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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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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
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.
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.
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 …
Matthew Yglesias / Vox:   Amy Klobuchar is the thinking moderate Democrat's electability candidate
Jacqueline Alemany / Washington Post:
Power Up: Bernie Sanders's ‘revolution’ may not materialize after narrow New Hampshire primary win
Nick Corasaniti / New York Times:
How Amy Klobuchar Pulled Off the Big Surprise of the New Hampshire Primary
Sumantra Maitra / The Federalist:
There's No Country For Faux Moderates Like Joe Biden
Discussion: Fox News
Washington Post:
Andrew Yang drops out of presidential race
Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
Sanders Is The Front-Runner After New Hampshire, And A Contested Convention Has Become More Likely
Joe Concha / The Hill:
Van Jones: ‘People are depressed’ by primary process, just want ‘somebody to vote for against Trump’
Discussion: NB Blog, Breitbart and IJR
Washington Post:
New Hampshire Democratic primary exit poll results and analysis
Discussion: Vox, The Nation and IJR
NBC News:
The 2020 Democratic presidential contest is about to turn into a math race
Discussion: Washington Post and CNN
Annie Linskey / Washington Post:
Warren's campaign at a crossroads as once-rising star confronts disappointing finishes
Discussion: Vox
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
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
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.
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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.
Discussion: Raw Story
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
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 …
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Jordain Carney / The Hill:   Dems pick up new GOP support to rein in Trump's Iran war powers
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
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
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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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.
Elana Schor / Associated Press:
White supremacist propaganda spreading, anti-bias group says  —  NEW YORK (AP) — Incidents of white supremacist propaganda distributed across the nation jumped by more than 120% between 2018 and last year, according to the Anti-Defamation League, making 2019 the second straight year …
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 …
Alex Shephard / New Republic:
Bernie Sanders Has an MSNBC Problem  —  Cable news networks, particularly the “liberal” one, are a growing barrier to his surging campaign.  —  Add to Pocket  —  For all the talk of cord-cutting and the rise of the digital campaign, cable television remains central to politics.
 
 
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Todd Stacy / Alabama Daily News:
New Alabama poll shows tight race for U.S. Senate
Geneva Sands / CNN:
Stephen Miller ally tapped as top Homeland Security attorney
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Mike Allen / Axios:
How Bernie Sanders could build up an insurmountable delegate lead on Super Tuesday
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Jonathan S. Tobin / The Federalist:
Bernie's Grudge Against Capitalism Is Rooted In A Baseball Myth About Greed
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Jeffrey M. Jones / Gallup:
More in U.S. Say They Are Better Off Than in Past Elections
Associated Press:
After Iowa caucus problems, concerns grow over Nevada's plan
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Washington Times:
Trump wins New Hampshire primary, plans to flip state in November
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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
CNN:
This should disqualify Michael Bloomberg
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