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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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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'
Biden allies lower expectations for Iowa: 'Most feel it's not going to be great'
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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 FiveThirtyEight
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:
What we're obsessing over going into the Iowa caucuses
What we're obsessing over going into the Iowa caucuses
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Washington Post, The Hill, Fox News and The Gateway Pundit
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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New York Post and Vox
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Ben Collins / NBC News:
Conspiracy theories swirl over canceled Iowa poll, pushed by Sanders and Yang supporters
Conspiracy theories swirl over canceled Iowa poll, pushed by Sanders and Yang supporters
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Bleeding Heartland, more at Mediagazer »
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
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.
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Robert Costa / Washington Post:
Sen. Manchin calls for censuring Trump over pressuring Ukraine to investigate his domestic political rival
Washington Post:
Impeachment trial live updates: House managers argue that senators have a ‘duty’ …
Impeachment trial live updates: House managers argue that senators have a ‘duty’ …
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Axios, Power Line, The American Spectator, The Hill and Daily Kos
Brian Klaas / Washington Post:
Senate Republicans just paved the road to American authoritarianism
Senate Republicans just paved the road to American authoritarianism
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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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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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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
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
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
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 …
Ryan Goodman / Just Security:
The Most Serious Obstruction of All: The Vote to Block Witnesses and the Public's Right to Know — Many criticized the Senate's vote “to deprive itself of information” by blocking John Bolton and other witnesses from testifying in the impeachment trial of President Trump.
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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
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
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
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 …
Sarah Ellison / Washington Post:
How does Fox News cover the Democratic field? With Peter Doocy, son of morning host Steve Doocy. — DES MOINES - The day Joe Biden announced his candidacy for president, Fox News correspondent Peter Doocy showed up at the wrong place. — Having no contacts at the Biden campaign …
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Mediaite