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Nation

On Way Out, Obama, Get This, Conferred Broad New Powers on the NSA : Ace
Internal Secession and the Road to Ruin: Two Countries: Fred
Hewitt: 'People in America Are Getting Tired of the 24/7 Pile-On' of Trump: PJM

Trump’s Rashomon Press Conference: Jon Gabriel
The Silence of the Lambs Congress: Ann Coulter
Iowa Moves Against Democratic Party Slush Funds: John Hinderaker

What The Hell Is The Republican Congress Doing?: Ben Shapiro
The Economy Would Be Doomed Without Immigrants Or Something: William Teach
Muslim who supplied weapons to San Berno terrorists gets plea deal: Creeping

Surrender Monkey Friday: NYT Pretty Upset Over Trump’s Press Conference: RWN
Why the Media’s Trump Lie Machine is Failing: Daniel Greenfield
Chuck Todd Doesn’t Get it — Media Delegitimized Itself Before Trump: LI

Economy

Industrial Revolution Comparisons Aren't Comforting: Tyler Cowen
Rescuing Main Street from the fiduciary rule: Peter Hong
Former Obama aide fined $90,000 for illegally lobbying Emanuel on Uber's behalf: Trib

Scandal Central

Six White House staffers fired after failing security test: Anna Giaritelli
WikiLeaks: Alleged CIA Spying On French Presidential Candidates: DC
Clinton Pedophile Pal Accused of New Crimes: DailyMail

Climate, Energy & Regulations

Epic: Trump Brings Coal Miners to Executive Order Rescuing Coal Industry from Liberal Politicians: GWP
Storm headed to Oroville Dam area carries 10 inches of rain, revised forecast warns: MSN

Media

Trump Triumphs Over Press: EIB
The Media Bulls Have Met Their Matador in Trump: Roger L. Simon
ESPN Loses MILLIONS of Subscribers After Pushing Left-Wing Politics: Reagan Coalition

Zuckerberg Laments Rising Hatred of Globalism in Whiny Facebook Post: Retort
President Trump slams CNN as ‘very fake news’ in White House press conference: Breaking 911
Watch The Most Entertaining Press Conference In History: News Commenter

World

Iran is Putin’s depreciating asset: Spengler
Misunderstander of Islam slaughters 100 at Sufi mosque: Robert Spencer
The End of Palestine: Daniel Greenfield

Germany: Merkel’s Refugee Czar Wants Voting Rights for Migrants: LI
An honest Muslim wonders what if the shoe was on the other foot: Raymond Ibrahim
North Korean tyrant's brother killed by poisonous handkerchief and fountain pen?: DailyMail

Sci-Tech (courtesy BadBlue Tech News)

Virtual reality program lets users climb Mount Everest: DailyMail
'Woolly mammoth' will be back from extinction within two years, say Harvard scientists: Sarah Knapton
Google’s Artificial Intelligence Becoming ‘Human-Like’---and That Might Be a Bad Thing: Jake Anderson

Cornucopia

Winston Churchill’s essay on alien life found: Mario Livio
Two Transgressors: Milos Yiannopoulos and Yuja Wang: Spengler
Suburban women ditch Nordstrom to support Ivanka Trump: Kate Taylor

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QOTD: "[Bloomberg columnist Eli] Lake said Flynn was “a fat target” for the national security state and for Democrats because he had been a fierce critic of the Intelligence community in the past.

Conservatives are ... casting liberals as hypocrites on the issue of mass surveillance, saying they claim to be against the practice — except for one it takes out one of their political opponents.

Even some liberals have made this case." --Jonathan Easley