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12:55 PM ET, January 13, 2015

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Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
I Refuse to Believe Romney '16 Is Real  —  Join the Romney Campaign Truthers.  —  Shares  —  When the Washington Post reported last Friday that Mitt Romney had assembled donors and told them he wants to be president, I refused to believe it.  Then the Post reported last night that Romney has said he …
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Alex Moe / NBC News:
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Anne Penketh / Guardian:
Charlie Hebdo: first cover since terror attack depicts prophet Muhammad  —  French satirical magazine's surviving columnist says cover is a call to forgive the terrorists who murdered her colleagues last week  —  Warning: this article contains the image of the magazine cover, which some may find offensive.
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Bobby Ghosh / The Atlantic Online:
Who Were the Paris Attackers Working For?  —  A new narrative is emerging about the January 7 attack on the satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo—that it was spurred, at least in part, by a competition between two terrorist groups.  The theory is that al-Qaeda instigated the attack …
Discussion: Slate and The Intercept
Rachel Donadio / New York Times:
Charlie Hebdo's New Issue Has Muhammad on the Cover
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 …
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Anomaly / FreakOutNation:
White People Riot In Columbus After Football Game, Media Calls It A ‘Celebration’  —  Police did not deploy military tanks, or open fire on a bunch of white people began rioting last night after Ohio State's national title win over the Oregon Ducks.  Property was destroyed, fires were started all over town.
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NBC News:
Riot Cops Fire Tear Gas After Buckeyes Win National Title
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.
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Justin Sink / The Hill:
Obama to business: Share data for cyber-protection
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Dana Kennedy / The Daily Beast:
Paris's Muslim Suburbs Blame Jews for Charlie  —  In France, the projects don't look like ghettoes, but they're filled with a poisonous mix of conspiracy theories and a some support for murderous jihadis.  —  SEVRAN, France — As more than 1.5 million people, including 40 world leaders …
Discussion: Hot Air and Israel Matzav
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Washington Post:
Far right in Europe sees opportunity after wave of terror in France
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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Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Gavin Newsom's California power play
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Scott Wong / The Hill:
Scalise voted against apology for slavery  —  Six years before he spoke to a white supremacist group, House Majority Whip Steve Scalise (R-La.) voted as a state lawmaker against a resolution apologizing for slavery, according to a 1996 article from the Times-Picayune.
Bill Clark / Roll Call:
Can Democrats Win the House in 2016?  —  Democrats have a better chance of winning control of the House next year than they did at any time in 2014.  That's true even though they now need to gain 30 seats, almost twice what they needed last year.  —  No, I'm not suggesting Democrats will win the House in 2016.
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Lydia Wheeler / The Hill:   Dems' next big issue
Associated Press:
White House to meet with college athletics officials
Jennifer Bendery / The Huffington Post:
Elizabeth Warren, Progressives Sink Obama Treasury Nominee Antonio Weiss  —  WASHINGTON — Wall Street banker Antonio Weiss has asked President Barack Obama not to renominate him to a top Treasury Department post because of the fight being waged against him by Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and other Democrats.
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Ben White / Politico:
Elizabeth Warren wins on Antonio Weiss nomination
Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
Republicans' inconsistent attacks on Obama's Paris response  —  There is a certain je ne sais quoi in conservatives' criticism of the Obama administration over last week's terrorist attack in France.  —  A decade ago, Republicans in Congress were renaming French fries “freedom fries” …
Megan McArdle / Bloomberg View:
Obama's College Plan Bows to Elites  —  President Obama has announced a plan to make community college “as free and universal as high school.”  A lot could be said about this plan, and most of it already has been—see Tyler Cowen for a comprehensive roundup with a bottom line I endorse …
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Richard D. Kahlenberg / The Atlantic Online:
The Genius of Obama's Two-Year College Proposal
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Laura Barron-Lopez / The Hill:
Democrats plan tough votes for GOP on Keystone pipeline bill  —  Democrats are poised to make Republicans cast a series of tough votes on legislation approving the Keystone XL oil pipeline, which the GOP hopes to send to President Obama's desk soon.  —  Obama has vowed to veto the bill …
Discussion: Politico and Daily Kos
New York Times:
God, Gays and the Atlanta Fire Department  —  Until last week, Kelvin Cochran was the chief of the Atlanta fire department, where he oversaw a work force of more than 1,000 firefighters and staff.  —  Mr. Cochran, a veteran firefighter, is also a deeply religious man, and he was eager …
Daily Mail:
Moroccan-born mayor of Rotterdam tells fellow Muslims who do not appreciate the ‘freedoms’ of living in the West to ‘pack your bags and f*** off’ on live TV  —  The Moroccan-born mayor of Rotterdam has said Muslim immigrants who do not appreciate the way of life in Western civilisations can ‘f*** off’.
Discussion: FOX News Radio
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.
William F. Buckley Jr / National Review:
Our Mission Statement  —  There is, we like to think, solid reason for rejoicing.  Prodigious efforts, by many people, are responsible for NATIONAL REVIEW.  But since it will be the policy of this magazine to reject the hypodermic approach to world affairs, we may as well start out at once, and admit that the joy is not unconfined.
ABC News:
France Finds Potential Terror Accomplice in Handcuffs in Bulgaria  —  A French national arrested in Bulgaria while trying to slip into Turkey is linked to the massacre of 12 people at the Charlie Hebdo offices in Paris, and is expected to be extradited back to France, according to a local prosecutor.
 
 
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Judge rules S.D. same-sex marriage ban unconstitutional
Ian Black / Guardian:
Global outrage at Saudi Arabia as jailed blogger receives public flogging
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FBI investigating Central Command Twitter hack
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Texas Rep. Randy Weber compares Obama to Hitler
 

 
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