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10:25 AM ET, February 7, 2020

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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 …
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CBS Boston:
Exclusive NH Tracking Poll: Pete Buttigieg Stays Hot, Ties Bernie Sanders For Lead  —  BOSTON (CBS) - New Hampshire - Hoosier daddy now?  In the latest exclusive WBZ/Boston Globe/Suffolk University poll, Pete Buttigieg continues his remarkable post-Iowa surge.
Discussion: National Review and The Hill
Washington Post:
His campaign on the line, Joe Biden goes missing in New Hampshire  —  NASHUA, N.H. — Inside the castle-themed Radisson Hotel where Joe Biden has been staying, workers were preparing the ballroom for his Tuesday night election party.  Outside, Biden's campaign bus was parked and ready for events.
Discussion: TMZ.com and The Gateway Pundit
The Boston Globe:
Pete Buttigieg continues to surge in N.H. polling  —  Former South Bend, Ind., mayor Pete Buttigieg, building on his strong showing in the Iowa caucuses, continued his surge among likely Democratic New Hampshire presidential primary voters, putting him and Senator Bernie Sanders …
Discussion: The Dispatch, Breitbart and NBC News
Cameron Peters / Vox:
New Hampshire Democratic debate: February 7, 2020
Discussion: NPR, FiveThirtyEight and ABC7
Politico:
Iowa blowback scorches Tom Perez  —  Democrats are fuming that it took a full day for Democratic National Committee Chair Tom Perez to issue a statement on the caucus debacle in Iowa — and three full days for him to go before national viewers to explain what's going on.
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Associated Press:
Amid irregularities, AP unable to declare winner in Iowa  —  DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The Associated Press said Thursday that it is unable to declare a winner of Iowa's Democratic caucuses.  —  Following the Iowa Democratic Party's release of new results late Thursday night, former South Bend …
Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
Iowa debacle deepens division between Sanders, national party
The Daily Beast:
The New Dem Fear About Iowa: Do They Have a Turnout Problem?
Elena Schneider / Politico:
Inside Buttigieg's Iowa comeback
Discussion: Washington Post
Steve Peoples / Associated Press:
Democrats prepare for New Hampshire debate as urgency rises
Discussion: Washington Post, Politico and The Hill
Washington Post:
Secret Service has paid rates as high as $650 a night for rooms at Trump's properties  —  President Trump's company charges the Secret Service for the rooms agents use while protecting him at his luxury properties — billing U.S. taxpayers at rates as high as $650 per night …
Discussion: Raw Story
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David A. Fahrenthold / Washington Post:   What President Trump's company charges the Secret Service
Bloomberg:
White House Weighs Ouster of Aide Who Testified Against Trump  — Army's Vindman could be removed as part of a broader sweep  — Some officials may be reassigned from NSC in impeachment wake  —  The White House is weighing a plan to dismiss Alexander Vindman from the National Security Council …
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Politico:
Trump's impeachment revenge list starts with Mitt Romney
Veronica Stracqualursi / CNN:
Joe Walsh ends Republican primary challenge against Trump  —  GOPer: If a Democratic President had done this, she would have already been impeached & removed  —  (CNN)Former US Rep. Joe Walsh is ending his uphill challenge against Donald Trump for the 2020 Republican presidential nomination …
Discussion: Washington Post, Breitbart, IJR and The Hill
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Joe Walsh / Washington Post:
Challenging Trump for the GOP nomination taught me my party is a cult  —  Real conservatives think for themselves.  Trump Republicans have been brainwashed.  —  When I announced my primary challenge to President Trump last year, I knew running against him for the GOP nomination was the ultimate long shot.
Discussion: Associated Press
Michael Gerson / Washington Post:
Trump's politicization of the National Prayer Breakfast is unholy and immoral  —  At the 68th, and perhaps last, National Prayer Breakfast, the main remarks were made by the former president of the American Enterprise Institute (and Post columnist) Arthur C. Brooks, who spoke on the themes of his wonderful 2019 book “Love Your Enemies.”
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Eli Stokols / Los Angeles Times:   From vindictive to vulgar, Trump lets loose after impeachment acquittal
New York Times:
China Tightens Wuhan Lockdown in ‘Wartime’ Battle With Coronavirus  —  With infections doubling every four days and more than 600 deaths, China intensified its response in Wuhan, with house-to-house temperature checks and mass confinements at quarantine centers.
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Li Yuan / New York Times:
A Rare Online Revolt Emerges in China Over Death of Coronavirus Whistle-Blower
Discussion: Breitbart and The Week
Alice Su / Los Angeles Times:
A doctor was arrested for warning China about the coronavirus. Then he died from it
Discussion: New York Times
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.
Byron York / Washington Examiner:
Mitt Romney's ‘profile in courage’  —  For years Mitt Romney had a reputation as a flip-flopper, an opportunist, a politician who would tailor his beliefs to fit whichever group he was trying to please.  —  Running for office in deep-blue Massachusetts in 1994 and 2002, he pronounced himself strongly pro-choice.
Discussion: The Hill and New York Times
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Charles Sykes / The Bulwark:
The Gospel According to Mad King Donald
Discussion: CBS News, NBC News and HuffPost
Jonathan Capehart / Washington Post:
Trump's State of the Union speech was a white supremacist vision of America  —  President Trump defiled the majesty of the East Room of the White House with a vulgar display of vindictiveness that shocked even those of us who didn't expect anything less.  For more than an hour …
Discussion: The Hill
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.
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Joan Walsh / The Nation:
The Erasure of Elizabeth Warren Continues
Discussion: Fox News and The Hill
Courtney Kube / NBC News:
Trump's former Navy Secretary Richard Spencer will endorse Mike Bloomberg for president  —  Richard Spencer, fired for objecting to Trump's intervention in the Gallagher case, will be the first Trump appointee to back a possible Trump opponent.  —  NORFOLK, Virginia — Richard Spencer …
Discussion: Raw Story
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Helene Cooper / New York Times:
Navy Secretary Pushed Out by Trump Says He'll Endorse Bloomberg
Discussion: HuffPost
Jeff Cox / CNBC:
January adds a much stronger-than-expected 225,000 jobs, with a boost from warm weather  —  By Jeff Cox@JEFF.COX.7528@JEFFCOXCNBCCOM  — Nonfarm payrolls surged 225,000 for the month, well above Wall Street estimates for a 158,000 gain.  — The unemployment rate ticked higher to 3.6% …
Wall Street Journal:
Federal Agencies Use Cellphone Location Data for Immigration Enforcement  —  Commercial database that maps movements of millions of cellphones is deployed by immigration and border authorities  —  WASHINGTON—The Trump administration has bought access to a commercial database that maps …
David Brooks / New York Times:
How Trump Wins Again  —  Are Democrats going to give this election away?  —  As several people have noticed, this was the most politically successful week of the Trump presidency.  —  First, President Trump's job approval numbers are rising.  When the impeachment inquiry got rolling in October his Gallup approval rating was 39.
Tim Novak / Chicago Sun-Times:
President's Chicago tax appeal on Trump Tower is under investigation  —  State inspector general, Pritzker administration are looking into allegation a Republican state agency head pressured staff to slash by $1M the $2.5M in property taxes Donald Trump paid in 2012.
Jerusalem Post:
Kushner: Abbas, Olmert jealous they couldn't bring about peace themselves  —  Jared Kushner spoke out against Ehud Olmert and Mahmoud Abbas on Thursday, saying that they are jealous of the peace plan for having the potential to accomplish what they could not.
Arthur Delaney / HuffPost:
Treasury Department Hands Over Hunter Biden Info After Withholding Trump's Tax Records  —  The impeachment trial is over, but Senate Republicans are pressing forward with an investigation into the Bidens.  —  WASHINGTON ― The Treasury Department has given congressional Republicans …
Kate Bennett / CNN:
Melania Trump, once a reluctant campaigner, is hitting the trail  —  Who is first lady Melania Trump?  —  Washington (CNN)For a first lady who generally begs off rallies, fundraising shindigs and campaign events, Melania Trump appears poised to be a larger campaign presence for President Donald Trump's reelection.
Econofact:
Steel Tariffs and U.S. Jobs Revisited  —  Harvard University and University of California, Davis  —  The Issue:  —  It has been nearly two years since the Trump administration first imposed tariffs on steel and aluminum.  New data and research are beginning to emerge on the impact that these tariffs …
CNN:
Mulvaney's job in doubt now that impeachment dust has settled  —  Mulvaney confesses to quid pro quo: Get over it  —  Washington (CNN)With a five-month impeachment saga behind them, White House aides are bracing for the prospect of another staff shake-up in the West Wing as President Donald Trump looks …
Peggy Noonan / Wall Street Journal:
The Democrats' Unserious Week  —  The fiasco in Iowa, the foolishness at the State of the Union—do they realize how bad they look?  —  Democrats, when they're feeling alarmed or mischievous, will often say that Ronald Reagan would not recognize the current Republican Party.
 
 
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Cory Gardner must think what Trump did was fine. But it's hard to tell.
Discussion: Raw Story and HuffPost
Alex Horton / Washington Post:
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Discussion: Raw Story
John Harwood / CNN:
Trump's health care rhetoric shows at least short term appeal
Discussion: KFOR-TV and KTLA
Kate Irby / Fresno Bee:
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Akela Lacy / The Intercept:
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Ryan Devereaux / The Intercept:
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Discussion: The Week
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