memeorandum: W.Va. state school board moves back toward original climate change standards (Ryan Quinn/Charleston Gazette)

12:10 AM ET, January 15, 2015

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Glenn Greenwald / The Intercept:

France Arrests a Comedian For His Facebook Comments, Showing the Sham of the West's “Free Speech” Celebration — Forty-eight hours after hosting a massive march under the banner of free expression, France opened a criminal investigation of a controversial French comedian for a Facebook post …

Daniel Halper / Weekly Standard:

Ron Paul Institute: Charlie Hebdo Massacre, Like 9/11, Was a False Flag Operation — An institue named for the father of possible presidential candidate Rand Paul has published a piece saying the Charlie Hebdo massacre, like 9/11, was a false flag operation.

Discussion: The PJ Tatler

Sarah Begley / TIME:
Where to Buy the New Charlie Hebdo

Discussion: The Daily Beast, New York Post, Gothamist, US News, Pamela Geller, Atlas Shrugs, Guardian and New York Magazine, more at Mediagazer »

Margaret Sullivan / New York Times:
With New Charlie Hebdo Cover, News Value Should Have Prevailed

Matt ViserGLOBE / BostonGlobe.com:

Romney crafting a rationale for 2016 run — Focus on poor, foreign policy

Discussion: The American Conservative, Hot Air, The Daily Beast, The Hill, Politico, The Dish, NPR, Washington Monthly, Mediaite, Washington Post, Political Insider blog, Vox, The Daily Caller, Shakesville, Chicago, NBC News, Tampa Bay Times and Slate

Katie Glueck / Politico:
Mitt Romney backlash intensifies

Discussion: New York Times, Bloomberg View, The PJ Tatler and Wall Street Journal

Brendan James / Talking Points Memo:
Romney Advisor: 'There Wouldn't Be An ISIS At All' If Mitt Was Prez

Discussion: FreakOutNation, FOX News Radio and Washington Post

James Carville / The Hill: Obama's 2015 — As on most NFL Sundays in south Louisiana …

WRAL-TV:

Muslim call to prayer to sound at Duke University — DURHAM, N.C. — A weekly call to prayer for Muslims will be heard at Duke University starting Friday, school officials said. — Members of the Duke Muslim Students Association will chant the call, known as adhan or azan …

Discussion: Truth Revolt, BREITBART.COM, BizPac Review and Vlad Tepes

Duke Today:

Muslim Students at Duke to Begin Weekly Call-to-Prayer — Members of the Duke Muslim Students Association will chant a weekly call-to-prayer from the Duke Chapel bell tower — DURHAM, NC - Members of the Duke Muslim Students Association will chant a weekly call-to-prayer from the Duke Chapel bell tower beginning Friday, Jan. 16.

Discussion: The Daily Caller

Cavan Sieczkowski / The Huffington Post:
Duke Chapel To Allow Muslim Call To Prayer

Discussion: RedState and The PJ Tatler

ABC News:

Ohio Man Arrested for Alleged ISIS-Inspired Plot on US Capitol, FBI Says … The FBI has arrested an Ohio man for allegedly plotting an ISIS-inspired attack on the U.S. Capitol, where he hoped to set off a series of bombs aimed at lawmakers, whom he allegedly considered enemies.

Discussion: New York Magazine, Truth Revolt, CBS New York, Mediaite, The Gateway Pundit, The PJ Tatler, Talking Points Memo, Politico, WHIO, Daily Signal and FOX News Radio

Catherine Thompson / Talking Points Memo:

Jimmy Carter Defends Obama Letting Daughters Listen To Beyoncé — Former President Jimmy Carter defended Barack Obama's parenting skills Wednesday, after former Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee expressed dismay that the President would let his teenage daughters listen to singer Beyoncé.

Discussion: Rolling Stone, Los Angeles Times, New Urban Legends, Raw Story, American Spectator, Hot Air and Mediaite

TMZ.com:
Jimmy Carter — Huckabee's Wrong on Everything ... Not Just Obamas' Parenting Skills

Discussion: Mediaite, Truth Revolt, Adweek, Liberal Values and The Huffington Post

Carol D. Leonnig / Washington Post:

4 top Secret Service executives told to leave their posts in agency shake-up — Members of the Secret Service follow President Obama as he arrives at Northwestern University on Oct. 2, 2014, in Evanston, Ill. (Brendan Smialowski/AFP/Getty Images) — The Secret Service has decided …

Discussion: Politico, Talking Points Memo, Daily Mail, The Daily Caller and NPR

Mike Clary / Sun-Sentinel:

Arrested teen hailed as hero after helping cop who collapsed … Get unlimited digital access. 99¢ for 4 weeks.

Discussion: CNN, Talking Points Memo and WGN-TV

Ali Akbar Dareini / Associated Press:

REPORT: DETAINED WASHINGTON POST JOURNALIST INDICTED IN IRAN — TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — A Washington Post journalist detained in Iran for months has been indicted and will stand trial, Iran's state news agency reported Wednesday, without elaborating on what charges he faced.

Discussion: Politico, Israel Matzav, Mediaite and ABC News, more at Mediagazer »

Reuters:
Kerry and Zarif unexpectedly resume nuclear talks in Geneva

Discussion: Twitchy and American Spectator

Ezra Klein / Vox:

Paul Ryan isn't running for president. He's after something even bigger. — Most politicians who can gin up presidential speculation do (see Gingrich, Newt). It means more reporters covering their speeches, more money for their PAC, more invitations to the Sunday shows.

Discussion: Slate and relinquishment

Fox News:

House votes to overturn Obama immigration actions, bill heads to Senate — House Republicans voted Wednesday to overturn President Obama's immigration actions from last November — and to unravel a directive from 2012 affecting immigrants who came to the U.S. illegally as children …

Discussion: BuzzFeed, Gawker, PoliticusUSA, Washington Post, Reuters and Washington Free Beacon

The Hill:
House passes bill to defund Obama's immigration orders

Discussion: Hot Air, Associated Press, American Spectator, Talking Points Memo, Daily Kos, ThinkProgress and Politico

Jerusalem Post:

A sausage saga: UK publisher bans pork references in children's books — In an attempt to make educational books more friendly to practicing Jews and Muslims, Oxford University Press publishers are banning any mention of pigs, bacon, or sausage in their youth books.

Discussion: RedState and The Gateway Pundit

Ewan Palmer / International Business Times:
Oxford University Press bans mention of pork and pigs in books to ‘avoid offending Muslims or Jews’

Discussion: National Review, Friendly Atheist and The Daily Caller

John Branch / New York Times:

El Capitan's Dawn Wall Climbers Reach Top at Yosemite — YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK, Calif. — On the 19th day, Tommy Caldwell and Kevin Jorgeson, both now bearded, reached the summit of El Capitan's Dawn Wall on Wednesday, completing a quest that included years of planning and that many considered …

Discussion: KTLA

Anniepotasznik / CBS Dallas:

Gun Owners Participate In Simulation Of Paris Massacre — PLANO (CBSDFW.COM) - A group called The Truth About Guns organized a simulation of last week's terrorist attack in Paris. They hoped to learn how things may have played out differently at Charlie Hebdo, or any other mass shooting.

Discussion: Addicting Info, Truth Revolt, Raw Story, Bloomberg Politics and Hullabaloo

Julian Hattem / The Hill:

Obama's calls for government-run Internet service stoke GOP ire — President Obama's call for more cities and towns to create their own broadband Internet services to compete with private companies like Comcast is meeting stiff opposition from many Republicans.

Discussion: Politico

Ryan Quinn / Charleston Gazette:

W.Va. state school board moves back toward original climate change standards — Gazette — Jim Probst, state coordinator for the Citizens Climate Lobby, speaks to the West Virginia Board of Education on Wednesday. — After widespread criticism from teachers, professors and others …

Discussion: National Journal, Balloon Juice, ThinkProgress, Talking Points Memo, The Equation and New York Times

Reuters:

Exclusive: Samsung makes takeover approach to BlackBerry - sources — (Reuters) - Smartphone company Samsung has recently approached BlackBerry Ltd to buy the company for as much as $7.5 billion, looking to gain access to its patent portfolio, according to a person familiar with the matter and documents seen by Reuters.

Discussion: Wall Street Journal, Gigaom, Mashable, 9to5Mac and The Verge

Jason Silverstein / NY Daily News:

Donald Trump suing Florida county for $100 million for allegedly flying planes over his oceanside mansion — A Jan. 6 lawsuit says the Palm Beach County airport is deliberately rerouting planes over Trump's Mar-a-Lago mansion as revenge for past legal squabbling.

Discussion: Forbes, Addicting Info and FOX News Radio

Numbers / Pew Research Center for the People …:

Obama Job Rating Ticks Higher, Views of Nation's Economy Turn More Positive — But Most Still Say They Are ‘Falling Behind’ Financially — President Obama enters the seventh year of his presidency in a familiar position when compared with his recent predecessors.

Discussion: Politico, Real Clear Politics and The Stranger …