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McKay Coppins / The Atlantic:
How Mitt Romney Decided Trump Is Guilty — Mitt Romney didn't want to go through with it. — “This has been the most difficult decision I have ever had to make in my life,” he told me yesterday afternoon in his Senate office. Roughly 24 hours later, Romney would deliver a speech announcing …
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Christopher Barron / Washington Examiner:
Mitt Romney is not ‘principled’ — and he never has been — On Wednesday, Sen. Mitt Romney gave an impassioned speech on the Senate floor while announcing his intention to vote to convict and remove President Trump from office. The speech was lauded by Democrats, liberal journalists …
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Susan B. Glasser / New Yorker:
The Wrenching Truth About Mitt Romney's Vote Is That It Doesn't Matter — Donald Trump's impeachment-trial acquittal makes him the President he always wanted to be: inescapable and utterly unaccountable. — On Monday afternoon, Representative Adam Schiff closed the House managers' case …
Salt Lake Tribune:
Tribune Editorial: Mitt Romney's profile in courage — By The Salt Lake Tribune Editorial Board … — Sen. Edmund G. Ross, R-Kansas, reflecting on his deciding vote to acquit the impeached President Andrew Johnson in 1868. — Mitt Romney could have ducked this one.
Charles Sykes / The Bulwark:
Romney: One Man Alone
Romney: One Man Alone
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New York Times, The Hill, The Federalist and NBC News
Julia Arciga / The Daily Beast:
Don Jr. Calls Sen. Mitt Romney a ‘Pussy’ for Announcing Vote to Convict Trump
Don Jr. Calls Sen. Mitt Romney a ‘Pussy’ for Announcing Vote to Convict Trump
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New York Times, The Daily Beast and Task & Purpose
Josh Dawsey / Washington Post:
Mitt Romney knew the storm was coming over his impeachment vote. How long it lasts will be up to Trump.
Mitt Romney knew the storm was coming over his impeachment vote. How long it lasts will be up to Trump.
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Karen Tumulty / Washington Post:
What Mitt Romney learned from his father
What Mitt Romney learned from his father
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Outside the Beltway
Lindsay Whitehurst / Associated Press:
Romney impeachment vote heartens some, angers others in Utah
Laura Bassett / GQ:
Why Susan Collins Is More Dangerous Than Mitch McConnell
Why Susan Collins Is More Dangerous Than Mitch McConnell
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New York Times, Slate, Bangor Daily News and Daily Kos
Washington Post:
Romney votes to convict Trump on charge of abuse of power, becoming the lone Republican to break ranks
Romney votes to convict Trump on charge of abuse of power, becoming the lone Republican to break ranks
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Politico:
Trump gets bittersweet vindication with a surprise twist from an old foe
Trump gets bittersweet vindication with a surprise twist from an old foe
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Breitbart and Washington Post
John F. Harris / Politico:
Democracy in Inaction: How Trump Beat the Rap
Democracy in Inaction: How Trump Beat the Rap
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Washington Post and Axios
Bloomberg:
Trump Fans Flooded Iowa Caucus Hotline, Democrats Say — State party official discussed breakdown with party leaders — Party officials held conference call on Wednesday night — Supporters of President Donald Trump flooded a hotline used by Iowa precinct chairs …
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New York Times:
Snail Mail and Nuisance Calls: New Details on the Iowa Caucus Problems — On a private conference call, Iowa Democratic leaders revealed more about how the reporting process on Monday night went calamitously awry. — Iowa Democratic officials said on a private conference call on Wednesday night …
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ProPublica:
The Iowa Caucuses App Had Another Problem: It Could Have Been Hacked — ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they're published. — A glitch in the smartphone app used to count and report votes …
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The Federalist, Twitchy, Mashable and VICE
Hunter Moyler / Newsweek:
New poll shows every Democratic frontrunner beating Donald Trump in 2020 election
New poll shows every Democratic frontrunner beating Donald Trump in 2020 election
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NewsOne
Gregg Re / Fox News:
DHS suspends Global Entry, Trusted Traveler Programs for New York residents in response to sanctuary law — Homeland Security reviewing two administration immigration programs looking to expedite deportation process — Acting Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf exclusively told Fox News' …
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Marie L. Yovanovitch / Washington Post:
These are turbulent times. But we will persist and prevail. — Marie L. Yovanovitch served most recently as the U.S. ambassador to Ukraine. — After nearly 34 years working for the State Department, I said goodbye to a career that I loved. It is a strange feeling to transition …
Washington Post:
Bernie Sanders raised $25 million in January, a hefty sum — Sen. Bernie Sanders, who has become a financial juggernaut in the Democratic presidential race, raised $25 million in January, a massive sum that he is using to expand investments in staff and television advertising in key states.
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NBC News:
‘One place left to hold him accountable’: Trump acquittal raises stakes for Democrats
‘One place left to hold him accountable’: Trump acquittal raises stakes for Democrats
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Washington Post, The Guardian and American Greatness
Ryan Grim / The Intercept:
Nontraditional Voters at Iowa Satellite Caucuses Could Tip the Balance to Bernie Sanders
Nontraditional Voters at Iowa Satellite Caucuses Could Tip the Balance to Bernie Sanders
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JustOneMinute, HuffPost, Common Dreams, Bad News and YouTube
Sherrod Brown / New York Times:
In Private, Republicans Admit They Acquitted Trump Out of Fear — One journalist remarked to me, “How in the world can these senators walk around here upright when they have no backbone?” — Mr. Brown is a Democratic senator from Ohio. — Not guilty. Not guilty.
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Washington Post, Daily Kos, Raw Story, HuffPost, Vanity Fair and POLITICUSUSA
Tamar Lapin / New York Post:
Nancy Pelosi ‘pre-ripped’ pages of Trump's SOTU speech, video shows — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi apparently made tiny tears into her copy of President Trump's State of the Union address — so that her speech-ripping moment could go off without a hitch. — As Trump introduced cancer …
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Liz Plank / NBC News:
Nancy Pelosi tears up Trump's State of the Union speech in possible 2020 tipping point
Nancy Pelosi tears up Trump's State of the Union speech in possible 2020 tipping point
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CNN, Washington Post and Townhall
Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
What's next — giving the Presidential Medal of Freedom to David Duke?
What's next — giving the Presidential Medal of Freedom to David Duke?
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Redstate, Vox, CNN, COURIER, Twitchy, NB Blog, Outside the Beltway, The Guardian, Raw Story and The Daily Beast, more at Mediagazer »
CBS Boston:
Exclusive NH Tracking Poll: Sanders Continues To Lead, Buttigieg Closing In — BOSTON (CBS) - In a continuation of movement we picked up in last night's WBZ/Boston Globe/Suffolk University tracking poll, it's another day of good results in New Hampshire for Pete Buttigieg.
Matthew Haag / New York Times:
Surprise for New York Renters: No More Broker Fees — Regulators unexpectedly banned broker fees for renters, which in the city have long amounted to as much as 15 percent of the annual lease. — In New York's City intensely competitive rental market, tenants usually deal with middlemen known as brokers …
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Simple Justice
People.com:
Kirk Douglas, Hollywood Icon and Spartacus Star, Dies at 103 — With over 92 acting credits, including some 75 movies, Douglas became a superstar even before the term was coined — Kirk Douglas, one of the leading stars of Hollywood's golden age, has died. He was 103.
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Yvonne Wingett Sanchez / Arizona Republic:
Sen. Kyrsten Sinema says she will vote to convict President Trump on impeachment charges — Citing her concern for the Constitution as well as the conduct of future presidents, Sen. Kyrsten Sinema will vote Wednesday to convict President Donald Trump on the impeachment charges of abuse of power and obstruction of Congress.
Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times:
TV Ratings Declined for Trump's State of the Union Speech — About 37 million Americans tuned in on Tuesday, the smallest audience of President Trump's tenure. — President Trump put a “Celebrity Apprentice” spin on his State of the Union address on Tuesday, seeding the 78-minute broadcast …
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Insights - Nielsen, The Week and Axios
Jessica Donati / Wall Street Journal:
U.S. Troops in Standoffs With Russian Military Contractors in Syria — Top U.S. envoy warns that rise in tensions could lead to hostile action between two powers — WASHINGTON—Russian personnel are engaging in tense standoffs with U.S. troops on highways in northeastern Syria in violation …
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Foreign Policy
VICE:
An ‘Off-the-Shelf, Skeleton Project’: Experts Analyze the App That Broke Iowa — The app used to report early results in Iowa's Democratic Presidential primary caucus was rudimentary in many ways, according to analyses by multiple Android app development experts and cybersecurity professionals …
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Ted Nesi / WPRI-TV:
VP Raimondo? Bloomberg, gov keep the door open — PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) — Democratic presidential hopeful Mike Bloomberg and Gov. Gina Raimondo played it coy Wednesday about whether she could be his running mate, after she became the first governor in the country to endorse the former New York City mayor.
Anne Quito / Quartz:
Frustration grows in China as face masks compromise facial recognition — Because China — Even small changes in China have global effects. — Face masks are mandatory in at least two provinces in China, including the city of Wuhan. In an effort to contain the coronavirus strain …