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12:10 PM ET, January 21, 2020

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Lacey Rose / Hollywood Reporter:
Hillary Clinton in Full: A Fiery New Documentary, Trump Regrets and Harsh Words for Bernie: “Nobody Likes Him”  —  With four-part Hulu series ‘Hillary’ set to premiere at Sundance, one of America's most groundbreaking (and polarizing) figures opens up about Monica Lewinsky, her marriage …
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Cara Korte / CBS News:
Sanders apologizes to Biden for surrogate's op-ed alleging he has a “big corruption problem”  —  Des Moines, Iowa — Senator Bernie Sanders apologized to former Vice President Joe Biden on Monday for an op-ed written by one of his campaign surrogates that claimed Biden has a “big corruption problem.”
Matt Stevens / New York Times:
Hillary Clinton Says ‘Nobody Likes’ Bernie Sanders and Declines to Commit to Backing Him  —  Mrs. Clinton sharply criticized her former primary rival in a forthcoming documentary series, and stood by her comments in an interview with The Hollywood Reporter.  —  Hillary Clinton …
Discussion: Real Clear Politics
Rashaan Ayesh / Axios:
Hillary Clinton on Bernie Sanders: “Nobody likes him, nobody wants to work with him”
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Biden, Sanders, Social Security and Smears
Will Weissert / ABC News:
Warren wants task force to investigate Trump administration
Discussion: The Hill
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:   Hillary Clinton points to alleged sexism in Bernie Sanders's campaign: 'It's part of a pattern'
Ernesto Londoño / New York Times:
Glenn Greenwald Charged With Cybercrimes in Brazil  —  Mr. Greenwald is accused of being part of a “criminal investigation” that hacked into the cellphones of prosecutors and public officials.  —  RIO DE JANEIRO — Federal prosecutors in Brazil on Tuesday charged the American journalist Glenn Greenwald …
Washington Post:
Trump's lawyers, Senate GOP allies work privately to ensure Bolton does not testify publicly  —  President Trump's legal defense team and Senate GOP allies are quietly gaming out contingency plans should Democrats win enough votes to force witnesses to testify in the impeachment trial …
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David Morgan / CBS News:
Former GOP Senator Jeff Flake on impeachment: Republicans are on trial with Trump
Discussion: Associated Press, The Hill and War Room
NBC News:
Why aren't Democrats making life miserable for vulnerable Republicans on impeachment?
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
A big tell in Trump's own legal brief exposes McConnell's coverup  —  Now that Mitch McConnell has rolled out the rules for President Trump's impeachment trial, the full dimensions of the Senate Majority Leader's efforts to cover up Trump's bottomless corruption are coming into view.
Discussion: Raw Story
Speaker Nancy Pelosi:
Pelosi Statement on McConnell Cover-Up Resolution  —  Washington, D.C. - Speaker Nancy Pelosi issued this statement on Leader McConnell's resolution on rules for the impeachment trial of the President, which will operate on a greatly compressed schedule and rejects the need for witnesses and documents:
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Nicholas Fandos / New York Times:
McConnell Impeachment Rules Modify Clinton Precedent
Discussion: CNN and IJR
Susannah Luthi / Politico:
Supreme Court won't hear Obamacare case before election  —  The Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected Democrats' plea to consider a high-stakes legal challenge that could kill Obamacare, punting a resolution in the politically fraught case until after the presidential election.
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Andrew Chung / Reuters:   U.S. Supreme Court lets Flint, Michigan residents sue over water contamination
Sam Jones / Financial Times:
Swiss police suspect Davos plumbers of being Russian spies  —  Russian plumbers do not tend to summer in Davos.  Even those with diplomatic passports.  —  Five months before world leaders began their pilgrimage to the annual World Economic Forum this week — among them US president Donald Trump …
Discussion: CNBC, The Week and New York Times
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Pan Pylas / Associated Press:
Thunberg slams Davos elites on climate as Trump takes stage
Discussion: Associated Press
Sacramento Bee:
Devin Nunes' Ukraine lies are a betrayal.  Voters in his district deserve better  —  Kiev, Ukraine, is nearly 6,200 miles from Tulare, Calif. That's a long way from home for Rep. Devin Nunes, R-Tulare, who now faces explosive allegations that he and his staff contacted shadowy Ukrainian figures …
Discussion: HuffPost, Raw Story and Washington Post
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Kim Wehle / The Bulwark:
The New Evidence Against Trump Since He Was Impeached
Discussion: Raw Story and New York Times
Timothy P. Carney / Washington Examiner:
Virginia Second Amendment rally proves the media hate gun owners  —  Reporters and editors at the largest news outlets overwhelmingly dislike and distrust the people demonstrating against Virginia's proposed gun restrictions.  This is clear as day, and every journalist, center-left media critic …
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Joseph Menn / Reuters:
Exclusive: Apple dropped plan for encrypting backups after FBI complained - sources  —  SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Apple Inc (AAPL.O) dropped plans to let iPhone users fully encrypt backups of their devices in the company's iCloud service after the FBI complained that the move would harm investigations …
Andrew Restuccia / Wall Street Journal:
Trump Doubles Down on Threats to Impose Tariffs on European Cars  —  U.S. president is attending World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland  —  DAVOS, Switzerland—President Trump said Tuesday that he is serious about imposing tariffs on European automobiles if he can't strike a trade agreement with the European Union.
Discussion: The Hill
Vicky Prodeline / Polls:
Majority Support Allowing New Impeachment Evidence  —  But overall opinion of Trump and impeachment is virtually unchanged  —  West Long Branch, NJ - A majority of Americans say that House managers should be able to introduce new evidence in the Senate impeachment trial of President Donald Trump.
Discussion: Political Wire, Roll Call and Bloomberg
The Boston Globe:
Sanders, Biden lead tight pack of front-runners in Suffolk/Globe New Hampshire poll  —  Senator Bernie Sanders has the slimmest of leads among a knot of four top presidential contenders, with Senator Elizabeth Warren dropping to the rear of the top tier amid significantly weaker support among men …
Discussion: The Hill
Laura Olson / Morning Call:
Pat Toomey's Senate ‘candy desk’ may prevent hangry lawmakers during impeachment  —  The last time the U.S. Senate was considering impeachment of a president, Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum found himself in a sticky situation over some Hershey's bars.  —  The Republican lawmaker …
Ben White / Politico:
'He could have had it all.  And he doesn't have it all.'  —  President Donald Trump launches into the fourth year of his presidency this week with some strong economic numbers to support his case for reelection: Unemployment is low, job growth remains solid, wages are rising and the stock market is soaring.
Discussion: Raw Story
Jeffrey M. Jones / Gallup:
Trump Third Year Sets New Standard for Party Polarization  —  WASHINGTON, D.C. — Eighty-two percentage points separated Republicans' (89%) and Democrats' (7%) average job approval ratings of President Donald Trump during his third year in office.  This is the largest degree of political polarization …
Discussion: The Hill
Tim Pearce / Washington Examiner:
Joe Biden: 'I don't count drunk driving as a felony'  —  2020 Democratic front-runner Joe Biden said his administration would fire Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents who arrest and deport illegal immigrants who are not guilty of felony crimes, adding that he doesn't “count drunk driving as a felony.”
Max Read / New York Magazine:
Peter Thiel's Latest Venture Is the American Government  —  In mid-January, at the conclusion of a special meeting of the Mont Pelerin Society, the venerable free-market organization, after appearances by Condoleezza Rice and Niall Ferguson, Peter Thiel was slated to give closing remarks on “Big Tech and the Question of Scale.”
Eli Yokley / Morning Consult:
How Voters Grade Trump, Three Years Into His Presidency  —  Overall marks have stayed about the same since Trump's first year, but he's getting more A's on jobs, economy  —  President Donald Trump speaks during a Jan. 16 event in the Oval Office.  A new poll found voters are grading …
Brett Neely / NPR:
NPR Poll: Majority Of Americans Believe Trump Encourages Election Interference  —  Weeks before the first votes of the 2020 presidential election, Americans report a high level of concern about how secure that election will be and worry about the perils of disinformation, according to a new NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist Poll.
Caroline Court / The Federalist:
How A Feminist Juror's Lies Could Get Harvey Weinstein's Conviction Tossed Out  —  It doesn't take a rocket scientist to deduce that a prospective juror clearly lied and misled both the parties and the court to be on Harvey Weinstein's jury.  —  Regardless of what you think about Harvey Weinstein …
David Sharp / Associated Press:
Planned Parenthood endorses challenger to Sen. Susan Collins  —  PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Planned Parenthood announced Tuesday that it is endorsing a Democratic challenger to Republican Sen. Susan Collins in Maine, saying Collins “turned her back” on women and citing her vote to confirm Brett Kavanaugh …
Discussion: The Hill
Martin London / TIME:
John Roberts Has More Power Than Mitch McConnell Would Like You to Think.  But Will He Use It?  —  London is a retired partner for the law firm Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison and the author of The Client Decides; he was a principal lawyer for Vice President Spiro Agnew.
Adam Keiper / The Bulwark:
12 Details from the Clinton Impeachment Trial That You Should Know  —  There were votes, speeches, and quirky moments that help understand what is happening today with President Trump.  —  One of the consolations of aging is that the longer you live, the more history you know, just because you've endured more of it.
Discussion: Fox News
 
 
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Kira Lerner / The Appeal:
Kentucky Bill Would Make It Harder For Formerly Incarcerated People To Vote
Lisa Lambert / Reuters:
Trump lawyer Cipollone a material witness in impeachment trial: Democrats
Discussion: Daily Kos
Jamie Ross / The Daily Beast:
Parnas Lawyer Shares Pence Video After Vice President Denies Knowing Him
Discussion: Raw Story and Mediaite
Kevin D. Williamson / National Review:
Banana Republic, American-Style: Angola Is Here
Jeffrey Toobin / New Yorker:
How Donald Trump's Unlikely Legal Team Will Try to Defend Him
Discussion: The Atlantic
Nathan Heller / New Yorker:
Is Venture Capital Worth the Risk?
David Catron / The American Spectator:
The Dems Still Don't Know Why Trump Won in 2016
Vivian Ho / The Guardian:
Mothers who occupied vacant Oakland house will be allowed to buy it
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Daniel Nichanian / The Appeal:
When New Jersey Next Redistricts, It Will Count Incarcerated People Where They Lived
The White House:
Statement from the Press Secretary Announcing Congressional Members of the President's Impeachment Team
Discussion: Talking Points Memo, IJR and Axios
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Justice Department backed Trump strong-arm of House impeachment probe
Discussion: Associated Press
Tim Miller / The Bulwark:
We're Trying to Send a Refugee to Die to Make a Government Lie Seem True
Discussion: New Yorker
Natasha Korecki / Politico:
Iowa is a graveyard for White House bids. But maybe not this year.
Haris Alic / Breitbart:
Joe Biden's Brother Frank Linked to Projects Receiving $54,000,000 in Taxpayer Loans …
Caroline Kelly / CNN:
Dershowitz on impeachment reversal: ‘I am much more correct right now’
Discussion: ABC News and Axios
 

 
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