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11:30 AM ET, February 5, 2020

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Elizabeth Vaughn / Redstate:
Reaction to SOTU: ‘We Need to Put a Cape on His Back, an ‘S’ on His Chest, and Call Him Superman’  —  Fox News' Pete Hegseth asked voters in Carthage, NC what they thought about President Trump's State of the Union address.  One elderly woman told him, “We need to put a cape on his back, an “S” on his chest, and call him Superman.
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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
Michael Goodwin / New York Post:
Nancy Pelosi shamed herself at Trump's State of the Union address  —  Here's a question for Speaker Nancy Pelosi: Have you heard of Albert Einstein's definition of insanity?  The one where he says it's “doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results?”
Jim Geraghty / National Review:
Pelosi's Petty Move
The Hill:   Pelosi trashes Trump address: ‘He shredded the truth, so I shredded his speech’
Ashley Parker / Washington Post:
With chants, walkouts and a ripped-up speech, bitter partisanship dominates Trump's State of the Union
Rebecca Falconer / Axios:
In photos: All the drama from State of the Union address
Discussion: Politico
Andrew O'Reilly / Fox News:
Trump snubs Pelosi at State of the Union, doesn't shake her hand
Discussion: Axios, The Hill and Politico
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 …
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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: UnionLeader.com, Politico and ABC News
Ken Thomas / Wall Street Journal:
How Iowa Slipped Away From Joe Biden  —  Former vice president now must convince donors and voters in other early states to stick with him in a fiercely competitive field  —  DES MOINES, Iowa—In the months leading up to the Iowa caucuses, Joe Biden suggested he could stake an early claim to the Democratic nomination with a victory.
Joan Walsh / The Nation:
Elizabeth Warren Has a Movement. You Just Don't See It Yet.
Discussion: The Hill
The Boston Globe:
Bernie Sanders widens lead in latest N.H. poll
Marc Caputo / Politico:
How a broken app overshadowed Biden's Iowa fail
Discussion: CNBC
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 …
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Washington Post:
Rush Limbaugh awarded Presidential Medal of Freedom at State of the Union
Ruth Marcus / Washington Post:
No, Susan Collins, Trump is never going to learn
Discussion: Crooked Media and CNN
Kaitlan Collins / CNN:
Trump says he will award Rush Limbaugh with Medal of Freedom
Kurt Schlichter / Townhall:   What Rush Means To Us, And To Me
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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Bloomberg:
‘We Feel Really Terrible,’ Says CEO Whose App Roiled Iowa Caucus
New York Times:
Live: Iowa Caucus Results 2020
Washington Post:
Fact-checking President Trump's 2020 State of the Union address  —  President Trump's State of the Union speech once again was chock-full of stretched facts and dubious figures.  Many of these claims have been fact-checked repeatedly, yet the president persists in using them.
Discussion: Associated Press and Daily Kos
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Washington Post:
President Trump's 2020 State of the Union address, annotated
Wall Street Journal:
Full Text of President Trump's 2020 State of the Union Speech
Discussion: UPI, American Greatness and NB Blog
Tom Nichols / The Atlantic:
This Is No Way to Beat Trump  —  Watching the Iowa caucus this year was a new experience for me.  Before the ascendancy of Donald Trump, I was an establishment conservative, one of those liberal New England Republicans whose tribe is now only of blessed memory.
Discussion: Raw Story
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Paul Bedard / Washington Examiner:
Record economic optimism under Trump, better than Reagan, Clinton, Obama  —  Economic optimism has reached a 44-year high and economic gloom a record low under President Trump in the latest survey that shows people in the United States are cheering their best personal economy in decades.
Discussion: Instapundit
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RJ Reinhart / Gallup:
Record-High Optimism on Personal Finances in U.S.
Discussion: The Federalist
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
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 …
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David Bauder / Associated Press:
White House excludes CNN from Trump session, with no protest
Joel B. Pollak / Breitbart:
Van Jones Warns Democrats: Trump Is Helping African-Americans ‘In Real Life’  —  CNN contributor Van Jones warned fellow panelists, and Democrats in general, on Tuesday evening that President Donald Trump was helping African-Americans “in real life” and reaching out to them for their vote in 2020.
Discussion: Clash Daily and The Hill
Roger Kimball / Spectator USA:
Trump's 2020 State of the Union address was nothing less than magnificent  —  One of the many things that F. Scott Fitzgerald said that sound good but aren't true is this: ‘There are no second acts in American lives.’ Consider the life of Donald Trump.  Five years ago he was a dubious real estate developer and professional celebrity.
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Cristina Marcos / The Hill:
10 Democrats to boycott Trump State of the Union address
BuzzFeed News:
She Shunned Islam And Was Embraced By Trump World.  They Took Her Money, Then Turned On Her.  —  Rabia Kazan, a Turkish national who used to be a Trump fanatic, made a big donation to the president's campaign.  But she's not a US citizen.  —  A former rising star in MAGA world recently renounced …
Alex Griswold / Washington Free Beacon:
Bloomberg Used Box to Boost Height as NYC Mayor, Documents Show  —  The Bloomberg campaign was quick to shoot down President Donald Trump's claim that the Democratic presidential candidate plans to use a box to boost his height at Friday's Democratic debate.
Daniel Bice / Milwaukee Journal Sentinel:
Board fires two leaders of the 2020 DNC Host Committee  —  The two leaders of Milwaukee's host committee for the 2020 Democratic National Convention are out.  —  Late Tuesday, the board for the Milwaukee 2020 Host Committee terminated President Liz Gilbert and her chief of staff, Adam Alonso.
Kenneth P. Vogel / New York Times:
Beyond the Partisan Fight, a Wealth of Evidence About Trump and Ukraine  —  Regardless of the Senate's verdict, the impeachment inquiry, President Trump's own words and other revelations yield a narrative establishing his involvement in the pressure campaign.
Wall Street Journal:
Justice Department Ramps Up Google Probe, With Heavy Focus on Ad Tools  —  Antitrust enforcers have reached out to more than a dozen publishers, ad tech rivals and ad agencies  —  The Justice Department has reached out to more than a dozen companies in its antitrust probe of Google …
 
 
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Associated Press:
Trump impeachment acquittal on track ahead of Senate vote
Discussion: KTLA
Carmen Paun / Politico:
Romanian government falls after three months in office
Reuters:
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Jennifer Calfas / Wall Street Journal:
To Limit Abortions, Kansas Lawmakers Target State Constitution
Discussion: National Review
Phil Willon / Los Angeles Times:
Newsom grants posthumous pardon to civil rights leader Bayard Rustin
Jeff Cox / CNBC:
Private payrolls soar in January, the best monthly gain in nearly 5 years
 Earlier Items: 
Amanda Teuscher / American Oversight:
Energy Department Releases New Batch of Ukraine Documents
Michelle R. Smith / Associated Press:
Rhode Island governor backs Michael Bloomberg for president
Discussion: The Hill and Contemptor
Jane C. Timm / NBC News:
State of the Union fact check: What's true and what's false in Trump's address
Discussion: Breitbart and The Daily Signal
Associated Press:
Venezuela opposition leader attends State of the Union
Discussion: The Federalist, Breitbart and IJR
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Financial Times:
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