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7:50 AM ET, January 20, 2015

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Marc A. Thiessen / Washington Post:
Obama uses his tax proposal to taunt the GOP  —  Let's imagine you were a Democratic president who just lost control of Congress to the Republicans, and you wanted to make it really, really clear that you are not serious about governing.  What would you do?
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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Obama tries to steal GOP thunder  —  President Obama, no longer handcuffed by worries about vulnerable red-state Democratic senators, has been putting Republicans on their back foot.  —  The GOP hoped Obama would be humbled by the midterm elections that saw Democrats swept from power in the Senate.
Discussion: Politico and Associated Press
Washington Post:
Poll: Rising economy boosts Obama's standing on eve of the State of the Union  —  President Obama will deliver his State of the Union address Tuesday enjoying rising approval ratings that have been strengthened by rapidly improving perceptions of the economy and increased optimism …
Peter Baker / New York Times:
In State of the Union Address, Obama to Move Past Hardship and Reset Goals  —  WASHINGTON — With the American job market surging to life, President Obama plans to use his State of the Union address on Tuesday night to effectively declare victory over the economic hard times that dominated …
Gary Langer / ABC News:
An Improving Economy Gives Obama His Game Back
Discussion: PoliticusUSA and Addicting Info
Nate Cohn / New York Times:
What a Rise in Obama's Approval Rating Means for 2016
Discussion: Bloomberg Politics
David Edwards / Raw Story:
Ben Carson reminds C-SPAN on MLK Day: Don't forget that Obama is ‘half white’  —  DON'T MISS STORIES.  FOLLOW RAW STORY!  —  Potential Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson argued on Monday that President Barack Obama might not have ruined the opportunity to elect future black presidents …
Discussion: FreakOutNation and Addicting Info
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Kareem Abdul-Jabbar / TIME:
Why I Have Mixed Feelings About MLK Day  —  Abdul-Jabbar is a six-time NBA champion and league Most Valuable Player.  He is also a celebrated author, filmmaker and education ambassador.  —  His legacy may be most in danger from those who admire him  —  I have mixed emotions about Martin Luther King Jr. Day.
Discussion: TPNN
Steven Mufson / Washington Post:
On race, Obama sticks to a game plan of seeking steady progress within the system
Discussion: Power Line
Scott Kaufman / Raw Story:
‘Cowboy’ conservative claims MLK for the Tea Party until liberals stop bringing up race
Dylan Scott / Talking Points Memo:
University Unearths Long-Lost MLK Speech Recording (AUDIO)
Discussion: Addicting Info
Julia O'Donoghue / New Orleans Times-Picayune:
Bobby Jindal doubles down on ‘no-go zone’ comments, even as Fox News backs off similar statements  —  Gov. Bobby Jindal was interviewed by a CNN reporter about controversial comments he made about Muslim “no-go zones” in Europe.  —  Gov. Bobby Jindal continued to claim Muslim “no-go zones” …
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William M. Welch / USA Today:
Pope: Catholics need not breed ‘like rabbits’  —  Pope Francis, after a visit to the largest Catholic nation in Asia, says Catholics may have a moral responsibility to limit the number of their children and need not reproduce “like rabbits.”  —  But the pope also reaffirmed the church's ban …
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Rachel Zoll / Associated Press:   Pope's climate-change stand deepens conservatives' distrust
Katherine Skiba / Chicago Tribune:
Duckworth says she's considering Senate bid against Kirk  —  Rep. Tammy Duckworth ended a political guessing game Monday by making it official that she is exploring a challenge to Sen. Mark Kirk in 2016.  —  Duckworth, a Democrat from Hoffman Estates, told the Tribune she is considering …
Discussion: Jezebel and Bloomberg Politics
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Emily Cahn / Roll Call:
Tammy Duckworth: I'm ‘Taking a Real Serious Look’ at Senate Run
Discussion: Politico and OnPolitics
New York Times:
Puzzling Death of a Prosecutor Grips Argentina  —  BUENOS AIRES — Police sentries guarded the federal prosecutor's luxury high-rise building.  His door on the 13th floor had been locked from the inside, and a gun with a spent cartridge was found on the floor near his body.  There was no suicide note.
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Christopher Dickey / The Daily Beast:
Did Iran Murder Argentina's Crusading Prosecutor Alberto Nisman?
Tim Devaney / The Hill:
GOP finds its secret weapon  —  Republicans believe they have identified a potent weapon in their fight against President Obama's regulatory agenda.  —  GOP lawmakers plan to employ the seldom-used Congressional Review Act (CRA), which gives lawmakers the power to formally disapprove of major agency rules …
Discussion: Moe Lane
Henry Molski / Cincinnati.com:
1 confirmed dead, 1 injured in I-75 overpass collapse … A construction worker was killed late Monday after a bridge collapse near Hopple Street on southbound Interstate 75.  —  The part of the bridge that collapsed was part of the old northbound off-ramp to Hopple Street and was undergoing demolition …
Discussion: The Week
Eli Lake / Bloomberg View:
Why Obama Can't Say ‘Radical Islam’  —  Following the Charlie Hebdo massacre in Paris this month, White House spokesman Josh Earnest briefly became an Islamic theologian.  At issue was why U.S. President Barack Obama's administration, unlike the leadership of France, wouldn't describe the murderers as adherents to “radical Islam.”
Discussion: Ed Driscoll and National Review
Jordan Schachtel / BREITBART.COM:
German Embed Reporter: ISIS Plans On Killing ‘Hundreds of Millions’ in ‘Religious Cleansing’  —  Jurgen Todenhofer, the first Western reporter to embed with Islamic State fighters and not be killed in the process, spoke to Al Jazeera about his time with the terror group.
Steve Pond / The Wrap:
‘American Sniper’ Complaints Grow in Hollywood: Should Clint Eastwood Be Celebrating a ‘Killer’?  (Exclusive)  —  In the wake of Oscar nominations, Academy members begin buzzing over recent criticism of the film's subject, Chris Kyle  —  Even as “American Sniper” breaks January box-office records …
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Discussion: Jezebel
Katie Glueck / Politico:
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Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Huge trove of Hillary Clinton White House files set for release
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Donald F. Kettl / Washington Monthly:
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Washington Post:
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