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9:25 AM ET, January 7, 2020

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New York Times:
Mike Pompeo Is Said to Decide Against Running for Senate in Kansas  —  The secretary of state's decision most likely ends Republicans' hopes of securing a potentially dominant candidate for the open seat in Kansas, his home state.  —  Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Monday told Mitch McConnell …
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Jordain Carney / The Hill:
Romney wants ‘to hear from John Bolton’ in impeachment trial  —  Sen. Mitt Romney (R-Utah) said on Monday that he wants to hear from John Bolton after the national security advisor offered to testify in President Trump's impeachment trial if subpoenaed.  —  Romney, leaving a briefing …
John Bresnahan / Politico:
GOP moderates side with McConnell over Bolton testimony  —  Despite John Bolton's willingness to testify about the Ukraine scandal, the GOP-controlled Senate has no immediate plans to subpoena him in President Donald Trump's impeachment trial — a win for Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and the White House.
Benjamin Wittes / The Atlantic:   Pelosi and McConnell Are Playing High-Stakes Poker
Washington Post:
Bolton's willingness to testify in Trump's impeachment trial ramps up pressure on Senate Republicans
Discussion: The Hill and Politico
Associated Press:
Stampede kills 32 at funeral for Iran general killed by US  —  TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — A stampede erupted on Tuesday at a funeral procession for a top Iranian general killed in a U.S. airstrike last week, killing 32 people and injuring 190 others, state television reported.
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Foreign Policy:
Trump Administration Blocks Iran's Top Diplomat From Addressing the U.N. Security Council  —  Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif had sought to give a speech condemning the U.S. assassination of Qassem Suleimani.  —  The Trump administration is barring Iran's top diplomat from entering …
Eli Clifton / Responsible Statecraft:
U.S. Media Outlets Fail to Disclose U.S. Government Ties of ‘Iranian Journalist’ Echoing Trump Talking Points
Discussion: NB Blog and The Daily Caller
Paul R. Pillar / Responsible Statecraft:
Making America Rogue Again
New York Times:
Iranian-Americans Questioned at the Border: 'My Kids Shouldn't Experience Such Things'  —  Up to 200 people were held by border agents, with some of them reportedly asked to share their opinions about the situation in Iran and Iraq.  —  SEATTLE — Arriving at the United States border …
Discussion: Slate, CAIR, Daily Kos and Q13 FOX News
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David Leonhardt / New York Times:
No One Believes Trump
Discussion: Reason
Washington Post:
War with Iran is still less likely than you think
Discussion: New York Times, Vox and The Mahablog
New York Times:
Pentagon Rules Out Striking Iranian Cultural Sites, Contradicting Trump  —  The defense secretary acknowledged that “the laws of armed conflict” prohibited attacking antiquities and said the military had no plans to do so, even though the president declared them targets.
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USA Today:
Iran crisis demands Donald Trump spell out endgame after killing Gen. Qassem Soleimani
Discussion: Vox, LewRockwell and Arab News
Morgan Chalfant / The Hill:
Kellyanne Conway defends Trump threat to target Iranian cultural sites
Discussion: HuffPost
Washington Post:
Trump administration begins drafting possible sanctions against Iraq following Trump's economic threat  —  No decision has been made on whether to implement the penalties, but aides scrambled following presidential warning to Baghdad  —  Senior administration officials have begun drafting sanctions …
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CNN:
Top general says letter suggesting US would withdraw troops from Iraq was a ‘mistake’  —  Washington (CNN)The top US general said Monday a letter suggesting the US would withdraw troops from Iraq was released by mistake and poorly worded, telling reporters “that's not what's happening.”
Discussion: The Daily Beast, CNBC, Raw Story and KTLA
James Barnett / The Hill:
Why Trump should fear Sanders much more than Warren in 2020  —  It is conventional political wisdom that President Trump stands his best chance in 2020 if Democrats nominate a far left candidate like Bernie Sanders or Elizabeth Warren.  That is half right.  I have witnessed both of these candidates …
Discussion: Vox and Politico
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Cameron Easley / Morning Consult:
A Month Ahead of Iowa Caucuses, Biden Is Democrats' Best Bet to Beat Trump
Discussion: The Hill
Garrett Haake / NBC News:
Sanders shuttle: Trump trial could trap candidates in D.C. One senator has an escape plan.
Discussion: The Hill
Irin Carmon / The Cut:
The 57-Page PowerPoint Harvey Weinstein's Team Is Sending Reporters  —  As New York prepared to publish this week's look at the coming trial of Harvey Weinstein, along with a portfolio of women who have made allegations against him, I reached out to his current publicist, Juda Engelmayer, for comment.
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Dominic Patten / Deadline:   Harvey Weinstein To Seek Delay In NYC Rape Trial After Being Charged With Sexual Assault In L.A.
Mark Binelli / Rolling Stone:
How Lindsey Graham Lost His Way  —  The senator once enjoyed respect on both sides of the aisle.  Why has he become a blind loyalist to Trump?  —  Lindsey Graham and Donald Trump were born nine years and one month apart.  Trump came first, but when they appear side by side …
Discussion: Raw Story
Agence France-Presse:
Trump says Zuckerberg told him he's Facebook's ‘number one’  —  Washington (AFP) - President Donald Trump boasted Monday that Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg told him at dinner he is “number one” on the global social media platform.  —  “I had dinner with Mark Zuckerberg the other day and he …
Tess Owen / VICE:
ICE Detention Center Captain Was on a Neo-Nazi Website and Wanted to Start a White Nationalist Group  —  A senior employee at a for-profit immigrant detention center in Nevada was active on the neo-Nazi site Iron March and aspired to establish a white nationalist chapter in his area.
Kimiko de Freytas-Tamura / New York Times:
A Near-Extinct Language Finds a Home in One Brooklyn Building  —  There are just 700 Seke speakers left in the world, and 100 live in New York — half of them in one building.  —  The apartment building, in Brooklyn's Flatbush neighborhood, is a hive of nationalities.
Pete Williams / NBC News:
FBI seeks Apple's help unlocking phones of suspected Pensacola naval station gunman  —  Phones thought to belong to the Saudi air force member accused in the deadly attack are password-protected.  —  The FBI is asking Apple Inc. to help unlock two iPhones that investigators think were owned …
Alex Horton / Washington Post:
Russian trolls are targeting American veterans, and Trump's government isn't helping, group says  —  The Trump administration has for nearly two years ignored mounting evidence that Russian operatives and other foreign actors were deliberately targeting U.S. troops and veterans …
Josephine Harvey / HuffPost:
Number Of Animals Feared Dead In Australia's Wildfires Soars To Over 1 Billion  —  Ecologists at the University of Sydney and WWF Australia estimate that a billion is a conservative figure.  —  SYDNEY ― The number of wildlife estimated to have died in Australia's wildfire catastrophe has skyrocketed to more than 1 billion.
Discussion: Townhall, Common Dreams and Daily Kos
Washington Post:
Facebook to ban deepfakes, sources say, but new policy may not cover controversial Pelosi video  —  Facebook plans to issue new rules as soon as Tuesday that would ban users from posting computer-generated, highly manipulated videos, known as deepfakes, seeking to stop the spread of a novel form …
Erik Wemple / Washington Post:
Come clean, CNN  —  Ninth in a series on the media's handling of the Steele dossier.  Please see Parts 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8.  —  “We stand by our reporting.”  That phrase is a go-to in media industry public relations, unleashed when events appear to debunk an outlet's precious scoop.
Discussion: Fox News
Walter Russell Mead / Wall Street Journal:
Pompeo Explains the Iran Policy  —  And he promises to focus on competition with China and better relations with Russia.  —  Washington  —  Last year's conventional wisdom was that when it came to Iran, President Trump was all bark and no bite.  His aversion to war, especially in the Middle East …
Dan Merica / CNN:
Buttigieg releases 4 early-state ads — with 4 distinct messages  —  Buttigieg: Donors not ‘disqualified’ from ambassador posts  —  (CNN)Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg will begin airing four distinct ads in the early-nominating states on Tuesday, tailoring a message ranging …
Washington Post:
YouTube overhauls advertising, data collection on kids content  —  Video site will halt targeted advertising on children's videos after FTC settlement.  —  YouTube said Monday it is rolling out new protections for children viewing videos on its site, an effort to satisfy federal regulators …
Discussion: New York Times
 
 
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