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Roger Simon / Politico:

GOP clown car runs into ditch — Simon says the Republican Party's clown car has become a clown van. — DES MOINES — The Republican Party's clown car has become a clown van. — With nearly two dozen possible presidential candidates, the GOP is having a seriousness deficit.

Anomaly / FreakOutNation:

Unhinged Woman Climbs Onstage At Iowa Freedom Summit, Starts Rambling Incoherently — At the “Iowa Freedom Summit,” Sarah Palin delivered a one of her strangest speeches yet and even Scott Conroy from RealClearPolitics, described it as the “strangest speech I've ever seen Sarah Palin deliver.”

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Tom Boggioni / Raw Story:

Sarah Palin delivers ‘bizarro’ speech to Iowa Freedom Summit and Twitter users react hilariously — DON'T MISS STORIES. FOLLOW RAW STORY! — Appearing at Iowa Congressman Steve King's Freedom Summit, star speaker Sarah Palin spoke from a binder of notes, delivering a string …

Discussion: Talking Points Memo, Israpundit, Hullabaloo, Right Wing Watch and Crooks and Liars

Rick Klein / ABC News:
For Republicans at Campaign Kickoff, Sideshows Precede Big Show

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Byron York / Washington Examiner:
12 keys to the GOP presidential race right now

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Robert Costa / Washington Post:
Palin says she's ‘seriously interested’ in 2016 campaign

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BBC:

Greece election: Exit polls signal big Syriza win — Exit polls suggest a historic victory for the anti-austerity Syriza party in Greece's general election. — The polls indicate that Syriza took between 36% and 38% of the total vote, with the ruling New Democracy party a distant second with 26%-28%.

Discussion: The Atlantic Online, Bloomberg, New York Times and Eschaton

Reuters:
Greek leftists Syriza aim for landmark election win

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Cameron Joseph / The Hill:

Scott Walker takes Iowa by storm — DES MOINES, Iowa — Scott Walker's stock is soaring after a triumphant return to Iowa. — The Wisconsin Republican governor delivered a pitch-perfect speech to a room packed with influential Hawkeye State conservatives on Saturday …

Des Moines Register:

Last Slide — No one seemed to regret the absence of Mitt Romney and Jeb Bush from the stage during a marathon session of conservative political theater in Iowa, as a string of GOP speakers urged Iowa Republicans not to buckle to the establishment. — A parade of nine Republicans …

Juliet Eilperin / Washington Post:

Obama administration to propose new wilderness protections in Arctic refuge — Alaska Republicans declare war — The Obama administration will propose setting aside the 1.5 million-acre coastal plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) as wilderness, the White House announced Sunday …

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Noam Scheiber / New York Times:

De Blasio, Obama and a Flawed Vision of Liberalism — MAYOR BILL DE BLASIO recently got some good news in his standoff with the Police Department. In the first major poll conducted after the high-profile murder of two patrolmen, 69 percent of New Yorkers said they objected to police officers' turning …

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Timothy Cama / The Hill:

Pope's visit to stoke climate fight — Pope Francis's visit to the United States this fall will give him an important stage to push for climate change policies, in a year when global warming is shaping up to be a central issue both for the Vatican and Washington.

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Ed Vulliamy / Observer:

Jewish outrage as ship named after SS war criminal arrives in Europe — As Holocaust day nears, anger erupts at arrival in Rotterdam of the Pieter Schelte, the world's largest vessel — Leaders of Jewish communities and Holocaust memorial groups in Britain and the Netherlands have reacted …

Discussion: The Times of Israel, Jewish Telegraphic Agency and Mediaite

Cameron Joseph / The Hill:

Ben Carson pulls crowd to its feet — DES MOINES, Iowa — Former neurosurgeon Ben Carson (R) delivered a rousing speech to the conservative faithful, earning the first standing ovation of the day at the Iowa Freedom Summit and showing why he's generating buzz with conservative activists.

Discussion: Towleroad News #gay and Politico

Jonathan Topaz / Politico:
Walker to Iowa conservatives: ‘Go big and go bold’

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Cameron Joseph / The Hill:
Scott Walker shows fire in Iowa

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Agence France-Presse:

Brazil finds coffee protein with morphine effect — 14 hrs ago — Brasília (AFP) - Brazilian scientists have discovered a protein in coffee that has effects similar to pain reliever morphine, researchers at the state University of Brasilia (UnB) and state-owned Brazilian Agricultural …

Associated Press:

Senators: More US special ops troops may be needed in Yemen — WASHINGTON (AP) — Two influential senators are calling on President Barack Obama to send more U.S. ground troops to hotspots around the Middle East. — The suggestion by Republican John McCain and Democrat Dianne Feinstein …

Discussion: Daily Signal