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1:15 PM ET, February 3, 2020

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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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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 …
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 …
Discussion: Mediaite and HuffPost
Clint Hendler / Mother Jones:
The Iowa Caucuses Are a Democracy Disaster  —  A dozen years ago, I set up shop at a Des Moines middle school to cover the Iowa caucuses on a snowy January night.  In a process that has since remained unchanged at heart, participants filed in and divided by neighborhoods between a classroom, the library, and the gym.
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Sam Levine / The Guardian:   ‘You basically are nothing’: the Americans shut out of the Iowa caucuses
Tim Alberta / Politico:
Whoever Wins Iowa, They Won't Be Back
Discussion: Breitbart and Washington Post
Michael Kruse / Politico:
'We Don't Want to F— It Up': How Trump Got Inside Iowa's Head
Discussion: Raw Story
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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Liz Peek / Fox News:   Democrats' impeachment flop sets stage for boffo State of the Union speech by Trump
Manu Raju / CNN:
Trump and Pelosi haven't spoken in months
Discussion: 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 …
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 …
Discussion: 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 …
Discussion: POLITICUSUSA and Political Wire
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
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 …
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 …
Discussion: Breitbart
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 …
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. …
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 …
Discussion: Breitbart, Fox News and New York Post
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 …
Richard L. Hasen / The Atlantic:
The Supreme Court May No Longer Have the Legitimacy to Resolve a Disputed Election  —  Among the many strange and worrying truths about American elections, one has a tendency to get lost: The path to the presidency can run not just through battleground states but also through the Supreme Court.
Discussion: SCOTUSblog
Emily Peck / HuffPost:
Staffers Say Sexism Runs Deep At The Washington Post  —  There's an “understated respectability” that is “secretly pernicious,” said one woman.  —  Washington Post reporter Felicia Sonmez received death and rape threats for a tweet she sent out late last month linking to a story …
Gabriella Hoffman / The Resurgent:
Majority of House Democrats Want to Put Freelancers Like Me Out Of Business  —  The majority of Congressional Democrats currently serving in the House of Representatives want to put me and millions of other American freelancers out of business.  —  Am I exaggerating?  I wish I were.
Discussion: Redstate
David Leonhardt / New York Times:
The Simple Reason Trump Does What He Does  —  Trump's credo, from ‘Access Hollywood’ to impeachment.  —  It wasn't the most notorious part of the “Access Hollywood” tape, but it was the most revealing: “And when you're a star, they let you do it.  You can do anything.”
Discussion: Althouse
Jim Dwyer / New York Times:
How a Clash of Egos Became Bigger Than Fixing the Subway  —  Even as New York transit emerged from a crisis, a feud grew between Andy Byford, the subway leader, and his boss, Gov. Andrew Cuomo.  —  One day in October, three powerful figures in New York affairs met for a serious lunch at Fraunces Tavern in Lower Manhattan.
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.
Discussion: CREW
Griff Witte / Washington Post:
Republican Sen. Susan Collins finds it's lonely in the middle  —  WATERVILLE, Maine — When Sen. Susan Collins declared late last week her support for calling witnesses to Capitol Hill, she became the first Republican member of Congress to formally break with the president on any aspect of his impeachment.
Discussion: Politico
 
 
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Leslie Miller / YouTube Blog:
How YouTube supports elections
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UK Parliament:
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Lici Beveridge / The Clarion Ledger:
Mississippi prison crisis: 15th state inmate dies, cause under investigation
Discussion: The Hill
Nate Cohn / New York Times:
Iowa Could Have Multiple Candidates Declare Victory. Let Us Show You How.
Politico:
Senate impeachment trial: Live highlights and updates
Discussion: The Hill and Breitbart
ABC News:
Trump impeachment trial live updates: Closing arguments ahead of acquittal vote
Discussion: Townhall and Breitbart
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Wall Street Journal:
Lamar Alexander's Finest Hour
Karol Markowicz / New York Post:
Ridiculous attacks on ‘American Dirt’ are fresh reason to nix ‘cancel culture’
Discussion: The Guardian
Nico Hines / The Daily Beast:
Leak: Man Who Bankrolled Brexit Boasted of WikiLeaks Backchannel
Discussion: Raw Story
New York Times:
New U.S. Travel Ban Shuts Door on Africa's Biggest Economy, Nigeria
JONATHAN TURLEY:
Gerhardt: The Entire White House Defense Team Will Face Bar Charges
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Virus Pummels Wuhan, a City Short of Supplies and Overwhelmed
 

 
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Caitlin Huston / The Hollywood Reporter:
Internal memo: Hearst Magazines president announces layoffs as part of a decision to “reallocate resources” to “continue our focus on digital innovation”

Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica:
FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel announced she will leave the agency on January 20; she was the first woman to be confirmed to lead the agency

Lachlan Cartwright / The Ankler:
Sources: MSNBC renewed Rachel Maddow's contract early this fall, but with a pay cut; MSNBC bosses' plan to shake up daytime and weekend programming

 
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