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2:25 PM ET, January 7, 2020

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Marianne LeVine / Politico:
McConnell prepares to move forward on impeachment trial rules without Democrats  —  Senate Republican leaders are preparing to move forward on a set of impeachment trial rules without Democratic support.  —  Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has locked down sufficient backing …
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Jordain Carney / The Hill:
Schumer vows to force votes on impeachment witnesses  —  Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) said Tuesday that Democrats will force votes on witnesses at the start of the impeachment trial even as Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) has secured enough support to delay the decision until mid-trial.
Benjamin Wittes / The Atlantic:
Pelosi and McConnell Are Playing High-Stakes Poker
Maeve Reston / CNN:
New pressures greet Pelosi following Bolton's willingness to testify
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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Chris Pleasance / Reuters:
Iran is considering 13 ‘revenge scenarios’ over the death of General Soleimani as top official vows to create ‘historic nightmare’ for the US  —  Iran is considering 13 ‘revenge scenarios’ in retaliation for the US airstrike that killed General Qassem Soleimani in Iraq, a top official has said.
Discussion: Daily Mail
Erin Cunningham / Washington Post:
Live updates: Iran prepares to bury Soleimani after deadly stampede  —  As U.S. officials defended the decision to kill Iranian commander Qasem Soleimani in Baghdad, Iranian leaders have stepped up calls for revenge against the United States on Tuesday.  —  The calls for retaliation came …
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
Washington Post:
Trump administration begins drafting possible sanctions against Iraq following Trump's economic threat
New York Times:
Khamenei Wants to Put Iran's Stamp on Reprisal for U.S. Killing of Top General
Eric Tucker / Associated Press:
Death of Iran general spurs anxiety over fate of US hostages
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
Spencer Hsu / Washington Post:
Michael Flynn deserves up to six months in prison, U.S. Justice Department says in reversal for former Trump national security adviser  —  Federal prosecutors on Tuesday recommended that former national security adviser Michael T. Flynn serve up to six months in prison, reversing …
Discussion: Law & Crime
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Zachary Basu / Axios:
Prosecutors recommend Michael Flynn serve up to 6 months in prison  —  Federal prosecutors recommended in a sentencing memo Tuesday that President Trump's former national security adviser Michael Flynn receive a sentence of zero to six months in prison, arguing that he should not receive credit …
CNN:
Michael Flynn should get up to 6 months in jail for lying to FBI, prosecutors say
Discussion: Raw Story
Nick Corasaniti / New York Times:
Bloomberg Will Target Trump in a Super Bowl Ad, Spending About $10 Million  —  Michael R. Bloomberg's presidential campaign has secured a 60-second advertising spot to be aired nationally during the game on Feb. 2, campaign officials said.  —  After news emerged that President Trump's re-election campaign …
Discussion: NBC News, The Hill, The Week and Mediaite
David Leonhardt / New York Times:
No One Believes Trump  —  Which isn't good in an international crisis.  —  “This is where having credibility — and having a president who didn't lie about everything — would be really, really helpful,” Samantha Power, the former United States ambassador to the United Nations, wrote recently.
Discussion: Reason
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Washington Post:
War with Iran is still less likely than you think
NBC News:
6.4 quake strikes Puerto Rico, killing at least 1 amid heavy seismic activity  —  “We've never been exposed to this kind of emergency in 102 years,"said the governor as the island grapples with ongoing aftershocks and assesses the damage.  —  A 6.4-magnitude earthquake struck Puerto Rico early Tuesday …
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CBS News:   Deadly earthquake rocks Puerto Rico, causing widespread power outage
Arelis Hernández / Washington Post:
Puerto Rico earthquake Tuesday morning triggers blackout, reports of injuries and at least one dead
Discussion: Daily Kos
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 and Breitbart
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Matthew Yglesias / Vox:   Bernie Sanders can unify Democrats and beat Trump in 2020
Garrett Haake / NBC News:
Sanders shuttle: Trump trial could trap candidates in D.C. One senator has an escape plan.
Discussion: The Hill
Tasnim News Agency:
Iran Parliament Passes Motion Designating US Army, Pentagon as Terrorist  —  TEHRAN (Tasnim) - Iran's lawmakers unanimously voted for a motion to designate the US Army and the Pentagon as terrorist organizations in response to a recent move by Washington to assassinate Iran's revered commander, Lt. General Qassem Soleimani.
Discussion: New York Times
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Sasha Pezenik / ABC News:
Warren joins ‘The View’ amid Soleimani strike fallout, impeachment and first 2020 debate
Discussion: The Hill
Quint Forgey / Politico:
O'Brien says Soleimani was conspiring to attack U.S. facilities
Discussion: Vox, Daily Kos and The Daily Beast
Steve Hayes / The Dispatch:
Anatomy of a Screw-Up: The Story Behind the Letter Withdrawing Our Troops  —  In a letter dated January 6, Brigadier Gen. William Seely III, the commanding general of Task Force Iraq, wrote to his Iraqi counterpart with big news: The United States military was preparing to leave Iraq.
Miami Herald:
New incident at Mar-a-Lago under ‘criminal investigation’ by Secret Service  —  Palm Beach police say they are conducting an “open and active criminal investigation” at Mar-a-Lago, President Donald Trump's South Florida estate, following an unspecified incident Monday night.
Discussion: Raw Story
Ashley Strickland / CNN:
Mysterious repeating fast radio burst traced to nearby galaxy  —  (CNN)Astronomers have traced the signal of an enigmatic repeating fast radio burst for only the second time — and it's in a spiral galaxy similar to our own, not so far away.  —  Fast radio bursts, or FRBs, are millisecond-long bursts of radio waves in space.
Discussion: ScienceAlert and UPI
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 …
Cat Zakrzewski / Washington Post:
Ivanka Trump's CES keynote address sparks backlash  —  Some critics say there are women with more technical experience who are better qualified to speak at the annual technology conference  —  LAS VEGAS — Ivanka Trump may face an icy reception today at one of the world's largest technology conferences …
New York Times:
Don't Tilt Scales Against Trump, Facebook Executive Warns  —  In an internal memo, Andrew Bosworth said he “desperately” wanted the president to lose.  But, he said, the company should avoid hurting Mr. Trump's campaign.  —  SAN FRANCISCO — Since the 2016 election, when Russian trolls …
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 …
Discussion: YouTube, The Daily Caller and The Hill
AMN - Al-Masdar News:
Russia offers Iraq S-400 air defense system to protect airspace  —  BEIRUT, LEBANON (10:00 A.M.) - Russia has offered Iraq their S-400 air defense system to protect their airspace, RIA Novosti reported this week, citing the Russian Ministry of Defense.  —  According to the report …
Discussion: Tangle and Defense One
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 …
Desmond Lachman / The Hill:
President Trump's stock market gamble  —  As the 2020 presidential election campaign gets into full swing, President Trump might want to reflect on a 1929 cautionary tale involving Irving Fisher, the pre-eminent U.S. economist of his time.  Maybe then Trump would not keep making …
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.
Bridget Phetasy / Quillette:
Ricky Gervais, Man of the People  —  In a room filled with self-absorbed narcissists, one brave, slightly less self-absorbed narcissist had the balls to speak truth to power—and his name is Ricky Gervais.  —  If courage had a face, it would be a slightly overweight, pasty British multi-millionaire drinking a pint.
Discussion: americandigest.org
Will Wade / Bloomberg:
Coal's Collapse Has America's Greenhouse Gas Emissions Falling  — Greenhouse gas emissions have dipped two of past three years  — U.S. coal power declined last year to lowest level since 1975  —  Greenhouse gas emissions in the U.S. slipped last year as coal-fired power plants continue to close.
David Krayden / The Daily Caller:
Fox News's Tucker Carlson: In San Francisco, ‘Civilization Itself Is Coming Apart’  —  Fox News host and Daily Caller co-founder Tucker Carlson described San Francisco as a place where “civilization itself is coming apart.”  —  “The reality of that city we discovered when we spent …
Barbara Starr / CNN:
US forces on high alert for possible Iranian drone attacks, and intelligence shows Iran moving military equipment  —  Washington (CNN)US forces and air-defense missile batteries across the Middle East were placed on high alert overnight Monday to possibly shoot down Iranian drones …
Discussion: Redstate, KTLA and Raw Story
Bruce Schneier / The Atlantic:
Bots Are Destroying Political Discourse As We Know It  —  Presidential-campaign season is officially, officially, upon us now, which means it's time to confront the weird and insidious ways in which technology is warping politics.  One of the biggest threats on the horizon …
Discussion: Balloon Juice
 
 
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Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
Ball of Confusion  —  As noted below, in the broadest sense …
Washington Post:
Donald Trump Jr.'s rifle shows how obsessed the right still is with the Crusades
Discussion: Raw Story and Jezebel
Nathaniel Rakich / FiveThirtyEight:
Trump Is The Most Unpopular President Since Ford To Run For Reelection
Discussion: Raw Story and Alternet.org
Miami Herald:
Amid rising spy concerns, 2 more Chinese students held after shooting photos at base
RISING with Krystal Ball and Saagar Enjeti:
INTRODUCING: The Populist's Guide To 2020
Adam Behsudi / Politico:
Grassley: Impeachment could delay USMCA vote by a month
Siba Jackson / Dailystar.co.uk:
Disturbing photos of grinning ‘poachers’ with gorilla ‘shot dead’ spark outrage
Beth Fertig / Gothamist:
Following Anti-Semitic Attacks, Cuomo And Other Democrats Weigh Changes To New Bail Laws
Discussion: The Daily Caller
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The Independent:
Russian president Vladimir Putin lands in Damascus on unannounced visit
Norimitsu Onishi / New York Times:
A Victim's Account Fuels a Reckoning Over Abuse of Children in France
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
The game Nikki Haley is playing
Matthew Yglesias / Vox:
Elizabeth Warren's new plan to reform bankruptcy law, explained
Salvador Rizzo / Washington Post:
Anatomy of a Trump rally: 67 percent of claims are false or lacking evidence
Megan Mineiro / courthousenews.com:
Feds to Hand Over Roger Stone Records to Media Outlets
Discussion: The Hill