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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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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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Associated Press:
Biden mocks rival Buttigieg's record as small city mayor — MANCHESTER, N.H. (AP) — Scrambling to salvage his presidential campaign, Joe Biden escalated his criticism of Pete Buttigieg on Saturday, mocking Buttigieg's experience as mayor of South Bend, Indiana, and warning that he would struggle without …
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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 …
FiveThirtyEight:
Who Won The New Hampshire Democratic Primary Debate? — We partnered with Ipsos to poll voters before and after the candidates took the stage. — On Friday, seven candidates faced off in a Manchester, New Hampshire, debate hosted by ABC News. (Note: ABC News owns FiveThirtyEight.)
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CBS Boston:
Exclusive NH Tracking Poll: Buttigieg Takes Lead Over Sanders In Tight New Hampshire Race
Exclusive NH Tracking Poll: Buttigieg Takes Lead Over Sanders In Tight New Hampshire Race
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BuzzFeed News
Tommy Christopher / Mediaite:
Bernie Sanders Support with Black Voters Cratered by More Than Half in a Week
Matthew Yglesias / Vox:
Bernie Sanders showed us he's a very skilled politician
Bernie Sanders showed us he's a very skilled politician
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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
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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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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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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TMZ.com:
Trump's ‘Orange Face’ Photo Appears Edited to Show Stark Contrast … DT took to Twitter Saturday, writing ... “More Fake News. This was photoshopped, obviously, but the wind was strong and the hair looks good? Anything to demean!” The black and white rendition of the pic was also posted by this Moon guy.
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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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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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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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Washington Post:
‘Tempted to despair’: Trump's resilience causes Democrats to sound the alarm — Anxiety is coursing through the Democratic Party as President Trump emerges from his impeachment proceedings as a potent threat for reelection, with party leaders and activists uncertain about how to beat …
The Times of Israel:
Kushner: It will take ‘couple of months’ to prepare maps ahead of any annexation — Trump envoy says joint Israeli-US commission to finalize ‘conceptual’ proposal, ensure ‘contiguous territory’ for Palestinian state; urges Palestinians to join talks — Jared Kushner, the chief architect …
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 …
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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Molly Jong-Fast / The Bulwark:
Donald Trump Definitely Learned His Lesson — 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.
Vivian Salama / CNN:
Firing of House impeachment witnesses raises questions over US-Ukraine policy — Gergen on firings: There's a classy way and the Trump way — (CNN)A White House decision to remove two top officials who played key roles as witnesses in the Ukraine scandal prompted confusion in Washington …
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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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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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