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6:45 PM ET, February 6, 2020

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New York Times:
Iowa Caucus Results Riddled With Errors and Inconsistencies  —  The mistakes do not appear intentional, but they raise questions about whether there will ever be a completely precise accounting.  —  Results from the Iowa Democratic caucuses were delayed by “quality control checks” on Monday night.
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Dan Balz / Washington Post:
Joe Biden's campaign has a problem, and it begins with the candidate  —  Joe Biden has a problem, and it's not just that no Democrat has finished a weak fourth in the Iowa caucuses and gone on to become the party's presidential nominee.  The problem is Joe Biden the candidate.
Discussion: Politico and The Hill
NBC News:
‘Clog the lines’: Internet trolls deliberately disrupted the Iowa caucuses hotline for reporting results  —  Several officials at caucuses attended by NBC News reporters struggled with lengthy hold times that made it impossible for them to report results over the phone.
Discussion: Vox, Bloomberg, WHOTV, The Hill and Mashable
Nate Cohn / New York Times:
New Doubts From Iowa Caucuses: How ‘Satellite’ Votes Are Being Measured  —  Party documents lay out conflicting ways to award delegates, and the contest is so close that the small difference matters a lot.  —  The winner of the Iowa Democratic caucus might come down to one not-so-simple question …
Bloomberg:
Trump Fans Flooded Iowa Caucus Hotline, Democrats Say
Edward-Isaac Dovere / The Atlantic:
How Biden Blew It  —  WEST DES MOINES, Iowa—The Friday night …
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Trump's latest viral attack on Romney exposes Trumpism's ugly core  —  The retribution has been swift and severe.  Sen. Mitt Romney (R-Utah), who heretically placed his oath of office before his higher duty to defend President Trump, is now taking brutal incoming from all corners …
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Nihar Kabinittal / Associated Press:
Republican governor says Trump 'shouldn't be in office'
Discussion: The Hill
Washington Post:
Trump impeachment live updates: President celebrates Senate acquittal at the White House …
Peter Baker / New York Times:
Trump Lashes Out at Impeachment Foes and Pelosi Hits Back
Discussion: COURIER and Associated Press
Axios:
Trump cuts loose at White House impeachment acquittal celebration
Discussion: Politico and The Hill
The Daily Beast:
Fox News Internal Document Bashes Pro-Trump Fox Regulars for Spreading ‘Disinformation’  —  In a dossier obtained by The Daily Beast, Fox's research unit advises colleagues to be wary of “disinformation” from several Trump-boosting on-air regulars, including Giuliani.
Discussion: Raw Story
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
If You Think It's Bad for Mainstream Democrats Now, Just Wait  —  It is always darkest, John McCain used to say, before it gets totally black.  So it is for the American center-left right now.  Bernie Sanders is currently favored to win the nomination, a prospect that would make Donald Trump …
Luppe B. Luppen / Yahoo News:
Treasury Department sent information on Hunter Biden to expanding GOP Senate inquiry  —  The Treasury Department has complied with Republican senators' requests for highly sensitive and closely held financial records about Hunter Biden and his associates and has turned over " …
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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 …
Financial Times:
Donald Trump ‘apoplectic’ in call with Boris Johnson over Huawei  —  Donald Trump vented “apoplectic” fury at Boris Johnson in a tense phone call over the UK's decision to allow Huawei a role in its 5G mobile phone networks, according to officials in London and Washington.
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.
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Chuck Schumer / New York Times:   Mitt Romney's Lonely Vote
Jonathan V. Last / The Bulwark:   Trump Is the Rosetta Stone for Understanding Mitt Romney
Christopher Miller / BuzzFeed News:
Ukraine Says The US Is Holding Up $30m Worth Of Guns And Ammo — And It Wants Its Money Back  —  KYIV — At the heart of the impeachment saga that ended on Wednesday in Donald Trump's acquittal was $391 million in US military assistance for Ukraine that the president ordered be withheld.
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Justine Coleman / The Hill:   Trump administration delaying arms transfers worth $30M to Ukraine: report
Eugene Daniels / Politico:
Yang fires dozens of staffers after Iowa debacle  —  Andrew Yang's campaign fired dozens of staffers this week after an abysmal finish in the Iowa caucuses, according to four former staffers who were let go.  —  Among those dismissed were the national political and policy directors of the campaign …
Sarah Kaplan / Washington Post:
These southern Utah sites were once off limits to development.  Now, Trump will auction the right to drill and mine there.  —  The Interior Department finalized plans Thursday that will expand drilling, mining and grazing in southern Utah that had once been protected as two separate national monuments …
Discussion: Common Dreams, CNN and The Daily Caller
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Brady Mccombs / Associated Press:   Trump administration moves ahead on shrinking Utah monuments
Brandy Zadrozny / NBC News:
On Facebook, anti-vaxxers urged a mom not to give her son tamiflu.  He later died.  —  Online groups that routinely traffic in anti-vaccination propaganda have become a resource for people seeking out a wide variety of medical information.  —  Facebook groups that routinely traffic …
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.
Monmouth University Polling Institute:
Sanders Takes Lead, Buttigieg and Biden Vie For Second  —  Beating Trump is most important factor; uncertain impact from Iowa results  —  West Long Branch, NJ - Bernie Sanders has taken the lead in New Hampshire's presidential primary, while Pete Buttigieg and Joe Biden currently jockey for second place.
Discussion: Fox News and Politico
Dan Cobb / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Trump hints at Republican compromise in messy Georgia Senate race  —  President Donald Trump suggested Thursday that he's working on a compromise between U.S. Sen. Kelly Loeffler and U.S. Rep. Doug Collins, two Georgia Republicans who are clashing over the same seat in a November election.
Robbie Gramer / Foreign Policy:
At Embassies Abroad, Trump Envoys Are Quietly Pushing Out Career Diplomats  —  “There's zero support or pushback from the department for the career people,” said one former U.S. official.  —  Lana Marks is a successful fashion designer and member of U.S. President Donald Trump's private Mar-a-Lago club in Florida.
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Alex Thompson / Politico:
Women of color bolt Warren's Nevada campaign in frustration  —  A half-dozen women of color have departed Elizabeth Warren's Nevada campaign in the run-up to the state's caucuses with complaints of a toxic work environment in which minorities felt tokenized and senior leadership was at loggerheads.
Discussion: Fox News and The Hill
David Freedlander / Politico:
An Unsettling New Theory: There Is No Swing Voter  —  What if everything you think you know about politics is wrong?  What if there aren't really American swing voters—or not enough, anyway, to pick the next president?  What if it doesn't matter much who the Democratic nominee is?
Ryan Devereaux / The Intercept:
Trump Is Blowing Up a National Monument in Arizona to Make Way for the Border Wall  —  Contractors working for the Trump administration are blowing apart a mountain on protected lands in southern Arizona to make way for the president's border wall.  The blasting is happening …
Akela Lacy / The Intercept:
Bloomberg Plagiarized Parts of At Least Eight of His Plans  —  Mike Bloomberg's presidential campaign plagiarized portions of its plans for maternal health, LGBTQ equality, the economy, tax policy, infrastructure, and mental health from research publications, media outlets, and a number of nonprofit, educational, and policy groups.
Craig Silverman / BuzzFeed News:
These Fake Local News Sites Have Confused People For Years.  We Found Out Who Created Them.  —  As they stole stories from real newspapers, these sites baffled scientists, activists, and journalists.  Until now.  —  Jay Pinho and his wife, Victoria, rely on Google Alerts to track …
Wall Street Journal:
Chinese Doctor Who Issued Early Warning on Virus Dies  —  Li Wenliang, a 33-year-old ophthalmologist based in Wuhan, had captivated the country and triggered an extraordinary outpouring of emotion as he ailed  —  WUHAN—The whistleblowing Chinese doctor who was among the first to flag …
Discussion: New York Post and National Review
Fred Barbash / Washington Post:
Rep. Matt Gaetz demands criminal probe of Pelosi for mutilating Trump speech.  ‘This is cute,’ responds Laura Ingraham.  —  The original version of this article suggested that Rep. Lee Zeldin (R-N.Y.) joined Gaetz in demanding a probe.  While he appeared on Fox News with Gaetz, he did not demand an investigation.
 
 
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Media Matters for America:
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Rob Picheta / CNN:
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