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8:10 AM ET, January 12, 2020

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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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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 …
Lisa Lerer / New York Times:
Michael Bloomberg Is Open to Spending $1 Billion to Defeat Trump  —  The Democratic presidential candidate said he would spend big even if the nominee was someone he had sharp differences with, like Bernie Sanders or Elizabeth Warren.  —  SAN MARCOS, Texas — Michael R. Bloomberg on Saturday …
Discussion: Townhall
Martin Pengelly / The Guardian:
How to dump Trump: Rick Wilson on Running Against the Devil
Discussion: Raw Story
New York Times:
Sanders and Biden Look for Dominance in Early States
Discussion: The Guardian
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 …
Discussion: Fox News, Breitbart and KTLA
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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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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.
Discussion: Breitbart
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Agence France-Presse:   Queen, Prince Harry, senior royals set for crisis meeting
Dan Bilefsky / New York Times:   Could ‘Megxit’ Be a Royal Fairy Tale for Canada?
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 …
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.
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.
Discussion: Cernovich and Wall Street Journal
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.
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.
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 …
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.
Discussion: The Daily Caller and The Root
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Stamford Advocate:   Puerto Rico earthquake aftershocks again rattle coastline as residents deal with disaster after disaster
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 …
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 |
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.
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 …
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.
Associated Press:
Iran standoff shines spotlight on new Trump security adviser  —  The contrasts with O'Brien's predecessor along the way — in secret consultations at Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida, in the Oval Office and in basement deliberations in the White House Situation Room — could not have been more stark.
Discussion: Axios
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Mike Allen / Axios:
Trump's new danger: Witnesses  —  President Trump and other Republicans allies sound confident about his impeachment trial, but some key Republican senators plan to push for witnesses, which could result in a new chance for Democrats to sway public opinion.  —  The big picture …
Discussion: The Daily Beast
 
 
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Philip Klein / Washington Examiner:
Trump's average unemployment rate is the lowest in recorded history
Discussion: American Greatness
New York Post:
Serial robbery suspect freed with no bail — then allegedly robs another bank
CNN:
US troops knew Al-Asad air base would be attacked and sheltered in bunkers, exclusive tour reveals
Jennifer Epstein / Bloomberg:
Biden Hints He Opposed Obama's Controversial Deportation Policy
Tal Axelrod / The Hill:
Amash accuses Trump of selling military support to Saudi Arabia
Discussion: HuffPost
Jon Levine / New York Post:
Gun applications surge in Rockland County after Hanukkah stabbings
Connor Mannion / Mediaite:
Trump Posts Tweet in Farsi to Iranian Protestors, Claims 'I've Stood With You Since The Beginning'
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Katelyn Polantz / CNN:
2015 memo from Erik Prince to Trump campaign: ‘National disgrace’ that Soleimani ‘not already DEAD’
Discussion: Raw Story
Alan M. Dershowitz / Gatestone Institute:
Yale Psychiatrist Issues Diagnosis of “Psychotic” for Defending Constitutional Rights
Discussion: Raw Story and Breitbart
Hlr / Harvard Law Review:
Pack the Union: A Proposal to Admit New States for the Purpose of Amending the Constitution …
Discussion: Balkinization
Claire Galofaro / Associated Press:
On the brink: Swing county tense as Trump tangles with Iran
Mary Kay Linge / New York Post:
Judge Judy sets the stage for Bloomberg's anti-Trump rally
 

 
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John Hendel / Politico:
Trump names FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr to chair the agency; Carr can immediately assume control once Trump is inaugurated as he is already on the commission

Joe Flint / Wall Street Journal:
Sources: WBD and the NBA settle a lawsuit, giving WBD access to NBA content and rights in parts of N. Europe and LatAm; TNT will license Inside the NBA to ESPN

Colin Kellaher / Wall Street Journal:
Florida billionaire David Hoffmann, who holds an 8.7% stake in Lee Enterprises and 5% in DallasNews, says he aims to make the second-largest US newspaper group

 
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