**The controversial 'coal bailout' bill could raise your rates. Here's what you should know.**
*by pnewell (<https://redd.it/eyr0zi>)*
https://www.indystar.com/story/news/environment/2020/02/03/heres-how-controversial-coal-bailout-bill-could-raise-your-rates/2858413001/?utm_campaign=Hot%20News&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=82848761&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-9SIbe_o6x6Wap_FY9T_Rx94VxNv2zUOUFx4GY51lvjhpjtsij98sckqe00jJwH8aaWcwQmh4IkrUAsvyQb33W7za_FvA&_hsmi=82848761

**Trump is about to get a lot more dangerous. Here’s what’s coming.**
*by TJ_SP (<https://redd.it/eyr2dt>)*
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/02/04/trump-is-about-get-lot-more-dangerous-heres-whats-coming

**The Trump administration seeks to make it easier for banks to reject loans for people of color**
*by undeadslime (<https://redd.it/eyr34b>)*
https://markets.businessinsider.com/news/stocks/trump-seeking-roll-back-housing-desegregation-rules-discrimination-fair-act-2020-1-1028848036?

**Iowa's coveted status in doubt following results delay**
*by ProgressiveKhanna (<https://redd.it/eyr3cb>)*
https://apnews.com/dcac8384db16760b34c20ab477e93fad

**Oil Companies Are Building Pipelines Wherever They Want in Texas**
*by blademan9999 (<https://redd.it/eyr3pg>)*
https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/v74vd4/oil-companies-are-building-pipelines-wherever-they-want-in-texas

**Iowa Democratic Party blames app 'coding issue' for delay in caucus results Officials said in a statement Tuesday that the problem had been fixed and that it hoped to release the vote tally on Tuesday.**
*by Normiesreeee69 (<https://redd.it/eyr40p>)*
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/iowa-democratic-party-blames-app-coding-issue-delay-caucus-results-n1129701

**Problematic app used in Iowa caucuses also set to be used in Nevada, sources tell CNN**
*by DaHomieNelson92 (<https://redd.it/eyr56z>)*
https://edition.cnn.com/2020/02/04/politics/iowa-caucus-app-issues/index.html

**Education Secretary DeVos Refuses to Testify Before Oversight Committee**
*by News2016 (<https://redd.it/eyr5ce>)*
https://oversight.house.gov/news/press-releases/education-secretary-devos-refuses-to-testify-before-oversight-committee

**Iowa Democratic Party: Caucus data accurate, but app coding error spit out partial results**
*by wheezes (<https://redd.it/eyr67x>)*
https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/elections/presidential/caucus/2020/02/04/iowa-caucus-democratic-party-blames-app-coding-error-results-delay/4653639002/

**Democratic senators ask banks to prohibit funding Arctic drilling**
*by pnewell (<https://redd.it/eyr6hh>)*
https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/481272-democratic-senators-ask-banks-to-prohibit-funding-arctic-drilling?utm_campaign=Hot%20News&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=82848761&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-9SIbe_o6x6Wap_FY9T_Rx94VxNv2zUOUFx4GY51lvjhpjtsij98sckqe00jJwH8aaWcwQmh4IkrUAsvyQb33W7za_FvA&_hsmi=82848761

**Dempocalypse Now**
*by mostunpredictable (<https://redd.it/eyr6q7>)*
https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/iowa-caucus-democrats-dysfunction-bernie-sanders-pete-buttigieg-elizabeth-warren-947366/

**Pete Buttigieg responds to being called "#MayorCheat" after prematurely declaring Iowa caucus victory**
*by N0tAG00dUserName (<https://redd.it/eyr7ff>)*
https://www.newsweek.com/pete-buttigieg-mayor-cheat-iowa-caucus-response-1485586

**Devin Nunes' Hometown Newspaper Slams His Trump 'Obsession,' Endorses Rival**
*by JLBesq1981 (<https://redd.it/eyr7nn>)*
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/fresno-bee-devin-nunes-editorial_n_5e394081c5b687dacc72ab41

**Trump's campaign shouts 'rigged' as Iowa caucuses thrown into chaos**
*by Eurynom0s (<https://redd.it/eyr7pk>)*
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2020-election/trump-s-campaign-shouts-rigged-iowa-caucuses-thrown-chaos-n1129636

**'We have proven Donald Trump guilty': Adam Schiff wraps up impeachment trial closing arguments**
*by DeepEmpire (<https://redd.it/eyr93d>)*
https://www.sbs.com.au/news/we-have-proven-donald-trump-guilty-adam-schiff-wraps-up-impeachment-trial-closing-arguments

**Veterans Affairs Deputy Secretary James Byrne fired amid controversy over department's handling of sex assault allegation**
*by FenrirIII (<https://redd.it/eyr985>)*
https://www.cnbc.com/2020/02/03/veterans-affairs-deputy-secretary-james-byrne-out-of-job.html

**William Barr: A Failed Attorney General Unfit to Serve**
*by likeafox (<https://redd.it/eyr9vj>)*
https://www.justsecurity.org/68422/william-barr-a-failed-attorney-general-unfit-to-serve/

**The Iraq War Has Cost the US Nearly $2 Trillion**
*by Special_Agent_Foles (<https://redd.it/eyrcew>)*
https://www.defenseone.com/threats/2020/02/iraq-war-has-cost-us-nearly-2-trillion/162859/?oref=d-river

**Ex-Republican strategist says that Trump will become like a "king" or "emperor" after Senate acquittal**
*by DaFunkJunkie (<https://redd.it/eyrcu0>)*
https://www.newsweek.com/ex-republican-strategist-says-that-trump-will-become-like-king-emperor-after-senate-acquittal-1485592

**Iowa caucus – live updates: Democratic presidential candidates leave after results delayed over ‘inconsistencies’**
*by Fitz_cuniculus (<https://redd.it/eyrddb>)*
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-election/iowa-caucus-live-time-results-exit-poll-sanders-biden-warren-buttigieg-a9315681.html

**Tech firm started by Clinton campaign veterans is linked to Iowa caucus reporting debacle**
*by Lockon007 (<https://redd.it/eyrdub>)*
https://www.latimes.com/business/technology/story/2020-02-04/clinton-campaign-vets-behind-2020-iowa-caucus-app-snafu

**Trump Job Approval at Personal Best 49%**
*by Trumpologist (<https://redd.it/eyre1p>)*
https://news.gallup.com/poll/284156/trump-job-approval-personal-best.aspx

**The 1,600 Volunteers Who Were Supposed to Make the Iowa Caucuses Run Smoothly**
*by whyd_I_laugh_at_that (<https://redd.it/eyrehd>)*
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/04/us/politics/iowa-caucus-problems.html?action=click&module=Spotlight&pgtype=Homepage

**Franklin Graham's Deceptive Defense Of Bigotry**
*by oapster79 (<https://redd.it/eyrfnp>)*
https://www.charlotteobserver.com/opinion/editorials/article239751753.html

**Why Democratic hopefuls think they can flip this Fort Worth area congressional district**
*by likeafox (<https://redd.it/eyrg91>)*
https://www.mcclatchydc.com/news/politics-government/election/article239768558.html

**“I want that Goddamn Fucking Statement”: Behind the Scenes of Trump’s Secret Birther Implosion**
*by swingadmin (<https://redd.it/eyrg9r>)*
https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2020/02/behind-the-scenes-of-trump-birther-implosion-sinking-in-the-swamp

**Why An Iowa Woman Says She'll Never Again Vote For A Democrat**
*by Merkela22 (<https://redd.it/eyrgfp>)*
https://www.npr.org/2020/02/04/802533787/why-an-iowa-woman-says-shell-never-again-vote-for-a-democrat

**Trump's new trade deal is disastrous for the planet**
*by DeepEmpire (<https://redd.it/eyrgj8>)*
https://www.cnn.com/2020/02/04/perspectives/usmca-environment-sierra-club/index.html

**Buttigieg races to push narrative that he won Iowa despite no official results**
*by PyroVoyager (<https://redd.it/eyrh8y>)*
https://www.politico.com/news/2020/02/04/buttigieg-narrative-iowa-caucus-official-results-110663

**Caroline Kennedy backs Biden, calls him Democrats' best bet**
*by BlackMamba1994 (<https://redd.it/eyrhfl>)*
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/caroline-kennedy-backs-biden-calls-democrats-best-bet-68747039?cid=social_twitter_abcn

**An Open Letter to the DNC From an American Centrist - I respectfully encourage the DNC to abandon its corporate allegiance, re-configure its membership and shift into alignment with the will of the people.**
*by Demon-Rat (<https://redd.it/eyrjgh>)*
https://www.commondreams.org/views/2020/02/04/open-letter-dnc-american-centrist

**Iowa still bars ex-felons from voting, frustrating Democratic caucusgoers**
*by News2016 (<https://redd.it/eyrjn9>)*
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2020-election/iowa-still-bars-ex-felons-voting-frustrating-democratic-caucusgoers-n1128481

**How Bernie Sanders Green New Deal is an impossible dream that would be a nightmare**
*by elli-E (<https://redd.it/eyrkqp>)*
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/daniel-turner-bernie-sanders-green-new-deal-is-an-impossible-dream-that-would-be-a-disaster

**L.A. leaders weigh a new idea to halt rent hikes: Force landlords to sell their buildings**
*by asminaut (<https://redd.it/eyrkv0>)*
https://www.latimes.com/homeless-housing/story/2020-02-03/la-me-eminent-doman-proposal-rent-hikes

**Mayor Pete Buttigieg Is Threatening to Become the Democratic Mitt Romney**
*by Mateony (<https://redd.it/eyrl9m>)*
https://www.esquire.com/news-politics/politics/a30763505/2020-iowa-caucus-no-results-pete-buttigieg/

**Taxing the Superrich | For the sake of justice and democracy, we need a progressive wealth tax.**
*by huihui-illy (<https://redd.it/eyrla6>)*
http://bostonreview.net/class-inequality/gabriel-zucman-emmanuel-saez-taxing-superrich

**State of the Union: Governors keep their distance from Trump | State executives this year have often compared the shape of their states favorably to the federal government.**
*by likeafox (<https://redd.it/eyrmng>)*
https://www.rollcall.com/news/congress/state-union-governors-keep-distance-trump

**Pete Buttigieg slammed as #MayorCheat for claiming Iowa 'victory' - without any results in**
*by nnnarbz (<https://redd.it/eyrmni>)*
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-election/iowa-caucus-2020-results-news-buttigieg-victory-speech-a9316816.html

**#TomPerezResign: DNC Chair Under Fire for Iowa Disaster, Favoritism for Billionaire Oligarch Bloomberg - "The Dem establishment has been screaming that our movement is sowing divisiveness and is going to ruin party unity but they're nailing that to the wall all by themselves."**
*by OldFashionedJizz (<https://redd.it/eyrmpe>)*
https://www.commondreams.org/news/2020/02/04/tomperezresign-dnc-chair-under-fire-iowa-disaster-favoritism-billionaire-oligarch

**This week in Congress: State of impeachment**
*by GivesNoFuks (<https://redd.it/eyrn8t>)*
https://www.militarytimes.com/news/pentagon-congress/2020/02/03/this-week-in-congress-state-of-impeachment/

**Chaos in Iowa: Caucus Results Delayed But Bernie Sanders’ Internal Data Shows He May Have Won**
*by BOOFIN_FART_TRIANGLE (<https://redd.it/eyrnke>)*
https://www.democracynow.org/2020/2/4/iowa_caucuses_inconsistencies_faulty_app