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Thomas Gibbons-Neff / New York Times:
Esper Says He 'Didn't See' Specific Evidence Iranians Planned to Attack 4 Embassies — President Trump had claimed that a planned attack on four American embassies was a justification for the strike on an Iranian general. — WASHINGTON — Defense Secretary Mark T. Esper said on Sunday …
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Melissa Quinn / CBS News:
Esper says he “didn't see” specific evidence showing Iranian threat to 4 U.S. embassies — Washington — Secretary of Defense Mark Esper said he “didn't see” specific evidence that top Iranian military commander Qassem Soleimani was planning attacks on four U.S. embassies, but said he believed such attacks would have occurred.
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Political Wire and Daily Kos
Allan Smith / NBC News:
Esper said he 'didn't see' intelligence backing up Trump claim Iran was preparing to attack 4 embassies — “I didn't see one with regard to four embassies,” Esper said of evidence leading to Trump's conclusion. “What I'm saying is I shared the president's view.”
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Mother Jones, Axios, POLITICUSUSA and The Hill
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.
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Mother Jones
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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One America News Network, Washington Post, The Hill, Slate, ABC News and Associated Press
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Nina Turner / The State:
While Bernie Sanders has always stood up for African Americans, Joe Biden has repeatedly let us down — In choosing between the two Democratic Party candidates atop the polls, African American voters have a consequential decision to make: — Will our community side with former Vice President Joe Biden …
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The Hill and Bern Notice
Natasha Korecki / Politico:
Obama campaign guru: Trump would love to run against Bernie
Obama campaign guru: Trump would love to run against Bernie
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The Hill, Time & Money and Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion
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 Root, Balloon Juice, The Hill, 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
ABC News:
McConnell will be ‘accountable’ to the American people: Nancy Pelosi — Pelosi told ABC's “This Week” that she'll “consult” with her members Tuesday. — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said she thinks Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell would be “accountable” to the American people on the need for witnesses.
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Townhall, Talking Points Memo, Associated Press, Law & Crime, The Hill, Breitbart and Mediaite
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Elise Viebeck / Washington Post:
Pelosi says Trump ‘impeached for life’ despite McConnell's ‘gamesmanship,’ ‘coverup’ — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) said Sunday that President Trump is impeached for life regardless of “any gamesmanship” by Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), whom she accused of orchestrating a …
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ABC News
Matthew Chapman / Raw Story:
George Conway and Neal Katyal advise Pelosi on how to trip up McConnell's impeachment plans
George Conway and Neal Katyal advise Pelosi on how to trip up McConnell's impeachment plans
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Breitbart
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.
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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PJ Media Home, The Week, The Gateway Pundit, Fox News, Breitbart and KTLA
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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 Independent, Slate, The Hill, ABC13, JONATHAN TURLEY, Twitchy and Axios
Michael Levenson / New York Times:
Trump Took Credit for Lower Cancer Death Rates. Advocates Say Not So Fast. — President Trump's recent suggestion that his administration was responsible for the decline drew a rebuttal from the American Cancer Society, which published the findings. — When the American Cancer Society reported …
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Chicago Tribune and HillReporter.com
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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Breitbart and Gatestone Institute
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 …
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Althouse
GOV.UK:
Arrest of Ambassador to Iran: Foreign Secretary statement — The British Ambassador to Iran was briefly detained by Iranian authorities on 11 January. — Foreign & Commonwealth Office and The Rt Hon Dominic Raab MP — Following the brief detention of Her Majesty's Ambassador to Iran Rob Macaire …
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Bloomberg, The Guardian, The Daily Caller, Tasnim News Agency, Breitbart, Politico, Scroll.in, Radio Free Europe/Radio … and HuffPost
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David Gambacorta / Politico:
Satan, the FBI, the Mob—and the Forgotten Plot to Kill Ted Kennedy — The FBI and Secret Service agents made their way through the streets of San Francisco's foggy Richmond District neighborhood, about two miles from the Golden Gate Bridge, toward a narrow Victorian house that looked …
John Leicester / Associated Press:
France's #MeToo: Book on child-sex writer prompts outcry — PARIS (AP) — He was a middle-aged French author becoming known, even celebrated, for writing about sex with children. She was a fragile 14-year-old, too young to foresee the damage she says was done to her life by his predatory grip on her body and mind.
Jon Emont / Wall Street Journal:
An Airline Required a Woman to Take a Pregnancy Test to Fly to This U.S. Island — Immigration concerns in Saipan put pressure on airlines to screen their passengers — HONG KONG—Japanese citizen Midori Nishida was checking in to a flight in Hong Kong in November to visit her parents on Saipan …
Tarpley Hitt / The Daily Beast:
Inside the ‘Secret Service of Hollywood’ That Guards Stars Like Post Malone and Jennifer Lopez — PRECIOUS CARGO — “We're constantly monitoring threats,” says Russell Stuart, founder of the Force Protection Agency—a team of current and ex-soldiers protecting some of Hollywood's biggest stars.
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 …
Mary Papenfuss / HuffPost:
Giuliani Crony Lev Parnas Has More Records ‘Essential’ To Impeachment Inquiry: Attorney — Parnas' attorney pushes to release more records that could be damaging to Trump. — Lev Parnas, a Donald Trump contributor indicted for campaign finance charges, is seeking to release even more records that are …
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Raw Story
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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The Federalist, Cernovich and Wall Street Journal
Carlin Becker / Washington Examiner:
Trump tweet in Farsi ‘the most liked Persian tweet’ in history of Twitter — President Trump's tweet in Farsi expressing his support for Iranians protesting Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has already earned over 200,000 likes, making it the “most liked Persian tweet” …
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The Gateway Pundit, Radio Free Europe, TMZ.com and Power Line