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2:40 PM ET, January 9, 2020

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Newsweek:
Iranian missile system shot down Ukraine flight, probably by mistake, sources say  —  The Ukrainian flight that crashed just outside the Iranian capital of Tehran was struck by an anti-aircraft missile system, a Pentagon official, a senior U.S. intelligence official and an Iraqi intelligence official told Newsweek.
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Wall Street Journal:
Boeing Jet Was on Fire Before Crash, Iran Says; Investigators Consider Hostile Act  —  Ukrainian officials arrive in Tehran to help determine the cause of the crash that killed 176 people  —  The Ukraine International Airlines flight that crashed after takeoff from Tehran was on fire …
Discussion: NBC News and Talking Points Memo
Associated Press:
US officials: ‘Highly likely’ Iran downed Ukrainian jetliner
Dan Mangan / CNBC:
Iran missiles appear to have shot down Ukraine-bound Boeing airliner, US sources tell NBC News
Discussion: JustOneMinute
Washington Post:
‘High confidence’ that Ukraine plane hit by Iranian air-defense missile, U.S. official says
Molly Ball / TIME:
'We've Upped the Ante.' Why Nancy Pelosi Is Going All in Against Trump  —  Nancy Pelosi isn't wild about the question.  The impeachment of President Donald Trump is under way, and I've asked the Speaker of the House if she thinks it's the most important thing she'll ever do.
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Felicia Sonmez / Washington Post:
Rep. Stefanik tweets altered photo of Pelosi in GOP fundraising appeal  —  Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.) tweeted a petition and fundraising appeal that included what appeared to be an altered photo of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, drawing a retweet Thursday morning from President Trump.
Natasha Korecki / Politico:
Bernie emerges as growing threat to Biden  —  CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa — When Bernie Sanders attacked Joe Biden recently, the former vice president dismissed his former Senate colleague with a contemptuous brush-off.  —  “You guys expect me to take Bernie's comments seriously?
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Monmouth University Polling Institute:
Four-Way Fight in Dem Primary  —  Granite State voters divided on whether all Dems have equal voice in nomination  —  West Long Branch, NJ - Support for former South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg and Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders has grown while backing for Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren …
Des Moines Register:
New Iowa Poll to be released Friday, could help determine which Democratic candidates get on the January debate stage  —  Results of a new Des Moines Register/CNN/Mediacom Iowa Poll on Democratic presidential candidates will be released online at 5 p.m. CST Friday.
Discussion: CNN
Detroit News:
Poll: Biden, Bloomberg hold largest leads against Trump in Michigan  —  Former Vice President Joe Biden and former New York City Mayor Mike Bloomberg hold the best chances among the leading Democratic presidential hopefuls of defeating President Donald Trump in Michigan, according to a new statewide poll.
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CBS News:   Iranian commander vows “harsher revenge” against U.S.
Paul Bedard / Washington Examiner:
GOP senator: 'Trump's stock level is at an all-time high'
Discussion: Spectator USA
Shay Khatiri / The Bulwark:
Trump's Treatment of U.S. Allies Comes Home to Roost
Discussion: Raw Story
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
GOP senator who erupted over Iran briefing shares awful new details  —  If President Trump made the decision to assassinate the supreme leader of Iran, would he need to come to Congress to get authorization for it?  —  The Trump administration won't say.  —  That remarkable claim …
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ABC News:
Defense Secretary Esper privately warned lawmakers against debating war powers  —  The suggestion enraged GOP Sen. Mike Lee who called it “insane.”  —  On the eve of a House vote Thursday, Defense Secretary Mark Esper urged Congress not to debate limits to President Donald Trump's power …
Discussion: The Hill and The Daily Beast
Jonathan Bernstein / Yahoo News:
Why Utah's Mike Lee Might Actually Vote to Remove Trump  —  (Bloomberg Opinion) — Get Jonathan Bernstein's newsletter every morning in your inbox.  Click here to subscribe.  —  I had a Twitter discussion awhile ago in which I argued that Utah Senator Mike Lee was one of the three or four …
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Maybe Nominating Bloomberg for President Isn't a Crazy Idea  —  Not long ago, my teenaged kids and one of their friends asked me what I thought about Michael Bloomberg's presidential campaign.  The question momentarily took me aback, since even though I spend hours a day following campaign coverage …
Discussion: Scripting News
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Matt Flegenheimer / New York Times:
Around the Country in 17 Hours With Michael Bloomberg  —  There is a way that people generally run for president.  And there is whatever Mr. Bloomberg is doing.  —  WELLS, Minn. — Michael R. Bloomberg walked among the silos, bundled and reddening in the nine-degree air …
Discussion: Axios
Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
Who Will Win The 2020 Democratic Nomination?  —  Our latest forecast for how many pledged delegates each candidate will win after all states have voted  —  FiveThirtyEight's model simulates the primary season thousands of times to find the most likely outcome for each candidate.
Discussion: ABC News
Mike Isaac / New York Times:
Facebook Says It Won't Back Down From Allowing Lies in Political Ads  —  The company was under intense pressure to adjust its policies.  But in this presidential election year, no big changes are planned.  —  SAN FRANCISCO — Facebook said on Thursday that it would not make any major changes …
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Rebecca English / Daily Mail:
Harry and Meghan to step back as senior royals  —  Harry and Meghan quit as senior Royals, announcing they will split their time between the UK and North America, and are understood to have done so without discussing the matter with other Royals.
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Associated Press:
New Kansas proposal breaks impasse on expanding Medicaid  —  TOPEKA, Kan. — Kansas' Democratic governor and a top Republican lawmaker on Thursday outlined a new proposal for expanding the state's Medicaid program, breaking an impasse that had allowed a handful of GOP leaders to thwart bipartisan legislative majorities.
Discussion: Vox and Mother Jones
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Sherman Smith / Topeka Capital-Journal:
Gov. Laura Kelly, Sen. Jim Denning announce Medicaid expansion deal
Discussion: Balloon Juice
ABC News:
Bloomberg won't release women who sued him from secrecy agreements  —  Bloomberg was sued several times over the years.  The cases were resolved.  —  Democratic presidential candidate Mike Bloomberg told ABC News this week he will not take any steps to release women who have signed …
USA Today:
Harvey Weinstein prosecutor has medical ‘emergency,’ gets ‘something in her eye in court’  —  NEW YORK — Even as the Harvey Weinstein sex-crimes trial enters its laborious third day of jury selection Thursday, the courtroom is rife with drama.  —  As 120 new potential jurors readied to enter …
Discussion: Mother Jones, VICE and The Week
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Variety:   Harvey Weinstein Strikes Out in Attempt to Get New Judge in Rape Trial
Phil Klay / Washington Post:
We have no idea what we're doing in Iraq.  We didn't before we killed Soleimani.  —  U.S. policy has been drifting aimlessly since before Trump took office.  —  I was in Iraq's Anbar province in 2007 during Operation Alljah, when the Marines pushed the insurgency out of Fallujah.  The second time.
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Washington Post:
Missile strike on U.S. targets ‘did not intend to kill,’ says Iranian commander
Discussion: NB Blog
Molly Jong-Fast / The Daily Beast:
Was This Ex-Fox News Anchor Benched for Accusing Trump?  —  Courtney Friel appeared in none of her regularly scheduled KTLA anchoring slots the weekend after publicly accusing the president of making a pass at her.  —  Last Friday, KTLA weekend anchor Courtney Friel gave a revealing interview with the New York Daily News.
Greg Farrell / Bloomberg:
NYC Bar Association Asks Congress to Investigate AG Barr for Bias  — A rare rebuke of a U.S. attorney general by a bar association  — Group says Barr has ‘disregarded’ his duty to be impartial  —  The New York City Bar Association has asked Congress to investigate U.S. Attorney …
Discussion: The Hill, Alternet.org, Axios and Raw Story
Mike Allen / Axios:
Watch: Anti-Trump Lincoln Project targets evangelical voters with new video  —  “MAGA Church,” the first digital video from the Lincoln Project, a group of anti-Trump Republicans, takes aim at President Trump's standing with evangelical voters —interspersing clips of him talking about faith with videos of him speaking crudely.
John F. Harris / Politico:
‘He Is Our O.J.’  —  Explain yourself, I asked readers who are indignant about President Donald Trump's impeachment shortly before the holiday break.  I wasn't asking merely for a defense of Trump, but for an honest illumination of what defenders would think if the essential facts …
Discussion: Raw Story
Ali Zerdin / Associated Press:
Statue mocking Donald Trump torched in Slovenia  —  LJUBLJANA, Slovenia (AP) — A wooden statue mocking U.S. President Donald Trump was burned to the ground Thursday in Slovenia, the birthplace of his wife Melania, authorities said.  —  The nearly eight-meter (26-foot) high construction …
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Robert F. Worth / New York Times:
Mohammed bin Zayed's Dark Vision of the Middle East's Future  —  The enigmatic leader of the U.A.E. may soon emerge as the region's most powerful figure.  What does he really want?  —  Richard Clarke was in Abu Dhabi one morning in 2013 when his phone lit up.  “You busy?” a familiar voice said.
Matt Welch / Reason:
Nikki Haley, Marco Rubio, and Lindsey Graham Try to War-Demagogue Like it's 2004  —  You could almost see the flushed glow of nostalgia rising in the cheeks of Nikki Haley Monday night when the former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations snarled to Sean Hannity that the …
 
 
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Paul Rosenzweig / The Atlantic:
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