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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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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 …
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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.
New York Times:
App Used to Tabulate Votes Is Said to Have Been Inadequately Tested — The state Democratic Party commissioned a new app to tabulate caucus results. It did not appear to go as planned. — DES MOINES — The app that the Iowa Democratic Party commissioned to tabulate and report results …
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VICE:
The Democrats Screwed America With an App No One Asked For — Normally, by now, we'd have a clear winner in the Iowa caucus. A Democratic candidate for president would have won their first delegates and talking heads on cable news would have started constructing narratives with the first actual votes …
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 …
New York Times:
‘A Systemwide Disaster’: How the Iowa Caucuses Melted Down — Unexplained “inconsistencies” in results, heated conference calls and firm denials of hacking left the contest in a strange state of almost suspended animation. — DES MOINES — Sean Bagniewski had seen the problems coming.
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Tom Perez:
How We Prepared for 2020 — Tonight, our party's presidential nominating process officially kicks off in Iowa. Today, I'm reflecting on the three years we've spent preparing for this moment, the changes we've made to make sure we are ready. I'm proud of the historic reforms we passed …
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John Podhoretz / New York Post:
Iowa caucus mess nothing compared to intra-Democratic Party chaos on the horizon
Amanda Carpenter / The Bulwark:
Democrats Did the Russians' Work for Them
Democrats Did the Russians' Work for Them
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Jim Geraghty / National Review:
Iowa's Democratic Disaster
Iowa's Democratic Disaster
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Los Angeles Times:
Partial Iowa caucus results to be released this afternoon; timing of full release uncertain
German Lopez / Vox:
“A total mess”: Critics call for an end to Iowa's first-in-the-nation status
“A total mess”: Critics call for an end to Iowa's first-in-the-nation status
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Charlie Warzel / New York Times:
Move Fast and Break the Caucus
Move Fast and Break the Caucus
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CNN:
Problematic app used in Iowa caucuses also set to be used in Nevada, sources tell CNN
Problematic app used in Iowa caucuses also set to be used in Nevada, sources tell CNN
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Elizabeth Elkind / CBS News:
Amid Iowa caucus chaos, Pete Buttigieg claims victory and shrugs off criticism
Amid Iowa caucus chaos, Pete Buttigieg claims victory and shrugs off criticism
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The Daily Caller
Jonathan V. Last / The Bulwark:
After Iowa — Everyone loses. Literally everyone.
After Iowa — Everyone loses. Literally everyone.
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Kevin Roose / New York Times:
The Only Safe Election Is a Low-Tech Election
The Only Safe Election Is a Low-Tech Election
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Clare Malone / FiveThirtyEight:
That Last, Unreleased Des Moines Register Poll Of Iowa Really Did Show Biden In Fourth
That Last, Unreleased Des Moines Register Poll Of Iowa Really Did Show Biden In Fourth
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Jeff Bercovici / Los Angeles Times:
Tech firm started by Clinton campaign veterans is linked to Iowa caucus reporting debacle
Tech firm started by Clinton campaign veterans is linked to Iowa caucus reporting debacle
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Wall Street Journal:
Iowa Caucus Results Delayed by Apparent App Issue
Iowa Caucus Results Delayed by Apparent App Issue
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New York Times:
Iowa Caucus Results 2020: Live
Iowa Caucus Results 2020: Live
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Axios:
Majority of Iowa caucus results expected Tuesday afternoon after app meltdown
Majority of Iowa caucus results expected Tuesday afternoon after app meltdown
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Tucker Higgins / CNBC:
Pete Buttigieg claims victory in Iowa caucuses, though no results have been released
Pete Buttigieg claims victory in Iowa caucuses, though no results have been released
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Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
Frustration, questions as delays hamper Iowa caucuses
Frustration, questions as delays hamper Iowa caucuses
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Washington Post:
Iowa caucuses 2020 live updates: State's Democratic Party says it will release results by 5 p.m. Eastern
Iowa caucuses 2020 live updates: State's Democratic Party says it will release results by 5 p.m. Eastern
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Associated Press:
Dems lay a big caucus egg: No results from Iowa election
Dems lay a big caucus egg: No results from Iowa election
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Tyler Olson / Fox News:
App used in Iowa Democratic caucus fiasco linked to ex-Clinton campaign staffers
App used in Iowa Democratic caucus fiasco linked to ex-Clinton campaign staffers
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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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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.
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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.
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.
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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.
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Raw Story
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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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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Richard L. Hasen / Slate:
Trump's Jokes About Defying Election Results Could Create Chaos — There's a real possibility he could declare victory before all the ballots are counted. — As President Donald Trump plans a triumphant State of the Union address anticipating his likely acquittal by the Senate …
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 …
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Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Bloomberg says he hopes Sanders changes — Mike Bloomberg tells me he'd support Bernie Sanders over Donald Trump if those were his two options, but that people should understand Sanders at this moment is “so far to the left it's not practical” and that “what he wants to do would never get through Congress.”
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Daniel Bice / Milwaukee Journal Sentinel:
‘An unacceptable and upsetting environment’: 2020 Democratic Host Committee under investigation — The two top officials overseeing Milwaukee's host committee for the 2020 Democratic National Convention were sidelined Monday amid allegations of a toxic work culture.
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