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7:55 PM ET, January 16, 2015

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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.
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."]
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Lyle Denniston / SCOTUSblog:
Court will rule on same-sex marriage  —  Taking on a historic constitutional challenge with wide cultural impact, the Supreme Court on Friday afternoon agreed to hear four new cases on same-sex marriage.  The Court said it would rule on the power of the states to ban same-sex marriages …
Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Supreme Court to Decide Whether Gays Nationwide Can Marry  —  WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Friday agreed to decide whether all 50 states must allow gay and lesbian couples to marry.  The court's announcement made it likely that it would resolve one of the great civil rights questions …
Sahil Kapur / Talking Points Memo:
Obama Administration Will Ask SCOTUS To Rule For Marriage Equality
Sahil Kapur / Talking Points Memo:   Did Paul Ryan Undermine The SCOTUS Case To Topple Obamacare?
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, The Daily Banter and Hot Air
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.
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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Luke Brinker / Salon:
Defiant Sam Brownback vows to move toward zero income tax — and make Kansas even more unequal
Discussion: Progress Pond
Bryan Lowryeagle Topeka / Wichita Eagle:   Steep tax hikes on liquor, tobacco part of Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback's proposed budget fix
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’  —  The GOP chairman was reelected to a third term on Friday.  —  Getty  —  After four years spent rebuilding and rebranding the GOP — and on the eve of a modern-record third term — Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus …
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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Justin Gillis / New York Times:
2014 Was Hottest Year on Record, Surpassing 2010  —  Last year was the hottest in earth's recorded history, scientists reported on Friday, underscoring scientific warnings about the risks of runaway emissions and undermining claims by climate-change contrarians that global warming had somehow stopped.
Chris Mooney / Washington Post:
It's official: 2014 was the hottest year in recorded history
Discussion: Guardian and Joe. My. God.
Ian Millhiser / ThinkProgress:
If You Want To Understand What's Happened To The Supreme Court, You Need To Listen To Rand Paul  —  Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) is an odd place to seek counsel on the Constitution.  As a Senate candidate in 2010, Paul told a Louisville editorial board that he opposed the federal ban on whites …
Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money
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Theda Skocpol / Scholars Strategy Network:
WHY CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE REPORTS ARE THE BEST EVIDENCE OF CONGRESSIONAL INTENT ABOUT HEALTH SUBSIDIES
Jonathan Cohn / The Huffington Post:
Key Obamacare Official Stepping Down
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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Derek Hunter / The Daily Caller:
Apology Tour: John Kerry Brings James Taylor To Paris To Play 'You've Got A Friend' [VIDEO]  —  Under fire for being a no-show at the Paris March Against Terrorism, the Obama administration sent Secretary of State John Kerry to Paris today to give a “big hug” to the French.
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Reuters:
Swiss central bank stuns market with policy U-turn  —  (Reuters) - The Swiss National Bank shocked financial markets on Thursday by scrapping a three-year-old cap on the franc, sending the currency soaring against the euro and stocks plunging on fears for the export-reliant Swiss economy.
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Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Regime Change in Switzerland
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.
Tim Alberta / National Journal:
Ben Carson to the GOP Establishment: I'm Not ‘Crazy’  —  The political novice with eyes on 2016 auditions before the RNC and blames his zealot image on the mainstream media.  —  CORONADO, Calif. — Ben Carson—a Washington outsider, a world-renowned neurosurgeon, a favorite among tea-party insurgents …
Ahiza Garcia / Talking Points Memo:
VIDEO: Men Apologize To Women Who've Had Abortions: Sorry ‘This Is Available’  —  In a video entitled “The Apology,” three Christian men apologize to women for allowing them to have an abortion and for not putting up a fight “for the opportunity to save a child.”
Discussion: Raw Story
 
 
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Tim Worstall / Forbes:
Trying To Understand Why Marc Andreessen And Larry Summers Disagree Using Facebook
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Alex Wall / White House.gov Blog:
Big Block of Cheese Day Is Back, and It's Feta Than Ever
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Reuters:
Pope says ‘ideological colonization’ threatens traditional family
Discussion: Joe. My. God.
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
Discussion: Politico and Naked Politics
ESPN:
Joe Paterno is now winningest coach
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All-women's college cancels ‘Vagina Monologues’ because it's not feminist enough
 

 
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Ashley Carman / Bloomberg:
A growing number of podcasters, including Tim Ferriss, are moving away from interviews to monologues or co-hosts, as some well-known guests can be overexposed

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DirecTV terminates its Dish acquisition after a group of Dish creditors rejected a modified bond exchange offer

 
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