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New York Times:
What's at Stake in the New Hampshire Primary  —  PLYMOUTH, N.H. — Iowa, for all its problems counting its caucus results, also failed in its traditional role of winnowing the presidential field.  For the first time since 2004, nobody dropped out after Iowa, sending the full field of candidates on to New Hampshire.
Axios:
Mike Bloomberg's 2020 chances rise while Joe Biden crashes  —  MANCHESTER, N.H.— The political market is rendering two unambiguous trend lines: Mike Bloomberg's TV monopoly is fueling his surge into the top tier of Democratic presidential rivals, and cash-strapped Joe Biden is crashing.
Clay Aiken / USA Today:
Clay Aiken on 2020 primary: Why I'm changing my vote from Joe Biden to Amy Klobuchar
Discussion: Althouse and Redstate
Axios:
Bloomberg's Super Tuesday splurge
Matt Flegenheimer / New York Times:   Elizabeth Warren Is Running Her Race. The Real One May Be Passing Her By.
Travis Pittman / WUSA:   With 8 votes, Amy Klobuchar takes early lead in New Hampshire primary
David Lauter / Los Angeles Times:
With hours to go, New Hampshire primary voters just can't make up their minds
Discussion: Fox News
Igor Bobic / HuffPost:
Trump Rallygoers Confident He Can Beat Any Democrat This November
Discussion: Newsweek
CNN:
Amy Klobuchar leads midnight vote in New Hampshire
Discussion: Redstate, The Week and KTLA
Ben Terris / Washington Post:
On the trail with Joe Biden: What happens when the ‘electability candidate’ starts to lose?
Discussion: Raw Story
Greg Miller / Washington Post:
For decades, the CIA read the encrypted communications of allies and adversaries.  —  For more than half a century, governments all over the world trusted a single company to keep the communications of their spies, soldiers and diplomats secret.  —  The company, Crypto AG …
Mark Niquette / Bloomberg:
Purported Bloomberg Audio Emerges of His Stop and Frisk Defense  — Bloomberg backs aggressive policing, according to audio  — Recording of Aspen talk posted online by progressive activist  —  An unverified recording of Michael Bloomberg discussing his stop-and-frisk policy …
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Emily Jacobs / New York Post:
Leaked Bloomberg audio shows him defending ‘throw them up against the walls’ stop-and-frisk  —  Newly released audio from a 2015 speech given by Michael Bloomberg shows the former NYC mayor vehemently defending his controversial “stop-and-frisk” policy — a policing procedure …
Grace Panetta / Business Insider:
‘Fear and chaos’: Andrew Yang staffers are furious over sudden layoffs and a campaign near collapse  — Yang's staff said they were blindsided by the layoffs.  Many found out something was amiss when they suddenly lost their email accounts or heard about it from the rumor mill.
Discussion: Politico, New York Times and NBC News
David Choi / Business Insider:
‘I would trust Alex with my life’: Trump's decision to boot Lt. Col. Vindman was ‘designed to humiliate,’ his former Army commander says  — President Donald Trump's early dismissal of US Army Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman from the National Security Council staff on Friday came as a shock …
Ronn Blitzer / Fox News:
Trump stirs pardon speculation with condemnation of DOJ's Roger Stone treatment  —  President Trump's fiery reaction to the Justice Department's sentencing recommendation for Roger Stone is stoking renewed speculation that he could end up pardoning his former associate.
Discussion: PJ Media Home
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Chuck Ross / The Daily Caller:
Government Recommends Up To 9 Years In Prison For Roger Stone
Monmouth University Polling Institute:
Most Expect Trump Will Be Reelected; Sanders Overtakes Biden Among Dem Voters  —  Enthusiasm up from 2016, but with a partisan gap  —  West Long Branch, NJ - As New Hampshire primary voters go to the polls, there already seems to be an impact from the Iowa caucus results on presidential preferences among Democrats nationwide.
Discussion: NBC News, The Hill and Political Wire
Eli Yokley / Morning Consult:
Sanders Takes the Lead, but Bloomberg and Buttigieg Reap Spoils of Biden's Decline  —  Vermont senator is the national front-runner for first time following Biden's stumble in Iowa  —  Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) speaks during a stop at the Coffee Coffee roasters on Feb. 10 in Salem …
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Natasha Korecki / Politico:
Biden super PAC warns of ‘doomsday scenario’
Discussion: The Hill
CNBC:
Former CNBC anchor Michelle Caruso-Cabrera will challenge Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez in House Democratic primary  — Former longtime CNBC correspondent and anchor Michelle Caruso-Cabrera filed late Monday to run for Congress in New York's 14th District.  — The seat is currently held …
Discussion: Axios, The Hill, Breitbart and Joe.My.God.
Lydia Saad / Gallup:
Socialism and Atheism Still U.S. Political Liabilities  —  WASHINGTON, D.C. — More than nine in 10 Americans say they would vote for a presidential candidate nominated by their party who happened to be black, Catholic, Hispanic, Jewish or a woman.  Such willingness drops to eight in 10 …
Discussion: The Hill
The Daily Beast:
The FBI Makes a Bizarre Claim About Pro-Choice Terrorism  —  The bureau revamped its homegrown-terror efforts to include “people on either side” of the abortion debate.  But there's almost no evidence of pro-choice violence.  —  The FBI is expanding its focus on domestic terrorism …
Norimitsu Onishi / New York Times:
A Pedophile Writer Is on Trial.  So Are the French Elites.  —  For decades, Gabriel Matzneff wrote openly of his pedophilia, protected by powerful people in publishing, journalism, politics and business.  Now cast out, he attacks their “cowardice” in a rare interview.
Jim Gomez / Associated Press:
Philippines notifies US of intent to end major security pact  —  MANILA, Philippines (AP) — The Philippines notified the United States on Tuesday it would end a major security pact allowing American forces to train in the country, in the most serious threat under President Rodrigo Duterte to their 69-year treaty alliance.
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Jason Gutierrez / New York Times:
Philippines Tells U.S. It Will End Military Cooperation Deal
Discussion: Fox News
BBC:
Native burial sites blown up for US border wall  —  Native American burial sites in Arizona have been blown up by construction crews building the US-Mexico border wall, according to lawmakers and tribal leaders.  —  Authorities confirmed that “controlled blasting” has begun …
Discussion: Raw Story
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Here's What I Do Like About Bernie Sanders  —  I have devoted a lot of space to criticizing Bernie Sanders (and, especially, bad arguments made on his behalf).  I will probably continue to do so, in part because I have disagreements with his worldview, and mainly because I think the available evidence …
Discussion: Deseret News
David Dayen / American Prospect:
The Day One Agenda Polls Pretty Well  —  And where the polling is more mixed says a lot about where Democratic politics focuses its energies these days.  —  As his position for the nomination improves, Bernie Sanders has signaled that he wants to use the powers of the presidency to advance his agenda.
Sarah N. Lynch / Reuters:
Exclusive: Justice Department anti-human trafficking grants prompt whistleblower complaint  —  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. Justice Department anti-human trafficking grant program is facing internal complaints, after two nonprofits were denied funding in favor of two less established groups whose applications …
Paul D. Shinkman / Associated Press:
Trump Proposes 25 Percent Drop in Fund Designed to Deter Russia  —  The president's skepticism of the European Deterrence Initiative has prompted widespread criticism in the past and formed part of the argument for his impeachment.  —  PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP has proposed a 25 percent cut …
Discussion: Joe.My.God.
Marina Koren / The Atlantic:
The Journey to Mars Begins in South Texas  —  BOCA CHICA, Texas—Mary McConnaughey was watching from her car when the rocket exploded on the beach.  The steel-crunching burst sent the top of the spacecraft flying, and a cloud of vapor billowed into the sky and drifted toward the water.
Zak Cheney-Rice / New York Magazine:
NYC's Police-Union Leaders Are Unhinged  —  Over the span of 12 hours between Saturday night and Sunday morning, a gunman in New York City opened fire on two police officers in a parked car, then stormed a Bronx precinct and shot another before surrendering.
Bob Cesca / Salon:
How should Democrats fight back against Trump's billion-dollar “Death Star”?  —  Trump campaign manager Brad Parscale has built a $1 billion disinformation machine.  Here's how to beat it  —  They're calling it the “Death Star.”  While supporters of the various Democratic candidates …
Keri Blakinger / The Marshall Project:
Newsrooms Rethink a Crime Reporting Staple: The Mugshot  —  Some are red-eyed from crying, others visibly drunk.  Some sport black eyes or jarring face tattoos.  Occasionally, one offers an addled grin.  —  Online mugshot galleries, where news organizations post rows of people who were arrested …
 
 
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Rosie Gray / BuzzFeed News:
Tulsi Gabbard Put Everything On New Hampshire. Who Knows What Happens Next.
Discussion: The Atlantic
Julie Kelly / American Greatness:
NeverTrump Burns Leftist Cash on Failed Impeachment Crusade
Megan Messerly / The Nevada Independent:
Nevada Democrats to use scannable ballot for early voting, iPad with Google Forms for check in
Discussion: Talking Points Memo and Mediaite
Uri Friedman / The Atlantic:
The Sanders Doctrine  —  One's a democratic socialist …
Politico:
Trump's GOP guardrails obliterated after impeachment
Discussion: The Hill and Raw Story
Julia Davis / The Daily Beast:
Russians Think Triumphant Trump Is More Their Man Than Ever
Discussion: Raw Story
Scott Johnson / Power Line:
Flynn sentencing delayed (again)
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Michael Gerson / Washington Post:
By any measure, Buttigieg is Trump's proven superior
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit and VTDigger
South China Morning Post:
Malaysia's Mahathir: ‘I asked Trump to resign to save the US’
Discussion: Breitbart
Associated Press:
Virus storytellers challenge China's official narrative
Karen Tumulty / Washington Post:
There are two Joe Bidens. The wrong one is running for president.
Discussion: CNN
Zack Whittaker / TechCrunch:
A US House candidate says she was hacked — now she's warning others
Discussion: Engadget and Wired
Michael Crowley / New York Times:
Some Experts Worry as a Germ-Phobic Trump Confronts a Growing Epidemic
Quin Hillyer / Washington Examiner:
As Louisiana GOP censures Mitt Romney, David Duke laughs
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Gregg Re / Fox News:
Barr announces sweeping new sanctions, ‘significant escalation’ against left-wing sanctuary cities
 

 
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