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2:35 PM ET, January 23, 2015

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The Times of Israel:
Netanyahu ‘spat in our face,’ White House officials say  —  Incensed diplo-speak makes way for anger over PM's uncoordinated Congress address, as Washington promises premier will pay a price  —  The White House's outrage over Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's plan to speak before Congress in March …
Peggy Noonan / Wall Street Journal:
A Republic of Disrespect  —  America's partisan divisions spread to international relations.  —  It's odd in Washington now.  There's a lot of claiming of authority and no taking of responsibility.  —  The president gave his State of the Union address, and of course the TV ratings were bad …
Noah Rothman / Hot Air:
Obama White House in meltdown over Netanyahu's proposed speech to Congress  —  Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, once slandered by an unnamed White House official as a “chickens***,” does not seem so timid anymore.  The White House did not feel that it was especially necessary …
Russell Berman / The Atlantic Online:
Will Democrats Spoil Obama's Trade Initiatives?
Discussion: msnbc.com and New York Times
Jennifer Jacobs / Des Moines Register:
GOP strategist with Iowa ties joins Team Scott Walker  —  The team that is building Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker's political organization for a possible presidential campaign has brought on a GOP strategist with Iowa ties: David Polyansky.  —  Polyansky, a Texan who played senior roles …
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Shushannah Walshe / ABC News:
Sarah Palin on 2016: ‘Of Course’ She's Interested … Just before she heads to Iowa for the first major conservative showcase of the 2016 election cycle, Sarah Palin said “of course” she's interested in the 2016 presidential election.  —  “Yeah, I mean, of course, when you have a servant's heart …
Discussion: Political Wire
James Hohmann / Politico:
Steve King for a day  —  Democrats seize on an event being hosted …
Discussion: Daily Kos
Daniel Strauss / Talking Points Memo:
Rep. King Keeps A List Of GOPers Who Have Lobbed Personal Attacks
Discussion: Political Wire
Benjy Sarlin / msnbc.com:
Steve King, once a GOP pariah, emerges as critical 2016 player
Discussion: Daily Kos and Des Moines Register
New York Times:
Conservative Gathering in Iowa Offers Platform to Several Possible 2016 Contenders
Jonathan Karl / ABC News:
EXCLUSIVE: Marco Rubio Moves Toward 2016 Presidential Bid … Sen. Marco Rubio has begun taking concrete steps toward launching a presidential bid, asking his top advisors to prepare for a campaign, signing on a leading Republican fundraiser, and planning extensive travel to early-voting states in the coming weeks, ABC News has learned.
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Eleanor Clift / The Daily Beast:
Rubio 2016 is Real, and It's Spectacular
Discussion: Washington Monthly
Kevin Cirilli / The Hill:
Governor: Legalizing pot was bad idea  —  Colorado's decision to legalize marijuana was a bad idea, the state's governor said Friday.  —  Gov. John Hickenlooper, a Democrat who opposed the 2012 decision by voters to make pot legal, said the state still doesn't fully know what the unintended consequences of the move will be.
Discussion: VodkaPundit
Landon Haaf / WFAA-TV:
Cowboys fan sues NFL for $88 billion over reversed call  —  “Dean Blandino, Gene Steratore, and Roger Goodell are wrong and have stolen a victory from the plaintiffs,” Hendrix said in the handwritten lawsuit.  —  CONNECT  —  A man incarcerated in a Colorado correctional facility filed …
New York Times:
A Scorsese Documentary on Bill Clinton Is Stalled  —  Martin Scorsese has tackled the mob, the Dalai Lama and the real-life Wolf of Wall Street.  —  But Mr. Scorsese appears to have met his match in Bill Clinton.  —  The filmmaker's partly finished documentary about Mr. Clinton …
Ian Millhiser / ThinkProgress:
Top Republican Senator Explains Why The Supreme Court Challenge To Obamacare Is Garbage  —  Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-UT) is one of six Republican senators who joined an amicus brief asking the Supreme Court to gut one of the core provisions of the Affordable Care Act.
Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money
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Margot Sanger-Katz / New York Times:
The People Most at Risk of Losing Insurance in the Supreme Court's Health Ruling
Discussion: Daily Kos
New York Times:
King Abdullah, a Shrewd Force Who Reshaped Saudi Arabia, Dies at 90  —  King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia, who came to the throne in old age and earned a reputation as a cautious reformer even as the Arab Spring revolts toppled heads of state and Islamic State militants threatened the Muslim establishment …
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Nick Bryant / Gawker:
Flight Logs Put Clinton, Dershowitz on Pedophile Billionaire's Sex Jet  —  Bill Clinton took repeated trips on the “Lolita Express”—the private passenger jet owned by billionaire pedophile Jeffrey Epstein—with an actress in softcore porn movies whose name appears in Epstein's address book under an entry for …
Gabriel Sherman / New York Magazine:
People Are Talking About Michael Bloomberg Buying the New York Times, Including Michael Bloomberg  —  If the former mayor tries, it won't be without its challenges.  —  Shares  —  For years now, it has been speculated in media circles that Mike Bloomberg could be a white knight and save the New York Times.
Christina Hoff Sommers / The Daily Beast:
The Media Is Making College Rape Culture Worse  —  College sexual assault is a very real problem—but news organizations and government bureaucrats do victims no favors when they exaggerate its prevalence.  —  The frenzy over college sexual assault now sweeping the nation was triggered by a specific event.
Discussion: Hit & Run
Mark Hemingway / Weekly Standard:
The ‘American Sniper’ Freakout  —  Why the left can't tolerate this movie.  —  “So-called ‘sand movies,’ the term Hollywood sometimes uses for films set in Afghanistan and Iraq, have a terrible box office track record,” noted the New York Times.  Or rather, they had a terrible box office track record.
Alec MacGillis / Slate:
Republicans returned to their war on Obamacare on Thursday.  It didn't go well.  —  Now that Republicans are in control of both chambers of Congress, the push to slay Obamacare by a thousand cuts is officially underway.  But if the first stab is any indication, Republicans are going to need some sharper knives.
Discussion: Daily Kos
5NEWSOnline.com:
Cedarville 2nd Graders Shown Racial Slur-Laced Martin Luther King Video … CEDARVILLE (KFSM) - Cedarville school administrators say they are trying to figure out what to do after second-graders were shown an inappropriate video about Martin Luther King, Jr., that includes several instances of racial slurs and inappropriate language.
 
 
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Fred Barnes / Weekly Standard:
What You Missed If You Didn't Watch  —  Five insights into Obama, none of them flattering.
New York Times:
Gross Incompetence Cited in Rikers Island Death
Discussion: Gothamist and ANIMAL
Emily Atkin / ThinkProgress:
Senate Sets Final Vote For Keystone XL After Long, Tense Night Of Amendment Voting
Discussion: The Hill, Daily Kos and Politico
Helena Smith / Guardian:
Syriza stretches poll lead as Greek election campaign ends
Janet Hook / Wall Street Journal:
Will Kasich's Balanced Budget Tour Lead Him to White House?
Discussion: Political Wire
Tracy Walsh / Talking Points Memo:
Glenn Beck To Pope Francis: I Need To Teach You About Capitalism
Josh Feldman / Mediaite:
The Daily Show Asks When There'll Be a Huge Rally for Boko Haram Victims
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Jeremy W. Peters / New York Times:
Objections by Women Open Rift in G.O.P.
Discussion: Political Wire and The Dish
Reuters:
U.S. pulls more staff from Yemen embassy amid deepening crisis
Discussion: Hot Air, CBS News and The PJ Tatler
Sarah Wheaton / Politico:
Rape controversies return to haunt GOP
Jessica Chasmar / Washington Times:
Detroit man who murdered two white teens declares ‘black lives matter’ during sentencing
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit and VodkaPundit
Emily Atkin / ThinkProgress:
New Senate Environment Chair Gets His Gavel, Goes On Rant Arguing Climate Science Is A Hoax
Discussion: Guardian
 

 
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Richard Lawler / The Verge:
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Stephen Groves / Associated Press:
US House Speaker Mike Johnson says the GOP “probably will” try to repeal the CHIPS Act, but then walks it back, saying the GOP may “further streamline” the bill

 
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