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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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Washington Post:
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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Public Radio International:
Gen. Petraeus on Qasem Soleimani's killing: 'It's impossible to overstate the significance' — Listen to the story. — The United States is sending nearly 3,000 additional troops to the Middle East from the 82nd Airborne Division as a precaution amid rising threats to American forces in the region, the Pentagon said on Friday.
Associated Press:
Iran general steps out of Soleimani's shadow to lead proxies — This undated photo released by the official website of the office of the Iranian supreme leader, shows Maj. Gen. Esmail Ghaani. Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei later on Friday appointed Qassem Soleimani's deputy …
Vanessa Allen / Daily Mail:
Tracked for years...wiped out by a drone: How Qassem Soleimani was targeted by 230mph laser guided Hellfire missile fired from near-silent US MQ-9 Reaper drone after years of intelligence tracking his whereabouts — He had escaped many previous assassination attempts.
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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Grace Hauck / USA Today:
Protests planned across US to condemn Trump administration actions in Iraq, Iran — CHICAGO - More than 70 demonstrations were planned across the U.S. on Saturday to protest the Trump administration's killing of a top Iranian general and decision to send about 3,000 more soldiers to the Middle East.
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UPI, Al Jazeera and The Economic Collapse
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 …
David S. Cloud / Los Angeles Times:
How Trump made the decision to kill Suleimani
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Politico and Responsible Statecraft
Ross Ibbetson / Daily Mail:
Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei with family members of the killed general
Christopher Bedford / The Federalist:
Killing Soleimani Was The Right Move, And Shows Precisely Why It's Time To Leave Iraq
Tal Axelrod / The Hill:
More than 70 protests planned across US against Soleimani strike
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Redstate, Breitbart, The Daily Caller and MyNorthwest.com
Curtis Houck / NB Blog:
Embarrassing: ‘NBC Nightly News’ Turns Itself into Infomercial for Iranian Regime
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TASS
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, Daily Kos, BizPac Review, New York Times and Slate
Washington Post:
Trump endorses tweet comparing top Senate Democrat to Iranians
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WND, The National Interest, Raw Story, Breitbart and Vanity Fair
Thomas L. Friedman / New York Times:
Trump Kills Iran's Most Overrated Warrior
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News Items and One America News Network
Washington Post:
Yes, Soleimani was an enemy. That doesn't mean Trump made the right call.
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JONATHAN TURLEY:
Trump Orders Defense Department To Publicly Confirm Assassination Of Iranian General
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Redstate, Fox News and New York Post
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 …
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Dexter Filkins / New Yorker:
The Dangers Posed by the Killing of Qassem Suleimani — The killing of Qassem Suleimani, the Iranian commander targeted by an American strike Thursday night, is the most consequential act taken against the regime in Tehran in thirty years—even if we don't know what those consequences will be.
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New York Times, Quartz and The Guardian
Zach Montague / New York Times:
Pence Links Suleimani to 9/11. The Public Record Doesn't Back Him.
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New York Times:
A Shocked Iraq Reconsiders Its Relationship With the U.S.
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Los Angeles Times, americamagazine.org and Summit News
Amy Mackinnon / Foreign Policy:
Former U.S. Ambassador to Iraq: U.S. Personnel and Allies Across Region Could Be Targets
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Raw Story
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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The Guardian, No More Mister Nice Blog and Raw Story
Peter Nicholas / The Atlantic:
The Other Reason Republicans Won't Cross Trump — If President Donald Trump is booted from office, the catalyst looks certain to be the November election, not impeachment. The Senate has yet to convene an impeachment trial, and the recent killing of an Iranian general could further complicate lawmakers' timing.
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Steve Benen / MSNBC:
Trump briefed Graham on airstrike, but kept Dems in the dark
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Talking Points Memo and HuffPost
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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Mother Jones, POLITICUSUSA, The Hill, CNN, Raw Story and Center for Public Integrity
Jimmy Vielkind / Wall Street Journal:
New York Dangled Extra Incentives in Initial Bid to Lure Amazon HQ2 — E-commerce retailer was offered $800 million more in tax credits and grants than previously known
Will Sommer / The Daily Beast:
QAnon Believer Teamed Up With Conspiracy Theorists to Plot Kidnapping, Police Say — Conspiracy theorist Cynthia Abcug allegedly predicted that “Satan worshipers” would be killed in a raid by QAnon believers. — Colorado mother Cynthia Abcug became an unlikely star on the fringe right …
Sam Tabachnik / Denver Post:
A night on the plains: Chasing the mysterious drones of eastern Colorado — How one community is dealing with their bizarre aerial visitors — LAST CHANCE — It's 6:36 p.m. on a chilly January night, and the Lincoln County Sheriff's Office is prepping for calls.
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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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Parker Molloy / Media Matters for America:
Revelations from the Afghanistan Papers underscore the need for a media skepticism on Iran
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Jacob Stolworthy / The Independent:
Meat Loaf says Greta Thunberg has been brainwashed into thinking climate change is real — The singer thinks the activist has ‘been forced’ into her beliefs — Rock musician Meat Loaf thinks Greta Thunberg has been brainwashed into thinking climate change is real.
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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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