Subject: Axios AM: Mike's Top 10 -- How our phones ate us: Goldfish now have longer attention spans * Surveillance state could grow * Oops! That's not an Uber
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By Mike Allen = ·Feb 10, 2017

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See you all day in the Axios STREAM, for the latest b=eaks and insights on tech, business, media trends and politics.

1 big thing: Trump's huge choice (and chance)

President Trump now faces one of his biggest choices so=far: Double down on his executive order, which a federal appeals court evi=cerated last night as poorly drafted, overly broad and overreaching. Or do=s he hit pause and come up with tighter, more defensible entrance restrict=ons for entrance by migrants?

Many legal experts sa= a more careful executive order could actually stand -- that much of the p=licy behind Trump's current order is defensible. It was the haste and hars=ness that undermined it, combined with the mood music of his attacks on th= judiciary, and his December 2015 call for "a total and complete shutdown =f Muslims entering the United States until our country's representatives c=n figure out what is going on."

Trump's tweet:
In a conversation with reporters=/a> in a West Wing hallway, Trump expressed confidence: "We have a situati=n where the security of our country is at stake and it's a very, very seri=us situation, so we look forward ... to seeing them in court. ... We're go=ng to win the case."

What's next: But it's not cl=ar which court. Last night's unanimous ruling by a three-judge panel of th= 9th Circuit Court of Appeals was on the temporary restraining order by th= federal judge in Seattle. Before the administration appeals to the Suprem= Court, the case could go to the full appeals court (or even back to the p=nel), or return to Seattle for more hearings.

NPR's Nina T=tenberg told MSNBC's Rachel Maddow that the current Supreme Court= currently split 4-4, is unlikely to want to take the case immediately, pa=tly because the justices will want more of a record to consider.

2. If you read only 1 thing

Rebecca Zisser / Axios

VandeHei and our media trends reporter, Sara Fischer, <= href="http://link.axios.com/click/8834987.29897/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuYXhpb3M=Y29tL3NlYXJjaGluZy1mb3ItaW5mb3JtYXRpb24tbmlydmFuYS0yMjQ4NTg4MTUxLmh0bWw_dX=tX3NvdXJjZT1uZXdzbGV0dGVyJnV0bV9tZWRpdW09ZW1haWwmdXRtX2NhbXBhaWduPW5ld3NsZ=R0ZXJfYXhpb3NhbQ/5871993924c17c54d77a8b8cBc72c8971" target="_blank">wrot= a must-read on how 10 years of tech innovations ate the media -- and =eengineered our mind. It's loaded with eye-popping data, and captures perf=ctly how we plan to analyze and write about media trends hitting our lives= business, tech and politics. The most fascinating tidbits from "Searching=for information nirvana: How tech ate the media and our minds":

A Microsoft study found that since 2000, our attention s=ans have been cut by 25 percent -- to shorter than that of a goldfish.
Facebook and Google now own 8 of the 10 top-selling =pps and control NINETY PERCENT of all growth in media ad spend. "The house=always wins," Jim and Sara wrote.

Per Gallup, "6=% of people don't trust the news they see or read. Think about that: most =eople don't trust REAL news."

See a chart of=the top 25 mobile apps by unique visitors.

3. Freeze frame

One of Washington's best-connected Republicans passes a=ong this bit of gallows humor that's going around establishment D.C.: "Tru=p is like Ollie North. He actually believes the stuff he's lying =bout."

Hitting pause ... "Trump is changing=the presidency more than the presidency is changing Trump" ... Th= WashPost front-pages a "White House Debrief" by Karen Tumulty and Jenna J=hnson, "Trump said he'd change: So far, no sign": " Surreal is the new no=mal. ... Trump and those around him had long promised that he would tone d=wn his style if elected. There was even talk that he might give up the Twi=ter account."

Chris Krueger of Cowen Washington=Research Group nails the zeitgeist: "Trump Cabinet confirmation fever brea=ing, i.e. they are getting confirmed; Japan PM at White House today. Bad m=mentum week for BAT [border adjustment tax] supporters; Senate GOP rebelli=n rising on border adjustments but momentum can change with single tweet. =rump tax comments unclear; build anticipation for February 28 speech to Co=gress." Boom!

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4. Surveillance state may grow under Trump

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A reminder of the awesome power of the presidency from =xios' David McCabe, who reports that=privacy advocates are worried the Trump administration could expand th= government surveillance apparatus:

Why it's on the rad=r: Trump told conservative radio host Hugh Hewitt that he tends t= "err on the side of security" when it comes to debates over NSA surveilla=ce. New Attorney General Jeff Sessions and CIA Director Mike Pompeo both o=posed surveillance reforms while they were serving in Congress.

1 way to do it: "The administration could unilaterally expan= programs that exist under a Reagan-era executive order ... Expanding thes= surveillance tactics could happen largely without public knowledge, since=there's no disclosure requirement."

Another route: "Pick a fight with Silicon Valley on encryption ... Federal authorities c=uld once again push technology companies to help them gain access to encry=ted data, as the FBI did with Apple last year."

5. "Watch X demolish Y"

Mr. President, you should read this David Brooks column
"Donald Trump didn't have to have an administration that was at war with everyone =ut its base. He came to office with a populist mandate that cut across par=isan categories. He could have created unorthodox coalitions and led unexpected alliances that would have broken the logjam of our p=litics.

"He didn't have to have a vicious infighting administration ... He doesn't have to begin =ach day making enemies: Nordstrom, John McCain, judges. He could begin eac= day looking for friends, and he would actually get a lot more done."
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The consequence: "On Inauguration Day, when Trump <= href="http://link.axios.com/click/8834987.29897/aHR0cDovL3d3dy51c21hZ2F=aW5lLmNvbS9jZWxlYnJpdHktbmV3cy9uZXdzL2JhcmFjay1vYmFtYS1oZWxwcy1taWNoZWxsZS=vdXQtb2YtY2FyLXdoaWxlLWRvbmFsZC10cnVtcC1mb3JnZXRzLW1lbGFuaWEtdzQ2Mjc1ND91d=1fc291cmNlPW5ld3NsZXR0ZXImdXRtX21lZGl1bT1lbWFpbCZ1dG1fY2FtcGFpZ249bmV3c2xl=HRlcl9heGlvc2Ft/5871993924c17c54d77a8b8cB37efbe81" target="_blank">left =is wife in the dust so he could greet the Obamas, I didn't realize how=quickly having a discourteous leader would erode the conversation. But loo= at how many of any day's news stories are built around enmity. The war ov=r who can speak in the Senate. ... Half my Facebook feed is someone linkin= to a video with the headline: Watch X demolish Y."

6. Trump second-guesses Spicer

Speaking on "Fox & Friends" from the White House br=efing room yesterday, Kellyanne Conway gave a blatant plug for Ivanka Trum='s line of clothing and accessories: "Go buy Ivanka's stuff ... I hate sho=ping: I'm going to go get some myself today. ... It's a wonderful line. I=own some of it. ... I'm going give a free commercial here. Go buy it today= everybody! You can find it online."

In his first swipe at Trump ethics since the inauguration, H=use Oversight Chairman Jason Chaffetz, a Utah Republican, asked the Office=of Government Ethics to review the comments. He told AP they were "wrong, wrong, wro=g, clearly over the line, unacceptable. ... It needs to be dealt with." Ch=ffetz later told Utah lawmakers: "Of course I'm going to call that out. My=job is not to be a cheerleader for the president."

Asked at the briefing if Conway had crossed an=ethical line, Sean Spicer said: "Kellyanne has been counseled and that's a=l we're going to go with. She's been counseled on on that subject and that=s it."

But AP reports: "The president appeared to take issue =ith his own press secretary's depiction, telling staff that he believed it=was unfair to Conway and made it sound like she was in trouble ... A Whit= House spokeswoman said that while Trump didn't see Conway's television co=ments urging people to buy Ivanka Trump's products, he believed she was 'm=rely sticking up' for his daughter."

BTW ... Kellyanne suggested Trump may still come into the Wh=te House: "I visited with her yesterday. ... IF she decides -- and it work= for her family -- she comes inside the White House here, she knows people=like Dina Powell and me will be be working with her to help on women empow=rment, women and girls."

7. Amazing backstory

One of the most powerful men in the world gave Trump th= silent treatment -- and it worked.

At 11:04 last night., the White House emailed a readout of an "extremely cordial" Trump c=ll with President Xi Jinping of China: "President Trump agreed, at the req=est of President Xi, to honor our 'one China' policy" -- ensuring no separ=te recognition of Taiwan.

Earlier in the evening, t=e N.Y. Times' Mark Landler and Michael Forsythe had posted the astonishing backstory: "Stung by Mr. Trump's unorthodox telephon= call with the president of Taiwan and his subsequent assertion that the U=ited States might no longer abide by the 'One China' policy, Mr. Xi has no= spoken to Mr. Trump since Nov. 14, the week after he was elected. Adminis=ration officials say they believe he will only do so after Mr. Trump publi=ly commits to recognizing a single Chinese government in Beijing."

8. Another phone call leaked

Another leak by "U.S. officials" trying to make Trump l=ok bad: In Trump's first call as president with Vladimir Putin, when Putin=raised the possibility of extending the New START Treaty, ratified in 2010= Trump paused to ask his aides in an aside what the treaty was, sources told Reuters=

"Trump then told Putin the treaty was one of seve=al bad deals negotiated by the Obama administration, saying that New START=favored Russia. [Tillerson said at his hearing that he supports the treaty=]

"Trump also talked about his own popularity. ...=Spicer said Trump knew what the New START treaty is but had turned to his =ides for an opinion during the call with Putin. ... Trump did not receive=a briefing from Russia experts with the NSC and intelligence agencies befo=e the Putin call."

9. Ahead of the tape

N.Y. Times' Peter Baker and Mark Landler on A1, at fold: "Trump and his advisers, venturing for the first t=me into the fraught world of Middle East peacemaking, are developing a str=tegy on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict that would enlist Arab nations li=e Saudi Arabia and Egypt to break years of deadlock."

"The emerging approach mirrors the thinking=of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel, who will visit the United =tates next week, and would build on his de facto alignment with Sunni Musl=m countries in trying to counter the rise of Shiite-led Iran."

10. 1 fun thing

"Startled Motorists to Uber Users: Get Out of My Car! L=te-model sedans attract uninvited guests" -- Wall Street Journal A-Hed: "Josh Aldrete, a jun=or at Westminster College in Salt Lake City, had parked his Toyota Prius i= a lot on campus before his macroeconomics class when he heard someone ope= the back door. ... Aldrete laughed and explained to the freshman student =hat he wasn't a ride-hailing driver.

"But when she started collecting her things to leave, he gav= it a second thought and offered to take her wherever she needed to go. ..= He said he drove her about three minutes to the grocery store and dropped=her off. The conversation was slightly forced, ... and she remained in the=back seat. Mr. Aldrete said he has seen her a few times on campus since th= ride, though he still hasn't talked to her ... 'I tried to keep it as Ube=-ish as possible.'"

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