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7:40 AM ET, January 6, 2015

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Robert Pear / New York Times:
Harvard Ideas on Health Care Hit Home, Hard  —  WASHINGTON — For years, Harvard's experts on health economics and policy have advised presidents and Congress on how to provide health benefits to the nation at a reasonable cost.  But those remedies will now be applied to the Harvard faculty, and the professors are in an uproar.
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David Catron / American Spectator:
Obamacare: The Real Pain Starts This Year
Politico:
Speaker Boehner staves off dissenters  —  Right-wing opposition marginalized in upcoming speaker vote  —  Speaker John Boehner hopes Tuesday is the beginning of a new reality on Capitol Hill.  —  For years, Boehner has had to stroke the egos of his House Republican Conference's far-right fringe …
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David Edwards / Raw Story:
Gohmert warns America: 'It's going to devastate this country' if I'm not elected Speaker of the House  —  DON'T MISS STORIES.  FOLLOW RAW STORY!  —  Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-TX) warned on Monday that there could be dire consequences for the entire country if Republicans in Congress …
Discussion: Addicting Info and Mediaite
Zeke J Miller / TIME:
White House Turns the Screw on Steve Scalise  —  The White House is not formally taking a position on the fate of House Majority Whip Steve Scalise, who admitted last month to addressing a white supremacist group twelve years ago while a state legislator, but it's not missing the chance to turn …
Discussion: Washington Post, US News and Daily Kos
Eric Bradner / CNN:
Boehner's challengers: Gohmert, Yoho
Kerry Burke / NY Daily News:
Two NYPD officers shot while investigating suspected robbery in the Bronx — BREAKING  —  Both officers were rushed to St. Barnabas Hospital, where they are expected to recover, after one was shot in the back and the other was shot in the arm about 10:30 p.m. Monday in Fordham Heights.
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New York Post:
Two cops shot by armed robber sparking massive manhunt  —  Police at the scene of the shooting.  —  Two police officers were shot by an armed robber who fled the scene and is at large in the Bronx Monday night, sources said.  —  The officers from the 46th precinct pulled over a car …
New York Times:
Two Plainclothes Officers Are Shot in the Bronx  —  Two plainclothes New York City police officers were shot in the Bronx on Monday night after they tried to stop a car, the police said.  —  One officer was shot in the back, and another officer was shot in the arm, police officials said.
Politico:
Jeb Bush fundraising apparatus ready for takeoff  —  Jeb Bush's fundraising operation is about to get serious.  —  Allies of the former Florida governor are planning to roll out both a leadership PAC and a super PAC in the coming days in an effort to lock up major donors and give pause …
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Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:
Jeb Bush In '94: “Sodomy” Shouldn't Be Given Same Protections As Race, Religion  —  Two decades ago, Jeb Bush wrote there should be no special rights for LGBT people.  “This opinion editorial from 20 years ago does not reflect Gov. Bush's views now, nor would he use this terminology today,” a spokesperson says.
ABC News:
‘Mysterious Beasts’ Spotted by Arizona Highway Cameras  —  A suspicious pack of what appeared to be a group of large animals has sparked a viral debate about a possible sasquatch sighting in Arizona.  —  The Arizona Department of Transportation was behind the latest announcement …
Discussion: KFOR-TV
Helene Cooper / New York Times:
Obama Nears Goal for Guantánamo With Faster Pace of Releases  —  WASHINGTON — In a series of secret nighttime flights in the last two months, the Obama administration made more progress toward the president's goal of emptying the military prison at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, than it had since 2009.
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
NYT's James Risen pushes back in hearing on leaks  —  The Obama administration's plan to defuse a First Amendment showdown with a New York Times reporter over his confidential sources was nearly derailed at a court hearing Monday when the journalist rebuffed a series of questions concerning his reporting.
Discussion: ExposeFacts, US News and NPR
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Matt Apuzzo / New York Times:
Defiant on Witness Stand, Times Reporter Says Little
New York Post:
Son allegedly killed hedge-funder dad after $200 allowance cut  —  Thomas Gilbert Sr.'s body is taken by medical examiners.  —  Police at the scene of the shooting at the Beekman Place apartments on Sunday.  —  Angel Chevrestt Angel Chevrestt Angel Chevrestt  —  Beekman Place is located near the United Nations in Manhattan.
Jonathan Bernstein / Bloomberg View:
Filibusters by Democrats Are Still Filibusters  —  Please, national media: Call it a filibuster.  —  The New York Times has a perfectly fine curtain-raiser on the 114th Congress today, except for the clunker in this part: … “Procedural obstacles”????  What the article is talking about are (likely) Democratic filibusters.
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Justin Sink / The Hill:
White House coy on Keystone veto
David Shepardson / The Detroit News:
Ford plant will be closed during Obama visit  —  Washington — The White House confirmed Monday that President Barack Obama will visit Ford Motor Co.'s Michigan Assembly plant on Wednesday — a factory that is closed this week because of lagging demand for its small gasoline and hybrid cars.
Discussion: TPNN and National Review
New York Times:
For Second Week, Arrests Plunge in New York City  —  For two straight weeks, New York City police officers have sharply cut back on making arrests and issuing summonses throughout the five boroughs, magnifying the growing divide between the city's police force and its mayor, Bill de Blasio.
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Liz Goodwin / Yahoo! News:
Police union pushes for cop killings to be included in federal hate crimes law
Discussion: TPNN and Mediaite
Matt Lewis / The Daily Beast:
Will Chris Christie Regret His Cowboy Hug?  —  Why the New Jersey governor's embrace of Jerry Jones could actually come back to haunt him.  —  Images are important and memes matter—which is why the viral screen capture of New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie hugging Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones is worth noting today.
Jeff Guo / Washington Post:
The protesters who are trying to upend the ‘fantasy world’ of economics  —  At a gathering of America's top economists, a small group of students is battling for the soul of economics.  —  There were leaflets, a manifesto, and this warning: “On campus after campus, we will chase you old goats out of power.
Discussion: Greg Mankiw's Blog and Power Line
Monica Davey / New York Times:
Scott Walker, Starting Second Term as Wisconsin Governor, Resists New Union Battle  —  MADISON, Wis. — Gov. Scott Walker of Wisconsin, who rose to national prominence in the Republican Party by cutting the collective bargaining rights of most public sector unions, strongly indicated …
New York Times:
Bess Myerson, New Yorker of Beauty, Wit, Service and Scandal, Dies at 90  —  Bess Myerson, a New York favorite daughter who basked in the public eye for decades — as Miss America in 1945, as a television personality, as a force in public affairs and finally, under a harsher light …
 
 
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Julian Borger / Guardian:
US and Russia in danger of returning to era of nuclear rivalry
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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”

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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