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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 …

Discussion: Raw Story, KUTV-TV, The Reality-Based Community, CBS News, PoliticusUSA, NBC News, Fox News, Slate, Politico, Hot Air, Bearing Arms, fox13now.com, KTLA, Washington Post, Lawyers, Guns & Money and Oregonian

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.

Discussion: Washington Post, Bundy Ranch, ThinkProgress and NPR

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 …

Discussion: Patterico's Pontifications, protein wisdom, Vox Popoli and Jeff Goldstein

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.

Discussion: Mother Jones, Mashable, The Reality-Based Community, Slantpoint, Lawyers, Guns & Money and Little Green Footballs

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

Tara Culp-Ressler / ThinkProgress:
Armed Militia Seized A Federal Building. The Media Called Them ‘Peaceful.’

Discussion: Guardian, The Moderate Voice, Occupy Democrats, Raw Story, addictinginfo.org and Associated Press

Aaron Mesh / Willamette Week:
Anti-government militia member releases video pledging to drive to Oregon: “I want to die a free man.”

Discussion: Vox, Washington Post, Indian Country Today …, American Power, addictinginfo.org, Mother Jones, Little Green Footballs, Slantpoint, Occupy Democrats, ThinkProgress, No More Mister Nice Blog, Outside the Beltway, Hullabaloo, Talking Points Memo and Balloon Juice

Liam Stack / New York Times:
Wildlife Refuge Occupied in Protest of Oregon Ranchers' Prison Terms

Discussion: Hit & Run, Washington Post, ThinkProgress, Maxim, alan.com, KOIN-TV and USA Today

OPB:
Who Wants A Burns Standoff? Not The Sheriff, The Ranchers, Or Even Cliven Bundy

Discussion: Oregonian, Raw Story, NPR and KOIN-TV

Washington Examiner:
Three of Cliven Bundy's sons, militia seize federal building in Oregon

Discussion: Hot Air, Raw Story and John Hawkins' Right Wing News

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.

Discussion: CBS News, ABC News, Guardian, Raw Story, Yahoo Politics and Political Wire

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 …

Discussion: John Hawkins' Right Wing News and Politico

Tim Devaney / The Hill: Rand Paul: Hillary will ‘take us back to war’

Raheem Kassam / Breitbart:
After The Trump Terror Vid, Can We Start Calling Her ‘Al Shabaab Media Advisor Hillary Clinton’?

Discussion: Mediaite, The Gateway Pundit, Flopping Aces and Little Green Footballs

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

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.”

Discussion: RedState, Scared Monkeys, New York Times, American Spectator, Deadline, Mediaite, Bearing Arms, Talking Points Memo and Politico

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

New York Times:
Saudi Arabia Cuts Ties With Iran Amid Fallout From Cleric's Execution

Discussion: BBC, NPR, Business Insider, Althouse, AOL and Jihad Watch

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 …

William Wan / Washington Post:
In Chicago, distrust toward mayor has turned ‘personal’

Discussion: Power Line, Chicago Tribune and MichelleMalkin.com

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 …

Discussion: John Hawkins' Right Wing News

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.

Discussion: Hot Air, Balloon Juice and Washington Post

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