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2:30 PM ET, February 10, 2020

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Ezra Klein / Vox:
Joe Biden, Bernie Sanders, and America's politics of epiphany  —  Former Vice President Joe Biden, Sen. Bernie Sanders, and former South Bend, Indiana, Mayor Pete Buttigieg during the Democratic presidential debate in Des Moines, Iowa, on January 14, 2020.  Scott Olson/Getty Images
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NBC News:
Pay close attention to New Hampshire's independent voters  —  First Read is your briefing from “Meet the Press” and the NBC Political Unit on the day's most important political stories and why they matter.  —  MANCHESTER, N.H. — Arguably the most important group to watch …
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Did a debate actually make a difference for once?
Discussion: The Hill and Joe.My.God.
Nicole Brown / CBS News:
Joe Biden defends poor finish in Iowa: “We're just getting going”
Discussion: Talking Points Memo and Bloomberg
Mike Memoli / NBC News:
Biden, struggling in New Hampshire, looks to avoid a knock-out punch
Paul Steinhauser / Fox News:
Sanders in lead, Buttigieg slipping, Klobuchar surging in New Hampshire poll on primary eve
Discussion: Breitbart
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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Marianne LeVine / Politico:
Schumer asks inspectors general to investigate whistleblower retaliation after Vindman firing
Kurt Bardella / USA Today:
Trump retaliation: After purge, House Democrats need to unleash a tsunami of oversight
Discussion: Just Security and Washington Post
Kaitlan Collins / CNN:
Sondland and Vindman were planning exits but Trump didn't want them to go quietly
Discussion: Raw Story and The Root
QU Poll:
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 …
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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New York Times:
Trump's $4.8 Trillion Budget Would Cut Safety Net Programs and Boost Defense  —  The budget, while largely a messaging document, reflects the administration's spending priorities' stark contrast with Mr. Trump's Democratic rivals.  —  WASHINGTON — President Trump released a $4.8 trillion budget proposal …
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Trump just saddled himself with a major campaign liability
Discussion: CNN
Wall Street Journal:
Four Members of China's Military Indicted for Massive Equifax Breach  —  Disclosed in 2017, hack into the credit-reporting company compromised data on roughly 145 million Americans  —  WASHINGTON—Four members of China's military have been indicted by the U.S. government on charges of hacking …
Discussion: Raw Story
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Associated Press:
US charges 4 Chinese military members in Equifax breach
Discussion: Joe.My.God. and The Week
U.S. Department of Justice:
Chinese Military Personnel Charged with Computer Fraud, Economic Espionage and Wire Fraud …
CNN:
Bernie Sanders leads in final CNN New Hampshire tracking poll  —  (CNN)Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders holds on to his lead on the eve of New Hampshire's Democratic primary, the final CNN tracking poll conducted by the University of New Hampshire Survey Center shows.
Discussion: The Week, Joe.My.God. and KTLA
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Russell Berman / The Atlantic:
Bernie Sanders's Secret Weapon
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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Barbara Starr / CNN:
Over 100 US troops have been diagnosed with traumatic brain injuries following Iran strike  —  (CNN)Over 100 US service members have been diagnosed with mild traumatic brain injuries in the wake of the January 8 Iranian missile attack on the al Asad military base in Iraq …
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.
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Philip Joens / Des Moines Register:   Former Iowa Gov. Tom Vilsack wins $150,000 lottery prize
Ronn Blitzer / Fox News:
Amazon wants to depose Trump in challenge over $10B Pentagon contract  —  Amazon wants President Trump and other officials to answer questions under oath after the administration decided not to award them a $10 billion cloud-computing contract with the Department of Defense.
Discussion: Politico
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Associated Press:   Amazon wants to depose Trump over loss of military contract
CNBC:
Amazon wants to depose Trump after losing $10 billion Pentagon cloud contract
Discussion: Axios, more at Techmeme »
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 …
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.
CNN:
This man says he's stockpiling billions of our photos  —  If Hoan Ton-That is feeling the pressure, he isn't showing it.  —  Over the last month, fears about facial recognition technology and police surveillance have intensified, all thanks to Ton-That's startup, Clearview AI.
Kyle Smith / New York Post:
Political correctness at 2020 Oscars exposes Hollywood's hypocrisy  —  And you thought Hollywood was the sacred land of John Wayne.  Marilyn Monroe.  Humphrey Bogart.  —  Nah, that's not it at all.  “We have gathered on the ancestral lands of the Tongva, Tataviam and the Chumash,” …
Discussion: Page Six
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Kyle Smith / National Review:   Oscar's Diversity Panic
Gabriel Schoenfeld / USA Today:
Sanders has a bizarre radical past that Trump and Republicans would use to destroy him  —  Sanders has radical fringe skeletons dangling in closets without doors.  He's destined to fail in a general election, perhaps in a 49-state rout.  —  The Iowa Democratic caucuses might have ended in fiasco …
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.
Discussion: Marginal REVOLUTION
 
 
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AP Explains: Why isn't there a winner of Iowa's Dem caucuses
David Harsanyi / National Review:
Being Fired by Trump Does Not Make You a Holocaust Victim
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Byron Tau / Wall Street Journal:
The Weirdest Subway Restaurant in America
Wall Street Journal:
The Democrats on Soleimani  —  Biden, Buttigieg and Sanders …
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$50 million program pays for dating workshops and marriage promotion
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Video of Pelosi brings renewed attention to ‘cheapfakes’
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Girl chosen by Trump to symbolize failing schools attends a popular charter program
Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Behind the scenes of Michael Bloomberg's “be boring” campaign
Discussion: The Hill
Bojan Pancevski / Wall Street Journal:
Merkel's Succession Plan Unravels as Protégée Ends Leadership Bid
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Jessica Toonkel / Wall Street Journal:
A deep dive into Paramount's sale to Skydance; sources: Skydance may integrate Pluto into Paramount+, and CBS head George Cheeks is expected to be head of TV

Cecilia D'Anastasio / Bloomberg:
Riot Games says it spent $250M on an unusual deal to finance two seasons of League of Legends show Arcane on Netflix; sources: there was no plan to recoup costs

Kimberly Nordyke / The Hollywood Reporter:
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