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2:25 PM ET, January 11, 2016

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Ben Jacobs / Guardian:
Harvard scholar: Ted Cruz's citizenship, eligibility for president ‘unsettled’  —  Liberal law professor Laurence Tribe cited by Donald Trump in his ‘natural-born’ citizenship attacks has questioned Cruz's own constitutional positions  —  The legal and constitutional issues around qualification …
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Ryan Struyk / ABC News:
New Iowa Poll Shows Ted Cruz and Donald Trump in Tight Battle  —  Republican presidential candidates Donald Trump and Ted Cruz are locked in a tight battle for the lead in the Iowa caucus, according to a new Quinnipiac University poll released today.  —  Just three weeks from the crucial …
Nick Gass / Politico:
Trump soars, Bush sinks in latest N.H. poll  —  Donald Trump is now the choice of nearly one-in-three likely Republican primary voters in New Hampshire, while Jeb Bush, who once pledged that he would win in the state, plummeted to just 4 percent in the latest Monmouth University poll.
Discussion: ABC News
Lukas I. Alpert / Wall Street Journal:
New Republic Owner Chris Hughes Puts Magazine Up For Sale  —  Facebook co-founder, who purchased the title in 2012, says magazine needs a new business model  —  The New Republic, the century-old magazine that was rocked a year ago by the mass exodus of its staff following an effort by its owner …
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Chris Hughes / Medium:
The New Republic's Next Chapter  —  I sent the letter below to the The New Republic staff this morning on the next chapter for our institution.  I've reposted it in full here.  —  To the staff of The New Republic,  —  I have some difficult news today: I have decided to put The New Republic up for sale.
Jon Pareles / New York Times:
David Bowie, the Legendary Musician, Has Died at 69  —  David Bowie, the infinitely changeable, fiercely forward-looking songwriter who taught generations of musicians about the power of drama, images and personae, died Sunday, two days after his 69th birthday, according to his publicist.
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Steve M. / No More Mister Nice Blog:
DAVID BROOKS, YOU SAY TED CRUZ IS “SATANIC” AS IF THAT'S A BAD THING  —  From Politico, I see that David Brooks thinks Ted Cruz's rhetoric is excessively gloomy: … Brooks thinks that's a recipe for failure.  He thinks Marco Rubio has a much better approach, although he worries that Rubio is mimicking Cruz.
Fox News:
FBI's Clinton probe expands to public corruption track  —  Jan. 10, 2015: Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton addresses an audience during an event in Hooksett, N.H. (AP)  —  EXCLUSIVE: The FBI investigation into Hillary Clinton's use of private email as secretary of state …
Jeffrey M. Jones / Gallup:
Democratic, Republican Identification Near Historical Lows  —  PRINCETON, N.J. — In 2015, for the fifth consecutive year, at least four in 10 U.S. adults identified as political independents.  The 42% identifying as independents in 2015 was down slightly from the record 43% in 2014.
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Nick Gass / Politico:
Gallup: Share of Democrats reaches record low
Discussion: RedState, Hit & Run and Hot Air
Joshua Miller / The White House:
We're on Snapchat: Add WhiteHouse  —  Summary: The White House launches an “Official Story” on Snapchat to provide a behind-the-scenes glimpse of the Administration.  —  At the White House, our digital strategy centers around meeting people where they are.
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Jake Sherman / Politico:
Obama, GOP Congress near end of long, ugly relationship
Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Supreme Court Seems Poised to Deal Unions a Major Setback  —  WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court seemed poised on Monday to deliver a severe blow to organized labor.  —  The justices appeared divided along familiar lines during an extended argument over whether government workers who choose …
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Greg Stohr / Bloomberg Business:
Mandatory Union Fees Cast in Doubt at U.S. Supreme Court
Discussion: Politico
Kevin Drum / Mother Jones:
My Right to Die: Assisted Suicide, My Family, and Me  —  Every story has a beginning.  This one starts in late 2001, when my father-in-law fractured three of his ribs.  Harry was a retired physician, and after a thorough workup that he insisted on, it turned out that his bone density …
Bloomberg Business:
The State of Chris Christie's New Jersey, in Six Charts  —  Republican governor to give annual address to lawmakers  —  On the presidential campaign trail, he confronts his record  —  After a year in which Governor Chris Christie spent more than half his days outside New Jersey …
Discussion: Politico
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Matt Arco / New Jersey Online:
Did Christie just lie about past Planned Parenthood donation? (VIDEO)
David Bowie / Facebook:
January 10 2016 - David Bowie died peacefully today surrounded by his family after a courageous 18 month battle with cancer.  While many of you will share in this loss, we ask that you respect the family's privacy during their time of grief.
Zeke J Miller / TIME:
Exclusive: Republican Party Chairman Says Donald Trump Is Among ‘Varsity’ Candidates  —  Reince Priebus also promises to be an honest broker at convention  —  Donald Trump may be giving some in the Republican establishment heartburn, but Republican National Committee chairman Reince Priebus claims …
Michael D'Antonio / Politico:
Trump's Campaign Is Damaging His Brand  —  If Donald Trump is nothing else, he's an American brand.  The Trump name adorns luxury condominiums, hotels and golf courses around the world; it has sold a TV show, millions of books, a line of cologne and even, briefly, an airline.
Discussion: Political Wire and The Week
Christopher Massie / BuzzFeed:
Trump On Sean Penn's El Chapo Interview: “Sort Of Amazing The Way He Got In There”  —  “I guess we have bigger problems in this country, but I guess it was a little amazing that he was able to get an interview with a guy that everybody else was looking for, right?”  —  Scott Eisen / Getty Images
Ashe Schow / New York Post:
Europe is enabling a rape culture  —  In the wake of horrifying tales of sexual assault perpetrated by potentially up to 1,000 men on New Year's Eve, German officials have made two stunning decisions.  —  The first, from Cologne, Germany — where the attacks took place …
Baltimore Sun:
Trial of Baltimore Officer Goodson postponed by Maryland appeals court  —  Baltimore Sun crime reporter Justin Fenton gives an update on the trial of Caesar R. Goodson Jr., from courthouse west.  The Court of Special Appeals wrote that Officer Porter's appeal should be resolved before Goodson trial got underway.
 
 
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Justin Jouvenal / Washington Post:
The new way police are surveilling you: Calculating your threat ‘score’
Discussion: Telegraph and Althouse
Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:
Jeb Bush On Tanking Favorability: “Hell If I Know, I Don't Really Care”
Discussion: Talking Points Memo and Daily Kos
Joel Kotkin / Orange County Register:
What's the best way up for minorities?
Discussion: Instapundit
Adam Nagourney / New York Times:
Lessons, and Parallels, in Jeb Bush's Failed Run for Governor
Discussion: The Week
The Washington / Washington Times:
Multiculturalism reconsidered  —  Waves of migrants force Europe …
Discussion: Instapundit
 Earlier Items: 
Jeff Greenfield / The Daily Beast:
Why Are the Media Rooting for GOP Chaos?
Discussion: Mickey Kaus
Ian Millhiser / ThinkProgress:
Texas Governor Unveils Plan To Repeal The 20th Century
Discussion: Fox News and Off the Kuff
Politico:
HILLARY'S HOLLYWOOD HEADACHE: Benghazi movie in theaters Thursday gives spotlight to critics …
Adriana Cohen / Boston Herald:
Bay State Dems show true colors
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
The Obama Boom  —  Do you remember the “Bush boom”?  Probably not.
Discussion: Prairie Weather
Associated Press:
Senate Democrats Rammed Through Judges, Now GOP Calls Shots
Discussion: Bloomberg Business and Politico
 

 
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