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Dana Blanton / Fox Business:
Fox Business Poll: Trump leads in Iowa, as DeSantis and Scott round out the top 3  —  Iowa's caucus kicks off the GOP nomination process  —  An early read on the race for the Republican nomination in Iowa shows former President Donald Trump the clear frontrunner — and then there is a sharp drop off to the rest of the field.
Harry Enten / CNN:
Why Tim Scott may be one to watch in the GOP presidential race  —  Can the nice guy finish first?  —  That's the question a lot of analysts are asking about the Republican race for president, with headlines such as “Tim Scott is turning heads with donors and early-state voters” and …
Marianne LeVine / Washington Post:
Mike Pence struggles to gain attention and traction in longshot bid
Discussion: Raw Story and ABC News
Brianne Pfannenstiel / Des Moines Register:
Ron DeSantis super PAC will host bus tour through Iowa ahead of Lincoln Dinner
Discussion: Political Wire
New York Times:
As Inquiries Compound, So Does the ‘Trump Tax’  —  For all their complexity, the Trump-related prosecutions have not significantly constrained the ability of prosecutors to carry out their regular duties, officials have said.  —  Glenn Thrush and Adam Goldman reported from Washington, and Ben Protess and Alan Feuer from New York.
Discussion: Washington Examiner
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Wall Street Journal:
GOP Splits Over Jan. 6 Deepen as Trump Indictment Looms  —  Prominent Republicans like Ron DeSantis and Kevin McCarthy appear torn between criticizing the riot and defending the former president  —  The likelihood Donald Trump will be indicted over efforts to undo his loss in the 2020 election …
Discussion: USA Today
Kelly Garrity / Politico:
‘These people look pathetic’: Pelosi slams McCarthy on expunging Trump impeachments  —  “This is about being afraid,” former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said.  —  Nancy Pelosi slammed her Republican successor, House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, for considering expunging the two impeachments against former President Donald Trump.
Kelly Garrity / Politico:
In the GOP primary, one thing sells (merch) above all: Owning the libs  —  It's about finding more donors to qualify for debates.  It's also a sign of what sells in today's GOP.  —  The mesh trucker hats, “Bud Right” koozies and “Abolish the FBI” yard signs Republican presidential candidates …
Discussion: Digby's Hullabaloo
Juliana Kim / NPR:
Biden will designate a national monument honoring Emmett Till and his mother  —  President Biden will designate a national monument at three sites in honor of Emmett Till and his mother, Mamie Till-Mobley — both of whom served as catalysts for the civil rights movement.
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Darlene Superville / Associated Press:
Biden Will Establish A National Monument Honoring Emmett Till, The Black Teen Lynched In Mississippi
Silvia Amaro / CNBC:
Spain's right-wing parties could win a parliamentary majority, exit polls show after key election  —  Spain's conservative party PP [Partido Popular] is on track to lead negotiations to form a new government in Madrid, exit polls have shown, suggesting this could be the end of the socialist rule of Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez.
Paul Campos / Lawyers, Guns & Money:
Walking is getting a lot more dangerous  —  Pedestrian deaths in the USA have increased dramatically over the past dozen years, going up by 77% since 2010: … There are some other factors at work as well: … Something else that seems plausible is that the ubiquity of smart phones …
Discussion: Slate
Sarah Fortinsky / The Hill:
Blinken: Ukraine has already retaken 50 percent of occupied territory  —  U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Sunday that Ukraine has already retaken about 50 percent of the territory that Russia initially seized, stressing that Kyiv's counteroffensive is still in its “relatively early days.”
Discussion: Reuters and Political Wire
Charlie Sykes / MSNBC:
A federal judge confirmed one of Trump's worst labels — and the GOP didn't blink  —  But we still have a moral obligation to be shocked, don't we?  —  A quick public service announcement: You did not, in fact, take crazy pills this week.  —  It's just the news cycle.
Discussion: Washington Post
Kelly Garrity / Politico:
RFK Jr.: Media hitting me harder than Trump  —  “If I believed the stuff that's written about me in the papers and reported about me on the mainstream news sites, I would definitely not vote for me,” Kennedy said.  —  Democratic presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. blamed the media …
Miranda Nazzaro / The Hill:
Bipartisan governors want Americans to ‘disagree better’ over politics  —  A bipartisan pair of governors is pushing for Americans to “disagree better” when it comes to politics.  —  “We know that politics is downstream of culture.  And so this is not something that's going to change overnight …
 
 
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The Daily Beast:
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