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9:00 PM ET, January 3, 2016

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CNN:
Armed group's leader in federal building: ‘We will be here as long as it takes’  —  (CNN)Armed protesters have taken over a building in a federal wildlife refuge in Oregon, accusing officials of unfairly punishing ranchers who refused to sell their land.  —  One them is Ammon Bundy …
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Amelia Templeton OPB / OPB:
Militia Occupying Federal Land: ‘We Are Not Hurting Anybody’  —  Protesters in Burns, Oregon march toward the home of Dwight Hammond, a local rancher convicted of arson on federal land.  The Jan. 2 protest was peaceful, but ended with a group of militiamen occupying the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge.
Sundance / The Last Refuge:
Full Story on What's Going on In Oregon - Militia Take Over Malheur National Wildlife Refuge In Protest to Hammond Family Persecution...  Grab a coffee, because this is soup-to-nuts.  —  Many people will awaken today to the news of approximately 100 to 150 armed militia taking control …
David Atkins / Washington Monthly:
The Armed Domestic Terrorists in Oregon Should Be Treated Just as ISIS Terrorists Would Be  —  The big story of the day is the armed seizure of an empty federal building in rural Oregon by a group of domestic terrorists, some of whom are the sons of federal tax cheat and freeloader Cliven Bundy.
Melissa Cronin / Gawker:
Sons of Noted Racist Vigilante Are ‘Willing To Kill’ In Standoff at a Federal Building in Oregon  —  A group of militiamen who have taken over a national wildlife refuge in Oregon have been joined by the notable Bundy family, a group of anti-government ranchers headed by a racist patriarch.
Discussion: Hit & Run and Washington Post
Aaron Mesh / Willamette Week:
Anti-government militia member releases video pledging to drive to Oregon: “I want to die a free man.”
Washington Examiner:
Three of Cliven Bundy's sons, militia seize federal building in Oregon
Nick Gass / Politico:
Trump: Clinton has ruined the world  —  Donald Trump pointed to Hillary Clinton as the cause of “so many” of the world's current problems in an interview to air Sunday, attacking, among other decisions, the then-New York senator's vote to authorize the invasion of Iraq in 2002.
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Bradford Richardson / The Hill:
Trump dares Bill Clinton to talk about women's issues  —  Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump is daring former president Bill Clinton to talk about women's issues on behalf of his wife's presidential campaign.  —  “I hope Bill Clinton starts talking about women's issues …
Tim Devaney / The Hill:   Rand Paul: Hillary will ‘take us back to war’
Guardian:
Clinton campaign hopes Bill will deliver a New Hampshire ‘comeback kid’ boost
Discussion: DownWithTyranny! and Raw Story
Caitlin Yilek / The Hill:
Trump: I will veto Obama actions on guns  —  Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump told supporters Saturday that he will veto President Obama's actions on guns if elected to the White House.  —  “The Second Amendment, it's so great to me,” Trump said at a campaign rally in Biloxi, Miss.
Discussion: ABC News, Mediaite and Breitbart
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Eugene Scott / CNN:
CNN to host Obama town hall on guns in America  —  Washington (CNN)President Barack Obama will join CNN's Anderson Cooper Thursday for an exclusive one-hour live town hall on gun control.  —  Obama will sit down with Cooper at 8 p.m. ET for the event, titled “Guns in America.”
Associated Press:   Vacation Over, Obama Looking at Ways to Reduce Gun Violence
Liz Sly / Washington Post:
Iran warns of ‘divine vengeance’ for Saudi Arabia's execution of cleric … BEIRUT — Iran's Supreme Leader warned on Sunday that there would be divine retribution for Saudi Arabia's rulers after the execution of a renowned Shiite cleric, sustaining the soaring regional tensions that erupted in the wake of the killing.
Discussion: National Review and Booman Tribune
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Associated Press:
Illinois Considers Allowing Recall Attempts of Chicago Mayor  —  The furor over recent Chicago police shootings has legislators considering whether voters should be allowed to recall Mayor Rahm Emanuel or future officials who hold his post.  —  Illinois state law currently addresses …
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William Wan / Washington Post:
In Chicago, distrust toward mayor has turned ‘personal’
Elliot Smilowitz / The Hill:
Trump: Iran deal was so bad it's suspicious  —  Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump says the nuclear deal with Iran is so bad, he is close to wondering whether it was done poorly on purpose.  —  “It's almost like there has to be something else going on,” he said Saturday night …
Frank Bruni / New York Times:
Marco Rubio Doesn't Add Up  —  MATH was never my strongest subject, so maybe I'm just not crunching the numbers right.  —  But the more I stare at them, the less sense Marco Rubio makes.  —  Rubio as the front-runner, I mean.  As the probable Republican nominee.
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Kevin Cirilli / Bloomberg Business:
Trump Backers Say Their New Hampshire Voter Database Is ‘Huge’
Discussion: Politico
Martin Evans / Telegraph:
Islamic State video shows murder of five ‘British spies’  —  Terror group publishes execution video as it threatens UK with new terror attacks and call David Cameron an ‘imbecile’  —  Intelligence agencies were hunting a new ‘Jihadi John’ after an Islamic extremist with a British accent murdered five men accused of spying for the UK.
Discussion: Jihad Watch
 
 
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Arnaud Grange / Reuters:
Man who drove car at French troops had jihadi propaganda in computer: prosecutor
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CBS News:
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Fox News:
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Discussion: PoliticusUSA
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Bradford Richardson / The Hill:
Fiorina defends ‘tongue-in-cheek’ Rose Bowl tweet
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Financial Times:
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