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2:20 PM ET, February 8, 2020

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CNN:
CNN poll: Sanders leads as Buttigieg grabs momentum in New Hampshire  —  Buttigieg and Sanders both claim victory in Iowa  —  (CNN)Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders heads into the New Hampshire primary still holding a lead over his top rivals for the Democratic nomination, but with Pete Buttigieg …
Discussion: The Week and WTOP
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CBS Boston:
Exclusive NH Tracking Poll: Buttigieg Takes Lead Over Sanders In Tight New Hampshire Race  —  BOSTON (CBS) - Pete Buttigieg continued his rise in Friday night's exclusive WBZ/Boston Globe/Suffolk University poll, for the first time taking a narrow lead that falls within the survey's 4.4% margin of error.
Discussion: BuzzFeed News
Matthew Yglesias / Vox:
Bernie Sanders showed us he's a very skilled politician  —  Sen. Bernie Sanders walks onstage as he arrives for the Democratic debate on February 7, 2020.  Joseph Prezioso/AFP via Getty Images  —  He's a much savvier operator than the establishment gives him credit for.
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Winners and losers from the New Hampshire Democratic debate  —  The Democratic presidential primary entered a new phase Friday night, with the Iowa results finally all in and the candidates debating in New Hampshire ahead of Tuesday's primary.  —  Below, some winners and losers.  —  Winners
Colin Kalmbacher / Law & Crime:
Pete Buttigieg Funded by Russian-Linked Oligarch Who Supports Trump and McConnell  —  Democratic presidential candidate and former South Bend, Indiana mayor Pete Buttigieg is facing questions after recent revelations that his 2020 effort has taken campaign contributions from an infamous …
Discussion: Mediaite
The Boston Globe:
Buttigieg opens slight lead over Sanders in N.H., Globe/WBZ/Suffolk poll shows
Discussion: Axios, New York Post and Politico
Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:   Journalists shouldn't make political predictions. I learned this lesson the hard way.
Julie Pace / Associated Press:
Democrats on edge after 2020 election season's ragged launch
Discussion: Breitbart
Niall Stanage / The Hill:
Five takeaways: Fear of Trump hangs over Democratic debate
NBC News:   Elizabeth Warren's ‘unity’ pitch clashes with her ‘fighter’ message
Politico:
Everything you need to know about the 2020 race in New Hampshire today
Discussion: Associated Press, CNN and The Hill
New York Times:
How Pete Buttigieg Became the Surprise of the Iowa Caucuses
Discussion: Mediaite
Alex Griswold / Washington Free Beacon:
Pete Buttigieg Refuses to Answer Half of NYT Foreign Policy Survey
Discussion: New York Times and New York Times
New York Times:
7 Takeaways From the Democratic Debate in New Hampshire
Discussion: Mother Jones and The Hill
Nihar Kabinittal / ABC News:
Klobuchar takes aim at Buttigieg in ABC News debate in New Hampshire
Discussion: New York Times and Breitbart
The Philadelphia Inquirer:
Trump used Philly girl's story to attack ‘failing government schools.’ But she's at one of the city's most desired charters.  —  President Donald Trump turned a Philadelphia fourth grader into a poster child for the school-choice movement Tuesday when he told the nation that thousands of students were …
Discussion: Daily Kos
David Rothkopf / The Daily Beast:
Friday Night Massacre's Just the Beginning for Acquitted Trump  —  Nine months before election day, our most corrupt, unfit, demented and malevolent president has been given more power than any other human being in our history.  —  BEAST INSIDE  —  In an administration founded on lies, telling the truth is the ultimate crime.
Discussion: Raw Story and NBC News
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Washington Post:
Trump ousts Vindman and Sondland, punishing key impeachment witnesses in post-acquittal campaign of retribution
New York Times:
Trump Fires Impeachment Witnesses Gordon Sondland and Alexander Vindman in Post-Acquittal Purge
Todd Spangler / Detroit Free Press:
Bloomberg gets key endorsement from Michigan congresswoman, who says he will be president  —  WASHINGTON — Former New York City Mayor Mike Bloomberg is pulling out all the stops to win Michigan's March 10 presidential primary and on Saturday picked up what could be a watershed endorsement …
Discussion: Political Wire
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Axios:
Bloomberg's big bet on massive campaign spending  —  Data: Advertising Analytics, FEC; Chart: Danielle Alberti/Axios  —  Michael Bloomberg's prolific spending aims to make him as legitimate and familiar as his rivals.  It also confronts two realities: President Trump is out-raising …
Brittany Shammas / Washington Post:
Meet the 71-year-old staging a one-man protest in his Trump-loving retirement community  —  For most of his life, Ed McGinty kept his political beliefs to himself.  —  Raised Irish Catholic in Philadelphia, the 71-year-old retired real estate broker has always been a Democrat, just like his parents before him.
Discussion: Raw Story
New York Times:
Amy Klobuchar  —  Jamelle Bouie (7/10) — Klobuchar sounded confident and aggressive, willing and able to go after her competitors.  Her defense of experience, in particular, was strong.  More and more, she looks like a real alternative for moderate Democrats.
Associated Press:
Actor-comedian Orson Bean, 91, hit and killed by car in LA  —  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Orson Bean, the witty actor and comedian who enlivened the game show “To Tell the Truth” and played a crotchety merchant on “Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman,” was hit and killed by a car in Los Angeles, authorities said.
Discussion: New York Times, Power Line and The Wrap
Molly Jong-Fast / The Bulwark:
Donald Trump Definitely Learned His Lesson  —  He knows exactly who he's dealing with now.  —  We should have expected that a speech tasked with unpacking “our Country's VICTORY over the Impeachment Hoax!” would be crazy.  —  But none of us could have possibly predicted just how crazy it turned out to be.
Riham Feshir / MPR News:
Thousands of Hmong and Lao Americans face deportation under Trump proposal  —  In a letter to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, Rep. Betty McCollum calls the plan ‘unconscionable’  —  Advocates warn that a Trump administration proposal to deport thousands of Hmong and Lao Americans back to Laos …
Richard Rubin / Wall Street Journal:
Facebook and IRS Prepare for $9 Billion U.S. Tax Court Fight  —  Government challenges social-media giant's transactions with its Irish subsidiary  —  Facebook Inc. FB .70% and the Internal Revenue Service will square off in a U.S. Tax Court case that could cost the social-media giant …
Lisa Rein / Washington Post:
VA chief Wilkie sought to dig up dirt on woman who complained of sexual assault, agency insiders say  —  The Veterans Affairs Department's inspector general is reviewing a request from a top House leader to investigate allegations that VA Secretary Robert Wilkie sought to dig up dirt …
Discussion: ProPublica
Wall Street Journal:
Iowa Democratic Turnout Prompts Concerns About Voter Enthusiasm  —  Some in the party wonder if state has become more conservative as turnout falls short of the 2008 record  —  Democratic turnout for this week's Iowa caucuses fell well below expectations, leading some in the party to wonder …
 
 
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John O. McGinnis / Law & Liberty:
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Reuters:
Coronavirus brings China's surveillance state out of the shadows
Jamie Lovegrove / Post and Courier:
Steyer, Biden feud on debate stage over SC legislator's remarks about campaign payments
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Andrew Feinberg / The Independent:
Trump is now free to take revenge against those who wronged him during impeachment.
John Hinderaker / Power Line:
Another Scandal at the DNC
Discussion: Fox News
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Collins says it would not be appropriate for Trump to retaliate against impeachment witnesses