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Reuters:
Exclusive: Foxconn reconsidering plans to make LCD panels at Wisconsin plant — (Reuters) - Foxconn Technology Group is reconsidering plans to make advanced liquid crystal display panels at a $10 billion Wisconsin campus, and said it intends to hire mostly engineers and researchers rather …
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Danielle Paquette / Washington Post:
Foxconn's plan for a giant Wisconsin factory now looks uncertain
Foxconn's plan for a giant Wisconsin factory now looks uncertain
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Ken Meyer / Mediaite:
Morning Joe Asks Howard Schultz How Much a Box of Cheerios Costs. He Does Not Know. — Former Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz was asked a question on MSNBC Wednesday that may shed some light on how well he connects with the little things Americans tend to notice in their everyday lives.
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Danny Westneat / The Seattle Times:
Howard Schultz is above the political fray — so high above he often doesn't vote — Like a lot of outsider business execs who want to come in and fix politics, Howard Schultz has kept some distance from the mess of democracy in the past. By not voting. — Howard Schultz wants to run …
Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
The media feel safest in the middle lane. Just ask Jeff Flake, John Kasich and Howard Schultz. — One of supposed golden rules of journalism goes like this: “If everybody's mad at your coverage, you must be doing a good job.” — That's ridiculous, of course, though it seems comforting.
The Daily Beast:
Mueller Witness' Team Gamed Out Russian Meddling ... in 2015 — One former analyst at the Wikistrat consulting firm called it “disturbing.” — Days after Donald Trump rode down an escalator at Trump Tower and announced he'd run for president, a little-known consulting firm with links …
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The Daily Beast:
Bezos Launches Investigation Into Leaked Texts With Lauren Sanchez That Killed His Marriage — The Amazon chief's security consultants suspect the leak to the National Enquirer may have been politically motivated. — Jeff Bezos' personal security team has launched an investigation …
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Front Page Magazine and Mediaite
Kayla Tausche / CNBC:
Former UN Ambassador Nikki Haley is charging a whopping $200,000 per speaking gig — Former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley is currently quoting $200,000 and the use of a private jet for domestic speaking engagements, according to five people with knowledge of the arrangement.
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Alexander Burns / New York Times:
Is There Room in 2020 for a Centrist Democrat? Maybe One or Two. — Howard Schultz, the former Starbucks chief executive contemplating an independent run for president, stated it as a plain matter of fact: For someone with his views — a distinctly white-collar blend of conservative fiscal instincts …
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David Leonhardt / New York Times:
The Medicare-for-All trap — Most issues will strongly favor the Democrats in 2020.
The Medicare-for-All trap — Most issues will strongly favor the Democrats in 2020.
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Townhall, RedState and The Nation
Goldie Taylor / The Daily Beast:
Who's Afraid of Kamala Harris?
Washington Post:
Trump blasts U.S. intelligence officials, disputes assessments on Iran and other global threats — President Trump lashed out at U.S. intelligence officials Wednesday, calling them “extremely passive and naive” about the nuclear danger posed by Iran and pushing back on their assessments …
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Peter Baker / New York Times:
A Growing Chorus of Republican Critics for Trump's Foreign Policy
A Growing Chorus of Republican Critics for Trump's Foreign Policy
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Politico, The Daily Caller, The Week, Just Security and Talking Points Memo
Felicia Sonmez / Washington Post:
McConnell says bill that would make Election Day a federal holiday is a ‘power grab’ by Democrats — Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said Wednesday that a Democratic bill that would make Election Day a federal holiday is a “power grab,” sparking a fierce backlash online.
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Carmel Kookogey / Conservative Review:
Levin: ‘McConnell is as power-hungry as Nancy Pelosi’
Ben Schreckinger / Politico:
Why Trump's superfans dig Ocasio-Cortez — They detest what she stands for. They think her policies would destroy the country. And they wish she would just go away. — All the same, many of President Donald Trump's most media-conscious supporters can't help but admit it: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has got serious political game.
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Reuters:
Special Report: Inside the UAE's secret hacking team of U.S. mercenaries — WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Two weeks after leaving her position as an intelligence analyst for the U.S. National Security Agency in 2014, Lori Stroud was in the Middle East working as a hacker for an Arab monarchy.
Joshua Rivera / GQ:
The Racist, Homophobic Attack on Jussie Smollett Is Far-Right America's Endgame — When one of the most famous black and gay men in America is not safe, the message is clearer than it has ever been. — Early Tuesday morning, Jussie Smollett, the 36-year-old star of Fox's Empire …
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Don Babwin / Associated Press:
Police: No footage yet showing ‘Empire’ actor being attacked
Police: No footage yet showing ‘Empire’ actor being attacked
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The Gateway Pundit and Louder With Crowder
Igor Derysh / Salon:
With sanctions lifted, Trump transition member gets board position on Russian oligarch's company — Oleg Deripaska's company hires former Trump transition official as soon as Treasury sanctions are lifted — A member of President Trump's transition team was announced as a new board member …
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Joe.My.God., ThinkProgress, Shakesville, CNN, Washington Press, Mother Jones, Law & Crime and HuffPost
Alexandra DeSanctis / National Review:
Virginia Governor Defends Letting Infants Die — This morning on WTOP's “Ask The Governor,” Virginia governor Ralph Northam defended the new abortion bill introduced by state Democrats this month, the Repeal Act, which would legalize abortion up to the point of birth.
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Hannah Cortez / YouTube:
VA Gov On Abortion: “Infant would be resuscitated if that's what the mother and the family desired”
VA Gov On Abortion: “Infant would be resuscitated if that's what the mother and the family desired”
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Faithwire
Farhad Manjoo / New York Times:
The BuzzFeed Layoffs as Democratic Emergency — Digital media has always been a turbulent business, but last week's layoffs suggest a reason for panic. — Working in digital media is like trying to build a fort out of marshmallows on a foundation made of marbles in a country ruled by capricious and tyrannical warring robots.
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Steven Shepard / Politico:
Poll: Voters oppose another shutdown, emergency declaration — Voters have little appetite for another government shutdown if Congress does not approve money to build President Donald Trump's proposed wall along the U.S.-Mexico border, according to a new POLITICO/Morning Consult.
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Benjy Sarlin / NBC News:
Progressive pollster finds majority support for Elizabeth Warren's wealth tax … by BENJY SARLIN — LATEST POSTS FROM THE RUNDOWN — BENJY SARLIN — January 30, 2019 — Progressive pollster finds majority support for Elizabeth Warren's wealth tax
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David Armstrong / ProPublica:
OxyContin Maker Explored Expansion Into “Attractive” Anti-Addiction Market — Not content with billions of dollars in profits from the potent painkiller OxyContin, its maker explored expanding into an “attractive market” fueled by the drug's popularity — treatment of opioid addiction …
Reid J. Epstein / Wall Street Journal:
Beto O'Rourke Weighs Presidential Campaign From an Unusual Position: Front Runner — Beto O'Rourke has run for office in the past by painting incumbents as out of touch with constituents. That message may have to change if he gets into the crowded 2020 Democratic presidential primary.
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Roger Stone faces a gag order. He has a plan to resist it. — Roger Stone has long feared he would be slapped with a gag order if he got indicted — and he's readied a plan to make sure he won't have to stay silent. — The federal judge in Stone's case, Amy Berman Jackson …
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Ryan Moore / The Tennessean:
Why I proudly wear my Make America Great Again hat | Opinion — This video clip went viral, throwing Covington Catholic into the national spotlight. Longer video has since emerged showing how the incident started. … CONNECT — STORY HIGHLIGHTS — I was formerly a liberal my whole life …
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Lawyers, Guns & Money and Raw Story
Ryan Crocker / Washington Post:
I was ambassador to Afghanistan. This deal is a surrender. — Ryan Crocker is diplomat in residence at Princeton University and a former U.S. ambassador to Afghanistan, Iraq, Pakistan, Syria, Kuwait and Lebanon. — January 2002. I arrive in Kabul to reopen the U.S. Embassy. Destruction is everywhere.
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Pew Research Center:
An early look at the 2020 electorate — The 2020 U.S. presidential election is rapidly coming into view - and so is the electorate that will determine its outcome. — While demographic changes unfold slowly, it's already clear that the 2020 electorate will be unique in several ways.
NBC News:
GOP delay in naming House Intelligence Committee members may have cost Mueller — Democrats have been unable to authorize release of witness transcripts to the special counsel without GOP members who were just named Wednesday. — WASHINGTON — House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif. …
TechCrunch:
Google's also peddling a data collector through Apple's back door — It looks like Facebook is not the only one abusing Apple's system for distributing employee-only apps to sidestep the App Store and collect extensive data on users. Google has been running an app called Screenwise Meter …
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David Bauder / Associated Press:
Loss of newspapers contributes to political polarization — NEW YORK (AP) — The steady loss of local newspapers and journalists across the country contributes to the nation's political polarization, a new study has found. — With fewer opportunities to find out about local politicians …
David M. Drucker / Washington Examiner:
White suburbia the source of Trump's Texas troubles — From the outside, Texas appears troubling for President Trump in 2020 because of demographic changes that have featured a steady climb in the population of Hispanic voters. — But actually, the leftward drift, first evident in 2016 …
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Fox News Channel Press:
FOX NEWS CHANNEL SIGNS FORMER CONGRESSMAN TREY GOWDY TO CONTRIBUTOR ROLE — NEW YORK - JANUARY 30, 2019 — FOX News Channel (FNC) has signed former South Carolina Congressman Trey Gowdy (R) as a contributor, the network announced today. In this role, he will offer political and legal analysis across …
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Frances Langum / Crooks and Liars:
Davos Panel Goes Rogue On Economic Inequality: Tax The Rich! — A panel on inequality tells the billionaires at Davos what they DON'T want to hear: “Pay your damn taxes.” — Views: — A panel on economic inequality went off script this weekend, as the participants told the gathered billionaires …
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Bryant Harris / Al-Monitor:
Top Democrat on foreign affairs shoots down pro-Palestinian trips — Democratic US congressional candidate Rashida Tlaib canvasses a neighborhood before Election Day in Detroit, Michigan, Nov. 5, 2018. — Rep. Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich., is the first Palestinian American woman to serve in Congress.
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Townhall, Washington Times, Washington Free Beacon and Splinter
Pete Madden / ABC News:
NRA says 2015 Moscow trip wasn't ‘official.’ Emails, photos reveal gun group's role — The National Rifle Association made its first public attempt this week to distance itself from any formal involvement in a now infamous trip to Moscow undertaken by a group of its high-ranking members …
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Daily Kos
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System:
Federal Reserve issues FOMC statement — Information received since the Federal Open Market Committee met in December indicates that the labor market has continued to strengthen and that economic activity has been rising at a solid rate. Job gains have been strong, on average, in recent months …
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Politico, New York Times, Breitbart and NPR
William Steakin / IJR:
We Asked 2016 ‘Never Trump’ Republicans if They'll Back the President in 2020: 'I Mean, He's in Office' — In 2016, a number of Senate Republicans made the rare political decision to oppose their own party's nominee, then-candidate Donald Trump. They were known as “Never Trumpers.”
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The Guardian
Katelyn Polantz / CNN:
Pro-Russian Twitter account used non-public material from Mueller's team in effort to discredit Russia probe — Washington (CNN)A pro-Russian Twitter account used information from a criminal case that Robert Mueller's team brought against a Russian social media company as part of a disinformation campaign …