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5:40 AM ET, January 25, 2011

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Lori Montgomery / Washington Post:
Obama won't endorse raising retirement age or reducing Social Security benefits  —  President Obama has decided not to endorse his deficit commission's recommendation to raise the retirement age, and otherwise reduce Social Security benefits, in Tuesday's State of the Union address …
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Kos / Daily Kos:
Poll: Cut Social Security benefits or raise payroll cap?  Not even close  —  Public Policy Polling for Daily Kos. 1/20-23.  Registered voters.  MoE 3.1% (No trend lines) … Raise  —  payroll cap Cut benefits  —  All 77 10  —  Dem 84 4
Discussion: Wonk Room and ThinkProgress
CNN:
Top Senate Budget Republican not ruling out government shutdown
Discussion: The Politico and The Note
Russell Berman / The Hill:   Rep. Eric Cantor: ‘No bailout of the states’
CNN:
House conservatives keep pressure on GOP leaders on spending
Discussion: The Politico
The Note:   Sen. Sessions on Obama Initiatives: 'Can't See How We Could …
Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blog:
19 days in, GOP leadership takes credit for job growth
Abdon M. Pallasch / Chicago Sun Times:
Rahm Emanuel booted off ballot in 2-1 Appellate Court decision  —  Rahm Emanuel was thrown off the ballot for mayor of Chicago today by an appellate court panel, a stunning blow to the fund-raising leader in the race.  —  An appellate panel ruled 2-1 that Emanuel did not meet the residency standard to run for mayor.
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Clout St:
Emanuel asks Illinois Supreme Court for emergency stay  —  Posted by Kristen Mack, David Heinzmann, Hal Dardick and Dawn Rhodes; last updated at 6:01 p.m.  —  Attorneys for Rahm Emanuel late today asked the Illinois Supreme Court to prevent Chicago elections officials from printing ballots …
Discussion: TalkLeft, JONATHAN TURLEY and TPMDC
Monica Davey / New York Times:
Ruling Blocks Emanuel's Bid in Chicago Run
Garance Franke-Ruta / The Atlantic Online:
Could Rahm Emanuel Run as a Write-In?
Kristen Mack / Chicago Tribune:
Court orders Emanuel off mayoral ballot
Aharding / CNN:
TRENDING: Emanuel files papers for a stay
Discussion: Hot Air, The Hill, The Politico and The Note
Josh Gerstein / The Politico:
Report: George W. Bush aides violated Hatch Act  —  During the 2006 midterm elections, White House political aides to President George W. Bush engaged in widespread violations of a federal law which limits partisan political activity by government employees, a long-running federal investigation has found.
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Eric Lipton / New York Times:
Bush White House Broke Elections Law, Report Says
Discussion: Oliver Willis
Jake Tapper / Political Punch:
White House Says Chinese Folk Song Played During State Dinner Was Not An Insult; Experts Divided  —  Ivories that were tickled last Wednesday night at the White House are, to some conservative media, no laughing matter.  —  At the White House State Dinner for Chinese President Hu Jintao …
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Mike Allen / The Politico:
Carol Browner to leave White House  —  Carol M. Browner, President Barack Obama's energy adviser, plans to leave the White House in coming weeks, White House officials said Monday night.  —  Browner, who is Assistant to the President for Energy and Climate Change, was EPA administrator …
Jake Tapper / Political Punch:
Pre-State of the Union, Democratic Talking Heads Briefed at White House
Discussion: American Thinker and Daily Kos
National Archives and Records Administration:
National Archives Discovers Date Change on Lincoln Record  —  Thomas Lowry Confesses to Altering Lincoln Pardon to April 14, 1865  —  Washington, DC...Archivist of the United States David S. Ferriero announced today that Thomas Lowry, a long-time Lincoln researcher from Woodbridge, VA …
The Politico:
Liberals lament Obama's move to center  —  President Barack Obama plans to play up a bright future with congressional Republicans by channeling his 2008 campaign message of post-partisanship in his State of the Union address — but the liberal wing of his party isn't quite seeing the light.
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Alex Wagner / Politics Daily:   Obama's State of the Union: Meditations in an Emergency
Jim Miklaszewski / msnbc.com:
NBC: U.S. can't link accused Army private to Assange  —  Military also denies allegations that Bradley Manning is being mistreated  —  Below:  —  U.S. military officials tell NBC News that investigators have been unable to make any direct connection between a jailed army private suspected …
ABCNEWS:
Justice Clarence Thomas Amends 20 Years of Disclosure Forms With Wife's Employers  —  Virginia Thomas' Place of Employment Had Been Omitted From Justice's Reports  —  Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas amended 20 years worth of financial disclosure forms today after a liberal watchdog group questioned …
Discussion: CNN
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Jennifer Epstein / The Politico:
Clarence Thomas revises disclosure forms  —  Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas has amended 13 years' worth of disclosure reports to include details of wife Virginia Thomas's sources of income, documents released on Monday show.  —  The documents indicate that Thomas's wife, who goes by Ginni …
Discussion: Politics Daily
Paul Krugman:
The War on Demand  —  Something really strange has happened to the debate over economic policy in the face of the Great Recession and its aftermath — or maybe the real point is that events have revealed the true nature of the debate, stripping away some of the illusions.
Molly K. Hooper / The Hill:
Scalia: No plans to attend Obama's State of the Union address  —  Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia told The Hill on Monday evening that he does not plan on attending the State of the Union address on Tuesday.  —  The conservative-leaning jurist said that he hasn't “gone to the State …
Discussion: Fox News and The Politico
William Saletan / Slate:
Is it OK to abort a viable fetus?  An answer to pro-choicers on Kermit Gosnell.  —  Kermit Gosnell, a Philadelphia abortionist, has been charged with butchering viable babies, causing a woman's death, and endangering other patients.  A grand jury report details his alleged crimes.
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Steven Ertelt / LifeNews.com:
Kermit Gosnell Drugged, Tied Up Woman Before Forced Abortion
Discussion: Liberty Pundits Blog and Hot Air
Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blog:
AZ lawmaker: Roe v. Wade a factor in shootings  —  The aftermath of the Arizona shootings have featured disputes over the role that gun laws or political rhetoric could have played in the violence.  —  But an Arizona lawmaker offered another source of blame: Roe v. Wade.
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Ezra Klein:
The people who will really decide whether health-care reform succeeds or fails  —  The New Yorker isn't allowing Atul Gawande's latest article out from behind the paywall, but you can read the abstract here.  The basic point is well worth keeping in mind amid all the arguments over the Affordable Care Act …
Discussion: The Atlantic Online
Kevin Drum / Mother Jones:
Please Don't Be Offended  —  I might be the last person to notice this, but I still sort of wonder what it says about us.  I was over at Dave Weigel's place a few minutes ago, and he linked to a Twitter post by Jim Geraghty, who I don't happen to follow.  When I clicked the link, it included the following message:
Discussion: Washington Monthly
Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
Loughner pleads not guilty to attempted murder charges  —  Jared Lee Loughner pleaded not guilty on Monday to three charges of attempted murder for allegedly trying to kill Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-Ariz.) and two of her aides.  —  The Associated Press reported that Loughner, 22 …
Discussion: The Politico
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Marc Lacey / New York Times:
Loughner Pleads Not Guilty in Tucson Shooting
 
 
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Jack Shenker / Guardian:
‘Day of revolution’ protests in Egypt
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Nicholas Casey / Wall Street Journal:
Drug Gangs Are Focus of Clinton's Mexico Visit
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Michael O'Brien / The Hill:
Poll: Obama approval at highest level since 2009
Discussion: Hot Air and Booman Tribune
Susan Crabtree / The Hill:
Lawmakers feud over Oversight boundaries
Discussion: The Politico
Anthony Shadid / New York Times:
Hezbollah Chooses Lebanon's Next Prime Minister
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Eric Kleefeld / TPMDC:
Tim Pawlenty Releases Action Movie Campaign Trailer (VIDEO)
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Where Did the Stimulus Go?  —  During the recent recession …
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Mike Bloomberg Will Save Us from Ourselves If Only We Let Him
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Liberals and Economic Growth
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Caitlin Huston / The Hollywood Reporter:
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Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica:
FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel announced she will leave the agency on January 20; she was the first woman to be confirmed to lead the agency

Lachlan Cartwright / The Ankler:
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