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Iowa caucus-goers to face deadly low temperatures, subzero windchills today

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VIDEO OF THE DAY: New Democratic star smacks down Marjorie Taylor Greene and her Republican goon squad
Brian Tyler Cohen sat down with rising Democratic star Rep. Jasmine Crockett to discuss the shambolic state of today's Republican House caucus and the GOP's unyielding obsession with Hunter Biden's genitals. Crockett pulled no punches. More, please! [RETWEET THAT!]

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With Trump laps ahead, Nikki Haley rides Iowa momentum to likely second-place finish ahead of faltering DeSantis
Former South Carolina Gov. and one-time Trump ally Nikki Haley has moved past floundering presidential hopeful and part-time Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis in recent Iowa polls in what will likely amount to a largely meaningless, distance second-place showing in Iowa, where the serially indicted, disgraced ex-president still maintains a decisive lead among right-wing voters who apparently do not care about democracy or the rule of law. Can't wait hear how Nikki spins silver as the new black. Worse luck next time, Ron!

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Trump takes swings at Vivek Ramaswamy publicly for the 1st time ahead of Iowa caucus
The serially indicted grifter has started to criticize future former also-ran Vivek Ramaswamy just before the Iowa caucus, slamming the duplicitous, right-wing nationalist's "deceitful campaign tricks." For his part, Ramaswamy has simultaneously showered Trump with obnoxious praise ("best president of the 21st century") AND insisted the disgraced ex-president is a mortally wounded candidate in need of rescuing ("Save Trump, Vote Vivek!"). "OPEN YOUR EYES to the hard TRUTH: this system will stop at nothing to keep this man away from the White House," said Ramaswamy, who has been campaigning to literally do just that for more than a year. Vivek knows he can't be co-president, right?

AI will affect 40% of jobs and probably worsen inequality, says IMF head
Oh, good. International Monetary Fund's managing director, Kristalina Georgieva, said Artificial intelligence will affect 40% of jobs around the world and warned it will be "crucial" that countries build rigorous social safety nets to mitigate the impact on hundreds of millions of vulnerable workers. Georgieva said that in most scenarios AI would probably worsen overall inequality across the global economy and could stoke social tensions without political intervention. Ya think? So, all we need is several hundred disparate governments with wildly different worldviews and conflicting short-term strategic goals working in concert to mitigate the incoming AI tsunami while maintaining some semblance of social and economic stability. Jesus, take the wheel...

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Anti-trafficking crusader and right-wing darling Tim Ballard faces 4 new sexual assault charges
A former assistant joined six other women who previously came forward to file civil complaints of sexual assault or misconduct against anti-sex trafficking nonprofit Operation Underground Railroad founder, Tim Ballard, accusing her former boss of violently sexually assaulting her on multiple occasions. Ballard was ousted from OUR last year following an extensive investigation into his predatory behavior. According to multiple victims, Ballard regularly coerced various women to act as his “wife” on supposed "undercover" missions to rescue sex-trafficking victims, taking the role-playing ruse to extreme lengths, claiming that it was necessary to fool traffickers. Ballard, a married father of NINE children, has denied the accusations leveled against him, declaring them nothing more than a "shakedown."

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The world could get its first trillionaire within 10 years, anti-poverty group Oxfam says
Neat! This avaricious revelation should in no way alarm anyone concerned about the runaway inequality ~~gap~~ chasm or the catastrophic, destabilizing social disorder that will undoubtedly follow when the haves have all the having that can possibly be had and the have-nots have, well, none.

Surprise aspect of Trump's disqualification SURGES into spotlight
No Lie with Brian Tyler Cohen: Wow.

Lauren Boebert’s hot take on the cold weather goes embarrassingly awry
Republican district hopper and fella fondler Lauren Boebert received an elementary science lesson on social media after she took a page out of the conservative winter playbook and conflated weather with climate change. Ah, yes. Like fellow cave-dweller James Inhofe before her, the QAnon enthusiast bravely put her ignorance on full display for all to see, reminding us of Neil deGrasse Tyson's evergreen axiom on such matters: "The good thing about science is that it's true whether or not you believe in it."