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Natasha Korecki / Politico:
Obama campaign guru: Trump would love to run against Bernie — Barack Obama's 2012 campaign manager is warning that Democrats would struggle in a general election against Donald Trump if Bernie Sanders is the nominee. — In an interview with POLITICO, Jim Messina predicted that Trump …
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Time & Money, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, Salt Lake Tribune and New York Post
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Holly Otterbein / Politico:
Bernie campaign slams Warren as candidate of the elite — DES MOINES, Iowa — The non-aggression pact between Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren is seriously fraying. — Sanders' campaign has begun stealthily attacking Warren as a candidate of the upper crust who could not expand …
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The Hill, Washington Post, Slate, ABC News, Associated Press and Axios
Benjamin Pu / NBC News:
Kerry defends Biden on Iraq War, says Bush administration ‘broke their word’
Kerry defends Biden on Iraq War, says Bush administration ‘broke their word’
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The Hill, Washington Post, Politico and Lawyers, Guns & Money
Lisa Lerer / New York Times:
Michael Bloomberg Is Open to Spending $1 Billion to Defeat Trump
Michael Bloomberg Is Open to Spending $1 Billion to Defeat Trump
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Townhall
Martin Pengelly / The Guardian:
How to dump Trump: Rick Wilson on Running Against the Devil
How to dump Trump: Rick Wilson on Running Against the Devil
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Raw Story
CNN:
First on CNN: More than a dozen Saudi servicemen to be expelled from US after review of December shooting at Naval Air Station — (CNN)More than a dozen Saudi servicemen training at US military installations will be expelled from the United States after a review that followed the deadly shooting …
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Washington Post:
U.S. plans expulsions of at least a dozen Saudi military students whose colleague killed three at Pensacola military base — At least a dozen Saudi military trainees in the United States could be sent back to their home country after an FBI investigation found connections to extremist rhetoric …
New York Times:
Furor in Iran and Abroad After Tehran Admits Downing Ukrainian Jetliner — Ukrainian officials suggest Iran would not have admitted responsibility if investigators from Ukraine had not found missile debris in the crash wreckage. — KYIV, Ukraine — Iran's stunning admission …
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Financial Times, Slate, American Military News, Radio Free Europe/Radio …, CNN, The Hill, Politico, Common Dreams, NBC News and Redstate
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GOV.UK:
Arrest of Ambassador to Iran: Foreign Secretary statement
Arrest of Ambassador to Iran: Foreign Secretary statement
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Politico, Tasnim News Agency, Radio Free Europe/Radio …, Scroll.in, Bloomberg and HuffPost
Maia Davis / NBC News:
Protests erupt in Iran over plane's downing that killed 176
Protests erupt in Iran over plane's downing that killed 176
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The Week, Breitbart, Radio Free Europe/Radio …, Al Arabiya and UPI
Maureen Dowd / New York Times:
Gone With the Windsors — Will Harry and Meghan have to move into an English basement? — I never had much use for the queen. — Maybe it's the Irish in me. As Winston Churchill said: “We've always found the Irish a bit odd. They refuse to be English.” — Or maybe it's the American in me.
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Kendall Karson / ABC News:
Majority of Americans disapprove of Trump's handling of Iran, feel less safe after strike: POLL — The results come from a new ABC News/Ipsos poll. — In a week dominated by increased tension with Iran and speculation over when impeachment articles would be delivered to the U.S. Senate …
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Ipsos, The Hill, JONATHAN TURLEY, Twitchy and Axios
Thomas Urbain / Yahoo News:
American men let it all out at new support groups — Two co-founders of men's support group Evryman, Owen Marcus (R)) and Dan Doty — Sheffield (United States) (AFP) - In a chalet in the Massachusetts countryside, tears run down Lucas Krump's cheeks as he pours his heart out at one of a new kind …
Kevin Krause / Dallas Morning News:
North Texas militia vigilante who rounded up migrants at border found dead after months on the run — Kevin Massey, considered a patriot by his supporters, was called a domestic terrorist by the federal government agencies he loathed … Kevin Lyndel Massey's body was discovered Dec. 23 in Van Zandt County, according to the sheriff.
Dana Goldstein / New York Times:
Two States. Eight Textbooks. Two American Stories. — TWO STATES. EIGHT TEXTBOOKS. TWO AMERICAN STORIES. — American history textbooks can differ across the country, in ways that are shaded by partisan politics. … We analyzed some of the most popular social studies textbooks used in California and Texas.
Chuck Ross / The Daily Caller:
Ex-DOJ Official Picked To Assist FISA Reform Was Ardent Defender Of FBI's Surveillance Of Carter Page — Former DOJ official David Kris was picked Friday to oversee the FBI's reforms of its surveillance procedures in the wake of a damning inspector general's report.
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Cernovich and Wall Street Journal
Rob Picheta / CNN:
This playboy tortoise had so much sex he saved his entire species. Now he's going home — (CNN)A womanizing tortoise whose rampant sex life may have single-handedly saved his entire species from extinction has retired from his playboy lifestyle, returning to the wild with his mission accomplished.
Chloe Atkins / NBC News:
For transgender men, pain of menstruation is more than just physical — Safety concerns and a lack of access to menstruation products are among the issues trans and gender-nonconforming people face during “that time of the month.” — When transgender model and activist Kenny Ethan Jones experienced …
Barbara Rodriguez / Des Moines Register:
U.S. Rep. Dave Loebsack endorses Pete Buttigieg for president — U.S. Rep. Dave Loebsack, a long-time Iowa congressman, has endorsed Democrat Pete Buttigieg for president. — One of three Democrats in Iowa's congressional delegation, Loebsack's backing is a high-profile boost for Buttigieg a few weeks before the caucuses on Feb. 3.
Danica Coto / Associated Press:
Magnitude 5.9 shock again rocks quake-stunned Puerto Rico — SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — A magnitude 5.9 quake shook Puerto Rico on Saturday, causing millions of dollars of damage along the island's southern coast, where previous recent quakes have toppled homes and schools.
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The Daily Caller and The Root
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Bob Brigham / Raw Story:
Alan Dershowitz files complaint against Yale psychiatrist who accused Trump supporters of ‘shared psychosis’ — Prominent Donald Trump supporter Alan Dershowitz reportedly complained to Yale University after forensic psychiatrist Dr. Bandy Lee suggested Trump supporters may have a “shared psychosis” with the president.
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Alan M. Dershowitz / Gatestone Institute:
Yale Psychiatrist Issues Diagnosis of “Psychotic” for Defending Constitutional Rights
Yale Psychiatrist Issues Diagnosis of “Psychotic” for Defending Constitutional Rights
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Breitbart
Andrew Simpson / Political Tribune:
Mother Of Marine Claimed Son Told Her Fox News Plays On Every TV On Base, Not Allowed To Change The Channel — This is horrifying. … After multiple reports emerged recently showing Donald Trump's popularity among members of the military falling precipitously, it was only a matter …
Douglass Dowty / Syracuse Post-Standard:
Bail reform causes a big drop - 100 inmates - in Syracuse jail. Reason might surprise you — Syracuse, NY — Onondaga County's jail population dropped by at least 100 inmates — a 20 percent decrease — as a result of the state's controversial bail reform law, according to a Syracuse.com |
Associated Press:
Drone flies over pedophile cardinal's Australian prison — A newspaper reports disgraced Cardinal George Pell has been transferred from a Melbourne prison after a drone illegally flew overhead in a suspected attempt to photograph the famous inmate — MELBOURNE, Australia …