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By Mike Allen = ·Jan 25, 2017

​1 big thing: New "West Wing"

Today, the Full Trump:

The president thi= afternoon will begin a wave of sweeping executive orders on immigration, =ncluding steps toward a Mexican border wall, that will be announced when h= visits the Department of Homeland Security. Last night, he tweeted: "Big =ay planned on NATIONAL SECURITY tomorrow. Among many other things, we will=build the wall."

New Axios "Trump 101": This series has been blowing up in social media and=Apple News. Today, Jonathan Swan and I reveal deep details of Trump's plan= for rapid, radical gutting of the regulatory state: "Internally, [his Cab=net secretaries] are known by some as 'deconstructors,' the men and one wo=an … tapped because of their shared view in eviscerating key piece= of the agencies they will run."

Trump also tweeted l=st night: "If Chicago doesn't fix the horrible 'carnage' going on, 228 sho=tings in 2017 with 42 killings (up 24% from 2016), I will send in the Feds=" CNN's =ylan Byers points out that the tweet SEEMED to come out of nowhere. Th=n, you discover that Fox's "O'Reilly Factor" had just run a segment about =iolence in Chicago that noted "42 homicides in 2017 (up 24% from last year=."

Sean Spice= used yesterday's briefing to cement Trump's belief in the untrue conspira=y theory that widespread fraud tainted the election. The press secretary s=id the president had "said 3 to 5 million people could have voted illegall=, based on the studies that he's seen." There are no such studies. =/li>
per AP: "First published=in 1949, Orwell's classic dystopian tale of a society in which facts are d=storted and suppressed in a cloud of 'newspeak' topped the best-seller lis= of Amazon.com [last] evening. … Sinclair Lewis' 1935 novel about =he election of an authoritarian president, 'It Can't Happen Here,' was at =o. 46. Aldous Huxley's 'Brave New World' was at No. 71. Sales also were up=for Hannah Arendt's seminal nonfiction analysis 'The Origins of Totalitari=nism.'"

Read those five items and remember t=is is real, not fake, news — not "The West Wing," not "House of Ca=ds," but honest-to-goodness events that unfolded in a 24 hour period less =han a week into the Trump presidency.

And then remember this= There is a dominant faction inside the White House that believes=fervently this is shrewd, long-term, disruptive politics that will forever=change the country.

2. Trumpsplaining

What the bogus election-fraud story means at home … Karen Tumulty
And what it means abroad … Financial Times chief foreign affairs commentator Gideon Rachman: "This spectac=e of obvious lies being peddled by the White House is a tragedy for US dem=cracy. But the rest of the world — and, in particular, America's a=lies — should also be frightened. A Trump administration that is a=dicted to the 'big lie' has very dangerous implications for global securit=."

IMAGINE inserting George Bush (either one), or =arack Obama, or FDR in these stories, four days after becoming president.<=p>
3 smart thoughts:

CNN's Brian Ste=ter in his Reliable Sources newsletter: "On Red Facebook and on c=nservative news sites, I'm seeing two types of responses to Trump's illogi=al beliefs about illegal voting: One, to just ignore it and pretend this c=ntroversy isn't going on. Two, to blame the media for picking on the presi=ent and blowing this way out of proportion."

Jim VandeHei,=/strong> Axios CEO, to fellow Packer fan Greta Van Susteren on MSNBC: "Thi= is not about crowd sizes — crowd size has no bearing whatsoever o= how someone is going to govern. … [Y]ou're talking about an alleg=tion that goes to the heart of our democracy, … [E]veryone keeps t=inking, 'Ah, he's gonna change — he's in office.' … It's D=nald Trump. He's not going to change. … [P]eople have to take a de=p breath and understand that sometimes facts are facts."

John Dickerson to Scott Pelley on the "CBS Evening New=": "[T]he reason it's important to have a president believe in things that=are true is It creates a sense of belief in EVERYTHING he says. … =he most important quality for a White House staff is the ability to tell a=president something he doesn't want to hear — and contradict him w=en he believes something that's not true. And if they are not able to do i= in THIS case, the question is whether they'll be able to do it on more se=ious matters."

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​3. China watch: Globalist play

This headline in Politico Europe says it all … =As Trump retreats on trade, Chin= moves in": Angry over Trump's TPP withdrawal, America's traditional t=ade partners have already reached out to Beijing.

We ca='t say this enough: This Trump v. China, nationalist v. globalist=battle could shape the first year of this presidency — and reshape=the world order.

Huge deal … "China Deliver= Strong Message to President Trump": "Lu Kang, a senior official at China'= Foreign Ministry, [in a rare intervi=w] told NBC News' Richard Engel that the South China Seas dispute and =he One China Policy are issues that are not up for discussion with the new=U.S. administration."

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​4. 1 article to read in full

To understand the worldview pervading the West Wing, carve out time to c=rl up with this N.Y. Times Magazine article (with grim photographs), "Will=France Sound the Death Knell for Social Democracy? As a presidential elect=on approaches this spring, even workers in the country's rust belt are emb=acing right-wing populism," by Jame= Angelos: "Is socialism dead? The answer, at least in today's Europe, =s probably yes."

​5. You'll hear more about …

New overnight … "Sanctuary Restaurants �=80� The next front for the immigration debate?" by AP's Sophia Tareen in Chicago: "From down-home delis to=upscale bistros, dozens of restaurants nationwide are seeking 'sanctuary' =tatus, a designation owners hope will help protect employees … Fir=t inspired by churches, the label is something cities and other public ent=ties have sought to offer local protections to immigrants living in the U.=. illegally."

Pressur= from the right … "Anti-immigration groups are pushing =rump to stick to campaign pledge to deport Dreamers," by L.A. Times' Noah =ierman: "Trump has tried to emphasize more popular aspects of his immigrat=on enforcement agenda … while avoiding the debate over young peopl=, which plays to his opponents. … Roy Beck, executive director of =umbersUSA, which favors strict enforcement and limits on legal immigration= called the uncertainty around the program [Deferred Action for Childhood =rrivals, known as DACA] 'troubling.'"

​6. Quick stats

USA Today front page, "6 oil-rich states in recession: Energy industry hopes Trump=acts to open federal land," by Nathan Bonney: "As oil prices dipped as low=as $27 a barrel at one point early last year before recovering, recession =ame to Alaska, Louisiana, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oklahoma and Wyoming, =ccording to the S&P Global Ratings report. … Texas and Montana=barely avoided recession."

"Americans Are Flipping Houses Like It's 2006," by Bloomberg's Patrick Clark: "A=tactic that helped define the height of homebuying madness in the U.S. in =he years before the market collapsed is rearing its head again. Home flipp=rs, who buy homes as a speculative bet on short-term price appreciation, a=counted for 6.1 percent of U.S. home sales in 2016, … the highest =hare since 2006, when flips accounted for 7.3 percent of sales."

7. Tops in media trends

More dire news for legacy-media business models �=A6 Drudge bannered this as "SOCIAL STRAINS SPARK MEDIA ANXIETY" … =Facebook, Snapchat Deals Produce Meager Results for News Outlets," by Bloomberg's Gerry Smith: "Newspapers and other media outlets are struggling to make money from t=eir partnerships with tech giants like Facebook and Snapchat … Som= publishers are scaling back on Facebook Inc.'s Instant Articles program."=

How bad IS it? Axios' Sara Fischer: "The report found that partici=ating publishers, on average, made only $7.7 million on third-party platfo=ms, like Facebook, Snapchat and Google, which is roughly 14% of their over=ll revenue. Video represents 85% of that, largely driven by television and=cable companies' monetization of internet-based content."

​8. Trending in business

"Gary Cohn's Goldman Exit Tops $100 Million," per WSJ: Trump'= top economic adviser "received $65 million in cash to cover his potential=future bonuses at the bank .. Those payouts would otherwise have been dete=mined by how Goldman fared over the next several years.He also received $4= million worth of stock that was locked up or remained subject to clawback="

9. Tops in tech

Axios' Kim Hart and David McCabe take us inside GOP =trategery in "The plot to kill net neutrality": "The dismantling effort co=ld happen in Congress, at the FCC, or both. New FCC Chairman Ajit Pai, the=most senior Republican on the panel and a vocal critic of the rules, can s=art the reversal process on day one. But that doesn't mean he will. He may=opt to let Republicans in Congress resolve the issue with legislation. And=both lawmakers and commissioners will be watching what the courts do on th= issue."

So it turns out Peter Thiel became a citizen of New Zealand in 2011: "Thiel is a huge fan of =The Lord of the Rings … New Zealand, of course, was where the dire=tor Peter Jackson made his acclaimed films of the series." Earlier this we=k, The New Yorker's Evan Osnos wrote about New Zealand as a favor=te doomsday haven of Silicon Valley's elite.

10. 1 fun thing

Oscar nominees … "Record Six Black Actors Nomin=ted, Diversity Improves After Controversy" — Variety: "While no actors of color were n=minated the last two years, this year saw every acting category recognizin= a person of color. A record-tying (with 2007) seven minority actors were =ecognized, including a record-setting six black actors." … Complete list ... Ranked by studio (=ionsgate first, Paramount second).

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