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HuffPost:
This Is The Buzzy Democratic Firm That Botched The Iowa Caucuses  —  Shadow, a Democratic digital firm, created the app that was supposed to deliver quicker caucus results.  —  The tech arm of ACRONYM, a Democratic digital nonprofit group that has rapidly expanded in recent years …
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The Daily Beast:
Investors Rush to Downplay Ties to Firm Behind Iowa Clusterfuck  —  The frantic cleanup put a microscope on one of Democratic Party's fastest-rising digital stars.  —  Hours after a debacle that marred Monday's Iowa Democratic presidential caucuses, investors in a company hired …
New York Times:
Bloomberg Plans to Double Ad Spending After Iowa Caucus Problem  —  The former New York City mayor, whose campaign is fueled by a multibillion-dollar fortune, will also expand his campaign's field staff to more than two thousand people.  —  DES MOINES — Michael R. Bloomberg's presidential campaign moved …
Karen Tumulty / Washington Post:
The most important Iowa result is in.  Democrats should worry.  —  DES MOINES — No one knows how long it will be before it is clear which Democratic presidential candidate won the Iowa caucuses.  —  But the most important tally of the night has been reported, and it should worry Democrats.
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
The Democratic Party's Crisis of Legitimacy May Be Just Beginning  —  We are living in an era of what political scientists describe as “strong partisanship and weak parties” — or, alternatively, as “negative partisanship.”  The electorate is polarized into opposing camps …
Tim Alberta / Politico:
The Death of Iowa  —  DES MOINES, Iowa — There can be no doubting it now, not after so many years spent in the crosshairs, not after active presidential candidates began challenging its privileged position atop the nominating calendar, and certainly not after Monday night's debacle …
New York Times:
‘A Systemwide Disaster’: How the Iowa Caucuses Melted Down  —  Unexplained “inconsistencies” in results, heated conference calls and firm denials of hacking left the contest in a strange state of almost suspended animation.  —  DES MOINES — Sean Bagniewski had seen the problems coming.
New York Times:
App Used to Tabulate Votes Is Said to Have Been Inadequately Tested
Nick Coltrain / Des Moines Register:
Bernie Sanders is ‘extremely disappointed’ Iowa Democratic Party hasn't released caucus results
Discussion: The Smoke Eater
VICE:
The Democrats Screwed America With an App No One Asked For
Discussion: Fox News, Reason and The Daily Caller
Politico:
'It's a total meltdown': Confusion grips Iowa with no official results in sight
Los Angeles Times:
Partial Iowa caucus results to be released this afternoon; timing of full release uncertain
Discussion: KTLA and Althouse
Dylan Scott / Vox:
Why Gretchen Whitmer was the Democrats' pick to respond to Trump's State of the Union
Discussion: The Hill and The Federalist
NBC News:
Iowa caucus app: Iowa Democratic Party blames ‘coding issue’ for results delay
Adam Edelman / NBC News:   Nevada Democrats won't use app that caused Iowa caucus fiasco
Jim Geraghty / National Review:
Iowa's Democratic Disaster
Sean Sullivan / Washington Post:
Iowa caucuses 2020 live updates: State's Democratic Party says it will release some results by 5 p.m. Eastern
John Podhoretz / New York Post:   Iowa caucus mess nothing compared to intra-Democratic Party chaos on the horizon
Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Bloomberg says he hopes Sanders changes
Discussion: Breitbart and The Hill
Sean Colarossi / POLITICUSUSA:   Nicolle Wallace Tells Bernie Backers That Their Vicious Attacks On Fellow Dems Are Helping Trump
Jeffrey M. Jones / Gallup:
Trump Job Approval at Personal Best 49%  —  WASHINGTON, D.C. — President Donald Trump's job approval rating has risen to 49%, his highest in Gallup polling since he took office in 2017.  —  The new poll finds 50% of Americans disapproving of Trump, leaving just 1% expressing no opinion.
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Nick R. Martin / The Informant:
Threat against Adam Schiff  —  Hi, and welcome to The Informant, a publication covering hate and extremism in America, written and edited by me, Nick R. Martin.  —  A lot has happened in the past several days, so today's intelligence briefing is packed full of links and information.
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Politico:
Arizona man facing charges for threatening Adam Schiff
Discussion: POLITICUSUSA and IJR
Rashaan Ayesh / Axios:
Rand Paul reads alleged name of Ukraine whistleblower on Senate floor  —  Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) said the alleged name of the Ukraine whistleblower on the Senate floor as senators debated President Trump's impeachment on Tuesday.  —  The state of play: Paul read aloud his question that named …
Discussion: Breitbart
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Politico:
Rand Paul reads alleged whistleblower's name and Republicans ‘fine’ with it
Discussion: Big League Politics and Daily Kos
Yahoo News:
Top Navy SEAL commander resigns after apparent disagreements with Trump  — The officer responsible for US Navy special-operations forces will step down from his position in September,  —  The Intercept reported over the weekend.  — Rear Adm. Collin Green's retirement follows …
Discussion: Business Insider
The White House:
Special Guests for President Trump's 3rd State of the Union Address  —  Below are the special guests who will join President Donald J. Trump and First Lady Melania Trump tonight for the President's third State of the Union.  —  From brave military families to hardworking local leaders, this year's guests come from many walks of life.
David Enrich / New York Times:
The Money Behind Trump's Money  —  The inside story of the president and Deutsche Bank, his lender of last resort.  —  One Day in early 2017, Mike Offit went to the Yale Club in Manhattan for a lunch hosted by a group called Business Executives for National Security.
Discussion: The Guardian, Fortune and Raw Story
Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
Iowa Might Have Screwed Up The Whole Nomination Process  —  In trying to build a forecast model of the Democratic primaries, we literally had to think about the entire process from start (Iowa) to finish (the Virgin Islands on June 6).  Actually, we had to do more than that.
Discussion: Spectator USA and PJ Media Home
Tommy Christopher / Mediaite:
Watch: Iowa Voter Freaks Out on Buttigieg Precinct Capt. After Finding Out Mayor Pete is Gay  —  Nikki van den Heever, a caucus precinct captain for former South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg, tried to talk down an Iowa woman who was incensed to find out — in real-time during a caucus …
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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Trump is about to get a lot more dangerous.  Here's what's coming.  —  When President Trump is acquitted by the Senate on Tuesday afternoon, he'll surely take from it the message that he can continue abusing his powers however he sees fit to corrupt the 2020 election.  He now knows he'll face zero consequences.
Brian Stelter / CNN:
White House excludes CNN from annual pre-SOTU lunch with news anchors  —  New York (CNN Business)President Donald Trump's targeting of CNN is moving to yet another arena: The annual presidential lunch with television network anchors.  —  CNN anchors are being excluded from Tuesday's lunch, three sources said on Monday night.
Vanity Fair:
“I WANT THAT GODDAMN FUCKING STATEMENT”: Behind the Scenes of Trump's Secret Birther Implosion  —  Just before his first debate with Hillary Clinton, Trump's campaign decided it was time for him to revoke birtherism at long last.  But, as Lachlan Markay and Asawin Suebsaeng report in Sinking In the Swamp …
Discussion: Raw Story, Political Wire and Mediaite
Jordan Libowitz / CREW:
CREW Files Hatch Act Complaint Against Jared Kushner  —  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE  —  Washington — White House Senior Advisor and Assistant to the President Jared Kushner violated the Hatch Act during a CNN interview on Sunday, according to a complaint filed today by Citizens for Responsibility …
Discussion: Raw Story
 
 
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Jill Lawrence / USA Today:
I used to cover Republicans who are cowering to Trump. I don't recognize them now.
Discussion: Raw Story
Nihar Kabinittal / ABC News:
Trump campaign working to cash in ahead of the State of the Union
Discussion: The Hill
BBC:
Iran sentences man to death for spying for the CIA
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Nihar Kabinittal / ABC News:
As senators announce votes to acquit or convict Trump, all eyes on moderates
Discussion: The Hill
Ronn Blitzer / Fox News:
These 4 Supreme Court justices are expected to attend the State of the Union
Elizabeth Flock / New Yorker:
Brittany Smith Loses Her Stand Your Ground Hearing
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Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
Schiff's appeal to truth, decency and justice falls on deaf Republican ears
Discussion: Vox and Raw Story
Richard L. Hasen / Slate:
Trump's Jokes About Defying Election Results Could Create Chaos
Ryan Devereaux / The Intercept:
Federal Judge Reverses Conviction of Border Volunteers, Challenging Government's “Gruesome Logic”
Discussion: Common Dreams
 

 
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Lauren Feiner / The Verge:
The US Senate passes the TikTok divestment bill by a margin of 79-18; the legislation now heads to President Biden, who has committed to sign it into law

Chris Morris / Fortune:
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Ashley Carman / Bloomberg:
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