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1:55 PM ET, January 12, 2016

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Mike Lillis / The Hill:
Obama, Democrats at odds before State of the Union address  —  Tensions between liberal Democrats and President Obama are bubbling up as the president heads to Capitol Hill on Tuesday to deliver his final State of the Union address to a restless ­Congress.
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Eun Kyung Kim / TODAY.com:
President Obama on Donald Trump: ‘Talk to me if he wins’  —  President Obama, on the eve of his final State of the Union address, rejected the message Donald Trump has capitalized on in his presidential campaign.  —  “The message that Donald Trump's putting out has had adherence a lot of times during the course of our history.
Jesse Byrnes / The Hill:
Kim Davis to attend State of the Union  —  The Kentucky clerk briefly jailed last year for refusing to hand out marriage licenses to gay couples is slated to attend President Obama's final State of the Union address, a source has confirmed to The Hill.  —  Kim Davis will attend Obama's …
Paul Bedard / Washington Examiner:
War over gay marriage to play out at SOTU  —  Share Tweet Reddit Digg Mail Print SMS More  —  President Obama's effort to stack the audience with those who support his causes at his last State of the Union Address is being rebuffed by conservatives inviting guests that challenged Obamacare and gay marriage.
Eric Bradner / CNN:
Obama goes it alone in his last State of the Union  —  What to Watch for in Obama's Final State of the Union  — Barack Obama's final State of the Union won't have the traditional laundry list of requests for Congress  —  Washington (CNN)The White House says President Barack Obama's State …
Discussion: RedState, FIRST FREEDOM and Daily Kos
Sean Rayford / Associated Press:
Ben Carson Calls For Investigation Of Muslim Guests Attending State Of The Union
Discussion: Daily Kos
CBS News:
CBS/NYT Poll: Americans divided on Obama job performance in final year
Discussion: Politico
Deirdre Shesgreen / Cincinnati.com:
Obergefell to be Obama's guest at final State of the Union
Discussion: Right Wing Watch, CNN and Vox
Matthew Yglesias / Vox:   Obama has a good record to brag about tonight, but people still hate the government
Meredith Shiner / Yahoo Politics:
Obama, with an eye toward history, will give a different kind of State of the Union
Discussion: Politico
CNN:
Biden says Obama offered financial help amid son's illness  —  Washington (CNN)As his eldest son faced the prospect of resigning as Delaware's attorney general amid health concerns, Vice President Joe Biden received an offer that floored him: financial support from his boss, President Barack Obama.
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Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
Trump/Cruz Close in Iowa; Birther Issue Could Hurt Cruz; Sanders Gaining on Clinton  —  PPP's newest Iowa poll continues to find a very close Republican race in the state- Donald Trump's at 28% to 26% for Ted Cruz, 13% for Marco Rubio, 8% for Ben Carson, and 6% for Jeb Bush.
Discussion: Political Wire and PoliticusUSA
New York Times:
Hillary Clinton Races to Close Enthusiasm Gap With Bernie Sanders in Iowa  —  DES MOINES — Iowa Democrats are displaying far less passion for Hillary Clinton than for Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont three weeks before the presidential caucuses, creating anxiety inside the Clinton campaign …
ABC News:
The Note: Trump, Clinton Trade Insults
Discussion: Yahoo Politics
Los Angeles Times:
Supreme Court conservatives appear ready to overturn mandatory union fees  —  People participate in a Jan. 11 rally at the Supreme Court in Washington as the justices heard arguments in Friedrichs vs. California Teachers Assn.  —  Reporting from Washington
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Chris Geidner / BuzzFeed:
Supreme Court Strikes Down Florida “Jury Recommendation” Death Sentencing Scheme
Speisa:
German police: It's an Arab rape game called Taharrush, and now it has come to Europe  —  After the NYE mass assaults against women in several European cities, the German Federal Criminal Police Office, BKA, now say that the Arab “rape game” Taharrush has established itself in Europe.
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Daily Mail:
RISE IN MIGRANTS LEAVING GERMANY FOLLOWING COLOGNE SEX ATTACKS  —  Germany has started sending a growing number of migrants back to Austria since the New Year's Eve sex attacks in Cologne shocked the country.  —  Some of the departing migrants said they did not want asylum in Germany …
Discussion: Vox Popoli
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The Local:
‘We told you so,’ Eastern Europe tells Germany
Discussion: Vlad Tepes
Elizabeth Doran / Syracuse Post-Standard:
Whitesboro residents vote to keep controversial ‘racist’ village seal  —  The controversial Whitesboro village seal, which residents voted Monday night to keep.  (Provided photo)  —  Whitesboro residents voted Monday night to keep the village's controversial seal, rather than replace it with a new image.
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Skyler Srivastava / WKTV-TV:
Votes tabulated over controversial seal, as The Daily Show visits the Village of Whitesboro
Deborah Yetter / Courier-Journal:
Bevin notifies feds he'll dismantle kynect  —  FRANKFORT, Ky. Following through on a campaign pledge, Gov. Matt Bevin has notified federal authorities he plans to dismantle kynect, Kentucky's health insurance exchange created under the Affordable Care Act.  —  The decision drew immediate fire …
Discussion: NPR and Talking Points Memo
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Richard Alba / American Prospect:
Why Republicans Wouldn't Actually Repeal Obamacare
David Brooks / New York Times:
The Brutalism of Ted Cruz  —  In 1997, Michael Wayne Haley was arrested after stealing a calculator from Walmart.  This was a crime that merited a maximum two-year prison term.  But prosecutors incorrectly applied a habitual offender law.  Neither the judge nor the defense lawyer caught the error and Haley was sentenced to 16 years.
Ben Kamisar / The Hill:
Sanders: Law enforcement should handle campus rape  —  Bernie Sanders called for all rape accusations on college campuses to be handled through law enforcement, a controversial stance that puts him at odds with many advocates.  —  Decrying rape and sexual assault on campuses as an “epidemic …
Marc Randazza / Popehat:
Twitter Takes a Side in the Culture Wars - Lies About It  —  Twitter announced that in order to combat abuse and harassment on its increasingly unpopular online platform, that it would enact new rules and regulations that would hopefully get control of things.  The stated mission was to cut down on loosely-defined “harassment.”
Discussion: Fusion and Re/code
Julian Hattem / The Hill:
Feds to process emails from Clinton aide Abedin for release  —  The State Department has agreed to comb through 29,000 pages of emails from a top aide to Hillary Clinton and release batches of those emails every month.  —  In a federal court filing on Monday, the department said it would process …
Discussion: RedState
 
 
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Kevin Sieff / Washington Post:
U.N. says some of its peacekeepers were paying 13-year-olds for sex
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Alison Frankel / Reuters:
Ex-politician John Edwards among lawyers vying for lead role in Volkswagen suit
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Dorothy Rabinowitz / Wall Street Journal:
Denying the Obvious About Islamist Terror
Brianne Pfannenstiel / Des Moines Register:
Kaufmann: Iowa GOP prepared for ‘absolute avalanche’ of caucusgoers
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Executive actions used to enhance power of government
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Jack Clark / Bloomberg Business:
Google Chairman Thinks AI Can Help Solve World's ‘Hard Problems’
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David Weigel / Washington Post:
Rand Paul, bumped from main debate stage, will boycott Thursday's undercard
 

 
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Lachlan Cartwright / The Ankler:
Sources: MSNBC renewed Rachel Maddow's contract early this fall, but with a pay cut; MSNBC bosses' plan to shake up daytime and weekend programming

Caitlin Huston / The Hollywood Reporter:
Internal memo: Hearst Magazines president announces layoffs as part of a decision to “reallocate resources” to “continue our focus on digital innovation”

Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica:
FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel announced she will leave the agency on January 20; she was the first woman to be confirmed to lead the agency

 
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