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Susan Page / USA Today:
Exclusive: Americans say Soleimani's killing made US less safe, Trump ‘reckless’ on Iran  —  Americans by more than 2-1 say the killing of Iranian Gen. Qasem Soleimani has made the United States less safe, a nationwide USA TODAY/Ipsos Poll finds, amid broad concerns about the potential consequences ahead.
Discussion: Common Dreams and Raw Story
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NBC News:
‘Insulting and demeaning’: Two GOP lawmakers rip Trump administration after Iran briefing  —  “It was probably the worst briefing I've seen at least on a military issue in the nine years I've served” in the Senate, said GOP Sen. Mike Lee of Utah.  —  WASHINGTON — Lawmakers on both sides …
Allan Smith / NBC News:
Pence says sharing intel with Congress could ‘compromise’ sources  —  Speaking with NBC's “TODAY,” Pence told Savannah Guthrie that they could not share with Congress some of the “most compelling” intelligence because doing so “could compromise sources and methods.”
Discussion: Associated Press, The Week and The Hill
Shay Khatiri / The Bulwark:
Trump's Treatment of U.S. Allies Comes Home to Roost
Discussion: Raw Story
David Frum / The Atlantic:
Americans Aren't Rallying to Trump
Discussion: Breitbart and Alternet.org
Detroit News:
Poll: Biden, Bloomberg hold largest leads against Trump in Michigan  —  Former Vice President Joe Biden and former New York City Mayor Mike Bloomberg hold the best chances among the leading Democratic presidential hopefuls of defeating President Donald Trump in Michigan, according to a new statewide poll.
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Natasha Korecki / Politico:
Bernie emerges as growing threat to Biden  —  CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa — When Bernie Sanders attacked Joe Biden recently, the former vice president dismissed his former Senate colleague with a contemptuous brush-off.  —  “You guys expect me to take Bernie's comments seriously?
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Maybe Nominating Bloomberg for President Isn't a Crazy Idea  —  Not long ago, my teenaged kids and one of their friends asked me what I thought about Michael Bloomberg's presidential campaign.  The question momentarily took me aback, since even though I spend hours a day following campaign coverage …
Amie Parnes / The Hill:   Bernie-Hillary echoes seen in Biden-Sanders primary fight
Julie Pace / Associated Press:
Booker: Impeachment trial could be ‘big blow’ to my campaign
Discussion: NBC News and The Hill
Mike Isaac / New York Times:
Facebook Says It Won't Back Down From Allowing Lies in Political Ads  —  The company was under intense pressure to adjust its policies.  But in this presidential election year, no big changes are planned.  —  SAN FRANCISCO — Facebook said on Thursday that it would not make any major changes …
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Washington Post:
Facebook won't limit political ad targeting or stop false claims under new ad rules  —  But changes announced Thursday will allow users to exercise control over more of the ads they see.  —  Facebook on Thursday defied public calls to adopt significant limits on political advertising ahead …
Barbara Ortutay / Associated Press:   Facebook again declines to limit political ad targeting
Zach Montellaro / Politico:   Facebook sticks to policy allowing lies in political ads
Molly Ball / TIME:
'We've Upped the Ante.' Why Nancy Pelosi Is Going All in Against Trump  —  Nancy Pelosi isn't wild about the question.  The impeachment of President Donald Trump is under way, and I've asked the Speaker of the House if she thinks it's the most important thing she'll ever do.
Discussion: Breitbart
Allan Smith / NBC News:
Top House Democrat: ‘Time to send’ articles of impeachment to Senate  —  “I think it is time to send the impeachment to the Senate and let Mitch McConnell be responsible for the fairness of the trial,” Smith said.  —  House Armed Services Chairman Adam Smith, D-Wash., said Thursday that …
Discussion: The Hill and HuffPost
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Jordain Carney / The Hill:   Graham predicts Senate will take up impeachment trial next week
Paul Rosenzweig / The Atlantic:   Trials Are for Evidence  —  Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell …
CNN:
McConnell and Trump talk impeachment at White House meeting
Discussion: The Guardian and Politico
Sheila Bair / Washington Post:
I am a Republican, and I hope the Democrats pick a candidate I can vote for  —  Sheila Bair is the former chair of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. and has held senior appointments in four Republican and Democratic administrations.  —  Over the past 40 years — about as long as I've …
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Michelle Ye Hee Lee / Washington Post:   6 million Democratic donors gave $1 billion in 2019 through ActBlue, officials say
Brian Slodysko / Associated Press:
Democrats' contempt for Trump fuels an online cash surge
Discussion: Axios
Washington Post:
Mnuchin seeks delay of proposed disclosure of Secret Service spending on presidential travel until after election  —  The Trump administration is seeking to delay a Democratic effort to require the Secret Service to disclose how much it spends protecting President Trump and his family when they travel …
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Nicholas Kristof / New York Times:
Trump Has a Bizarre Idea of Winning  —  Let's tally up the results of his efforts with Iran.  —  For now we seem to have averted an all-out shooting war between the United States and Iran.  —  Yet it's not over.  The world is more dangerous than it was a week ago, and President Trump's exuberance suggests …
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Washington Post:
U.S. officials knew Iranian missiles were coming hours in advance
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New York Times:
3 Hours From Alert to Attacks: Inside the Race to Protect U.S. Forces From Iran Strikes  —  Intelligence that foreshadowed the Iranian attack set off a tense, often confusing afternoon in the White House Situation Room.  —  WASHINGTON — The alert came to the White House shortly after 2 p.m. on Tuesday …
Sunrise Movement:
Sunrise Movement endorses Bernie Sanders for President  —  the summer of 2017 we launched Sunrise Movement to create a political home for young people in the United States who are scared about what climate change meant for our future.  Uniting in our fear, together we have found hope in the movement we have built since then.
Discussion: HuffPost, The Hill and Axios
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Astead W. Herndon / New York Times:
Bernie Sanders's Latest Endorsement: The Sunrise Movement
Discussion: Common Dreams
Tatiana Siegel / Hollywood Reporter:
Warner Bros. Signs Deal for AI-Driven Film Management System (Exclusive)  —  The studio has made a pact with Cinelytic to use its project management system that was launched last year.  —  Resistance is futile.  Warner Bros. has become the latest studio to publicly embrace artificial intelligence.
Discussion: The Verge
Molly Jong-Fast / The Daily Beast:
Was This Ex-Fox News Anchor Benched for Accusing Trump?  —  Courtney Friel appeared in none of her regularly scheduled KTLA anchoring slots the weekend after publicly accusing the president of making a pass at her.  —  Last Friday, KTLA weekend anchor Courtney Friel gave a revealing interview with the New York Daily News.
Ted Hesson / Reuters:
U.S. appeals court stays judge's ruling blocking military funds for border wall  —  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. federal appeals court on Wednesday put on hold a lower court ruling that blocked President Donald Trump's administration from using $3.6 billion in military construction funds …
Discussion: Townhall
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Michelle Hackman / Wall Street Journal:
Appeals Court Allows Use of $3.6 Billion in Military Construction Funds for Border Wall
Discussion: Breitbart
New York Times:
The Mystery of Teen Vogue's Disappearing Facebook Article  —  The online magazine deleted a glowing story about Facebook after questions were raised about whether it was an ad.  —  On Wednesday, Teen Vogue published an article on Facebook's efforts to safeguard political speech.
Mike Allen / Axios:
Watch: Anti-Trump Lincoln Project targets evangelical voters with new video  —  “MAGA Church,” the first digital video from the Lincoln Project, a group of anti-Trump Republicans, takes aim at President Trump's standing with evangelical voters —interspersing clips of him talking about faith with videos of him speaking crudely.
Wall Street Journal:
Boeing Jet Was on Fire Before Crash, Iran Says; Investigators Consider Hostile Act  —  Ukrainian officials arrive in Tehran to help determine the cause of the crash that killed 176 people  —  The Ukraine International Airlines flight that crashed after takeoff from Tehran was on fire …
Washington Post:
White House wants to change environmental rules to speed up highway projects, pipelines and more  —  The White House is moving to exempt projects without significant federal funding from environmental reviews that have been required for 50 years, a major shift that would make it easier to build mines …
Madison Feller / ELLE:
Elizabeth Warren Wants You To Ditch That Guy, Get A Dog, And Vote To Tax The Wealthy  —  In an exclusive video with ELLE.com, Warren answers reader questions because—if you haven't heard—she has a plan for that.  —  If you've read any news about 2020 Democratic presidential candidate …
Discussion: Twitchy
David Smith / The Guardian:
Trump Jr and Ivanka Trump ‘knew they were lying’ over ploy to sell condos, book claims  —  President's son and daughter knowingly used figures that exaggerated how well the condos were selling to lure more buyers  —  Donald Trump Jr and Ivanka Trump took part in a fraudulent scheme to sell units …
Discussion: Political Wire and Trump, Inc.
Yahoo News:
Thai journalist sentenced over tweet warns of threat to media freedom  —  A Thai journalist sentenced to two years in prison for defaming the owner of a poultry farm via a tweet said Thursday the kingdom's criminal libel laws are eviscerating media freedom.  —  A court convicted Suchanee Cloitre …
Jessica Schulberg / HuffPost:
War With Iran Is Nothing To Worry About, Men Who Launched Iraq War Promise  —  2020 is the new 2003.  —  Over the past week, the American people have been glued to cable news broadcasts with blaring red chyrons warning of imminent military conflict in the Middle East.
John DiStaso / WMUR:
NH Primary Source: Presidential forum on ‘Our Rights, Our Courts’ planned for Feb. 8  —  Leading NH Democrats join with national progressive groups to host series of discussions on federal judiciary … ‘OUR RIGHTS, OUR COURTS.’ The first presidential forum exclusively focused …
 
 
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John F. Harris / Politico:
‘He is our O.J.’  —  Explain yourself, I asked readers …
Discussion: Raw Story
Mark Weinberg / The Bulwark:
What Would Reagan Think?  —  He'd hope that the party he led …
Discussion: Raw Story
Eli Lake / Bloomberg:
Trump Doesn't Want War With Iran
Steve Inskeep / New York Times:
It's 1856 All Over Again
Washington Post:
Inside Elizabeth Warren's effort to court her vanquished rivals — and why it's worth her time
Discussion: The Atlantic
Chelsea Janes / Washington Post:
Pete Buttigieg wins first endorsement from a black member of Congress
Discussion: Bloomberg
Reade Pickert / Yahoo Finance:
A Great Year for U.S. Jobs Is Also Likely to Be Worst Since 2011
 Earlier Items: 
Suadad al-Salhy / Middle East Eye:
REVEALED: Iraqi armed factions not ready to strike US forces, commanders say
Leonard N. Fleming / Detroit News:
Poll: Peters holds small lead over James in Michigan Senate race
Reuters:
Denied U.S. entry, Mexican cuts own throat on bridge over Rio Grande
Jay Willis / The Appeal:
Chesa Boudin Sworn In as San Francisco's New District Attorney
Washington Post:
GOP leaders spar over adding House members to Trump's impeachment defense team
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