Sen. Warren details her Medicare for All plan, Biden, Bennet, Buttigieg and Pelosi all declare opposition as Iowa poll puts Warren first….--Warren’s plan includes higher taxes for the rich, and Pentagon cuts
--new Iowa poll shows Warren and Sanders on top, with Biden fading
--new national poll shows almost even divide on impeachment
--the lockstep GOP partisanship is similar to their 100% opposition to Obamacare, and shows their contempt for constitutional rule
--Pelosi “doesn’t rule out” charges of obstruction outlined in Mueller report
--Trump says he’s done nothing wrong, and wants to hold fireside chat on TV to read us the Zelensky “transcript”
--listener and legal beagle Paul Lehto reacts to Rep. Louie Gohmert’s threats of civil war, seeing it as basis to appeal to Supreme Court
--Keystone pipeline spews almost 400,000 gallons of crude oil in North Dakota
--in fresh, in-depth interview, Johanna Bozuwa from Democracy Collaborative argues for public ownership of PG&E
--one week after Max Blumenthal’s arrest for committing journalism, corporate media blackout continues, as Alan McLeod details at Mint Press
--Bernie Sanders appeared at J Street this week; at The Intercept, Mehdi Hasan is mostly favorable; at Mint Press, Miko Peled is more critical
--at The Guardian, Hamilton Nolan asks why Dem elites are so desperate for a centrist candidate
--from the foreign desk, Iraq protesters get promise of new elections, protests continue in Ecuador, Chile, Hong Kong and Beirut
--night raids in Afghanistan continue, with CIA accused of war crimes
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