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11:40 AM ET, February 3, 2020

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Pew Research Center:
Democrats on Twitter more liberal, less focused on compromise than those not on the platform  —  The political views and primary candidate preferences of Democrats on Twitter differ from those who are not on the platform, according to a Pew Research Center survey conducted in January.
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NBC News:
John Kerry overheard discussing possible 2020 bid amid concern of ‘Sanders taking down the Democratic Party’  —  That he would even discuss the possibility suggests that prominent members of the Democratic Party remain deeply unsettled by the current field.  —  DES MOINES, Iowa …
Jennifer Epstein / Bloomberg:
Joe Biden Could Be Impeached by GOP Over Ukraine if He Wins, Iowa Senator Says  —  Iowa Senator Joni Ernst warned Sunday that Republicans would immediately push to impeach Joe Biden over his work in Ukraine as vice president if he win the White House.  —  “I think this door of impeachable whatever …
Natalie Andrews / Wall Street Journal:   Democrats, Defense Team to Make Final Arguments in Impeachment Trial
NBC News:
The stakes for Biden tonight in Iowa are enormous
Liz Peek / Fox News:   Democrats' impeachment flop sets stage for boffo State of the Union speech by Trump
Ryan Lizza / Politico:   Iowa might have just witnessed the start of a Democratic Party takeover
Maxwell Tani / The Daily Beast:
Washington Post Threatened Another Star Reporter Over His Tweets  —  The newspaper's Kobe Bryant tweet mess last week wasn't the first time WaPo bosses got into heated clashes with reporters over social-media policy.  —  The Washington Post's controversial decision to punish a reporter …
New York Times:
What Is the Election Needle?  And Why Will We Have 4 of Them Tonight?  —  A closer look at our election forecaster before the Iowa caucuses.  —  Shortly before 9 p.m. Eastern on Monday, we expect the first returns from the Iowa Democratic caucuses.  If you choose to follow the results live tonight …
Discussion: HuffPost
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Clint Hendler / Mother Jones:
The Iowa Caucuses Are a Democracy Disaster
Discussion: New York Times
Associated Press:
Democratic race opens in Iowa amid worry over beating Trump
Discussion: Politico
Brianne Pfannenstiel / Des Moines Register:
Iowa caucus saga reaches final chapter: 10 questions that will be answered on caucus night
Jason Wilson / The Guardian:
White nationalist has long worked at conservative outlets under real name  —  Guardian findings support watchdog's report that ‘Paul Kersey’, a prominent author and activist, is actually Michael J Thompson  —  A new report has revealed that a prominent white nationalist author …
Blake Hounshell / Politico:
‘Truly bizarre circumstances’: Anonymous book agents refute whisper campaign against Trump official  —  The literary agents for the senior Trump administration official who penned an anonymous New York Times op-ed and best-selling book are breaking their silence to swat down a whisper campaign pinning …
Discussion: Raw Story
Eric Roston / Bloomberg:
Climate Models Are Running Red Hot, and Scientists Don't Know Why  —  There are dozens of climate models, and for decades they've agreed on what it would take to heat the planet by about 3° Celsius.  It's an outcome that would be disastrous—flooded cities, agricultural failures …
The Guardian:
Political journalists boycott No 10 briefing after PM's aide tries to ban selected reporters - live news  —  The day's political developments, including Johnson's speech on EU trade talks, and Barnier publishing EU's draft negotiating guidelines  —  In response to my colleague Rowena Mason's report …
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Amy Qin / New York Times:
Virus Pummels Wuhan, a City Short of Supplies and Overwhelmed  —  It is nearly impossible to get the care they need to treat, or even diagnose, the coronavirus, say residents at the crisis' center.  —  WUHAN, China — Weak with fever, An Jianhua waited in line for seven hours outside …
Discussion: Associated Press and The Atlantic
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Joe Mcdonald / Associated Press:   Built in 10 days, China's virus hospital takes 1st patients
Ronald Brownstein / The Atlantic:
2020 Democrats Are Bringing Butter Knives to a Gunfight  —  CEDAR RAPIDS—Heading into tonight's Iowa caucus, the clock may be ticking faster on the Democratic presidential candidates than they believe.  —  All of the leading contenders have campaigned energetically and extensively across …
David Leonhardt / New York Times:
The Simple Reason Trump Does What He Does  —  Trump's credo, from ‘Access Hollywood’ to impeachment.  —  It wasn't the most notorious part of the “Access Hollywood” tape, but it was the most revealing: “And when you're a star, they let you do it.  You can do anything.”
Discussion: Althouse
Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Axios Sneak Peek  —  Subscribe  —  Welcome to Sneak Peek, our weekly lookahead from both ends of Pennsylvania Avenue, plus our best scoops.  —  Tonight's newsletter is 2,027 words, < 8-minute read.  —  1 big thing: Trump's sense of invincibility  —  President Trump often says he's …
Discussion: Breitbart, Fox News and Mother Jones
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Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Believing he's invincible, an emboldened Trump is growing more confident and less deterrable
Discussion: Raw Story
Michael Kruse / Politico:
'We Don't Want to F— It Up': How Trump Got Inside Iowa's Head  —  DES MOINES—A woman in a long red winter coat stood up at a town hall the other day in Iowa and asked Pete Buttigieg about Michigan and North Carolina.  —  There were more than 300 people packed into a brick-walled …
Discussion: Raw Story
Nico Hines / The Daily Beast:
Leak: Man Who Bankrolled Brexit Boasted of WikiLeaks Backchannel  —  Hacked Twitter messages raise legal questions over Cambridge Analytica, undeclared foreign lobbying, and links between Julian Assange and the Brexit and Trump campaign teams.  —  NEW YORK—The man who bankrolled the campaign …
Discussion: Raw Story
Richard L. Hasen / The Atlantic:
The Supreme Court May No Longer Have the Legitimacy to Resolve a Disputed Election  —  Among the many strange and worrying truths about American elections, one has a tendency to get lost: The path to the presidency can run not just through battleground states but also through the Supreme Court.
Discussion: SCOTUSblog
New York Times:
New U.S. Travel Ban Shuts Door on Africa's Biggest Economy, Nigeria  —  The visa rules will affect nearly a quarter of the people on the African continent, including many hoping to join loved ones already in the U.S.  —  The newlyweds had already been apart for half their yearlong marriage.
 
 
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Bloomberg:
China Oil Demand Has Plunged 20% Because of the Virus Lockdown
Discussion: Balloon Juice
Griff Witte / Washington Post:
Republican Sen. Susan Collins finds it's lonely in the middle
Discussion: Politico
MSNBC:
Klobuchar: I'm sickened by what my GOP colleagues have said on impeachment
Washington Post:
Ukraine wouldn't do Trump's dirty work. So GOP senators are doing it instead.
Emily Peck / HuffPost:
Staffers Say Sexism Runs Deep At The Washington Post
Manu Raju / CNN:
Trump and Pelosi haven't spoken in months
Discussion: Raw Story
Peter Hasson / The Daily Caller:
EXCLUSIVE: Google Employees Used Company Resources To Organize Anti-Trump Resistance Events
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Yaron Steinbuch / New York Post:
China accuses US of spreading ‘panic’ over coronavirus outbreak
Discussion: National Review
New Yorker:
Qassem Suleimani and How Nations Decide to Kill
Associated Press:
YouTube: No “birther” conspiracy videos for 2020 election
Wall Street Journal:
Lamar Alexander's Finest Hour
Karol Markowicz / New York Post:
Ridiculous attacks on ‘American Dirt’ are fresh reason to nix ‘cancel culture’
Discussion: The Guardian
JONATHAN TURLEY:
Gerhardt: The Entire White House Defense Team Will Face Bar Charges
New York Times:
Jeff Bezos Is Sued by His Girlfriend's Brother
Discussion: Mother Jones