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5:25 PM ET, January 20, 2014

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Yahoo! News:
Christie speaks, and looks for lessons  —  “I will learn things from this,” Chris Christie told me last Friday, a little more than a week after he gave the News Conference to End All News Conferences, and a few days after the cable channels covered his annual address to the legislature …
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New York Times:
For Christie and MSNBC, a Messy Divorce Plays Out in Public View  —  It was a match made in moderately minded Northeast Corridor heaven.  —  Gov. Chris Christie of New Jersey needed a TV network that would burnish his bipartisan bona fides and showcase his gleefully contrarian style.
Catherine Thompson / Talking Points Memo:
‘Morning Joe’ Hosts Eviscerate Hoboken Mayor For Sandy Claims (VIDEO)  —  “Morning Joe” hosts Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski, self-described fans of New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R), attacked the mayor of Hoboken, N.J. Monday for alleging Christie's administration shook her down for Hurricane Sandy relief funds.
Discussion: Mediaite
TIME:
EXCLUSIVE: Christie Rival Called Him ‘Bully’ in Unaired Ad  —  Ad knocking Christie's temperament was cut before latest scandals, but never ran  —  The political world has suffered whiplash watching Chris Christie go from anointed Republican presidential frontrunner to a man in existential career crisis in just about two months.
Discussion: NewsBusters
Daniel Strauss / Talking Points Memo:   Ex-Gov. Haley Barbour Shrugs Off ‘Lady Mayor’ From New Jersey (VIDEO)
Lucy McCalmont / Politico:
Kim Guadagno: Mayor's claim ‘illogical’
Discussion: The Moderate Voice
msnbc.com:
US attorney inquiry into Christie widens
Aviva Shen / ThinkProgress:
4 Ways Martin Luther King Was More Radical Than You Thought  —  Every January, Martin Luther King, Jr. is universally honored as a national hero who preached a peaceful fight against racial injustice.  This saintly image is quite a departure from the kind of attacks the reverend endured over his lifetime.
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Oregonian:
Multnomah Republicans misfire again with Martin Luther King message: Editorial update  —  Washington, D.C., Mayor Vincent Gray, fourth from right, takes part in an annual wreath laying ceremony at the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial in Washington.  Multnomah County Republicans have fumbled …
Taegan Goddard's Political Wire:
Extra Bonus Quote of the Day
Discussion: Daily Kos
Ed Kilgore / Washington Monthly:   Why King Still Matters
BBC:
10 myths about WW1 debunked  —  Much of what we think we know about the 1914-18 conflict is wrong, writes historian Dan Snow.  —  No war in history attracts more controversy and myth than World War One.  —  For the soldiers who fought it was in some ways better than previous conflicts, and in some ways worse.
Discussion: Samizdata
Rebecca Riffkin / Gallup:
In U.S., 67% Dissatisfied With Income, Wealth Distribution  —  Democrats and independents are more dissatisfied than Republicans  —  WASHINGTON, D.C. — Two out of three Americans are dissatisfied with the way income and wealth are currently distributed in the U.S. This includes three-fourths of Democrats and 54% of Republicans.
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Pew Research Center for the People and the Press:
Obama's NSA Speech Has Little Impact on Skeptical Public  —  Most Say U.S. Should Pursue Criminal Case Against Snowden  —  President Obama's speech on Friday outlining changes to the National Security Agency's collection of telephone and internet data did not register widely with the public.
Discussion: CNN and First Read
ABC News:
Urgent Search for ‘Black Widow’ Suicide Bomber, May Be Already in Sochi … Police in Sochi have launched an urgent search for a possible female suicide bomber who may have already made it past the ring of security set up for the Olympic Games.  —  Hotel employees in Sochi told ABC News …
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Mike Lillis / The Hill:
Cantor in a pickle on voting rights  —  The arrival of a bipartisan bill to modernize the 1965 Voting Rights Act has put Rep. Eric Cantor (R-Va.) in a pickle.  —  The House majority leader has been a rare Republican voice urging assurances that last year's Supreme Court decision …
Richard Sherman / The MMQB with Peter King:
‘To Those Who Would Call Me a Thug or Worse ...’  —  What a night, and what a finish.  —  Near midnight I still had about 70 unread text messages from friends and family, most of which read, “Best interview ever!”  Many of my Twitter mentions were less supportive.  My body ached.
New York Times:
Temporary Nuclear Deal With Iran Takes Effect  —  The first orchestrated rollback in Western antinuclear economic sanctions against Iran took effect on Monday under Tehran's temporary agreement with world powers, as all sides reported that the steps initially promised had been fulfilled.
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Economist:
A big gap to close
Bloomberg:
Stop Obamacare's Outrageous Bailouts  —  President Barack Obama's health-care overhaul looks extremely unlikely to hit the goal set for it in October: enrolling “at least” 7 million people in exchanges by April.  So the administration is redefining success as mere survival for the program.
 
 
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Eun Kyung Kim / TODAY:
Al Roker on going to first lady's 50th: ‘Literally a house party’ at the White House
CNN:
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James Surowiecki / New Yorker:
THE CULT OF OVERWORK  —  For decades, junior bankers …
Discussion: The Plum Line and Paul Krugman
Igor Volsky / ThinkProgress:
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Discussion: Hullabaloo
BBC:
Ukraine leader pledges crisis talks
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Janet Maslin / New York Times:
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Discussion: TVNewser and The Daily Caller
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Train derails on bridge over Schuylkill River in University City
Eric Lipton / New York Times:
A Loophole Allows Lawmakers to Reel In Trips and Donations
 Earlier Items: 
David A. Fahrenthold / Washington Post:
Chris Christie's 1994 ad was too tough (and inaccurate) for Jersey
Discussion: Power Line
Washington Examiner:
Examiner Editorial: Should Americans believe anything Obama says?
Discussion: Betsy's Page
Juan Williams / The Hill:
GOP will rue O-Care focus
Discussion: The Reaction
Justin Sink / The Hill:
Feinstein: Metadata program here to stay
Ryan Grim / The Huffington Post:
Why Liz Cheney Couldn't Sell Neoconservatism To The Tea Party
Discussion: Blue Republican
 

 
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Caitlin Huston / The Hollywood Reporter:
Internal memo: Hearst Magazines president announces layoffs as part of a decision to “reallocate resources” to “continue our focus on digital innovation”

Mark Sweney / The Guardian:
National World, one of the UK's biggest newspaper groups, gets a £56.2M buyout offer from shareholder Media Concierge, a 40% premium to its Nov. 21 stock price

Lachlan Cartwright / The Ankler:
Sources: MSNBC renewed Rachel Maddow's contract early this fall, but with a pay cut; MSNBC bosses' plan to shake up daytime and weekend programming

 
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