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John Bolton PAC:
STATEMENT OF JOHN R. BOLTON  —  During the present impeachment controversy, I have tried to meet my obligations both as a citizen and as former National Security Advisor.  My colleague, Dr. Charles Kupperman, faced with a House committee subpoena on the one hand, and a Presidential directive …
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New York Times:
Bolton Is Willing to Testify in Trump Impeachment Trial, Raising Pressure for Witnesses  —  The former national security adviser, who has complied with a White House directive not to cooperate in the inquiry, said he would testify if the Senate subpoenaed him.
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.
Discussion: Washington Post and The Hill
Washington Post:
Bolton's willingness to testify in Trump's impeachment trial ramps up pressure on Senate Republicans
Discussion: The Hill
Jordain Carney / The Hill:
Murkowski: Decision on impeachment witnesses should wait until after start of trial
Discussion: Washington Post and Balloon Juice
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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Gabby Orr / Politico:
Trump awaits Iranian retaliation as White House security tightens
Discussion: Fox News
Michael Gerson / Washington Post:
One of the worst outcomes with Iran would be for Trump to fail
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Trump's Iran mess is getting worse. Here's Adam Schiff's idea on what to do about it.
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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Morgan Chalfant / The Hill:
Kellyanne Conway defends Trump threat to target Iranian cultural sites
Discussion: HuffPost
Eli Clifton / Responsible Statecraft:
U.S. Media Outlets Fail to Disclose U.S. Government Ties of ‘Iranian Journalist’ Echoing Trump Talking Points … The Trump administration is adamant that Iranians welcome the assassination of Qassem Soleimani.  Secretary of State Mike Pompeo claimed Iraqis were “dancing in the street …
Discussion: NB Blog, The Daily Caller and Redstate
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Masih Alinejad / Washington Post:
Don't believe Iranian propaganda about the mourning for Soleimani  —  Masih Alinejad is an Iranian journalist, author and women's rights campaigner.  —  Over the next few days, it will be hard to escape footage of huge crowds gathering in Iranian cities to mourn the death of Qasem Soleimani …
France 24:   Meant to cripple Iran's clout, US strike unites its allies
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 …
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 …
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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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Mark Moore / New York Post:
Qassem Soleimani's dead body flies coach back to Iran … The remains of Qassem Soleimani, the Iranian military commander killed in a US drone strike, were apparently placed in a cardboard box and flown out of Iraq across rows of passenger seats, new video shows.
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Noga Tarnopolsky / The Daily Beast:   Netanyahu Distances From Soleimani Slaying, Says Israel Shouldn't Be ‘Dragged’ Into It: Report
Andrew Romano / Yahoo News:
Three ways the next 28 days could reset the Democratic primary  —  2020 Vision, the Yahoo News column covering the presidential race with one key takeaway every weekday and a wrap-up each weekend.  Reminder: There are 28 days until the Iowa caucuses and 302 days until the 2020 election.
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James Barnett / The Hill:   Why Trump should fear Sanders much more than Warren in 2020
Bill Barrow / Associated Press:   Biden's foreign policy prowess tested by Iran tensions
Albert Burneko / The Outline:
Remember when literally all of this happened already?  —  The same craven motherfuckers who sold us the Iraq War are back on the TV.  —  Albert Burneko Jan—06—2020 11:59AM EST  —  The popular media narrative about the Iraq War holds, in its broad strokes, that the war …
Discussion: American Greatness
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Joe Pompeo / Vanity Fair:
“The March to War Is a Hell of a Drug”: With Trump's Iran Conflict, the Media Is Under a Microscope
Discussion: Slate, Washington Post and The Banter
Michael Finnegan / Los Angeles Times:
2020 candidate Michael Bloomberg says he doesn't regret backing Iraq war
Discussion: The Week
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
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.
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
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Joe Lieberman Sad Democrats Aren't Supporting Trump's Iran War  —  President Trump's sudden, massive escalation of the military conflict with Iran has freaked out large segments of the national-security Establishment.  But one person who is not worried at all is Joe Lieberman …
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Ariel Edwards-Levy / HuffPost:
Here's What Americans Think About Trump's Iran Policy
Discussion: The Hill and FiveThirtyEight
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
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 …
 
 
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