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10:00 PM ET, January 21, 2015

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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 …
Discussion: Raw Story, Daily Kos and The Week
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Jake Sherman / Politico:
John Boehner's Bibi invite sets up showdown with White House  —  The speaker didn't consult with the administration before inviting Netanyahu to address Congress about Iran.  —  House Speaker John Boehner is setting up his most dramatic foreign policy confrontation with President Barack Obama to date …
Dylan Scott / Talking Points Memo:
Boehner's Netanyahu Invite Is An ‘Unprecedented’ Diss Of Obama  —  House Speaker John Boehner's invitation of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to speak before Congress on Iran is an unprecedented rebuke of President Barack Obama as he and Congress are preparing for a battle over Iran sanctions, experts told TPM.
Darlene Superville / Associated Press:
White House: Boehner invite to Netanyahu breach of protocol  —  ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE (AP) — The White House says House Speaker John Boehner's invitation for Israel's prime minister to come to Washington is a breach of normal diplomatic protocol.  —  President Barack Obama's press secretary …
New York Times:
U.S. Not Expected to Fault Officer in Ferguson Case  —  Authorities have found no evidence to support charges against Darren Wilson, a former police officer in Ferguson, Mo., in the shooting death of Michael Brown, officials said.
Katie Mettler / Tampa Bay Times:
Man shopping for coffee creamer at Walmart attacked by vigilante for carrying gun he was legally permitted to have  —  BRANDON — Clarence Daniels had just crossed the threshold of Walmart's front doors on Tuesday, in search of coffee creamer for his wife, when the gun in hip holster gave …
Discussion: FreakOutNation
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David Edwards / Raw Story:
White ‘vigilante’ puts 62-year-old black man in chokehold for legally carrying gun in Florida Walmart  —  DON'T MISS STORIES.  FOLLOW RAW STORY!  —  The Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office has asked vigilantes to please be careful about which gun owners they choose to attack …
Discussion: Balloon Juice and The Mahablog
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
How struggling Americans reacted to Obama's speech — in real time  —  The policies the President laid out in his State of the Union speech may be going nowhere on Capitol Hill.  But they amount to a kind of template for the broader economic agenda and governing philosophy that will define …
Discussion: Washington Monthly and Hullabaloo
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Brent Scher / Washington Free Beacon:
Woman Showcased by Obama in SOTU is a Former Democratic Campaign Staffer
Washington Post:
Transcript: Obama's State of the Union address 2015
Discussion: Power Line and Informed Comment
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,” …
Matt Taibbi / Rolling Stone:
‘American Sniper’ Is Almost Too Dumb to Criticize  —  I saw American Sniper last night, and hated it slightly less than I expected to.  Like most Clint Eastwood movies - and I like Clint Eastwood movies for the most part - it's a simple, well-lit little fairy tale with the nutritional value …
Napp Nazworth / Christian Post:
Interview: Mike Huckabee on Evangelicals Who Divorce, Beyoncé and Ted Nugent (Part 1)  —  The decline of marriage is not simply a problem of same-sex marriage, it is also caused by Christians who abandoned the importance of lifetime commitment in marriage, Mike Huckabee wrote in his new book, God, Guns, Grits and Gravy.
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Mike Schneider / Associated Press:
BREAST IMPLANT LEAK DELAYS CONGRESSMAN'S WIFE'S BIGAMY TRIAL … ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — A trial to determine whether U.S. Rep. Alan Grayson's wife committed bigamy when she wed the congressman has been delayed because she required emergency surgery to remove breast implants.
Discussion: Power Line and The Daily Caller
J.D. Tuccille / Hit & Run:
NY Sheriff to Constituents: Keep Your Handguns and Toss the Permit Applications  —  A New York lawman is winning plaudits from gun owners over his stance on firearm regulation—he wants less of it.  Fulton County Sheriff Thomas J. Lorey is already known as a supporter of the Second Amendment …
Discussion: SayUncle
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Travis Gettys / Raw Story:
Oath Keeper sheriff urges New Yorkers to ignore new law on gun registration
Discussion: FOX News Radio
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: The Week, Common Dreams and Raw Story
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Mark Mazzetti / New York Times:
C.I.A. Report Found Value of Brutal Interrogation Was Inflated
Discussion: Lawfare and Daily Kos
Chris Ariens / TVNewser:
CNN to Produce Political Game Show  —  First on TVNewser: CNN is producing a political game show, TVNewser has learned.  The blocking and testing of the show is happening this week at CNN's New York studios.  —  Insiders tell us the show will be hosted by Anderson Cooper and will air on Presidents' Day, Feb. 16.
DeWayne Wickham / USA Today:
‘Charlie Hebdo’ crosses the line  —  With latest depiction of Mohammed, news weekly's actions turn toxic.  —  Charlie Hebdo has gone too far.  —  In its first publication following the Jan. 7 attack on its Paris office, in which two Muslim gunmen massacred 12 people …
Discussion: Hot Air
WTKR-TV:
“Putting 'em in a coffin” prank causes outrage in Hampton Roads … Chesapeake, Va. - “Putting 'em in a coffin.”  —  It's a phrase describing a prank in which kids jump back-first onto cars, trying to emulate a coffin.  —  A viewer emailed NewsChannel 3, telling us it happened to him on Monday night.
Discussion: WTVR-TV, CBS DC and fox4kc.com
Politico:
House GOP revising abortion bill  —  The changes are designed to quell a revolt by fellow Republicans.  —  The women — led by North Carolina Rep. Renee Ellmers — have been meeting with GOP leadership.  Getty  —  The House Republican leadership is making last-minute changes to a bill …
Discussion: Jezebel
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Alan Fram / Associated Press:   House Republicans Encounter Divisions Over Abortion Bill
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 …
Discussion: Washington Monthly
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.
Greg Bluestein / Political Insider blog:
Solved: 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.
Nielsen:
31.7 MILLION VIEWERS TUNE IN TO WATCH PRES. OBAMA'S STATE OF THE UNION ADDRESS  —  President Barack Obama delivered his annual State of the Union address.  The address was carried live from 9:00 p.m. to 10:15 p.m. on 13 networks and tape-delayed on Univision.
Sahil Kapur / Talking Points Memo:
Republicans Irked By Obama Zinger In State Of The Union Address  —  Republicans were irked by President Barack Obama's caustic reminder in his State of the Union speech that he defeated them twice.  —  “I've run my last campaign,” Obama said toward the end of the nationally televised address.
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 …
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Lucy McCalmont / Politico:
Joe Biden on 2016: 'There's a chance'
Discussion: FOX News Radio
 
 
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Elana Schor / Politico:
GOP head fake splits Senate climate votes
Martyn Brown / Daily Express:
EXCLUSIVE: 80 per cent of Britons want to quit EU in biggest poll for 40 years
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Josh Feldman / Mediaite:
Soap Company Pulls Product with Mosque Picture After Complaints
Discussion: FOX News Radio
Ahiza Garcia / Talking Points Memo:
Bobby Jindal: US Will Have Its Own ‘No-Go Zones’ Unless We Take This Seriously
Discussion: Mediaite
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New York Times:
Palestinian Man Stabs Israelis on Bus in Tel Aviv, Police Say
Emily Heil / Washington Post:
Another SOTU, another nap for Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Kate Connolly / Guardian:
Photograph of Germany's Pegida leader styled as Adolf Hitler goes viral
 

 
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Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
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Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch:
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Financial Times:
Sources: Palantir and Anduril are in talks with OpenAI, SpaceX, and more to form a consortium to bid for US defense contracts and plan to announce it in January

 
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