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9:30 AM ET, February 8, 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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Allyson Chiu / Washington Post:
Ronan Farrow says he also received ‘blackmail’ threat over reporting on the National Enquirer and Trump  —  Ronan Farrow said Thursday that he and “at least one other prominent journalist” who had reported on the National Enquirer and President Trump received blackmail threats …
Timothy L. O'Brien / Bloomberg:
Jeff Bezos Takes on the National Enquirer and Trump  —  The scandal sheet that aided and abetted the president's ascent picked the wrong man to try to bully.  —  Jeff Bezos, the digital retail titan and media baron, took to the internet on Thursday evening to defend himself.
Discussion: The Guardian and Mashable
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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CNN:
Ahead of annual physical, Trump has not followed doctor's orders  —  (CNN)President Donald Trump was less than thrilled last year when his personal physician recommended he get on a diet, start exercising and set a goal of losing a dozen pounds.  —  The President famous for his love …
John Aravosis / AMERICAblog NewsAMERICAblog News:
Adam Schiff says there's collusion
Discussion: POLITICUSUSA
Bloomberg:
Trump Fears Schiff Is Recruiting White House Employees for Probe
Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Supreme Court Blocks Louisiana Abortion Law  —  WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Thursday blocked a Louisiana law that its opponents say could have left the state with only one doctor in a single clinic authorized to provide abortions.  —  The vote was 5 to 4, with Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. joining …
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Jennifer Bendery / HuffPost:
Don't Forget About Trump's Judicial Nominees.  Another 44 Just Moved Forward.  —  His picks for lifetime federal court seats have records of attacking LGBTQ rights, abortion rights and voting rights.  —  WASHINGTON It's hard to keep up with everything going on in Washington …
Discussion: courthousenews.com
Mark Sherman / Washington Times:
John Roberts joins liberal justices as Supreme Court blocks Louisiana abortion clinic law
Robert Barnes / Washington Post:
Supreme Court on 5-to-4 vote blocks restrictive Louisiana abortion law
Discussion: ABC News, Vox, Breitbart, Politico and Axios
Melissa Nann Burke / Detroit News:
Political giant John Dingell dies at 92  —  Michigan Democrat John Dingell, the longest-serving member ever of Congress who helped write most of the nation's major environmental and energy laws, died Thursday, his wife said.  He was 92.  —  The Dearborn statesman was a champion …
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Jake Sherman / Politico:
John Dingell, the longest-serving member of Congress, dies at 92
CNN:
First on CNN: Kellyanne Conway describes for the first time alleged October 2018 assault  —  Washington (CNN)Kellyanne Conway says that she was grabbed and shaken by a woman while out with her teenage daughter in a Maryland restaurant late last year.  —  In an interview with CNN …
Axios:
Trump's lifeline: Democrats' socialism surge  —  Democrats are flirting with socialism in ways they carefully and clearly ran away from in the past, handing President Trump a new way to unify Republicans — and to club his opponents.  — It started with Democrats sitting silently as he railed …
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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
Discussion: Axios and Breitbart
Brad Heath / USA Today:
Trump is first modern president to hire his customers - including as US ambassadors  —  WASHINGTON - When President Donald Trump needed an ambassador to represent the United States in Romania, he enlisted a real estate lawyer who was a member of one of his private golf clubs.
Jon Swaine / The Guardian:
Rosenstein did not want to write memo justifying Comey firing - new book  —  Deputy attorney general privately complained about Trump's order, according to Comey's former deputy Andrew McCabe  —  The deputy attorney general, Rod Rosenstein, privately complained that he was ordered …
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 …
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 …
Maggie Severns / Politico:
Inside Ralph Northam's plot for survival  —  RICHMOND, Va. — Ralph Northam might just hang on to his job.  —  Left for dead a week ago after his disastrous handling of his history with blackface, the Democratic Virginia governor is quietly plotting a survival strategy.
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New York Times:
Virginia Mulls Misdeeds of Its Leaders and Braces for More Turmoil
Discussion: Washington Press
Andrew M Harris / Bloomberg:
Trump Confidant Roger Stone Sued by Jerome Corsi in Latest Twist  — Author said to play key role in Mueller's Stone indictment  — Stone accused of defamation, intimidation in $25 million claim  —  Roger Stone, the long-time Donald Trump confidant indicted last month for lying …
Stephanie Murray / Politico:
Billionaire liberal threatens to unload on Dems if they don't impeach Trump  —  Billionaire Tom Steyer is cranking up pressure on key House Democrats to impeach President Donald Trump where he thinks they'll feel it most — back in their home districts.  —  Steyer's first targets …
Discussion: Political Wire
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Brian Faler / Politico:
Democrats and Republicans go head-to-head over Trump's tax returns
Discussion: Breitbart
Wall Street Journal:
Saudi Arabia Sought Vice's Help to Build a Media Empire  —  Saudi Arabia is seeking to build an international media empire to combat the kingdom's rivals and remake its image in the West, and sought a partnership with Vice Media as part of the project, according to people familiar with the efforts.
Caitlin Oprysko / Politico:
GOP border security negotiator: Chances of another shutdown are ‘nil or next to nil’  —  A Republican member of the bipartisan conference committee responsible for reaching a deal on border security said Friday that there is “no appetite” in the Capitol for a second government shutdown this year.
Discussion: Political Wire
Holly Otterbein / Politico:
Brown runs as Biden without the baggage  —  WATERLOO, Iowa — Former Vice President Joe Biden and Sen. Sherrod Brown are on an early collision course in the initial days of the 2020 presidential race.  —  They're chasing the same potential supporters, touting the same themes and even using …
Discussion: Political Wire
ABC News:
Ivanka Trump has ‘zero concern’ about special counsel investigation  —  Trump said she has no concerns about Robert Mueller's investigation.  —  1h ago  —  Congressional negotiators closing in on border security deal  —  “Pretty close, but we're not closed,” the top negotiator said.  —  1h ago
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.
Julie K. Brown / miamiherald:
Watchdog group starts ad campaign against labor secretary over Epstein deal  —  U.S. Secretary of Labor Alexander Acosta is the target of an ad campaign begun Wednesday by a Washington-based consumer watchdog group demanding that he answer questions about a secret plea deal he gave a wealthy …
Discussion: VICE News, Axios and NBC News
Berkeley Lovelace Jr / CNBC:
Democratic Sen. Chris Coons: Trump's border wall is not immoral — it's a piece of infrastructure  — Trump's proposed wall along the U.S-Mexico border isn't immoral, Democratic Sen. Chris Coons says.  —  Sen. Chris Coons, D-Del., said Friday that President Donald Trump's proposed wall along …
 
 
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New York Times:
Republicans Got Us Into This Mess, and They Have to Get Us Out of It
Discussion: Raw Story
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Amy Walter / The Cook Political Report:
How Left Will Democrats Go in 2020?
Lisa Damour / New York Times:
Why Girls Beat Boys at School and Lose to Them at the Office
Washington Post:
France recalls ambassador to Italy, an unusual rift among European allies
Discussion: Politico
Jack Detsch / Al-Monitor:
Egypt parts ways with top lobbyist days after ‘60 Minutes’ debacle
Thomas Boswell / Washington Post:
The Frank Robinson I knew: The proudest, orneriest, most competitive man in baseball
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 Earlier Items: 
Elie Honig / CNN:
Trump's biggest nightmare isn't Mueller
Discussion: Raw Story, Wired and POLITICUSUSA
Josh Rogin / Washington Post:
The vow of ‘never again’ is dying in Assad's prisons
ABC News:
Does inconspicuous clerk's marking on Stone indictment hold clues to Mueller case?
James Comey / Washington Post:
Blackface is a tool of white oppression. There are many more towering over us.
Discussion: Raw Story and CNN
Josh Barbanel / Wall Street Journal:
New York's Grand Hyatt Hotel to Be Torn Down
NBC News:
Manafort kept working in Ukraine after Mueller indictment, transcript shows
Discussion: The Week, Shareblue Media and Raw Story