02/05/18

Nunes Memo

• The Nunes Memo Shows Real Problems With the FBI, but Not the Ones the GOP Thinks by David K. Shipler (The Nation)
• Democrats push Trump to release rebuttal memo (BBC)
• Devin Nunes Can’t Stop Humiliating Himself on National Television by Jay Willis (GQ)
• Devin Nunes: Trump never met with Papadopoulos. Reality: here’s a photo. by Zack Beauchamp (Vox)
• Trump Lashes Out, Alleges Schiff ‘Illegally’ Leaks Classified Info by John T. Bennett (Roll Call)
• Trump Mocks ‘Little Adam Schiff’ as House Democrats Push to Release a Rival Memo by Michael D. Shear, Mark Sandler, and Nicholas Fandos (NY Times)
• Analysis: 6 tortured arguments Republicans are making about the Nunes memo by Aaron Blake (Washington Post)
• The Trump show is addling our brains and blinding us to what really matters by Matthew Yglesias (Vox)
• The Times asks court to unseal documents on surveillance of Carter Page by Charlie Savage and Adam Goldman (The NY Times)
• The House Intelligence Committee Just Voted to Release the Democrats’ Response to the Nunes Memo by Dan Friedman (Mother Jones)
• House committee votes to release Democrats’ Russia memo by Patricia Zengerle (Reuters)

Russia Investigation

• A (so far) complete timeline of the investigation into Trump and Russia by Philip Bump (Washington Post)
• Trump calls Schiff ‘one of the biggest liars and leakers in Washington’ by Louis Nelson (Politico)
• House intelligence panel to take up Democratic memo (Reuters)
• Christopher Steele’s lawyers say forcing testimony on Trump dossier could hurt UK national security by Clark Mindock (Independent)
• Nunes claims there’s no evidence Papadopoulos ever met Trump despite photo by Mallory Shelbourne (The Hill)
• Bob Mueller’s Investigation Is Larger—and Further Along—Than You Think by Garrett M. Graff (Wired)
• Trump’s lawyers want him to refuse Mueller interview request: NY Times (Reuters)
• Trump lawyers warn him against Mueller interview: report by Jacqueline Thomsen (The Hill)
• Nunes claims ‘clear link’ between Dems and Russia during 2016 election by Jacqueline Thomsen (The Hill)
• Bannon will not testify before House committee on Tuesday: sources (Reuters)
• In Russia Inquiry, Lawyers Tell Trump to Refuse Mueller Interview by Michael S. Schmidt and Maggie haberman (NY Times)

Immigration

News

• Trump, first lady head to Ohio for rare joint policy trip by Ken Thomas (AP)
• Donald Trump Just Got Everything Wrong About the UK’s Health Care System by John Nichols (The Nation)
• Vice President Pence To Keep Pressure On North Korea, Despite South Korean Warming by Camila Domonoske (NPR)
• Supreme Court Pass Means Pennsylvania Must Redraw Congressional Maps In 10 Days by Scott Detrow (NPR)
• An Actual Nazi Is About To Be The Only GOP Candidate In A Congressional Race by Ed Mazza (Huffington Post)
• Trump thought the British were protesting their health service. They weren’t. by Karla Adam (NY Times)
• Congress returns with just days to avoid shutdown by Melanie Zanona (The Hill)
• Trump accuses Dems of ‘treasonous’ behavior by Jordan Fabian (The Hill)
• In blow to GOP, supreme court allows Pennsylvania redistricting to proceed by AP (Guardian)
• Congress has another government shutdown deadline this week by Tara Golshan (Vox)
• Supreme Court refuses to block Pa. ruling invalidating Congressional map by Robert Barnes (The Washington Post)
• President Trump Has Convinced His Voters He’s Being Persecuted By The FBI by Ariel Edwards-Levy, Ryan J. Reilly (Huffington Post)
• ‘The president clearly set himself up’: Trump’s stock market miscalculation by Ben White (Politico)
• Trump silent on today’s record-breaking Dow drop by Keith A. Spencer (Salon)
• Trump Goes Full Authoritarian, Accuses Democrats of “Treason” by Abigail Tracy (Vanity Fair)

Opinion

• Boycott the Republican Party by Jonathan Rauch. Benjamin Wittes (The Atlantic)
• President Trump is bringing back the nuclear arms race by Jeremy Binkes (Salon)