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8:30 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
Discussion: Contemptor
Jon Keller / CBS Boston:
Exclusive NH Tracking Poll: Sanders And Buttigieg Lead Amid Signs Of Momentum For Klobuchar  —  BOSTON (CBS) — This wild, fluid New Hampshire primary just got a little wilder.  —  All week long, the story has been the rise of Pete Buttigieg to co-frontrunner status with Bernie Sanders.
Discussion: The Hill
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The Boston Globe:
Sanders, Buttigieg lead; debate performance appears to lift Klobuchar
Discussion: WHDH-TV and Political Wire
Amanda Terkel / HuffPost:   Joe Biden Frustrates Supporters With Debate Comment Writing Off New Hampshire
Walter Shapiro / New Republic:
Joe Biden Is Collapsing
Discussion: CNBC
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
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
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
Sam Stein / The Daily Beast:
Joe Biden Is Running Out Of Gas  —  The former VP has lost the plot, voters say.  And they're wondering if he will ever get it back.  —  Forty-five minutes before Joe Biden's first campaign event was supposed to start on Saturday, his crowd had grown restless.
Discussion: Politico and Washington Post
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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 …
New York Times:
On Trump's To-Do List: Take Back The Suburbs.  Court Black Voters.  Expand the Electoral Map.  Win.  —  With impeachment behind the president, his re-election campaign wants to address political weaknesses exacerbated by his policies and behavior.  —  WASHINGTON — Buoyed …
Discussion: Raw Story
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 …
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: BizPac Review, CNN and The Daily Caller
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 …
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.”
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 …
New York Times:
What Happens When QAnon Seeps From the Web to the Offline World  —  A city council member in California took the dais and quoted from QAnon, a pro-Trump conspiracy theory about “deep state” traitors plotting against the president, concluding her remarks, “God bless Q.”
John Williams / New York Times:
All the Presidents Penned  —  Announce a political campaign, write a book.  This two-step is a national pastime.  In “Author in Chief,” Craig Fehrman dives deeper into the books that have been written by presidents, before or after they were in office, including Thomas Jefferson's …
Discussion: Political Wire
Kyle Smith / New York Post:
Election Night 2020 is going to be like Groundhog Day for Democrats  —  November 4, 2020.  Early morning.  The clock radio flips from 5:59 to 6:00.  And the radio plays, “I Got You, Babe.”  You know it's coming: the Groundhog Day election.  —  The Democrats are heading for a replay …
 
 
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Wall Street Journal:
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Jonah Goldberg / The G-File:
The Cult of Unity Is a Poison
Liz Sly / Washington Post:
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Audrey McNamara / CBS News:
Arizona national monument, home to sacred Native American burial sites, is being blown up for the border wall
Discussion: Vox and Associated Press
Caitlin Oprysko / Politico:
Ben Carson points to Mar-a-Lago to show that Trump is ‘not a racist’
Discussion: Raw Story and The Root
Washington Post:
Coronavirus death toll surpasses fatalities from SARS epidemic; first American and Japanese deaths reported
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Associated Press:
Pompeo warns nation's governors to be wary of China
Discussion: Politico and The Hill
 Earlier Items: 
CNN:
Two US service members killed in Afghanistan attack
Discussion: New York Times, The Hill and UPI
Heather Knight / San Francisco Chronicle:
The Castro's shame: Addiction and mental illness devastate iconic SF neighborhood
Rosie Gray / BuzzFeed News:
The Democratic Primary Is A Mess. Michael Bloomberg Is Taking Advantage.
The Times of Israel:
Kushner: It will take ‘couple of months’ to prepare maps ahead of any annexation
CNN:
Amy Klobuchar raises over $2 million after debate, campaign says
Washington Post:
‘Tempted to despair’: Trump's resilience causes Democrats to sound the alarm
Margaret Sullivan / Washington Post:
Journalists shouldn't make political predictions. I learned this lesson the hard way.