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New York Times:
Seeing a Bloomberg Ad on Fox News, Trump Takes the Bait — The president's advisers have urged him not to pay attention to the low-polling Democratic presidential candidate. But as Michael Bloomberg poured cash into attack ads, he became harder to ignore.
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Charlie Nash / Mediaite:
Fox & Friends Airs Brutal Bloomberg Ad Highlighting Trump's ‘Erratic and Out of Control’ Attacks on the Military — Fox News' Fox & Friends, often reported to be one of President Donald Trump's favorite shows, aired an attack ad on the president from 2020 Democratic presidential candidate …
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Fox News, IJR and Contemptor
Axios:
Mike Bloomberg copies Trump to beat Trump — To beat President Trump, Mike Bloomberg wants to be candidate Trump. — The state of play: Axios visited Bloomberg's new campaign HQ in Times Square yesterday, and we were struck by how much his 1,000+-person team is learning from …
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Raw Story
Washington Post:
Bloomberg gets under Trump's skin as he ramps up spending on 2020 ads — Mike Bloomberg is lagging his Democratic competitors in the polls, and he will not appear on the next presidential debate stage or on the ballot in Iowa, New Hampshire or South Carolina.
Zachary Petrizzo / Mediaite:
Trump Goes Off on ‘Mini Mike Bloomberg’ After Fox & Friends Airs Attack Ad
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The Hill and The Daily Caller
Burgess Everett / Politico:
Jerry Nadler ‘stunned’ Susan Collins into writing a note to John Roberts — Sen. Susan Collins was “stunned” by Rep. Jerry Nadler's late-night diatribe this week against what he deemed a “cover-up” by Senate Republicans for President Donald Trump — so much so that she wrote a note to Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts.
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The Hill, Daily Kos, Washington Post and CNN
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Politico:
Dems mount preemptive strike on Trump's defense — House Democrats are trying to shatter President Donald Trump's defense before it begins. — The seven House impeachment managers seeking Trump's removal from office know they are about to cede the floor to the president's legal team …
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Associated Press, The Week and ABC News
ABC News:
Trump impeachment trial live updates: Democrats make ‘abuse of power’ case —President Trump's constitutional lawyer Alan Dershowitz argues a president cannot be impeached for ‘abuse of power’ —Schumer says a Trump acquittal will have ‘zero value’ if no witnesses -Graham compliments Schiff …
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Associated Press, NBC News, CBS News, The Hill, The Gateway Pundit, Politico, Redstate, Breitbart, The Week, IJR, National Review, Balloon Juice, The Daily Caller and Mediaite
PBS NewsHour:
From Judy Woodruff: Longtime PBS NewsHour Anchor and Co-Founder Jim Lehrer Has Passed Away — Washington, DC (January 23, 2020) — It is with great sadness that I share the news that co-founder and longtime anchor of the PBS NewsHour Jim Lehrer died today, Thursday, January 23, 2020, peacefully in his sleep at home.
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PBS NewsHour:
Remembering Jim Lehrer — PBS NewsHour co-founder Jim Lehrer, a giant in journalism known for his tenacity and dedication to simply delivering the news, died Thursday at the age of 85. — For Jim, being a journalist was never a self-centered endeavor. He always told those who worked with him: “It's not about us.”
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The Daily Caller, UPI and The New Daily, more at Mediagazer »
Robert D. McFadden / New York Times:
Jim Lehrer, Longtime PBS News Anchor, Is Dead at 85
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TVNewser
Sam Meredith / CNBC:
Mnuchin says Thunberg can tell us what to do ‘after she goes and studies economics in college’ — Speaking at a press briefing at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Mnuchin was asked whether the world's largest economy needed to completely and immediately divest from fossil fuels.
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CNBC:
George Soros rips Trump and Xi, says the ‘fate of the world’ is at stake in 2020 — Liberal billionaire George Soros slammed Trump and China on Thursday at his annual dinner on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum in Davos. — Soros' fresh criticism of Trump and the Chinese …
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The Daily Caller and Breitbart
Maria Cramer / New York Times:
Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin Takes Jab at Greta Thunberg at Davos
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CNBC, Bloomberg, Reason, Earther, The Gateway Pundit, IJR, One America News Network, Axios and National Observer
Byron Tau / Wall Street Journal:
Justice Department Believes It Should Have Ended Surveillance Earlier of Trump Adviser Page — Government tells court it lacked probable cause in last two of four eavesdropping applications — WASHINGTON—The Justice Department now believes it should have discontinued its secret surveillance …
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PJ Media Home
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Matt Zapotosky / Washington Post:
Justice Dept. concedes it had ‘insufficient’ cause to continue monitoring former Trump campaign adviser in Russia probe
Fox News:
Carter Page FISA warrant lacked probable cause, declassified DOJ order finds
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Associated Press, NBC News and Power Line
Sean Davis / The Federalist:
BREAKING: Spy Court Admits FISA Warrants Against Carter Page Were ‘Not Valid’
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The Gateway Pundit and Twitchy
David Brennan / Newsweek:
Senator Marsha Blackburn Criticized for Mid-Impeachment Trial Fox News Interview: ‘No One...can Be Treated As Above the Law’ — Republican Senator Marsha Blackburn has been accused of breaking Senate rules by giving a live television interview while proceedings for President Donald Trump's impeachment trial were still ongoing.
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The Root and New York Daily News
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Niels Lesniewski / Roll Call:
Burr is giving senators fidget spinners to stay busy during trial
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The Daily Caller, Slate, Breitbart and The Week
Aaron Rupar / Vox:
Republicans complain about the impeachment trial's lack of new evidence while blocking new evidence
Discussion:
The Moderate Voice and Vanity Fair
Anthony Brooks / WBUR:
Sanders Widens Lead In N.H. In New WBUR Poll — With the New Hampshire presidential primary less than three weeks away, a new WBUR poll suggests Bernie Sanders might be peaking at just the right time. The survey of more than 426 likely Democratic primary voters finds Sanders in the lead …
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Kate Sullivan / CNN:
CNN cancels Democratic presidential town halls because of impeachment trial
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Breitbart, TheBlaze, The Daily Caller, The Hill and Twitchy
Chris Kahn / Reuters:
Biden leads, while others gain momentum in bid for 2020 nomination: Reuters/Ipsos poll
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The Hill
Will Bunch / The Philadelphia Inquirer:
Saudi Arabia murdered a journalist and blackmailed Jeff Bezos. Trump sent them U.S. troops — If you're in that minority of folks who actually watch impeachment trials of the president of the United States, and were thus either spellbound or bored on Wednesday by the soaring …
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Responsible Statecraft and CNN
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Spencer Ackerman / The Daily Beast:
Regime Critic Says Saudis Tried to Kidnap Him on U.S. Soil
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Axios, Washington Post and Slate, more at Techmeme »
Quin Hillyer / Washington Examiner:
Trump's defenders double down on double standards — On matters Ukrainian, President Trump's defenders repeatedly make logically contradictory assertions. Their attempts at spin are dizzying to the point of nausea. — For example, they blast the impeachment case for consisting …
Burgess Everett / Politico:
Mick Mulvaney becomes top Democratic impeachment target — Democrats are zeroing in on Mick Mulvaney as their top demand for witness testimony during President Donald Trump's impeachment trial. — That doesn't mean the party doesn't also want to hear from former national security adviser John Bolton …
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Andrew Napolitano / Fox News:
Judge Andrew Napolitano: Trump's Senate impeachment trial — What does it take to remove a president? — I don't blame President Trump for his angst and bitterness over his impeachment by the House of Representatives. In his mind, he has done “nothing wrong” and not acted outside …
Associated Press:
China confirms 1st death outside epicenter of viral outbreak — BEIJING (AP) — China's National Health Commission says the number of cases of a new respiratory virus has risen to 830 with 25 deaths. — The update Friday morning also confirmed the first death outside the central province of Hubei.
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The Verge
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Zolan Kanno-Youngs / New York Times:
Trump Moves to Block Visas for Pregnant Women on ‘Birth Tourism’ — The Trump administration grants visa officers more power to block pregnant women from visiting the United States if applicants are believed to be traveling to give birth. — WASHINGTON — The State Department on Thursday moved …
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Slate
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Nihar Kabinittal / ABC News:
Trump administration to restrict visas for pregnant women traveling to give birth
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Associated Press, NBC News and The Daily Beast
Emma Loop / BuzzFeed News:
A Law Required The US's Top Intelligence Official To Turn Over A Report On Jamal Khashoggi's Killing. He Blew The Deadline. — WASHINGTON — The country's top intelligence official has failed to turn over to Congress a report on the killing of Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi, sources said, flouting a law passed last month.
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The Hill and Raw Story, more at Mediagazer »
Greg Sargent / Associated Press:
Schiff asked GOP senators a tough question. The answer is awful. — As Rep. Adam Schiff continued building his case against President Trump late into Wednesday evening, Trump fired off one angry Twitter missive after another, until he finally crossed the 140 mark, perhaps his most prolific day of tweeting and retweeting ever.
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Vox, Washington Post, Slate, New York Times, The Mahablog, Washington Monthly, No More Mister Nice Blog and Raw Story
Tresa Baldas / Detroit Free Press:
Detroit man settles race discrimination lawsuit, then bank won't cash his check — Sauntore Thomas is reeling from a one-two punch. — First, the Detroiter sued his employer alleging racial discrimination in a lawsuit that settled confidentially. Then he went to the bank this week to cash …
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New York Times, VICE, New York Post, TheBlaze and Raw Story
David Harsanyi / National Review:
The Media Loves — And, I Mean, Really Loves — Adam Schiff — Jonathan Adler wonders whom Adam Schiff thinks his audience is. The answer is simple: the media. — The same people who spent years passing along every falsehood and selective leak the California congressman gave them to fuel …
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Washington Examiner, PJ Media Home and Redstate
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Laura Barrón-López / Politico:
Why Biden's rivals can't break his lock on black voters — GREENVILLE, S.C. — Julius Stephens is 74, black, and calls himself a liberal. — Standing outside Big Rod's Barber Shop in North Augusta after watching Joe Biden surrogates rally on behalf of the vice president last week …
Discussion:
Washington Post and New York Times
Justin Wise / The Hill:
Sanders, Ocasio-Cortez hit back at JPMorgan CEO over comments on socialism: 'That's funny' — Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) each took shots at Jamie Dimon this week after the JPMorgan Chase CEO derided socialism as something that leads to “eroding society.”
Discussion:
One America News Network, Bloomberg, Twitchy and CNBC
Michael R. Pompeo / United States Department of State:
What America Stands For — SECRETARY POMPEO: Thanks, everybody. Thank you. Good afternoon. How are you all doing? (Applause and cheers.) — AUDIENCE: USA, USA, USA, USA, USA, USA, USA. — SECRETARY POMPEO: Thank you all so much. Thank you. Thank you all so much for being here with me today.
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