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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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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.
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 …
Tim Alberta / Politico:
Whoever Wins Iowa, They Won't Be Back — After tonight, Democrats have no plans to contest a state once seen as a general-election battleground. — Boxes containing materials used in caucus night activities wait at the Polk County Democrats headquarters in Des Moines, Iowa. M. Scott Mahaskey/POLITICO
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Breitbart and Washington Post
Clint Hendler / Mother Jones:
The Iowa Caucuses Are a Democracy Disaster
The Iowa Caucuses Are a Democracy Disaster
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The Intercept, FiveThirtyEight and HuffPost
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
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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Ronald Brownstein / The Atlantic:
2020 Democrats Are Bringing Butter Knives to a Gunfight — CEDAR RAPIDS—Heading into tonight's Iowa caucus, the clock may be ticking faster on the Democratic presidential candidates than they believe. — All of the leading contenders have campaigned energetically and extensively across …
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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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John F. Harris / Politico:
Iowa Road Trip: Do Reporters Know Anything?
Iowa Road Trip: Do Reporters Know Anything?
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The Verge, The Hill and VICE, more at Mediagazer »
Allan Smith / NBC News:
Biden: Impeachment hasn't ‘shaken my faith’ in working with Republicans — The former vice president said 'no one's' found anything wrong with his son Hunter Biden's dealings in Ukraine. — Former Vice President Joe Biden said the impeachment proceedings against President Donald Trump haven't …
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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
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 …
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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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 Political Wire
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 …
Jeff Stone / CyberScoop:
As Vault 7 trial begins, Joshua Schulte's attorneys will argue he's a whistleblower — Nearly three years after WikiLeaks began publishing secret CIA hacking tools, the legal team for the former agency employee who allegedly stole those files will try to convince a jury he did so in order …
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Rebecca Davis O'Brien / Wall Street Journal:
Ex-CIA Engineer Goes on Trial for Massive Leak
Daniel Larison / The American Conservative:
Trump Expands The Cruel, Unnecessary Travel Ban — The president arbitrarily expanded the unnecessary travel ban on Friday to include six more countries, including the most populous country in Africa: … There is no legitimate security reason for such sweeping restrictions …
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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.
Cliff Sims / Washington Times:
Bolton now promotes the anti-Trump agenda of Schiff and Pelosi — Mr. Bolton's entire career could be summed up as “Bolton First” — ANALYSIS/OPINION: — Nobody elected John Bolton to anything. — That reality is at the core of what appeared to frustrate Mr. Bolton and numerous …
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The Guardian:
Political journalists boycott No 10 briefing after PM's aide tries to ban selected reporters - live news — The day's political developments, including Johnson's speech on EU trade talks, and Barnier publishing EU's draft negotiating guidelines — In response to my colleague Rowena Mason's report …
Nicole Gaudiano / Politico:
DeVos threatened with subpoena by House oversight panel — “I am not suggesting that you may never campaign for the President, but you may not do so when it interferes with your official duties,” Chairwoman Carolyn Maloney wrote. — U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos. Alex Wong/Getty Images
Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Axios Sneak Peek — Subscribe — Welcome to Sneak Peek, our weekly lookahead from both ends of Pennsylvania Avenue, plus our best scoops. — Tonight's newsletter is 2,027 words, < 8-minute read. — 1 big thing: Trump's sense of invincibility — President Trump often says he's …
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Vanity Fair, Breitbart, Fox News and New York Post
Donald K. Sherman / Washington Post:
A Trump ally's ‘$25,000 cash giveaway’ for black voters could mean legal trouble — Scheme may violate IRS regulations and restrictions on political activity by White House staffers — Since 2015, Donald Trump and his allies have bent and broken the law to boost his political fortunes.
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