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Washington Post:
Document shows Bernie Sanders's team preparing dozens of potential executive orders — Rising in the polls ahead of the Iowa caucuses, the presidential candidate considers spelling out how he could go around Congress if elected president — Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) …
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Nihar Kabinittal / Associated Press:
Postal workers union with 200,000 members endorses Sanders — Bernie Sanders has been endorsed by the 200,000-member American Postal Workers Union — DES MOINES, Iowa — Bernie Sanders was endorsed Thursday by the 200,000-member American Postal Workers Union, an influential group …
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American Postal Workers Union, Axios, The Hill and Washington Post
NBC News:
Biden to pre-empt Trump rally with speech and ad on ‘character’
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Daniel Marans / HuffPost:
New Bernie Sanders Ad Blasts Trump For Opening Door To Social Security Cuts
David French / The Dispatch:
Don't Believe Anyone Who Says Bernie Sanders Can't Win
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Zachary Evans / National Review:
Sanders Plans to Sign Dozens of Executive Orders Upon Taking Office: ‘We Cannot Accept Delays from Congress’
Jonathan Tilove / Austin American-Statesman:
Lyceum poll: Bernie is Trump's toughest rival in Texas
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The Hill and Common Dreams
ABC News:
New witnesses unlikely, Trump impeachment trial could end quickly: GOP sources — The Senate trial could be over by the weekend if Republicans have the votes. — LIVE NOW — Senators return at 1 p.m. Thursday for a second day of questions to House managers and President Donald Trump's legal team …
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Politico, The Gateway Pundit, The Daily Caller, IJR and CNN
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Quin Hillyer / Washington Examiner:
The longer GOP blocks Bolton, the more he will hurt them — Senate Republicans are digging their own political graves. — If Republicans do not allow at least a few witnesses into the Senate impeachment trial, they will pay a heavy political price if evidence emerges later proving deep corruption by President Trump.
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Raw Story and Washington Post
Anita Kumar / Politico:
Trump allies see witness-swap scheme as impeachment messaging coup
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Washington Post, New York Times and Tangle
Stephen Collinson / CNN:
Republican theory for Trump acquittal could unleash unrestrained presidential power
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Washington Post, The Atlantic, The Daily Beast, The Independent and Raw Story
Donald J Trump / YouTube:
Stronger, Safer, More Prosperous … With President Trump in office he is improving the lives of ALL Americans. Under President Trump, the economy is booming, historic tax cuts were passed, trade deals have been rengotiated, and African-American, Asian American, and Hispanic American unemployment are all at RECORD LOWS!
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Mike Bloomberg / YouTube:
George … Mike Bloomberg 2020's ad airing during Super Bowl LIV highlights the urgent need to prevent gun violence in America and why Mike is the candidate to get it done. — As an entrepreneur, mayor, and problem-solving philanthropist, Mike has taken on the toughest challenges and gotten big things done.
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Politico:
John Roberts blocks mentions of alleged whistleblower's name — Chief Justice John Roberts has communicated to senators that he will not read aloud the alleged Ukraine whistleblower's name or otherwise publicly relay questions that might out the official, a move that's effectively blocked Sen. Rand Paul from asking a question.
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Politico:
Senate and John Roberts face possibility of epic tie on witnesses
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Carl Hulse / New York Times:
To Senate Republicans, a Vote for Witnesses Is a Vote for Trouble
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Rachel Siegel / Washington Post:
Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross says China's coronavirus ‘will help’ bring jobs back to U.S. — Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross said the Chinese coronavirus — which has killed 170 in China and infected more than 7,700 people — could “help” to bring jobs to the United States because companies …
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Allan Smith / NBC News:
Coronavirus could mean more U.S. jobs. Wilbur Ross goes there.
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ABC News, The Guardian and The Hill
The Daily Beast:
New Audio Appears to Show Ex-Giuliani Pal Lev Parnas at Dinner With Trump — A second audio recording released by Lev Parnas's attorney purportedly shows the former Giuliani fixer socializing at a 2018 Republican fundraising event. — New audio obtained by The Daily Beast appears …
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Raw Story
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
GOP senators know Trump's defense is based on lies. Here's proof. — As President Trump's trial hurtles toward a vote on new witnesses, his lawyers have based his defense in part on the notion that Trump's demand that Ukraine investigate the Bidens was legitimate.
Politico:
How Trump's impeachment created two Democratic superstars — The House Democratic Caucus has long been dominated by a gaggle of also-rans: men and women who, while good enough for Congress, proved to be underwhelming on the larger stage of national politics. — That's changed.
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Breitbart
Associated Press:
AP Exclusive: Woman who says Trump raped her seeks his DNA — NEW YORK — Lawyers for a woman who accuses President Donald Trump of raping her in the 1990s are asking for a DNA sample, seeking to determine whether his genetic material is on a dress she says she wore during the encounter.
James Arkin / Politico:
Conservative group will launch ad broadside against Collins in Georgia — The conservative Club for Growth plans to air a massive ad campaign attacking Rep. Doug Collins (R-Ga.), adding fuel to the intraparty battle that kicked off after the GOP congressman launched a Senate campaign this week.
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Fadel Allassan / Axios:
State attorneys general sue to demand certification of Equal Rights Amendment — Three Democratic state attorneys general filed a lawsuit against a federal government official on Thursday to certify the Equal Rights Amendment, which would ban sex-based discrimination, into the U.S. Constitution.
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Wall Street Journal:
The ‘Corrupt Motives’ Doctrine — Every President equates his re-election self-interest with the public interest. It isn't grounds for impeachment. — By The Editorial Board — The questions from Senators in the impeachment trial aren't plowing much new ground, but they have been useful …
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Lizzie Dearden / The Independent:
Katie Hopkins' Twitter account suspended — Move comes after Countdown host Rachel Riley and campaigners demand action from social network — Far-right commentator Katie Hopkins has been suspended from Twitter after calls for a “full review” by the social network.
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Axios
Kayla Tausche / CNBC:
Trump administration has yet to reveal details of Jared Kushner's secretive 2017 meeting in China — In late 2017, CNBC filed a Freedom of Information Act request for details about Jared Kushner's secretive meeting in China during President Trump's visit to the country.
Andy Rose / CNN:
Portion of US border wall in California falls over in high winds and lands on Mexican side — (CNN)Newly installed panels from the US border wall fell over in high winds Wednesday, landing on trees on the Mexican side of the border. — The area is part of an ongoing construction project to improve existing sections of the wall.
Emily Saul / New York Post:
Hillary Clinton refuses to be served Tulsi Gabbard's defamation lawsuit — Hillary Clinton has now twice snubbed a process server attempting to deliver the defamation lawsuit filed against her by Democratic presidential candidate Tulsi Gabbard, according to Gabbard's attorney.
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Ryan Browne / CNN:
Trump administration expected to loosen restrictions on use of landmines — Washington (CNN)The Trump administration is expected to loosen restrictions on the US military's ability to use landmines in the coming days, weapons that have been banned by more than 160 countries due to their history …
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Common Dreams and Task & Purpose
Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
The Iowa Caucuses Are In 4 Days. Almost Anything Could Still Happen. — As much as we try to remind you all about how uncertain elections can be — pleas that sometimes fall on deaf ears — it's important to keep in mind in advance of the Iowa caucuses. To begin with, primaries are much harder …
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Vanity Fair
Alexandra Petri / Washington Post:
I have just read 25 books and am here to perform your open-heart surgery — “What I would encourage people to do is try to divorce yourself from all of the history that's happened over the years and read this plan.” — “I've been getting criticized for the last couple of years by all the people …
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Brooke Singman / Fox News:
Ex-Trump aide Carter Page files suit against DNC over dossier: ‘This is only the first salvo’ — EXCLUSIVE: Former Trump campaign adviser Carter Page filed a lawsuit Thursday in federal court against the Democratic National Committee, law firm Perkins Coie and its partners tied to the funding …
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Pew Research Center:
As Voting Begins, Democrats Are Upbeat About the 2020 Field, Divided in Their Preferences — Democrats uncertain about prospects for defeating Trump — How we did this — Ahead of the first contests in the 2020 election, Democratic voters are highly engaged with the race for their party's nomination …
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Associated Press:
AP-NORC poll: GOP more fired up for 2020, Democrats anxious — When it comes to the 2020 presidential election, Democrats are nervous wrecks and Republican excitement has grown. — That's according to a new poll by The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research as Americans look ahead …
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