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What We’re Following Today It’s Friday, February 1. Meanwhile, in foreign-affairs news, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced that he’s withdrawing the U.S. from its nuclear-arms-control treaty with Russia. "For years, Russia has violated the terms of the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty without remorse," he said. He’s Running: Senator Cory Booker of New Jersey spent Thursday night at a secret church service in Newark, where he was anointed by the church’s reverend. Twelve hours later, he announced his bid for the presidency in 2020. Meanwhile, as Howard Schultz, the billionaire ex-CEO of Starbucks, ponders whether he’ll launch his own presidential campaign, his many similarities to Donald Trump have become clear. Snapshot Ideas From The Atlantic The Covington Story Was a Collective American Nightmare (George Packer) “It seems to act out a drama in which we’re all caught, but in grotesque exaggeration. The White Flight From Football (Alana Semuels) “Football at the high-school level is growing in popularity in states with the highest shares of black people, while it’s declining in majority-white states. But it would be the end of the Super Bowl as we know it.” ? Read on. I’ve Watched Him for 20 Years.

In a Washington Post-ABC News poll of 447 “Democrat-leaning adults” who were asked to volunteer whom they’d support in a presidential primary, the Republican President Trump tied for third with Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, behind only former Vice President Joe Biden (9) and California Sen. Kamala Harris (8). The sample was so small it produced a margin of error of plus or minus 5.5 percentage points, which means Trump’s support could be virtually nil, or close to 10 percent. While a vast majority of Americans are not paying much attention to the horse race, the permanent political class has all but written off 2019. Two Super Bowl champions and a World Series winner will be crowned, and all four seasons of nature will pass before the first 2020 campaign votes are cast. Yet horse race coverage of the permanent campaign has never been more prolific. Fueled by online speculators and data crunchers, and a political consultancy and punditry class that has settled nicely into the lifestyles of 1 percenters, it has tried to make snapshots in time — that is all polls are — into a predictive science. They’re easy-to-gather, quantifiable statistics in a world of complex problems. After the permanent predicting class was so surprised and sullied by Trump’s emotion-driven 2016 presidential victory, promises were made about learning the lesson and doing it differently next time. Pundits were going to dig deeper into what motivated or inspired or discouraged people, who best was addressing their problems, and depend less on snapshot polls that told only who was ahead in the latest popularity contest. The government this fiscal year will run a nearly $900 billion deficit in good economic times; the health care system runs on bum legs; most scientists say climate change is here; and a much-promised national infrastructure policy debate is being pushed aside by angry arguments over how a coffee billionaire like Howard Schultz could summon the temerity to challenge the two-party system and run for president.

CNN's Anderson Cooper asks former Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz if he has a plan for running against President Trump in the 2020 election if he decides to join the political race. #CNN #News

Former Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein says we don't have to be in the business of "blaming and shaming independent or third-party candidates" after former Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz expressed interest in running as an independent in the 2020…

Former Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz talks to CNN's Poppy Harlow about his vision for health care, immigration reform and tax cuts. Schultz defended his criticism of medicare-for-all schemes, against Sen. Elizabeth Warren's (D-MA) plan to tax the super wealthy and…

Former Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz explains to CNN's Poppy Harlow why he believes he can beat President Donald Trump in 2020 and responds to criticism from Democrats that his candidacy will help re-elect Trump. #Schultz #CNN #News

Former Green Party presidential candidate Dr. Jill Stein joins 'Tucker Carlson Tonight,' sounds off on the ex-Starbucks CEO and her experience on running as a third party candidate. #Tucker #FoxNews FOX News Channel (FNC) is a 24-hour all-encompassing news service…

Ex-Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz gets heckled at book event; why does the left want to stop Schultz from running in 2020 as an independent? #Tucker #FoxNews FOX News Channel (FNC) is a 24-hour all-encompassing news service dedicated to delivering breaking…

Former Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz is mulling a run for president as a “centrist independent.” Is there any chance the billionaire turned politician can win? SOURCES AND FURTHER READING: Why the Constitution makes a third-party presidency extremely difficult https://cnn.it/2DHYe1D Gallup…

The head of the Washington state Democratic Party Tina Podlodowski says that a potential independent run for president by former Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz would be damaging to Democrats and give a win to President Trump. #CNN #News