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4:25 PM ET, February 4, 2020

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HuffPost:
This Is The Buzzy Democratic Firm That Botched The Iowa Caucuses  —  Shadow, a Democratic digital firm, created the app that was supposed to deliver quicker caucus results.  —  The tech arm of ACRONYM, a Democratic digital nonprofit group that has rapidly expanded in recent years …
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The Daily Beast:
Investors Rush to Downplay Ties to Firm Behind Iowa Clusterfuck  —  The frantic cleanup put a microscope on one of Democratic Party's fastest-rising digital stars.  —  Hours after a debacle that marred Monday's Iowa Democratic presidential caucuses, investors in a company hired …
Karen Tumulty / Washington Post:
The most important Iowa result is in.  Democrats should worry.  —  DES MOINES — No one knows how long it will be before it is clear which Democratic presidential candidate won the Iowa caucuses.  —  But the most important tally of the night has been reported, and it should worry Democrats.
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
The Democratic Party's Crisis of Legitimacy May Be Just Beginning  —  We are living in an era of what political scientists describe as “strong partisanship and weak parties” — or, alternatively, as “negative partisanship.”  The electorate is polarized into opposing camps …
Zach Simonson / Washington Post:
My chaotic, infuriating night running an Iowa caucus  —  People were excited to participate.  Now the story will be about this mess, not their votes.  —  There's an old joke: “I'm not a member of an organized political party.  I'm a Democrat.”  We Iowans went into our caucuses expecting some snags.
Discussion: Slate, more at Techmeme »
Tim Alberta / Politico:
The Death of Iowa  —  DES MOINES, Iowa — There can be no doubting it now, not after so many years spent in the crosshairs, not after active presidential candidates began challenging its privileged position atop the nominating calendar, and certainly not after Monday night's debacle …
New York Times:
‘A Systemwide Disaster’: How the Iowa Caucuses Melted Down
VICE:
The Democrats Screwed America With an App No One Asked For
Discussion: Reason, CNBC and New York Times
New York Times:
App Used to Tabulate Votes Is Said to Have Been Inadequately Tested
Nick Coltrain / Des Moines Register:
Bernie Sanders is ‘extremely disappointed’ Iowa Democratic Party hasn't released caucus results
Discussion: Breitbart and The Smoke Eater
Timothy P. Carney / Washington Examiner:
Come on, we basically know how Iowa voted: Against Biden
Discussion: Breitbart and Big League Politics
David Hurlburt / WCVB:
Exclusive: Bernie Sanders leads in WCVB/UMass Amherst New Hampshire Primary poll
Discussion: Breitbart
Nick Statt / The Verge:
The app that broke the Iowa Caucuses was sent out through a beta testing platform
Discussion: CNN, New York Times and Fox News
Politico:
'It's a total meltdown': Confusion grips Iowa with no official results in sight
Wall Street Journal:
Iowa Caucus Results Delayed by Apparent App Issue
Jim Geraghty / National Review:
Iowa's Democratic Disaster
Jeffrey M. Jones / Gallup:
Trump Job Approval at Personal Best 49%  —  WASHINGTON, D.C. — President Donald Trump's job approval rating has risen to 49%, his highest in Gallup polling since he took office in 2017.  —  The new poll finds 50% of Americans disapproving of Trump, leaving just 1% expressing no opinion.
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Chris Cillizza / CNN:
Donald Trump just got the best polling news of his presidency
Nick R. Martin / The Informant:
Threat against Adam Schiff  —  Hi, and welcome to The Informant, a publication covering hate and extremism in America, written and edited by me, Nick R. Martin.  —  A lot has happened in the past several days, so today's intelligence briefing is packed full of links and information.
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Politico:
Rand Paul reads alleged whistleblower's name and Republicans ‘fine’ with it
Discussion: Big League Politics and Daily Kos
Politico:
Arizona man facing charges for threatening Adam Schiff
Discussion: POLITICUSUSA and IJR
Rashaan Ayesh / Axios:
Rand Paul reads alleged name of Ukraine whistleblower on Senate floor
Discussion: Breitbart
New York Times:
Bloomberg Plans to Double Ad Spending After Iowa Caucus Problem  —  The former New York City mayor, whose campaign is fueled by a multibillion-dollar fortune, will also expand his campaign's field staff to more than two thousand people.  —  DES MOINES — Michael R. Bloomberg's presidential campaign moved …
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Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
Social media was a cesspool of toxic Iowa conspiracy theories last night.  It's only going to get worse.
Harold Meyerson / American Prospect:   My Post-Election, Pre-Result Analysis
Yahoo News:
Top Navy SEAL commander resigns after apparent disagreements with Trump  — The officer responsible for US Navy special-operations forces will step down from his position in September,  —  The Intercept reported over the weekend.  — Rear Adm. Collin Green's retirement follows …
Grace Segers / CBS News:
Susan Collins will vote to acquit Trump, saying he's “learned” from impeachment  —  Watch Norah O'Donnell's exclusive interview with Susan Collins on the “CBS Evening News” on Tuesday, February 4, at 6:30 p.m. ET.  —  Washington — Republican Senator Susan Collins announced Tuesday she will vote …
Tommy Christopher / Mediaite:
Watch: Iowa Voter Freaks Out on Buttigieg Precinct Capt. After Finding Out Mayor Pete is Gay  —  Nikki van den Heever, a caucus precinct captain for former South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg, tried to talk down an Iowa woman who was incensed to find out — in real-time during a caucus …
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Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
Iowa Might Have Screwed Up The Whole Nomination Process  —  In trying to build a forecast model of the Democratic primaries, we literally had to think about the entire process from start (Iowa) to finish (the Virgin Islands on June 6).  Actually, we had to do more than that.
Discussion: PJ Media Home and Spectator USA
David Enrich / New York Times:
The Money Behind Trump's Money  —  The inside story of the president and Deutsche Bank, his lender of last resort.  —  One Day in early 2017, Mike Offit went to the Yale Club in Manhattan for a lunch hosted by a group called Business Executives for National Security.
Discussion: The Guardian, Fortune and Raw Story
The White House:
Special Guests for President Trump's 3rd State of the Union Address  —  Below are the special guests who will join President Donald J. Trump and First Lady Melania Trump tonight for the President's third State of the Union.  —  From brave military families to hardworking local leaders, this year's guests come from many walks of life.
NPR:
Giuliani Says Trump Should ‘100%’ Investigate Biden After Expected Senate Acquittal  —  Rudy Giuliani, the former New York City mayor who is President Trump's personal attorney, says the president should not back away from investigating Joe Biden even after Trump's expected acquittal Wednesday by the U.S. Senate.
Discussion: Mediaite, Raw Story and The Daily Beast
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Trump is about to get a lot more dangerous.  Here's what's coming.  —  When President Trump is acquitted by the Senate on Tuesday afternoon, he'll surely take from it the message that he can continue abusing his powers however he sees fit to corrupt the 2020 election.  He now knows he'll face zero consequences.
Discussion: Daily Kos and Raw Story
Vanity Fair:
“I WANT THAT GODDAMN FUCKING STATEMENT”: Behind the Scenes of Trump's Secret Birther Implosion  —  Just before his first debate with Hillary Clinton, Trump's campaign decided it was time for him to revoke birtherism at long last.  But, as Lachlan Markay and Asawin Suebsaeng report in Sinking In the Swamp …
Discussion: Raw Story, Political Wire and Mediaite
Brian Stelter / CNN:
White House excludes CNN from annual pre-SOTU lunch with news anchors  —  New York (CNN Business)President Donald Trump's targeting of CNN is moving to yet another arena: The annual presidential lunch with television network anchors.  —  CNN anchors are being excluded from Tuesday's lunch, three sources said on Monday night.
 
 
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Jill Lawrence / USA Today:
I used to cover Republicans who are cowering to Trump. I don't recognize them now.
Discussion: Raw Story
Dylan Scott / Vox:
Why Gretchen Whitmer was the Democrats' pick to respond to Trump's State of the Union
Discussion: The Hill and The Federalist
Jordan Libowitz / CREW:
CREW Files Hatch Act Complaint Against Jared Kushner
Discussion: Axios
Ronn Blitzer / Fox News:
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The Boston Globe:
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