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12:35 AM ET, February 4, 2020

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Wall Street Journal:
Trump Campaign Ejects Bloomberg News Reporter From Iowa News Conference  —  President Trump's re-election campaign escorted a Bloomberg News reporter from an event in Iowa, following a pledge no longer to approve credentials for the news organization.  —  Bloomberg reporter Jennifer Jacobs …
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Daniel Arkin / NBC News:
Iowa entrance poll: Most Dems care more about beating Trump than issues  —  About two-thirds of voters participating in the caucus said they would rather see the Democratic Party nominate a candidate who “can beat Donald Trump.”  —  By a decisive margin, Democrats attending Iowa's Democratic …
Discussion: CNN, The Hill and Washington Times
ABC News:
Iowa caucuses live updates: Technical issues causing delay in reporting  —  Iowa Dems cite “inconsistencies in the reporting of three sets of results.”  —  LIVE NOW  —  DES MOINES, Iowa — For more than a year, the Democratic presidential contenders have been camping out in Iowa …
Discussion: Townhall, Breitbart, Vox and New York Times
The Hill:
Biden allies lower expectations for Iowa: 'Most feel it's not going to be great'  —  Joe Biden's campaign team is setting expectations low for the Iowa caucuses Monday night.  —  While some campaign aides were unsure how the results would turn out hours before the caucuses would begin …
BuzzFeed News:
The Iowa Caucus Results Are Still Delayed And Campaigns Are Angry  —  The Iowa Democratic Party is delaying releasing the results of Monday night's Iowa caucus because of reporting inconsistencies, infuriating campaigns eager to move on with the election.  —  “We found inconsistencies …
Daniel Arkin / NBC News:
Iowa caucuses turnout: Entrance poll shows dip in first-timers  —  This year's level of new participants is well shy of that in 2008, when a whopping 57 percent of Democrats said they had never caucused before.  —  Iowa's presidential caucuses were expected to draw record turnout Monday …
Quint Forgey / Politico:
Klobuchar pivots to New Hampshire as Iowa results remain delayed
Discussion: The Hill
Axios:
Iowa caucuses 2020: State party blames delay on “quality checks”
Discussion: Politico, Associated Press and KTLA
Jacob Pramuk / CNBC:
Technical glitches delay Iowa Democratic caucus results
Discussion: Slate
Hannah Fingerhut / Associated Press:   AP VoteCast: Iowa Democratic voters seek fundamental change
New York Times:   Delays in Results of Iowa Caucuses Frustrate Campaigns
New York Times:   Iowa Caucus Results 2020: Live
Associated Press:   AP VoteCast: Health care, climate are top issues in Iowa
Pew Research Center:
Democrats on Twitter more liberal, less focused on compromise than those not on the platform
Discussion: Fox News and National Review
Sarah Blaskey / Miami Herald:
As others stand at attention for anthem, Trump fidgets, points, pretend-conducts the band  —  President Donald Trump has repeatedly said all Americans should “stand proudly” during the national anthem, and publicly chastises those who don't as disrespectful of the troops.
Gabriel Sherman / Vanity Fair:
“It's Payback Time”: With Acquittal Certain, Trump Plots Revenge on Bolton, Impeachment Enemies  —  Trump, says a source, wants Bolton to be criminally investigated for possibly mishandling classified information.  Romney, Schiff, and Nadler are also...  BY - GABRIEL SHERMAN  —  Person of Interest
Discussion: Raw Story and POLITICUSUSA
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Brian Schwartz / CNBC:   Powerful Trump supporters urge donors to shun John Bolton's super PAC after bombshell book revelations
Clare Malone / FiveThirtyEight:
That Last, Unreleased Des Moines Register Poll Of Iowa Really Did Show Biden In Fourth  —  If you're the sort of person who was glued to political Twitter on Saturday night — and God help you if you are — you would have seen a mass freak-out when it was announced that that the Des Moines Register …
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Ben Smith / BuzzFeed News:
This Iowa Poll Was Never Published.  It's Still Influencing What You Read.  —  DES MOINES — The Des Moines Register spiked its poll Saturday night, but by the next day it seemed most reporters here had seen the numbers — or something purporting to be the numbers.
Washington Post:
Conservatives spread false claims on Twitter about electoral fraud as Iowans prepare to caucus  —  The episode showcases social media's hands-off approach to disinformation and the possible perils ahead in a divisive election season  —  DES MOINES — The claims of electoral fraud were false …
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The Iowa Standard:   Secretary of State Pate says Judicial Watch's claims about Iowa voter rolls are false
David Matthews / New York Daily News:
Rush Limbaugh denied health risks of smoking years before lung cancer diagnosis: ‘I would like a medal for smoking cigars’  —  Years before conservative radio host Rush Limbaugh announced on his show Monday that he'd been diagnosed with advanced lung cancer, he downplayed the health risks of smoking on his show.
Discussion: NB Blog
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Brian Flood / Fox News:
Rush Limbaugh announces he has ‘advanced lung cancer’  —  Discussing President Trump's economic success, Rush Limbaugh says Democrats  —  Talk radio king Rush Limbaugh stunned his 27-million member audience Monday with the announcement he's been diagnosed with “advanced lung cancer.”
Washington Post:
How the Senate can still hold Trump accountable  —  PRESIDENT TRUMP is on his way to acquittal in his Senate trial, but in one important respect the outcome is not what he wanted.  Rather than describe his behavior toward Ukraine as “perfect,” a number of Republican senators — “lots and lots of us” …
Discussion: CNN and Raw Story
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Washington Post:
Manchin calls for censuring Trump over pressuring Ukraine to investigate a domestic political rival
Marianne LeVine / Politico:
Lisa Murkowski will vote to acquit Trump  —  Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) said on Monday that she would not vote to convict President Donald Trump, but also offered a damning portrayal of Congress for its handling of the impeachment proceedings.  —  In her floor speech …
Discussion: National Review and Raw Story
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Politico:
Trump has the votes for Senate acquittal
Discussion: The Hill, Axios and Breitbart
Daniel Bice / Milwaukee Journal Sentinel:
‘An unacceptable and upsetting environment’: 2020 Democratic Host Committee under investigation  —  The two top officials overseeing Milwaukee's host committee for the 2020 Democratic National Convention were sidelined Monday amid allegations of a toxic work culture.
Tom Piatak / Chronicles Magazine:
an arrogance justified by nothing  —  It was a revealing moment.  Former GOP consultant turned Never Trumper Rick Wilson began ridiculing Trump supporters on CNN as “credulous Boomer rube[s]” who believe “Donald Trump is the smart one and y'all elitists are dumb.”
Discussion: Instapundit
Axios:
Scoop: Veterans Affairs deputy secretary James Byrne fired  —  Veterans Affairs deputy secretary James Byrne was fired Monday morning, three Trump administration officials tell Axios.  The White House confirmed that Byrne is no longer with the administration.  —  Why it matters: The VA has recently been in inner turmoil.
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Andrea N. Goldstein / Jezebel:
‘He Was Implying I Was a Liar’: What Happened After I Was Sexually Assaulted at the VA
Discussion: New York Times
Poppy Noor / The Guardian:
Why liberal white women pay a lot of money to learn over dinner how they're racist  —  A growing number of women are paying to confront their privilege - and racism - at dinners that cost $2,500  —  Freshly made pasta is drying on the wooden bannisters lining the hall of a beautiful home in Denver, Colorado.
Katie Notopoulos / BuzzFeed News:
Cards Against Humanity Bought ClickHole  —  Cards Against Humanity, the card game company, purchased ClickHole.com from its owners at G/O Media on Monday for an undisclosed amount in an all-cash deal, BuzzFeed News has learned.  ClickHole's employees will become the majority owners of the site.
Tom Perez:
How We Prepared for 2020  —  Tonight, our party's presidential nominating process officially kicks off in Iowa.  Today, I'm reflecting on the three years we've spent preparing for this moment, the changes we've made to make sure we are ready.  I'm proud of the historic reforms we passed …
Burgess Everett / Politico:
The five senators who might break with their party in Trump's trial  —  There will be no witnesses.  The House managers and White House counsel have rested their cases.  And President Donald Trump is going to be acquitted on Wednesday.  But there's still drama left to the impeachment trial.
Discussion: The Hill
 
 
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Victor Davis Hanson / American Greatness:
Up Schiff's Creek  —  Adam Schiff is starting to wear on his own.
U.S. Congressman Gerry Connolly:
Connolly to Bring Hatice Cengiz, Jamal Khashoggi's Fiancée, to State of the Union Address
Discussion: Axios and Raw Story
Washington Post:
Spread of coronavirus threatens to strain U.S.-China relations along with global health system
Tristan Justice / The Federalist:
Schiff: Trump Will Sell Alaska To Russia If We Don't Impeach Him
Discussion: Twitchy and The Gateway Pundit
BuzzFeed News:
Mueller Memos Part 5: Hundreds Of Pages Of FBI Witness Interviews Declassified
Josh Rogin / Washington Post:
Bernie Sanders's foreign policy is a risk for Democrats against Trump
Discussion: The Hill
Washington Post:
Most Trump clemency grants bypass DOJ and go to well-connected offenders
Discussion: The Independent
 Earlier Items: 
Sarah Ellison / Washington Post:
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Bloomberg:
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Elizabeth Vaughn / Redstate:
Over Three Years After His Doomsday Prediction, Paul Krugman Makes Reluctant Admission About the Trump Economy
Lachlan Markay / The Daily Beast:
Susan Collins' Campaign Is Being Helped by a Mysterious Hawaii Company
Discussion: Press Herald and POLITICUSUSA
 

 
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Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Sources: Apple has renewed discussions with OpenAI about using its technology to power some features in iOS 18; talks with Google on using Gemini remain ongoing

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Karen Weise / New York Times:
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