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8:10 AM ET, January 13, 2015

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Alex Moe / NBC News:
Paul Ryan Won't Run for President in 2016  —  In an interview with NBC News, the former VP nominee says he can make a “huge difference” as House Ways and Means Committee chairman instead.
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Washington Post:
Romney moves to reassemble campaign team for ‘almost certain’ 2016 bid  —  Mitt Romney is moving quickly to reassemble his national political network, calling former aides, donors and other supporters over the weekend and on Monday in a concerted push to signal his seriousness about possibly launching a 2016 presidential campaign.
Politico:
The selling of Mitt 3.0  —  Romney is promising he'll be ‘different’ this time.  —  Getty  —  Shortly after Election Day in 2012, a Mitt Romney supporter moaned to POLITICO about the failed GOP nominee's performance: “We had no message, and we gave it to the worst communicator in the world.”
Discussion: Hot Air
Seema Mehta / Los Angeles Times:
Atty. Gen. Harris to announce U.S. Senate bid on Tuesday  —  California Atty. Gen. Kamala Harris will announce Tuesday that she is running for the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by Barbara Boxer, according to a Harris advisor.  —  “She's not testing the waters.  She's charting the course.
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Bill / The Hill:
Bill Press: New Gold Rush  —  Barbara Boxer's announcement that she will not seek reelection to the Senate has set off a frenzy in California not seen since the Gold Rush.  Anybody could win.  All you need is a pick, an ax and the ability to raise or cough up a minimum $40 million.  —  Wanna play?
Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Gavin Newsom's California power play  —  How one rising star forced another's hand in the high-stakes chess match for the state's top offices.  —  SAN FRANCISCO — By Sunday evening, California Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom had made up his mind: He wanted to be governor, not senator.
Ruby Cramer / BuzzFeed:
Kamala Harris To Run For Senate
Discussion: Salon and The Huffington Post
Justin Sink / The Hill:
White House: 'It's fair to say' we were wrong on Paris unity rally  —  The White House said Monday that it made a mistake in not sending President Obama or a top administration official to the weekend unity march in Paris, a rare concession that it had botched the optics of an important international event.
Discussion: PoliticusUSA
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Mary Bruce / ABC News:
Paris Terror Attack: White House Defends President Obama's No-Show at Rally
Brian Stelter / CNNMoney.com:
The return of Charlie Hebdo: Magazine gets ready to publish again  —  If the Charlie Hebdo attackers thought they could eliminate the magazine, they're about to be proven wrong a million times over.  —  Editors of the Paris-based satirical magazine released the cover of their next issue on Monday night …
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Carlos Lozada / Washington Post:
The time Obama walked in on a staffer who had a friend in bed  —  Reggie Love knows how to put the body in “bodyman.”  —  In a memoir due out in early February, Love recounts his years working for Barack Obama - in the Senate, on the 2008 campaign and in the White House.
David Weigel / Bloomberg Politics:
Not a Single Person Has Donated to Dick Morris's Anti-Hillary Super PAC  —  Sixteen months ago, to some fanfare, Dick Morris re-entered the anti-Clinton fray with a new PAC.  He launched Dick Morris's Just Say No to Hillary PAC, registering it from Tampa.  From time to time …
Ben White / Politico:
Elizabeth Warren wins on Antonio Weiss nomination  —  Antonio Weiss pulls out of Treasury slot; will instead serve as counselor.  —  NEW YORK — Antonio Weiss, the Wall Street banker who President Barack Obama had picked to be the third-ranking official at the Treasury Department …
John Bresnahan / Politico:
Texas Rep. Randy Weber compares Obama to Hitler  —  Texas Rep. Randy Weber, an outspoken conservative hardliner, compared President Barack Obama unfavorably to German dictator Adolf Hitler in a tweet posted Monday night.  —  Weber bashed Obama for failing to travel to Paris on Sunday …
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Sen. Ted Cruz / TIME:
‘Our President Should Have Been There’  —  Cruz is the junior U.S. Senator for Texas.
Matt Apuzzo / New York Times:
James Risen, New York Times Reporter, Will Not Be Called to Testify in Leak Case  —  WASHINGTON — James Risen, a New York Times reporter, will not be called to testify at a leak trial, lawyers said Monday, ending a seven-year legal fight over whether he could be forced to identify his confidential sources.
Coralie Febvre / Agence France-Presse:
25,000 attend German anti-Islam march, but counter-protests bigger  —  Dresden (Germany) (AFP) - A record 25,000 people joined an anti-Islamic march in Germany on Monday, claiming their stance was vindicated by last week's Paris jihadist attacks.  —  However, the impressive turnout was dwarfed …
Discussion: Vox Popoli
Randy.Today:
A Peaceful Disclosure - I Am Gay  —  I have read many stories of people who have “come out again” or accepted they are gay after some time in the ex-gay world.  Many of their stories are compelling and well-written.  But, sometimes I wish they would get to the point right off the bat.
Discussion: PinkNews, TWO Care, Advocate and Good As You
Radley Balko / Washington Post:
What Dallas's historically low murder rate can teach us about policing  —  Here at The Watch, we've praised Dallas Police Chief David Brown and his staff for the department's community-oriented approach to policing, openness and transparency about excessive force, its rejection of law enforcement …
Everett Rosenfeld / CNBC:
FBI investigating Central Command Twitter hack  —  Centcom Twitter, YouTube accounts hacked  —  CNBC's Eamon Javers reports on the hack on the Centcom Twitter account.  —  The Twitter account for U.S. Central Command was hacked on Monday, with pro-ISIS messages plastering the account's profile.
Discussion: Real Clear Politics and US News
The Columbus Dispatch:
Tear gas disperses revelers around campus after Ohio State win  —  Authorities used tear gas early today to disperse thousands of Buckeye fans on N. High Street along campus celebrating Ohio State's win over Oregon.  —  Three canisters were used in front of the Ohio Union around 1:15 …
Discussion: Raw Story
 
 
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BBC:
David Cameron says new online data laws needed
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Richard D. Kahlenberg / The Atlantic Online:
The Genius of Obama's Two-Year College Proposal
Adam Kredo / Washington Free Beacon:
Muslim Leaders to Hold ‘Stand with the Prophet’ Rally in Texas
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
Wolfgang Münchau / Financial Times:
Eurozone must act before deflation grips
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Dylan Scott / Talking Points Memo:
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Evan McMorris-Santoro / BuzzFeed:
Federal Government Launches Social Media Audit After CENTCOM Hack
Discussion: The Hill
Eliana Johnson / National Review:
Santorum, the Blue-Collar Brawler
Discussion: Bloomberg Politics and Politico
Nate Cohn / New York Times:
Political Calculus: Scott Walker Shows Promise Heading Into 2016
Discussion: Betsy's Page and Washington Post
Matthew Yglesias / Vox:
I read the French far-right party's platform, and it gets one big thing absolutely right
Discussion: National Review and New York Times