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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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New York Times, Vanity Fair and Real Clear Politics
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Jim Geraghty / National Review:
Pelosi's Petty Move — On the menu today: I don't know about you, but I'm really eager to dive into today's topics. For once, we've got four consequential stories brewing simultaneously: Trump's reelection argument in the State of the Union Address and House speaker Nancy Pelosi's decision …
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The American Spectator, Washington Post and CNN
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 …
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The Hill, Vox, Mother Jones and Axios
The Hill:
Pelosi trashes Trump address: ‘He shredded the truth, so I shredded his speech’ — Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) on Wednesday trashed President Trump's raucous State of the Union address while huddling with rank-and-file Democrats and explained why she dramatically ripped up his speech as he wrapped up his remarks.
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New York Post
Politico:
Pelosi unloads on Trump in private meeting after SOTU standoff — Speaker Nancy Pelosi ripped into President Donald Trump in a private meeting with Democrats Wednesday, just hours after the two jousted in a silent sparring match during his State of the Union address.
Ashley Parker / Washington Post:
With chants, walkouts and a ripped-up speech, bitter partisanship dominates Trump's State of the Union
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Washington Monthly, New York Times, Associated Press, Politico, Outside the Beltway and Axios
Rebecca Falconer / Axios:
In photos: All the drama from State of the Union address
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Politico
Sheryl Gay Stolberg / New York Times:
Trump and Pelosi Exchange Snubs at the State of the Union Address
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Washington Post, POLITICUSUSA, Mediaite and Breitbart
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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National Review, New York Post, The Hill, POLITICUSUSA, Raw Story and No More Mister Nice Blog
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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 …
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UnionLeader.com, Politico and ABC News
Joan Walsh / The Nation:
Elizabeth Warren Has a Movement. You Just Don't See It Yet.
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The Hill
Nihar Kabinittal / ABC News:
Iowa Democratic Party releases majority of caucus results
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Associated Press, One America News Network, Politico, FiveThirtyEight, The Daily Beast, Redstate and The Gateway Pundit
Issie Lapowsky / protocol:
He complained about Democrats' tech ‘morass’ — then built the Iowa app — Shadow CEO Gerard Niemira had high hopes for improving Democrats' tech tools. — The CEO of the tech startup at the center of the Iowa caucus debacle complained last year that critical parts of the Democrats' election technology …
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Bloomberg:
‘We Feel Really Terrible,’ Says CEO Whose App Roiled Iowa Caucus
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National Review, Wall Street Journal, Fortune, The Verge, protocol, Brutal South, The Hill, New York Post, Fox News, Common Dreams, NPR, Slate and Townhall, more at Techmeme »
Osita Nwanevu / New Republic:
Trump Has Never Looked More Comfortable as a Demagogue
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Raw Story
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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Vox, Senator Susan Collins, Washington Post, CNN, IJR, HuffPost, The Hill, Common Dreams, The Guardian, Beacon, POLITICUSUSA, Bangor Daily News, emptywheel, Raw Story, Patterico's Pontifications, The American Independent, Axios, Mediaite, National Review, Lawyers, Guns & Money and Los Angeles Times
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Marianne LeVine / Politico:
Red state Democrat Doug Jones will vote to convict Trump — “Senators are elected to make tough choices,” the senator says. — Sen. Doug Jones. J. Scott Applewhite/AP Photo — Sen. Doug Jones (D-Ala.), who faces a tough reelection race in Alabama, will vote to convict President Donald Trump on both articles of impeachment.
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 …
jones.senate.gov:
Senator Doug Jones Statement on Impeachment Decision — “As this chapter of history draws to a close, one thing is clear: our country deserves better than this. We must find a way to come together, to set aside partisan differences, and to focus on what we have in common as Americans.”
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Mother Jones, Raw Story, The Gateway Pundit and Bloomberg
Timothy Bella / Washington Post:
Rush Limbaugh joins the likes of Mother Teresa and Rosa Parks as recipient of highest civilian honor — There was Mother Teresa, “a heroine of our times,” and Rosa Parks, “a living icon for freedom in America.” Elie Wiesel kept “watch against the forces of hatred,” while Jackie Robinson …
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Raw Story, The Guardian and The Daily Beast
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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.
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Vox, Associated Press and Daily Kos
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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.
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RJ Reinhart / Gallup:
Record-High Optimism on Personal Finances in U.S.
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Townhall, The Federalist and Twitchy
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.
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Raw Story
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Steve Benen / MSNBC:
When it comes to Iowa, Trump throws stones from a glass house
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Los Angeles Times, Daily Kos and The American Independent
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.
Steve Benen / MSNBC:
In SOTU, Trump plays make-believe, wildly exaggerates economic record — In his final State of the Union address before Election Day 2020, Donald Trump's pitch was easy to predict. The president would say that the state of the nation is strong; he'd take credit for low unemployment …
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The Daily Beast, Raw Story and Slate
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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 …
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Axios
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.
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Politico, Washington Post, The Hill, Althouse, The Daily Caller, PJ Media Home and National Review
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.
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