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8:40 AM ET, January 2, 2020

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Jacob Pramuk / CNBC:
Bernie Sanders' campaign says it raised more than $34.5 million in blowout fourth quarter  — Bernie Sanders' presidential campaign raised more than $34.5 million in the fourth quarter, it said Thursday.  — The total easily tops the fundraising hauls of Pete Buttigieg and Andrew Yang …
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New York Times:
Bernie Sanders Says He Raised $34.5 Million in the Fourth Quarter  —  Mr. Sanders's total is the largest three-month haul to be disclosed by any candidate so far in the Democratic primary race.  —  DES MOINES — Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont raised more than $34.5 million in the fourth quarter of 2019 …
Discussion: Axios
Matt Stevens / New York Times:
Andrew Yang Raised $16.5 Million in the Last 3 Months, His Campaign Says  —  Donations to Mr. Yang in the fourth quarter of 2019 were his highest in any such period and put him among the top fund-raisers in the Democratic presidential field.  —  The entrepreneur Andrew Yang's presidential campaign …
Discussion: Mediaite and Axios
Bill Barrow / Associated Press:
Iowa congresswoman endorsing Joe Biden's presidential bid  —  Joe Biden has landed a high-profile endorsement for his presidential bid as Rep. Abby Finkenauer becomes the first member of the Iowa congressional delegation to take sides in the Democratic nominating contest.
Discussion: The Hill
Axios:
Andrew Yang's campaign says it raised $16.5 million in Q4  —  Andrew Yang's 2020 presidential campaign said Thursday that it raised $16.5 million during 2019's fourth quarter, reports the New York Times.  —  Why it matters: It's Yang's best quarter yet, topping the $10 million he raised …
Discussion: Politico, The Hill and New York Times
Washington Post:
Bernie Sanders campaign announces a massive cash haul of $34.5 million in the fourth quarter of 2019  —  Sen. Bernie Sanders raised $34.5 million in the final three months of 2019 for his White House bid, his campaign said Thursday — a massive sum fueled by his online fundraising machine …
Discussion: The Week and DNyuz
ABC News:
Bernie Sanders tops Democratic field with massive $34.5 million haul in Q4, as other candidates release totals  —  The last quarter of the year covers October, November and December.  —  Presidential contenders ended 2019 with the close of books of the fourth fundraising quarter …
Discussion: The Hill and The Week
Barbara Rodriguez / Des Moines Register:   ‘I am one of the undecided’: With a month to go, many likely caucusgoers still unsure about their choice
Larry McShane / New York Daily News:
Family of anti-Semitic machete attack victim shares heartbreaking hospital photo of their Hasidic patriarch: ‘We shall not let this terrible hate-driven attack be forgotten’  —  An Orthodox Jewish man hacked viciously by a machete-swinging anti-Semite will likely remain brain-damaged and paralyzed for life …
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New York Post:   Jewish man attacked by two women after trying to film anti-Semitic tirade
Joseph Berger / New York Times:   90,000 Jews Gather to Pray and Defy a Wave of Hate
New York Post:   Jewish teen robbed at knife-point on Brooklyn bus: cops
Rod Blagojevich / Newsmax:
House Democrats Would Have Impeached Lincoln  —  I, like most people from my home state of Illinois, am a great admirer of Abraham Lincoln.  —  Recently I've wondered what would have happened had Nancy Pelosi been the Speaker of the House when Abraham Lincoln was president.
Discussion: Washington Post
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Charles Creitz / Fox News:
Rod Blagojevich: Abraham Lincoln would've been impeached by today's Democrats  —  Former Illinois Gov. Rod R. Blagojevich, himself impeached and now serving a 14-year term in federal prison for corruption, said in a new op-ed that today's House Democrats would have impeached Abraham Lincoln.
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
David E. Sanger / New York Times:
Trump Bet He Could Isolate Iran and Charm North Korea.  It's Not That Easy.  —  The president assumed economic levers would guide the countries' national interests.  Now, he confronts twin challenges in an election year.  —  President Trump entered the new year facing flare-ups …
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Ammar Karim / Agence France-Presse:   Pro-Iran protesters leave US embassy in Baghdad
Tom Boggioni / Raw Story:
Pelosi has McConnell over a a barrel as she delays impeachment trial: ‘This is working beautifully for her’  —  In a column for the Daily Beast, longtime political analyst Eleanor Clift stated that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) has the upper hand as she deals with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell …
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Eleanor Clift / The Daily Beast:   How Long Can Nancy Pelosi Can Hold Back These Articles of Impeachment? Longer Than You Think
Washington Post:
The Senate and the public need to hear from Mulvaney and Bolton
Stuart Stevens / Washington Post:
Wake up, Republicans.  Your party stands for all the wrong things now.  —  Stuart Stevens is a writer and GOP political consultant who is working with a political action committee that backs Bill Weld for president.  —  Here's a question: Does anybody have any idea what the Republican Party stands for in 2020?
Discussion: HuffPost and Raw Story
Nicholas Riccardi / Associated Press:
Presidential hopeful Bennet pledges $6 trillion ‘Real Deal’  —  DENVER (AP) — Presidential hopeful Michael Bennet is releasing a $6 trillion plan that he calls “the Real Deal” in an attempt to offer what he says is a more realistic contrast with more liberal contenders for the Democratic nomination …
Discussion: Axios
Julia Zappei / Agence France-Presse:
Austria's conservatives, Greens agree to form government  —  Vienna (AFP) - Austria's conservatives led by Sebastian Kurz on Wednesday agreed to form an unprecedented coalition government with the Greens, capping almost three months of negotiations.  —  “We have succeeded to unite the best …
Elvia Díaz / USA Today:
Armed, even in church: Texas shooting is about a lot more than Jack Wilson's heroism  —  Jack Wilson is a hero.  But why were so many other parishioners armed?  And how did the shooter get his gun, given his criminal history?  —  Jack Wilson is a hero alright.
Edward Wong / New York Times:
Pompeo Cancels Ukraine Trip Amid Protests at Embassy in Iraq  —  A meeting with President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine would have been the first for a top Trump official since the impeachment inquiry began.  —  WASHINGTON — Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Wednesday canceled a weeklong trip …
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Juan Cole / Informed Comment:   US Embassy in Baghdad Invaded after SecState Pompeo Slashed Security Funding, Took no Preventive Steps …
 
 
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Associated Press:
Mexico president says “El Chapo” had same power as president
Mitch Smith / New York Times:
'It's Creepy': Unexplained Drones Are Swarming by Night Over Colorado
Discussion: IJR and Denver Post
Travis Waldron / HuffPost:
Brazil's Jair Bolsonaro Is The Far-Right Authoritarian He Promised He'd Be
Farhad Manjoo / New York Times:
Only You Can Prevent Dystopia
Paul Mirengoff / Power Line:
Voter suppression, Iowa style
Los Angeles Times:
The Trump tax cut has amounted to nothing but broken promises for the middle class
Discussion: Raw Story
Dareh Gregorian / NBC News:
Tulsi Gabbard makes a splash — surfing in freezing New Hampshire
Valerie Edwards / Daily Mail:
Survival of the richest!  Luxurious doomsday-proof bunkers are becoming more alluring …
Discussion: Raw Story
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Lawrence Hurley / Reuters:
Emerging from the shadows: the U.S. chief justice who will preside over Trump's trial
Emily Smith / Page Six:
Ghislaine Maxwell's powerful contacts protecting her in safe houses
Golnaz Esfandiari / Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty:
Iran Had A Rough Year — And 2020 Is Likely To Be Equally Difficult
Discussion: Issues & Insights
Bill Bowden / Arkansas Online:
Judge abruptly exits Biden paternity case
Discussion: Redstate and Fox News
Thomas Wright / The Atlantic:
A Bigger Foreign-Policy Mess Than Anyone Predicted
Discussion: Washington Post
Tyler Cowen / Marginal REVOLUTION:
What libertarianism has become and will become — State Capacity Libertarianism
Michael Kranish / Washington Post:
Bloomberg's business in China has grown.  That could create unprecedented entanglements if he is elected president.
 

 
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Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Sources: Apple is working on a smart doorbell system with advanced facial recognition that can wirelessly connect and unlock third-party smart locks

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch:
Donald Trump announces that Sriram Krishnan, until recently a general partner at a16z, will serve as senior policy advisor for AI at the White House OSTP

Financial Times:
Sources: Palantir and Anduril are in talks with OpenAI, SpaceX, and more to form a consortium to bid for US defense contracts and plan to announce it in January

 
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