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Alex Griffing / Mediaite:
Ann Coulter Breaks Down Why Trump Can't Beat Biden and ‘Trump Voters Are Morons’ — Conservative pundit Ann Coulter expressed her frustration with Republican Trump voters over the weekend and made the case for why she doesn't believe the former president can beat President Joe Biden in a general election.
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John McCormack / The Dispatch:
Courting the Kook Vote in Iowa, Vivek Draws the Ire of Trump — Ramaswamy is fourth in the polls, but top-of-mind for the former president. — ANKENY, Iowa—Vivek Ramaswamy was just going through his implausible plan for firing 75 percent of the federal workforce—"the first four agencies we're …
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New York Times:
Iowa Pandering Has Been Scarce in This Unusual Republican Primary — Presidential candidates often enmesh themselves in the state's politics to woo voters, but the nature of this race means much less focus on local issues. — Campaigning in Iowa in the months leading up to the caucuses …
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CNN, Responsible Statecraft, BBC and Washington Examiner
Justin Baragona / The Daily Beast:
CNN Anchor Grills Ex-2024 Hopeful on Trump Endorsement: ‘Why Get Behind Him Now?’ — After repeatedly calling it a “binary choice,” a noticeably unenthused Burgum tried to compare Trump to Winston Churchill. — CNN anchor Phil Mattingly repeatedly pressed North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum …
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Raw Story, Associated Press, Fox News and PJ Media
Sam Brodey / The Daily Beast:
Vivek Ramaswamy Crosses Trump Just in Time for Iowa Caucus — Trump and his team finally recognized the grandest conspiracy of all: If you were trying to steal votes directly from Trump, you'd run a campaign like Ramaswamy. — URBANDALE, Iowa—Before talking to a crowd of Iowa retirees …
David Korzinski / Angus Reid Institute:
State of the Nations: Canadians fear for the impacts of another Trump term as U.S. Election 2024 looms
State of the Nations: Canadians fear for the impacts of another Trump term as U.S. Election 2024 looms
Zachary Leeman / The Messenger:
Former Trump Aide Scaramucci Says He Will Campaign for Biden Against Trump in 2024
Former Trump Aide Scaramucci Says He Will Campaign for Biden Against Trump in 2024
McKay Coppins / The Atlantic:
You Should Go to a Trump Rally — For many Americans, the former president has become an abstraction.
You Should Go to a Trump Rally — For many Americans, the former president has become an abstraction.
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The Bulwark, Raw Story, CBS News, Scripting News and Digby's Hullabaloo
Politico:
Trump's ghost stalks Davos
Trump's ghost stalks Davos
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The Daily Caller, RedState, Raw Story and Bloomberg
New York Times:
The Responsibility of Republican Voters
The Responsibility of Republican Voters
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Wall Street Journal, RedState, Breitbart and The Daily Caller
Katie Akin / Des Moines Register:
More Nikki Haley supporters would vote for Biden over Trump in November, Iowa Poll finds
More Nikki Haley supporters would vote for Biden over Trump in November, Iowa Poll finds
Mike Wendling / BBC:
Iowa caucus: Trump counts on evangelicals to carry him to victory
Iowa caucus: Trump counts on evangelicals to carry him to victory
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Maggie Haberman / New York Times:
Key Trump Lawyer Withdraws as Manhattan Criminal Trial Nears — Joseph Tacopina brought extensive experience with high-profile cases to former president Donald J. Trump's legal team. — Joseph Tacopina, the trial lawyer on Donald J. Trump's legal team with the most successes defending high-profile clients …
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Zach Schonfeld / The Hill:
Trump lawyer Joe Tacopina withdraws from ex-president's cases — Joe Tacopina, one of former President Trump's New York trial lawyers who is known for representing high-profile clients, is withdrawing from Trump's cases. — Tacopina had represented Trump in both his criminal hush money case …
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Graham Kates / CBS News:
Stormy Daniels says she's “set to testify” in Trump's New York criminal trial in March — The adult film star Stormy Daniels said on an episode of her podcast released Sunday that she expects to testify in former President Donald Trump's upcoming trial on state criminal charges in New York.
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CNBC, Law & Crime and Political Wire
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
Nota Bene — Keep an eye on how the national press covers this. The White House, as you know, has been under immense pressure to offer concessions to address the continuing large number of migrants coming to the US-Mexico border. Now there's a bipartisan compromise bill in the Senate.
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Bader Katy / ABC News:
Explosions reported near US Consulate in Iraq; Iran claims responsibility — Iran's Revolutionary Guard claimed it was targeting “the headquarters of spies.” — This is a breaking news story please check back for updates. — Several explosions were reported near the U.S. Consulate in Erbil …
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Reuters:
Iran's Guards attack ‘espionage centers’ in Iraq's Erbil - state media — Iran's Revolutionary Guards said they attacked espionage centers and “gatherings of anti-Iranian terrorist groups” near Iraq's northern city of Erbil with ballistic missiles, Iranian state media said late on Monday.
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Ian Swanson / The Hill:
RFK Jr. defends FBI, Kennedy-era wiretapping of MLK Jr.
RFK Jr. defends FBI, Kennedy-era wiretapping of MLK Jr.
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One America News Network, Lawyers, Guns & Money, Mediaite, New York Post, Rolling Stone, The Messenger and Politico
Lorraine Mirabella / Baltimore Sun:
Business | The Baltimore Sun purchased by Sinclair's David D. Smith — Business leader uses own funds in deal, returns Sun to local ownership — The Baltimore Sun, the largest newspaper in Maryland, has been acquired in a private deal by David D. Smith, executive chairman of Hunt Valley-based television station owner Sinclair Inc.
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NBC News:
A person called 911 falsely reporting a fire at the White House in apparent ‘swatting’ event — President Joe Biden was at Camp David when the call to 911 was made early Monday morning. — WASHINGTON — A person called 911 Monday morning falsely claiming that there was a fire at the White House and that someone was trapped inside.
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Lauren Sforza / The Hill:
911 caller falsely claims White House fire after series of swatting incidents
911 caller falsely claims White House fire after series of swatting incidents
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Meg Storm / Megyn Kelly:
Nikki Haley Refuses to Say a Man Cannot Become a Woman During Campaign Event — The Iowa Caucus is just hours away and social issues seem to be top of mind for at least some voters in the Hawkeye State. — Extreme weather conditions in Iowa limited the 2024 GOP hopefuls to mostly virtual events …
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Washington Examiner, RedState, HotAir, Breitbart, acecomments.mu.nu, National Review and IJR
Elena Schneider / Politico:
Dean Phillips floats a Cabinet post for Musk or Ackman — The representative spoke with the tech giant and his allies on a forum Monday night. — In a forum with Elon Musk on Monday afternoon, Democratic presidential primary challenger Dean Phillips floated a possible Cabinet post for the billionaire and his tech allies.
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NBC News:
How the Iowa caucuses work — Here's how the first Republican presidential nominating contest of 2024 will work on the ground Monday night. — On Monday evening, Iowa Republicans will head to schools and community centers to participate in their first-in-the-nation caucuses …
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Bloomberg:
DeSantis Has Enough Cash to Sustain 2024 Bid Into March, Adviser Says — Roy Bailey predicts DeSantis will ‘shock’ the world in Iowa — DeSantis team is seeking to quell worries about fundraising — Ron DeSantis has enough cash to sustain his 2024 US presidential bid past Monday's …
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Political Wire and Sacramento Bee
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Miranda Nazzaro / The Hill:
DeSantis says Trump taking Iowa ‘for granted,’ brushes off Rubio
DeSantis says Trump taking Iowa ‘for granted,’ brushes off Rubio
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U.S. Department of Defense:
Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III Released From Hospital — Following consultation with medical staff, Secretary Austin was released from Walter Reed National Military Medical Center today. — The Secretary continues to recover well and, on the advice of doctors …
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