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4:05 PM ET, January 18, 2020

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Betsy Swan / The Daily Beast:
Lev Parnas Dishes on Kushner, Maduro, and Soros  —  In an interview from his lawyer's office, the ex-Giuliani ally talked cannabis, conspiracies, and one very weird meeting with the lawyers of an indicted Ukrainian oligarch.  —  A dinner with Jared and Ivanka about cannabis …
Discussion: The Atlantic, Raw Story and emptywheel
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Jordain Carney / The Hill:
Parnas pressure grows on Senate GOP  —  Pressure is growing on Senate Republicans to call Lev Parnas, an associate of President Trump's personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani, to testify in the impeachment trial.  —  Democrats are opening the door to hearing from Parnas as a witness at the impeachment trial …
Chuck Ross / The Daily Caller:
Sender Of Cryptic Messages About Yovanovitch Says They Were A Joke, Denies Spying On Diplomat  —  A Florida-based Trump supporter who sent text messages suggesting that he was surveilling former U.S. Ambassador Marie Yovanovitch in Ukraine is apologizing for the exchanges and says they were part of a …
Discussion: NBC News and Associated Press
Washington Post:
Nunes aide communicated with Parnas about Ukraine campaign, messages show
ABC News:
Giuliani associate Parnas texted with Trump campaign donors, including about Ukraine efforts
Discussion: The Independent
Rebecca Ballhaus / Wall Street Journal:
Coordinated Posts Defend Connecticut Man Who Exchanged Ukraine Texts
Bob Brigham / Raw Story:   Why was Lev Parnas wearing a ‘Presidential Service Badge’ awarded to troops who serve in the White House?
NBC News:
Texts suggest Robert Hyde passed along details about Yovanovitch movements
Byron York / Washington Examiner:   Can Democrats produce a daily impeachment show?
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Washington Post:
Trump privately told donors new details about Soleimani airstrike at Mar-a-Lago fundraiser  —  President Trump delivered a dramatic account of the airstrike that killed Iranian Gen. Qasem Soleimani, joked that he doesn't care if construction projects kill all the rattlesnakes and noted …
Tom Cullen / The Guardian:
‘The red wall is cracking’: Buttigieg gets ovation after expecting protests  —  His campaign feared hostility in Iowa's most conservative county.  But the local response told a different story  —  Pete Buttigieg knew he was foraying into unfriendly confines when he was en route to Orange City …
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BuzzFeed News:
“Why Are We Not Winning Them?”:  Pete Buttigieg's White Supporters Are Baffled By His Lack Of Black Support  —  DES MOINES — The white voters who come to Pete Buttigieg's rallies just don't understand.  —  Many of them fell for the 37-year-old former mayor of South Bend, Indiana …
Discussion: Daily Kos, Washington Post and CNN
Elena Schneider / Politico:
Buttigieg tries to recapture Iowa magic  —  EMMETSBURG, Iowa - Pete Buttigieg is not touching the he-said-she-said between two of his chief primary rivals.  In fact, he's going to great lengths not to talk about any opponents at all, after spending the fall drawing contrasts with them.
The Royal Family:
Statement from HM The Queen  —  Following many months of conversations and more recent discussions, I am pleased that together we have found a constructive and supportive way forward for my grandson and his family.  —  Harry, Meghan and Archie will always be much loved members of my family.
Kashmir Hill / New York Times:
The Secretive Company That Might End Privacy as We Know It  —  A little-known start-up helps law enforcement match photos of unknown people to their online images — and “might lead to a dystopian future or something,” a backer says.  —  Until recently, Hoan Ton-That's greatest hits included …
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Rod Rosenstein says he made call to release Strzok-Page texts  —  Former Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein authorized the release to the media of text messages between two highly placed FBI employees who exchanged criticism of then-candidate Donald Trump during the 2016 presidential campaign …
Darren Samuelsohn / Politico:
Trump's impeachment, starring Bill Clinton  —  President Donald Trump may be the one fighting in the Senate to keep his job, but on Capitol Hill and across the country, it can feel like someone else is still on trial: Bill Clinton.  —  Clinton's own impeachment trial, once a fading cultural artifact …
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Alan Fram / Associated Press:   Impeachment lands Sen. Collins in familiar spot: crosshairs
Bloomberg Law:
Senate Judiciary Pauses Nominations for Impeachment Trial
Discussion: Redstate
Joe Heim / Washington Post:
National Archives exhibit blurs images critical of President Trump  —  The large color photograph that greets visitors to a National Archives exhibit celebrating the centennial of women's suffrage shows a massive crowd filling Pennsylvania Avenue NW for the Women's March on Jan. 21, 2017, the day after President Trump's inauguration.
Ryan Grim / The Intercept:
The Sanders Campaign Researched Whether Warren Could Be Both Vice President and Treasury Secretary at Once  —  The presidential campaign of Sen. Bernie Sanders has researched the question of whether the same person can serve as both vice president and treasury secretary, according to three sources on the campaign.
Discussion: Redstate and Mediaite
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Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:   The Sanders-Warren ‘feud’ and Ukraine revelations are nowhere near equal in importance.
Paul J. Weber / Associated Press:
2020′s first big test?  Not Iowa, but a tiny Texas House race  —  KATY, Texas (AP) — Beto O'Rourke is livestreaming again.  Joe Biden and Julián Castro are making their presence felt.  Mike Bloomberg has knocked on doors and outside groups are running TV attack ads.
Steve Vockrodt / Kansas City Star:
Kansas City radio station agrees to broadcast Russian-owned ‘propaganda’ program  —  A Kansas City area radio station can broadcast Russian state-owned media programming, the type that U.S. intelligence called a “propaganda machine,” for six hours a day through a lease agreement struck by a local radio operator.
Discussion: The Hill
William Cole / Honolulu Star-Advertiser:
Navy to name aircraft carrier for Pearl Harbor hero Doris Miller  —  On Martin Luther King Jr. Day at Pearl Harbor Monday, the U.S. Navy is expected to announce that a new aircraft carrier will be named after Mess Attendant 2nd Class Doris Miller, the first African American to receive …
Ronald J. Daniels / The Atlantic:
Why We Ended Legacy Admissions at Johns Hopkins  —  When I served as the dean of the Faculty of Law at the University of Toronto—Canada's most selective law school—I would be asked every so often by one of our alumni what preference their children would enjoy when applying.
 
 
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Timothy Egan / New York Times:
Trump's Evil Is Contagious
Discussion: Digby's Hullabaloo
Paige Godden / Iowa Starting Line:
Iowa Postal Workers Union Local 44 Endorses Bernie Sanders
Washington Post:
Women's March protesters in D.C. and across the country pledge it's only the beginning
Discussion: CNN, The Hill, Unprecedented and Breitbart
Ashwin Phatak / Slate:
Trump Judges Are Playing Keep-Away With His Tax Returns and Other Financial Records
Associated Press:
Amid hacking fears, key caucus states to use app for results
Discussion: Axios
Spectator USA:
EDITORIAL: Tyranny of the minority
USA Today:
Senate impeachment trial: Weigh Trump's repeated obstruction offenses to protect himself
Lisa Lerer / New York Times:
Why Electing a Female President Is Secondary for Some Women
 Earlier Items: 
J.E. Dyer / The Lid:
‘Trump Effect’ Takes Over Iran As Regime Starts Covering Country With American And Israeli Flags
Maggie Haberman / New York Times:
In Oval Office Meeting, Trump Expresses Regret on Vaping Policy
New York Times:
Indian General Talks of ‘Deradicalization Camps’ for Kashmiris
NBC News:
Meet Trump's legal team for the impeachment trial
Discussion: The Daily Beast, Axios and Breitbart
Jerry Zremski / The Buffalo News:
An anguished Chris Collins faces 26 months in prison
Erik Wemple / Washington Post:
The Grisham Watch: What's the White House press secretary up to?
Discussion: HuffPost
 

 
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Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Sources: Apple is working on a smart doorbell system with advanced facial recognition that can wirelessly connect and unlock third-party smart locks

Wall Street Journal:
Gina Raimondo says holding back China in the chips race is a “fool's errand”, and investment, more than export controls, will keep US ahead of Beijing

Andrew J. Hawkins / The Verge:
The US NHTSA suggests easing rules allowing for fully driverless cars and urges companies operating driverless cars to share more data for greater transparency

 
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