memeorandum: French police close in on Paris attack suspects (Washington Post)

9:35 AM ET, January 9, 2015

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CNN:

Charlie Hebdo attack: Suspected extremist gunmen surrounded? — French police surround terror suspects near airport 02:38 — Story highlights — Dammartin-en-Goele, France (CNN)[Breaking news update, posted at 6:08 a.m. ET] — The two suspects in the Charlie Hebdo attack spoke …

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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: The Glittering Eye, Althouse, CANNONFIRE, Mediaite, Weasel Zippers and Patterico's Pontifications

Washington Post:

French police close in on Paris attack suspects — A security official in France says two suspects in the attack on Charlie Hebdo have stolen a car and are on the move. Security forces swarmed the town of Dammartin-en-Goele Friday with helicopters hovering above a building in the town. (AP)

Discussion: The Moderate Voice and Scared Monkeys

Alexandra Topping / Guardian:

Charlie Hebdo attack: new hostage situation at Paris shop - live updates — Second hostage situation as police evacuate area around Paris kosher shop — Suspected Charlie Hebdo gunmen holed up in town north-east of capital — Police linking killing of policewoman on Thursday to Charlie Hebdo attack

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Fox News:
Pen vs. sword: Cartoonists unite against Islamist terror

Discussion: Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion

New York Times:
Al Qaeda Trained Suspect in Paris Terror Attack, Official Says

Discussion: New York Magazine, Mashable and Bloomberg

Margaret Sullivan / New York Times:
A Close Call on Publication of Charlie Hebdo Cartoons

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Dylan Byers / Politico:
Dean Baquet addresses NYT's republication of anti-Semitic cartoons

Discussion: Algemeiner.com, The Federalist, Gawker and Mediaite

Bill / Catholic League:
CHARLIE HEBDO PERVERTS FREEDOM

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Liz Alderman / New York Times:
Survivors Retrace a Scene of Horror at Charlie Hebdo

Discussion: Israel Matzav, NBC News and Ace of Spades HQ

Erin Polgreen / Talking Points Memo:
Hey, Media: Instead Of Lionizing Charlie Hebdo, Support The Artists You're Exploiting

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Rowan Scarborough / Washington Times:
Muslims segregated from French society in growing Islamist mini-states

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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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Nick Anderson / Washington Post:

Obama to unveil proposal for tuition-free community college — President Obama on Friday will propose making community college tuition-free for “responsible students,” launching what officials described as an ambitious plan for the federal and state governments to widen access to higher education.

Discussion: Hot Air and Prairie Weather

Fawn Johnson / National Journal:

Obama Wants Free Community College. Where's the Money? — White House offers plan to benefit 9 million students, but no roadmap to fund it. — President Obama wants to provide free tuition at community colleges, a plan that could benefit as many as 9 million students …

Gregory Korte / Associated Press:
Obama to propose free community college

Discussion: Real Clear Politics and Addicting Info

Allie Grasgreen / Politico:
Obama to propose two free years of community college for students

Discussion: TICAS and Weasel Zippers

Andrew Restuccia / Politico:

Source: Tom Steyer considering run for Barbara Boxer's seat — Billionaire environmentalist Tom Steyer is mulling a run for Barbara Boxer's Senate seat, according to a person close to the former hedge fund trader. — “My sense is that he will take a look at it and consider it over the next few days or so,” the person said.

Discussion: Washington Post and Political Wire

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: Guardian, Fusion and Washington Post

Eliana Johnson / National Review:

Establishment vs. Establishment — It may not be only the right flank of the Republican party that's crowded in 2016. Mitt Romney is more open to a third presidential bid than ever before, according to friends and top donors of the former Massachusetts governor, which means there might …

Larry J. Sabato / Sabato's Crystal Ball:
The New World Order — The Republican White House field …

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Peter Beinart / The Atlantic Online:
Do Americans Have a ‘Right to Rise’?

Discussion: No More Mister Nice Blog and Washington Monthly

Lydia Saad / Gallup:

U.S. Liberals at Record 24%, but Still Trail Conservatives — Story Highlights — PRINCETON, N.J. — Conservatives continued to outnumber moderates and liberals in the U.S. population in 2014, as they have since 2009. However, their 14-percentage-point edge over liberals last year …

Discussion: Bloomberg Politics and Wall Street Journal

Philly.com:

Grand jury recommends criminal charges against Kane — The special prosecutor and grand jury investigating allegations that Pennsylvania Attorney General Kathleen G. Kane leaked secret information to a newspaper have found evidence of wrongdoing and recommended that she be criminally charged …

Discussion: Talking Points Memo, RedState, susiemadrak.com, The PJ Tatler and Clayton Cramer

Numbers / Pew Research Center for the People …:

The Politics of Financial Insecurity — A Democratic Tilt, Undercut by Low Participation — When it comes to choosing a party's candidate in the voting booth, one pattern in modern American politics is so familiar it has become a truism: the rich vote Republican, the poor vote Democratic.

Discussion: Political Wire, Washington Post, Democratic Strategist and Bloomberg Politics

Roberto A. Ferdman / Washington Post:
Most of America's rich think the poor have it easy

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Lucia Mutikani / Reuters:

Sturdy U.S. employment gains eyed; jobless rate seen at 5.7 percent — (Reuters) - U.S. job growth likely remained brisk in December, setting the economy up for a stronger pace of expansion this year, even as the global economy shows signs of buckling. — Employers probably added 240,000 jobs …

Discussion: ThinkProgress

David D. Kirkpatrick / New York Times:

Raising Questions Within Islam After France Shooting — CAIRO — Islamist extremists behead Western journalists in Syria, massacre thousands of Iraqis, murder 132 Pakistani schoolchildren, kill a Canadian soldier and take hostage cafe patrons in Australia. Now, two gunmen have massacred …

Discussion: JustOneMinute

Karoli / Latest from Crooks and Liars:

Three Georgia Men Charged With Domestic Terrorism — Will Lindsey Graham have anything to say about this? — 2015 is beginning with a bang, as the indictments roll in and more home-grown terrorist plots are revealed. — Here's one from Rome, Georgia, a picturesque Southern town that might be an idyllic vacation spot.

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