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Newsweek:
Iranian missile system shot down Ukraine flight, probably by mistake, sources say  —  The Ukrainian flight that crashed just outside the Iranian capital of Tehran was struck by an anti-aircraft missile system, a Pentagon official, a senior U.S. intelligence official and an Iraqi intelligence official told Newsweek.
New York Times:
Iranian Missile Accidentally Brought Down Ukrainian Jet, Officials Say, Citing Early Evidence  —  An Iranian surface-to-air missile brought down the jetliner, killing everyone aboard, Canada's prime minister said, citing intelligence reports and echoing U.S. officials' conclusions.
Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
Who Will Win The 2020 Democratic Nomination?  —  Our latest forecast for how many pledged delegates each candidate will win after all states have voted  —  FiveThirtyEight's model simulates the primary season thousands of times to find the most likely outcome for each candidate.
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Dana Blanton / Fox News:
Fox News Poll: Biden and Sanders vie for lead in Nevada, Biden tops Trump  —  Joe Biden and Bernie Sanders remain the top picks for the Democratic nomination among Nevada caucusgoers, while Elizabeth Warren fades and Tom Steyer gains momentum.  In the general election contest …
Monmouth University Polling Institute:
Four-Way Fight in Dem Primary  —  Granite State voters divided on whether all Dems have equal voice in nomination  —  West Long Branch, NJ - Support for former South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg and Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders has grown while backing for Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren …
Zach Montellaro / Politico:
Surging Steyer qualifies for Democratic debate  —  Billionaire Tom Steyer has qualified for next week's Democratic presidential debate on the strength of an apparent polling surge in two early-nominating states.  —  Two Fox News polls released on Thursday evening, just one day ahead …
Discussion: Axios, The Hill, MSNBC and CNN
Dana Blanton / Fox News:   Fox News Poll: Races tighten between Trump and Democrats in Wisconsin
Dana Blanton / Fox News:
Fox News Poll: Biden ahead by 21 points among South Carolina Democrats
Discussion: The Hill
CNN:   Democrats slept on Bernie Sanders. Now he's surging as Iowa approaches
Washington Post:
Justice Dept. winds down Clinton-related inquiry once championed by Trump.  It found nothing of consequence.  —  A Justice Department inquiry launched more than two years ago to mollify conservatives clamoring for more investigations of Hillary Clinton has effectively ended with no tangible results …
Discussion: Law & Crime and Raw Story
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
GOP senator who erupted over Iran briefing shares awful new details  —  If President Trump made the decision to assassinate the supreme leader of Iran, would he need to come to Congress to get authorization for it?  —  The Trump administration won't say.  —  That remarkable claim …
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Zachary Basu / Axios:
House passes war powers resolution condemning military action against Iran  —  The House voted 224-194 on Thursday in favor of a symbolic war powers resolution directing President Trump to halt the use of military force against Iran unless he obtains approval from Congress.
Josh Israel / The American Independent:
House votes to rein in Trump's war powers over Iran strike
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Dan Lamothe / Washington Post:
Army general denies request by officer pardoned by Trump to have his Special Forces tab reinstated  —  An Army general has denied a request by an officer pardoned in an open murder case by President Trump to have his Special Forces tab reinstated, setting up a potential showdown between senior defense officials and the White House.
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.
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Felicia Sonmez / Washington Post:
Rep. Stefanik tweets altered photo of Pelosi in GOP fundraising appeal
Tom Winter / NBC News:
Surveillance video from Jeffrey Epstein's first apparent suicide attempt ‘no longer exists’  —  Officials at the federal jail housing Epstein preserved video from the wrong floor due to a clerical error.  —  The surveillance footage taken from outside Jeffrey Epstein's jail cell …
Discussion: The Daily Caller and Mediaite
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Stephen Rex Brown / New York Daily News:
Surveillance video of Jeffrey Epstein's cell during suicide attempt was destroyed: prosecutors  —  Surveillance footage from outside Jeffrey Epstein's cell during his suicide attempt was destroyed, prosecutors revealed Thursday.  —  The revelation in a letter filed by Assistant U.S. Attorneys Maurene Comey …
Jordain Carney / The Hill:
McConnell backs measure to change Senate rules, dismiss impeachment without articles  —  Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) is backing a resolution to change the Senate's rules to allow for lawmakers to dismiss articles of impeachment against President Trump before the House sends them over.
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Devan Cole / CNN:
‘I left parts of my body in Iraq’: Duckworth rips into GOP rep who said Democrats ‘love’ terrorists  —  Washington (CNN)Democratic Sen. Tammy Duckworth, who lost both of her legs serving in the Iraq War, on Thursday ripped into the top Republican on the House Judiciary Committee …
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CNN:   How Pompeo convinced Trump to kill Soleimani and fulfilled a decade-long goal
Sarah Posner / New Republic:
The Evangelicals Who Pray for War With Iran
Rebecca English / Daily Mail:
Harry and Meghan to step back as senior royals  —  Harry and Meghan quit as senior Royals, announcing they will split their time between the UK and North America, and are understood to have done so without discussing the matter with other Royals.
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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 …
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Matt Flegenheimer / New York Times:
Around the Country in 17 Hours With Michael Bloomberg
Discussion: Axios
Rudy Giuliani / The Daily Caller:
The Supreme Court Should Step In To Rule This Impeachment Unconstitutional  —  Democrats' obsession from day one to impeach President Donald J. Trump, without regard to substance or process, led them to change the grounds for impeachment every couple of months.
Discussion: Washington Post, Fox News and Raw Story
Priscilla DeGregory / New York Post:
Judge denies Trump's bid to have E. Jean Carroll's defamation suit tossed  —  New York journalist E. Jean Carroll's defamation lawsuit against President Trump will go forward after a judge denied the president's bid to toss her case.  —  Last week, Trump asked a judge to dismiss the Elle magazine …
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Jennifer Peltz / Associated Press:   Judge denies Trump effort to stop columnist defamation suit
Michael Finnegan / Los Angeles Times:
Eric Garcetti endorses Joe Biden for president  —  Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti, who flirted with the idea of running for president but skipped the 2020 campaign, endorsed former Vice President Joe Biden for the Democratic nomination on Thursday.  —  Garcetti will be one of Biden's highest …
Discussion: Axios
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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.
ABC News:
Bloomberg won't release women who sued him from secrecy agreements  —  Bloomberg was sued several times over the years.  The cases were resolved.  —  Democratic presidential candidate Mike Bloomberg told ABC News this week he will not take any steps to release women who have signed …
Discussion: The Hill
Alexandra Petri / Washington Post:
Millions of Americans devastated to learn they were ardent fans of Soleimani this whole time  —  “The only ones that are mourning the loss of Soleimani are our Democrat leadership and our Democrat presidential candidates.”  — Nikki Haley  —  “They are in love with terrorists.
Discussion: CNN
Ali Zerdin / Associated Press:
Statue mocking Donald Trump torched in Slovenia  —  LJUBLJANA, Slovenia (AP) — A wooden statue mocking U.S. President Donald Trump was burned to the ground Thursday in Slovenia, the birthplace of his wife Melania, authorities said.  —  The nearly eight-meter (26-foot) high construction …
Discussion: Breitbart and The Daily Caller
New York Times:
Who Killed the Knapp Family?  —  Across America, working-class people — including many of our friends — are dying of despair.  And we're still blaming the wrong people.  —  Mr. Kristof is an Opinion columnist.  Ms. WuDunn is a business consultant.  —  YAMHILL, Ore. …
Greg Farrell / Bloomberg:
NYC Bar Association Asks Congress to Investigate AG Barr for Bias  — A rare rebuke of a U.S. attorney general by a bar association  — Group says Barr has ‘disregarded’ his duty to be impartial  —  The New York City Bar Association has asked Congress to investigate U.S. Attorney …
Jonathan Bernstein / Yahoo News:
Why Utah's Mike Lee Might Actually Vote to Remove Trump  —  (Bloomberg Opinion) — Get Jonathan Bernstein's newsletter every morning in your inbox.  Click here to subscribe.  —  I had a Twitter discussion awhile ago in which I argued that Utah Senator Mike Lee was one of the three or four …
Discussion: Washington Post and Raw Story
Spectrum News NY State of Politics:
A Visual Representation of New York in 2020, as Designed by Cuomo  —  Gov. Andrew Cuomo's 10th State of the State address had a lot of concepts — both big and small.  The speech is thousands of words, and, the over-arching agenda fits into a small book of 318 pages.  So, how can that be visually represented?
Discussion: New York Post and Twitchy
Charlotte Edwards / New York Post:
New research finds Jupiter is flinging asteroids at Earth  — NASA shows off ‘most powerful rocket ever built’  — Images of rarely-seen ‘dark side’ of the Moon released by Chinese rover  — Asteroid bigger than the Empire State Building to make close approach to Earth
Discussion: The Sun
 
 
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Alex Thomas / IJR:
New GOP Senator Will Sit on Committee Overseeing Agency That Regulates Her Husband's Business
Discussion: Wall Street Journal
Apple Podcasts:
Targeted Killings: Suleimani & Hoffa (with Jack Goldsmith)
Morgan Phillips / Fox News:
Trump remarks ignite conflicting claims about plot against US embassy
Kathy Mccormack / Associated Press:
Dixville Notch finds enough people to retain claim to fame
CBS Philly:
Bill Cosby's Latest Appeal Blames #MeToo Era For Sexual Assault Conviction
Nick Miroff / Washington Post:
Trump administration plans to announce 100-mile mark on border wall construction
Discussion: The Hill and Raw Story
Roger Kimball / Spectator USA:
Eliminating Qasem Soleimani was Donald Trump's Middle East farewell letter
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Megan Leonhardt / CNBC:
61% of Americans say there's too much economic inequality in the U.S.
Discussion: Pew Research Center
Thomas Brewster / Forbes:
U.S. Funds Free Android Phones For The Poor — But With Permanent Chinese Malware
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Eli Clifton / Responsible Statecraft:
‘Think Tank’ That Promotes War and Regime Change in Iran Paid Salary of Departing Trump NSC Staffer
U.S. Department of Justice:
Queens Woman Sentenced to 15 Years' Imprisonment for Teaching and Distributing Information …
Discussion: Fox News and The Hill
Des Moines Register:
New Iowa Poll to be released Friday, could help determine which Democratic candidates get on the January debate stage
Discussion: NPR and CNN
Mike Allen / Axios:
Watch: Anti-Trump Lincoln Project targets evangelical voters with new video
Molly Jong-Fast / The Daily Beast:
Was This Ex-Fox News Anchor Benched for Accusing Trump?
 

 
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Jack Dunn / Variety:
Trump appoints Mark Burnett, the British TV executive who created and produced the reality show The Apprentice, as a special envoy to the UK

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