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10:55 AM ET, February 9, 2015

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Greg Stohr / Bloomberg Business:
Gay Marriage Cleared by U.S. High Court to Start in Alabama  —  (Bloomberg) — The U.S. Supreme Court cleared the way for same-sex weddings to start in Alabama, letting the number of gay-marriage states climb in advance of a constitutional showdown that may mean legalization nationwide.
Discussion: Mediaite and The Right Scoop
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Alan Blinder / New York Times:
Alabama Judge Defies Gay Marriage Law  —  TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — In a dramatic show of defiance toward the federal judiciary, Chief Justice Roy S. Moore of the Alabama Supreme Court on Sunday night ordered the state's probate judges not to issue marriage licenses to gay couples on Monday …
Brian Lyman / The Montgomery Advertiser:
Roy Moore orders ban on same-sex marriage licenses  —  Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore Sunday evening ordered the state's probate judges to not issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples.  —  The outspoken social conservative told judges in a six-page letter that a federal judge's decision striking …
Kelsey Stein / al.com:
Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore orders judges not to issue same-sex marriage licenses
Associated Press:
Indiana woman who fought gay marriage ban dies of cancer
Discussion: FOX News Radio
David Carr / New York Times:
Brian Williams, Retreading Memories From a Perch Too Public  —  For some time now, there have been two versions of Brian Williams.  One is an Emmy-winning, sober, talented anchor on the “NBC Nightly News” and the other is a funny, urbane celebrity who hosts “Saturday Night Live,” …
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Catherine Thompson / Talking Points Memo:
Huckabee: Muslims Are The Only Group To Have Obama's ‘Undying’ Support  —  Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee (R) said Monday that Barack Obama's National Prayer Breakfast speech proved that Muslims are only religious group that has the President's “undying” support.
Discussion: FreakOutNation
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Evan McMurry / Mediaite:
Huckabee Tears into Obama's Prayer Speech: His High Horse Is the TelePrompTer  —  Former Arkansas Governor and current Marge Simpson Mike Huckabee took to Fox & Friends Monday morning to declare that this Barack Obama guy has notions.  —  “This president has a high horse himself — it's his teleprompter,” Huckabee said.
David / Latest from Crooks and Liars:
Tucker Carlson: 'Christianity Is The Reason We Don't Have Slavery In The World Today'
Vox:
Obama on American politics and economy: the Vox conversation  —  In his 2007 book The Audacity of Hope, then-Sen. Barack Obama laid out his theory of America's political and policy problems as it stood on the eve of his first presidential campaign.  He worried, he said, about …
Marc Caputo / Politico:
Professor Marco Rubio  —  Inside the classroom, the Florida Republican gives clues about his political future.  —  MIAMI — Without notes and seemingly without taking a breath, Marco Rubio tears through a data-heavy speech about the “fault lines” in America's politics and what he calls “the middle-class trap.”
Discussion: The Huffington Post
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Susan Page / USA Today:
Axelrod: Hillary has to ‘run like an insurgent’  —  USA TODAY's Washington Bureau Chief Susan Page interviews former campaign strategist for President Obama, David Axelrod.  He shares that Hillary Clinton should run with the mindset of a challenger, rather than a frontrunner.
Jesse Byrnes / The Hill:
TV host asks Holder to quack like a duck  —  Attorney General Eric Holder on Sunday refused an unusual request during an interview, declining to quack like a duck.  —  At the end of an interview that touched on the Voting Rights Act and use of force by police, MSNBC host Melissa Harris-Perry asked …
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Michael A. Memoli / McClatchy Washington Bureau:
Holder says lack of new gun laws is his ‘single failure’
Discussion: Hot Air and FOX News Radio
Byron York / Washington Examiner:
11 Democrats who could help themselves by challenging Hillary  —  As far as the Democratic primaries are concerned, Hillary Clinton is assembling a huge campaign organization to run against ... nobody.  A presidential contender needs an opponent, a workout, a challenge to be in shape …
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Ben Kamisar / The Hill:
Sanders promises ‘clash of ideas’ with Hillary Clinton if both run in 2016
Discussion: Washington Post and New York Times
John Fund / National Review:
Is Texas ‘Crazy’ or Is It the Real America?  —  Last week, everywhere I went in Washington it seemed as if the country's cultural and ideological divisions came down to a debate over the state of Texas and whether or not it was “a crazy state” or the “place that is still most like America.”
Discussion: Power Line
CNN:
ISIS recruiter, once freed from Gitmo by U.S., killed in drone strike in Afghanistan  —  Story highlights  —  (CNN)He was a Taliban commander captured by the United States and held at Guantanamo Bay.  But he was let go and returned to Afghanistan.  Mullah Abdul Rauf went on to become a recruiter for ISIS in Afghanistan.
Ian Millhiser / ThinkProgress:
The Future Of Voter Suppression Is Before The Supreme Court  —  A petition asking the Supreme Court to consider the fate of Wisconsin's voter ID law begins with a powerful quote: “There is no right more basic in our democracy than the right to participate in electing our political leaders.”
Discussion: Booman Tribune
Benjy Sarlin / msnbc.com:
The Rand Paul Debate Society  —  New York Rep. Pete King knows he's a long shot for the GOP presidential nomination.  He has little national following, no campaign organization, and must constantly remind people he's considering a run to keep his name in the mix at all.
Discussion: Unqualified Offerings and ABC News
Jennifer Kabbany / The College Fix:
University of California student government passes resolution to divest - FROM AMERICA  —  The University of California Student Association board - which represents all 233,000 students enrolled in the UC system's 10 campuses - approved a resolution on Sunday that calls on the system's leaders …
Kristin Crowley / WREX-TV:
13 NEWS EXCLUSIVE: Daughter of suspected terrorist supporter speaks out  —  The daughter of a Rockford woman, suspected of helping ISIS and other terrorist organizations, spoke exclusively to WREX about her mother Jasminka Ramic's indictment.  The daughter's name is Sejla Ramic.
Discussion: ABC News
 
 
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Michael C Bender / Bloomberg Business:
New Hampshire Poll: Jeb Bush Grabs Narrow Lead
Discussion: BuzzFeed and Political Wire
WGN Web Desk / WGN-TV:
Boy, 13, fatally shot on Northwest Side over Facebook post: police
Discussion: Q13 FOX News and KFOR-TV
Stephen Dinan / Washington Times:
Homeland Security sets up Obama amnesty complaint hotlines for illegals
Griff Witte / Washington Post:
A month after kosher market attack, French Jews plan an exodus
Josef Federman / Associated Press:
Israeli leader faces pressure to cancel US Congress speech
Discussion: FOX News Radio and ABC News
Josh Zeitz / Politico:
The Death of the Three-Time Candidate
Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch:
Today In Creepy Privacy Policies, Samsung's Eavesdropping TV
Discussion: VodkaPundit and The Verge
Kyle Balluck / The Hill:
Cruz: US not honoring Ukraine obligation
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 Earlier Items: 
Margaret Talbot / New Yorker:
Not Immune  —  Twenty-five years ago, when a doctor named Robert Ross …
Albert R. Hunt / Bloomberg View:
Obama's Final Legacy to Be Set by Foreign Policy
Bonnie Burton / CNET:
Ready for a robot smackdown? ‘BattleBots’ returns to TV
Discussion: FOX News Radio
Alexander Burns / New York Times:
Working Families Party Calls on Elizabeth Warren to Run for President
Judith Shulevitz / New York Times:
The Best Way to Address Campus Rape
Discussion: Althouse
Valerie Richardson / Washington Times:
Colorado GOP tries to ban ‘welfare for weed’ against Democrats' wishes
Discussion: The PJ Tatler and Hot Air
John Hinderaker / Power Line:
Inside the Global Warming Scandal
Nick Hanauer / The Atlantic Online:
Stock Buybacks Are Killing the American Economy
Discussion: Hot Air and The Mahablog
 

 
From Mediagazer:

Jonathan Stempel / Reuters:
A New York judge finds Sirius XM liable for a difficult subscription cancellation process; Sirius says it will appeal but abide by a new “click-to-cancel” rule

Ashley Carman / Bloomberg:
A growing number of podcasters, including Tim Ferriss, are moving away from interviews to monologues or co-hosts, as some well-known guests can be overexposed

Matthew Keys / The Desk:
DirecTV terminates its Dish acquisition after a group of Dish creditors rejected a modified bond exchange offer

 
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