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The Daily Beast:
Trump Told Mar-a-Lago Pals to Expect ‘Big’ Iran Action ‘Soon’ — Attendees of a closed-door Senate briefing didn't get much more clarity than the club guests did. Instead, officials spun Soleimani's slaying as a way to “de-escalate” tensions. — In the five days prior to launching …
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How Trump decided to kill a top Iranian general — On Sunday, President Trump's most senior national security advisers joined him at his Mar-a- — Lago resort in Florida, where Trump was beginning the second week of his holiday vacation. The officials told reporters that U.S. F-15 Strike Eagles …
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Melissa Etehad / Los Angeles Times:
Pence falsely links Iranian general to 9/11 attacks — On Friday afternoon, Vice President Mike Pence took to Twitter to justify the targeted U.S. attack that killed Iranian Gen. Qassem Suleimani. — But scholars say his tweets contain several inaccuracies, including an allegation …
Washington Post:
Trump plunges toward the kind of Middle Eastern conflict he pledged to avoid — With a single momentous decision to authorize a drone strike killing a top Iranian commander in Baghdad, President Trump immediately thrust himself into the center of a volatile and unpredictable region …
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Balloon Juice and DNyuz
Rodney Jefferson / Yahoo Finance:
Fear Hits Tehran Over What Might Come Next — (Bloomberg) — Their supreme leader promised revenge and thousands gathered in Tehran to watch American flags burn, but any show of defiance after the assassination of their most prominent military man is laced with anguish for many Iranians.
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Nahal Toosi / Politico:
How Trump decided to kill Iran's Soleimani — Hours before the U.S. military sent a Reaper drone to kill one of the most wanted men on the planet, President Donald Trump was relaxing at his palatial Florida properties. In the morning, he played 18 holes at Trump International, his West Palm Beach golf club.
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Ross Ibbetson / Daily Mail:
Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei with family members of the killed general — And he vowed to take whatever action necessary to combat terrorism. — 'The United States has the best military by far anywhere in the world. We have the best intelligence in the world.
New York Times:
A Shocked Iraq Reconsiders Its Relationship With the U.S. — The killing of General Suleimani, intended as a shot against Iran, could accelerate an Iranian objective: pushing the United States military out of Iraq. — BAGHDAD — American oil workers were fleeing Iraq on Friday …
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DNyuz, Los Angeles Times and The Week
David S. Cloud / Los Angeles Times:
How Trump made the decision to kill Suleimani — When President Trump's national security team came to his Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida on Monday, they weren't expecting him to approve an operation to kill Gen. Qassem Suleimani. — Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo …
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Politico
JONATHAN TURLEY:
Trump Orders Defense Department To Publicly Confirm Assassination Of Iranian General
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Redstate, Fox News and New York Post
Christopher Bedford / The Federalist:
Killing Soleimani Was The Right Move, And Shows Precisely Why It's Time To Leave Iraq
Curtis Houck / NB Blog:
Embarrassing: ‘NBC Nightly News’ Turns Itself into Infomercial for Iranian Regime
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Washington Post:
Yes, Soleimani was an enemy. That doesn't mean Trump made the right call.
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New York Times, New York Post, Raw Story, Informed Comment, Reuters, Mother Jones, The Atlantic, Althouse and americamagazine.org
Mother Jones:
With a War Against Iran Brewing, Don't Listen to the Hawks Who Lied Us Into Iraq
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The Daily Caller, BizPac Review, Daily Kos and New York Times
NBC News:
Planned attacks against U.S. targets in Syria, Lebanon were reason for Soleimani strike, say officials
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CBS News, Associated Press, Letters from an American, The Economic Collapse and Common Dreams
Washington Post:
Trump endorses tweet comparing top Senate Democrat to Iranians
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The National Interest, Breitbart, Raw Story and Vanity Fair
Sarah Mervosh / New York Times:
Will There Be a Draft? Young People Worry After Military Strike
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CNN, Mashable, Michigan Advance and DNyuz
Max Fisher / New York Times:
Is There a Risk of Wider War With Iran?
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Associated Press, DNyuz and Townhall
Newsweek:
Iraqi militia leader may be among six killed in another U.S. drone strike in Baghdad
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DNyuz
Jason Rezaian / Washington Post:
All Iranians can agree on one thing: No one wants a war
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The Times of Israel, Common Dreams and MarketWatch
New York Times:
White House Withholds 20 Emails Between Two Trump Aides on Ukraine Aid — It contends the release of the documents sought by The Times, would “inhibit the frank and candid exchange of views” in government decision-making. — WASHINGTON — The Trump administration disclosed on Friday …
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Neal Rothschild / Axios:
Trump children are 2 of the top 4 choices for Republicans in 2024 — Ready to skip 2020 and go straight to 2024? In a new SurveyMonkey poll, Republican voters chose children of President Trump — Don Jr. and Ivanka — as two of the top four picks for president in five years.
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Alexander Nazaryan / Yahoo News:
Democrats battle White House over executive power and congressional oversight — WASHINGTON — Attorneys for House Democrats on Friday challenged the Trump administration on its claims of executive powers, in two court hearings that, while not directly related to the
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Tess Bonn / The Hill:
Bloomberg rises to third place alongside Warren in national poll — Former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg saw a 6-point bump in the latest Hill.TV survey of the Democratic presidential primary. — The nationwide poll, which was released Friday, shows Bloomberg up from 5 percent …
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Thomas J. Wood / Politico:
No, We're Not Living in a Post-Fact World — Since President Donald Trump's election, if not before, a conventional wisdom has emerged that Americans are living in a “post-truth” age. Whether they're talking about Trump's dealings with Ukraine or debates about climate change, many journalists …
Fred Fleitz / New York Post:
As a former whistleblower, I think the Ukraine complaint is cowardly crock — There's a proper way for a CIA whistleblower to complain about a president. The anonymous CIA whistleblower who set off the Ukraine impeachment brouhaha did it wrong. — I would know — because I'm a former CIA officer …
Matt Welch / Reason:
Reminder: American Officials Lie About War — “Don't trust liars—especially about matters of war and peace,” writes Vox's Matthew Yglesias. “Today's a day,” The Atlantic's David Frum posits, “when the most untruthful administration in US history will wish its statements could be believed.”
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Yahoo News:
Gervais back to roast Hollywood in ‘final’ Globes role — “Shut up, you disgusting, pill-popping deviant scum!” — Those were the words Ricky Gervais used to open the star-studded Golden Globes in 2016 — the last time he hosted Hollywood's most free-wheeling award show.
Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
When will Bernie Sanders get the scrutiny that top-tier candidates deserve? — Former vice president Joe Biden claims that the nearly year-long assault on his record has been entirely unsuccessful, showing that he can take a pummeling and keep fighting. Former South Bend, Ind. …
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Steve Doughty Social Affairs / Daily Mail:
The Muslim population of England has passed the three million mark for the first time (file image) — According to the ONS assessment, Christians continue to decline in number, but the drop in allegiance to Christianity may be slowing. — Among other faith groups, the share of Hindus …
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New York Daily News:
McConnell and Pelosi dig in their heels on standoff over Trump impeachment trial — The standoff over President Trump's expected impeachment trial showed no signs of letting up Friday, as Mitch McConnell and Nancy Pelosi accused each other of playing political football with the somber process.
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