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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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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 …
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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.
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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 …


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.
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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 …


‘A Systemwide Disaster’: How the Iowa Caucuses Melted Down
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The Democrats Screwed America With an App No One Asked For
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How We Prepared for 2020 — Tonight, our party's presidential …
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App Used to Tabulate Votes Is Said to Have Been Inadequately Tested
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Bernie Sanders is ‘extremely disappointed’ Iowa Democratic Party hasn't released caucus results
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Come on, we basically know how Iowa voted: Against Biden
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The Latest: At least 50% of Iowa results to come Tuesday
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Exclusive: Bernie Sanders leads in WCVB/UMass Amherst New Hampshire Primary poll
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The app that broke the Iowa Caucuses was sent out through a beta testing platform
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Partial Iowa caucus results to be released this afternoon; timing of full release uncertain
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Iowa Caucus Results Delayed by Apparent App Issue
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After Iowa — Everyone loses. Literally everyone.
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Move Fast and Break the Caucus
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Iowa's Democratic Disaster
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Frustration, questions as delays hamper Iowa caucuses
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The Only Safe Election Is a Low-Tech Election
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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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Donald Trump just got the best polling news of his presidency
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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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Rand Paul reads alleged whistleblower's name and Republicans ‘fine’ with it
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Rand Paul reads alleged name of Ukraine whistleblower on Senate floor
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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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Bloomberg doubles ad spending after chaos of Iowa caucuses
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Social media was a cesspool of toxic Iowa conspiracy theories last night. It's only going to get worse.
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Joe Biden's campaign tries to reassure donors he will win Nevada and South Carolina after Iowa chaos
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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 …
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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 …


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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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.
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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.
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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.


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.
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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.


“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 …
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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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