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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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Ryan Lizza / Politico:
Iowa might have just witnessed the start of a Democratic Party takeover — If you were an alien visiting Iowa this weekend and were asked to guess the order of Monday's results based on nothing but watching the top four Democrats speak, you would predict a Bernie Sanders victory …
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ABC News, Fox News, The Daily Beast, Associated Press, Washington Post, The Hill and New York Times, more at Mediagazer »
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Pew Research Center:
Democrats on Twitter more liberal, less focused on compromise than those not on the platform — The political views and primary candidate preferences of Democrats on Twitter differ from those who are not on the platform, according to a Pew Research Center survey conducted in January.
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National Review
New York Times:
What Is the Election Needle? And Why Will We Have 4 of Them Tonight? — A closer look at our election forecaster before the Iowa caucuses. — Shortly before 9 p.m. Eastern on Monday, we expect the first returns from the Iowa Democratic caucuses. If you choose to follow the results live tonight …
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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ABC News and The Independent
The Intercept:
Pork Plant Workers Turn Out for Sanders in First Caucus in Iowa
Pork Plant Workers Turn Out for Sanders in First Caucus in Iowa
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Mother Jones, Des Moines Register, HuffPost and Vox
Lissandra Villa / TIME:
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez: A ‘Dangerous’ Mistake for Democrats Not to Embrace the Eventual Nominee
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez: A ‘Dangerous’ Mistake for Democrats Not to Embrace the Eventual Nominee
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Redstate, National Review, Axios, Breitbart, The Federalist, The Hill and Raw Story
John F. Harris / Politico:
Iowa Road Trip: Do Reporters Know Anything?
Iowa Road Trip: Do Reporters Know Anything?
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The Hill, Fox News, The Gateway Pundit and The Smoke Eater
Tyler Pager / Bloomberg:
Iowa Precinct Chairs Report Issues Using Caucus App, Potentially Delaying Results — Iowa Democratic Party doesn't expect problems with results — Problems could slow reporting, counting of Iowa caucus results — Precinct chairs across Iowa said that some of them are struggling …
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Vox
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Tim Alberta / Politico:
Whoever Wins Iowa, They Won't Be Back
Whoever Wins Iowa, They Won't Be Back
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NBC News, Breitbart and Washington Post
Michael Kruse / Politico:
'We Don't Want to F— It Up': How Trump Got Inside Iowa's Head
'We Don't Want to F— It Up': How Trump Got Inside Iowa's Head
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Raw Story
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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Mike Brest / Washington Examiner:
Rush Limbaugh reveals advanced lung cancer diagnosis — Conservative radio host Rush Limbaugh revealed that he has been diagnosed with advanced lung cancer. — On his radio show Monday, Limbaugh, 69, also said that he would likely miss some time on the program while he undergoes treatment.
Maxwell Tani / The Daily Beast:
Washington Post Threatened Another Star Reporter Over His Tweets — The newspaper's Kobe Bryant tweet mess last week wasn't the first time WaPo bosses got into heated clashes with reporters over social-media policy. — The Washington Post's controversial decision to punish a reporter …
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Politico and The Root, more at Mediagazer »
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Emily Peck / HuffPost:
Staffers Say Sexism Runs Deep At The Washington Post
Staffers Say Sexism Runs Deep At The Washington Post
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Lawyers, Guns & Money and The Daily Caller, more at Mediagazer »
Politico:
Graham and Biden's falling out, closing arguments and other news from today's trial — House impeachment managers and the president's legal team completed closing arguments, ending their last chance to sway senators ahead of Wednesday's vote to convict or acquit President Donald Trump.
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New York Times, The Hill and Breitbart
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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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Raw Story
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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Politico, CNBC, The Hill, Raw Story and Task & Purpose
Brian Schwartz / CNBC:
Powerful Trump supporters urge donors to shun John Bolton's super PAC after bombshell book revelations — Several of President Trump's most loyal donors and supporters are telling other conservative financiers to shun former national security advisor John Bolton's PAC and super PAC.
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Cliff Sims / Washington Times:
Bolton now promotes the anti-Trump agenda of Schiff and Pelosi
Bolton now promotes the anti-Trump agenda of Schiff and Pelosi
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Breitbart
Associated Press:
Greta Thunberg Nominated For Nobel Peace Prize — In nominating her, two Swedish lawmakers said the 17-year-old “has worked hard to make politicians open their eyes to the climate crisis.” — COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Two lawmakers in Sweden have nominated Swedish teenage climate activist Greta Thunberg …
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The Daily Caller and Daily Kos
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Aris Folley / The Hill:
Greta Thunberg nominated for Nobel Peace Prize
Greta Thunberg nominated for Nobel Peace Prize
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Redstate, Common Dreams, Mediaite and The Daily Signal
Blake Hounshell / Politico:
‘Truly bizarre circumstances’: Anonymous book agents refute whisper campaign against Trump official — The literary agents for the senior Trump administration official who penned an anonymous New York Times op-ed and best-selling book are breaking their silence to swat down a whisper campaign pinning …
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Raw Story
Ben Collins / NBC News:
Conspiracy theories swirl over canceled Iowa poll, pushed by Sanders and Yang supporters — Recent discussions around the race for the Democratic nomination highlight how social media remains easily manipulated by passionate Americans. — Supporters of Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt. …
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Ben Smith / BuzzFeed News:
This Iowa Poll Was Never Published. It's Still Influencing What You Read.
This Iowa Poll Was Never Published. It's Still Influencing What You Read.
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Des Moines Register and ABC News, more at Mediagazer »
Eric Roston / Bloomberg:
Climate Models Are Running Red Hot, and Scientists Don't Know Why — There are dozens of climate models, and for decades they've agreed on what it would take to heat the planet by about 3° Celsius. It's an outcome that would be disastrous—flooded cities, agricultural failures …
Washington Post:
Conservatives spread false claims on Twitter about electoral fraud as Iowans prepare to caucus — The episode showcases social media's hands-off approach to disinformation and the possible perils ahead in a divisive election season — DES MOINES — The claims of electoral fraud were false …
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NBC News, Associated Press, ABC News and Raw Story
Janine di Giovanni / Washington Post:
I can never forget the Bosnian genocide. But others are trying to rewrite history. — Janine di Giovanni is a senior fellow at Yale University's Jackson Institute and a 2019 Guggenheim fellow. Her latest book is “The Morning They Came for Us: Dispatches from Syria.”
Jason Wilson / The Guardian:
White nationalist has long worked at conservative outlets under real name — Guardian findings support watchdog's report that ‘Paul Kersey’, a prominent author and activist, is actually Michael J Thompson — A new report has revealed that a prominent white nationalist author …
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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Press Herald and POLITICUSUSA
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Republicans say Trump has learned his lesson on impeachment. The evidence suggests otherwise. — As President Trump's impeachment trial winds down, the argument from many Senate Republicans is trending in a very specific direction: What he did was perhaps wrong, but it wasn't impeachable.
Lindsay Wigo / The Daily Caller:
‘Comfortably Smug’ Twitter Account Banned For Asking 'Where's Hunter, Fat?' — An anonymous and popular Twitter account known as “Comfortably Smug” was apparently banned Monday from Twitter for violating the site's rules on “abuse and harassment” after tweeting about Hunter Biden.
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The Federalist, Twitchy and Clash Daily
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Thinking the Kansas City Chiefs are from Kansas, and Trump's many other geography flubs — For years, one of the Republican Party's favorite digs at President Barack Obama was to point to his “57 states” flub. Obama momentarily confusing his having visited 47 states with 57 states was cause for much laughter at his expense.
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CNN, The Daily Beast, One America News Network, Raw Story and Contemptor
Jason Hopkins / The Daily Caller:
Mike Bloomberg Ad Uses Obama-Era Footage Of Caged Migrants To Criticize Trump — Mike Bloomberg, the former mayor of New York City and contender for the Democratic presidential nomination, released an anti-Trump campaign advertisement that included footage from the Obama era.
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Twitchy
Elizabeth Vaughn / Redstate:
Over Three Years After His Doomsday Prediction, Paul Krugman Makes Reluctant Admission About the Trump Economy — When last we left you with Paul Krugman, the liberal New York Times columnist was cheering on House Intel Chair Adam Schiff's (D-CA) opening statement at the start of the Senate's impeachment trial.