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10:30 PM ET, January 16, 2020

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NBC Universal:
“THE RACHEL MADDOW SHOW” SCORES HISTORIC RATING OF 4.5M TOTAL VIEWERS IN EXPLOSIVE INTERVIEW WITH LEV PARNAS  —  Maddow's Exclusive Interview with Giuliani Associate Lev Parnas Dominates News Cycle and Draws Largest-Ever Audience for “The Rachel Maddow Show,” Kicking Off 2020 With Huge Ratings Win
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Betsy Swan / The Daily Beast:
Lev Parnas Reveals Why He Turned on Trump World  —  The Soviet-born businessman at the center of Rudy Giuliani's dirt-digging crusade in Ukraine tells The Daily Beast he's determined to speak out despite backlash.  —  In an interview with The Daily Beast, Lev Parnas—an ex-associate …
Washington Post:
‘It was like a breeding ground’: Trump hotel's mix of GOP insiders and hangers-on helped give rise to impeachment episodes  —  They are key locations in the drama that led to President Trump's impeachment: the steakhouse table where Trump's private lawyer set out a nameplate, “Rudolph W. Giuliani, Private Office.”
Discussion: emptywheel
Politico:
Here's what the Parnas revelations mean for Trump  —  Lev Parnas, the indicted Rudy Giuliani associate at the center of the Ukraine controversy, has disrupted the days leading up to President Donald Trump's impeachment trial.  —  With a slate of newly released documents from House investigators …
Marshall Cohen / CNN:
Lev Parnas says he watched Trump fire the US ambassador to Ukraine  —  Lev Parnas describes multiple quid pro quos with Ukraine  —  Washington (CNN)Lev Parnas, an associate of Rudy Giuliani, told CNN that he witnessed President Donald Trump telling a top aide that the US ambassador to Ukraine should be fired.
Washington Post:
Giuliani associate points to Pence snub as Ukraine pressure point
Tommy Christopher / Mediaite:
'He's Lying': Lev Parnas Says He'll Post a Photo With Trump Every Time President Claims Not to Know Him
Discussion: New York Times
Josh Kovensky / Talking Points Memo:   Everything Rudy Did, He Did For Trump
New York Times:
Ukraine Investigates Trump Allies Amid Reports of Surveillance of Marie Yovanovitch
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
GOP senator's vicious outburst shows the corruption of Trump's defenders  —  If you were a United States senator who just snapped angrily at a reporter for politely asking whether compelling new information about a matter of great import to the nation was weighing on your understanding …
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Brad Polumbo / Washington Examiner:
Martha McSally takes a cheap shot at CNN reporter  —  Everybody knows CNN has a liberal bias.  But it's still not appropriate for a sitting Republican senator to bash one of its reporters when he asks a perfectly legitimate question.  —  That's what happened Thursday afternoon.
Susan B. Glasser / New Yorker:
Spoiler Alert: There Will Be No Impartial Justice for Donald Trump  —  Shortly after 2 p.m. on Thursday, ninety-nine of the hundred members of the United States Senate raised their hands and swore en masse to do “impartial justice” in the impeachment trial of President Donald J. Trump.
CBS News:
Trump impeachment moves to Senate ahead of historic trial
Senator Susan Collins:
Senator Collins' Statement on Impeachment Trial Process
Discussion: The Hill, Axios and Contemptor
Adam Goldman / New York Times:
Justice Dept. Investigating Years-Old Leaks and Appears Focused on Comey  —  An inquiry into years-old disclosures of classified information is highly unusual and leaves law enforcement officials open to accusations of politicizing their work.  —  WASHINGTON — Federal prosecutors in Washington …
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Tobias Hoonhout / National Review:   DOJ Is Investigating Comey's Role in Leak of Classified Document during Clinton-Email Probe
Matt Shuham / Talking Points Memo:
Feds Reportedly Target Comey In Previously Unreported Leak Probe
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
Kevin Baron / Defense One:
Eleven US Troops Were Injured in Jan. 8 Iran Missile Strike  —  The troops were medevaced this week to Germany and Kuwait to be treated for traumatic brain injury after experiencing concussion symptoms.  —  Nearly one dozen American troops were wounded in Iran's Jan. 8 missile attack on Iraq's al-Asad air base.
Discussion: Sputnik News and fox8.com
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CNN:   US troops were injured in Iran missile attack despite Pentagon initially saying there were no casualties
New York Times:
Virginia Capital on Edge as F.B.I. Arrests Suspected Neo-Nazis Before Gun Rally  —  The three men had obtained guns and discussed traveling to Virginia for protests against new gun control measures, officials said.  —  RICHMOND, Va. — Alarming calls online for a race war.  The arrest of three suspected neo-Nazis.
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Washington Post:   FBI arrests alleged members of white supremacist group ‘the Base’
Natasha Korecki / Politico:
Bernie ‘will play dirty’: Ex-Vermont governor slams Sanders  —  A former Vermont governor and ex-chair of the Democratic Governors Association is taking aim at Bernie Sanders and his campaign, accusing the senator of trying to “Hillarize” Elizabeth Warren.  —  In an interview with POLITICO …
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New York Times:
Sanders-Warren: An Alliance, if Not a Close Friendship, Suddenly Fractures
Discussion: Vanity Fair
Chris Kahn / Reuters:   Sanders climbs, now tied with Biden among registered voters: Reuters poll
CNN:
Exclusive: Evelyn Yang reveals she was sexually assaulted by her OB-GYN while pregnant  —  Washington (CNN)Evelyn Yang was reading letters that voters had sent to her husband, Democratic presidential candidate Andrew Yang, and suddenly stopped in her tracks.
Discussion: Fox News, Axios and New York Post
Dwight Garner / New York Times:
A Meticulous Account of Trump's Tenure Reads Like a Comic Horror Story  —  The essence of irony, Henry Fowler wrote in “A Dictionary of Modern English Usage,” is that it “postulates a double audience” — one that's in on the joke, and another that isn't.  The title of Philip Rucker …
Craig Melvin / MSNBC:
Senator Chris Van Hollen on new GAO report: ‘This is a bombshell’  —  Nonpartisan U.S. Government Accountability Office, the GAO, concluded that the Trump administration violated the law in withholding the aid to Ukraine.  Democratic Senator Chris Van Hollen, who last month …
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Washington Post:
White House hold on Ukraine aid violated federal law, congressional watchdog says
Politico:
White House violated the law by freezing Ukraine aid, GAO says
Associated Press:
Georgia election server showed signs of tampering, expert says  —  The server was left exposed to the open internet for at least six months, a problem the same expert discovered in August 2016.  —  BOSTON — A computer security expert says he found that a forensic image of the election server central …
Discussion: The Hill
John Hinderaker / Power Line:
Teacher of the Year Takes a Knee  —  Kelly Holstine is a left-wing Minnesota teacher who was honored as the state's Teacher of the Year for 2018-19, and made headlines locally by refusing to attend the White House ceremony at which the states' honorees were recognized last spring.
Brian Bennett / TIME:
Inside Jared Kushner's Unusual White House Role  —  Jared Kushner's White House office is a shrine to his own influence.  Gold-framed accolades from his father-in-law hang on the walls, written in thick black Sharpie in President Donald Trump's spiky hand.  To Jared, Great job on Mexico.
Discussion: Mediaite and The Hill
Joe Pompeo / Vanity Fair:
“It's Quite an Upheaval”: In an Ongoing Makeover of the Times Opinion Babel, the Old Editorial Voice of God Is Being Rationed  —  Even as controversies (Bret Stephens) explode like bombs, Opinion chief James Bennet, the second-most powerful journalist at the Times, pursues his cacophonous plans.
Jessica Moulite / The Root:
Exclusive: Rep. Ayanna Pressley Reveals Beautiful Bald Head and Discusses Alopecia for the First Time  —  We'd like to have A Word with you.  In The Root's op-ed video series, thought leaders across various disciplines give their perspectives on the important issues you should know about.
Mike Pence / Wall Street Journal:
A Partisan Impeachment, a Profile in Courage  —  JFK lauded the senator who bucked his party and voted to acquit Andrew Johnson.  —  The John F. Kennedy Library Foundation is accepting nominations for its annual “Profile in Courage” award.  The award recognizes “a public official …
Discussion: CNN and The Hill
Andrew Cohen / Slate:
This Trump Supreme Court Short-Lister Says God Can Instruct Juries on Guilt and Innocence  —  Judge William Pryor of the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, a jurist from Alabama with a long record in law enforcement, has twice now been high on President Donald Trump's short list of potential Supreme Court nominees.
Discussion: Raw Story
Shamira Ibrahim / New York Times:
‘The View’ Has a Meghan McCain Problem  —  The daytime co-hosts' heated bipartisan debates are played down as disagreement among friends.  But the strain for “civility” is tiring.  —  Ms. Ibrahim is a culture writer and reporter.  —  During an episode of “The View” earlier this month …
Joe Tidy / BBC:
Twitter apologises for letting ads target neo-Nazis and bigots  —  Twitter has apologised for allowing adverts to be micro-targeted at certain users such as neo-Nazis, homophobes and other hate groups.  —  The BBC discovered the issue and that prompted the tech firm to act.
Justin Worland / TIME:
The Reason Fossil Fuel Companies Are Finally Reckoning with Climate Change  —  A peculiar theme park in the Hague celebrates the history of the Netherlands through a series of miniature models.  The Madurodam features little canals, old-fashioned windmills, tiny tulips and, amid it all …
 
 
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The Daily Beast:
Justice Department Stonewalls Senate Democrats on Trump's War-Crimes Clemency
Kevin Stone / KTAR.com:
Mark Kelly heads into election year with big cash lead over Sen. McSally
Jake Offenhartz / Gothamist:
Bloomberg Campaign To El Bloombito Parody Account: Make Me Look Cool...Por Favor
Discussion: CNN and Mediaite
J. Edward Moreno / The Hill:
Eleven people arrested during ‘Remove Trump’ protests in Senate buildings
Detroit News:
‘Like Hitler:’ Flint councilman insults council president, does Nazi salute
Daniel Nichanian / The Appeal:
How Rachel Rossi Would Change the D.A.'s Role in Los Angeles: “It Takes a Public Defender”
Betsy Swan / The Daily Beast:
Top Democrat Asks FBI to Refuse to Cooperate With GOP Senators' Ukraine Investigation
Discussion: Law & Crime
 Earlier Items: 
Sean Illing / Vox:
“Flood the zone with shit”: How misinformation overwhelmed our democracy
David Steinberg / TheBlaze:
Finally. The Feds — including ICE — appear to be investigating Rep. Ilhan Omar.
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit and Twitchy
Yalman Onaran / Bloomberg:
Trump Tax Cut Hands $32 Billion Windfall to America's Top Banks
Discussion: Common Dreams and Raw Story
Nick Reynolds / Casper Star-Tribune:
Wyoming Rep. Liz Cheney announces she will not run for Senate
 

 
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Shalini Ramachandran / Wall Street Journal:
Cablevision founder Charles Dolan, a cable TV industry pioneer who launched HBO and AMC Networks and whose family controls Madison Square Garden, dies at 98

Greg Stohr / Bloomberg:
Filing: Trump asks SCOTUS to pause the law that could ban TikTok, saying the court should give him time to “pursue a political resolution” of the dispute

CBS News:
Greg Gumbel, a CBS Sports anchor and commentator who covered the NFL and college basketball for more than 20 years, died at 78 of cancer

 
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