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12:05 AM ET, January 10, 2014

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New York Times:
‘Very Sad’ Chris Christie Extends Apology in Bridge Scandal  —  TRENTON — In a remarkable day of swirling political drama, Gov. Chris Christie tried on Thursday to control the damage from revelations that his administration ordered the revenge-closings of traffic lanes at the George Washington Bridge …
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Nate Schweber / New York Times:
Woman Says Lane Closings Were Not to Blame for Her Mother's Death  —  The daughter of a 91-year-old woman from Fort Lee, N.J., who died on the day of a major traffic jam precipitated by top aides to Gov. Chris Christie said on Thursday that she did not believe the inability of an ambulance …
Josh Barro / Business Insider:
Four Uncomfortable Questions From Chris Christie's Bridgegate Press Conference  —  The thrust of Gov. Chris Christie's (R-N.J.) Bridgegate press conference this morning has been: I didn't know, my staff lied to me, I'm so embarrassed, I'm sorry.  —  Let's say he's telling the truth.
Michael Falcone / ABC News:
So, Christie Says He Couldn't Pick Fort Lee Mayor ‘Out of a Lineup’...  Really?  —  A photo posted on the New Jersey governor's own website, taken at a news conference on Dec. 8, 2011, tells a different story.  The photo shows Christie speaking on the issue of sick pay reform with several mayors …
Discussion: TheBlaze.com and ABC News
Andrew C. McCarthy / National Review:
Over Two Weeks Ago, Christie Claimed His Staff Gave Him a ‘Full Briefing’ on Bridgegate  —  Governor Christie's problems are even worse than Eliana's grim post suggests — and I don't say that just because the press coverage here in Jersey, where Democrats are turning up the heat, is now unrelenting.
Elizabeth Titus / Politico:
Chris Christie ally David Wildstein pleads Fifth to panel
Discussion: Hot Air, CNN and Washington Free Beacon
David Voreacos / Bloomberg:
Christie Ally Seeks to Block Testimony on Bridge Scandal
Discussion: The Reaction
Todd Starnes / Fox News:
Is Chris Christie political road kill?
Discussion: Fox News Insider and Hullabaloo
Eric Lach / Talking Points Memo:
Christie Pal Pleads The Fifth At Bridge Scandal Hearing
Discussion: National Review
James Taranto / Wall Street Journal:
Chris Christie, the George Washington Bridge and the IRS.
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
Chris Christie Live Blog
Discussion: Balloon Juice
By Christopher Maag / NorthJersey.com:
Fort Lee mayor: GWB emails reveal the ‘venomous side of politics’
Jeremy Herb / The Hill:
Intel panel: DOD report finds Snowden leaks helped terrorists  —  Edward Snowden's leaks about National Security Agency programs have put U.S. troops at risk and prompted terrorists to change their tactics, according to a classified Pentagon report.  —  House Intelligence Committee Chairman Mike Rogers …
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New York Times:   Obama Seeks Balance in Plan for Spy Programs
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
FBI chief warns on intel reforms, Snowden
Discussion: ABC News
Laura Barron-Lopez / The Hill:
EPA publishes emissions rule to GOP's dismay  —  The Environmental Protection Agency published its rule limiting carbon emissions from new power plants on Wednesday to the dismay of coal advocates and the GOP.  —  The proposed rule, published nearly four months after EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy announced …
Discussion: Booman Tribune
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ThinkProgress:
EPA Publishes First Rule Limiting Carbon Pollution From New Power Plants
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Federal Register:   Proposed Rule  —  Standards of Performance for Greenhouse Gas Emissions …
John P / Pew Research Center:
Who is this man?  Many Americans don't recognize top news anchor  —  Nightly News is now the nightly White House propaganda , it's talking points , personal attacks and lies.  They don't even give reeivent news.  I stopped watching the communist run media when I got my first computer.
Communications / OpenSecrets.org:
Millionaires' Club: For First Time, Most Lawmakers are Worth $1 Million-Plus  —  For the first time in history, most members of Congress are millionaires, according to a new analysis of personal financial disclosure data by the Center for Responsive Politics.
Matthew Yglesias / Slate:
How Marriage Fights Poverty  —  Marco Rubio delivered a speech on poverty today where he observed:  —  Marriage is great.  And it is true that a household with two adult members in it is much less likely to be poor than a household with one adult member.  But even though conservatives say this a lot …
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Matt Bruenig / American Prospect:
Marriage and Poverty  —  Oddly enough, there is a gang …
Discussion: The Democratic Daily
David Giambusso / New Jersey Online:
Amiri Baraka, former N.J. poet laureate and prolific author, dead at 79  —  Amiri Baraka, the state's former poet laureate and a revered author, poet and activist, has died.  He was 79.  Baraka is shown in this 2009 file photo.  (Star-Ledger file photo)  —  David Giambusso/The Star-Ledger By David Giambusso/The Star-Ledger
Jonathan Martin / New York Times:
Gillespie, Former Republican Chairman, Readies to Run for Senate in Virginia  —  WASHINGTON — Ed Gillespie, a former Republican National Committee chairman, has told senior members of his party that he will challenge Senator Mark R. Warner of Virginia and announce his candidacy as early as next week …
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
Ezra Klein / Wonkblog:
A health industry expert on ‘the fundamental problem with Obamacare’  —  Robert Laszewski is president of Health Policy and Strategy Associates, a policy and marketplace consulting firm where he works closely with many in the heath industry as they try to navigate the Affordable Care Act.
Rush Limbaugh:
RINOs Stampede Away from Christie  —  RUSH: Governor Christie just yesterday, I believe, and frequently many times prior has talked about how he's different because he's shown he can work the other side.  He said (paraphrasing), “It's not that we don't have arguments, we have arguments …
Discussion: Taylor Marsh and Politico
Ben Waldron / ABC News:
Hitler's ‘Mein Kampf’ Surges in E-Book Sales … Adolf Hitler's anti-Semitic political testament “Mein Kampf” is surging up electronic book bestseller lists, even as sales of the printed version have been stagnant for years.  —  As of Wednesday, two electronic versions of “Mein Kampf” …
Discussion: TheBlaze.com, Guardian and Liberaland
Amanda Terkel / The Huffington Post:
Obamacare To Cover Breast Cancer Prevention Drugs  —  WASHINGTON — Certain medications that are intended to prevent breast cancer will be fully covered under Obamacare, in new guidance set to be issued by the Department of Health and Human Services Thursday morning.
Discussion: Daily Kos and ThinkProgress
 
 
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John Schwartz / New York Times:
Polygamy as Lifestyle Choice, and a Reality TV Brand
Discussion: NewsBusters and New York Magazine
G-A-Y / Good As You:
Truly insane NOM post claims the govt. will soon sue anti-gay Americans
Discussion: Firedoglake and ThinkProgress
Adam Gopnik / News Desk:
Cold Days, Hot Planet
Discussion: The Dish
Zachary Fagenson / Reuters:
Most uninsured Americans lack knowledge about Obamacare: survey
Heather Alexander / Houston Chronicle:
Houston firefighter puts out truck blaze with beer
Peter Moskowitz / Al Jazeera America:
Radio Disney's pro-fracking elementary school tour sparks outrage
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Eleanor Barkhorn / The Atlantic Online:
School Wasn't Canceled for Bad Weather in 1882
Discussion: American Spectator
Erik Wemple:
MSNBC's Rachel Maddow hunkers down on Koch Bros. claim