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3:15 PM ET, January 5, 2016

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Guardian:
Authorities plan to cut off power to militia at occupied Oregon refuge  —  Armed militants will begin their third day at the wildlife refuge and have vowed to remain for months in protest at over the treatment of two local cattle ranchers  —  Federal authorities are planning to cut off …
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Des Moines Register:
Last Slide  —  Ohio Gov. John Kasich, who is seeking the Republican presidential nomination, said while campaigning in Iowa on Monday that he had no knowledge about a standoff in eastern Oregon where armed anti-government protesters have taken over a federal wildlife refuge.
Jamelle Bouie / Slate:
Is the Oregon Standoff Evidence of a Racial Double Standard?  —  Not really.  And we are in danger of drawing the wrong lessons from the fact that these armed militiamen are white.  —  In April 2014, Nevada rancher Cliven Bundy made headlines when he (and his armed allies) …
Lydia O'Connor / The Huffington Post:
Oregon Militants Say They're Getting Worse Treatment Than Black Lives Matter Movement
Carissa Wolf / Washington Post:
In Oregon, frustration over federal land rights has been building for years
Russ Choma / Mother Jones:
How the Leader of the Oregon Armed Protest Benefited From a Federal Loan Program
The White House:
FACT SHEET: New Executive Actions to Reduce Gun Violence and Make Our Communities  —  Gun violence has taken a heartbreaking toll on too many communities across the country.  Over the past decade in America, more than 100,000 people have been killed as a result of gun violence …
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Jeb Bush / The Gazette:
Barack Obama's executive orders trample on the Second Amendment
Marina Koren / The Atlantic:
Obama's Emotional Speech on Gun Control
Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money
Nick Gass / Politico:
Obama wipes away tears as he calls for new gun measures
Discussion: The Hill and Mother Jones
Ali Weinberg / ABC News:
Tearful Obama on Gun Control: Excuses ‘No Longer Suffice’
Discussion: National Review and abc13.com
Justin Sink / Bloomberg Business:
Obama Says Expanding Gun Background Checks Is No Threat to Rights
Discussion: Politico
Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Trump and Cruz send shivers down GOP spines  —  With only weeks before GOP primary voters first cast their ballots, the level of alarm among establishment Republicans about the enduring dominance of Donald Trump and Ted Cruz is reaching new heights.  —  In private conversations with several former aides …
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Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:
Ted Cruz: Trump Will Let Deported Immigrants Back In, I Won't  —  “He's advocated allowing folks to come back in and become citizens.  I oppose that.”  —  youtube.com  —  Ted Cruz said during an appearance in Iowa on Monday that there's a difference between him and Donald Trump on immigration.
Caitlin Cruz / Talking Points Memo:   Bankers Flood Across The Rio Grande In Bizarre New Ted Cruz Ad (VIDEO)
BBC:
Germany shocked by Cologne New Year gang assaults on women  —  The mayor of Cologne has summoned police for crisis talks after about 80 women reported sexual assaults and muggings by men on New Year's Eve.  —  The scale of the attacks on women at the city's central railway station has shocked Germany.
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Melissa Eddy / New York Times:
Coordinated Attacks on Women in Cologne Were Unprecedented, Germany Says
Esquire:
AMERICAN RAGE: THE ESQUIRE/NBC NEWS SURVEY  —  WE THE PEOPLE ARE PISSED.  THE BODY POLITIC IS BURNING UP.  AND THE ANGER THAT COURSES THROUGH OUR HEADLINES AND NEWS FEEDS—ABOUT INJUSTICE AND INEQUALITY, ABOUT MARGINALIZATION AND DISENFRANCHISEMENT, ABOUT WHAT THEY ARE DOING TO US—SHOWS NO SIGN OF ABATING.
Discussion: Washington Post and New York Times
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David Granger / Esquire:
A Few Words About Esquire's February Cover Star, Donald Trump
Howard Fineman / The Huffington Post:
The Impossible Could Be A Real Contender In 2016
Discussion: The Moderate Voice
Kurt Wagner / Re/code:
Twitter Considering 10,000-Character Limit for Tweets  —  Longer tweets are coming soon to Twitter.  —  Twitter is building a new feature that will allow users to tweet things longer than the traditional 140-character limit, and the company is targeting a launch date toward the end of Q1 …
Chris Cillizza / Washington Post:
This crowd shot from Donald Trump's Massachusetts rally is absolutely mind-boggling  —  Donald Trump went to Lowell, Mass. — a town about five miles south of the New Hampshire border — for one of his now trademark big-arena rallies on Monday night.  This is what the crowd looked like per WaPo's Jenna Johnson.
Wesley Goheen / WGCL-TV:
Woman, children safe after standoff at hotel comes to an end  —  A standoff at an area hotel involving two adults and 11 children has come to an end after the suspect stabbed himself.  —  A SWAT team had been deployed to the standoff inside a room at the Rite4Us Inn & Suites location …
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WXIA-TV:
Woman, 11 kids held hostage in motel standoff
Discussion: NBC News and WCMH-TV
WSB-TV:
11 kids safe after hostage situation at DeKalb motel
Discussion: Associated Press
NBC News:
Trump Has Highest Support Among White Evangelicals: Poll  —  With the presidential primaries in full swing, Donald Trump maintains his sizable lead over the rest of the Republican field.  Among Republican or Republican-leaning registered voters, Trump has 35% support compared to 18% for Ted Cruz …
Annie Karni / Politico:
Progressive New York mayor backs Clinton's Wall Street package  —  As Bernie Sanders prepared to deliver a speech on Wall Street reform, New York City's progressive mayor, Bill de Blasio, endorsed Hillary Clinton's financial proposals instead.  —  “Having studied all the Wall Street reform proposals …
Discussion: The Hill, Bloomberg.com and RedState
Sarah Ferris / The Hill:
Bill gutting ObamaCare would save half-trillion over a decade, CBO finds  —  A GOP-led effort to repeal the biggest parts of ObamaCare would cost about $42 billion less than previously expected, saving more than a half-trillion dollars over a decade, the congressional budget scorekeeper said Monday.
 
 
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