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7:30 AM ET, February 5, 2020

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New York Times:
Faulty Iowa App Was Part of Push to Restore Democrats' Digital Edge  —  The faulty smartphone app behind the chaotic aftermath of Iowa's Democratic caucuses was the work of a little-known company called Shadow Inc. that was founded by veterans of Hillary Clinton's unsuccessful presidential campaign …
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Associated Press:
Biden's poor showing in Iowa shakes establishment support  —  DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Joe Biden's third presidential bid enters a critical stretch after a disappointing finish in the Iowa caucuses sent the former vice president on to New Hampshire with a skittish donor base …
Discussion: Politico, UnionLeader.com and ABC News
New York Times:
Live: Iowa Caucus Results 2020  —  The Iowa Democratic Party has said it plans to release “the majority of results” that it has at 5 p.m. Eastern time.  Read more in our live coverage.  —  24m ago  —  Candidate Total S.D.E.s* Pct.  Pledged delegates Del.  —  36,262  —  33,793  —  24,623
Noah Kulwin / The Outline:
“Far and away the most disorganized place I've ever been a part of”: Inside Acronym's disastrous foray into the Iowa caucuses  —  Shadow, a branch of the glossy digital strategy startup, was a mess from the start.  —  The Future  —  Shadow, a branch of the glossy digital strategy startup, was a mess from the start.
Jamie Lovegrove / Post and Courier:
Upstate GOP leaders plotting to meddle in SC Democratic primary by boosting Bernie Sanders  —  COLUMBIA — A group of prominent Upstate Republicans are preparing to launch a wide-scale effort this week to encourage GOP voters across South Carolina to vote for U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders …
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 …
Elizabeth Bruenig / New York Times:
The Center Cannot Hold  —  Bernie Sanders's strong showing in Iowa is a turning point in the battle between the party's establishment and left wing.  —  Ms. Bruenig is an Opinion writer.  —  In an interview with The Hollywood Reporter in mid-January, Hillary Clinton said she considered …
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
The Democratic Party's Crisis of Legitimacy May Be Just Beginning
Discussion: Los Angeles Times
Joan Walsh / The Nation:
Elizabeth Warren Has a Movement. You Just Don't See It Yet.
Discussion: The Hill and Vox
Marc Caputo / Politico:
How a broken app overshadowed Biden's Iowa fail
Discussion: CNBC
Josh Kraushaar / National Journal:
Trump's best week as president
Olivia Nuzzi / New York Magazine:   The Iowa Caucuses Were Supposed to Be Important
Miami Herald:
Parkland father removed from State of the Union speech after shouting at Trump  —  The father of a high school freshman killed in the 2018 mass shooting at Parkland's Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School was removed from the audience at President Donald Trump's State of the Union address Tuesday night …
Discussion: The Hill, Vox, Mother Jones and Axios
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Andrew O'Reilly / Fox News:
Trump snubs Pelosi at State of the Union, doesn't shake her hand  —  Handshake snub?  President Trump appears to ignore Nancy Pelosi's outstretched hand at State of the Union  —  President Trump denied House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., a handshake Tuesday night in an awkward moment shortly …
Discussion: Politico and The Hill
Cristina Marcos / The Hill:
10 Democrats to boycott Trump State of the Union address  —  At least 10 House Democrats are boycotting President Trump's State of the Union address on Tuesday night on the eve of the expected Senate vote to acquit him in his impeachment trial.  —  Most of the 10 Democrats — Reps. Al Green …
Matt Fuller / HuffPost:
Republicans Celebrate Trump Getting Away With It At State Of The Union
Discussion: Spectator USA, Mediaite and Raw Story
Sheryl Gay Stolberg / New York Times:
Trump and Pelosi Exchange Snubs at the State of the Union Address
Discussion: POLITICUSUSA and Breitbart
Associated Press:
Venezuela opposition leader attends State of the Union
Rebecca Falconer / Axios:
In photos: All the drama from State of the Union address
Discussion: Politico
David Bauder / Associated Press:   White House excludes CNN from Trump session, with no protest
Christal Hayes / USA Today:
Democratic women in Congress wearing white to Trump's State of the Union to honor suffrage movement
Discussion: The Hill
Lloyd Grove / The Daily Beast:
Trump Had America's Top TV News Anchors Over for Lunch—and Ate Them Alive  —  The Daily Beast learned that Trump's off-record Tuesday lunch with prominent news anchors was surprisingly “chill,” with the president mocking his chuckling guests.  —  Donald Trump served various television news personalities …
Discussion: Raw Story
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Politico:
Trump to award Presidential Medal of Freedom to Rush Limbaugh  —  President Donald Trump plans to award the Presidential Medal of Freedom - the highest civilian award in the U.S. - to conservative radio icon Rush Limbaugh after learning of his advanced cancer diagnosis, the president told television anchors at a private lunch.
Kaitlan Collins / CNN:
Trump says he will award Rush Limbaugh with Medal of Freedom  —  Washington (CNN)President Donald Trump told network anchors during a private lunch Tuesday that he will award Rush Limbaugh with the Medal of Freedom, one day after the prominent political radio host announced he has advanced lung cancer.
Washington Post:
Rush Limbaugh awarded Presidential Medal of Freedom at State of the Union
Washington Post:
President Trump's 2020 State of the Union address, annotated  —  President Trump on Tuesday delivered his annual address from the Capitol, putting him in the room with the House that voted to impeach him in December, and the Senate, which is is expected to vote Wednesday to acquit him of the impeachment charges.
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CNN:
READ: President Trump's State of the Union address
Wall Street Journal:
Full Text of President Trump's 2020 State of the Union Speech
Discussion: American Greatness and NB Blog
Nicole Narea / Vox:
Read the full text of Trump's State of the Union speech
Discussion: Reason and Mother Jones
The White House:
Special Guests for President Trump's 3rd State of the Union Address
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 …
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.
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The Boston Globe:
Kill the tradition: NH and Iowa should not vote first  —  A hundred years ago, New Hampshire blazed a trail as the first among 20 states to hold a 1920 presidential primary election.  It is a tradition that has endured for the century since, and will repeat on Feb. 11 — a fact owed not just to custom …
Discussion: Axios
Steve Benen / MSNBC:
When it comes to Iowa, Trump throws stones from a glass house  —  As Donald Trump celebrates the mess in Iowa, perhaps he should remember that Republicans in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.  —  It seems no one is enjoying the Iowa's presidential caucus fiasco more than Donald Trump.
 
 
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NBC News:
‘Wake-up call’: Iowa caucus disinformation serves as warning about 2020 election
Jane C. Timm / NBC News:
State of the Union fact check: What's true and what's false in Trump's address
Discussion: The Daily Signal
Anita Gates / New York Times:
Alice Mayhew, Who Edited a Who's Who of Writers, Dies at 87
U.S. Senator for Florida, Marco Rubio:
Rubio Co-leads Bipartisan Group of Lawmakers to Nominate Hong Kong's Pro-democracy Movement for the Nobel Peace Prize
Discussion: Bloomberg
Matthew Choi / Politico:
The State of the Union's designated survivor: Interior Secretary David Bernhardt
Discussion: The Hill
Kanyakrit Vongkiatkajorn / Washington Post:
Have you seen or experienced any racism, xenophobia or other forms of discrimination connected …
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CREW Files Hatch Act Complaint Against Jared Kushner
Discussion: Axios, The Hill and Raw Story
 

 
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