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3:11 AM ET, February 9, 2020

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New York Times:
Republican Senators Tried to Stop Trump From Firing Impeachment Witness  —  A handful of senators reached out to the White House to warn the president not to dismiss Gordon D. Sondland, the ambassador to the European Union who testified in the House hearings.  But Mr. Trump went ahead anyway.
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Washington Post:
‘Not just chilling but frightening’: Inside Vindman's ouster amid fears of further retaliation by Trump  —  He had been publicly vilified by President Trump, marched out of his national security office across from the White House, so Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman wanted only to get his mind off politics …
Max Boot / Washington Post:
Trump's ‘Friday night massacre’ is just the beginning.  I fear what's to come.  —  “They have learned nothing and forgotten nothing.”  So the French statesman Charles-Maurice de Talleyrand supposedly said after the Bourbon kings were restored to power in 1814.  That is President Trump to a T.
CNN:   Major cuts to National Security Council staff expected as soon as next week, sources say
Vivian Salama / CNN:
Firing of House impeachment witnesses raises questions over US-Ukraine policy
Discussion: East Bay Times
Walter Shapiro / New Republic:
Joe Biden Is Collapsing  —  Joe Biden brought his “No Malarkey” tour to a New Hampshire debate stage on Friday night.  But in promising to tell the truth, he accidentally exposed his own doleful (or I should say, Bob Dole-ful) prospects in Tuesday's opening-gun primary.
Discussion: CNBC
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Amanda Terkel / HuffPost:   Joe Biden Frustrates Supporters With Debate Comment Writing Off New Hampshire
CNN:   Amy Klobuchar raises over $2 million dollars after debate, campaign says
FiveThirtyEight:
Who Won The New Hampshire Democratic Primary Debate?
Discussion: Political Wire
Sarah Mucha / CNN:
Biden on Buttigieg: 'This guy's not Barack Obama'
TMZ.com:
Trump's ‘Orange Face’ Photo Appears Edited to Show Stark Contrast … DT took to Twitter Saturday, writing ... “More Fake News.  This was photoshopped, obviously, but the wind was strong and the hair looks good?  Anything to demean!”  The black and white rendition of the pic was also posted by this Moon guy.
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Getty Images:
President Trump Arrives To White House From North Carolina  —  U.S. President Donald Trump walks on the South Lawn of the White House after arriving on Marine One in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Friday, Feb. 7, 2020.  Trump is sending top surrogates to New Hampshire ahead of the contentious Democratic primary.
Discussion: Mediaite and BuzzFeed News
Joseph Brean / National Post:
Jordan Peterson's year of ‘absolute hell’: Professor forced to retreat from public life because of addiction  —  The controversial author and professor is recovering from addiction to tranquilizers and near-death in Russia, his family says  —  SHARE YOUR FEEDBACK  —  We want to improve your reading experience
Megan Messerly / The Nevada Independent:
Nevada Democrats debut to volunteers new iPad-based ‘tool’ to calculate math on Caucus Day in the wake of Iowa fiasco  —  Democratic supporters cheer at the the Nevada Democratic Party election night event at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas on Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2018.  (Daniel Clark/The Nevada Independent)
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Holly Bailey / Washington Post:
After the meltdown at the Iowa caucuses, Democrats fear a repeat in Nevada
Discussion: Raw Story
New York Times:
Trump's 2020 Re-Election Challenges and Strategy to Win  —  With impeachment behind the president, his re-election campaign wants to address political weaknesses exacerbated by his policies and behavior.  —  WASHINGTON — Buoyed by his impeachment acquittal and the muddled Democratic primary race …
Discussion: Raw Story
Brianne Pfannenstiel / Des Moines Register:
Iowa caucus 2020: Inside the Iowa Democratic Party's ‘boiler room,’ where ‘hell’ preceded the results catastrophe  —  At a brief training the Sunday before the Iowa caucuses, Iowa Democratic Party officials told the volunteers tasked with staffing a telephone hotline system to arrive Monday morning …
David Bauder / Associated Press:
CBS News head calls threats against Gayle King reprehensible  —  NEW YORK (AP) — The CBS News chief called threats against journalist Gayle King “reprehensible” Saturday as backlash grew against rapper Snoop Dogg and others critical of King for an interview where she asked about a sexual assault charge against the late Kobe Bryant.
Ron Kampeas / Jewish Telegraphic Agency:
AIPAC apologizes for ads that called some Democrats ‘radicals’ pushing ‘anti-Semitic’ policies  —  WASHINGTON (JTA) — The American Israel Public Affairs Committee apologized for and removed at least two Facebook ads that slammed “radical” Democrats in Congress, and altered a petition …
Nicholas Kristof / New York Times:
Part of America Is Still Forgotten, Now Under Trump  —  The economy may get the president re-elected, but not everyone is sharing in its strength.  —  President Trump declared in his State of the Union address that “our economy is the best it has ever been.”
Mary Margaret Olohan / The Daily Caller:
ANALYSIS: Infanticide Is A Real Issue, Despite Establishment Media Narrative  — Establishment and liberal media news outlets insist that Republicans and President Donald Trump falsely emphasize Democratic support for infanticide.  — But Democrats, including Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam …
Washington Post:
Trump's new budget proposal expected to show how far he has moved away from some 2016 campaign promises  —  The president's 2021 budget request will kick off the annual spending roulette  —  The budget proposal President Trump will release Monday is expected to lay bare how much he has adjusted …
Discussion: Raw Story
WJXT-TV:
Police: Van drives through Republican's voter registration tent in Jacksonville  —  Lt. Larry Gayle says unclear if incident in East Arlington parking lot was politically motivated  —  JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - Officers with the Jacksonville Sheriff's Office are looking for a brown Chevrolet van …
Discussion: CNN and The Daily Caller
Jon Levine / New York Post:
AOC, boyfriend talk about ‘combating racism as a white person’ in Instagram stories  —  Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez made a rare appearance with boyfriend Riley Roberts while taking questions from fans in an Instagram story Friday night.  —  The freshman Queens socialist enlisted her man …
Heather Knight / San Francisco Chronicle:
The Castro's shame: Addiction and mental illness devastate iconic SF neighborhood  —  Heading up Market Street the other day from City Hall to the Castro, we spotted her: a woman sitting on a concrete median in the middle of Duboce Avenue, her skinny, sore-covered legs and bright orange shoes hanging dangerously into traffic.
Audrey McNamara / CBS News:
Arizona national monument, home to sacred Native American burial sites, is being blown up for the border wall  —  A national monument in Arizona, home to rare species and sacred Native American burial sites, is being blown up this week as part of construction for President Trump's border wall …
Discussion: Vox and Associated Press
Rosie Gray / BuzzFeed News:
The Democratic Primary Is A Mess.  Michael Bloomberg Is Taking Advantage.  —  NORFOLK, Virginia — While the rest of the Democratic field showed up in New Hampshire still unclear about who, exactly, won the Iowa caucuses, Mike Bloomberg was elsewhere.  —  He was in Philadelphia …
Caitlin Oprysko / Politico:
Ben Carson points to Mar-a-Lago to show that Trump is ‘not a racist’  —  The housing secretary says the workers who wash dishes and park cars at Trump's luxury Florida resort ‘love him.’  —  Housing Secretary Ben Carson appeared to stray from prepared remarks as he introduced Donald Trump on Friday …
Discussion: Raw Story and The Root
 
 
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Rachel Frazin / The Hill:
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Associated Press:
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Discussion: Politico and The Hill
CNN:
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The Times of Israel:
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Washington Post:
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Jackie Kucinich / The Daily Beast:
Democratic Voters Worry Biden Has ‘Too Much Baggage’ After Trump's Ukraine Smears
Discussion: Unprecedented
Colin Kalmbacher / Law & Crime:
Pete Buttigieg Funded by Russian-Linked Oligarch Who Supports Trump and McConnell
Discussion: CANNONFIRE and Mediaite
Richard Rubin / Wall Street Journal:
Facebook and IRS Prepare for $9 Billion U.S. Tax Court Fight
Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
Journalists shouldn't make political predictions. I learned this lesson the hard way.
Lisa Rein / Washington Post:
VA chief Wilkie sought to dig up dirt on woman who complained of sexual assault, agency insiders say
Discussion: Talking Points Memo and ProPublica
Molly Jong-Fast / The Bulwark:
Donald Trump Definitely Learned His Lesson
Todd Spangler / Detroit Free Press:
Bloomberg gets key endorsement from Michigan congresswoman, who says he will be president
Discussion: Breitbart