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*Tuesday, January 22, 2019 8:00 AM EST*
Today's Table of Contents

*Biden in the News* <#SECTION_1>

• Biden Blasts Trump At Event Honoring MLK, Jr. <#S1>

• Biden’s Hometown Fans In Scranton Worry About Toll A 2020 Bid Would Take
On Him, Family. <#S2>

• CNN: Biden’s Failed White House Runs Raise Questions About Odds Of
Success In A 2020 Bid. <#S3>

• Democratic Rep. Lynch Says He’d Likely Back Biden In 2020 Democratic Race.
<#S4>

• GOP Strategist: Biden “Too Old, Too White And Too Status Quo” To Win
Democratic Nod. <#S5>

• Rehoboth Beach Supermarket Employee Thrilled By Biden Visit To Her Store.
<#S6>

• Sen. Sanders Calls Trump “Racist” As 2020 Hopefuls Mark MLK Day. <#S7>

• Harris Enters 2020 Presidential Race. <#S8>

• WPost Analysis: Gillibrand Shifted Strongly To Left After Senate
Appointment. <#S9>

• NYTimes A1: Democrats Frustrated By O’Rourke’s Independent Streak. <#S10>

• Iowa Democrats Brace For “The Mother Of All Caucuses.” <#S11>

• NYTimes: South Carolina Primary Will Be Pivotal In Race For Democratic
Nomination. <#S12>

*Leading the News* <#SECTION_2>

• Trump Issues Proclamation Honoring MLK, Makes Brief Visit To Memorial.
<#S13>

*Foreign Policy* <#SECTION_3>

• Report: North Korea Has Approximately 20 Undeclared Missile Bases. <#S14>

• Trump: With Trade Rift Slowing Its Economy, China Should “Do A Real Deal”
With US. <#S15>

• Trump, European Leaders Skip Davos Amid Domestic Turmoil. <#S16>

• Russia Denies Missile System Violates INF Treaty. <#S17>

• WPost A1: Iraqi Scientist Says He Helped ISIS Make Chemical Weapons.
<#S18>

• Taliban Attack On Afghan Intelligence Center Kills “Scores.” <#S19>

• EU Sanctions Four Russians Over Former Spy’s Poisoning. <#S20>

*Domestic Policy* <#SECTION_4>

• GOP Hopes To Seize Initiative As Senate Plans Vote On Trump’s Proposal.
<#S21>

• Giuliani: Comments About Trump Seeking Moscow Deal Throughout 2016
Hypothetical. <#S22>

• Giuliani: Trump Didn’t Speak With Cohen About Congressional Testimony.
<#S23>

• Trump: Covington Students “Smeared By Media.” <#S24>

• Graham’s Judiciary Committee To Investigate FBI’s Clinton Probe, FISA
Warrants. <#S25>

• Now In Minority, House Republicans Revive FBI Probe. <#S26>

• Pelosi Charged Air Force Nearly $200K For 2015 Trip Overseas With Four
Family Members. <#S27>

*Cancer Research* <#SECTION_5>

• NIH Researchers Develop AI To Aid In Cervical Cancer Detection. <#S28>

• Cancer Survivors Have Higher-Than-Average Rates Of Medical Financial
Hardship, Study Suggests. <#S29>

*Editorials/Op-Eds* <#SECTION_6>

• New York Times. <#S30>

• Washington Post. <#S31>
Biden in the News
Biden Blasts Trump At Event Honoring MLK, Jr.

The New York Daily News
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(1/21, McAuliff) reports, “In what could be a preview of campaign themes,
former Vice President Joe Biden ripped the current occupant of the White
House Monday for legitimizing a resurgence of racism in America. Without
mentioning President Donald Trump by name, Biden told a crowd of civil
rights activists and civic leaders at Al Sharpton’s breakfast honoring
Martin Luther King Jr., that it was all too easy for some of America’s
ugliest sentiments on race to reemerge. ‘We’ve learned in the last two
years it doesn’t take much to awaken hate, to bring those folks out from
under the rocks,’ Biden said,” adding, “That part of American society has
always been there, will always be there, but has been legitimized.” NBC
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(1/21, story 3, 1:40, Holt) showed Biden saying, “This is not our America.”

In an online article, Fox News
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(1/21, Berger) reported that Biden “continued to show no reservations about
tearing into” Trump – “signaling he would run a sleeves-rolled-up,
aggressive campaign should he decide to launch one. Recalling the ‘hate
that cut’ down King in 1968, Biden said ‘forces of darkness’ continue to
nurture that undercurrent. ‘They have been deliberately reawakened
again...it’s not an accident,’ Biden said, citing the 2017 white
supremacist rally in Charlottesville, Va., where a counter-protester was
killed and dozens were injured in a car attack.” Biden told the audience,
“Having a president of the United States make a moral equivalence between
those who are spreading the hate and those who are opposing it...no
president since the Civil War has ever, ever, ever uttered words like
that.”

The Washington Examiner
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(1/21, Weaver) reported that Biden “touted his relationship with former
President Barack Obama,” saying of the former President, “He’s my buddy.
All those memes are true, except he did the first friendship bracelet, not
me.” Biden “name-checked Obama multiple times during his speech by
referring to him as his friend ‘Barack,’ as he pitched the Obama
administration’s record on the topics such as criminal justice reform.” And
Biden ripped “Trump on race, by calling out Trump’s remarks after the
protests in Charlottesville in 2017 and his claim that there were ‘very
fine people on both sides’ of that incident.”

The Hill
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(1/21, Anapol) reported that Biden “also quoted Martin Luther King Jr.’s
final speech, saying: ‘Let us move on in these powerful days, these days of
challenge, to make America what it ought to be.’ ‘We all know what it ought
to be,’ Biden added. ‘America’s been made better, all of the struggles many
of you in this room have endured and led.’”

*Biden Says “White America Has To Admit There Is Systematic
Racism.” *The Huffington Post
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(1/21, Amatulli) reported that Biden, speaking at Monday’s event, said
“that ‘white America has to admit there is systemic racism.’” Biden,
speaking at an “event hosted by Al Sharpton’s National Action Network,”
said “that ‘we have a lot to root out, but most of all the systematic
racism that most of us whites don’t like to acknowledge even exists.’”
Addressing “the mostly black audience,” Biden offered “the example of if
there are two men with the same qualifications, one named Jamal and one
named Jim, and ‘Jim gets the job,’ then ‘there is something we have to
admit ― not you, we, white America has to admit: There is still systematic
racism.’”

In an online article, ABC News
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(1/21, Verhovek) reported that Biden “expressed optimism that positive
change is on its way, referencing the historic nature of the presidential
inauguration he attended 10 years ago this weekend, when Barack Obama
became the nation’s first African-American president. ‘There I was, it just
hit me, standing, waiting for a black man to come 28 miles from
Philadelphia to pick me up and take me on a 128-mile ride to be sworn in as
president and vice president United States. Don’t tell me, don’t tell me
things can’t change!’ Biden said to applause.”

*Biden Expresses Regret Over 1994 Crime Bill. *The New York Times
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(1/21, Herndon, Martin) reports that at Monday’s event, Biden “said he
regretted supporting the tough-on-crime drug legislation of the 1980s and
1990s, expressing remorse in particular over a bill that created different
legal standards for powdered cocaine and street crack cocaine. ‘It was a
big mistake that was made,’ Mr. Biden said of the measure, which has been
criticized as disproportionately affecting black Americans.” The Times adds
that Biden “helped write the 1994 crime bill now cited as having led to an
era of mass incarceration,” and his Monday comments “served as a
pre-emptory move to head off criticism of his past policy decisions and
made clear that he is both seriously considering a presidential bid and
recognizes the hurdles he would face from his increasingly progressive
party.”

In an online article, CNN
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(1/21, Saenz) reported that Biden said “he has made mistakes when it comes
to criminal justice issues, an area of his career that could be scrutinized
if he launches a 2020 presidential bid in a competitive Democratic field.
‘You know I’ve been in this fight for a long time. It goes not just to
voting rights. It goes to the criminal justice system,’ Biden said.” He
added, “I haven’t always been right. I know we haven’t always gotten things
right, but I’ve always tried.” CNN said Biden “made no mention of his
support for a 1994 crime bill that set strict sentencing standards and,
critics have argued, led to an era of mass incarceration. But he
highlighted his later work with President Barack Obama to address the
sentencing disparity for crack versus powder cocaine.”

The Washington Post
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(1/21, Scherer, Linskey) reports that Biden “repeated his regret over
supporting tough-on-crime measures in the 1990s, which he has admitted
worsened racial sentencing disparities. Biden successfully fought in 2010
to roll back the different guidelines in federal criminal sentencing for
powder cocaine and crack cocaine that he had previously supported.” The
Post says Biden also “spoke about focusing on bail reform, boosting the
minimum wage and increasing federal funding for vocational training as ways
to reduce racial inequities.” The AP
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(1/21, Schor, Kinnard) reports that Biden “atoned for his role in the
passage of a crime bill that imposed stiffer sentences for those convicted
of crack cocaine possession – a law that has disproportionately affected
the black community” – saying “he hasn’t ‘always gotten things right,’ but
has ‘always tried.’”

On its website, NBC News
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(1/21, Memoli) reported that Biden “had long touted his work on the” 1994
crime bill, “even recently as vice president since the legislation included
gun control measures that have since expired.” Axios
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(1/21, Atkinson) reported that Biden,” who has given himself a January
deadline to decide whether to run for president in 2020, used his” speech
“to express regret for supporting tough-on-crime bills during his time in
Congress, including a measure that established strict sentencing standards
for crack and powder cocaine offenses.”

Under the headline “The ‘I’m Sorry’ 2020 Democratic Primary,”
Politico
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(1/18, Cadelago) – in a story published Friday afternoon – reported, “Even
before the 2020 Democratic presidential primary” hits full speed, “the
contours of the race are being shaped by an apology tour of sorts,” with
announced and potential contenders offering mea culpas. After highlighting
some of the contenders who’ve apologized for past stances and issue,
Politico said that Biden, if he runs, “will be forced to relive his push
for the crime bill of 1994, which paid for more police patrols, prisons and
border security, and his earlier efforts to establish mandatory minimums
for drug crimes. Biden, former chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, has
yet to apologize to Anita Hill for his handling of the 1991 Supreme Court
confirmation hearings of Clarence Thomas.” Under the heading “Joe Biden
Scrutinizes Own Career At Martin Luther King Day Event: ‘I Haven’t Always
Been Right…But I’ve Always Tried,’” Newsweek
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(1/22, Cole) also reports on Biden’s remarks at Monday’s event.

*Biden: Republicans “Use The Voter ID Laws Like The Poll Taxes Used
To Be Used.” *Breitbart
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(1/21, Kraychik) reported that at Monday’s event, Biden “blamed Democrat
losses in Florida and Georgia’s 2018 gubernatorial races on
Republican-driven electoral fraud via ‘voter ID laws’ that ‘keep people
from being able to vote.’” Said Biden, “Years ago, there used to be a poll
tax. Now, as our last speaker pointed out, just last year 24
states...introduced or enacted at least 70 bills to make it harder for
people to vote. They now use the voter ID laws like the poll taxes used to
be used. Simply designed to keep people from being able to vote. We saw it
in Georgia, in the governor’s race. We saw it in Florida. We saw it in
other parts of the country. 2017. ... We can’t let this happen.”

*Biden Bemoans State Of Nation’s Healthcare System. *The Washington
Free Beacon
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(1/21, Crookston, Cimmino) reported that Biden “did not sound an optimistic
note on Monday when talking about the country’s health-care system, which
was overhauled during the Obama administration.” Said Biden, “How do we
fulfill the promise of working people who still go to bed like my dad used
to, staring at the ceiling, thinking, ‘God, if I get prostate cancer, or if
my wife gets breast cancer, we lose everything’ – the single biggest reason
for bankruptcy. How can we stand by? Guaranteeing that every single
American can get affordable health care and medications, because your
health should not depend on the color of his skin or your zip code, but it
does.”
Biden’s Hometown Fans In Scranton Worry About Toll A 2020 Bid Would Take On
Him, Family.

The Philadelphia Inquirer
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(1/18, Seidman) reported that as Biden mulls “another run for president,
some in Scranton who have ties to the family or who grew up nearby say they
feel protective of their native son, expressing concern about the toll of
another campaign. And, like Democrats across the country, others are torn
between their admiration of a man they know to be decent and qualified, and
a desire to see a new generation of leaders who look more like the diverse
electorate. A Biden candidacy would almost certainly dredge up ghosts of
the past, from his support for controversial 1990s-era crime laws to his
handling of Senate hearings on Anita Hill’s accusations of sexual
harassment against Supreme Court nominee Clarence Thomas.”

Drawing from the Inquirer story, Breitbart
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(1/21, Rodriguez) said that some Biden backers in Scranton “are skeptical
about if he and his family can handle running for president for the third
time. ‘When you talk about Biden in Scranton, you talk about him running
for president; people will say, ‘Can his family go through all this, and
will his age be a factor?’ And it’s not because of the office he’s
choosing. It’s because we care about him, his health,’ Evie Rafalko
McNulty, a local Biden supporter and Democratic National Committee (DNC)
member, told the Philadelphia Inquirer.”

*Vanity Fair’s Smith: Biden Son’s Private Life Could Become Issue
In A 2020 Campaign. *Under the headline “Rival Democrats Are Keeping Tabs
On Biden’s Family Drama,” Chris Smith wrote for Vanity Fair
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(1/17, Smith) that Biden’s “high-profile older son, Beau, died of brain
cancer at the age of 46, in May 2015. Later it emerged that his younger
son, Hunter – married with three children – had become involved in an
affair with Beau’s widow, Hallie. In divorce papers, Hunter’s wife claimed
that he had blown money on prostitutes, strip clubs, and drugs; the split
was settled without the allegations being litigated.” Smith said that Biden
“must now weigh whether a presidential run would disturb the hard-won
family equilibrium. Two strategists for possible Democratic presidential
contenders volunteered to me that Hunter would inevitably become part of
the public discussion if Biden were to join the 2020 race.”

In an online article drawing from the Vanity Fair story, CNN
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(1/18) reported that Smith “asked Hunter Biden if he thought his personal
life and business dealings may end up affecting whether” his dad “runs for
the White House. ‘So, you ask me, whether my father might not run for
President because of reports about me in the news. What you fail to
realize, in asking such a question, is that my father has always been proud
of me – whether when I was volunteering for the Jesuits, or working as a
lawyer,’ Hunter Biden said in a statement to Vanity Fair. ‘And he remains
proud of me today. He loves me. And he loves the American people far too
much to let any form of adversity stand in the way of service.’”

The Washington Examiner
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(1/19, Higgins) reported that Hunter Biden “said that his father counseled
him not to worry about hurting the family’s ‘public profile’ when it came
to his private life, which includes divorcing his wife and engaging in an
affair with his late brother Beau’s widow, Hallie. ‘Even though my life has
been played out in the media, because I am a Biden, my father never once
suggested that the family’s public profile should be my priority. The
priority has always been clear for my dad, as it is, now, for me: Never run
from a struggle. Love people and find a way to love yourself,’ Hunter
Biden, 48, said in a letter to Vanity Fair.”
CNN: Biden’s Failed White House Runs Raise Questions About Odds Of Success
In A 2020 Bid.

In an online article, CNN
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(1/18, Zeleny, Saenz) reported that as former Vice President Joe Biden
“nears a decision about entering the Democratic presidential race, his two
failed bids for the White House remain a stinging reminder of a critical
question confronting a potential candidacy: Can he win the big one?” His
losses in 1988 and 2008 “are bubbling just beneath the surface in
discussions of Biden mounting a third bid for the presidency. He and his
advisers insist those political wounds would ultimately make him a stronger
candidate if he decides to take the step of trying to unseat President
Donald Trump.” If he runs, added CNN, Biden “would start in an unfamiliar
place: as a front-runner. But even many admirers concede he’s a
front-runner in name only, with his advantage in early polls attributed to
his high name recognition and his recent tenure as vice president.”
Democratic Rep. Lynch Says He’d Likely Back Biden In 2020 Democratic Race.

The Boston Globe
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(1/18, Fox) reported that former Vice President Joe Biden “appears to be a
shoo-in for” Rep. Stephen Lynch’s (D-MA) “endorsement if Biden seeks the
presidency in 2020. ‘I hold him in extremely high regard, I do, personally
and professionally,’ Lynch” said of Biden “at a news conference Friday
outside his South Boston home. ‘So either he would have to not be a
candidate, or...someone would really have to stand out’ to win his
support.” Lynch scheduled the news conference “to blast President Trump for
blocking a planned trip to Afghanistan for a congressional delegation that
was to include Lynch, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, and other[s].” Asked
about Biden, Lynch “said the former vice president is ‘seen as the
antithesis of Trump’ and added that Biden ‘knows the issues, unlike our
current president. So I think he’d be a welcome contrast.’”
GOP Strategist: Biden “Too Old, Too White And Too Status Quo” To Win
Democratic Nod.

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(1/20), GOP strategist Colin Reed opined that former Vice President Joe
Biden has little chance of winning the 2020 Democratic nomination. Reed
said that Biden “voted for the Iraq War, a border fence and the 1994 crime
bill, to name a few sticky wickets. Liberals view Biden’s rhetoric on
abortion and the financial services industry with suspicion. Any of these
issues on their own – let alone all of them combined – are enough to trip
up a candidate running in a party consumed with ideological purity over
political electability.” Reed concluded that Biden “is too old, too white
and too status quo for a party craving youth, diversity and change.”
Rehoboth Beach Supermarket Employee Thrilled By Biden Visit To Her Store.

In an online article, WBOC-TV
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Salisbury, MD (1/21) reported that former Vice President Joe Biden “made
one local woman’s weekend when he made a visit to Rehoboth Beach. Biden
stopped by a grocery store on Saturday night where Briiana Oney works. She
shared a photo with WBOC writing, ‘Some people are excited about Trump
coming to Dover. I, however, am excited Vice President Joe Biden came into
my Rehoboth Beach Weis – Store #274!’ Oney was referring to President
Donald Trump’s visit Saturday to the Dover Air Force Base to meet with
families of four U.S. troops killed while serving in Syria.” Oney “also
wrote, she was honored to be his cashier, adding Biden was ‘the nicest and
most down to Earth guy ever.’”
Sen. Sanders Calls Trump “Racist” As 2020 Hopefuls Mark MLK Day.

The Washington Examiner
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(1/21, Lim) reported that Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) blasted President
Trump “as a racist Monday during a blunt Martin Luther King Jr. Day address
at a NAACP rally in South Carolina.” Said Sanders, “Today we talk about
justice and today we talk about racism, and I must tell you it gives me no
pleasure to tell you that we now have a President of the United States who
is a racist.” The Examiner said Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ), “another 2020
prospect, also attended the events in the Palmetto State.” The Columbia
(SC) State
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(1/21, Wilks) says Booker “repeatedly exclaimed ‘we are dissatisfied’ with
an economy that, he said, favors the rich over the poor and a federal
government that spends heavily to drop bombs in faraway countries but
doesn’t take care of the poor and vulnerable.” Said Booker, “This is the
moment in America where we don’t just celebrate King’s holiday, but where
we recommit ourselves to be agents of change.”

Also yesterday, the AP
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(1/21, Schor, Kinnard) reports Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) “lashed out
at...Trump for inspiring ‘hate and darkness’ in a fiery speech in Harlem.”
The AP
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(1/21, Summers) reports in a separate story, meanwhile, that Sen. Kamala
Harris (D-CA), described as “a first-term senator and former California
attorney general known for her rigorous questioning of President Donald
Trump’s nominees,” announced yesterday morning that she is running for
president.

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(1/21, story 6, 1:40, Glor) showed Sanders saying, “We now have a President
of the United States who is a racist,” and Gillibrand stating, “He is
tearing apart the very fabric of who we are as a nation, our very common
decency.” CBS added, “We should point out Sen. Harris is also the first
Indian-American to serve in the Senate.” NBC Nightly News[image: Image
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(1/21, story 3, 1:40, Holt) ran the same quote from Sanders. Dave Weigel of
the Washington Post tweeted
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“Surprised, but maybe I shouldn’t be, at how the story of Sanders’s MLK day
speech for many outlets was ‘he called Trump racist.’ He’s been doing so
for at least three years.”
Harris Enters 2020 Presidential Race.

Reuters
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(1/21, Whitesides, Becker) reports Sen. Kamala Harris (D-CA) on Monday
kicked off her 2020 run for president “by touting her experience as a
prosecutor.” Harris, who Reuters describes as “a rising party star and
outspoken critic of President Donald Trump’s immigration policies,” told ABC’s
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“This is a moment in time that I feel a sense of responsibility to stand up
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(1/21, story 7, 0:40, Muir) also reported on Harris’ announcement.

The New York Times
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(1/21, Herndon) says Harris’s announcement “was bathed in symbolism,” and
adds that she “chose to enter the race on the Martin Luther King Jr.
holiday, an overt nod to the historic nature of her candidacy.” Harris
“will hold her first campaign event on Friday in South Carolina, where
black voters are the dominant force in the Democratic primary, rather than
start off by visiting Iowa and New Hampshire, the two predominantly white
states that hold their nomination contests first.” USA Today
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(1/21, Cummings) reports that Harris “plans to launch her campaign at a
rally Sunday in Oakland, California, where she was born and raised.” Among
her platform proposals are “the largest middle-class tax cut in history,” a
“Rent Relief Act to control housing costs, bail changes and Medicare for
all.”

The Washington Post
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(1/21, Stein) says Harris is advocating “a nearly $3 trillion tax plan,
billions in tax credits to low-income renters, a Medicare-for-all
health-care system, and a reduction in cash bail for inmates charged with
criminal offenses.” However, “some critics on the left, who have begun
scrutinizing Harris’s record as a prosecutor in California, are likely to
question whether cutting tax revenue will make it more difficult to enact
the kinds of social programs that have become increasingly popular among
the Democratic base.”

The Wall Street Journal
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(1/21, Epstein, Thomas) says Harris drew questions about whether she is
more in line with law enforcement than minorities, and Politico
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(1/21, Cadelago) reported that while Harris’ opponents “are already
telegraphing that they plan to make her law-and-order background an
enormous vulnerability with voters on the left,” she “thinks she can turn
the criticism on its head.” Harris “will court voters wary of law
enforcement by presenting herself as a kinder and gentler prosecutor – a
‘progressive’ attorney who advocated for the vulnerable and served the
public interest.”
WPost Analysis: Gillibrand Shifted Strongly To Left After Senate
Appointment.

The Washington Post
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(1/19, Viebeck) reported that in the first years after she was appointed to
the Senate, Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) “moved left” and “did it fast.”
The Post said she went from an NRA A-rating as a congresswoman to an
F-rating in the Senate. The Post said Gillibrand “overhauled her political
identity...abandoning the conservative positions that made her popular
upstate and embracing or even moving further left than the liberal
consensus on guns, immigration, Wall Street and same-sex marriage.” Her
“evolution,” added the Post, “seemed to reach its apex last week when she
introduced herself as a candidate for president and a fighter for liberal
values.” The Post also reported that Gillibrand “has often described her
changes of view as epiphanies.”

*Gillibrand Emphasizes Healthcare In 2020 Platform. *Gillibrand
discussed her 2020 presidential campaign during a Sunday appearance on CNN’s
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(1/20). She said, “I believe healthcare should be a right, not a
privilege.” Gillibrand also said, “You have to be able to take on the
insurance companies that don’t want healthcare as a right and the drug
companies that don’t want you to buy in bulk and get cheaper drugs for
Medicare patients. Those are the things that have to be fought and I have
the character and conviction to do all those things.”

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(1/20), Gillibrand said, “The biggest worry of most Americans is the cost
of healthcare and that it’s out of reach for them. The reason I believe in
Medicare for all, I believe any family should have access for one
not-for-profit public option to compete with the for-profit insurance
industries paying their shareholders value and making sure their CEOs make
millions of dollars. That’s not aligned with universal coverage that’s good
and affordable.” When asked how to finance the expense, Gillibrand said,
“If you buy into Medicare as you buy into Social Security as an earned
benefit, it’s far less expensive for every American than what they’re
paying now to the insurance industry.” Gillibrand added, “Let them buy in
and invest 4 percent of income, which is what the bill says, to get access
as they invest 6 percent into Social Security.”

*Gillibrand Visits Iowa. *The New York Times
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(1/19, Goldmacher) reported that Gillibrand “represents one of the biggest
and bluest states in America.” However, on Friday “as she made her way
across snowy Iowa during her first visit as a presidential candidate, Ms.
Gillibrand put far more emphasis on her upstate New York roots,
bipartisanship and small-town political ancestry. She talked about her love
of RVs and her family vacation last summer to see a Nascar race.”
Gillibrand also “spoke of her faith and finding common ground with
Republicans. And she harked back repeatedly to her first run for Congress,
in 2006, when she ousted a Republican incumbent in a seat that her pollster
warned she couldn’t win because there were ‘more cows than Democrats.’”
NYTimes A1: Democrats Frustrated By O’Rourke’s Independent Streak.

In a front-page article titled “As Beto O’Rourke Weighs 2020 Run, Democrats
Chafe At His Go-It-Alone Style,” the New York Times
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(1/19, A1, Flegenheimer, Burns) examines how ex-Rep. Beto O’Rourke’s (D-TX)
decision not to endorse former Obama Administration Gina Ortiz Jones (D-TX)
in her unsuccessful November bid to unseat Rep. Will Hurd (R-TX) “lays bare
the go-it-alone streak that has defined his career, separating him from a
modern Democratic Party that has prized near-uniform opposition to
Republicans in Washington.” The Times said that “while supporters view his
above-the-fray message as the foundation of his appeal, he has left
important Democratic constituencies wondering if he can be fully trusted as
an ally.”
Iowa Democrats Brace For “The Mother Of All Caucuses.”

Politico
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(1/22, Korecki) reports that in expectation of “record turnout and fearful
of a repeat of the chaos that marred the 2016 caucuses, Iowa Democrats are
racing to implement some of the most significant changes in the history of
the first-in-the-nation event. The party is shopping for larger facilities
to fit expected overflow crowds, investing in new technology to stave off
check-in and head-counting snafus and pushing individual 2020 campaigns to
create their own voter registration programs.” The party is “even studying
the possibility of what once would have been unthinkable: “Tele-caucusing,”
which would allow absentee voting by phone or possibly online.” The
preparations are an effort to read “for what’s expected to be the mother of
all caucuses.”
NYTimes: South Carolina Primary Will Be Pivotal In Race For Democratic
Nomination.

The New York Times
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(1/22, Martin, Herndon) reports on South Carolina’s 2020 Democratic primary
contest, saying that “at a time when President Trump has stoked racial
divisions and black voters have become an increasingly crucial Democratic
constituency, South Carolina is already looming larger at the outset of
this race than in any recent Democratic nominating contest.” South Carolina
“will be the first contest in which a majority of those casting ballots
will be African-American.” The Times adds, “The winner [of the primary]
will enter the March 3 Super Tuesday contests with a burst of momentum.
South Carolina will mark the final clash before California, Texas and an
array of similarly diverse states, comprising over 30 percent of the race’s
total delegates, vote just three days later.”
Leading the News
Trump Issues Proclamation Honoring MLK, Makes Brief Visit To Memorial.

As the White House issued proclamation
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on the Martin Luther King Jr. federal holiday, President Trump tweeted
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yesterday, “Today we celebrate Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. for standing up
for the self-evident truth Americans hold so dear, that no matter what the
color of our skin or the place of our birth, we are all created equal by
God.” Trump later wrote
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“Today, it was my great honor to visit the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial
with @VP Mike Pence, in honor of #MLKDay.” Media coverage of Trump’s
commemoration of the civil rights icon was mostly unfavorable, with reports
highlighting how brief his visit to the memorial was, and suggesting he had
only gone in response to earlier criticism from Al Sharpton.

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(1/21, story 14, 1:25, Glor) and ABC World News Tonight[image: Image
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(1/21, story 14, 1:30, Muir) ran segments featuring comments by King and NBC
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(1/21, story 13, 1:50, Holt) interviewed his 10-year-old granddaughter, but
coverage of Trump was sparse on the major network newscasts. In a larger
story on the border security/government shutdown standoff, NBC Nightly
News[image:
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(1/21, story 4, 1:40, Jackson) mentioned “Trump briefly visiting the Martin
Luther King memorial for a moment of silence, followed by silence on the
shutdown.” Likewise, the CBS Evening News[image: Image removed by sender.
Video]
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(1/21, story 3, 1:10, Reid) reported that “Trump paid a brief visit to the
Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial in Washington...and observed a moment of
silence” as part of its coverage of the ongoing spending showdown. The New
York Post
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(1/21, Moore) reports that after he laid a wreath at the memorial, the
President said, “Good morning, everybody. Great day. Beautiful day. Thank
you for being here. Appreciate it.” The Washington Examiner
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(1/21, Quinn) reports that accompanying Trump and Pence was Acting Interior
Secretary Bernhardt.

The AP
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(1/21, Colvin) says that “the visit lasted less than two minutes,” USA Today
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(1/21, Jackson) that it “lasted less than two minutes on a very cold day,”
Politico
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(1/21, Nelson) that Trump “made a brief appearance” at the memorial, and
the Huffington Post
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(1/21, Amatulli) that he “spent a mere two minutes” there and that “images
of the moment circulated on social media within minutes, with many posting
jokes
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memes
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and more.” Rep. Mike Levin (D-CA) tweeted
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“So @realDonaldTrump has hours of ‘executive time’ each day but only has
two minutes to remember the life and legacy of Dr. King?” Rep. Steve Cohen
(D-TN) tweeted
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“Check the box Trump/Pence appearance at #MLK memorial was disrespectful to
#MLK2019 and his values. 2 minutes, didn’t look up to see Kings sculpture,
didn’t read quotes inscribed thereon, no statement, no period of
reflection. Just in, move wreath, leave. Slam bam....”

ABC News
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(1/21, Mallin), on its website, said that “presidents in the past have
typically used the national holiday to participate in community service or
celebratory events honoring King’s life,” and Business Insider
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(1/21, McLaughlin) that “last year, Trump spent Martin Luther King Jr. Day
golfing at the Trump International Golf Club in West Palm Beach, Florida.”

To the Los Angeles Times
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(1/21, Stokols), “Trump gave a fleeting, low-key nod to the Rev. Martin
Luther King Jr. on the civil rights hero’s national holiday Monday, while
Democrats who may run against Trump in 2020 fanned out to public events
across the nation for more fulsome tributes.” That “contrast served as a
reminder both of Trump’s troubled record on race relations, and of how
central black voters will be in choosing the Democratic Party’s nominee to
unseat him.”

The New York Times
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(1/21, Karni) reports that the “stop by the memorial – to observe a moment
of silence without extended public remarks – appeared to be a last-minute
addition to his calendar,” as the President’s schedule had “listed no
public events to mark the federal holiday honoring King’s life, which had
drawn criticism from civil rights activists.” The Hill
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(1/21, Balluck) also says “the president and vice president’s office had
listed no official events on their schedules for Monday,” and the New York
Daily News
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(1/21, Jorgensen, Greene) that “earlier in the day, Trump was assailed by
Sharpton, who was hosting potential Democratic presidential candidates at a
Washington, D.C., breakfast in King’s honor.”

The AP
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(1/21, Colvin) reports Sharpton “said it was ‘an insult to the American
people’ that the White House was not commemorating the holiday with an
event.” The New York Daily News
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(1/21, McAuliff) points out Sharpton “noted the country is divided and
polarized, but that when King was leading the civil rights movement, he not
only called out wrongs, he ‘wanted reconciliation.’” Said Sharpton, “The
Vice President...nor the President, have any official thing on their
calendar to celebrate a federal holiday that Ronald Reagan signed. ... This
is an insult to the American people that the President of the United States
does not officially recognize or give any ceremony for Dr. King.” The
Huffington
Post
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(1/21, Marans) reports that at the Sharpton event, Rep. Hakeem Jeffries
(D-NY) said, “These are challenging times in the United States of America.
We have a hater in the White House: the birther in chief, the grand wizard
of 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.”

Breitbart
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(1/21, Spiering), meanwhile, focuses on the White House’s official
proclamation, in which Trump “urged all Americans to unite around King’s
message,” writing, “May the memory of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and the
efforts we have made to fully effectuate his dream remind us that faith and
love unite us together as one great American family.”

*Martin Luther King III, NAACP Slam Pence For Apparent Comparison
Between His Father And Trump. *The Washington Times
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(1/21, Boyer) reports “the son of Martin Luther King Jr. criticized...Pence
Monday for comparing...Trump to the late civil rights leader.” Addressing
the annual National Action Network breakfast in Washington, King said, “I
wonder what my father would be thinking” of the comparison, adding, “Martin
Luther King Jr. was a bridge builder, not a wall builder. ... Martin Luther
King Jr. would say love, not hate, will make America great.” The Times adds
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(1/20) Sunday, Pence said, “You think of how he changed America. He
inspired us to change through the legislative process to become a more
perfect union. That’s exactly what President Trump is calling on Congress
to do: Come to the table in the spirit of good faith. We’ll secure our
border and we’ll reopen the government.”

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(1/21), Erica Hill said, “As the nation today honors the work and legacy of
Martin Luther King Jr., there’s growing outrage over...Pence’s use of the
civil rights leader’s ‘I have a dream’ speech to defend the President’s
border wall proposal, the NAACP calling it ‘an insult to Dr. King’s
legacy.’”

Noting Pence’s words, Dana Milbank writes in the Washington Post
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(1/21), “It had not previously been obvious that Trump, in shutting down
the government until Democrats agree to hundreds of miles of border wall,
was fulfilling King’s dream, nor that King had been such a strong influence
on a man who challenged the birth certificate of the first black president,
hesitated to disavow David Duke, protested the removal of ‘beautiful’
Confederate monuments, often retweeted white supremacists and approved of
the ‘very fine people’ marching among neo-Nazis in Charlottesville.” James
Downie, also in the Washington Post
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(1/21), similarly comments on Pence’s words, “Yes, who can forget King’s
embrace of the legislative process rather than outside protest? Or the
government shutdown prior to the passage of the Civil Rights Act?”

Washington Post columnist Brian Klaas tweeted
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“Pence invoking Martin Luther King Jr. is grotesque. Pence cheerleads for
his boss, a bigot who literally praised people who were marching alongside
the KKK and Neo-Nazis. The stain of Charlottesville is precisely what MLK
Jr. tried to remove from America. Trump defended it.”

*Ivanka Trump Thanks King For “Continuing To Inspire Us With Your
Vision.” *Yahoo! News
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(1/21, Holter) reports “Ivanka Trump was the first in her family to post a
tribute” to Martin Luther King Jr. yesterday, tweeting “an iconic photo” of
King “waving to a huge crowd at the 1963 March on Washington” and writing
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“Thank you Dr. King for continuing to inspire us with your vision for a
more perfect nation, persistence in the face of adversity and steadfast
belief in the power of love.”

*Twitter Users Slam Sarah Sanders Over MLK Tweet. *The New York
Daily News
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(1/21, Niemietz) reports White House Press Secretary Sarah Sanders faced
Twitter criticism after she tweeted
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“Today we honor a great American who gave his life to right the wrong of
racial inequality. Our country is better thanks to his inspiration and
sacrifice.” Twitter users “were quick to lash out at Sanders, blaming the
administration she serves for not following his example and pointing out
that King, who was murdered, had his life taken from him.” Some “likened
Sanders’ family, which includes former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, to
conservative politicians who fought against civil rights in King’s day. One
user photo shopped ‘Make America Great Again’ baseball caps onto a white
mob in the 1960s that was photographed harassing a black man in a diner.”

Sirius XM host Karen Hunter tweeted
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in response, “You dishonor #MLK daily with your lies, misdirections and
distractions, defending policies that are diametrically opposed to #MLK’s
mission and vision.” Forward.com’s Molly Jong-Fast tweeted
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“And every day Donald Trump tries to erase his legacy by sowing division
and encouraging his followers worst instincts. @PressSec has worked hard to
push Trump’s message of racism and division but today she’d like to say
something nice about MLK so she doesn’t look too racist.”

Activist Mia Farrow tweeted
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“He ‘dedicated’ his life to right the wrongs of racial inequality – he was
murdered In Memphis at age 39. He would surely have opposed the cruel,
unjust policies of Donald Trump.” Author Sarah Wood tweeted
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“He was killed. He was killed by the same type of people who continue to
support Trump and attend his rallies with confederate flags and racist
slogans. MLK Jr. didn’t give his life, his life was stolen. Shame on you
for trying to spin that fact.”

*Gallup: Percentage That Believes Blacks Enjoy Equality Remains
High, But Lower Than In Past Years. *The New York Post
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(1/21, Moore) reports that according to a newly released Gallup
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poll, “the percentage of Americans who believe African-Americans have the
same opportunities as whites to get housing they can afford or jobs they’re
qualified for has dropped to the lowest levels in decades.” The poll “found
that 61 percent of people say blacks are on par with whites in getting a
job – the smallest percentage since before Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s
1963 ‘I Have a Dream’ speech, when it was less than half.” Gallup “also
found that 67 percent believe blacks in their community have the same
chance as whites to get housing they can afford – the lowest rate since
1989, when it was at 68 percent.”
Foreign Policy
Report: North Korea Has Approximately 20 Undeclared Missile Bases.

The Washington Times
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(1/21, Taylor) reports that the North Korean military has “as many as 20
secretive, undeclared missile bases peppered around the country’s
mountainous terrain, according to a report
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released Monday which “claims researchers recently discovered one of the
bases focused exclusively on medium-range ballistic missile operations.”
The report by the Center for Strategic and International Studies follows an
announcement Friday that President Trump will hold a second summit with
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un next month. According to the Times, there
was “no immediate comment from the Administration on Monday’s report.”

Reuters
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(1/21, Johnson) quotes the report as saying, “The Sino-ri missile operating
base and the Nodong missiles deployed at this location fit into North
Korea’s presumed nuclear military strategy by providing an
operational-level nuclear or conventional first strike capability.” CSIS
said the Sino-ri base has never been declared by North Korea and, as a
result, “does not appear to be the subject of denuclearization
negotiations.” The Washington Post
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(1/21, Sun) reports that “unlike other known North Korean ballistic missile
operating bases, which are ‘nestled within narrow and steep mountain
valleys,’ the main parts of this base are ‘distributed within a shallow
valley and rolling hills,’ the report said.”

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(1/21, story 7, 1:25, Holt) called it “a disturbing new discovery.” NBC
(Neely) added, “Its existence has never been declared, not in seven months
of talks since President Trump’s summit with Kim.” Former NSC official –
and one of the report’s authors – Victor Cha said, “They’re trying to trade
things that they did either in the past that they no longer need, like old
test sites, while leaving capabilities like these completely untouched.”

*NYTimes Analysis: Vietnam Most Likely Site For Second Trump-Kim
Meeting. *The New York Times
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(1/21, Ives) reports that with Trump planning to meet Kim next month,
“Vietnam appears to be the leading contender as host for the event.”
According to the Times, “Thailand and Hawaii have also been mentioned as
possible sites, but Vietnam is considered the best bet.” The Times says
“picking Vietnam could make sense for the United States and South Korea,
because American officials have pointed to it as a political and economic
model for North Korea to follow.”

*WSJournal A1: US, North Korean Spies Have Held Secret Talks For A
Decade. *According to the Wall Street Journal
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(1/21, A1, Gordon, Strobel), US and North Korean intelligence officials
have been meeting in secret for a decade. The Journal reports that the
secret back-channel between the CIA and North Korean spies included two
missions to Pyongyang in 2012 during the Obama Administration by
then-Deputy CIA Director Michael Morell and at least one by his successor,
Avril Haines, according to current and former US officials. The channel
reportedly went quiet late in the Obama Administration, and was restored by
Mike Pompeo when he served as CIA director.
Trump: With Trade Rift Slowing Its Economy, China Should “Do A Real Deal”
With US.

President Trump took to Twitter
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yesterday to write, “China posts slowest economic numbers since 1990 due to
U.S. trade tensions and new policies. Makes so much sense for China to
finally do a Real Deal, and stop playing around!”

In an editorial, the Wall Street Journal
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(1/21) similarly argues that China’s slowest rate of economic growth in 30
years makes it advisable for its leaders to seek a deal with Trump. Also
along the lines of Trump’s tweet, the Washington Post
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(1/21, Fifield) reports that in 2018, the Chinese economy “grew...at its
slowest rate since 1990, adding to the urgency for President Xi Jinping to
reach a trade deal with the United States.” According to the Post,
“Although the trade war is not the main reason for last year’s slowdown, it
is not helping.” Andrew Collier, managing director of Orient Capital
Research, is quoted as saying, “The economy is a much bigger problem for Xi
Jinping than the trade war.” The Wall Street Journal
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(1/21, Wei) runs a similar story under the headline “China Annual Economic
Growth Rate Is Slowest Since 1990.”

*NYTimes Analysis: Administration “Pessimistic” About China Trade
Deal Prospects. *Under the headline “Pessimism Looms Over Prospect Of A
Sweeping China Trade Deal,” the New York Times
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(1/21, Rappeport) reports that “as a critical round of talks with China
kicks off next week, the Trump administration is increasingly pessimistic
that Beijing will make the kind of deep structural changes to its economy
that the United States wants as part of a comprehensive trade agreement.”
The Times cites “officials involved with the talks.” According to the
Times, the Trump Administration “is now weighing whether large Chinese
purchases of American goods and more modest economic changes will be enough
for a deal to end a damaging trade war between the two nations and help
calm volatile markets.”

*More Than 100 Scholars, Ex-Diplomats Call For Release Of Canadians
Held In China. *The New York Times
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(1/21, Buckley, Porter) reports, “Warning that China’s arrest of two
Canadians has created a dangerous chill for people working on policy and
research in that country, more than 100 academics and former diplomats have
signed an open letter calling for the two men to be immediately freed.”
Made public on Monday, the Times says the letter was “an international cry
of concern from people who work and study in China, saying the arrests
threaten the flow of ideas with Chinese academics and officials that is
essential for policy work and research.”

*China Grants Ivanka Trump Five Trademarks. *The AP
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(1/21, Kinetz) reports “the Chinese government has granted Ivanka Trump’s
company preliminary approval for another five trademarks this month, as her
father’s administration pushes ahead on trade negotiations with China.” The
AP adds “four trademarks, including child care centers, sunglasses and
wedding dresses, were approved on Sunday,” and “a fifth, covering
brokerage, charitable fundraising and art valuation services, was approved
on Jan. 6, according to online trademark office records. The applications
were filed in 2016 and 2017.”

Axios
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(1/21, Atkinson) says “the expansion of her intellectual property holdings
has been a major source of ethical concern, and ethics watchdog groups
including the Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington
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have been skeptical of the timing of the approvals.” However, “Trump’s
representatives have said in the past that the trademarks are part of a
global effort to protect the Trump name.”

*Economic Transformation Challenges China’s Businessmen. *The New
York Times
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(1/21, Yuan) reports that Chinese businessmen are struggling to adapt to
the new economic environment of 2019 after decades of growth, and
businessmen are now forced “to beg workers” to work at their factories. The
Times interviewed Shao Chunyou, who rose from a factory worker to become an
owner of two factories and employer of 2,000 workers, and who argues that
“he must reinvent himself again” to compete in the Chinese economy. The
Times explains how Shao is now “replacing people with robots” and “making
more sophisticated gadgets that could flummox copycats,” but also
highlights how the Chinese economy is slowing and no overhaul is guaranteed
to ensure stability.

*China Cracks Down On Student Workers’ Rights Activists. *The New
York Times
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(1/21, Hernández) reports that “for months, a group of outspoken young
communists has put China’s leaders on edge, organizing a fiery campaign for
workers’ rights that has evaded the government’s tight political control.”
However, “[n]ow the authorities appear to be deploying a new weapon in
their efforts to crush the movement: forcing students to watch videotaped
confessions in which detained activists say they spread false information
and violated the law.” The Times goes on to report that “student
activists...detailed the existence of the videos in interviews and online
posts on Monday,” and “said they believed the confessions were coerced and
vowed to continue their campaign.”
Trump, European Leaders Skip Davos Amid Domestic Turmoil.

The Wall Street Journal
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(1/21, Fidler) reports several world leaders – including President Trump,
British Prime Minister Theresa May, and French President Emmanuel Macron –
are skipping this week’s annual World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland
amid turmoil at home. Countries of the North Atlantic “are preoccupied at
the moment, but the world doesn’t stop,” said Adrian Monck, managing
director for public engagement at the World Economic Forum.
Russia Denies Missile System Violates INF Treaty.

Reuters
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(1/21, Nebehay, Emmott) reports Russia has “recognized the existence of a
cruise missile system that has prompted Washington to say it will quit the
1987 INF disarmament treaty, but has denied that it violates the pact.” Two
weeks before the planned US withdrawal from the treaty, Robert Wood,
“Washington’s disarmament ambassador in Geneva,” said that “there was still
time for Russia to destroy the system.” However, “after a session of the
UN-sponsored Conference on Disarmament, Russian diplomat Alexander Deyneko
told Reuters: ‘We shall not yield to any ultimatums like to liquidate or to
eliminate (a) missile that doesn’t fall within the range of the treaty
prohibitions.’”
WPost A1: Iraqi Scientist Says He Helped ISIS Make Chemical Weapons.

The Washington Post
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(1/21, A1, Warrick) reports on its front page that after ISIS captured
Mosul, Iraqi scientist Suleiman al-Afari said the militants asked him to
hel