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4:55 PM ET, February 12, 2020

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Cameron Joseph / VICE:
EXCLUSIVE: Harry Reid Says It's Time to Kill Off the Iowa Caucus  —  LAS VEGAS — Harry Reid is done with Iowa.  —  The former senate majority leader, who remains a powerful force in the Democratic Party, led off a lengthy interview with VICE News by declaring the end of the Iowa Caucuses.
Discussion: Vox, IJR, The Hill, Bloomberg and CNN
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Politico:
‘Blood in the water’: Biden campaign reels after New Hampshire trouncing  —  MANCHESTER, N.H. — Joe Biden limped away from New Hampshire with a devastating fifth-place finish, zero delegates and the viability of his campaign in question.  —  It's a precipitous fall for the former vice president …
New York Times:
After New Hampshire, What Comes Next for Elizabeth Warren  —  New Hampshire was the first clean test for the Democratic candidates.  Here's an analysis of the results, and what they mean for the race.  —  So we finally have actual election results from the state of New Hampshire.
Amanda Terkel / HuffPost:
Cable News Just Can't Bring Itself To Admit That Bernie Sanders Won  —  It was the moderates who really won!  —  Just so we're clear, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) won the New Hampshire Democratic presidential primary.  He received the most votes.  He won.  —  But you might not know that if you were watching cable news.
Mehdi Hasan / The Intercept:
The Pundits Wrote Off Bernie's Candidacy.  In Iowa and New Hampshire, He Proved Them Wrong.  —  Goodbye, Joe Biden.  —  Bernie Sanders is now the undisputed frontrunner in the race for the Democratic presidential nomination.  —  Last week, in the Iowa caucuses, Sanders won the popular vote …
Ebony Bowden / New York Post:
The spectacular collapse of Joe Biden as Democratic frontrunner
Discussion: Power Line and Althouse
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Joe Biden's Campaign Was a Disaster For Liberalism and the Democratic Party
Jack Shafer / Politico:
Joe Biden's Campaign About Nothing
Discussion: Breitbart
Elie Mystal / The Nation:
They Rocked New Hampshire—but Pete and Amy Still Can't Win Over Black Voters
Discussion: Rolling Stone, Mediaite and NPR
Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
The media keep falling in love — with anybody but Bernie Sanders
John Judis / Talking Points Memo:   Requiem for Elizabeth Warren's Campaign
Michael Scherer / Washington Post:
Mike Bloomberg wins the Democratic spotlight and the derision of his rivals
Byron York / Washington Examiner:
What happened to Elizabeth Warren?
Andrew Desiderio / Politico:
Lindsey Graham shuts down calls to investigate DOJ's Roger Stone reversal  —  Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) has little interest in investigating the Justice Department's abrupt reversal on a sentencing recommendation for Roger Stone — rebuffing a Democratic demand sparked …
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Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Attorney General William Barr to testify before House Judiciary Committee  —  Attorney General William Barr has accepted an invitation to testify to the House Judiciary Committee on March 31, ending a year-long standoff that began when the panel first demanded his testimony in the aftermath …
Discussion: Law & Crime and Raw Story
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
As Trump openly corrupts DOJ, a former insider sounds the alarm  —  With the Justice Department in turmoil over the decision by higher-ups to downscale a sentencing recommendation for longtime Trump confidant Roger Stone, Trump tweeted: … This is a straight-up celebration of the fact …
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Trump Congratulates William Barr for Eliminating Justice Department Independence
Andrew J. Tobias / Plain Dealer:
Jim Jordan's name comes up during Statehouse testimony on OSU abuse victims bill  —  COLUMBUS, Ohio — ​U.S. Rep. Jim Jordan's name came up Tuesday during a Statehouse hearing on a bill that would pave the way for victims of former Ohio State University doctor Richard Strauss to sue the university for damages.
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Liz Roscher / Yahoo Sports:
Rep. Jim Jordan accused of participating in OSU sexual abuse cover-up by ex-wrestler  —  Ohio congressman and former Ohio State assistant wrestling coach Jim Jordan has been accused of participating in the cover up of widespread sexual abuse in OSU's wrestling program.
Discussion: Joe.My.God. and Raw Story
Todd Stacy / Alabama Daily News:
New Alabama poll shows tight race for U.S. Senate  —  MONTGOMERY, Ala. - With less than three weeks to go until the primary election on March 3, a new Alabama Daily News poll shows a tight race among Republican contenders for the U.S. Senate.  —  According to the survey of likely Republican voters …
Discussion: The Daily Caller and Joe.My.God.
Kate O'Keeffe / Wall Street Journal:
Education Department Investigating Harvard, Yale Over Foreign Funding  —  Officials accuse schools across U.S. of soliciting funds from foreign governments, companies known to be hostile to the country
Spencer Ackerman / The Daily Beast:
Army Isn't Investigating Lt. Col. Vindman, Despite Trump's Tweets  —  But that could change in a hurry.  Retired officers tell The Beast that the officer who testified about Trump's attempts to pressure Ukraine isn't out of professional danger yet.  —  The Army officer and former National …
Discussion: Politico and Washington Post
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Nihar Kabinittal / ABC News:
Pentagon officially mum on Trump's suggestion Vindman could face disciplinary action
Sonam Sheth / Business Insider:
Trump repeatedly asked Reince Priebus if Wisconsin badgers are ‘mean to people,’ how they ‘work,’ and what they eat, according to a new book  — When Reince Priebus was the White House chief of staff, President Donald Trump often subjected him to questioning about badgers …
Discussion: Mediaite
CNN:
First on CNN: Deval Patrick ends 2020 presidential campaign  —  (CNN)Deval Patrick, the former Massachusetts governor who in November made a late entrance into the Democratic 2020 race, ended his campaign on Wednesday, according to a statement provided to CNN.
Chris Cillizza / CNN:
Susan Collins' defense of her Trump vote just keeps looking worse and worse … Asked Wednesday morning by CNN's Manu Raju about those comments — made to CBS' Norah O'Donnell following Collins' vote to acquit Trump — the Maine senator said this: … OK.  —  Well, the “actions” Manu is referring to are, among other things, these:
Discussion: The Hill and Raw Story
Richard Ruelas / Arizona Republic:
QAnon follower who blocked bridge near Hoover Dam pleads guilty to terrorism charge  —  A man who, motivated by his belief in the wide-ranging conspiracy theory known as QAnon, blocked the bridge near the Hoover Dam with a homemade armored vehicle, has pleaded guilty to making a terrorist threat.
Discussion: Raw Story and Joe.My.God.
Kevin Roose / New York Times:
A Thorn in YouTube's Side Digs In Even Deeper  —  Carlos Maza, a socialist who calls YouTube “deeply unethical and reckless,” is trying to bolster the video site's left wing.  —  Carlos Maza believes that YouTube is a destructive, unethical, reckless company that amplifies bigots and profits off fascism.
Discussion: Twitchy
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: The Independent and Raw Story
Richard Sisk / Task & Purpose:
Neo-Nazi group membership may not get you booted from the military, officials say  —  Editor's Note: This article by Richard Sisk originally appeared on Military.com, a leading source of news for the military and veteran community.  —  Membership in a white supremacist or neo-Nazi group …
Discussion: Joe.My.God.
Yossi Klein Halevi:
The Jewish nightmare of Bernie vs. Trump  —  In his first months in office, President Trump emboldened the far-right fringe.  President Sanders would do the same with the far left  —  Ask British Jews what advice they would offer to American Jews, based on their experience fighting Corbynism …
Discussion: The Federalist
Baltimore Sun:
Two police officers working with U.S. Marshals shot in Northeast Baltimore; suspect killed  —  Two police officers assigned to a U.S. Marshals task force were shot and a man wanted in an attempted murder in Pennsylvania was killed in an exchange of gunfire in Northeast Baltimore on Wednesday.
Discussion: The Daily Caller and Fox News
Angelo Codevilla / The American Mind:
Abolish CIA & FISA  —  This is the first in The American Mind's new Rethinking Policy series.  Throughout 2020 we are publishing essays that boldly reframe, reorder, and reprioritize our political goals in order to directly address the real challenges of our time.
Discussion: CANNONFIRE
David Ingram / NBC News:
Bloomberg spends big to challenge Trump on his home court: Facebook  —  Bloomberg spent on average more than $1 million a day during the past two weeks on Facebook, according to data compiled by NBC News.  —  Mike Bloomberg is spending so much money on Facebook ads that he has surpassed …
Discussion: The Hill, Florida Politics and MSNBC
Daniel Dale / CNN:
Fact check: Trump falsely claims ‘redemption money’ from immigrants is paying for border wall, baffling experts  —  CNN reporter: This Trump claim is egregiously false  —  Washington (CNN)President Donald Trump, ever the reality television star, had been hinting that a big reveal was coming.
Discussion: Raw Story
CBC News:
Award-winning journalist Christie Blatchford dead at 68  —  Blatchford was best known for reporting and columns on criminal justice  —  Well-known national newspaper columnist Christie Blatchford has died at 68, according to the National Post, the daily newspaper she worked for.
Discussion: Twelve Thirty Six
 
 
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Marisa Schultz / Fox News:
Tensions flare at House session as Dems take aim at Trump travel ban
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Jonathan Allen / NBC News:
Bloomberg storms to the center of the 2020 presidential fray
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Henry Rodgers / The Daily Caller:
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Andrew Taylor / Associated Press:
White House tries to assure Congress over withheld money
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Akbar Shahid Ahmed / HuffPost:
Ilhan Omar Pitches A New ‘Progressive Baseline’ For U.S. Foreign Policy
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Lee Brown / New York Post:
Coronavirus is a bigger threat than terrorism: World Health Organization
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Nihar Kabinittal / ABC News:
House to vote on resolution that would dissolve Equal Rights Amendment deadline
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Melissa Mackenzie / The American Spectator:
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William A. Jacobson / Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion:
Warren Campaign Obituary: She tried to fake it, but America didn't buy it
New York Times:
Tom Steyer and Bernie Sanders Got Endorsements From Lawmakers on Their Campaigns' Payrolls
John McCormick / Wall Street Journal:
Buttigieg Faces Tough Path in Coming Democratic Contests
Charlie Nash / Mediaite:
THIS JUST IN: Sean Spicer Will Record a Valentine's Day Message For You For Only $199
Discussion: Joe.My.God.
Yancey Roy / Newsday:
Amid uproar, Senate Democrats to offer compromise on bail law
Discussion: Gothamist
CNN:
Georgia race devolves into nasty GOP fight amid fears it could cost Senate majority
Megan Messerly / The Nevada Independent:
In new flyer, Culinary Union warns members Sanders would ‘end’ their health care if elected president
 

 
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Brian Steinberg / Variety:
Sources: NBCUniversal Vice Chairman Bonnie Hammer plans to leave the company at the end of the year; she has been with the company since 2004

Ashley Carman / Bloomberg:
A growing number of podcasters, including Tim Ferriss, are moving away from interviews to monologues or co-hosts, as some well-known guests can be overexposed

Jonathan Stempel / Reuters:
A New York judge finds Sirius XM liable for a difficult subscription cancellation process; Sirius says it will appeal but abide by a new “click-to-cancel” rule

 
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