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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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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 …
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.
Washington Post:
Bolton's willingness to testify in Trump's impeachment trial ramps up pressure on Senate Republicans
Discussion: The Hill and Politico
New York Times:
Bolton Is Willing to Testify in Trump Impeachment Trial, Raising Pressure for Witnesses
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
McConnell has the votes to block Democrats' witness demands in Trump impeachment trial
Discussion: Redstate and JONATHAN TURLEY
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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New York Times:
Khamenei Wants to Put Iran's Stamp on Reprisal for U.S. Killing of Top General  —  In a departure from Iran's usual tactics of hiding behind proxies, the country's supreme leader wants any retaliation for the killing of a top military commander to be carried out openly by Iranian forces.
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.
Discussion: VICE and Axios
Michelle Goldberg / New York Times:
The Nightmare Stage of Trump's Rule Is Here  —  Unstable and impeached, the president pushes the U.S. toward war with Iran.  —  There are no more adults in the room.  —  After three harrowing years, we've reached the point many of us feared from the moment Donald Trump was elected.
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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Gabby Orr / Politico:
Trump awaits Iranian retaliation as White House security tightens
Discussion: The Economic Collapse
Morgan Chalfant / The Hill:
Kellyanne Conway defends Trump threat to target Iranian cultural sites
Discussion: HuffPost
John Hinderaker / Power Line:
“War Crimes” Hysteria on the Left
Discussion: Washington Post, New York Times and NPR
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 …
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 and The Daily Caller
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France 24:   Meant to cripple Iran's clout, US strike unites its allies
Michael Gerson / Washington Post:
One of the worst outcomes with Iran would be for Trump to fail
Anne Gearan / Washington Post:
Trump, after Soleimani killing, may finally get his wish to end the Iran nuclear deal
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: Politico
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Andrew Romano / Yahoo News:
Three ways the next 28 days could reset the Democratic primary
Bill Barrow / Associated Press:   Biden's foreign policy prowess tested by Iran tensions
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.
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 …
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.”
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
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
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  —  Still living down the 2003 Iraq war disgrace, under pressure from multiple sides, and dealing with a truth-challenged administration, anchors and reporters struggle to calibrate their coverage.
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Albert Burneko / The Outline:
Remember when literally all of this happened already?
Discussion: American Greatness
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
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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Washington Post:
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Megan Mineiro / courthousenews.com:
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Paul Mirengoff / Power Line:
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Matt O'brien / Associated Press:
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William Feuer / CNBC:
Google hits an all-time high as investors shrug off antitrust investigations
Noga Tarnopolsky / The Daily Beast:
Netanyahu Distances From Soleimani Slaying, Says Israel Shouldn't Be ‘Dragged’ Into It: Report
Discussion: The Hill and Washington Post
 Earlier Items: 
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Ann Coulter: ‘We Thought Trump Was Different’ About Starting Wars
Walter Russell Mead / Wall Street Journal:
Pompeo Explains the Iran Policy
Nomaan Merchant / Detroit News:
U.S. to start collecting DNA from people detained at border
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Joe Lieberman Sad Democrats Aren't Supporting Trump's Iran War
Madeleine Schmidt / Jezebel:
The Desperate Trail to Safe-Haven Abortions in Colorado
Stephanie Pagones / Fox Business:
Hunter Biden linked to 2016 identity theft involving deceased brother
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit