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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 …
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CBS News:
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.
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: Reason
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: The Hill, Reason, NB Blog, Breitbart 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 …
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.
Matthew Yglesias / Vox:
Amy Klobuchar is the thinking moderate Democrat's electability candidate  —  She has less baggage than Biden, and a real track record of winning Midwestern swing voters.  —  As a potential standard-bearer for the moderate wing of the Democratic Party, Sen. Amy Klobuchar has a much stronger electability case …
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 …
Jacqueline Alemany / Washington Post:
Power Up: Bernie Sanders's ‘revolution’ may not materialize after narrow New Hampshire primary win
Washington Times:
Trump wins New Hampshire primary, plans to flip state in November
Discussion: Associated Press
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
Washington Post:
Andrew Yang drops out of presidential race
Edward-Isaac Dovere / The Atlantic:
Andrew Yang Is Dropping Out. Here's Why.
Annie Linskey / Washington Post:
Warren's campaign at a crossroads as once-rising star confronts disappointing finishes
Discussion: Vox
Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
Sanders Is The Front-Runner After New Hampshire, And A Contested Convention Has Become More Likely
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 …
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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 …
Jordain Carney / The Hill:
Harris demands Barr testify over Roger Stone sentence recommendation
Washington Post:
Trump withdraws Treasury nomination of former U.S. attorney for D.C. Jessie K. Liu after criticism …
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
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The Daily Beast:
‘The Gloves Are Off’: Trump Pushes Revenge Operations  —  “I think he feels like the chains are off now,” said one senior administration official.  “Everything that used to be hush hush is now just...out in the open.”  —  Since his acquittal in the Senate impeachment trial …
Discussion: 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 …
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Brett Samuels / The Hill:
Trump suggests military should consider additional discipline for Vindman
Discussion: Bloomberg and Vanity Fair
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.
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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
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
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 …
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Politico:   Senate to rein in Trump's war powers after Iran strike
Yancey Roy / Newsday:
Amid uproar, Senate Democrats to offer compromise on bail law  —  ALBANY — Under public pressure, State Senate Democrats are set to propose an overhaul to the state's freshly minted and controversial bail law.  —  The Democrats this week will recommend abolishing bail altogether while increasing …
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
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
 
 
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Mike Allen / Axios:
How Bernie Sanders could build up an insurmountable delegate lead on Super Tuesday
Discussion: Political Wire
Alex Shephard / New Republic:
Bernie Sanders Has an MSNBC Problem
Jonathan S. Tobin / The Federalist:
Bernie's Grudge Against Capitalism Is Rooted In A Baseball Myth About Greed
Discussion: Instapundit
Jeffrey M. Jones / Gallup:
More in U.S. Say They Are Better Off Than in Past Elections
Andrew J. Tobias / Plain Dealer:
Jim Jordan's name comes up during Statehouse testimony on OSU abuse victims bill
Discussion: Raw Story and The Rooster
Associated Press:
After Iowa caucus problems, concerns grow over Nevada's plan
Discussion: Axios
Bloomberg:
Powell Suggests the Fed May Lack Ammo to Combat Next Recession
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Justin Rohrlich / Quartz:
Disgruntled Civil War reenactor allegedly framed Antifa by fabricating threats against his unit
CNN:
Georgia race devolves into nasty GOP fight amid fears it could cost Senate majority
Discussion: Political Wire
Eric Kleefeld / Media Matters for America:
Fox Corp. board member Paul Ryan says Trump will “go after” health care reform in second term
Discussion: HuffPost
Wall Street Journal:
GOP Fight Over Georgia Senate Seat Intensifies
New York Times:
Democrats Get the Attention, but Trump Aims to Put New Hampshire in Play
Andrew E. Kramer / New York Times:
Ukrainian Political Shake-up Involves Figures in U.S. Impeachment
Discussion: Raw Story and Daily Kos
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