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Ezra Klein / Vox:
Joe Biden, Bernie Sanders, and America's politics of epiphany — Former Vice President Joe Biden, Sen. Bernie Sanders, and former South Bend, Indiana, Mayor Pete Buttigieg during the Democratic presidential debate in Des Moines, Iowa, on January 14, 2020. Scott Olson/Getty Images
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NBC News:
Pay close attention to New Hampshire's independent voters — First Read is your briefing from “Meet the Press” and the NBC Political Unit on the day's most important political stories and why they matter. — MANCHESTER, N.H. — Arguably the most important group to watch …
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Politico, CNBC, Washington Post, The Guardian and The Daily Caller
Gabby Orr / Politico:
Trump's ‘dream scenario’ unfolds: Dem disarray ahead of 2020
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The Daily Caller, The Week, The Guardian and Raw Story
Wall Street Journal:
Four Members of China's Military Indicted for Massive Equifax Breach — Disclosed in 2017, hack into the credit-reporting company compromised data on roughly 145 million Americans — WASHINGTON—Four members of China's military have been indicted by the U.S. government on charges of hacking …
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Eric Geller / Politico:
U.S. charges Chinese spies with massive Equifax hack — Federal prosecutors announced charges Monday against four Chinese intelligence officers for hacking the credit-reporting giant Equifax in one of the largest data breaches in history. — Officials said the massive hack by the members …
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Associated Press:
US charges 4 Chinese military members in Equifax breach — WASHINGTON (AP) — Four members of the Chinese military have been charged with breaking into the networks of the Equifax credit reporting agency and stealing the personal information of tens of millions of Americans …
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Joe.My.God. and The Week
U.S. Department of Justice:
Chinese Military Personnel Charged with Computer Fraud, Economic Espionage and Wire Fraud for Hacking into Credit Reporting Agency Equifax — Indictment Alleges Four Members of China's People's Liberation Army Engaged in a Three-Month Long Campaign to Steal Sensitive Personal Information of Nearly 150 Million Americans
Marianne LeVine / Politico:
Schumer asks inspectors general to investigate whistleblower retaliation after Vindman firing — Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer is asking that every agency inspector general investigate retaliation against whistleblowers who report presidential misconduct, after the firing …
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Quint Forgey / Politico:
Kellyanne Conway says more officials may be ousted after Trump's Senate acquittal — White House counselor Kellyanne Conway on Monday hinted that additional officials could be forced out of their roles following the ousters last week of Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman and Ambassador Gordon Sondland …
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Joe.My.God. and Raw Story
The Daily Wire:
Tulsi Gabbard Defends Trump Firing Vindman Brothers, Sondland. Rips DNC, Bloomberg.
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Redstate
Paul Bedard / Washington Examiner:
Bigger than Vindman: Trump scrubs 70 Obama holdovers from NSC
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The Daily Caller, The Gateway Pundit, Jewish Telegraphic Agency and The Hill
Reid J. Epstein / New York Times:
How the Iowa Caucuses Became an Epic Fiasco for Democrats — The problems that beset the Democratic Party's first state caucus of the presidential race ran far deeper and wider than one bad app. — DES MOINES — The first signs of trouble came early. — As the smartphone app for reporting …
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Vox, Bleeding Heartland, No More Mister Nice Blog and Bad News
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Kyle Smith / New York Post:
Political correctness at 2020 Oscars exposes Hollywood's hypocrisy — And you thought Hollywood was the sacred land of John Wayne. Marilyn Monroe. Humphrey Bogart. — Nah, that's not it at all. “We have gathered on the ancestral lands of the Tongva, Tataviam and the Chumash,” …
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Gabriel Schoenfeld / USA Today:
Sanders has a bizarre radical past that Trump and Republicans would use to destroy him — Sanders has radical fringe skeletons dangling in closets without doors. He's destined to fail in a general election, perhaps in a 49-state rout. — The Iowa Democratic caucuses might have ended in fiasco …
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Patterico's Pontifications
Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Behind the scenes of Michael Bloomberg's “be boring” campaign — Mike Bloomberg's campaign feels corporate. It's calm, orderly and punctual. His audiences clap politely, and you can't walk two steps without running into a paid staffer with talking points. Nobody whoops or yells.
Nihar Kabinittal / ABC News:
Oscars 2020 recap: ‘Parasite’ breaks barriers, Eminem's unexpected performance — “Parasite” won best picture and best directing. — via — “Parasite” was the breakout star of this year's Oscars by breaking barriers: the film became the first non-English movie to win best picture.
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CNN:
This man says he's stockpiling billions of our photos — If Hoan Ton-That is feeling the pressure, he isn't showing it. — Over the last month, fears about facial recognition technology and police surveillance have intensified, all thanks to Ton-That's startup, Clearview AI.
Associated Press:
Amazon wants to depose Trump over loss of military contract — WASHINGTON (AP) — Amazon wants to depose President Donald Trump over the tech company's losing bid for a $10 billion military contract. — The Pentagon awarded the cloud computing project to Microsoft in October.
Politico:
Trump hits Medicaid, food stamps in push to slash domestic spending — President Donald Trump's budget request on Monday will pitch billions of dollars in cuts to non-defense spending despite a budget deal he already negotiated with Congress, in addition to seeking major savings by targeting …
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Christian Datoc / The Daily Caller:
EXCLUSIVE: Funding Secured For 1,000 Miles Of Border Wall, White House Officials Say
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Bojan Pancevski / Wall Street Journal:
Merkel's Succession Plan Unravels as Protégée Ends Leadership Bid — Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer to step down as chairwoman of Germany's CDU — BERLIN—Angela Merkel's handpicked successor as head of Germany's conservatives has abandoned her ambition to become chancellor …
Nicole Powers / Greg Palast:
Kemp Loses Vote Purge Suit Brought by Reporter Palast — [Atlanta-Feb 9] In an extraordinary and unexpected move, Federal Judge Eleanor Ross has declared Gov. Brian Kemp the loser in a lawsuit brought by investigative journalist Greg Palast to compel the State of Georgia to open up its complete files …
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