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2:50 AM ET, January 14, 2016

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Sara Jerde / Talking Points Memo:
Nikki Haley Dismisses SOTU Response Backlash: ‘I Stand By What I Believe’  —  South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley (R) said Wednesday that she stands by her GOP response to President Barack Obama's State of the Union address, in response to criticism from real estate mogul Donald Trump and some conservative pundits.
Discussion: Mother Jones and Mashable
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Eliza Collins / Politico:
Nikki Haley walks back attacks on Bush and Rubio  —  Nikki Haley said late Wednesday that she had misspoken when she said that Marco Rubio was for “amnesty” and that Jeb Bush had passed Common Core, the controversial educational standards.  —  The South Carolina governor had to do some damage control …
NPR:
Transcript: Gov. Nikki Haley's Republican Address To The Nation
Eun Kyung Kim / TODAY.com:
Nikki Haley: Donald Trump has contributed to ‘irresponsible talk’
Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Nikki Haley: Damn right I was criticizing Trump in my SOTU rebuttal last night
Mike McIntire / New York Times:
Ted Cruz Didn't Disclose Loan From Goldman Sachs for His First Senate Campaign  —  As Ted Cruz tells it, the story of how he financed his upstart campaign for the United States Senate four years ago is an endearing example of loyalty and shared sacrifice between a married couple.
Streiff / RedState:
Ted Cruz Is Breaking Through the Establishment Firewall  —  Several times on RedState we've commented on how the GOP establishment seems to be poised to support and accept a Donald Trump candidacy if the alternative is Ted Cruz (here |  here).  What we are hearing comes mostly from the consultant/bottomfeeder class.
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Katie Glueck / Politico:
Why Cruz decided to take on Trump  —  DORCHESTER, S.C.—For months, Ted Cruz has laughed off Donald Trump's barbs, berated reporters who mentioned him and gone to near-comic lengths to publicly express enthusiasm for the real estate mogul's rival candidacy.  —  Cruz isn't laughing anymore.
Dara Doyle / Bloomberg Business:
Trump New Favorite to Take Republican Nomination, Betfair Says
Discussion: The Resurgent, Politico and The Week
Joe Pompeo / Politico:
Al Jazeera America shutting down  —  Al Jazeera, which made a massive investment in covering the United States less than three years ago, is slamming the brakes on its American operation.  —  Al Jazeera America, a cable news channel that debuted in August 2013, is shutting down.
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Ezra Klein / Vox:
This is what makes Republicans and Democrats so different  —  MSNBC asked Benjy Sarlin, its reporter on the Republican race, and Alex Seitz-Wald, its reporter on the Democratic race, to flip jobs for a week and write up what they learned.  Their conversation is worth reading in full, but something Sarlin wrote caught my eye:
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CNN:
Bernie Sanders may break health care pledge  —  Keene, New Hampshire (CNN)Bernie Sanders could break his pledge to release details on how he would pay for his health care plan before the Iowa caucuses, according to a top aide.  —  His campaign released details Wednesday of how Sanders …
MSNBC:
Hello from the other side: When 2016 reporters swapped beats  —  To start the year, MSNBC.com tried something different: We assigned our reporter who covers Republican presidential candidates to follow the Democrats and our Democratic beat reporter to follow the Republicans.
RealClearPolitics:
Trump: Germans Are Going To Riot, Overthrow Merkel; Syrian Migrants Could Be “Trojan Horse”  —  At a rally Tuesday night, dubbed the ‘prebuttal’ to President Obama's final State of the Union address, Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump predicted the German people are going to riot …
Discussion: Hullabaloo
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Ashe Schow / Washington Examiner:
Angela Merkel to receive award for refugee crisis weeks after mass sex assaults
Discussion: Progressives Today
Daily Mail:
Girl, 17, is ‘raped’ and her 14-year-old sister is sexually assaulted as she tried to save …
OPB:
Militants Use Government Computers To Create Own Website  —  Editor's note: This story contains offensive language.  —  Among the militant members who have accessed government computers at the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge, one is an Islamic State sympathizer and Adolph Hitler acolyte.
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Les Zaitz / Oregonian:
‘Every gun in house is loaded’ — scare tactics rattle residents near Oregon occupation
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
David French / National Review:
Iran's Propaganda Victory in One Illegal Image  —  Here it is:  —  This photograph violates international law.  Article 13 of the Geneva Convention (III), governing the treatment of prisoners of war, requires Iran to protect prisoners against “insults and public curiosity.”
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Carol Morello / Washington Post:
Obama administration to expand number of refugees admitted to U.S.
Arlette Saenz / ABC News:
Why the White House Is Tweeting Photos of Fake Cheese  —  It's officially the cheesiest day of the year at the White House.  —  As part of its post-State of the Union push, the White House is hosting the third annual “Big Block of Cheese Day,” an opportunity for Americans to take to social media …
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Daniel W. Drezner / Washington Post:
Anatomy of a moment in macho foreign policy posturing  —  In thinking about U.S. foreign policy, it's always best to count to 10 slowly before speaking.  —  An ongoing theme of Spoiler Alerts' foreign policy coverage is that a lot of allegedly smart people don't say terribly smart things when a foreign policy crisis is occurring.
Betsy McCaughey / New York Post:
Looming setback for public unions would be a political earthquake  —  With Bush v. Gore, the Supreme Court took on the outcome of one election.  But the case heard by the Supreme Court on Monday could affect elections for many years.  —  The justices' remarks during arguments …
CNN:
Heart doctors outraged Florida dumps hospital standards after big gifts to GOP  —  (CNN)The state of Florida is putting thousands of children with heart defects at risk, a group of cardiac doctors say, because of a change in policy that came after Tenet Healthcare contributed $200,000 to Florida Republicans.
Jonathan Swan / The Hill:
Upset Republican donors: Have we wasted our money?  —  Major GOP donors and fundraisers are wondering whether they're wasting their money on super-PACs.  —  They say they're not ready to abandon the super-PACs, but they're starting to look for ways to make them more effective during …
 
 
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Rebecca Savransky / The Hill:
Rand Paul: GOP is ‘responsible’ for my debate exclusion
Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money
Nora Kelly / The Atlantic:
What's Next for the National Institutes of Health?
Discussion: RedState
Kara Swisher / Re/code:
Lurie Departs GoPro to Take CEO Job at SurveyMonkey
David French / National Review:
The Radical Left Will Never Let Christian Colleges Be Christian
Discussion: Mother Jones
Karen Grigsby Bates / Race : NPR:
For Some African-Americans, Gun Ownership Underscores Segregated Past
Discussion: Moe Lane
Trip Gabriel / New York Times:
Donald Trump's Iowa Ground Game Seems to Be Missing a Coach
Discussion: Daily Mail and Bloomberg Business
The White House:
Remarks of President Barack Obama - State of the Union Address As Delivered
 Earlier Items: 
Burgess Everett / Politico:
Senate gridlock may be impossible to break
Discussion: Yahoo Politics
Joe Nelson / sbsun.com:
San Bernardino shooting victim's widow files $58M in claims against county
Discussion: Washington Post
Josh Peter / USA Today:
Lawrence Phillips found dead in prison at age 40
Michael Quander / WREG-TV:
Employees caught doing hair in Waffle House kitchen
Discussion: theGrio and FOX31 Denver
 

 
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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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