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8:20 AM ET, January 8, 2015

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Paris Attack Suspect Dead, Two in Custody, U.S. Officials Say  —  One of the suspects in the Paris attack on Charlie Hebdo magazine has been killed and the two others are in custody, two senior U.S. counterterrorism officials told NBC News on Wednesday.  —  Authorities earlier had identified …
Juan Cole / Informed Comment:
Sharpening Contradictions: Why al-Qaeda attacked Satirists in Paris  —  The horrific murder of the editor, cartoonists and other staff of the irreverent satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo, along with two policemen, by terrorists in Paris was in my view a strategic strike, aiming at polarizing the French and European public.
Ezra Klein / Vox:
Don't let murderers pretend their crimes are about cartoons  —  Yes, Charlie Hebdo was a magazine that delighted in controversy and provocation.  Yes, it skewered religion and took joy in giving offense.  Yes, the magazine knowingly antagonized extremists — Charlie Hebdo's web site …
Jeffrey Goldberg / The Atlantic Online:
Europe Is Under Siege  —  The European Parliament complex in Brussels, where I happen to be sitting at the moment, is meant to be a monument to post-World War II continental ideals of peaceable integration, tolerance, free speech, and openness.  All of these notions seem to be under attack at once …
Discussion: Ricochet
George Packer / New Yorker:
The Blame for the Charlie Hebdo Murders  —  The murders today in Paris are not a result of France's failure to assimilate two generations of Muslim immigrants from its former colonies.  They're not about French military action against the Islamic State in the Middle East, or the American invasion of Iraq before that.
New York Times:
‘Dangerous Moment’ for Europe, as Fear and Resentment Grow  —  LONDON — The sophisticated, military-style strike Wednesday on a French newspaper known for satirizing Islam staggered a continent already seething with anti-immigrant sentiments in some quarters, feeding far-right nationalist parties like France's National Front.
Ryan Broderick / BuzzFeed:
23 Heartbreaking Cartoons From Artists Responding To The Charlie Hebdo Shooting  —  Cartoonists from all over the world mourn in the wake of a Paris shooting that killed as many as 12 people, many of whom are members of Charlie Hebdo.  —  1. David Pope … 2. Ruben L. Oppenheimer
Ross Douthat / New York Times:
The Blasphemy We Need  —  In the wake of the vicious murders at the offices of the satirical French newspaper Charlie Hebdo today, let me offer three tentative premises about blasphemy in a free society.  —  1) The right to blaspheme (and otherwise give offense) is essential to the liberal order.
Hadas Gold / Politico:
Internal CNN memo: ‘We are not at this time showing the Charlie Hebdo cartoons’  —  CNN is not showing detailed images of cartoons from the Charlie Hebdo magazine that could be viewed as offensive to Muslims, CNN senior editorial director Richard Griffiths said in a message sent to CNN staff Wednesday afternoon.
Nicholas Kristof / New York Times:
Is Islam to Blame for the Shooting at Charlie Hebdo in Paris?
Discussion: Guardian, Newseum and National Review
Rosie Gray / BuzzFeed:
Many Outlets Are Censoring Charlie Hebdo's Satirical Cartoons After Attack
Barney Henderson / Telegraph:
Paris Charlie Hebdo attack: live
Anne Penketh / Guardian:
Fight intimidation with controversy: Charlie Hebdo's response to critics
Daniel Strauss / Talking Points Memo:
Dems Respond To McConnell Taking Credit For Economic Growth: ‘Hahahahahahahahahahaha’  —  The way Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) sees it, recent good news on the American economy is directly linked to the fact that there's a new Republican majority in Congress.
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New York Times:
On Day 2, Senate Democrats Vow Aggressive Battle Against Republican Agenda
Scott Wong / The Hill:
Boehner defends retribution  —  A day after winning his third term as Speaker, John Boehner (R-Ohio) said his conference had begun a “family conversation” about how to respond to the 25 conservatives who revolted and voted against him on the floor.  —  Boehner confirmed that the Rules …
Discussion: Hot Air and Politico
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Bernie Becker / The Hill:
Support builds for medical device tax repeal  —  A bipartisan group of lawmakers predicted Wednesday that the House could repeal ObamaCare's tax on medical device sales by the end of March.  —  Republicans have pushed to roll back the tax for years, and have insisted for months …
Linda Greenhouse / New York Times:
It's All Right with Sam  —  Samuel A. Alito Jr. may be the least recognizable of Supreme Court justices.  I doubt if one American in a thousand could pick him out of a lineup.  Those who do know the name, if not the face, of the 64-year-old justice most likely lump him with the other conservatives …
Discussion: SCOTUSblog and Election Law Blog
Gallup:
Story Highlights  —  PRINCETON, N.J. — An average 43% of Americans identified politically as independents in 2014, establishing a new high in Gallup telephone poll trends back to 1988.  In terms of national identification with the two major parties, Democrats continued to hold a modest edge over Republicans, 30% to 26%.
Discussion: Washington Post
Michael O'Connell / Hollywood Reporter:
Neil deGrasse Tyson Gets a Late-Night Nat Geo Talk Show  —  Neil deGrasse Tyson is getting his own show.  —  The astrophysicist and TV personality, who fronted Cosmos in 2014, has nabbed a late-night series on National Geographic Channel called Star Talk.  —  “Cosmos allowed us to share …
Seung Min Kim / Politico:
Grassley sets timetable for Loretta Lynch hearings  —  Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley plans to hold confirmation hearings for attorney general nominee Loretta Lynch in the last week of January or the beginning of February, an aide said Wednesday.
Discussion: National Review
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Reuters:
U.S. denies Cuba resisting release of several prisoners on list
Discussion: Hot Air and The PJ Tatler
 
 
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Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica:
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