memeorandum: Strong turnout in New Hampshire could ease Democrats' fears of low enthusiasm (CNN)

6:30 PM ET, February 12, 2020

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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 …

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Andrew C. McCarthy / National Review:

The Roger Stone Sentencing Fiasco — Some Justice Department personnel handled it questionably, but Trump's reaction was worse. — The first thing to grasp about the Roger Stone sentencing fiasco is that Stone, even accepting the worst plausible gloss on his crimes, is a 67-year-old nonviolent first offender.

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Bob Bauer / New York Times:

Trump and Barr Are Out of Control — The prosecutor who quit over the Roger Stone sentencing is sending a powerful message about political weaponization. — Mr. Bauer was a White House counsel in the Obama administration. — The resignation of a Justice Department prosecutor over the sentencing of Roger Stone is a major event.

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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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Max Boot / Washington Post:

Bernie Sanders is a risk we can't run at this moment of national peril — When you're on a ship that's sinking, it's not time to rhapsodize about how someday you'll build a super-yacht with all the amenities. Nor is it time to debate who will command that imaginary vessel.

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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
As Trump openly corrupts DOJ, a former insider sounds the alarm

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Amanda Terkel / HuffPost:
Cable News Just Can't Bring Itself To Admit That Bernie Sanders Won

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Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Trump just made the DOJ's Roger Stone intervention look even worse

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Sheryl Gay Stolberg / New York Times: Moderate Democrats Fear Bernie Sanders Could Cost Them the House

Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Trump Congratulates William Barr for Eliminating Justice Department Independence

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Ken Meyer / Mediaite:
Intervention Confirmed? …

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Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
The media keep falling in love — with anybody but Bernie Sanders

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John Judis / Talking Points Memo: Requiem for Elizabeth Warren's Campaign

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.

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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 …

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Jamie Lovegrove / Post and Courier:

SC's Joe Cunningham slams Bernie Sanders' ‘socialism’ ahead of 2020 Democratic primary — COLUMBIA — U.S. Rep. Joe Cunningham, one of only two Democratic congressmen from South Carolina, forcefully rebuked U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders on Wednesday, jolting the state's “First in the South” …

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New York Times:

Elizabeth Warren Rejected ‘You Win, I Lose’ Politics. Then She Lost in New Hampshire. — 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.

Michael Scherer / Washington Post:
Mike Bloomberg wins the Democratic spotlight and the derision of his rivals

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Jack Shafer / Politico:
Joe Biden's Campaign About Nothing

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Elie Mystal / The Nation:
They Rocked New Hampshire—but Pete and Amy Still Can't Win Over Black Voters

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CNN:
Strong turnout in New Hampshire could ease Democrats' fears of low enthusiasm

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

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Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Joe Biden's Campaign Was a Disaster For Liberalism and the Democratic Party

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Jacqueline Alemany / Washington Post:
Power Up: Bernie Sanders's ‘revolution’ may not materialize after narrow New Hampshire primary win

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Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
Sanders Is The Front-Runner After New Hampshire, And A Contested Convention Has Become More Likely

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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

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Brianne Pfannenstiel / Des Moines Register:

Iowa Democratic Party Chairman Troy Price to resign after caucus chaos — Troy Price resigned his position as chairman of the Iowa Democratic Party on Wednesday as the organization grapples with the fallout of a botched caucus process that has left the party and state reeling.

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Brooke Singman / Fox News:
Iowa Democratic Party agrees to partial recanvass of caucuses

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Bloomberg:
Iowa Democratic Party Chairman Resigns After Caucus Debacle

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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 …

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Media Matters for America:

Rush Limbaugh: “Mr. Man Donald Trump” will “have fun” with Pete Buttigieg because he kisses his husband — CNN legal analyst on multiple resignations at the DOJ: “Is Fox News calling the shots?”

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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 …

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Nihar Kabinittal / ABC News:
Pentagon officially mum on Trump's suggestion Vindman could face disciplinary action

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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

Discussion: CNN and The Hill

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 …

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Katherine Rosman / New York Times:

The Chaos at Condé Nast — The memoirs of Dan Peres and other ex-employees of the magazine company reveal mess behind the gloss of the aughts. — It's a high-class but increasingly common problem: being a former magazine editor in a digitized world that cares little about whose name used to be on top of a defunct masthead.

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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:

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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.

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Hannah Morse / Palm Beach Post:

Exclusive: PBC elections office ‘hacked’ by ransomware in 2016 — Current Palm Beach County elections supervisor Wendy Sartory Link said she recently learned about a 2016 ransomware attack at the elections office. — Weeks before a key election that would usher in Donald Trump as president …

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: Gothamist and 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.

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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.