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USA Today:
President Donald Trump addresses nation after Iran's attack - latest updates  —  David Jackson John Fritze Courtney SubramanianUSA TODAY  —  WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump is addressing the nation from the Grand Foyer at White House just hours after Iran rained more than a dozen rockets …
Discussion: The Week
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Jamelle Bouie / New York Times:
The Trump We Did Not Want to See  —  When are we going to stop trying to rationalize the irrational?  —  Much of the work of H.P. Lovecraft, an American horror and science fiction writer who worked during the first decades of the 20th century, is defined by individual encounters with the incomprehensible …
Matthew Dresch / Mirror.co.uk:
Satellite image shows US airbase hit by Iranian missiles in revenge attack  —  Iran launched missiles at the American Ain al-Assad airbase in retaliation over the US assassination of the Iranian general Qassam Soleimani  —  The first picture showing the damage caused to a US airbase by an Iran missile strike has been released.
CNN:
Some administration officials believe Iran intentionally missed areas with Americans  —  Washington (CNN)There is a growing belief among some Trump administration officials that Iran's missiles intentionally missed areas populated by Americans when they targeted two Iraqi bases housing US …
Washington Post:
Live updates: More than a dozen missiles hit U.S. bases in Iraq; Iran claims they caused heavy casualties  —  Iranian forces launched more than a dozen ballistic missiles against two military bases in Iraq early Wednesday local time, marking the most significant Iranian attack in a growing conflict with the United States.
Brad Reed / Raw Story:
‘Their undoing will inevitably come’: Rev. William Barber explains why Trump-loving evangelicals are doomed  —  The Rev. William Barber on Wednesday took a hammer to Trump-loving evangelical Christians who have clung to the president despite both his personal immorality and what Barber says is an immoral political agenda.
Politico:
Read Trump's speech following Iran missile attack
Discussion: The Hill and Breitbart
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Transcript of Trump's Iran speech, annotated
Reverend William Barber / The Guardian:   Evangelicals using religion for political gain is nothing new. It is a US tradition
Washington Post:
After days of dire threats, Trump's tone shifts in the wake of Iran's retaliation
Discussion: The Hill, NBC News and Breitbart
Heather Caygle / Politico:
Senate Democrats break with Pelosi over impeachment trial  —  Democrats are finally acknowledging that their efforts to extract concessions from Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on President Donald Trump's impeachment trial are coming to an end.  —  Though Speaker Nancy Pelosi …
Discussion: NBC News
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Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
Trump's war-mongering with Iran won't be a political winner
Discussion: Raw Story
Burgess Everett / Politico:
McConnell's win on impeachment trial procedure was months in the making
Allan Smith / NBC News:
Some Democratic senators say it's time for Pelosi to submit Trump impeachment articles
Joanna Piacenza / Morning Consult:
Can You Locate Iran?  Few Voters Can.  —  A 47% plurality support the airstrike that killed Soleimani  —  Morning Consult Illustration by Vladimir Gorshkov  —  As tensions between the United States and Iran rise in the aftermath of the American drone strike that killed the country's …
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Geraldine Brooks / New York Times:
Iranian Blood Is on Our Hands, Too
Discussion: Reason and The Week
Marisa Schultz / Fox News:
Top Democrat likens Trump to ‘arsonist’ over Iran tensions
Discussion: The Hill and War Room
Associated Press:
Ukrainian airplane crashes near Iran's capital, killing 176  —  SHAHEDSHAHR, Iran (AP) — A Ukrainian passenger jet carrying 176 people crashed on Wednesday, just minutes after taking off from the Iranian capital's main airport, turning farmland on the outskirts of Tehran into fields of flaming debris and killing all on board.
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David Martosko / Daily Mail:   Was the Ukrainian jet brought down by an Iranian missile …
Public Policy Polling:
Democratic Unity Will Determine Trump's Fate  —  Over the last couple weeks PPP did polls testing the leading Democratic contenders for President against Donald Trump in both Arizona and Iowa.  —  On the surface the numbers are decent but not amazing for Democrats.  Donald Trump won Arizona by 4 points in 2016.
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Kyle Blaine / CNN:
CNN announces moderators for Iowa Democratic debate
Discussion: The Hill
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Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: Trump is a war president now
Jacqueline Feldscher / Politico:
'It's terrible': Fears grow that Trump is kneecapping the Pentagon
Discussion: Raw Story
Ben Kesslen / NBC News:
Kentucky judge accused of courthouse threesome is suspended  —  Judge Dawn Gentry, who is facing nine counts of misconduct, denies engaging in sexual activity at the courthouse with two employees.  —  A Kentucky family court judge was suspended temporarily without pay after she was accused of misconduct …
Brad Reed / Raw Story:
Trump's ‘crappy’ Iran speech torn to shreds after he spent much of it attacking Obama  —  President Donald Trump's big speech about the situation in Iran is not getting strong early reviews, in no small part because he spent much of it blaming former President Barack Obama for the current tensions with Tehran.
Discussion: Alternet.org
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Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
As Trump claims a win on Iran, he accuses Obama of funding its attacks
Discussion: Fox News and @politifact
Damien Cave / New York Times:
How Rupert Murdoch Is Influencing Australia's Bushfire Debate  —  Critics see a concerted effort to shift blame, protect conservative leaders and divert attention from climate change.  —  WOMBEYAN CAVES, Australia — Deep in the burning forests south of Sydney this week …
Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
The media should spotlight a different kind of war expert: Those who voted ‘no’ on Iraq  —  There she was: Judith Miller, the former New York Times reporter most closely identified with the paper's flawed reporting in the run-up to the Iraq War, chattering away on Fox News.
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Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
As potential conflict looms, some pundits suggest reporting skeptical of the administration is unpatriotic.
Discussion: Hillman Foundation
Luis Andres Henao / Associated Press:
Stabbings, shootings, assaults weigh on US Jewish youth  —  NEW YORK (AP) — When a man spewed anti-Semitic slurs and spat on her face, Shoshana Blum remembered her ancestors who survived the Holocaust, and instead of looking down - she defiantly stared at him eye to eye.
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New York Times:
After Anti-Semitic Incidents, New Bail Law in N.Y. Comes Under Attack
Discussion: NBC News and Gothamist
Declan Garvey / The Dispatch Fact Check:
Are Democratic Leaders and Presidential Candidates ‘Mourning’ Qassem Suleimani's Death?  —  Joining Sean Hannity's Fox News show on Monday night, former U.N. Ambassador and South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley discussed the response to the killing of Iranian Gen. Qassem Suleimani, saying that …
Discussion: Washington Post and IJR
CNN:
Glacier National Park is replacing signs that predicted its glaciers would be gone by 2020  —  (CNN)The signs at Glacier National Park warning that its signature glaciers would be gone by 2020 are being changed.  —  The signs in the Montana park were added more than a decade ago …
Discussion: Washington Free Beacon and Twitchy
Michael Harriot / The Root:
Mayor Pete's Invisible Black Police  —  Given the choice of superpowers, would you rather have the ability to fly or the power of invisibility?  —  This comic book-based Rorschach test allegedly reveals deep-seated personality traits.  Supposedly, people who choose the gift of flight …
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
A popular theory for Trump's popularity among Republicans appears to be wrong  —  It is not the case, despite President Trump's regular assertions, that his approval rating among Republicans is a consistent 95 percent.  While that figure appears regularly in the president's Twitter feed …
Discussion: Gallup
Jonah Goldberg / The Dispatch:
The Right's Bullsh*t Problem  —  Unless you're very, very, new to political debates, you're probably familiar with the “No True Scotsman” fallacy.  —  My favorite practitioner of it is the Twitter account of the Socialist Party of the United Kingdom.  Somewhat like Beto O'Rourke's short-lived …
Discussion: Washington Monthly
 
 
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