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9:50 PM ET, January 16, 2015

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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."]
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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 …
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
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, 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.
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’
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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Erik Wemple / Washington Post:
Fox News to correct guest's misstatements on Birmingham, ‘no-go zones’  —  Tomorrow night's edition of “Justice with Judge Jeanine” will feature an on-air correction of its segment from last Saturday, in which the host, Jeanine Pirro, discussed with terrorism analyst Steve Emerson so-called European …
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.
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:
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.
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 …
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
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
Mark Joyella / Adweek:
Jim Clancy Leaves CNN After 34 Years  —  CNN confirms longtime correspondent Jim Clancy has left the network after nearly 34 years.  Clancy made the announcement to colleagues in an email obtained by TVNewser, calling CNN “one of the greatest news organizations in the world” and “a family to my own family.”
 
 
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Most Support Stronger U.S. Ties With Cuba
Discussion: Politico and Naked Politics
ESPN:
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Robert Pear / New York Times:
Official Who Led Medicare Through Insurance Shakeup Is Resigning
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Ian Millhiser / ThinkProgress:
If You Want To Understand What's Happened To The Supreme Court, You Need To Listen To Rand Paul
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Athena Stavrou / The Independent:
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Dominick Mastrangelo / The Hill:
Conservative radio host Hugh Hewitt quits as a contributing columnist at WaPo, after abruptly leaving a Post live video event hosted by Jonathan Capehart

 
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