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Megan Messerly / The Nevada Independent:
In new flyer, Culinary Union warns members Sanders would ‘end’ their health care if elected president  —  Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders speaks during a Culinary Union town hall in Las Vegas on Monday, Dec. 9, 2019.  (Jeff Scheid/The Nevada Independent)  —  Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders would …
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Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Joe Biden's Campaign Was a Disaster For Liberalism and the Democratic Party  —  Candidates who flame out early in presidential primaries, almost by definition, do not make history.  But Joe Biden may be an exception.  Biden's presidential campaign is now almost certain to fail …
Discussion: Reason
CBS News:
New Hampshire primary: Sanders leads, Buttigieg and Klobuchar fight for second  —  Polls are closed in New Hampshire, and as of 8:30 p.m. ET, the primary is leaning toward Bernie Sanders, Pete Buttigieg is in second place and Amy Klobuchar in third.  CBS News projects Joe Biden and Elizabeth Warren are not on pace to win any delegates.
Ebony Bowden / New York Post:
The spectacular collapse of Joe Biden as Democratic frontrunner  —  MANCHESTER, NH — He was once the presumptive Democratic nominee, but on Tuesday, Joe Biden fled New Hampshire with his tail between his legs — and headed to South Carolina where he watched his dismal results come in.
Discussion: Althouse
Catherine Garcia / The Week:
In Twitter rampage, Trump attacks federal judge set to sentence Roger Stone  —  President Trump on Tuesday night attacked the judge presiding over his friend and adviser Roger Stone's criminal case.  —  Stone was found guilty last year of lying to Congress, witness tampering, and obstructing a House investigation.
Cameron Joseph / VICE:
EXCLUSIVE: Harry Reid Says It's Time to Kill Off the Iowa Caucus  —  LAS VEGAS — Harry Reid is done with Iowa.  —  The former senate majority leader, who remains a powerful force in the Democratic Party, led off a lengthy interview with VICE News by declaring the end of the Iowa Caucuses.
Discussion: The Hill
Washington Post:
New Hampshire Democratic primary exit poll results and analysis  —  Who's winning each group  —  Percentage point lead on demographics where candidate leads.  —  New Hampshire exit poll results are below and will be updated as additional interviews are completed and as vote tallies for voters' initial preferences are reported.
Discussion: The Nation, Vox and IJR
NBC News:
The 2020 Democratic presidential contest is about to turn into a math race
Discussion: Politico and Washington Post
Matthew Yglesias / Vox:   Amy Klobuchar is the thinking moderate Democrat's electability candidate
Nick Corasaniti / New York Times:
How Amy Klobuchar Pulled Off the Big Surprise of the New Hampshire Primary
Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
Sanders Is The Front-Runner After New Hampshire, And A Contested Convention Has Become More Likely
Washington Post:
Andrew Yang drops out of presidential race
NBC News:
Barr takes control of legal matters of interest to Trump, including Stone sentencing  —  Barr's intervention in Roger Stone's case wasn't the first time senior political appointees reached into a case involving ab ex-Trump aide, officials say.  —  WASHINGTON — The U.S. attorney who had presided …
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Axios:
Scoop: Trump pulls nomination for former U.S. attorney for D.C. to Treasury post  —  President Trump is withdrawing his nomination for former U.S. attorney for D.C. Jessie Liu to serve as the Treasury Department's undersecretary for terrorism and financial crimes, a top position overseeing economic sanctions …
Nihar Kabinittal / ABC News:
Trump congratulates Barr on ‘taking charge’ of Roger Stone sentencing recommendation
Discussion: Politico and Raw Story
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
As Trump openly corrupts DOJ, a former insider sounds the alarm
Jordain Carney / The Hill:
Harris demands Barr testify over Roger Stone sentence recommendation
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Trump just made the DOJ's Roger Stone intervention look even worse
The Daily Beast:
Accused Yovanovitch ‘Stalker’ Robert Hyde Now Supplying Documents to Congress  —  When asked what he gave the Hill, Robert Hyde told The Daily Beast: “Everything that I had between Lev Parnas and I.”  —  Not long ago, he was accused of tracking a U.S. ambassador from the shadows.
Discussion: Raw Story
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The Daily Beast:
‘The Gloves Are Off’: Trump Pushes Revenge Operations
Discussion: Raw Story
Todd Stacy / Alabama Daily News:
New Alabama poll shows tight race for U.S. Senate  —  MONTGOMERY, Ala. - With less than three weeks to go until the primary election on March 3, a new Alabama Daily News poll shows a tight race among Republican contenders for the U.S. Senate.  —  According to the survey of likely Republican voters …
Discussion: Joe.My.God.
Andrew J. Tobias / Plain Dealer:
Jim Jordan's name comes up during Statehouse testimony on OSU abuse victims bill  —  COLUMBUS, Ohio — ​U.S. Rep. Jim Jordan's name came up Tuesday during a Statehouse hearing on a bill that would pave the way for victims of former Ohio State University doctor Richard Strauss to sue the university for damages.
Sara Burnett / Associated Press:
Inside Mike Bloomberg's big play for black voters  —  MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — A meeting with nearly 80 black pastors in Detroit.  A speech before a black Democratic organization in Montgomery.  A rally at a historically black university.  A tour of Martin Luther King Jr.'s church.
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Yossi Klein Halevi:
The Jewish nightmare of Bernie vs. Trump  —  In his first months in office, President Trump emboldened the far-right fringe.  President Sanders would do the same with the far left  —  Ask British Jews what advice they would offer to American Jews, based on their experience fighting Corbynism …
Discussion: The Federalist
Dan Scanlan / USA Today:
Florida man charged with driving van into GOP voter tent said he dislikes Trump, felt he had to ‘take a stand,’ police say  —  A Jacksonville, Florida, man jailed after crashing a minivan through a tent of Republican volunteers in a Walmart parking lot told investigators he does …
Discussion: Fox News, The Hill and Breitbart
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Associated Press:
Report Says Man Who Drove Into GOP Tent Didn't Like Trump
Discussion: Twitchy
Thomas L. Friedman / New York Times:
Paging Michael Bloomberg  —  Democrats need to nominate the right person to prevent Trump from winning a second term.  —  My fellow Americans, we face a national emergency.  Never before have we had a president so utterly lacking in personal integrity, so able to lie and abuse his powers …
Discussion: Washington Post and Althouse
Richard Ruelas / Arizona Republic:
QAnon follower who blocked bridge near Hoover Dam pleads guilty to terrorism charge  —  A man who, motivated by his belief in the wide-ranging conspiracy theory known as QAnon, blocked the bridge near the Hoover Dam with a homemade armored vehicle, has pleaded guilty to making a terrorist threat.
Discussion: Joe.My.God.
Fox News:
What is the Senate Intelligence Committee?  —  The Obama administration was “frozen” in combating 2016 Russian election meddling, according to a new report released on Feb. 6 by the Senate Intelligence Committee.  —  The panel released the third volume of its five-part report …
Discussion: Politico
Charlie Nash / Mediaite:
THIS JUST IN: Sean Spicer Will Record a Valentine's Day Message For You For Only $199  —  Former White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer will record you a Valentine's Day message for your loved one on Cameo for just $199 this month.  —  “Hey guys, it's Sean Spicer with an amazing deal.
CNN:
First on CNN: Deval Patrick ends 2020 presidential campaign  —  (CNN)Deval Patrick, the former Massachusetts governor who in November made a late entrance into the Democratic 2020 race, ended his campaign on Wednesday, according to a statement provided to CNN.
Discussion: Joe.My.God.
Elana Schor / Associated Press:
White supremacist propaganda spreading, anti-bias group says  —  NEW YORK (AP) — Incidents of white supremacist propaganda distributed across the nation jumped by more than 120% between 2018 and last year, according to the Anti-Defamation League, making 2019 the second straight year …
Alex Shephard / New Republic:
Bernie Sanders Has an MSNBC Problem  —  For all the talk of cord-cutting and the rise of the digital campaign, cable television remains central to politics.  Donald Trump rode billions of dollars in free media to the White House in 2016.  Michael Bloomberg and Tom Steyer are running …
Stephen Gandel / CBS News:
Bloomberg would pay $3 billion less under his wealth tax than under Sanders plan  —  Democratic presidential candidate Mike Bloomberg says he would pay more to Uncle Sam under his plan to raise taxes on wealthy Americans.  What the former New York City mayor hasn't said …
Discussion: Politico
 
 
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Aki Peritz / Washington Post:
Intelligence leaders are afraid of Trump. We still need to hear from them.
Discussion: New Republic
Washington Post:
U.S. and Taliban negotiators to meet again following Trump approval
Alexandra Ilyashov / Daily Front Row:
Stuart Emmrich's Plan to Make Vogue.com More Relevant
Geneva Sands / CNN:
Stephen Miller ally tapped as top Homeland Security attorney
Discussion: Raw Story
Mike Allen / Axios:
How Bernie Sanders could build up an insurmountable delegate lead on Super Tuesday
Discussion: Political Wire
Jonathan S. Tobin / The Federalist:
Bernie's Grudge Against Capitalism Is Rooted In A Baseball Myth About Greed
Discussion: Instapundit
Yancey Roy / Newsday:
Amid uproar, Senate Democrats to offer compromise on bail law
 Earlier Items: 
Associated Press:
After Iowa caucus problems, concerns grow over Nevada's plan
Discussion: Axios
Sumantra Maitra / The Federalist:
There's No Country For Faux Moderates Like Joe Biden
Discussion: Fox News
Politico:
Senate to rein in Trump's war powers after Iran strike
Discussion: Washington Monthly
Justin Rohrlich / Quartz:
Disgruntled Civil War reenactor allegedly framed Antifa by fabricating threats against his unit
CNN:
Georgia race devolves into nasty GOP fight amid fears it could cost Senate majority
Eric Kleefeld / Media Matters for America:
Fox Corp. board member Paul Ryan says Trump will “go after” health care reform in second term
Discussion: HuffPost
Wall Street Journal:
GOP Fight Over Georgia Senate Seat Intensifies
CNN:
This should disqualify Michael Bloomberg
Discussion: Redstate
 

 
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