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12:20 PM ET, January 29, 2015

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Julie Hirschfeld Davis / New York Times:
Administration Official Criticizes Israeli Ambassador Over Netanyahu Visit  —  WASHINGTON — The Obama administration, after days of mounting tension, signaled on Wednesday how angry it is with Israel that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu accepted Republican leaders' invitation to address Congress …
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Brent Budowsky / The Hill:
The great GOP overreach  —  While Republicans bask in the glory of their victories in 2014 and continue their hyperpartisan onslaught in the new Congress, some early numbers should keep GOP strategists awake at night.  —  According to a recent ABC/Washington Post poll …
Todd S. Purdum / Politico:
Big GOP field unfazed by Hillary Clinton  —  She's strong, they say, but hardly invincible.  —  The bumper crop of 2016 GOP hopefuls, bustling and seemingly growing by the day, reflects several realities: No prohibitive front-runner in the party; an eagerness to reclaim the White House …
Mike Lillis / The Hill:   Pelosi warns Netanyahu: Speech to Congress will hurt Iran talks
Jeremy W. Peters / New York Times:   G.O.P.'s Invitation to Netanyahu Is Aiding Obama's Cause on Iran
Justin Sink / The Hill:
Obama seizes leverage from Republicans on immigration  —  President Obama on Thursday will call on congressional Republicans to approve a “clean” funding bill for the Department of Homeland Security that preserves his executive actions on limiting deportations.
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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:   Koch cash triggers Dem angst about 2016
Jim Acosta / CNN:
Obama to rally Democrats in Philly to kill sequester in budget
Discussion: US News and New York Times
David Nather / Politico:
President Obama to propose ending sequester
Discussion: The Hill
Jonathan Allen / Bloomberg Business:
Obama Rallying Democrats to Fight for Spending Boost in Budget
Discussion: Politico
Sally Kohn / CNN:
A better way for the Kochs to spend their millions
Christopher Elliott / Elliott:
Comcast thinks my husband is an a**hole - and they put it in writing  —  Warning: This post contains language that may not be appropriate for a family audience.  —  It's no secret that employees sometimes feel their customers are jerks.  But I've never seen one put it in writing — until now.
Mike Allen / Politico:
Exclusive: Hillary Clinton may delay campaign  —  Top Democrats give a new date for the campaign's likely start.  —  Hillary Clinton, expecting no major challenge for the Democratic nomination, is strongly considering delaying the formal launch of her presidential campaign until July …
Senator Jeff Sessions:
SESSIONS ANNOUNCES OPPOSITION TO LYNCH NOMINATION FOR ATTORNEY GENERAL  —  “We are at a dangerous moment.  Professor Jonathan Turley described it as a ‘constitutional tipping point.’ For the Senate to approve this nomination would bring us another step closer to the point's edge.”
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Mark Finkelstein / NewsBusters:
NBC's Mohyeldin Suggests Real American Sniper a ‘Racist’ Who Went on ‘Killing Sprees’  —  Share it Tweet it  —  Ayman Mohyeldin has suggested that Chris Kyle, the real “American Sniper,” was a “racist” whose military missions were nothing less than “killing sprees.”
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Lisa Lerer / Bloomberg Business:
The Re-Re-Rebranding of Mitt Romney  —  STARKVILLE, Miss.—The Romney family has a predilection for reinvention.  George Romney, the former governor of Michigan, made his name remaking the gas-guzzling American Motor Co. into a producer of fuel-efficient Ramblers.
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Michael Falcone / ABC News:
Mitt, We Meet Again
Lucy McCalmont / Politico:
Scott Walker urges professors to work harder  —  Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, defending proposed budget cuts for higher education, took a swipe at university professors who he said could be “teaching more classes and doing more work.”  —  “Maybe it's time for faculty and staff to start thinking …
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Karen Herzog / JSOnline:
Scott Walker budget cut sparks sharp debate on UW System
Discussion: Raw Story and The Daily Caller
Dylan Byers / Politico:
The New Republic addresses its ‘perceived legacy of racism’  —  The forthcoming issue of The New Republic — its first since a mass staff shakeup in December — features a cover story by Canadian journalist Jeet Heer about the magazine's “perceived legacy of racism.”
Sean Sullivan / Washington Post:
McCain: Palin would ‘do great’ as presidential candidate  —  How would Sarah Palin do if she decides to run for president?  According to her former top-of-the-ticket running mate, quite well.  —  “She's very interesting.  And I'm sure she'd do great,” Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) …
Discussion: FreakOutNation and FOX News Radio
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Josh Feldman / Mediaite:
American Family Association Evangelist Bryan Fischer Has Been Fired, Maddow Reports  —  Rachel Maddow tonight broke news that the American Family Association has officially fired notorious evangelist Bryan Fischer after a controversy involving the RNC and Israel.
New York Times:
Inconvenient Truths in Afghanistan  —  In late December, as they do every few months, American military officials in Kabul sent a trove of data to the office of the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction for its quarterly report.  Over the years, such figures have told …
Discussion: Prairie Weather
Alexander Mallin / ABC News:
Senator John McCain Calls Out Protesters Who Swarmed Henry Kissinger … Sen. John McCain earned some applause inside a Senate Armed Services hearing this morning after he erupted at protesters of former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, calling them “low-life scum.”
Discussion: Business Insider
Sahil Kapur / Talking Points Memo:
Republicans Are At A Loss On What To Do If SCOTUS Nixes Obamacare Subsidies  —  Many Republicans would view it as a dream come true if the Supreme Court were to slash a centerpiece of Obamacare by the end of June.  But that dream could fade into a nightmare as the spotlight turns …
Discussion: Washington Monthly
Darren Samuelsohn / Politico:
Hillary Clinton looks to Barack Obama digital alums  —  A dream team of tech talent awaits her call.  —  Two of President Barack Obama's 2012 digital masterminds are among the leading contenders for top technology jobs in Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign-in-waiting.
Discussion: The Hill
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John Dickerson / Slate:   Why Hillary Clinton needs to fight hard for Iowa.
 
 
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Ian Schwartz / RealClearPolitics Videos:
Ralph Peters: Obama Admin “Pressuring The Army To Whitewash” Bergdahl Fiasco
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Jeryl Bier / Weekly Standard:
EPA Chief: 'Aspen's Climate Could Be a Lot Like That of Amarillo, TX' in 2100
Catherine Thompson / Talking Points Memo:
Nevada Rancher Cliven Bundy's Son Jailed After Allegedly Resisting Arrest
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Heather Mac Donald / National Review:
The Mayor Who Slandered the Police
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Walter Russell Mead / The American Interest:
In It To Win It  —  The West's inability to comprehend …
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Bound Brook cops stop teens seeking snow shoveling work
MiAtheistGal / FreakOutNation:
Police Dogs Turned Loose On Restrained Female Student
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