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11:30 PM ET, January 16, 2015

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Lyle Denniston / SCOTUSblog:
Court will rule on same-sex marriage (UPDATED)  —  UPDATE 7:51 p.m. The Obama administration will file a brief in the same-sex marriage cases, supporting equal access to marital rights in all of the states, Attorney General Eric Holder said in a statement.  —  Taking on a historic …
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Chris Geidner / BuzzFeed:
Supreme Court Will Hear Four Cases Challenging Same-Sex Marriage Bans  —  A decision in the Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio, and Tennessee cases, expected by late June, could lead to the end of such bans across the country.  [Update: The Obama administration will “urge the Supreme Court to make marriage equality a reality for all Americans."]
Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Supreme Court to Decide Marriage Rights for Gay Couples Nationwide  —  WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Friday agreed to decide whether all 50 states must allow gay and lesbian couples to marry, positioning it to resolve one of the great civil rights questions in a generation before its current term ends in June.
Sahil Kapur / Talking Points Memo:
Obama Administration Will Ask SCOTUS To Rule For Marriage Equality
Richard Wolf / USA Today:
Supreme Court agrees to rule on gay marriage
Discussion: Washington Post
Ryan J. Reilly / The Huffington Post:
Supreme Court Will Take Up Gay Marriage
Discussion: CNN, Hot Air and The Daily Banter
Washington Post:
Holder limits seized-asset sharing process that split billions with local, state police  —  Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. on Friday barred local and state police from using federal law to seize cash, cars and other property without evidence that a crime occurred.
Speaker.gov:
12 Taylor Swift GIFs for you  —  1. Last week, President Obama announced his latest idea to provide “free” community college to millions of Americans.  It sounded exciting at first...  2. But then, we got to thinking...  3. Free?!  Is he using magic money?  Nothing is free.  So we did a little math.
Sarah Kliff / Vox:
Analysis: CBO contradicted the latest case against Obamacare 68 different times  —  The Congressional Budget Office wrote 68 reports about the Affordable Care Act during the session that Congress debated the law.  Not one of them, a new analysis from Harvard University's Theda Skocpol …
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Theda Skocpol / Scholars Strategy Network:
WHY CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE REPORTS ARE THE BEST EVIDENCE OF CONGRESSIONAL INTENT ABOUT HEALTH SUBSIDIES
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
Sahil Kapur / Talking Points Memo:   Did Paul Ryan Undermine The SCOTUS Case To Topple Obamacare?
Ian Millhiser / ThinkProgress:
If You Want To Understand What's Happened To The Supreme Court, You Need To Listen To Rand Paul
Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money
Politico:
Sam Brownback reverses course, proposes new taxes  —  Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback, whose massive tax cuts became a cause célèbre for conservatives but threw his state's budget into disarray, announced Friday that he would pursue tax increases.  —  In a stark turnaround …
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
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Bryan Lowryeagle Topeka / Wichita Eagle:   Steep tax hikes on liquor, tobacco part of Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback's proposed budget fix
Luke Brinker / Salon:
Defiant Sam Brownback vows to move toward zero income tax — and make Kansas even more unequal
Discussion: Progress Pond
Jonathan Shorman / Topeka Capital-Journal:   Brownback promises income taxes will continue to fall
Politico:
RNC rolls out 2016 debate schedule  —  The committee plans to partner mainstream organizations with conservative commentators and outlets.  —  CORONADO, Calif. — The Republican National Committee will announce Friday that it has sanctioned nine presidential primary debates …
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Kyle Cheney / Politico:
RNC's Priebus looks at 2016 as ‘do or die’
Discussion: ABC News
GOP.com:
RNC Announces Debate Schedule Sanctions 9 Debates
NASA:
NASA, NOAA Find 2014 Warmest Year in Modern Record  —  The year 2014 ranks as Earth's warmest since 1880, according to two separate analyses by NASA and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) scientists.  —  The 10 warmest years in the instrumental record, with the exception of 1998, have now occurred since 2000.
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Chris Mooney / Washington Post:
It's official: 2014 was the hottest year in recorded history
Discussion: Guardian, Hullabaloo and Joe. My. God.
Paul Singer / USA Today:
Jindal doubles down on Muslim ‘no-go zones’ in Europe  —  Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal, a potential candidate for the 2016 Republican presidential nomination, will give a speech Monday in London and reiterate the disputed claim that Muslim immigrants have created “no-go zones” in Europe where non-Muslims are not welcome.
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Lyndsey Layton / Washington Post:
Majority of U.S. public school students are in poverty  —  For the first time in at least 50 years, a majority of U.S. public school students come from low-income families, according to a new analysis of 2013 federal data, a statistic that has profound implications for the nation.
Paul Mirengoff / Power Line:
The racial politics of seating white sex offender in state legislature  —  Last month, Joseph Morrissey was convicted of contributing to the delinquency of a 17-year-old girl with whom he had a sexual relationship.  The girl worked as a receptionist in Morrissey's law office.
Discussion: Washington Post
Tim Worstall / Forbes:
Trying To Understand Why Marc Andreessen And Larry Summers Disagree Using Facebook  —  I was a little puzzled to see that Larry Summers and Marc Andreessen were disagreeing.  Not over something as trivial as politics or anything, they can disagree all they like on that, of course.
Discussion: Washington Center …
Alex Wall / White House.gov Blog:
Big Block of Cheese Day Is Back, and It's Feta Than Ever  —  Here at the White House, we're dedicated to making President Obama's administration the most open and accessible in history.  That's why, for the second year in a row, we thought it'd be a gouda idea to brie-unite a certain cast …
Discussion: PopWatch, Hit & Run and Mediaite
Reuters:
Pope says ‘ideological colonization’ threatens traditional family  —  (Reuters) - Pope Francis on Friday warned against an “ideological colonization of the family,” a reference to gay marriage around the world and to a heated debate in the Philippines about a government population control plan.
Discussion: Joe. My. God.
 
 
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Jason Laughlin / Philly.com:
Yuengling canned from menu at Wolf's swearing-in
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VIDEO: Men Apologize To Women Who've Had Abortions: Sorry ‘This Is Available’
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KFOR-TV:
Oklahoma inmate said his ‘body was on fire’ prior to being executed for 1997 murder and rape
Numbers / Pew Research Center:
Most Support Stronger U.S. Ties With Cuba
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