memeorandum: Obama to nominate counter-terrorism adviser John Brennan for CIA director (Fox News)

8:35 AM ET, January 7, 2013

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Elisabeth Arriero / The Charlotte Observer:

Man ID'd as Rand Paul's son arrested at airport — A teenager identified in several media outlets as the son of U.S. Sen. Rand Paul and the grandson of former presidential candidate Ron Paul was arrested Saturday morning at Charlotte Douglas International Airport.

Discussion: CNN and ABCNEWS

Bobby Cervantes / Politico:

Rand Paul's son arrested, report says — A teenager who told police that he was the son of Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) was arrested at a North Carolina airport on disorderly conduct and public intoxication charges, according to police. — William Hilton Paul, 19, is charged with consuming alcohol underage …

Discussion: The Hinterland Gazette

Josh Haskell / ABCNEWS:
Senator Rand Paul's Son Arrested at Charlotte Airport

Discussion: Joe. My. God.

Stephen Moore / Wall Street Journal:

The Education of John Boehner — Leverage for the next clash: GOP willingness to let the spending sequester take effect. — What stunned House Speaker John Boehner more than anything else during his prolonged closed-door budget negotiations with Barack Obama was this revelation …

Discussion: Washington Post, The Fix, Power Line, Outside the Beltway, The Gateway Pundit and Taegan Goddard's …

Talking Points Memo:
McConnell: Debt And Spending, Not Guns, Are First Priority

Discussion: Balloon Juice and Weasel Zippers

Josh Gerstein / Politico:

John Brennan tapped to lead CIA — President Barack Obama will announce Monday that he's nominating the White House's point person on counterterrorism, John Brennan, to be the next director of the Central Intelligence Agency, White House officials told POLITICO.

Discussion: CNN and Business Insider

Fox News:

Obama to nominate counter-terrorism adviser John Brennan for CIA director — Deputy National Security Adviser for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism John Brennan briefs reporters at the White House.AP — WASHINGTON - President Obama will nominate White House counterterrorism adviser John Brennan …

Discussion: Althouse and The Gateway Pundit

Ewen MacAskill / Guardian: Barack Obama readies for host of reforms on Washington return

Mike Lillis / The Hill:

Pelosi: More tax revenues must be part of next deficit deal — Pushing back against the Republicans' deficit-reduction strategy, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) said this weekend that more tax revenues - not just spending cuts - must be a part of Congress's effort to rein in deficits.

Discussion: Right Wing News and Weasel Zippers

Alexander Bolton / The Hill:

Democrats look for up to $1 trillion in new tax revenues this year — Democrats say they want to raise as much as $1 trillion in new revenues through tax reform later this year to balance Republican demands to slash mandatory spending. — Democratic leaders have had little time to craft …

Discussion: New York Times, The New Republic and The Reaction

Sam Stein / The Huffington Post: Mitch McConnell On Future Debt Deals: ‘The Tax Issue Is Finished’ (VIDEO)

Jake Miller / CBS News:
Pelosi: “Not enough” revenue in “fiscal cliff” deal

Discussion: Michelle Malkin and The Raw Story

Meghashyam Mali / The Hill: Durbin: Tax reform should be on table in debt-ceiling talks

CNN:

Hillary Clinton set to return to work at State Department — Washington (CNN) - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will return to work Monday for the first time since she was sidelined by illness, a concussion and a blood clot, according to a schedule released by the State Department.

Discussion: Taylor Marsh, Algemeiner.com and Politico

presstv.ir:
Obama to name anti-Israeli Hagel as Defense Secretary: Reports

Discussion: Washington Free Beacon, Weasel Zippers and Atlas Shrugs

Ben Armbruster / ThinkProgress:
Lindsey Graham Lobs Disingenuous Attacks At Chuck Hagel

Discussion: Guardian and Slate

Meghashyam Mali / The Hill:
Sen. Graham blasts Hagel pick as an ‘in your face nomination’ from Obama

Discussion: Politico, CNN and Balloon Juice

Kevin Liptak / CNN:
GOP senators: Hagel is in for a fight

Discussion: New York Times, Taylor Marsh, KDVR.com and Gawker

NY Daily News:

Drunk man celebrating his birthday busted after fatally shooting 34-year-old man inside Brooklyn diner — The inebriated customer grabbed a woman who had been standing next to patron Jason Lewis at the counter of the Country House Diner in Clinton Hill. — Police responded to a shooting at the Country House Diner.

Discussion: The Hinterland Gazette, Alan Colmes'Alan Colmes' and The Reality-Based Community

Ian Millhiser / ThinkProgress:

GOP Rep: 'It's About Time' We Had Another Government Shut Down — Appearing on CBS' Face the Nation this morning, Rep. Matt Salmon (R-AZ) enthusiastically called for a government shut down: … Watch it: — Salmon's theory, that the government shutdown somehow led to balanced budgets …

Discussion: Prairie Weather and The Political Carnival

Jennifer Martinez / The Hill:

‘Shell-shocked’ lawmakers shy away from online piracy in new Congress — Nearly a year after a wave of online protests killed two anti-piracy bills, lawmakers are skittish about moving forward with legislation aimed at cracking down on websites that illegally distribute copies of movies and music.

Kate Briquelet / New York Post:

Welfare recipients take out cash at strip clubs, liquor stores and X-rated shops — They're on the dole — and watching the pole. — Welfare recipients took out cash at bars, liquor stores, X-rated video shops, hookah parlors and even strip clubs — where they presumably spent …

Discussion: The Daily Caller, Gothamist, Weasel Zippers, Power Line, UrbanGrounds and Roger Ailes

BuzzFeed:

Top Conservative Radio Figure Calls For “Nationalist” Third Party — Uniting the Tea Party. “Who's the King David?” — Michael Savage. — Image by John Storey / AP — The conservative radio host Michael Savage Sunday called for a third, “nationalist” American political party …

Discussion: Mediaite