memeorandum: Warren Leads in New Iowa Poll With Biden Second (New York Times)

10:15 PM ET, September 21, 2019

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Brianne Pfannenstiel / Des Moines Register:

Elizabeth Warren leads Register's Iowa Poll for the first time, besting Joe Biden and Bernie Sanders — Elizabeth Warren has surged in Iowa, narrowly overtaking Joe Biden and distancing herself from fellow progressive Bernie Sanders, the latest Des Moines Register/CNN/Mediacom Iowa Poll shows.

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CNN:

Elizabeth Warren surges and Joe Biden fades in close Iowa race, new poll shows — (CNN)A surging Sen. Elizabeth Warren is challenging Joe Biden's dominance in the race for the Democratic nomination, standing at 22% to the former vice president's 20% in a new CNN/Des Moines Register/Mediacom poll of likely Iowa caucusgoers.

New York Times:

Warren Leads in New Iowa Poll With Biden Second — The latest poll numbers from The Des Moines Register and CNN were very good for Elizabeth Warren as she and Joseph R. Biden Jr. broke away from the rest of the Democratic pack. — DES MOINES — Senator Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts …

Discussion: Des Moines Register

Daniel Strauss / Politico:

Sanders deputy field director in Iowa is no longer with campaign — Bernie Sanders has parted ways with one of his deputy field directors in Iowa, the campaign confirmed Saturday. — Kevin Lata joined the Vermont senator's 2020 team after working in several positions during his first run for the White House.

David Siders / Politico:

Warren on pace with Biden in Iowa — Elizabeth Warren has pulled slightly ahead of Joe Biden for the first time in Iowa, as the gulf between the two frontrunners and the rest of the field widens. — Bernie Sanders has fallen to 11 percent in the state, while Warren is running ahead of Biden …

Discussion: Des Moines Register

Anya van Wagtendonk / Vox:
An exchange at an LGBTQ forum reopens questions about Joe Biden's treatment of women

Discussion: USA Today, Fox News, Mediaite and twitchy.com

New York Times:
Joe Biden Has Tense Exchange Over L.G.B.T.Q. Record

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Washington Post:

Trump's Ukraine call reveals a president convinced of his own invincibility — When the July 24 congressional testimony of special counsel Robert S. Mueller III deflated the impeachment hopes of Democrats, President Trump crowed “no collusion” and claimed vindication from accusations …

Discussion: Vox

Serhiy Leshchenko / Washington Post:

Rudy Giuliani accused me of exposing Paul Manafort's Ukraine deals to help U.S. Democrats. That's a lie. — Serhiy Leshchenko is a Ukrainian journalist and political activist. — On Aug. 19, 2016, I convened a news conference in Kiev at which I revealed previously secret records of payments …

Discussion: The Gateway Pundit and CNN

Tom Nichols / The Atlantic:

If This Isn't Impeachable, Nothing Is — The president of the United States reportedly sought the help of a foreign government against an American citizen who might challenge him for his office. This is the single most important revelation in a scoop by The Wall Street Journal …

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en.hromadske.ua:

“Trump Did Not Pressure Zelenskyy, Ukraine Is Independent State” - Foreign Minister Prystaiko — Foreign Minister of Ukraine Vadym Prystaiko denies that U.S. President Donald Trump had pressured President Volodymyr Zelenskyy during a telephone conversation. — Prystaiko said this in an interview with hromadske.

Discussion: Fox News

Dan Balz / Washington Post:
President Trump and the warping of democratic governance

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Ben Schreckinger / Politico:
Why Trump's Ukraine scandal could backfire on Biden

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Justin Baragona / The Daily Beast:
Joe Biden: 'I've Never Spoken to My Son About' Ukraine Business Deals

Discussion: The Daily Caller

Nicholas Kristof / New York Times:
Trump and Election Interference, Whistle-Blower Edition

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Robert Kraychik / Breitbart:
Peter Schweizer on Whistleblower: Media Trying to Turn a Biden Scandal into a Trump Scandal

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Alex Seitz-Wald / NBC News:

Cory Booker memo: May not be in race ‘much longer’ if he can't raise millions in days — The Democratic presidential candidate's campaign manager warned the NJ senator won't stick around without a viable chance to win. — WASHINGTON — Sen. Cory Booker must raise nearly $2 million …

Discussion: RedState, Daily Wire, The Independent, Breitbart, Washington Free Beacon, Slate, twitchy.com, The Daily Beast, POLITICUSUSA, New York Post and Raw Story

Elena Schneider / Politico:

Biden goes hard after Trump in Iowa over Ukraine accusations — DES MOINES — Joe Biden moved quickly under an arch of balloons and a marching band, past an ice cream truck and dozens of supporters — then he lit into Donald Trump. — At the Polk County Steak Fry, one of the biggest political affairs …

Discussion: Occupy Democrats, Washington Post, Mother Jones, Slate and The Guardian

Cameron Cawthorne / Washington Free Beacon: Dems Cook 10,500 Steaks While Lecturing Americans About Eating Less Meat

Cory Booker / Medium:
Now or Never: Radical Transparency about the Next 10 Days of This Race

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Nolan D. McCaskill / Politico:
Booker campaign warns end is near without fundraising surge

Discussion: Outside the Beltway

Pat Rynard / Iowa Starting Line:
Campaigns Prep Early For Steak Fry Spectacle

Discussion: twitchy.com, New York Times and The Cook Political Report

Dion Nissenbaum / Wall Street Journal:

Yemeni Rebels Warn Iran Plans Another Strike Soon — The information has been passed along to the Saudis and the U.S., according to people briefed on the warnings — BEIRUT—Houthi militants in Yemen have warned foreign diplomats that Iran is preparing a follow-up strike to the missile …

Discussion: Townhall

South China Morning Post:

China, Russia, Iran ‘plan joint naval drill in international waters’ — Iranian news outlet quotes military official as saying exercise will be held soon, but Chinese media silent on reported manoeuvres Iranian news outlet quotes military official as saying exercise will be held soon …

Washington Post:

Should U.S. troops put their lives on the line for Saudi Arabia? — PRESIDENT TRUMP has so far responded with sanctions and diplomacy to the attack on Saudi Arabia's oil production facilities last weekend, which his administration and the Saudi government have blamed on Iran.

Farhad Manjoo / New York Times:

Tucker Carlson 2024 — I tried to imagine a president worse than Trump. Welcome to my nightmare. — Presidents these days always seem to get worse, don't they? — To many on the left, Donald Trump is an order of magnitude more disastrous a commander in chief than was George W. Bush …

Discussion: Raw Story

New York Times:

Bernie Sanders Calls for Eliminating Americans' Medical Debt — On top of his “Medicare for all” proposal, Mr. Sanders's new plan would wipe out an estimated $81 billion in existing medical debt and ignore such debt in credit scores. — WASHINGTON — Bernie Sanders has long wanted to remake …

Discussion: New York Post, Breitbart, twitchy.com and Axios

Dylan Scott / Vox:
Bernie Sanders's plan to eliminate medical debt, explained

Discussion: One America News Network, Daily Kos, Mother Jones, Fox News and Bloomberg

Washington Post:

Rep. Kennedy announces Democratic primary challenge to Sen. Markey — BOSTON — Rep. Joe Kennedy, the latest generation of the famous political family to hold office, announced Saturday that he would challenge Sen. Edward J. Markey in Massachusetts's Democratic primary, a bid certain to divide the party in the state and in Washington.

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