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Wall Street Journal:
Trump Campaign Ejects Bloomberg News Reporter From Iowa News Conference — President Trump's re-election campaign escorted a Bloomberg News reporter from an event in Iowa, following a pledge no longer to approve credentials for the news organization. — Bloomberg reporter Jennifer Jacobs …
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Ben Smith / BuzzFeed News:
This Iowa Poll Was Never Published. It's Still Influencing What You Read. — DES MOINES — The Des Moines Register spiked its poll Saturday night, but by the next day it seemed most reporters here had seen the numbers — or something purporting to be the numbers.
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Des Moines Register, more at Mediagazer »
The Hill:
Biden allies lower expectations for Iowa: 'Most feel it's not going to be great' — Joe Biden's campaign team is setting expectations low for the Iowa caucuses Monday night. — While some campaign aides were unsure how the results would turn out hours before the caucuses would begin …
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Fox News, Politico, One America News Network, ABC News, The Independent and Associated Press
Axios:
Iowa caucuses 2020: State party blames delay on “quality checks” — The conclusive results on the Iowa Democratic caucuses are coming in later than expected tonight, with the state party reporting the need to do “quality checks.” — What's next: The Iowa State Democratic Party said... “The integrity of the results is paramount.
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Politico, Twitchy, Associated Press and KTLA
Washington Post:
Conservatives spread false claims on Twitter about electoral fraud as Iowans prepare to caucus
Conservatives spread false claims on Twitter about electoral fraud as Iowans prepare to caucus
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Associated Press, NBC News, Raw Story and ABC News
Daniel Arkin / NBC News:
Iowa entrance poll: Most Dems care more about beating Trump than issues
Iowa entrance poll: Most Dems care more about beating Trump than issues
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CNN, The Hill and Washington Times
ABC News:
Iowa caucuses live updates: Technical issues causing delay in reporting
Iowa caucuses live updates: Technical issues causing delay in reporting
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Townhall, Breitbart, Vox and New York Times
Hannah Fingerhut / Associated Press:
AP VoteCast: Iowa Democratic voters seek fundamental change
Tobias Hoonhout / National Review:
Iowa Dems Cite ‘Quality Control’ Efforts to Explain Delay in Reporting Caucus Results
Iowa Dems Cite ‘Quality Control’ Efforts to Explain Delay in Reporting Caucus Results
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Bloomberg
Jacob Pramuk / CNBC:
Technical glitches delay Iowa Democratic caucus results
Ryan Lizza / Politico:
Iowa might have just witnessed the start of a Democratic Party takeover
Iowa might have just witnessed the start of a Democratic Party takeover
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Associated Press, One America News Network, The Hill, Fox News, ABC News, The Daily Beast and New York Times
Michelle Ye Hee Lee / Washington Post:
Iowa caucuses 2020 live updates: ‘Quality control checks’ delay results, Iowa Democrats say
Iowa caucuses 2020 live updates: ‘Quality control checks’ delay results, Iowa Democrats say
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The Gateway Pundit, Breitbart, The Intercept, Washington Free Beacon and USA Today
Tyler Pager / Bloomberg:
Iowa Precinct Chairs Report Issues Using Caucus App, Potentially Delaying Results
Iowa Precinct Chairs Report Issues Using Caucus App, Potentially Delaying Results
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Breitbart, New York Post, The Verge, Engadget and Vox
Pew Research Center:
Democrats on Twitter more liberal, less focused on compromise than those not on the platform
Democrats on Twitter more liberal, less focused on compromise than those not on the platform
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Fox News and National Review
Sarah Blaskey / Miami Herald:
As others stand at attention for anthem, Trump fidgets, points, pretend-conducts the band — President Donald Trump has repeatedly said all Americans should “stand proudly” during the national anthem, and publicly chastises those who don't as disrespectful of the troops.
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Gabriel Sherman / Vanity Fair:
“It's Payback Time”: With Acquittal Certain, Trump Plots Revenge on Bolton, Impeachment Enemies — Trump, says a source, wants Bolton to be criminally investigated for possibly mishandling classified information. Romney, Schiff, and Nadler are also... BY - GABRIEL SHERMAN — Person of Interest
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Clare Malone / FiveThirtyEight:
That Last, Unreleased Des Moines Register Poll Of Iowa Really Did Show Biden In Fourth — If you're the sort of person who was glued to political Twitter on Saturday night — and God help you if you are — you would have seen a mass freak-out when it was announced that that the Des Moines Register …
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Burgess Everett / Politico:
The five senators who might break with their party in Trump's trial — There will be no witnesses. The House managers and White House counsel have rested their cases. And President Donald Trump is going to be acquitted on Wednesday. But there's still drama left to the impeachment trial.
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Washington Post:
House managers argue that senators have a ‘duty’ to remove Trump from office; Sen. Manchin calls for censure
House managers argue that senators have a ‘duty’ to remove Trump from office; Sen. Manchin calls for censure
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The Hill, Axios, The American Spectator, Power Line, Politico, Twitchy and Daily Kos
Politico:
Here's what we learned at Trump's trial on Monday
Here's what we learned at Trump's trial on Monday
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New York Times, The Hill and Breitbart
David Matthews / New York Daily News:
Rush Limbaugh denied health risks of smoking years before lung cancer diagnosis: ‘I would like a medal for smoking cigars’ — Years before conservative radio host Rush Limbaugh announced on his show Monday that he'd been diagnosed with advanced lung cancer, he downplayed the health risks of smoking on his show.
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Brian Flood / Fox News:
Rush Limbaugh announces he has ‘advanced lung cancer’ — Discussing President Trump's economic success, Rush Limbaugh says Democrats — Talk radio king Rush Limbaugh stunned his 27-million member audience Monday with the announcement he's been diagnosed with “advanced lung cancer.”
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Raw Story, Mediaite, The Moderate Voice, Townhall, Twitchy and No More Mister Nice Blog
Washington Post:
Manchin calls for censuring Trump over pressuring Ukraine to investigate a domestic political rival — Sen. Joe Manchin III (D-W.Va.), a moderate who is friendly with the White House, on Monday asked his colleagues to consider censuring President Trump as the Senate moves toward votes on impeachment.
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National Review, The Hill and Daily Kos
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Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Republicans say Trump has learned his lesson on impeachment. The evidence suggests otherwise.
Republicans say Trump has learned his lesson on impeachment. The evidence suggests otherwise.
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Politico, Vanity Fair, Raw Story and Breitbart
Marianne LeVine / Politico:
Lisa Murkowski will vote to acquit Trump
Lisa Murkowski will vote to acquit Trump
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National Review and Raw Story
Daniel Bice / Milwaukee Journal Sentinel:
‘An unacceptable and upsetting environment’: 2020 Democratic Host Committee under investigation — The two top officials overseeing Milwaukee's host committee for the 2020 Democratic National Convention were sidelined Monday amid allegations of a toxic work culture.
Tom Piatak / Chronicles Magazine:
an arrogance justified by nothing — It was a revealing moment. Former GOP consultant turned Never Trumper Rick Wilson began ridiculing Trump supporters on CNN as “credulous Boomer rube[s]” who believe “Donald Trump is the smart one and y'all elitists are dumb.”
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Instapundit
Axios:
Scoop: Veterans Affairs deputy secretary James Byrne fired — Veterans Affairs deputy secretary James Byrne was fired Monday morning, three Trump administration officials tell Axios. The White House confirmed that Byrne is no longer with the administration. — Why it matters: The VA has recently been in inner turmoil.
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Andrea N. Goldstein / Jezebel:
‘He Was Implying I Was a Liar’: What Happened After I Was Sexually Assaulted at the VA
‘He Was Implying I Was a Liar’: What Happened After I Was Sexually Assaulted at the VA
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New York Times
Poppy Noor / The Guardian:
Why liberal white women pay a lot of money to learn over dinner how they're racist — A growing number of women are paying to confront their privilege - and racism - at dinners that cost $2,500 — Freshly made pasta is drying on the wooden bannisters lining the hall of a beautiful home in Denver, Colorado.
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Patterico's Pontifications and Twitchy
Josh Rogin / Washington Post:
Bernie Sanders's foreign policy is a risk for Democrats against Trump — Bernie Sanders's foreign policy record poses an underappreciated risk for Democrats in a general election contest against President Trump. — For decades, the Vermont senator has bucked the foreign policy establishment …
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The Hill
Lachlan Markay / The Daily Beast:
Susan Collins' Campaign Is Being Helped by a Mysterious Hawaii Company — The two states, shall we say, are not exactly close to each other. — A mysterious Hawaii company may have illegally funneled a six-figure contribution to a political group boosting an embattled Republican Senator 5,000 miles away …
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POLITICUSUSA and Press Herald
Katie Notopoulos / BuzzFeed News:
Cards Against Humanity Bought ClickHole — Cards Against Humanity, the card game company, purchased ClickHole.com from its owners at G/O Media on Monday for an undisclosed amount in an all-cash deal, BuzzFeed News has learned. ClickHole's employees will become the majority owners of the site.
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BuzzFeed News:
Mueller Memos Part 5: Hundreds Of Pages Of FBI Witness Interviews Declassified — BuzzFeed News sued the US government under the Freedom of Information Act for the right to see all the work that Robert Mueller's team kept secret. Today we are publishing the fifth installment of the FBI's summaries of interviews with witnesses.