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7:40 AM ET, January 21, 2015

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The White House / Medium:
President Obama's State of the Union Address—Remarks As Prepared for Delivery  —  There is a ritual on State of the Union night in Washington.  A little before the address, the White House sends out an embargoed copy of the President's speech to the press (embargoed means that the press can see the speech …
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The White House:
Remarks of President Barack Obama - As Prepared for Delivery State of the Union Address  —  The White House is making the full text of the State of the Union widely available on its Medium page.  The text, as prepared for delivery, is now online HERE, along with tools that allow people …
Daniel Halper / Weekly Standard:
Full Text of Republican Response to State of the Union  —  The office of House speaker John Boehner has posted the full text of the Republican response to the State of the Union (breaking its own self-imposed embargo), to be delivered by Senator Joni Ernst of Iowa:  —  “Good evening.  —  “I'm Joni Ernst.
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Cristina Marcos / The Hill:
Joni Ernst goes folksy in GOP response  —  Sen. Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) focused on the GOP's policy priorities for the new Congress, rather than making a direct response to President Obama's proposals, in her party's official response Tuesday night.  —  Ernst, a freshman senator who just won election …
Seung Min Kim / Politico:
Joni Ernst's response: Congress is ‘back to work’  —  Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell tapped the Iowa freshman in December to deliver the GOP's rebuttal to the State of the Union.  —  Sen. Joni Ernst declared Tuesday that Congress' new Republican majority is “back to work” …
Discussion: ABC News
Bernie Becker / The Hill:
Democrats put target on ‘corporate deserters’  —  Congressional Democrats said Tuesday they would seek any and all avenues to curb offshore tax deals, kicking off a new effort to punish what they call “corporate deserters.”  —  Senior Democrats on both sides of the Capitol brought …
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David Espo / ABC News:
Obama Challenges Republicans in State of Union Speech
Discussion: Associated Press
Laura Barron-Lopez / The Hill:
Senate Dems push Keystone amendments
Discussion: Politico and Daily Kos
Adam B. Lerner / Politico:
Report: GOP women face high hurdles to office  —  The newly-inaugurated 114th Congress may have the most women of any in history, but the vast majority of gains have been made by Democrats.  A new study from Political Parity, a non-partisan research group seeking gender parity in politics …
Discussion: Political Wire
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Brian Beutler / The New Republic:
Obama Is Finally Having the Reagan Moment He Dreamed About for Years
David Frum / The Atlantic Online:
The Real Target of Obama's Speech on Tuesday? Hillary Clinton
Caitlin MacNeal / Talking Points Memo:
Fox News: Paris Mayor's Anger Over Reports On Muslims ‘Misplaced’  —  After the Paris mayor threatened to sue Fox News on Tuesday over the network's recent bogus reports on Muslim “no-go zones” in the city, the network responded that the mayor's comments were “misplaced.”
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CNNMoney.com:
Paris mayor: We intend to sue Fox News
Alex Pareene / Gawker:
The State of the Union Is Dumb Hacks Writing Garbage Speeches  —  Six years into the Obama presidency, I thought we'd finally run out of hotshot administration bros the political press could glowingly profile in exchange for future access to meaningless scooplets.  I was wrong.
New York Times:
At the State of the Union, a President Outgunned in Congress Is Still Combative  —  The circumstances facing President Obama as he delivered his State of the Union address Tuesday night could not have seemed less promising: a presidency with only two years left to get anything done in a Congress …
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Ezra Klein / Vox:
The most important sentence in Obama's 2015 State of the Union  —  1) The most striking sentence in President Obama's 2015 State of the Union came near the start: “Tonight, we turn the page.”  —  2) It is the seventh year of Obama's presidency.  But it's the first in which the economy is no longer in crisis.
Discussion: Advocate
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Stephen Dinan / Washington Times:
Obama calls for civility, then immediately taunts Republicans over his two presidential wins … President Obama spent much of Tuesday's State of the Union calling for civility in politics — then taunted Republicans over his two election victories, after many of them applauded the looming end of his political career.
Cory Bennett / The Hill:
President makes unprecedented cybersecurity pitch  —  President Obama made an historic push for cybersecurity action during his State of the Union address Tuesday night.  —  “If we don't act, we'll leave our nation and our economy vulnerable,” Obama said.  “If we do, we can continue …
Discussion: Politico and CANNONFIRE
Adam B. Lerner / Politico:
Rep. Steve King decries ‘deportable’ in Michelle Obama's balcony  —  Congressman Steve King (R-Iowa) railed against President Obama via Twitter only hours before this Tuesday's State of the Union speech, referring to an undocumented immigrant scheduled to sit with the first lady during the speech as “a deportable.”
Discussion: ABC News
Charles P. Pierce / Esquire:
RON FOURNIER IN EXCELSIS: ADVICE FOR THE PRESIDENT AND TONIGHT'S STATE OF THE UNION ADDRESS … Sometimes the curveball doesn't curve, or the slider hangs, or the fastball isn't fast.  This is one of those days.  Ron Fournier's advice on what the president should say tonight in his State …
Jay Cost / Weekly Standard:
Obama's Defiant Speech  —  President Obama talked about spending a lot of money tonight — on preschool care, community college, new infrastructure, and a variety of tax preferences for middle- and lower-income earners.  All financed by new taxes, primarily on the wealthy.
Daily Mail:
Gun-toting Christian mother-of-three who made ‘liberal heads explode’ admits cheating on her military vet husband with Tea Party member  — Holly Fisher wrote in a statement on Sunday: ‘For a very short period... I actually believed my marriage was over and found someone else’
Discussion: Joe. My. God. and Raw Story
 
 
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Juliet Eilperin / Washington Post:
President Obama, with two years to go, commits to cementing a liberal legacy
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Carol D. Leonnig / Washington Post:
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Discussion: New York Magazine and Fox News
James Walker / aweablog.org:
A PLEASANT SURPRISE: USA, NOT CHINA, IS #1 IN WIND ENERGY
Discussion: Fusion and ThinkProgress
Meghan Keneally / ABC News:
State of the Union 2015: It's Baaaaack! White House Teases Possible Return of Obama's Tan Suit
Discussion: Fusion, Politico and Bloomberg Politics
Barbara Starr / CNN:
Pentagon in position to evacuate U.S. Embassy in Yemen
Discussion: Power Line and Bloomberg View
Mark Sherman / Associated Press:
Supreme Court Rules for Bearded Muslim Inmate
Discussion: ABC News, Hot Air, The Week and Liberaland
Radley Balko / Washington Post:
More fallout from Eric Holder's changes to civil asset forfeiture law
Discussion: Daily Kos, The Dish and Hit & Run
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Associated Press:
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Discussion: Hit & Run
Tara Culp-Ressler / ThinkProgress:
GOP Congresswomen Withdraw Their Support For Proposed Abortion Ban
TBO.com:
Deputy who used excessive force on inmate fired, Pinellas sheriff's office says
Discussion: Raw Story and Talking Points Memo
Warren Rojas / Roll Call:
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Discussion: Talking Points Memo
Holly Campbell / WLFI-TV:
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