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TOP NEWS

• Anonymous White House sources claim Barr is considering leaving, but I’ll believe it when it actually happens.

• Trump granted clemency to Blago, Milken, Kerik

• Coronavirus death toll passes 2,000.

• China expels three Wall Street Journal reporters.

• Fed will release minutes from their Jan 28-29 meeting today.

THE ELECTION

• Bloomberg joins the debate stage tonight for the first time.

• Buttigieg still failing to connect with black voters.

• Sanders opens double-digit lead in nationwide poll.

THE COMMENT

“Amazon is pointing the finger right at — you guessed it — Mr. Trump, who has spent a lot of time trashing Mr. Bezos along with his newspaper, The Washington Post, and the enormous company he founded, often conflating them all into one billionaire blob of a rival. The Grand Canyon-size gulf in business talent and wealth between the two surely is a factor here. There is a long history of petty comments by the commander in grief aimed at the internet legend.” - Kara Swisher

THE STRANGEST

• Eggshells suggest dinosaurs were actually warm-blooded - The new research from Yale has reignited controversy regarding whether dinosaurs were warm or cold-blooded.

THE AV ROOM

• STUDENT THAT INSPIRES YOU

• BEZOS/MUSK STAR TREK DEEPFAKE

• LA PARTIDA