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Jim Sciutto / CNN:
Senior US officials say there is widespread opposition within the Trump administration to targeting cultural sites in Iran  —  Washington (CNN)Two senior US officials on Sunday described widespread opposition within the administration to targeting cultural sites in Iran should the United …
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Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Trump's One Foreign-Policy Idea Is to Make America More Like Its Enemies  —  President Trump's risky escalation of the conflict with Iran has confused many people who took him, if not for a dove exactly, then for a skeptic of wars, especially in the Middle East.
Maggie Haberman / New York Times:
Trump Threatens Iranian Cultural Sites, and Warns of Sanctions on Iraq  —  The president threatened Iran over potential retaliation for the death of a top general, and Iraq over the potential expulsion of United States troops.  —  WASHINGTON — President Trump on Sunday evening doubled …
John Bellinger / Lawfare:
Attacking Iran's Cultural Sites Would Violate the Hague Cultural Property Convention  —  On Sunday, President Trump — as he is wont to do when criticized — doubled down on his threat to bomb Iranian cultural sites if Iran attacks the United States in response to the killing of Qassim Suleimani.
Discussion: Raw Story
Ishaan Tharoor / Washington Post:
Trump's order to kill Soleimani is already starting to backfire  —  Sign up for the Today's WorldView newsletter.  —  Over the weekend, thousands of mourners in cities in Iraq and Iran participated in funeral processions for Maj. Gen. Qasem Soleimani, a prominent Iranian commander.
Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Scoop: Trump officials tried to stop Iraqi expulsion vote
Washington Post:
Killing of Soleimani follows long push from Pompeo for aggressive action against Iran …
Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: Washington returns to a world in crisis
Lorraine Ali / Los Angeles Times:
Review: Politics reigned at the Golden Globes.  Too bad Ricky Gervais didn't notice  —  Forget the escapist magic of Hollywood.  Nihilism was the name of the game when host Ricky Gervais opened the Golden Globes on Sunday night with a gloom-and-doom monologue so cynical it made the effervescent Tom Hanks scowl.
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Sam Adams / Slate:
Ricky Gervais' Golden Globes Jokes, Ranked in Order of Dickishness  —  Pentagon Officials Reportedly “Stunned” by Trump's Decision to Kill Soleimani  —  DANIEL POLITI
Discussion: LifeNews.com and Althouse
Kyle Smith / New York Post:
Golden Globes 2020: Ricky Gervais hits Hollywood stars exactly where it hurts
Discussion: The Federalist and Page Six
Dominic Patten / Deadline:   Golden Globes TV Review: Ricky Gervais' Return Flounders On Night Of Big Wins For ‘1917’ …
Matt Wilstein / The Daily Beast:
Ricky Gervais' Golden Globes Monologue Mocks Hollywood's Jeffrey Epstein Ties
Discussion: NBC News
Lauren Piester / E! Online:   Ricky Gervais Truly Didn't Care As He Hosted the 2020 Golden Globes
David Siders / Politico:
The very real scenario of a protracted, ‘bizarro world’ Democratic primary  —  Democrats are now beginning to confront a very real scenario where the nomination — and the winnowing — will not be decided in states where campaigns have been plowing ground for more than a year …
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Sean Neumann / People.com:
Why Judge Judy Is Endorsing Mike Bloomberg for President Against Donald Trump
Discussion: CNN, New York Post and Florida Politics
Ali Vitali / NBC News:   Bloomberg's campaign hires 500 staffers in over 30 states
Politico:
Trump's German envoy blasts Europe over Iran  —  BERLIN — U.S. Ambassador to Germany Richard Grenell took aim at European governments for failing to condemn Tehran over attacks it orchestrated over the past few months, as he justified America's assassination of Iranian General Qassem Soleimani.
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Allan Smith / NBC News:
Pelosi announces war powers resolution as tensions with Iran escalate
David Freedlander / New York Magazine:
One Year in Washington Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez reshaped her party's agenda, resuscitated Bernie Sanders's campaign, and hardly has a friend in town.  —  The corridors of Capitol Hill are a marbled monotony, with Oxford heels clacking around corners indistinguishable from one another …
BuzzFeed News:
US Citizens From Iran Were Stopped And Questioned At The US Border While Returning From Canada  —  The questioning was the basis of viral social media claims that the US was detaining Iranians at border crossings.  Customs and Border Protection said it was operating with …
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Astead W. Herndon / New York Times:
Julián Castro Endorses Elizabeth Warren  —  The move came soon after Mr. Castro ended his own bid for the Democratic presidential nomination, and gives a lift to Ms. Warren's campaign as it tries to reignite excitement.  —  Julián Castro, the former housing secretary whose …
Discussion: Axios, The Hill and The Guardian
David Leonhardt / New York Times:
A Democrat Who Can Beat Trump  —  Why Amy Klobuchar still has a chance.  —  If you're like a lot of Democrats, you worry that Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren are too liberal — or at least that other voters think so.  You're also not buying the Pete Buttigieg hype.
Maggie Haberman / New York Times:
A Typical Trump Vacation, With a Momentous Result  —  For three years, President Trump's winter visits to Mar-a-Lago, his private club, have allowed him time to combine his personal and presidential business.  But the juxtaposition this year was something quite different.
Discussion: Raw Story
Hanna Trudo / The Daily Beast:
Obamaworld Hates Bernie—and Has No Idea How to Stop Him  —  The most striking response to an ascendant Sanders is the lack of one.  —  Former President Barack Obama's top lieutenants are eager to poke every conceivable hole in Bernie Sanders' resurgent bid for the Democratic nomination.
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New York Times:
Biden and Sanders Differ on Foreign Policy. They're Happy to Tell You So.
Discussion: NBC News
Washington Post:
Prospect of gun control in Virginia draws threats, promise of armed protest  —  RICHMOND — Gun rights advocates and militia members from around the country are urging thousands of armed protesters to descend on Virginia's capital later this month to stop newly empowered Democrats from passing gun-control bills.
Andrea Bernstein / New Yorker:
Who Is Jared Kushner?  —  The Kushner family history—from lying on immigration forms to becoming major Democratic donors—often seems at odds with the initiatives Jared supports in his father-in-law's Administration.  —  On December 13, 2016, Donald J. Trump's son-in-law, Jared Kushner …
Ted Nesi / WPRI-TV:
Chafee files to run for president again  —  PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) — Former Gov. Lincoln Chafee is taking steps to make a second run for president, this time under a different party banner.  —  Chafee filed paperwork with the Federal Elections Commission on Sunday creating a Lincoln Chafee …
Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money, The Week and CNN
CBS News:
60 Minutes investigates the death of Jeffrey Epstein  —  Jeffrey Epstein was a convicted sex offender and a wealthy financier with powerful friends.  60 Minutes examines the circumstances surrounding his death in a Manhattan federal jail cell.  Warning: This report contains graphic images.
Discussion: CBS New York, Law & Crime and Mediaite
 
 
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