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Kate Brannen / Just Security:
Exclusive: Unredacted Ukraine Documents Reveal Extent of Pentagon's Legal Concerns — “Clear direction from POTUS to continue to hold.” — This is what Michael Duffey, associate director of national security programs at the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), told Elaine McCusker …
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Talking Points Memo, Alternet.org and Raw Story
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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 …
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Steve Holland / Reuters:
Trump re-election campaign raises $46 million in fourth quarter — WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump's re-election campaign raised $46 million in the fourth quarter of 2019, a major haul that was boosted by a surge of donations in the wake of the Democrats' impeachment bid, a senior campaign official said on Thursday.
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Talking Points Memo, The Hill, Wall Street Journal, Daily Sounder, Breitbart, The Daily Caller, CBS News and Sara A. Carter
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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Althouse, Florida Politics, Disrn, Associated Press and WND
New York Times:
Bernie Sanders Says He Raised $34.5 Million in the Fourth Quarter
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Axios, Reuters, The Daily Caller and IJR
Washington Times:
Trump camp raises $46M in final quarter; reelect team says impeachment drove best haul to date
Washington Post:
Bernie Sanders campaign announces a massive cash haul of $34.5 million in the fourth quarter of 2019
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Politico, Associated Press, The Week, Balloon Juice and DNyuz
ABC News:
Bernie Sanders tops Democratic field with massive $34.5 million haul in Q4, as other candidates release totals
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The Hill
Devan Cole / CNN:
Andrew Yang raises $16.5 million in fourth quarter
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Vox and New York Times
New York Times:
Julián Castro Ends Presidential Campaign — Mr. Castro, the former housing secretary and mayor of San Antonio, was the only Latino candidate in the race. He championed progressive policies but did not find his footing in polls. — Julián Castro, the former housing secretary …
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Talking Points Memo, Axios, HuffPost, The Daily Caller, The Week, UPI, Raw Story and Sara A. Carter
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CNBC:
Julian Castro drops out of 2020 Democratic primary race — Former Housing and Urban Development Julián Castro dropped out of the 2020 Democratic presidential primary on Thursday. — “With only a month until the Iowa caucuses and given the circumstances of this campaign season …
Bill Barrow / Associated Press:
Iowa congresswoman endorsing Joe Biden's presidential bid
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The Hill
Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: Why holding the impeachment articles might not matter — Presented by The U.S. Chamber of Commerce — DRIVING THE DAY — HAPPY NEW YEAR, and thanks to Blake for filling in the last few days. Welcome to an election year. — HERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF FOOD FOR THOUGHT …
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David E. Sanger / New York Times:
Trump Bet He Could Isolate Iran and Charm North Korea. It's Not That Easy.
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Tim Urban / Wait But Why:
It's 2020 and you're in the future — It's finally the 2020s. After 20 years of not being able to refer to the decade we're in, we're all finally free—in the clear for the next 80 years until 2100, at which point I assume AGI will have figured out what to call the two decades between 2100 and 2120.
NBC New York:
Anti-Semitism Grows in Jewish Communities in NYC Suburbs — The expansion of Hasidic communities in New York's Hudson Valley, the Catskills and northern New Jersey has led to some anti-semitic rhetoric — What to Know — With the expansion of Orthodox communities outside NYC has come civic sparring …
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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.
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Charles Creitz / Fox News:
Rod Blagojevich: Abraham Lincoln would've been impeached by today's Democrats
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The Gateway Pundit
Mitch Smith / New York Times:
'It's Creepy': Unexplained Drones Are Swarming by Night Over Colorado — Sheriffs in western Nebraska and eastern Colorado say they don't know who's flying the drones — or why. The F.A.A. is investigating. — They come in the night: Drones — lots of them — flying in precise formations over the Colorado and Nebraska prairie.
Seth Moskowitz / Larry J. Sabato's Crystal Ball:
The 2016 Electoral College Map: A Template for 2020 — KEY POINTS FROM THIS ARTICLE — In 2016, Hillary Clinton would have needed to flip 38 additional Electoral College votes to reach 270[1], thereby winning a majority in the Electoral College. — Using 2016 presidential election results …
Ross Ibbetson / Daily Mail:
By ROSS IBBETSON FOR MAILONLINE — The leader of an Iran-backed US embassy siege in Baghdad was welcomed to the White House by Barack Obama eight years ago before becoming Tehran's ‘point man’ in Iraq. — Hadi al Amiri joined Iraq's then-Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki as his Minister …
Robert Burns / Associated Press:
Esper says Iran may be planning more attacks on US interests — WASHINGTON (AP) — Iran or its proxy forces may be planning further strikes on American interests in the Middle East, and the U.S. is prepared to take preemptive military action if it gets sufficient warning, Defense Secretary Mark Esper said Thursday.
Discussion:
Axios
Robbie Meredith / BBC:
Hillary Clinton appointed chancellor of Queen's University, Belfast — Hillary Clinton is to be the new chancellor of Queen's University, Belfast (QUB). — She is the university's 11th chancellor and first woman to take up the post. — In a statement, Mrs Clinton said it was a “great privilege” to become the chancellor of QUB.
Miriam Berger / Washington Post:
Australia's prime minister visited families devastated by the wildfires. It did not go well. — The fire mercilessly tore through Cobargo, a small town near the coast in southern New South Wales, on Monday night, burning down the main street and killing two people, a father and son, caught in its destructive path.
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New York Times, Fox News and DNyuz
Ross LaJeunesse / Medium:
I Was Google's Head of International Relations. Here's Why I Left. — The company's motto used to be “Don't be evil.” Things have changed. — When I walked out the door on my last day as Google's Head of International Relations, I couldn't help but think of my first day at the company.
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TechCrunch and The Week, more at Techmeme »
Andy Smarick / The Bulwark:
Civility and Its Critics — Some self-righteous writers believe that their goodness—and their opponents' badness—justifies incivility. — As long as there are political debates, there will be those who participate in nasty ways—lying, distorting, insulting.
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