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Jim Treacher / The Daily Caller:
New York Times Reports On Muslim Proselytizing During Charlie Hebdo Attack, Then Deletes It  —  When Islamic terrorists expressly tell their victims why they're being attacked, our mainstream media will do anything to cover it up.  They'll change the subject, they'll blame the victims... they'll even stealth-edit their own copy.
Discussion: Mediaite and Weasel Zippers
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Guardian:
Charlie Hebdo staff vow to publish next week with 1m print run  —  Writer for satirical magazine says ‘stupidity will not win’ as Google pledges to donate €250,000 to support the publication  —  Surviving staff members of Charlie Hebdo have vowed to publish the satirical weekly next Wednesday …
Ishaan Tharoor / Washington Post:
After Charlie Hebdo attack, U.S. Catholic group says cartoonists ‘provoked’ slaughter  —  In the aftermath of the deadly assault on the offices of Charlie Hebdo, a French satirical newspaper, much of the world has rallied in solidarity with the publication, its irreverent cartoonists and their right to free speech.
Shanifa Nasser / National Post:
In wake of Charlie Hebdo attacks, secularist groups to seek end of Canada's blasphemy law
Liz Alderman / New York Times:
Survivors Retrace a Scene of Horror at Charlie Hebdo
Discussion: NBC News and NPR, more at Mediagazer »
Rowan Scarborough / Washington Times:
Muslims segregated from French society in growing Islamist mini-states
Discussion: Israel Matzav
Daily Mail:
Attack came less than 24 hours after 12 people were shot dead at the offices of satirical …
Discussion: Vox Popoli and Hinterland Gazette
CNNMoney.com:
The Charlie Hebdo Mohammed cartoons: Media outlets shy away or take a stand
Nicholas Kristof / New York Times:
Is Islam to Blame for the Shooting at Charlie Hebdo in Paris?
Philly.com:
Grand jury recommends criminal charges against Attorney General Kathleen Kane  —  The special prosecutor and grand jury investigating allegations that Attorney General Kathleen G. Kane leaked secret information to a newspaper have found evidence of wrongdoing and recommended that she be criminally charged …
David Hudson / White House.gov Blog:
The President Proposes to Make Community College Free for Responsible Students for 2 Years  —  Post by The White House.  —  Today, the President unveiled a new proposal: Make two years of community college free for responsible students across America.  —  In our growing global economy …
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Allie Grasgreen / Politico:
Obama to propose two free years of community college for students  —  President Barack Obama on Friday will propose making two years of community college free for students.  —  In a White House video posted Thursday evening, Obama said he wanted to offer “a little preview” of his plans for the Jan. 20 State of the Union address.
Discussion: Weasel Zippers
Los Angeles Times:
Analysis Sen. Barbara Boxer's impending retirement to set off a scramble  —  Sen. Barbara Boxer's announcement Thursday that she will not seek reelection put an end to years of frustration on the part of a younger generation of California politicians who can now start elbowing their way upward …
Discussion: Political Wire and Fusion
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Derek Willis / New York Times:
Barbara Boxer and the Rise of Democratic Partisan Discipline
Discussion: National Review
Daniel Strauss / Talking Points Memo:
Dems' Big Conundrum In GOP Senate: How To Deploy The Filibuster?  —  When Senate Minority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL) took to his chamber's floor on Wednesday he warned that the now minority Senate Democrats “had no intention of just rolling over” but added that the “gratuitous obstruction …
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Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
Mitch McConnell is off to a bitter start
Roberto A. Ferdman / Washington Post:
Most of America's rich think the poor have it easy  —  There is little empathy at the top.  —  Most of America's richest think poor people have it easy in this country, according to a new report released by the Pew Research Center.  The center surveyed a nationally representative group …
Discussion: Eschaton and Booman Tribune
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Numbers / Pew Research Center for the People …:
The Politics of Financial Insecurity
Adam J. White / Weekly Standard:
Roberts's Frost  —  A few hours before the ball dropped in Times Square, the Supreme Court released Chief Justice Roberts's year-end report on the federal judiciary.  —  The report is a gem, as are so many of the chief's writings, and its discussion of the court's conservative approach …
Discussion: Slate
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Cory Shaffer / Plain Dealer:
Extended Tamir Rice shooting video shows officers restrained sister  —  CLEVELAND, Ohio - Cleveland police officers forced Tamir Rice's 14-year-old sister to the ground, handcuffed her and placed in the back of a Cleveland police car steps away from her wounded 12-year-old brother.
Peter Beinart / The Atlantic Online:
Do Americans Have a ‘Right to Rise’?  —  If Jeb Bush is trying to show Republicans that he's conservative enough to be their nominee, he has a strange way of showing it.  Consider the manifesto of his newly created political action committee, The Right to Rise.
Larry J. Sabato / Sabato's Crystal Ball:
The New World Order  —  The Republican White House field is scrambled earlier than expected  —  Well, that didn't last long!  By that, we mean our pre-Christmas ordering of the GOP presidential field.  We shouldn't be surprised.  Politics never takes a long holiday break anymore.
Discussion: Liberal Values
Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:
Ben Carson Apologizes For Plagiarism In Book  —  The book's publisher says it will update future printings.  “I apologize, and I am working with my editors to rectify the situation,” Carson tells BuzzFeed News.  —  Ben Carson Facebook  —  Dr. Ben Carson apologized Thursday for instances …
Jonathan Topaz / Politico:
Axelrod: Clinton 'wasn't a very good candidate' in 2007  —  David Axelrod on Thursday jabbed at Hillary Clinton, saying that she wasn't a very strong candidate during the first part of her campaign for the 2008 presidential nomination.  —  The chief strategist for Barack Obama's …
Discussion: Political Wire
Justin Sink / The Hill:
Manchin: Keystone veto threat ‘not the way a democracy works’  —  Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) said Thursday he was disappointed that the White House threatened to veto his legislation approving the Keystone XL pipeline, arguing the president's move was “not the way a democracy works.”
Adrienne Lafrance / The Atlantic Online:
The King, the Conspiracies, and the American Dream  —  Elvis Presley would have turned 80 today.  Letting go of him meant reckoning with part of a nation's identity.  —  “I have seen Elvis in the supermarket,” the letter said.  —  It was sent from Bay City, Michigan, to the columnist Ann Landers, who published it in 1988.
Discussion: The Dish
RAND:
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Amanda Kowalski / Brookings Institute:
The Early Impact of the Affordable Care Act  —  ABSTRACT  —  I examine the impact of state policy decisions on the early impact of the ACA using data through the first half of 2014.  I focus on the individual health insurance market, which includes plans purchased through exchanges as well as plans purchased directly from insurers.
Politico:
The GOP's Staten Island headache  —  National Republicans fear revival of Garner tensions.  —  National Republicans fear they've got a problem on their hands in an upcoming New York City special congressional election, as the party is poised to nominate a figure who could thrust the contest …
J.K. Trotter / Gawker:
The Bill de Blasio Marijuana Rumors are Coming from Cops  —  For the bulk of his tenure, New York City mayor Bill de Blasio has been dogged by rumors that he and his wife consume marijuana with some frequency.  Yesterday, at a press conference in Brooklyn, he told a Daily Caller reporter that …
 
 
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Roxana Hegemanthe / Associated Press:
Grand jury investigates loans to Gov. Sam Brownback's re-election campaign
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Terror suspects in Charlie Hebdo massacre were on U.S. ‘no fly’ list
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