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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 …
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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.
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Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
Journalists shouldn't make political predictions. I learned this lesson the hard way. — Of all the lessons the mainstream media should have learned over the past four years, one of them is inexcusably obvious: We're bad at predictions. — Who can forget poll analyses, the infographic needles …
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.
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ABC News, Politico, Talking Points Memo, The Daily Caller, Breitbart and Outside the Beltway
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 …
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Mediaite
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Winners and losers from the New Hampshire Democratic debate
Winners and losers from the New Hampshire Democratic debate
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Associated Press, Breitbart, The Daily Beast and Bern Notice
The Boston Globe:
Buttigieg opens slight lead over Sanders in N.H., Globe/WBZ/Suffolk poll shows
Buttigieg opens slight lead over Sanders in N.H., Globe/WBZ/Suffolk poll shows
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Axios, Politico and New York Post
Politico:
Everything you need to know about the 2020 race in New Hampshire today
Everything you need to know about the 2020 race in New Hampshire today
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Associated Press, CNN and The Hill
Niall Stanage / The Hill:
Five takeaways: Fear of Trump hangs over Democratic debate
Five takeaways: Fear of Trump hangs over Democratic debate
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Outside the Beltway, Politico and NBC News
Alex Griswold / Washington Free Beacon:
Pete Buttigieg Refuses to Answer Half of NYT Foreign Policy Survey
Pete Buttigieg Refuses to Answer Half of NYT Foreign Policy Survey
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New York Times:
7 Takeaways From the Democratic Debate in New Hampshire
7 Takeaways From the Democratic Debate in New Hampshire
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Mother Jones and The Hill
Nihar Kabinittal / ABC News:
Klobuchar takes aim at Buttigieg in ABC News debate in New Hampshire
Klobuchar takes aim at Buttigieg in ABC News debate in New Hampshire
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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 …
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Talking Points Memo and 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.
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Raw Story
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Vivian Salama / CNN:
Firing of House impeachment witnesses raises questions over US-Ukraine policy
Firing of House impeachment witnesses raises questions over US-Ukraine policy
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Rolling Stone, Raw Story and East Bay Times
John Gans / New York Times:
Col. Vindman and the Trumpification of the National Security Council
Col. Vindman and the Trumpification of the National Security Council
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Raw Story, The Brussels Times, Mediaite, Vox, The Daily Caller and The Week
Washington Post:
Trump ousts Vindman and Sondland, punishing key impeachment witnesses in post-acquittal campaign of retribution
Trump ousts Vindman and Sondland, punishing key impeachment witnesses in post-acquittal campaign of retribution
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Talking Points Memo, One America News Network, Mother Jones, Vox, UPI, The Resurgent, The Last Refuge and Associated Press
New York Times:
Trump Fires Impeachment Witnesses Gordon Sondland and Alexander Vindman in Post-Acquittal Purge
Trump Fires Impeachment Witnesses Gordon Sondland and Alexander Vindman in Post-Acquittal Purge
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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 …
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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 …
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Ballotpedia News, The Hill, Fox News, Washington Post and Politico
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 …
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ProPublica
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.
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Breitbart, New York Times, The Gateway Pundit, Power Line and The Wrap
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.
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Raw Story
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.
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.
Jackie Kucinich / The Daily Beast:
Democratic Voters Worry Biden Has ‘Too Much Baggage’ After Trump's Ukraine Smears — The conspiracy theories about Biden amplified by Trump may have been debunked, but some voters say it doesn't matter—the former VP already has a huge weak spot. — On the campaign trail …
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 …