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Jan 17, 2020: New Trump Allegations from Parnas
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TODAY'S HEADLINES:

Rudy Giuliani henchman Lev Parnas had a lot more beans to spill on MSNBC last night, including a claim that Trump’s old attorney’s John Dowd asked him to sacrifice himself for Trump.

Meanwhile, new evidence shows that Georgia’s election systems were likely hacked before the election that gave Governor Brian Kemp his narrow victory over Stacey Abrams.

And lastly, Florida’s Supreme Court rules in favor of a poll tax for ex-felons who won the right to vote in 2018.

QUICKIES HEADLINES:

Time magazine reports that YouTube has been actively promoting videos containing misinformation about climate change through a feature that determines what users watch for 70% of the time they spend on the platform, according to a report released Thursday.

At least 15,292 people were fatally shot in the United States last year, according to a new report from a nonprofit that advocates against gun violence.

The New York Times reports that eleven U.S. troops were injured when Iranian ballistic missiles struck two Iraqi bases last week, the military confirmed Thursday.

And lastly, Bernie Sanders, who has been surging in the polls this year, is now tied with Joe Biden for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination among registered voters, according to a Reuters/Ipsos national poll.