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Senior US officials say there is widespread opposition within the Trump administration to targeting cultural sites in Iran — Washington (CNN)Two senior US officials on Sunday described widespread opposition within the administration to targeting cultural sites in Iran should the United …
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Trump's One Foreign-Policy Idea Is to Make America More Like Its Enemies — President Trump's risky escalation of the conflict with Iran has confused many people who took him, if not for a dove exactly, then for a skeptic of wars, especially in the Middle East.
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No More Mister Nice Blog, CNN and Blue Delaware


Trump Threatens Iranian Cultural Sites, and Warns of Sanctions on Iraq — The president threatened Iran over potential retaliation for the death of a top general, and Iraq over the potential expulsion of United States troops. — WASHINGTON — President Trump on Sunday evening doubled …


Attacking Iran's Cultural Sites Would Violate the Hague Cultural Property Convention — On Sunday, President Trump — as he is wont to do when criticized — doubled down on his threat to bomb Iranian cultural sites if Iran attacks the United States in response to the killing of Qassim Suleimani.
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Trump's order to kill Soleimani is already starting to backfire — Sign up for the Today's WorldView newsletter. — Over the weekend, thousands of mourners in cities in Iraq and Iran participated in funeral processions for Maj. Gen. Qasem Soleimani, a prominent Iranian commander.
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New York Times, The Week and Progress Pond


For Trump, the Burden May Be Proving This Is Not the Moment His Critics Predicted — The president and his allies dismiss the criticism about Iran as partisan blowback from political adversaries too timid to take strong action against foreign enemies. — WASHINGTON — For three years …
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Killing of Soleimani follows long push from Pompeo for aggressive action against Iran …
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Scoop: Trump officials tried to stop Iraqi expulsion vote
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Secret Iranian Spy Cables Show How Qassim Suleimani Wielded His Enormous Power in Iraq
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American Greatness, CNN, Townhall, Bloomberg, Mother Jones and Wall Street Journal, more at Mediagazer »

POLITICO Playbook: Washington returns to a world in crisis
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KTLA, The Hill and New York Times, more at Mediagazer »


Ricky Gervais' Golden Globes Jokes, Ranked In Order of Dickishness — Going into the Golden Globes, the biggest question was not who will win the night's biggest awards but how much of a jerk Ricky Gervais would be. Over the course of his four previous hosting gigs, Gervais has cultivated …
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Review: Politics reigned at the Golden Globes. Too bad Ricky Gervais didn't notice — Forget the escapist magic of Hollywood. Nihilism was the name of the game when host Ricky Gervais opened the Golden Globes on Sunday night with a gloom-and-doom monologue so cynical it made the effervescent Tom Hanks scowl.


Golden Globes 2020: Ricky Gervais hits Hollywood stars exactly where it hurts — How Hollywood sees itself: dedicated craftsmen, important artists, world thought leaders. How Ricky Gervais (and everyone else) sees them: criminals, perverts and dopes — a gang of pretentious jerkwads …
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The Federalist and Page Six


Ricky Gervais Tells Hollywood to “F*** Off” in Expletive-Filled Golden Globes Monologue
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Ricky Gervais' Golden Globes Monologue Mocks Hollywood's Jeffrey Epstein Ties
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One Year in Washington Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez reshaped her party's agenda, resuscitated Bernie Sanders's campaign, and hardly has a friend in town. — The corridors of Capitol Hill are a marbled monotony, with Oxford heels clacking around corners indistinguishable from one another …


The very real scenario of a protracted, ‘bizarro world’ Democratic primary — Democrats are now beginning to confront a very real scenario where the nomination — and the winnowing — will not be decided in states where campaigns have been plowing ground for more than a year …
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Why Judge Judy Is Endorsing Mike Bloomberg for President Against Donald Trump
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CNN, New York Post and Florida Politics


Trump's German envoy blasts Europe over Iran — BERLIN — U.S. Ambassador to Germany Richard Grenell took aim at European governments for failing to condemn Tehran over attacks it orchestrated over the past few months, as he justified America's assassination of Iranian General Qassem Soleimani.
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Pelosi announces war powers resolution as tensions with Iran escalate
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US Citizens From Iran Were Stopped And Questioned At The US Border While Returning From Canada — The questioning was the basis of viral social media claims that the US was detaining Iranians at border crossings. Customs and Border Protection said it was operating with …
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U.S. Stops Dozens of Iranian-Americans Returning From Canada
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Border stops for people of Iranian descent spark outrage
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A Democrat Who Can Beat Trump — Why Amy Klobuchar still has a chance. — If you're like a lot of Democrats, you worry that Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren are too liberal — or at least that other voters think so. You're also not buying the Pete Buttigieg hype.


Julián Castro Endorses Elizabeth Warren — The move came soon after Mr. Castro ended his own bid for the Democratic presidential nomination, and gives a lift to Ms. Warren's campaign as it tries to reignite excitement. — Julián Castro, the former housing secretary whose …
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Axios and The Guardian


A Typical Trump Vacation, With a Momentous Result — For three years, President Trump's winter visits to Mar-a-Lago, his private club, have allowed him time to combine his personal and presidential business. But the juxtaposition this year was something quite different.
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Raw Story


Obamaworld Hates Bernie—and Has No Idea How to Stop Him — The most striking response to an ascendant Sanders is the lack of one. — Former President Barack Obama's top lieutenants are eager to poke every conceivable hole in Bernie Sanders' resurgent bid for the Democratic nomination.
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Chafee files to run for president again — PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) — Former Gov. Lincoln Chafee is taking steps to make a second run for president, this time under a different party banner. — Chafee filed paperwork with the Federal Elections Commission on Sunday creating a Lincoln Chafee …
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Lawyers, Guns & Money, The Week and CNN


60 Minutes investigates the death of Jeffrey Epstein — Jeffrey Epstein was a convicted sex offender and a wealthy financier with powerful friends. 60 Minutes examines the circumstances surrounding his death in a Manhattan federal jail cell. Warning: This report contains graphic images.
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Trump threatens to slap sanctions on Iraq 'like they've never seen before' — President Donald Trump threatened Sunday to slap sanctions on Iraq after its parliament passed a resolution calling for the government to expel foreign troops from the country. — Tensions in the Middle East spiraled …
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