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11:00 AM ET, January 29, 2015

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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 …
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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 …
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
Jonathan Allen / Bloomberg Business:
Obama Rallying Democrats to Fight for Spending Boost in Budget  —  (Bloomberg) — President Barack Obama will rally Democrats for a budget battle with Republicans by proposing a major spending boost for both domestic programs and the military.  —  With his fiscal 2016 spending blueprint set …
Discussion: Politico
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Justin Sink / The Hill:
Obama seizes leverage from Republicans on immigration
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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Koch cash triggers Dem angst about 2016
Discussion: Political Wire
David Nather / Politico:
President Obama to propose ending sequester
Discussion: The Hill
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  —  NOTABLES  — ROMNEY PORTRAYS HILLARY CLINTON AS ‘CLUELESS’: Mitt Romney spoke about poverty in a speech in the nation's poorest state last night while directly taking aim at Hillary Clinton, saying she “cluelessly pressed a reset button for Russia.”
af.mil:
AF Identifies Boeing 747-8 platform for next Air Force One
Margaret Talev / Bloomberg Business:
The New Air Force One Is Coming, But Not Soon Enough for Obama
Discussion: Politico and The Verge
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 …
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
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.
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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.”
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
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.
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 and Yahoo! News
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John Dickerson / Slate:   Why Hillary Clinton needs to fight hard for Iowa.
Heather Mac Donald / National Review:
The Mayor Who Slandered the Police  —  New York City mayor Bill de Blasio is “comfortable” with himself.  So the city learned during the biggest crisis to hit a New York mayoralty in recent memory.  “I'm comfortable with the fact that I've always tried to tell the truth and stay true to my values …
Discussion: alicublog
Nina Burleigh / Newsweek:
What Silicon Valley Thinks of Women  —  On a spring afternoon last year at an outdoor café in San Francisco, two denizens of the tech community sketched out their strategy for a startup.  Like most 28-year-olds in Silicon Valley, they had smarts and dreams.
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.”
Catherine Thompson / Talking Points Memo:
Nevada Rancher Cliven Bundy's Son Jailed After Allegedly Resisting Arrest  —  Nevada rancher Cliven Bundy's son Ryan was jailed Tuesday after he allegedly resisted arrest when officers approached him about an outstanding warrant.  —  Salt Lake City TV station KSTU reported that Ryan Bundy …
Discussion: fox13now.com and Mediaite
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
KMOV-TV:
Altercation breaks out during meeting at St. Louis City Hall  —  ST. LOUIS (KMOV.com) - An altercation broke out at St. Louis City Hall during a meeting Thursday to discuss the possibility of creating a civilian review board so citizens could have a more direct line to police.
 
 
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Philip Rucker / Washington Post:
N.H. Republicans to host presidential candidate summit in April
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