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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.
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Les Zaitz / Oregonian:
Militants continue occupation of Oregon refuge, police keep low profile — BURNS - Law enforcement agencies are remaining mum about plans to end militiamen's occupation of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge headquarters. — A splinter group of militia in town to support a local ranching family took …
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Katie Zezima / Washington Post:
Republican candidates stay quiet on Oregon standoff — Republican presidential candidates are staying mum as an armed group has taken over part of a national wildlife refuge in rural Oregon — even those who supported the father of at least one of its leaders, who had his own standoff …
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.
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Hit & Run, Oregonian, Slantpoint, ThinkProgress and Raw Story
David Atkins / Washington Monthly:
The Armed Domestic Terrorists in Oregon Should Be Treated Just as ISIS Terrorists Would Be
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Mother Jones and Raw Story
Sundance / The Last Refuge:
Full Story on What's Going on In Oregon …
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CBS News:
Oregon ranchers reject Cliven Bundy family occupation
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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.
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CNN:
Trump: Clinton, Obama ‘created ISIS’ — Biloxi, Mississippi (CNN)Donald Trump on Saturday said the policies of President Barack Obama and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton “created ISIS,” the furthest the GOP front-runner has gone in tying the Obama administration's policies to the rise of the terror group.
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Algemeiner.com, John Hawkins' Right Wing News and Maxim
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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New York Times:
Saudi Arabia Cuts Ties With Iran Amid Fallout From Cleric's Execution
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Bradford Richardson / The Hill:
Trump dares Bill Clinton to talk about women's issues
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Politico, Raw Story and John Hawkins' Right Wing News
Robert Costa / Washington Post:
Donald Trump's provocative first TV ad raises the temperature of GOP race — NEW YORK — Donald Trump's ad begins with a shot of President Obama and Hillary Clinton. Then comes a U.S. battleship launching a cruise-missile strike. From there it moves swiftly through an explosive montage …
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Abby Phillip / Washington Post:
Heckler disrupts Hillary Clinton town hall over Bill Clinton's sexual history — DERRY, N.H. — One day before former president Bill Clinton arrives in New Hampshire to campaign for his wife, Hillary Clinton, she was confronted with questions about allegations involving his sexual history at a town hall meeting in the state on Sunday.
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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.
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Eddie Van Der Walt / Bloomberg Business:
Stocks Slump Across Europe and Asia Following Shanghai's 7% Crash — China circuit-breaker triggered on day it was introduced — Crude pares advance fueled by Iran-Saudi Arabia tension — Financial markets are starting 2016 on a bleak note and China is to blame.
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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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Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion
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William Wan / Washington Post:
In Chicago, distrust toward mayor has turned ‘personal’
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Power Line, Chicago Tribune and MichelleMalkin.com
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.
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