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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:
Many Errors Are Evident in Iowa Caucus Results Released Wednesday  —  Vote counts are riddled with inconsistencies, though there is no evidence that the mistakes were intentional.  —  Results from the Iowa Democratic caucuses were delayed by “quality control checks” on Monday night.
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 …
Discussion: New York Post
Associated Press:
Buttigieg clings to narrow lead as Iowa results trickle in
Discussion: Politico and The Hill
Hunter Moyler / Newsweek:
New poll shows every Democratic frontrunner beating Donald Trump in 2020 election
Jason Koebler / VICE:
Here Is a Link to the App that Blew Up the Iowa Caucus
Discussion: The Verge
VICE:
An ‘Off-the-Shelf, Skeleton Project’: Experts Analyze the App That Broke Iowa
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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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.
Discussion: Politico
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 …
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 …
Christopher Bedford / The Federalist:
What Does Mitt Romney Even Stand For? An Investigation
Discussion: Fox News, The Atlantic and Deseret News
Conrad Black / American Greatness:   Romney's Discreditable, Dishonest Vote
John F. Harris / Politico:
Democracy in Inaction: How Trump Beat the Rap
Discussion: Washington Post and Axios
Karen Tumulty / Washington Post:
What Mitt Romney learned from his father
Discussion: Outside the Beltway
Lindsay Whitehurst / Associated Press:   Romney impeachment vote heartens some, angers others in Utah
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 …
Discussion: Politico, Fox News, CNN, Axios, The Hill and Raw Story
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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Michelle Hackman / Wall Street Journal:   Homeland Security Suspends Enrollment of New Yorkers in Global Entry
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 …
Discussion: Insights - Nielsen, The Week and Axios
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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 …
Liz Plank / NBC News:
Nancy Pelosi tears up Trump's State of the Union speech in possible 2020 tipping point
Discussion: CNN, Washington Post and Townhall
Wall Street Journal:
Bernie Sanders Raised $25 Million in January  —  Haul brings Democratic presidential candidate's total fundraising to more than $121 million  —  WASHINGTON— Bernie Sanders raised $25 million in January for his campaign for president, bringing his total fundraising to more than $121 million since …
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Financial Times:   Joe Biden tries to reclaim frontrunner status after Iowa
Paul Schwartzman / Washington Post:   Bloomberg seizes on chaos in Democratic presidential race to escalate his campaign
NBC News:
‘One place left to hold him accountable’: Trump acquittal raises stakes for Democrats
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.
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.
McKay Coppins / The Atlantic:
The Billion-Dollar Disinformation Campaign to Reelect the President  —  One day last fall, I sat down to create a new Facebook account.  I picked a forgettable name, snapped a profile pic with my face obscured, and clicked “Like” on the official pages of Donald Trump and his reelection campaign.
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 …
Discussion: 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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Hollywood Reporter:
Kirk Douglas, Indomitable Icon of Hollywood's Golden Age, Dies at 103
Discussion: The Week
Betsy Swan / The Daily Beast:
Zelensky Adviser on Trump Impeachment: ‘It Definitely Was Stressful’  —  “If we could choose, this thing wouldn't have happened.  It would have been building the relationship rather than trying to save it from something very political, very loud.”  —  The finale of President Donald Trump's …
Discussion: Raw Story
Katie Benner / New York Times:
Investigations Into 2020 Candidates Must Be Cleared by Top Justice Dept. Officials  —  The move is intended to help avoid upending the election as the F.B.I. inadvertently did in 2016 when its campaign inquiries shaped the outcome of the race.  —  WASHINGTON — Attorney General William P. Barr issued …
Discussion: National Review and The Hill
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 …
Discussion: Foreign Policy
 
 
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Newsweek:
Exclusive: U.S. citizen kidnapped by Taliban group in Afghanistan
Discussion: CNN and New York Post
Washington Post:
The surprises at Trump's State of the Union were carefully planned
Anne Quito / Quartz:
Frustration grows in China as face masks compromise facial recognition
Ted Nesi / WPRI-TV:
VP Raimondo? Bloomberg, gov keep the door open
Washington Post:
House managers: Trump won't be vindicated. The Senate won't be, either.
Discussion: Fox News, The Week and HuffPost
Yvonne Wingett Sanchez / Arizona Republic:
Sen. Kyrsten Sinema says she will vote to convict President Trump on impeachment charges
 

 
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