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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 …
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Holly Otterbein / Politico:
Bernie campaign slams Warren as candidate of the elite  —  DES MOINES, Iowa — The non-aggression pact between Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren is seriously fraying.  —  Sanders' campaign has begun stealthily attacking Warren as a candidate of the upper crust who could not expand …
Lisa Lerer / New York Times:
Michael Bloomberg Is Open to Spending $1 Billion to Defeat Trump
Discussion: Townhall
New York Times:
Sanders and Biden Look for Dominance in Early States
Discussion: Denver Post and The Guardian
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: Fox News, Breitbart, KTLA and The Week
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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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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
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Agence France-Presse:   Queen, Prince Harry, senior royals set for crisis meeting
Kendall Karson / ABC News:
Majority of Americans disapprove of Trump's handling of Iran, feel less safe after strike: POLL  —  The results come from a new ABC News/Ipsos poll.  —  In a week dominated by increased tension with Iran and speculation over when impeachment articles would be delivered to the U.S. Senate …
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 …
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.
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
Dana Goldstein / New York Times:
Two States.  Eight Textbooks.  Two American Stories.  —  TWO STATES.  EIGHT TEXTBOOKS.  TWO AMERICAN STORIES.  —  American history textbooks can differ across the country, in ways that are shaded by partisan politics. … We analyzed some of the most popular social studies textbooks used in California and Texas.
Rob Picheta / CNN:
This playboy tortoise had so much sex he saved his entire species.  Now he's going home  —  (CNN)A womanizing tortoise whose rampant sex life may have single-handedly saved his entire species from extinction has retired from his playboy lifestyle, returning to the wild with his mission accomplished.
Melissa Quinn / CBS News:
Esper says he “didn't see” specific evidence showing Iranian threat to 4 U.S. embassies  —  Washington — Secretary of Defense Mark Esper said he “didn't see” specific evidence that top Iranian military commander Qassem Soleimani was planning attacks on four U.S. embassies, but said he believed such attacks would have occurred.
Discussion: Political Wire and Daily Kos
Bob Brigham / Raw Story:
Alan Dershowitz files complaint against Yale psychiatrist who accused Trump supporters of ‘shared psychosis’  —  Prominent Donald Trump supporter Alan Dershowitz reportedly complained to Yale University after forensic psychiatrist Dr. Bandy Lee suggested Trump supporters may have a “shared psychosis” with the president.
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Alan M. Dershowitz / Gatestone Institute:
Yale Psychiatrist Issues Diagnosis of “Psychotic” for Defending Constitutional Rights
Discussion: Breitbart
Chloe Atkins / NBC News:
For transgender men, pain of menstruation is more than just physical  —  Safety concerns and a lack of access to menstruation products are among the issues trans and gender-nonconforming people face during “that time of the month.”  —  When transgender model and activist Kenny Ethan Jones experienced …
David Gambacorta / Politico:
Satan, the FBI, the Mob—and the Forgotten Plot to Kill Ted Kennedy  —  During the 1980 presidential campaign, a notorious Hollywood satanist was linked to a plot to murder the third Kennedy brother, uncovered documents show.  —  POLITICO illustration with photos from Deanne Fitzmaurice/Polaris and AP
Barbara Rodriguez / Des Moines Register:
U.S. Rep. Dave Loebsack endorses Pete Buttigieg for president  —  U.S. Rep. Dave Loebsack, a long-time Iowa congressman, has endorsed Democrat Pete Buttigieg for president.  —  One of three Democrats in Iowa's congressional delegation, Loebsack's backing is a high-profile boost for Buttigieg a few weeks before the caucuses on Feb. 3.
Jon Emont / Wall Street Journal:
An Airline Required a Woman to Take a Pregnancy Test to Fly to This U.S. Island  —  Immigration concerns in Saipan put pressure on airlines to screen their passengers  —  HONG KONG—Japanese citizen Midori Nishida was checking in to a flight in Hong Kong in November to visit her parents on Saipan …
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 …
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:
Drone flies over pedophile cardinal's Australian prison  —  A newspaper reports disgraced Cardinal George Pell has been transferred from a Melbourne prison after a drone illegally flew overhead in a suspected attempt to photograph the famous inmate  —  MELBOURNE, Australia …
John Leicester / Associated Press:
France's #MeToo: Book on child-sex writer prompts outcry  —  PARIS (AP) — He was a middle-aged French author becoming known, even celebrated, for writing about sex with children.  She was a fragile 14-year-old, too young to foresee the damage she says was done to her life by his predatory grip on her body and mind.
Tarpley Hitt / The Daily Beast:
Inside the ‘Secret Service of Hollywood’ That Guards Stars Like Post Malone and Jennifer Lopez  —  PRECIOUS CARGO  —  “We're constantly monitoring threats,” says Russell Stuart, founder of the Force Protection Agency—a team of current and ex-soldiers protecting some of Hollywood's biggest stars.
 
 
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Tom Boggioni / Raw Story:
Impeachment should be the least of Trump worries as he faces a flood of lawsuits and federal investigations: report
Discussion: Bloomberg
Matthew Chapman / Raw Story:
George Conway and Neal Katyal advise Pelosi on how to trip up McConnell's impeachment plans
Discussion: Washington Post
Karim Sadjadpour / Wall Street Journal:
The Sinister Genius of Qassem Soleimani
Philip Klein / Washington Examiner:
Trump's average unemployment rate is the lowest in recorded history
Discussion: American Greatness
New York Post:
Serial robbery suspect freed with no bail — then allegedly robs another bank
CNN:
US troops knew Al-Asad air base would be attacked and sheltered in bunkers, exclusive tour reveals
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
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Danica Coto / Associated Press:
Magnitude 5.9 shock again rocks quake-stunned Puerto Rico
Discussion: The Daily Caller and The Root
Connor Mannion / Mediaite:
Trump Posts Tweet in Farsi to Iranian Protestors, Claims 'I've Stood With You Since The Beginning'
Associated Press:
Iran standoff shines spotlight on new Trump security adviser
Discussion: Axios
Mike Allen / Axios:
Trump's new danger: Witnesses
Discussion: The Daily Beast
Quartz:
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Dave Burke / Mirror.co.uk:
British ambassador Robert Macaire arrested in Iran accused of inciting protests
Discussion: Sky News and Breitbart