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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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Joe.My.God., Law & Crime, Raw Story and Palmer Report
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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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Raw Story, The Gateway Pundit, The Daily Caller and Jewish Telegraphic Agency
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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Talking Points Memo, Foreign Policy, CNN, Daily Kos, The Independent, Joe.My.God., Raw Story, Common Dreams, Law & Crime, The Week and Newsy
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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Just Security, Washington Post and The American Independent
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 American Independent, Associated Press, Joe.My.God., Raw Story and MSNBC
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 …
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Washington Post, Breitbart, Politico, CNBC and The Daily Caller
Nicole Brown / CBS News:
Joe Biden defends poor finish in Iowa: “We're just getting going”
Joe Biden defends poor finish in Iowa: “We're just getting going”
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Talking Points Memo and Bloomberg
Gabby Orr / Politico:
Trump's ‘dream scenario’ unfolds: Dem disarray ahead of 2020
Trump's ‘dream scenario’ unfolds: Dem disarray ahead of 2020
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The Daily Caller, Raw Story, The Week, Washington Post and The Guardian
Mike Memoli / NBC News:
Biden, struggling in New Hampshire, looks to avoid a knock-out punch
Biden, struggling in New Hampshire, looks to avoid a knock-out punch
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Associated Press, Politico, Breitbart and Vox
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 …
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.
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The Week, Joe.My.God. and KTLA
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CBS Boston:
Exclusive NH Primary Tracking Poll: Sanders First, Buttigieg Second, Surging Klobuchar Third
Exclusive NH Primary Tracking Poll: Sanders First, Buttigieg Second, Surging Klobuchar Third
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Talking Points Memo, National Review, NBC News, Breitbart, Common Dreams, FiveThirtyEight, WPRI-TV, The Hill and New York Times
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.
Paul Steinhauser / Fox News:
Sanders in lead, Buttigieg slipping, Klobuchar surging in New Hampshire poll on primary eve
Sanders in lead, Buttigieg slipping, Klobuchar surging in New Hampshire poll on primary eve
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Breitbart
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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NPR, The Guardian, The Daily Caller, Axios and Daily Kos
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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 …
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Joe.My.God., UPI, Daily Kos, The Guardian, Lawyers, Guns & Money and Wall Street Journal
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 …
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Raw Story
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Eric Geller / Politico:
U.S. charges Chinese military hackers with massive Equifax breach
U.S. charges Chinese military hackers with massive Equifax breach
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Equifax, NBC News, VICE, One America News Network and The Daily Beast, more at Techmeme »
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
Over 100 US troops have been diagnosed with traumatic brain injuries following Iran strike
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POLITICUSUSA and The Moderate Voice
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.
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Politico
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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.
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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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Townhall, National Review, Bleeding Heartland, Vox, Fox News, No More Mister Nice Blog and Bad News
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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Mother Jones, Washington Post, New York Times and The American Independent
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,” …
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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 …
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Patterico's Pontifications
Byron Tau / Wall Street Journal:
The Weirdest Subway Restaurant in America — The franchise is based inside an FBI training center called Hogan's Alley where the bank gets robbed at least twice a week — HOGAN'S ALLEY, Va.—America's worst neighborhood is a magnet for killers, thieves and drug smugglers.