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9:50 PM ET, January 12, 2016

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Mary Brigid McManamon / Washington Post:
Ted Cruz is not eligible to be president  —  Mary Brigid McManamon is a constitutional law professor at Widener University's Delaware Law School.  —  Donald Trump is actually right about something: Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Tex.) is not a natural-born citizen and therefore is not eligible to be president or vice president of the United States.
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Caitlin MacNeal / Talking Points Memo:
Trump Has Started Playing ‘Born In The USA’ At Rallies To Taunt Cruz  —  Now that he has raised questions about Sen. Ted Cruz's (R-TX) Canadian birth and American citizenship, Donald Trump has started playing Bruce Springsteen's “Born in the USA” before campaign rallies, according to reports in The Weekly Standard and the Texas Tribune.
Laurence H. Tribe / BostonGlobe.com:
Under Ted Cruz's own logic, he's ineligible for the White House  —  There's more than meets the eye in the ongoing dustup over whether Ted Cruz is eligible to serve as president, which under the Constitution comes down to whether he's a “natural born citizen” despite his 1970 Canadian birth.
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.
Christopher Massie / BuzzFeed:
Ted Cruz Says Trump “Embodies New York Values”
Discussion: Politico and Mediaite
Matt Fuller / The Huffington Post:
GOP Rep. Just Found Out He Invited Kim Davis To The State Of The Union  —  There's a reason this was such a well-kept secret on Capitol Hill.  —  It's been a mystery all day on Capitol Hill: Which member of Congress invited controversial Kentucky county clerk Kim Davis to the State of the Union address?
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Arlette Saenz / ABC News:
President Obama Delivers Final State of the Union Speech
Discussion: Politico
Nolan D. McCaskill / Politico:
White House names Homeland Security secretary as ‘designated survivor’
Discussion: ABC News
Scott Bland / Politico:
GOP releases excerpts of Haley's response
Associated Press:
Pentagon: 2 US Navy Boats Held by Iran but Will Be Returned  —  Iran was holding 10 U.S. Navy sailors and their two small Navy boats after the boats had mechanical problems and drifted into Iranian waters, but American officials have received assurances from Tehran that they will be returned safely and promptly.
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CNN:
10 U.S. sailors in Iranian custody  —  Washington (CNN)Ten American sailors were being held in Iranian custody after two small U.S. naval craft apparently briefly entered Iranian territorial waters, a U.S. senior defense official said Tuesday.  —  The official, however, expects the situation to be resolved quickly.
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Ben Kamisar / The Hill:
Quinnipiac poll: Sanders surges to retake lead in Iowa  —  Bernie Sanders leads Hillary Clinton in a major Iowa poll for the first time since September, the latest sign the Democratic primary race is tightening between the two candidates.  —  The Vermont senator wins 49 percent of likely caucusgoers …
John Walker / Fusion:
Did Hillary Clinton blow the white privilege question?
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.
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Mollie Hemingway / The Federalist:
4 Problems With Media Confusion Over Ted Cruz's Quoting Of Scripture
The White House / Medium:
President Obama's 2016 State of the Union Address  —  The White House is once again making the full text of the State of the Union available online ahead of the speech, as prepared for delivery, continuing efforts to meet people where they are and make the speech as accessible as possible.
Daily Mail:
The Arabic gang-rape ‘Taharrush’ phenomenon which sees women surrounded by groups of men in crowds and sexually assaulted... and has now spread to Europe  —  Police fear a gang-rape phenomenon known as ‘taharrush gamea’ in the Arab world and seen in attacks on women across German cities at the New Year has now spread to Europe.
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Speisa:
German police: It's an Arab rape game called Taharrush, and now it has come to Europe
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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CNN:
Biden praises Sanders on income inequality, calls Clinton ‘relatively new’ to the fight
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Ben Kamisar / The Hill:
Sanders: Law enforcement should handle campus rape
Discussion: Hot Air and Althouse
Daily Mail:
EXCLUSIVE: Textbook sales leader says national Common Core education standards are ‘all about the money’ as teacher insists bureaucrats created a ‘new f**king system that f**king sucks to sell more books’  — Conservative muckraker group Project Veritas caught a textbook sales executive …
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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Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:
Rand Paul: Obama Should Say He's A Failure, Then Resign In State Of The Union
Discussion: Mediaite
New York Times:
New Attack Ads Call Marco Rubio a Flip-Flopper on Immigration
Discussion: Washington Post
Eric Morath / Wall Street Journal:
Six Years Later, 93% of U.S. Counties Haven't Recovered From Recession, Study Finds
Kevin Drum / Mother Jones:
We Are Happier Than Ever, We Are Angrier Than Ever
Discussion: The Moderate Voice
Peter Sullivan / The Hill:
Louisiana expands Medicaid under Dem governor
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
Luke Hammill / Oregonian:
Oregon standoff: Militants say they'll reveal exit plan Friday
Discussion: Talking Points Memo and Raw Story
 Earlier Items: 
Cindy Adams / Page Six:
George Miller will never make another ‘Mad Max’ movie
Sean Rayford / Associated Press:
Ben Carson Calls For Investigation Of Muslim Guests Attending State Of The Union
Discussion: Daily Kos
Kevin Sieff / Washington Post:
U.N. says some of its peacekeepers were paying 13-year-olds for sex
The Local:
‘We told you so,’ Eastern Europe tells Germany
 

 
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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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