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4:20 AM ET, January 12, 2020

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Lisa Lerer / New York Times:
Michael Bloomberg Is Open to Spending $1 Billion to Defeat Trump  —  The Democratic presidential candidate said he would spend big even if the nominee was someone he had sharp differences with, like Bernie Sanders or Elizabeth Warren.  —  SAN MARCOS, Texas — Michael R. Bloomberg on Saturday …
Discussion: Townhall
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Natasha Korecki / Politico:
Obama campaign guru: Trump would love to run against Bernie  —  Barack Obama's 2012 campaign manager is warning that Democrats would struggle in a general election against Donald Trump if Bernie Sanders is the nominee.  —  In an interview with POLITICO, Jim Messina predicted that Trump …
Martin Pengelly / The Guardian:
How to dump Trump: Rick Wilson on Running Against the Devil  —  He was a Republican ad man but now he's a bestselling author out to bring down a president.  He says Democrats must listen  —  Democratic voters should read Rick Wilson's new book, he says, and heed his advice about how to beat Donald Trump.
Discussion: Raw Story
Holly Otterbein / Politico:
Bernie campaign slams Warren as candidate of the elite
Benjamin Pu / NBC News:
Kerry defends Biden on Iraq War, says Bush administration ‘broke their word’
New York Times:
Sanders and Biden Look for Dominance in Early States
Discussion: The Guardian
Kate Sullivan / CNN:
Podium order announced for CNN/Des Moines Register Democratic presidential debate
Discussion: Mediaite
Bret Stephens / New York Times:
Of Course Bernie Can Win
Discussion: Althouse
CNN:
First on CNN: More than a dozen Saudi servicemen to be expelled from US after review of December shooting at Naval Air Station  —  (CNN)More than a dozen Saudi servicemen training at US military installations will be expelled from the United States after a review that followed the deadly shooting …
Discussion: Breitbart, Fox News and KTLA
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Washington Post:
U.S. plans expulsions of at least a dozen Saudi military students whose colleague killed three at Pensacola military base  —  At least a dozen Saudi military trainees in the United States could be sent back to their home country after an FBI investigation found connections to extremist rhetoric …
New York Times:
Furor in Iran and Abroad After Tehran Admits Downing Ukrainian Jetliner  —  Ukrainian officials suggest Iran would not have admitted responsibility if investigators from Ukraine had not found missile debris in the crash wreckage.  —  KYIV, Ukraine — Iran's stunning admission …
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GOV.UK:
Arrest of Ambassador to Iran: Foreign Secretary statement  —  The British Ambassador to Iran was briefly detained by Iranian authorities on 11 January.  —  Foreign & Commonwealth Office and The Rt Hon Dominic Raab MP  —  Following the brief detention of Her Majesty's Ambassador to Iran Rob Macaire …
Dave Burke / Mirror.co.uk:
British ambassador Robert Macaire arrested in Iran accused of inciting protests
Discussion: Sky News and Breitbart
Maureen Dowd / New York Times:
Gone With the Windsors  —  Will Harry and Meghan have to move into an English basement?  —  I never had much use for the queen.  —  Maybe it's the Irish in me.  As Winston Churchill said: “We've always found the Irish a bit odd.  They refuse to be English.”  —  Or maybe it's the American in me.
Discussion: Breitbart, spiked and Spectator USA
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Agence France-Presse:
Queen, Prince Harry, senior royals set for crisis meeting  —  London (AFP) - Queen Elizabeth II will host a showdown meeting with Prince Harry on Monday in an attempt to solve the crisis triggered by his bombshell announcement that he and wife Meghan were stepping back from the royal frontline.
Dan Bilefsky / New York Times:
Could ‘Megxit’ Be a Royal Fairy Tale for Canada?
Discussion: Daily Mail and VICE
Thomas Urbain / Yahoo News:
American men let it all out at new support groups  —  Two co-founders of men's support group Evryman, Owen Marcus (R)) and Dan Doty  —  Sheffield (United States) (AFP) - In a chalet in the Massachusetts countryside, tears run down Lucas Krump's cheeks as he pours his heart out at one of a new kind …
Andrew Simpson / Political Tribune:
Mother Of Marine Claimed Son Told Her Fox News Plays On Every TV On Base, Not Allowed To Change The Channel  —  This is horrifying. … After multiple reports emerged recently showing Donald Trump's popularity among members of the military falling precipitously, it was only a matter …
Chuck Ross / The Daily Caller:
Ex-DOJ Official Picked To Assist FISA Reform Was Ardent Defender Of FBI's Surveillance Of Carter Page  — Former DOJ official David Kris was picked Friday to oversee the FBI's reforms of its surveillance procedures in the wake of a damning inspector general's report.
Discussion: Cernovich and Wall Street Journal
Kevin Krause / Dallas Morning News:
North Texas militia vigilante who rounded up migrants at border found dead after months on the run  —  Kevin Massey, considered a patriot by his supporters, was called a domestic terrorist by the federal government agencies he loathed … Kevin Lyndel Massey's body was discovered Dec. 23 in Van Zandt County, according to the sheriff.
Danica Coto / Associated Press:
Magnitude 5.9 shock again rocks quake-stunned Puerto Rico  —  SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — A magnitude 5.9 quake shook Puerto Rico on Saturday, causing millions of dollars of damage along the island's southern coast, where previous recent quakes have toppled homes and schools.
Discussion: The Daily Caller and The Root
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Stamford Advocate:   Puerto Rico earthquake aftershocks again rattle coastline as residents deal with disaster after disaster
Douglass Dowty / Syracuse Post-Standard:
Bail reform causes a big drop - 100 inmates - in Syracuse jail.  Reason might surprise you  —  Syracuse, NY — Onondaga County's jail population dropped by at least 100 inmates — a 20 percent decrease — as a result of the state's controversial bail reform law, according to a Syracuse.com |
Associated Press:
Iran standoff shines spotlight on new Trump security adviser  —  The contrasts with O'Brien's predecessor along the way — in secret consultations at Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida, in the Oval Office and in basement deliberations in the White House Situation Room — could not have been more stark.
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Axios:   Trump's national security adviser claims Iran more likely to negotiate now
Mike Allen / Axios:
Trump's new danger: Witnesses  —  President Trump and other Republicans allies sound confident about his impeachment trial, but some key Republican senators plan to push for witnesses, which could result in a new chance for Democrats to sway public opinion.  —  The big picture …
Discussion: The Daily Beast
Maia Davis / NBC News:
Protests erupt in Iran over plane's downing that killed 176  —  The demonstrators expressed anger at what they perceived as an initial cover-up.  Prior to Tehran's admission Saturday, it had denied shooting down the flight.  —  Protests break out in Iran after government admits it shot down passenger jet
Wall Street Journal:
U.S. Warns Iraq It Risks Losing Access to Key Bank Account If Troops Told to Leave  —  Loss of access to New York Fed account, where international oil sale revenue is kept, could creating cash crunch in Iraq's financial system  —  The Trump administration warned Iraq this week …
 
 
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Jennifer Epstein / Bloomberg:
Biden Hints He Opposed Obama's Controversial Deportation Policy
Tal Axelrod / The Hill:
Amash accuses Trump of selling military support to Saudi Arabia
Discussion: HuffPost
Jon Levine / New York Post:
Gun applications surge in Rockland County after Hanukkah stabbings
Connor Mannion / Mediaite:
Trump Posts Tweet in Farsi to Iranian Protestors, Claims 'I've Stood With You Since The Beginning'
Quartz:
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Katelyn Polantz / CNN:
2015 memo from Erik Prince to Trump campaign: ‘National disgrace’ that Soleimani ‘not already DEAD’
Discussion: Raw Story
Alan M. Dershowitz / Gatestone Institute:
Yale Psychiatrist Issues Diagnosis of “Psychotic” for Defending Constitutional Rights
Discussion: Raw Story and Breitbart
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Hlr / Harvard Law Review:
Pack the Union: A Proposal to Admit New States for the Purpose of Amending the Constitution …
Discussion: Balkinization
Ginia Bellafante / New York Times:
Elizabeth Wurtzel and the Illusion of Gen-X Success
Claire Galofaro / Associated Press:
On the brink: Swing county tense as Trump tangles with Iran
Mary Kay Linge / New York Post:
Judge Judy sets the stage for Bloomberg's anti-Trump rally
Emma Goldberg / New York Times:
‘Techlash’ Hits College Campuses
Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
Stephanie Grisham is not the worst-ever White House press secretary. Here's why.
Natalia V. Navarro / Colorado Public Radio:
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Michael Peel / Financial Times:
Google DeepMind and Isomorphic Labs detail AlphaFold 3, an AI model to predict interactions and structures of proteins, DNA, RNA, more, beating many top methods

Demetri Sevastopulo / Financial Times:
The US Commerce Department revokes some export licenses that let companies ship chips and other goods to Huawei, affecting Intel and, sources say, also Qualcomm

Tom Dotan / Wall Street Journal:
Microsoft plans to invest $3.3B to build a data center in Mount Pleasant, Wisconsin, and train locals, alongside investing in a University of Wisconsin AI lab

 
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