memeorandum: The spectacular collapse of Joe Biden as Democratic frontrunner (Ebony Bowden/New York Post)

9:45 AM ET, February 12, 2020

Top Items:

New Hampshire primary: Sanders leads, Buttigieg and Klobuchar fight for second — Polls are closed in New Hampshire, and as of 8:30 p.m. ET, the primary is leaning toward Bernie Sanders, Pete Buttigieg is in second place and Amy Klobuchar in third. CBS News projects Joe Biden and Elizabeth Warren are not on pace to win any delegates.

Discussion: Breitbart, CNBC, CBS Boston, The Daily Caller, Spectator USA and The Week

Ebony Bowden / New York Post:

The spectacular collapse of Joe Biden as Democratic frontrunner — MANCHESTER, NH — He was once the presumptive Democratic nominee, but on Tuesday, Joe Biden fled New Hampshire with his tail between his legs — and headed to South Carolina where he watched his dismal results come in.

Discussion: Althouse

Catherine Garcia / The Week:

In Twitter rampage, Trump attacks federal judge set to sentence Roger Stone — President Trump on Tuesday night attacked the judge presiding over his friend and adviser Roger Stone's criminal case. — Stone was found guilty last year of lying to Congress, witness tampering, and obstructing a House investigation.

Discussion: Talking Points Memo, Politico, Reason, ABC News and HuffPost

Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:

Sanders won, but he's not the big story coming out of New Hampshire — The New Hampshire primary may very well be remembered for the third- through fifth-place finishers and for how surprisingly close the race between Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) — the overwhelming favorite who won with 60 percent in 2016 …

Discussion: Daily Kos, Mediaite, Bloomberg, Coffee House and VTDigger

Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:

Joe Biden's Campaign Was a Disaster For Liberalism and the Democratic Party — Candidates who flame out early in presidential primaries, almost by definition, do not make history. But Joe Biden may be an exception. Biden's presidential campaign is now almost certain to fail …

Discussion: The Intercept, The Atlantic and Reason

Jacqueline Alemany / Washington Post:

Power Up: Bernie Sanders's ‘revolution’ may not materialize after narrow New Hampshire primary win — Until next time, New Hampshire. And our condolences to the #YangGang and James Carville. Hope you get a few hours of shut-eye today before everyone flocks to Nevada. Thanks for waking up with us.

Discussion: The Atlantic, No More Mister Nice Blog, New York Times, The Nation and FiveThirtyEight

Ryan Lizza / Politico:

Sanders ekes one out, but the revolution has yet to arrive — CONCORD, N.H. — The biggest stories from New Hampshire are, in rough order, the Biden-Warren collapse, Sanders' underwhelming performance, Klobuchar's surge into third, and Buttigieg's compelling second place finish.

Discussion: Vox, The Nation, Washington Post, FiveThirtyEight and CNN

Sumantra Maitra / The Federalist:
There's No Country For Faux Moderates Like Joe Biden

Discussion: Fox News

NBC News:
The 2020 Democratic presidential contest is about to turn into a math race

Discussion: Washington Post and IJR

Washington Post:
Andrew Yang drops out of presidential race

Discussion: New York Times, BuzzFeed News, Associated Press, The Federalist, HuffPost, Reason, The Independent, The Daily Caller, Breitbart, Lawyers, Guns & Money, Joe.My.God., The Week, Slate and UPI

Edward-Isaac Dovere / The Atlantic:
Andrew Yang Is Dropping Out. Here's Why.

Discussion: Outside the Beltway, Big League Politics and Balloon Juice

Nick Corasaniti / New York Times:
How Amy Klobuchar Pulled Off the Big Surprise of the New Hampshire Primary

Discussion: Deseret News and The Guardian

Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
Sanders wins New Hampshire primary

Discussion: The Federalist, The Daily Beast and Breitbart

ABC News:
Sanders projected to eke out narrow win in New Hampshire primary. Buttigieg and Klobuchar were close on his heels.

Discussion: The Hill, NB Blog, Breitbart, Axios, Mother Jones, One America News Network, Joe.My.God., Star Tribune, CANNONFIRE, Mediaite, Washington Free Beacon, The Week, UPI and Washington Post

Annie Linskey / Washington Post:
Warren's campaign at a crossroads as once-rising star confronts disappointing finishes

Discussion: Vox

Matthew Yglesias / Vox: Amy Klobuchar is the thinking moderate Democrat's electability candidate

New York Times:
Elizabeth Warren, in New Memo, Outlines Her Path and Rivals' Flaws

Discussion: Vox, Washington Free Beacon, Vanity Fair, Team Warren and Politico

Jane C. Timm / NBC News:
Klobuchar nabs third place in New Hampshire, exclaims, ‘Hello, America!’

Discussion: The Daily Beast, MSNBC and VTDigger

Michael Scherer / Washington Post: Georgia Rep. Lucy McBath endorses Mike Bloomberg's presidential campaign

Axios:

Scoop: Trump pulls nomination for former U.S. attorney for D.C. to Treasury post — President Trump is withdrawing his nomination for former U.S. attorney for D.C. Jessie Liu to serve as the Treasury Department's undersecretary for terrorism and financial crimes, a top position overseeing economic sanctions …

Discussion: Politico, The Hill, NBC News, The Week, Redstate, Mediaite, Fox News, IJR, Law & Crime, POLITICUSUSA, The Daily Beast, Patterico's Pontifications, Raw Story, Joe.My.God., Daily Kos and Balloon Juice

NBC News:

Barr takes control of legal matters of interest to Trump, including Stone sentencing — Barr's intervention in Roger Stone's case wasn't the first time senior political appointees reached into a case involving ab ex-Trump aide, officials say. — WASHINGTON — The U.S. attorney who had presided …

Discussion: Washington Post, Mediaite, The Hill, Mother Jones, New York Times, Raw Story, One America News Network, Joe.My.God., The Week, HuffPost, Common Dreams, Palmer Report, POLITICUSUSA, MSNBC, Breitbart, The American Independent and Law & Crime

Washington Post:

Trump withdraws Treasury nomination of former U.S. attorney for D.C. Jessie K. Liu after criticism of her oversight of Mueller prosecutions — President Trump on Tuesday withdrew the nomination of former U.S. attorney Jessie K. Liu of Washington, D.C., to a high-ranking Treasury Department post …

Jordain Carney / The Hill:

Harris demands Barr testify over Roger Stone sentence recommendation — Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.) is demanding that Attorney General William Barr testify publicly over the Justice Department's decision to reduce the recommended sentence for Trump associate Roger Stone.

Discussion: One America News Network

Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
The Justice Department becomes a political hit squad for an unleashed president

Discussion: New York Times, Politico, The Bulwark, Breitbart and NPR

Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
Why Bill Barr's DOJ replaced Catholic Charities with Hookers for Jesus

Discussion: Althouse, Yahoo News, The Gateway Pundit, Raw Story and POLITICUSUSA

Harry Litman / Washington Post:
The Justice Department's reputation is on life support

Discussion: The Hill, BizPac Review, Letters from an American, Sputnik News, The Week and Raw Story

Washington Post:
Justice Dept. to reduce sentencing recommendation for Trump associate Roger Stone, official says …

Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:

Trump Fires Defense Official for Refusing to Break the Law on His Behalf — Two days after Senate Republicans acquitted President Trump on both counts of impeachment, the Trump administration fired a number of national-security officials: European Union ambassador Gordon Sondland …

Discussion: New York Times, New York Post, Washington Post, The Guardian, American Oversight, The Atlantic, Law & Crime, Joe.My.God. and The Week

Brett Samuels / The Hill:
Trump suggests military should consider additional discipline for Vindman

Discussion: Bloomberg and Vanity Fair

Natasha Bertrand / Politico:
‘We are not a banana republic’: National security adviser defends Vindman dismissals

Discussion: The Hill, Joe.My.God., Fox News and Raw Story

Washington Post:
Trump escalates campaign of retribution as Republican senators shrug

Discussion: The Week and The Guardian

Thomas L. Friedman / New York Times:

Paging Michael Bloomberg — Democrats need to nominate the right person to prevent Trump from winning a second term. — My fellow Americans, we face a national emergency. Never before have we had a president so utterly lacking in personal integrity, so able to lie and abuse his powers …

Discussion: Althouse

Becket Adams / Washington Examiner:

Four major journalistic errors in just 10 hours — If you think the news industry's credibility problem is bad now, you haven't seen anything yet. — It is going to get much, much worse the closer we get to Election Day, if Tuesday's slipshod news reporting and commentary is any indication.

Discussion: Washington Post, NB Blog, Redstate, Twitchy and NPR

Sara Burnett / Associated Press:
Inside Mike Bloomberg's big play for black voters

Discussion: Axios, New York Post and The Independent

Jordain Carney / The Hill:

Dems pick up new GOP support to rein in Trump's Iran war powers — Democrats picked up another GOP vote ahead of a showdown on President Trump's ability to take military action against Iran without congressional sign off. — Sen. Jerry Moran (R-Kansas) said on Tuesday that he will support …

Politico: Senate to rein in Trump's war powers after Iran strike

Jordain Carney / The Hill:
Senate GOP blocks three election security bills

Discussion: POLITICUSUSA and Daily Kos

Megan Messerly / The Nevada Independent:

In new flyer, Culinary Union warns members Sanders would ‘end’ their health care if elected president — Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders speaks during a Culinary Union town hall in Las Vegas on Monday, Dec. 9, 2019. (Jeff Scheid/The Nevada Independent) — Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders would …

Discussion: Bloomberg, CNN, VICE, Mediaite, Raw Story and The Intercept

The Daily Beast:

Accused Yovanovitch ‘Stalker’ Robert Hyde Now Supplying Documents to Congress — When asked what he gave the Hill, Robert Hyde told The Daily Beast: “Everything that I had between Lev Parnas and I.” — Not long ago, he was accused of tracking a U.S. ambassador from the shadows.

Discussion: Raw Story

The Daily Beast:
‘The Gloves Are Off’: Trump Pushes Revenge Operations

Discussion: Raw Story

CNN:

This should disqualify Michael Bloomberg — Jill Filipovic is a journalist based in New York and author of the book “The H-Spot: The Feminist Pursuit of Happiness.” Follow her on Twitter. The opinions expressed in this commentary are solely her own. View more opinion articles on CNN.

Discussion: Redstate

Tarini Parti / Wall Street Journal:
Michael Bloomberg to Open New Hampshire Campaign Office—After Primary

Discussion: The Hill

Stephen Gandel / CBS News:

Bloomberg would pay $3 billion less under his wealth tax than under Sanders plan — Democratic presidential candidate Mike Bloomberg says he would pay more to Uncle Sam under his plan to raise taxes on wealthy Americans. What the former New York City mayor hasn't said …

Discussion: Politico

Washington Times:

Trump wins New Hampshire primary, plans to flip state in November — President Trump cruised to an easy victory Tuesday night in New Hampshire's first-in-the-nation Republican presidential primary, counting on the strong showing to turn the state red in November.

Discussion: Associated Press