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4:15 PM ET, January 21, 2020

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Lacey Rose / Hollywood Reporter:
Hillary Clinton in Full: A Fiery New Documentary, Trump Regrets and Harsh Words for Bernie: “Nobody Likes Him”  —  With four-part Hulu series ‘Hillary’ set to premiere at Sundance, one of America's most groundbreaking (and polarizing) figures opens up about Monica Lewinsky, her marriage …
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Matt Stevens / New York Times:
Hillary Clinton Says ‘Nobody Likes’ Bernie Sanders and Declines to Commit to Backing Him  —  Mrs. Clinton sharply criticized her former primary rival in a forthcoming documentary series, and stood by her comments in an interview with The Hollywood Reporter.  —  Hillary Clinton …
Paul Campos / Lawyers, Guns & Money:
Maybe Hillary Clinton shouldn't sound like a character from a Maureen Dowd column  —  This is . . . not helpful: … I can understand Clinton's bitterness, and her assessment of the worst of the Bernie Bros is of course correct, but saying you're withholding judgment on whether you'll support Sanders …
Cara Korte / CBS News:
Sanders apologizes to Biden for surrogate's op-ed alleging he has a “big corruption problem”
Khaleda Rahman / Newsweek:
Hillary Clinton Defends Harvey Weinstein Association: ‘How Could We Have Known?’
Discussion: Twitchy
Ernesto Londoño / New York Times:
Glenn Greenwald Charged With Cybercrimes in Brazil  —  Mr. Greenwald is accused of being part of a “criminal investigation” that hacked into the cellphones of prosecutors and public officials.  —  RIO DE JANEIRO — Federal prosecutors in Brazil on Tuesday charged the American journalist Glenn Greenwald …
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Scott Bauer / Associated Press:
Wisconsin voter purge ruling appealed to state Supreme Court
Discussion: The Hill
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
A big tell in Trump's own legal brief exposes McConnell's coverup  —  Now that Mitch McConnell has rolled out the rules for President Trump's impeachment trial, the full dimensions of the Senate Majority Leader's efforts to cover up Trump's bottomless corruption are coming into view.
Discussion: Raw Story
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Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
Trump and his Republican cronies have made three big mistakes  —  A Democratic aide working on impeachment scorned the 110-page brief President Trump's lawyers filed on Monday.  “It's an 110-page tweet. ...  Maybe the longest tweet in history,” the aide said.
David A. Graham / The Atlantic:
Mitch McConnell's Potemkin Trial  —  Everyone's going to hate the Senate impeachment trial of Donald Trump.  —  The president, who would prefer that there is no trial at all, will hate that it's happening in the first place.  Senators as a whole, who may have to sit—sans chatter or phones …
NBC News:
Why aren't Democrats making life miserable for vulnerable Republicans on impeachment?
Discussion: Vanity Fair, CNBC and The Dispatch
Katherine Tully-McManus / Roll Call:
Senators bend the rules by wearing Apple Watches to Trump trial  —  The rules of decorum state that senators can't use phones or electronic devices in the chamber during President Donald Trump's impeachment trial, but what about Apple Watches?  —  At least eight senators had them strapped …
Discussion: Redstate and New York Times
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Speaker Nancy Pelosi:
Pelosi Statement on McConnell Cover-Up Resolution  —  Washington, D.C. - Speaker Nancy Pelosi issued this statement on Leader McConnell's resolution on rules for the impeachment trial of the President, which will operate on a greatly compressed schedule and rejects the need for witnesses and documents:
Discussion: Axios, The Hill and Washington Post
Michael D. Shear / New York Times:
Trump Impeachment: Live Updates From the Senate Trial  — President Trump's historic impeachment trial has begun in earnest, starting with a fight over the rules governing the trial.  Lawyers for the president and House members known as impeachment managers are presenting their arguments.
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
Martin London / TIME:   John Roberts Has More Power Than Mitch McConnell Would Like You to Think. But Will He Use It?
Vicky Prodeline / Polls:
Majority Support Allowing New Impeachment Evidence  —  But overall opinion of Trump and impeachment is virtually unchanged  —  West Long Branch, NJ - A majority of Americans say that House managers should be able to introduce new evidence in the Senate impeachment trial of President Donald Trump.
Discussion: Bloomberg, Fox News, Roll Call, Raw Story and CNN
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Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Even in battleground states, support for removing Trump is higher than his job approval  —  But new polling on impeachment largely reveals an old divide  —  Ask Americans how they view a very specific facet of the Senate impeachment trial focused on President Trump, and they have an opinion.
Eli Yokley / Morning Consult:
How Voters Grade Trump, Three Years Into His Presidency
Sam Jones / Financial Times:
Swiss police suspect Davos plumbers of being Russian spies  —  Russian plumbers do not tend to summer in Davos.  Even those with diplomatic passports.  —  Five months before world leaders began their pilgrimage to the annual World Economic Forum this week — among them US president Donald Trump …
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Pan Pylas / Associated Press:
Thunberg slams Davos elites on climate as Trump takes stage
Discussion: Associated Press
Andrew Restuccia / Wall Street Journal:
Trump Doubles Down on Threats to Impose Tariffs on European Cars  —  U.S. president is attending World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland  —  DAVOS, Switzerland—President Trump said Tuesday that he is serious about imposing tariffs on European automobiles if he can't strike a trade agreement with the European Union.
Joseph Menn / Reuters:
Exclusive: Apple dropped plan for encrypting backups after FBI complained - sources  —  SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Apple Inc (AAPL.O) dropped plans to let iPhone users fully encrypt backups of their devices in the company's iCloud service after the FBI complained that the move would harm investigations …
Will Bunch / The Philadelphia Inquirer:
Call Richmond's MLK Day gun rally what it was: An outbreak of terrorism on American soil  —  In 2020, some images of modern America are so shocking that even a nation of political ranters with our incandescent Twitter accounts can be stunned into near numbness.
Discussion: NB Blog and CNN
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Jamie Ross / The Daily Beast:
Parnas Lawyer Shares Pence Video After Vice President Denies Knowing Him  —  DO YOU REMEMBER?  —  Lev Parnas' legal team has shared a video of his client socializing with Mike Pence and his wife after the vice president vehemently denied that he knows Parnas.  Pence said during a CNN appearance last week: “I don't know the guy.”
Discussion: Raw Story and Mediaite
Paul Bond / Hollywood Reporter:
Patriots' Benjamin Watson Producing Abortion Documentary  —  The movie, budgeted at less than $1 million, features former presidential candidate Ben Carson and Alveda King, the niece of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.  —  Due to a Jan. 4 playoff loss to the Tennessee Titans …
Jeffrey M. Jones / Gallup:
Trump Third Year Sets New Standard for Party Polarization  —  WASHINGTON, D.C. — Eighty-two percentage points separated Republicans' (89%) and Democrats' (7%) average job approval ratings of President Donald Trump during his third year in office.  This is the largest degree of political polarization …
Discussion: The Hill and The Week
Associated Press:
AP FACT CHECK: Trump spreads distortions at Davos  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump spread distorted information about the U.S. economy and his administration's involvement with historically black colleges in a preening performance Tuesday at the Davos economic conference in the Swiss Alps.
Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
What the House impeachment response tells us  —  The House's response to President Trump's brief ahead of his impeachment trial is succinct and powerful.  On the president's argument that abuse of power is not impeachable (despite previous articles of impeachment, the Constitution …
Discussion: Digby's Hullabaloo
The Boston Globe:
Northeastern student from Iran removed from US before court hearing, won't be returned  —  An Iranian student planning to attend Northeastern University was removed from the country overnight Monday in defiance of a court order, his lawyer said, and a federal judge said Tuesday there was nothing …
Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money
Politico:
Trump weighs travel ban expansion in coming days  —  The Trump administration is eyeing seven countries for new immigration restrictions three years after its original order, which created an uproar for targeting Muslim-majority nations.  —  President Donald Trump.
Bryan Lowry / Kansas City Star:
Poll shows Marshall and Kobach in tight race for Kansas GOP Senate nomination  —  A new poll shows Rep. Roger Marshall has closed the gap with Republican rival Kris Kobach in Kansas' open seat Senate race, but also indicates the Kansas congressman remains largely unknown to many GOP primary voters.
Amy McGrath / USA Today:
It's time to rethink the congressional Authorization for Use of Military Force  —  Congress has the sacred duty to sanction military force.  It's time lawmakers take that duty back and take it seriously.  —  Our Founding Fathers gave Congress the sole power to declare war in Article 1 of the
Discussion: The Hill
 
 
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Megan K. Donovan / USA Today:
Sure, let's protect Roe v. Wade. But as abortion rights erode, we must do much more.
Discussion: NPR
CNN:
Michael Avenatti might be in El Chapo's former jail cell — and it's freezing, his attorneys say
Discussion: IJR
Michael Scherer / Washington Post:
Mike Bloomberg shifts presidential ad campaign to focus on impeachment
Washington Post:
Lev is talking. So where is Igor?
Discussion: Slate
Tim Pearce / Washington Examiner:
Joe Biden: 'I don't count drunk driving as a felony'
Max Read / New York Magazine:
Peter Thiel's Latest Venture Is the American Government
Laura Olson / Morning Call:
Pat Toomey's Senate ‘candy desk’ may prevent hangry lawmakers during impeachment
Discussion: New York Post
 Earlier Items: 
Ben White / Politico:
'He could have had it all. And he doesn't have it all.'
Discussion: Raw Story
Will Weissert / ABC News:
Warren wants task force to investigate Trump administration
Discussion: Breitbart and The Hill
Caroline Court / The Federalist:
How A Feminist Juror's Lies Could Get Harvey Weinstein's Conviction Tossed Out
Brett Neely / NPR:
NPR Poll: Majority Of Americans Believe Trump Encourages Election Interference
Discussion: Vox and Mother Jones
Daniel Nichanian / The Appeal:
When New Jersey Next Redistricts, It Will Count Incarcerated People Where They Lived
David Sharp / Associated Press:
Planned Parenthood endorses challenger to Sen. Susan Collins
Discussion: The Hill and Fox News
Tim Miller / The Bulwark:
We're Trying to Send a Refugee to Die to Make a Government Lie Seem True
Discussion: America's Voice and New Yorker
The Boston Globe:
Sanders, Biden lead tight pack of front-runners in Suffolk/Globe New Hampshire poll
Discussion: The Hill
 

 
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Matthew Keys / The Desk:
Prime Video users will be able to watch local PBS stations and PBS Kids for free in coming months, and two new free PBS channels with ads starting November 26

John Koblin / New York Times:
NBC names Craig Melvin as Hoda Kotb's successor on Today, teaming up with Savannah Guthrie, starting January 13; Melvin has been Today's news anchor since 2018

Dominic Patten / Deadline:
Many Netflix viewers faced issues while watching the Jake Paul vs. Mike Tyson fight and the undercard bouts, including the stream glitching and losing sound
 
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