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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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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.

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Byron York / Washington Examiner:

Barack Obama's disconnected, out-of-touch, in-denial State of the Union — Perhaps the most striking thing about the 2015 State of the Union address was not the president at the podium but the audience in the seats. The joint session of Congress listening to President Obama Tuesday night …

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John Podhoretz / New York Post: A fantasy for tweens: Obama's State of the Union Address

Brent Scher / Washington Free Beacon:
Woman Showcased by Obama in SOTU is a Former Democratic Campaign Staffer

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The White House:
Remarks by the President in State of the Union Address | January 20, 2015

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CNN:
CNN/ORC Poll: SOTU more popular than last year

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Sahil Kapur / Talking Points Memo:
Republicans Irked By Obama Zinger In State Of The Union Address

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Washington Post:
Transcript: Obama's State of the Union address 2015

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New York Times:
At the State of the Union, a President Outgunned in Congress Is Still Combative

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Emily Atkin / ThinkProgress:

Republicans Post Doctored Version Of State Of The Union, Censor Facts On Climate Change — House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH). — CREDIT: AP Photo/Cliff Owen, File — The official website for House Republicans has posted on YouTube a version of President Obama's State of the Union address …

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Jake Sherman / Politico:

Boehner invites Netanyahu to speak to Congress — The speaker says he didn't consult with the White House. — Speaker John Boehner has invited Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to speak to a joint session of Congress about Iran next month, a move sure to inflame the Obama administration …

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Donna Cassata / Associated Press:

Rebuffing President Barack Obama on Iran, House Speaker John Boehner said Wednesday he had invited Israel's prime minister to address a joint meeting of Congress next month about the threats from Tehran and radical Islam. — The Republican leader released a letter extending the invitation to Benjamin Netanyahu for Feb. 11.

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Jim Rutenberg / New York Times:

The Megyn Kelly Moment — On a gray Wednesday in November, the Fox News anchor Megyn Kelly and four producers gathered around a conference table on the 17th floor of the News Corporation building in Manhattan. They were there to plan the 281st episode of “The Kelly File,” …

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Chris Mortensen / ESPN:

11 of 12 Pats footballs underinflated — The NFL has found that 11 of the New England Patriots' 12 game balls were inflated significantly below the NFL's requirements, league sources involved and familiar with the investigation of Sunday's AFC Championship Game told ESPN.

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Byron Tau / Wall Street Journal:

Obama Snubs Calls for Campaign Finance Curbs — In the State of the Union on Tuesday, President Barack Obama snubbed activists who had been pushing him to take bold new action to curb the influence of big money and big donors in politics. — The Obama administration had been under mounting pressure …

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Adam B. Lerner / Politico:
Rep. Steve King decries ‘deportable’ in Michelle Obama's balcony

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Jeff Shesol / New Yorker:
Will the Roberts Court Strike Down Another Campaign-Finance Law?

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Brendan James / Talking Points Memo:

Santorum: The Pope Is ‘Difficult To Listen To’ Sometimes — Ex-senator and onetime GOP presidential contender Rick Santorum has nearly reached his wits end after yet another statement by Pope Francis that has rankled conservatives. — In an interview with radio host Hugh Hewitt on Tuesday …

Greg Bluestein / Political Insider blog:

Nathan Deal's mysterious overseas adventure — Gov. Nathan Deal skipped town over the weekend for an economic development trip. Just where he went is being treated like a state secret. — Gov. Nathan Deal/AJC file — His office won't disclose where the state's top elected official journeyed or whom he visited.

Discussion: Washington Monthly, Politico, New York Times, Gawker and Hinterland Gazette

The Huffington Post:

GOP Plans To Give Explosive Document Back To CIA — WASHINGTON — The new GOP chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee intends to give back to the CIA an explosive, secret document that has been at the center of a years-long struggle between Congress and the executive branch.

Discussion: Raw Story and Common Dreams

Mark Mazzetti / New York Times: C.I.A. Report Found Value of Brutal Interrogation Was Inflated

Haaretz:

12 Israelis wounded in stabbing attack on Tel Aviv bus — Three in serious condition; assailant, West Bank male who entered Israel illegally, was shot in the leg; Hamas official hails ‘bold, heroic act’; Netanyahu blames PA for attack, Lieberman blames Palestinian and Israeli Arab leadership.

Discussion: New York Magazine, The Times of Israel, CNN, NPR, Truth Revolt, Mondoweiss, Israel Matzav and Mashable

New York Times:
Palestinian Man Stabs Israelis on Bus in Tel Aviv, Police Say

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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 …

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Daniel Halper / Weekly Standard:
Full Text of Republican Response to State of the Union

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Kate Connolly / Guardian:

Photograph of Germany's Pegida leader styled as Adolf Hitler goes viral — Lutz Bachmann, said by German intelligence services to be a target for Islamist terrorists, posted the picture on Facebook — A photograph of the leader of a growing “anti-Islamisation” movement in Germany styled …

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Emily Heil / Washington Post:

Another SOTU, another nap for Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg — Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg needs to buy colleagues Stephen Breyer and Anthony Kennedy some drinks — or maybe a cup of coffee, spiked with Red Bull. — The pair sat flanking the 81-year-old justice during President Obama's State …

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Rex Hall Jr / MLive.com:

Puppy killed when used as weapon by man in beating of girlfriend in Kalamazoo — KALAMAZOO, MI - In November, Timothy Tucker punched his girlfriend in the face and then pummeled her with the couple's two-week-old puppy to the point that the small animal defecated on the woman and died.

Discussion: Raw Story, Addicting Info and KTLA

Michael Falcone / ABC News:

Joe Biden Reveals ‘There Is A Chance’ He Would Challenge Hillary Clinton … With the 2016 presidential election season heating up and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton considered the presumptive front-runner for the Democratic nomination if she decides to jump into the race …

Discussion: Talking Points Memo, Hot Air, Washington Post, The Huffington Post and New York Times

Emily DeVoe / WECT-TV:

Veteran slammed with nasty note for parking in reserved spot — When Mary Claire Caine walked outside after finishing her routine grocery trip to Harris Teeter Friday, she couldn't believe what she found plastered to the front window of her car. — As a veteran of the Air Force who served …

Discussion: Telegraph, Raw Story and Addicting Info

Mark Walsh / SCOTUSblog:

View from the Courtroom: Disruption from the gallery on 5th anniversary of Citizens United — A handful of spectators disrupted the opening of Wednesday morning's Supreme Court session by rising one by one from their seats to shout protests over the Citizens United decision and other populist themes …

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