSUSA
 Earlier Items: 
Wall Street Journal:
U.S. Military Sets April Target Date for Leaving Syria
Discussion: RT
Paul Chi / Vanity Fair:
Liam Neeson Can't Be Racist Because of How He Kisses, Says Michelle Rodriguez
Ronald Brownstein / The Atlantic:
Trump Is Walling Off the GOP
Discussion: Washington Post
Washington Post:
The parking lot suicides
Discussion: Raw Story and Shakesville
Garrett M. Graff / Wired:
What Robert Mueller Knows—and Isn't Telling Us
Discussion: CNN, Raw Story and Latest - Truthout
 

 
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