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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.
Discussion: National Review
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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: Vox, Mediaite and HuffPost
The Hill:
Biden allies lower expectations for Iowa: 'Most feel it's not going to be great'
Discussion: ABC News and The Independent
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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David Matthews / New York Daily News:   Rush Limbaugh denied health risks of smoking years before lung cancer diagnosis: 'I would like a medal …
Mike Brest / Washington Examiner:   Rush Limbaugh reveals advanced lung cancer diagnosis
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
Discussion: Raw Story
Washington Post:
Impeachment trial live updates: House managers argue that senators have a ‘duty’ to remove Trump from office; Sen. Manchin calls for censure  —  House managers argued Monday that senators have a “duty” to remove President Trump from office as they delivered closing arguments in the impeachment trial …
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Robert Costa / Washington Post:
Sen. Manchin calls for censuring Trump over pressuring Ukraine to investigate his domestic political rival
Discussion: Daily Kos
Gregg Re / Fox News:   Manchin, swing-vote Dem, urges censure over removal for Trump's Ukraine actions
Brian Klaas / Washington Post:
Senate Republicans just paved the road to American authoritarianism
Discussion: Raw Story
Politico:
Trump has the votes for Senate acquittal  —  A Senate vote to convict President Donald Trump in his impeachment trial is now a mathematical impossibility.  —  More than 34 senators have indicated they intend to acquit the president, or have declared the House's two impeachment charges …
Discussion: The Hill and Axios
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Politico:
Graham and Biden's falling out, closing arguments and other news from today's trial
Discussion: New York Times, The Hill and Breitbart
Alex Isenstadt / Politico:   Melania Trump to start raising campaign cash for her husband
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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Emily Peck / HuffPost:
Staffers Say Sexism Runs Deep At The Washington Post
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 …
Discussion: New York Post and Vox
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Ryan Teague Beckwith / Bloomberg:   Yang Kids About a Take-Prisoners Iowa Strategy: Campaign Update
Sam Levine / The Guardian:   ‘You basically are nothing’: the Americans shut out of the Iowa caucuses
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
Discussion: 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.
Discussion: Politico, Raw Story and Breitbart
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Ryan Goodman / Just Security:   The Most Serious Obstruction of All: The Vote to Block Witnesses and the Public's Right to Know
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
Discussion: Breitbart
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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Ben Collins / NBC News:
Conspiracy theories swirl over canceled Iowa poll, pushed by Sanders and Yang supporters
Discussion: Bleeding Heartland
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 …
Discussion: The Daily Caller and Daily Kos
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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 …
Discussion: The Hill
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 …
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: Press Herald and POLITICUSUSA
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 …
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.
Discussion: The Federalist, Twitchy and Clash Daily
 
 
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AP VoteCast: Iowa Democratic voters seek fundamental change
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Washington Post:
Most Trump clemency grants bypass DOJ and go to well-connected offenders
Discussion: The Independent
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The State of the Union Is Trump's Biggest Speech. Who Writes It?
The Guardian:
Political journalists boycott No 10 briefing after PM's aide tries to ban selected reporters - live news
Jason Wilson / The Guardian:
White nationalist has long worked at conservative outlets under real name
David Leonhardt / New York Times:
The Simple Reason Trump Does What He Does
Discussion: Althouse
Blake Hounshell / Politico:
‘Truly bizarre circumstances’: Anonymous book agents refute whisper campaign against Trump official
Discussion: Raw Story
New York Times:
New U.S. Travel Ban Shuts Door on Africa's Biggest Economy, Nigeria
 

 
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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

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

 
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