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12:45 PM ET, January 6, 2020

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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 Says He Is Willing to Testify in Impeachment Trial  —  The former national security adviser, who has complied with a White House directive not to cooperate in the inquiry, said he was willing to testify in the Senate trial if subpoenaed.  —  WASHINGTON — John R. Bolton …
Carol E. Lee / NBC News:
Bolton willing to testify in Senate impeachment trial if subpoenaed  —  “I have concluded that, if the Senate issues a subpoena for my testimony, I am prepared to testify,” Bolton writes in a statement posted Monday.  —  WASHINGTON — Former national security adviser John Bolton …
Discussion: MSNBC
John Wagner / Washington Post:
Impeachment live updates: Bolton says he is prepared to testify in Senate trial if subpoenaed
CNN:   John Bolton says he is prepared to testify in Senate trial if subpoenaed
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 …
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  —  Going into the Golden Globes, the biggest question was not who will win the night's biggest awards but how much of a jerk Ricky Gervais would be.  Over the course of his four previous hosting gigs, Gervais has cultivated …
Discussion: CNN, LifeNews.com, Redstate 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
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.
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Washington Post:
Killing of Soleimani follows long push from Pompeo for aggressive action against Iran …
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.
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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Trump's Iran mess is getting worse.  Here's Adam Schiff's idea on what to do about it.  —  The deliberations that went into President Trump's decision to assassinate Iranian general Qasem Soleimani are looking more slapdash and reckless by the hour.  What we're now seeing will require House Democrats …
Maggie Haberman / New York Times:
Trump Threatens Iranian Cultural Sites, and Warns of Sanctions on Iraq
Speaker Nancy Pelosi:
Dear Colleague on Introduction of War Powers  —  Last week, the Trump Administration conducted a provocative and disproportionate military airstrike targeting high-level Iranian military officials.  This action endangered our servicemembers, diplomats and others by risking a serious escalation of tensions with Iran.
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Allan Smith / NBC News:
Pelosi announces war powers resolution as tensions with Iran escalate
Discussion: Commentary and Associated Press
Rebecca Klar / The Hill:
Pelosi: House to vote on resolution limiting Trump's actions against Iran
Discussion: JONATHAN TURLEY
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 …
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Joe Ferullo / The Hill:   Judge Judy rules in favor of Mike Bloomberg, will join him on campaign trail
Aya Batrawy / Associated Press:
An emotional Khamenei shows Iran general's death is personal  —  DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — In a rare display of emotion from the typically reserved and measured supreme leader of Iran, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei cried openly Monday at the funeral of slain Gen. Qassem Soleimani …
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Tim Stickings / Daily Mail:   Mar-a-Lago in the firing line: Iranian presidential adviser posts list of Donald Trump's properties …
Ishaan Tharoor / Washington Post:
Trump's order to kill Soleimani is already starting to backfire
Politico:
Defense secretary's chief of staff to step down  —  Eric Chewning, chief of staff to Defense Secretary Mark Esper, is stepping down at the end of the month, the latest in a series of high-profile civilians to leave the Pentagon.  —  He'll be replaced by Jen Stewart, the top Republican staffer …
Discussion: Fox News, Alternet.org and Raw Story
Columbia Journalism Review:
Sleepwalking into 2020  —  This series was reported in partnership with Guardian US.  Sign up to be a Guardian Member, or follow Guardian US on Facebook or Twitter.  —  In the weeks after the election of Donald Trump in 2016, the American press realized it had failed.
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The Guardian:
Sleepwalking into 2020: are the media who missed Trump's 2016 rise ready now?
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 …
Discussion: NBC News
Paul Joseph Watson / Summit News:
Nearly 200 People Arrested Across Australia For Deliberately Starting Bushfires  —  Authorities in Australia have arrested close to 200 people for deliberately starting the bushfires that have devastated the country, yet the media and celebrities continue to blame “climate change” for the disaster.
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
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.
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
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.
Evan Osnos / New Yorker:
The Future of America's Contest with China  —  Washington is in an intensifying standoff with Beijing.  Which one will fundamentally shape the twenty-first century?  —  Last fall, to celebrate the seventieth birthday of the People's Republic of China, the government planned the largest military parade and …
Discussion: National Review
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.
New York Times:
How Democrats Can Win Back Obama-Trump Defectors  —  They don't have to lose their souls to do it.  Just the opposite.  —  The authors are political data experts.  —  In the aftermath of Donald Trump's 2016 election victory, analysts fiercely debated the role of the approximately six million voters …
 
 
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USA Today:
Harvey Weinstein, using a walker, arrives as sex crimes trial opens; jury selection to begin
John Bowden / The Hill:
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YouTube:
Trump leads 2020 contenders in fourth quarter fundraising numbers
Discussion: The Daily Caller and Mediaite
James McGinnis / Bucks County Courier Times:
Former Bucks Congressman Mike Fitzpatrick dead at 56
Yahoo Finance:
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Ed Lin / Barron's Online:
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Hanna Trudo / The Daily Beast:
Obamaworld Hates Bernie—and Has No Idea How to Stop Him
Discussion: Townhall, The Guardian and The Hill
Ted Nesi / WPRI-TV:
Chafee files to run for president again
Discussion: CNN, The Week and Lawyers, Guns & Money