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9:55 AM ET, February 12, 2020

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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

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

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, Reason, ABC News, The Hill 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

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

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

Discussion: Deseret News and The Guardian

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

Washington Post:
Andrew Yang drops out of presidential race

Discussion: New York Times, BuzzFeed News, Associated Press, The Federalist, HuffPost, Reason, The Independent, PBS NewsHour, The Daily Beast, 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

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

Discussion: Vox

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

Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
Sanders wins New Hampshire primary

Discussion: The Federalist, The Daily Beast and Breitbart

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

Olivia Nuzzi / New York Magazine: 'They've Both Taken on the Stench of Death.' Are Biden and Warren Making It Out of N.H. Alive?

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

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, Daily Kos, Raw Story, One America News Network, Joe.My.God., The Week, HuffPost, Common Dreams, Palmer Report, POLITICUSUSA, MSNBC, CREW and Law & Crime

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 …

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 …

Discussion: The National Interest, Lawfare, Little Green Footballs, Redstate and Lawyers, Guns & Money

Jordain Carney / The Hill:
Harris demands Barr testify over Roger Stone sentence recommendation

Discussion: One America News Network and Fox News

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

Discussion: New York Times, Politico, The Bulwark, Washington Monthly and Breitbart

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 The Hill

Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Time for Democrats to get much tougher with William Barr

Discussion: NPR, BizPac Review, Common Dreams, Deseret News, Sputnik News and Raw Story

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, New Republic, Law & Crime and Joe.My.God.

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

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

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: American Prospect, Bloomberg, CNN, VICE, Mediaite, Raw Story and The Intercept

Politico:

Senate to rein in Trump's war powers after Iran strike — The Senate is set to pass a bipartisan resolution this week to limit President Donald Trump's authority to launch military operations against Iran weeks after the U.S. killed a top Iranian general. — The War Powers resolution …

Jordain Carney / The Hill: Dems pick up new GOP support to rein in Trump's Iran war powers

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

Discussion: POLITICUSUSA and Daily Kos

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

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

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

Wall Street Journal:

GOP Fight Over Georgia Senate Seat Intensifies — Campaign vendors are pressured not to work with Rep. Doug Collins, who plans to challenge Sen. Kelly Loeffler in November — An intraparty Republican fight over a Georgia Senate seat is intensifying, as campaign vendors face pressure …