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2:25 PM ET, February 12, 2020

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‘Blood in the water’: Biden campaign reels after New Hampshire trouncing — MANCHESTER, N.H. — Joe Biden limped away from New Hampshire with a devastating fifth-place finish, zero delegates and the viability of his campaign in question. — It's a precipitous fall for the former vice president …

Discussion: Townhall, New York Times, The Week, Associated Press, Washington Post, The Hill, Vanity Fair, Mother Jones, IJR, The Daily Beast and Vox

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 and Bloomberg

New York Times:

Democrats Got Endorsements From Lawmakers on Their Campaigns' Payrolls — As the 2020 candidates vie for support in South Carolina, Tom Steyer has been criticized for hiring black lawmakers or their companies. Records show Bernie Sanders's campaign has done the same.

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: The Intercept, VodkaPundit and Reason

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: Power Line and Althouse

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: Vox, NBC News, The Nation, Common Dreams, ABC News, The Intercept, Fox News, The Hill, PJ Media Home and Washington Times

Jack Shafer / Politico:

Joe Biden's Campaign About Nothing — With his Iowa and New Hampshire thumpings etched into the record books, it's finally safe to say that Joe Biden's deepest problem as a candidate is that he can neither be taken literally nor seriously. — I'm not talking here about Biden's career-long talent …

Discussion: Breitbart

John Judis / Talking Points Memo: Requiem for Elizabeth Warren's Campaign

Jacqueline Alemany / Washington Post:
Power Up: Bernie Sanders's ‘revolution’ may not materialize after narrow New Hampshire primary win

Discussion: NPR, New York Times, The Hill, No More Mister Nice Blog, Rolling Stone, Vox and Reason

Michael Scherer / Washington Post:
Mike Bloomberg wins the Democratic spotlight and the derision of his rivals

Discussion: Breitbart, NBC News and The Guardian

Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
Sanders won, but he's not the big story coming out of New Hampshire

Discussion: Vox, VICE, Bloomberg, Daily Kos, Mediaite and Common Dreams

Elie Mystal / The Nation:
They Rocked New Hampshire—but Pete and Amy Still Can't Win Over Black Voters

Discussion: Washington Post, The Guardian and The Atlantic

CBS News:
New Hampshire primary: Sanders leads, Buttigieg and Klobuchar fight for second

Discussion: Breitbart, The Daily Caller, CNBC, Washington Examiner, Spectator USA, The Week and BuzzFeed News

Nick Corasaniti / New York Times:
How Amy Klobuchar Pulled Off the Big Surprise of the New Hampshire Primary

Discussion: Deseret News, Rewire.News and The Guardian

Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
Sanders Is The Front-Runner After New Hampshire, And A Contested Convention Has Become More Likely

Discussion: The Week, Jill Filipovic, Common Dreams and Teen Vogue

Ryan Lizza / Politico:
Sanders ekes one out, but the revolution has yet to arrive

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Jonathan Allen / NBC News:
Klobuchar's bronze is gold as Democrats awaken to a scrambled field

Discussion: Washington Post, USA Today, Joe.My.God. and The Daily Beast

Andrew Desiderio / Politico:

Lindsey Graham shuts down calls to investigate DOJ's Roger Stone reversal — Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) has little interest in investigating the Justice Department's abrupt reversal on a sentencing recommendation for Roger Stone — rebuffing a Democratic demand sparked …

Discussion: Axios, The Guardian, BizPac Review, Raw Story and The Hill

Greg Sargent / Washington Post:

As Trump openly corrupts DOJ, a former insider sounds the alarm — With the Justice Department in turmoil over the decision by higher-ups to downscale a sentencing recommendation for longtime Trump confidant Roger Stone, Trump tweeted: … This is a straight-up celebration of the fact …

Discussion: Mediaite, The American Independent, The Bulwark, Washington Examiner and The Mind Shield

NBC News:
Barr takes control of legal matters of interest to Trump, including Stone sentencing

NBC News:
All four Roger Stone prosecutors resign from case after DOJ backpedals on sentencing recommendation

Discussion: The Root, Common Dreams and The Hill

Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Trump just made the DOJ's Roger Stone intervention look even worse

Discussion: Talking Points Memo, The Hill and National Review

Jordain Carney / The Hill:
Harris demands Barr testify over Roger Stone sentence recommendation

Discussion: One America News Network

Victoria Taft / PJ Media Home:
Trump Says He Had ‘Nothing to Do’ With Changing Roger Stone's ‘Disgraceful’ Sentencing Memo

Discussion: Redstate, The Hill and POLITICUSUSA

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: National Review, Townhall, The Week, Joe.My.God. and Outside the Beltway

Alexandra Jaffe / Associated Press:
Deval Patrick, last black candidate in 2020 race, drops out

Discussion: Fox News, ABC News, Washington Post, The Hill, The Week, FiveThirtyEight and IJR

Joe Concha / The Hill:
Van Jones: ‘People are depressed’ by primary process, just want ‘somebody to vote for against Trump’

Discussion: NB Blog, Breitbart, IJR and ABC News

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: The Daily Caller and 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.

Discussion: Daily Kos, Raw Story and The American Independent

Kevin Roose / New York Times:

A Thorn in YouTube's Side Digs In Even Deeper — Carlos Maza, a socialist who calls YouTube “deeply unethical and reckless,” is trying to bolster the video site's left wing. — Carlos Maza believes that YouTube is a destructive, unethical, reckless company that amplifies bigots and profits off fascism.

Discussion: Twitchy

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 …

Discussion: Politico, NBC News, Vox, Mediaite, American Prospect, VICE, CNN and Raw Story

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: The Independent

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: Raw Story and Joe.My.God.

Chris Cillizza / CNN:

Susan Collins' defense of her Trump vote just keeps looking worse and worse … Asked Wednesday morning by CNN's Manu Raju about those comments — made to CBS' Norah O'Donnell following Collins' vote to acquit Trump — the Maine senator said this: … OK. — Well, the “actions” Manu is referring to are, among other things, these:

Discussion: Raw Story and The Hill

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

Billy House / Bloomberg: Republicans Skip Hearing as Impeachment Ill Will Reverberates

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

John McCormick / Wall Street Journal:

Buttigieg Faces Tough Path in Coming Democratic Contests — He has struggled to win over nonwhite Democrats ahead of votes in more diverse states — NASHUA, N.H.—Even as Pete Buttigieg savors a second-place finish just shy of a win in New Hampshire's presidential primary, the road ahead looks much more challenging.

Yancey Roy / Newsday:

Amid uproar, Senate Democrats to offer compromise on bail law — ALBANY — Under public pressure, State Senate Democrats are set to propose an overhaul to the state's freshly minted and controversial bail law. — The Democrats this week will recommend abolishing bail altogether while increasing …

William A. Jacobson / Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion:

Warren Campaign Obituary: She tried to fake it, but America didn't buy it — Americans will nominate and elect all sorts of candidates, from the virtuous to the rogue. But Americans don't like fakes. And there may never have been a more fake major candidate in modern American history than Elizabeth Warren.

Nihar Kabinittal / ABC News:

House to vote on resolution that would dissolve Equal Rights Amendment deadline — The 10-year deadline issued in 1973 created legal controversy over ERA adoption. — The U.S. House of Representatives is slated to vote on a resolution Thursday that would pave the way for the long-developing …

Discussion: The Hill

CNN:

Georgia race devolves into nasty GOP fight amid fears it could cost Senate majority — (CNN)Republican Rep. Doug Collins' Senate campaign in Georgia has prompted a raging intraparty fight leading to the departure of some of his top political advisers and recriminations with the Senate GOP's main campaign arm.

CBC News:

Award-winning journalist Christie Blatchford dead at 68 — Blatchford was best known for reporting and columns on criminal justice — Well-known national newspaper columnist Christie Blatchford has died at 68, according to the National Post, the daily newspaper she worked for.

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