memeorandum: Sanders glides toward primary day as moderates brawl (Politico)

7:20 AM ET, February 10, 2020

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The Latest: Warren forgets she's in New Hampshire — MANCHESTER, N.H. (AP) — The Latest on the 2020 Democratic presidential race and Tuesday's primary in New Hampshire (all times local): — New Hampshire is practically Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren's backyard.

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Politico:

Iowa Democrats: Buttigieg edges Sanders for delegates — Pete Buttigieg has narrowly edged out Bernie Sanders for delegates from last week's Iowa caucuses, according to an announcement late Sunday by the state Democratic Party. — Updated results from the party show Buttigieg with 26.2 percent …

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Sahil Kapur / NBC News:

Pete Buttigieg calls for deficit reduction, swiping Bernie Sanders — The Democratic presidential candidate vowed to focus on the debt even though he says it's “not fashionable in progressive circles.” — NASHUA, N.H. — Pete Buttigieg called on Democrats to get more serious about lowering …

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Gabby Orr / Politico:

Trump's ‘dream scenario’ unfolds: Dem disarray ahead of 2020 — The president's singular focus last year on Joe Biden as a 2020 threat contributed to his historic impeachment. Now he's facing the prospect of an entirely different 2020 challenger. — President Donald Trump. Alex Wong/Getty Images

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BuzzFeed News:

Joe Biden Is Preparing For The Worst In New Hampshire — MANCHESTER, New Hampshire — Is it too late for Joe Biden? On Saturday afternoon in the first primary state, that question was as loaded as can be. Days earlier he had finished a distant fourth in Iowa.

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Byron York / Washington Examiner:

Centrist voters cut Biden out of the picture — DOVER, New Hampshire — The Democratic presidential race in New Hampshire appears to be changing too quickly for the polls to keep up. The stories that hit the news on Sunday focusing on Joe Biden's difficulties might actually have understated the former vice president's problems.

Politico:
Sanders glides toward primary day as moderates brawl

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Trip Gabriel / New York Times:
Iowa Democrats Give Buttigieg the Most Delegates as Sanders Team Seeks Recanvass

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Elena Schneider / Politico:
Buttigieg launches digital ad buy in Super Tuesday states

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Laura Belin / Bleeding Heartland:
Fred Hubbell caucused for Mike Bloomberg

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ABC News:
Biden escalates attacks on Buttigieg: 'He hasn't been able to unify the black community'

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CBS News: CBS News Battleground Tracker poll: In New Hampshire, Sanders' support v. Buttigieg bounce

Reid J. Epstein / New York Times:

How the Iowa Caucuses Became an Epic Fiasco for Democrats — The problems that beset the Democratic Party's first state caucus of the presidential race ran far deeper and wider than one bad app. — DES MOINES — The first signs of trouble came early. — As the smartphone app for reporting …

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Washington Post:

Trump budget plan would fail to eliminate deficit over 10 years, briefing document shows — After initially seeking to eliminate the fiscal gap over a decade, the White House has found that target too elusive — The White House is preparing to propose a budget that would fail to eliminate …

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Wall Street Journal:
Trump to Propose $4.8 Trillion Budget With Big Safety-Net Cuts

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Gregg Re / Fox News:
Trump budget would cut $4.4T in spending, boosting defense while slashing safety nets, foreign aid

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Michelle Hackman / Wall Street Journal:
White House to Reduce Budget Request for Border Wall

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Joe Jervis / Joe.My.God.:

Schlapp: Romney Wouldn't Be “Physically Safe” At CPAC — “We won't credential him as a conservative. I suppose if he wants to come as a non-conservative and debate an issue with us, maybe in the future we would have him come. This year, I'd actually be afraid for his physical safety, people are so mad at him.

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Haaretz:

App Used by Netanyahu's Likud Leaks Israel's Entire Voter Registry — Names, identification numbers and addresses of over 6 million voters were leaked through the unsecured Elector app — The Likud has uploaded the full register of Israeli voters to an application, causing the leak of personal data on 6,453,254 citizens.

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Emma Tucker / The Daily Beast: App Used by Netanyahu's Party Leaks Personal Data of Over 6 Million Israelis

Nihar Kabinittal / ABC News:

Oscars 2020 recap: ‘Parasite’ breaks barriers, Eminem's unexpected performance — “Parasite” won best picture and best directing. — via — “Parasite” was the breakout star of this year's Oscars by breaking barriers: the film became the first non-English movie to win best picture.

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Matt Mueller / Associated Press:

Man carrying knife arrested outside White House after threat — WASHINGTON - A man carrying a knife was arrested outside the White House after he told a U.S. Secret Service officer that he was there to kill the president, police said. — Roger Hedgpeth, 25, was arrested Saturday afternoon …

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YouTube:

Rudy Giuliani lays out the Biden's corruption in Ukraine … Rudy Giuliani joins “Sunday Morning Futures” to discuss the Biden's actions in Ukraine. — FOX News operates the FOX News Channel (FNC), FOX Business Network (FBN), FOX News Radio, FOX News Headlines 24/7, FOXNews.com and the direct …

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Matthew Dessem / Slate:

Joe Biden Just Called a Woman at One of His Events a “Lying, Dog-Faced Pony Soldier.” What? — At a campaign event in Hampton, New Hampshire on Sunday, presidential candidate Joe Biden jokingly referred to a young woman who asked him a question as a “lying, dog-faced pony soldier,” according to the Washington Post.

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NBC News:

Full Sanders: ‘I am in good health’ won't release additional medical records — In an interview with Meet the Press, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) talks about his campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination.

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Jorge Fitz-Gibbon / New York Post:
Bernie Sanders says he won't release post-heart attack medical records

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Jake Lahut / Business Insider:

Libertarian Gary Johnson offers ‘whatever I can do’ to help Tulsi Gabbard in New Hampshire amid third party talk around the candidate — Gary Johnson, the former governor of New Mexico and the 2016 Libertarian Party nominee, offered “whatever I can do” to support Tulsi Gabbard ahead of Tuesday's New Hampshire Primary.

Discussion: Reason