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Release Detail — February 10, 2020 - Sanders Takes Top Spot In Dem Primary As Biden Falls, Quinnipiac University National Poll Finds; Bloomberg Rises In Primary, Runs Strong Against Trump — In the wake of the Iowa caucuses and heading into the New Hampshire primary …
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CBS Boston:
Exclusive NH Primary Tracking Poll: Sanders First, Buttigieg Second, Surging Klobuchar Third — BOSTON (CBS) - This New Hampshire primary has been a rollercoaster ride, with one last hairpin turn in the final night of the exclusive WBZ/Boston Globe/Suffolk University tracking poll.
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Ronald Brownstein / The Atlantic:
The 2020 Democrats All Have the Same Problem
The 2020 Democrats All Have the Same Problem
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Washington Post and NBC News
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Did a debate actually make a difference for once?
Did a debate actually make a difference for once?
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The Hill and Joe.My.God.
CNN:
Bernie Sanders leads in final CNN New Hampshire tracking poll
Bernie Sanders leads in final CNN New Hampshire tracking poll
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Joe.My.God., The Week and KTLA
George T. Conway III / Washington Post:
Trump is right. We might have to impeach him again. — George T. Conway III is a lawyer in New York and an adviser to the Lincoln Project, an anti-Trump super PAC. — “So we'll probably have to do it again.” — So said the already-once-impeached President Trump on Thursday in the East Room …
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Paul Bedard / Washington Examiner:
Bigger than Vindman: Trump scrubs 70 Obama holdovers from NSC — President Trump is making good on his promises to “drain the swamp” and cut Obama-era holdovers from his staffs, especially the critical and recently controversial National Security Council. — Officials confirmed that Trump …
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Jenni Fink / Newsweek:
Tulsi Gabbard Defends Donald Trump Firing Alexander Vindman: ‘Whether People Like It or Not, There Are Consequences to Elections’ — In breaking with some of her opponents for the Democratic presidential nomination, Representative Tulsi Gabbard defended President Donald Trump's decision to fire Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Vindman.
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Quint Forgey / Politico:
Kellyanne Conway says more officials may be ousted after Trump's Senate acquittal
Kellyanne Conway says more officials may be ousted after Trump's Senate acquittal
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The Hill:
READ: Schumer's letter accusing Trump of ‘pattern of retaliation’ against whistleblowers
READ: Schumer's letter accusing Trump of ‘pattern of retaliation’ against whistleblowers
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Kurt Bardella / USA Today:
Trump retaliation: After purge, House Democrats need to unleash a tsunami of oversight
Trump retaliation: After purge, House Democrats need to unleash a tsunami of oversight
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Washington Post, Just Security and The American Independent
Marianne LeVine / Politico:
Schumer asks inspectors general to investigate whistleblower retaliation after Vindman firing
Schumer asks inspectors general to investigate whistleblower retaliation after Vindman firing
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Washington Post:
Barr acknowledges Justice Dept. has created ‘intake process’ to vet Giuliani's information on Bidens — Attorney General William P. Barr acknowledged Monday that the Justice Department would evaluate material that Rudolph W. Giuliani, President Trump's personal attorney …
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Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Lindsey Graham Implicates William Barr in Massive Scandal, on Live Television — Yesterday, Senator Lindsey Graham appeared on Face the Nation and blurted out an apparent confession of what, if true, would be a scandal of Nixonian proportions. Graham reported he had spoken with Attorney General William Barr that morning.
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Aaron Rupar / Vox:
Trump vowed to not cut Social Security and Medicare — hours before proposing just that — President Donald Trump delivers remarks at a White House session with the state governors on February 10, 2020. Nicholas Kamm/AFP via Getty Images — The president is either brazenly lying about his 2021 budget or doesn't know what's in it.
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Zachary Basu / Axios:
Prosecutors recommend Roger Stone serve 7-9 years in prison — Federal prosecutors recommended in a sentencing memo filed Monday that Trump associate Roger Stone serve 87-108 months in prison — or 7-9 years — for crimes that include obstruction of justice, lying to Congress and witness tampering.
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Washington Post:
Roger Stone deserves 7 to 9 years prison for lying to Congress in Russia probe, U.S. says in sentencing recommendation for Trump confidant — Federal prosecutors on Monday said longtime Trump confidant Roger Stone deserves a sentence of 7 to 9 years in prison for lying to Congress and tampering …
Hamed Aleaziz / BuzzFeed News:
DHS Considered How To Punish States That Deny Access To Driver Records, A Memo Says — The Trump administration drafted a slew of plans to consider not only circumventing state laws limiting the Department of Homeland Security's access to driver records, but to retaliate against states …
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Jonathan V. Last / The Bulwark:
Bernie Bros and the Internet of Beefs — What if Bernie Sanders' internet mobs are an asset, and not a liability? — 1. Bernie's Bros — I was reading the 417th piece about how Bernie supporters form online mobs that are basically the mirror-image of Twitter MAGA world. — It's this one, from CNN:
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Gabriel Schoenfeld / USA Today:
Sanders has a bizarre radical past that Trump and Republicans would use to destroy him
Sanders has a bizarre radical past that Trump and Republicans would use to destroy him
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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Trump just saddled himself with a major campaign liability — President Trump is cruelly working overtime to gut health care for millions of Americans — while simultaneously demanding that we spend billions on the wasteful, useless, hateful border wall that he vowed to make Mexico pay for.
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Reuters:
Exclusive: More than 100 U.S. troops diagnosed with brain injuries from Iran attack - officials — WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. military is preparing to report a more than 50% jump in cases of traumatic brain injury stemming from Iran's missile attack on a base in Iraq last month, U.S. officials told Reuters on Monday.
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Sarah N. Lynch / Reuters:
Exclusive: Justice Department anti-human trafficking grants prompt whistleblower complaint — WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. Justice Department anti-human trafficking grant program is facing internal complaints, after two nonprofits were denied funding in favor of two less established groups whose applications …
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Raw Story
Tina Nguyen / Politico:
Trump world's latest attack on Romney: Tie him to Burisma — The MAGA machine is attempting to turn President Donald Trump's latest nemesis — Sen. Mitt Romney — into the next Hunter Biden. — Trump in recent days took a new turn in his attacks on the Utah senator, veering from assailing …
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Dareh Gregorian / NBC News:
Trump tells Utah gov about Romney: 'You keep him. We don't want him'.
Trump tells Utah gov about Romney: 'You keep him. We don't want him'.
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Joe.My.God., The Hill, The Guardian and Palmer Report
Michael Hobbes / HuffPost:
1 A Slow-Motion Looting — OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS, nearly every institution of American life has taken on the unmistakable stench of moral rot. Corporate behemoths like Boeing and Wells Fargo have traded blue-chip credibility for white-collar callousness.
Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Behind the scenes of Michael Bloomberg's “be boring” campaign — Mike Bloomberg's campaign feels corporate. It's calm, orderly and punctual. His audiences clap politely, and you can't walk two steps without running into a paid staffer with talking points. Nobody whoops or yells.
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Dylan Brogan / Isthmus:
When money is no object — Billionaire Mike Bloomberg recruits …
When money is no object — Billionaire Mike Bloomberg recruits …
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W.J. Hennigan / TIME:
Exclusive: Strange Russian Spacecraft Shadowing U.S. Spy Satellite, General Says — A pair of Russian satellites are tailing a multibillion-dollar U.S. spy satellite hundreds of miles above the Earth's surface, a top U.S. military commander tells TIME, underscoring a growing threat …
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David Brooks / The Atlantic:
The Nuclear Family Was a Mistake — The scene is one many of us have somewhere in our family history: Dozens of people celebrating Thanksgiving or some other holiday around a makeshift stretch of family tables—siblings, cousins, aunts, uncles, great-aunts. The grandparents are telling the old family stories for the 37th time.
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KCCI-TV:
Former Gov. Vilsack claims $150,000 Powerball prize — He never thought he would win, but it didn't stop him from playing. — Iowa Lottery officials said Monday that former Gov. Tom Vilsack has claimed a $150,000 Powerball prize Monday at Iowa Lottery headquarters in Clive.