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12:45 PM ET, January 30, 2020

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Washington Post:
Document shows Bernie Sanders's team preparing dozens of potential executive orders  —  Rising in the polls ahead of the Iowa caucuses, the presidential candidate considers spelling out how he could go around Congress if elected president  —  Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) …
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Daniel Marans / HuffPost:
New Bernie Sanders Ad Blasts Trump For Opening Door To Social Security Cuts  —  Sanders argues his record of defending Social Security makes him the best Democratic primary candidate to defeat the president in November.  —  Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) is debuting an ad on Iowa television …
David French / The Dispatch:
Don't Believe Anyone Who Says Bernie Sanders Can't Win
Discussion: Breitbart and New York Post
Nihar Kabinittal / Associated Press:
Postal workers union with 200,000 members endorses Sanders
Discussion: The Hill and Washington Post
Jonathan V. Last / The Bulwark:
Who's Afraid of Joe Biden?
Discussion: National Review and CNN
Zachary Evans / National Review:   Sanders Plans to Sign Dozens of Executive Orders Upon Taking Office: ‘We Cannot Accept Delays from Congress’
Jonathan Tilove / Austin American-Statesman:
Lyceum poll: Bernie is Trump's toughest rival in Texas
Discussion: The Hill and Common Dreams
David Corn / Mother Jones:   Is Bernie Sanders the Next George McGovern—or the Next Donald Trump?
The Hill:
Biden sees Bloomberg as threat — and boon to Sanders
Discussion: New York Post
Quin Hillyer / Washington Examiner:
The longer GOP blocks Bolton, the more he will hurt them  —  Senate Republicans are digging their own political graves.  —  If Republicans do not allow at least a few witnesses into the Senate impeachment trial, they will pay a heavy political price if evidence emerges later proving deep corruption by President Trump.
Discussion: Raw Story and Washington Post
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ABC News:
New witnesses unlikely, Trump impeachment trial could end quickly: GOP sources  —  The Senate trial could be over by the weekend if Republicans have the votes.  —  LIVE NOW  —  Senators return at 1 p.m. Thursday for a second day of questions to House managers and President Donald Trump's legal team …
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Anita Kumar / Politico:
Trump allies see witness-swap scheme as impeachment messaging coup
Mike Bloomberg / YouTube:
George … Mike Bloomberg 2020's ad airing during Super Bowl LIV highlights the urgent need to prevent gun violence in America and why Mike is the candidate to get it done.  —  As an entrepreneur, mayor, and problem-solving philanthropist, Mike has taken on the toughest challenges and gotten big things done.
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Donald J Trump / YouTube:
Stronger, Safer, More Prosperous … With President Trump in office he is improving the lives of ALL Americans.  Under President Trump, the economy is booming, historic tax cuts were passed, trade deals have been rengotiated, and African-American, Asian American, and Hispanic American unemployment are all at RECORD LOWS!
Nick Corasaniti / New York Times:
Bloomberg's $11 Million Super Bowl Ad: Gun Violence and a Grieving Mother
Discussion: The Hill
Politico:
John Roberts blocks mentions of alleged whistleblower's name  —  Chief Justice John Roberts has communicated to senators that he will not read aloud the alleged Ukraine whistleblower's name or otherwise publicly relay questions that might out the official, a move that's effectively blocked Sen. Rand Paul from asking a question.
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Rachel Siegel / Washington Post:
Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross says China's coronavirus ‘will help’ bring jobs back to U.S.  —  Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross said the Chinese coronavirus — which has killed 170 in China and infected more than 7,700 people — could “help” to bring jobs to the United States because companies …
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Allan Smith / NBC News:
Coronavirus could mean more U.S. jobs. Wilbur Ross goes there.
Susan B. Glasser / New Yorker:
ALAN DERSHOWITZ FOR THE DEFENSE: L'ÉTAT, C'EST TRUMP  —  Donald Trump's lawyer says that the President can do just about anything he wants.  —  An hour into the Senate trial of Donald John Trump on Wednesday, the emeritus Harvard law professor Alan Dershowitz came to the floor to answer …
Discussion: POLITICUSUSA
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Wall Street Journal:
Democrats Say They Are Stunned by Trump Lawyer's Stance on Foreign Information
Discussion: HuffPost and New York Times
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Trump team's brazen new defense: So what if he did it?
Discussion: The Hill and The Federalist
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
GOP senators know Trump's defense is based on lies.  Here's proof.  —  As President Trump's trial hurtles toward a vote on new witnesses, his lawyers have based his defense in part on the notion that Trump's demand that Ukraine investigate the Bidens was legitimate.
Wall Street Journal:
The ‘Corrupt Motives’ Doctrine  —  Every President equates his re-election self-interest with the public interest.  It isn't grounds for impeachment.  —  By The Editorial Board  —  The questions from Senators in the impeachment trial aren't plowing much new ground, but they have been useful …
Discussion: NBC News
Politico:
How Trump's impeachment created two Democratic superstars  —  The House Democratic Caucus has long been dominated by a gaggle of also-rans: men and women who, while good enough for Congress, proved to be underwhelming on the larger stage of national politics.  —  That's changed.
Discussion: Breitbart
James Arkin / Politico:
Conservative group will launch ad broadside against Collins in Georgia  —  The conservative Club for Growth plans to air a massive ad campaign attacking Rep. Doug Collins (R-Ga.), adding fuel to the intraparty battle that kicked off after the GOP congressman launched a Senate campaign this week.
Discussion: Redstate, The Hill and Daily Kos
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Greg Bluestein / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Raphael Warnock, pastor of famed church, enters Georgia Senate race
Discussion: CNN
Andy Rose / CNN:
Portion of US border wall in California falls over in high winds and lands on Mexican side  —  (CNN)Newly installed panels from the US border wall fell over in high winds Wednesday, landing on trees on the Mexican side of the border.  —  The area is part of an ongoing construction project to improve existing sections of the wall.
Lizzie Dearden / The Independent:
Katie Hopkins' Twitter account suspended  —  Move comes after Countdown host Rachel Riley and campaigners demand action from social network  —  Far-right commentator Katie Hopkins has been suspended from Twitter after calls for a “full review” by the social network.
Discussion: Axios
Pew Research Center:
As Voting Begins, Democrats Are Upbeat About the 2020 Field, Divided in Their Preferences  —  Democrats uncertain about prospects for defeating Trump  —  How we did this  —  Ahead of the first contests in the 2020 election, Democratic voters are highly engaged with the race for their party's nomination …
Discussion: Algemeiner.com
Ryan Browne / CNN:
Trump administration expected to loosen restrictions on use of landmines  —  Washington (CNN)The Trump administration is expected to loosen restrictions on the US military's ability to use landmines in the coming days, weapons that have been banned by more than 160 countries due to their history …
Discussion: Task & Purpose
Emily Saul / New York Post:
Hillary Clinton refuses to be served Tulsi Gabbard's defamation lawsuit  —  Hillary Clinton has now twice snubbed a process server attempting to deliver the defamation lawsuit filed against her by Democratic presidential candidate Tulsi Gabbard, according to Gabbard's attorney.
Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
The Iowa Caucuses Are In 4 Days.  Almost Anything Could Still Happen.  —  As much as we try to remind you all about how uncertain elections can be — pleas that sometimes fall on deaf ears — it's important to keep in mind in advance of the Iowa caucuses.  To begin with, primaries are much harder …
Brooke Singman / Fox News:
Ex-Trump aide Carter Page files suit against DNC over dossier: ‘This is only the first salvo’  —  EXCLUSIVE: Former Trump campaign adviser Carter Page filed a lawsuit Thursday in federal court against the Democratic National Committee, law firm Perkins Coie and its partners tied to the funding …
Alexandra Petri / Washington Post:
I have just read 25 books and am here to perform your open-heart surgery  —  “What I would encourage people to do is try to divorce yourself from all of the history that's happened over the years and read this plan.”  —  “I've been getting criticized for the last couple of years by all the people …
Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money and Mediaite
The Daily Beast:
New Audio Appears to Show Ex-Giuliani Pal Lev Parnas at Dinner With Trump  —  A second audio recording released by Lev Parnas's attorney purportedly shows the former Giuliani fixer socializing at a 2018 Republican fundraising event.  —  New audio obtained by The Daily Beast appears …
Kayla Tausche / CNBC:
Trump administration has yet to reveal details of Jared Kushner's secretive 2017 meeting in China  — In late 2017, CNBC filed a Freedom of Information Act request for details about Jared Kushner's secretive meeting in China during President Trump's visit to the country.
NBC News:
Biden to pre-empt Trump rally with speech and ad on ‘character’  —  DES MOINES, Iowa — Former Vice President Joe Biden is set to take on President Donald Trump ahead of the president's rally in Iowa Thursday, pointing out key differences between their leadership styles as he attempts …
Associated Press:
AP-NORC poll: GOP more fired up for 2020, Democrats anxious  —  When it comes to the 2020 presidential election, Democrats are nervous wrecks and Republican excitement has grown.  —  That's according to a new poll by The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research as Americans look ahead …
Discussion: Don Surber
Kyle C. Barry / The Appeal:
FIVE JURISTS SAID DONNIE LANCE DESERVED A NEW SENTENCE.  GEORGIA EXECUTED HIM ANYWAY.  —  Three Supreme Court justices and others said competent counsel could have saved his life.  —  When jurors in Walton County, Georgia, decided that Donnie Cleveland Lance should die for the 1997 murders …
 
 
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Joe Scarborough / Washington Post:
Trump's confederacy of dunces
Discussion: Raw Story and Balloon Juice
CNN:
US farm bankruptcies jump 20% in 2019 despite Trump bailout
Melissa Gira Grant / New Republic:
The New Majority Behind Sex Work Decriminalization
Heidi Przybyla / NBC News:
Portman's role in disputed Ukraine narrative sets him apart from other senators
Discussion: Senator Rob Portman
Patricia Sullivan / Washington Post:
Herring, other state AGs file lawsuit demanding addition of ERA to Constitution
Discussion: Axios, The Hill and courthousenews.com
Molly Ball / TIME:
'You've Got to Have Purpose.' Joe Biden's 2020 Campaign Is the Latest Test in a Lifetime of Loss
Suella Braverman / Politico:
Three ways Brexit makes Britain stronger
Andrew Duehren / Wall Street Journal:
Impeachment Trial Pushes Ted Cruz to Top of Podcast Charts
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Kurt Schlichter / Townhall:
The Coronavirus Could Be Trump's Katrina
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F-35's Gun That Can't Shoot Straight Adds to Its Roster of Flaws
Wall Street Journal:
U.S. Economy Grew at 2.1% Rate in Fourth Quarter
Scott Johnson / Power Line:
Hashi wipes his Facebook page
Discussion: Instapundit
Joshua Barajas / CANVAS:
WATCH LIVE: Gwen Ifill honored in Forever stamp dedication ceremony
Terry Gross / NPR:
‘Election Meltdown Is A Real Possibility’ In 2020 Presidential Race, Author Warns
Paul Schwartzman / Washington Post:
D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser to endorse Mike Bloomberg for president
Discussion: NBC News, ABC News and The Hill
Charlie Warzel / New York Times:
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Max Tani / @maxwelltani:
Memo: WaPo's Matt Murray lays out plans for WP Ventures, the “third newsroom”; Krissah Thompson will be editor and Samantha Henig will be general manager

Jack Dunn / Variety:
Trump appoints Mark Burnett, the British TV executive who created and produced the reality show The Apprentice, as a special envoy to the UK

Stephen Alpher / CoinDesk:
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