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8:40 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.
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Jesse Byrnes / The Hill:
South Carolina GOP chairman: Coulter's attack on Haley ‘despicable’  —  The chairman of the South Carolina Republican Party on Wednesday blasted conservative commentator Ann Coulter for suggesting his state's governor, Nikki Haley, be deported.  —  “First off, what Ann Coulter said is despicable …
Discussion: Vox Popoli
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 …
Zeke J Miller / TIME:
South Carolina GOP Chair Blasts Coulter, Defends Haley
NPR:
Transcript: Gov. Nikki Haley's Republican Address To The Nation
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.
Tony Leys / Des Moines Register:
Iowa Poll: Clinton slides, leads Sanders by 2 points  —  Hillary Clinton has lost most of her lead over Bernie Sanders in the race to win Iowa's Democratic presidential caucuses, a new Iowa Poll shows.  —  Clinton, who has been the favorite all along, now leads Sanders by just 2 percentage points …
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Brent Budowksy / The Hill:
Brent Budowsky: Why Clinton feels the burn  —  There is joy in the hearts of the army of small donors supporting Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) for president as a growing number of polls show increasing numbers of voters feeling the Bern in Iowa, New Hampshire and nationally.
Discussion: Bloomberg.com
Margaret Talev / Bloomberg Business:
Sanders, Clinton Going Down to the Wire, Iowa Poll Shows  —  In the last month, the gap between the two top Democratic presidential contenders has narrowed in the state that will cast the first ballots of the 2016 race.  —  margarettalev  —  Democrats Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders …
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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Reuters:
Iran frees U.S. sailors with start of nuclear deal in sight  —  Iran freed 10 U.S. sailors on Wednesday, a day after detaining them aboard two U.S. Navy patrol boats in the Gulf, bringing a swift end to an incident that had rattled nerves just before the expected implementation of a landmark nuclear accord.
John Hinderaker / Power Line:
How Badly Has the U.S. Been Humiliated? Let's Count the Ways [Updated]
Daniel W. Drezner / Washington Post:
Anatomy of a moment in macho foreign policy posturing
Carol Morello / Washington Post:
Obama administration to expand number of refugees admitted to U.S.
Catherine Shoard / Guardian:
Alan Rickman, giant of British film and theatre, dies at 69  —  Much-loved star of stage, TV and films including Harry Potter and Die Hard - and owner of one of the most singular voices in acting ­- has died in London  —  Alan Rickman, one of the best-loved and most warmly admired British actors …
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:
How Ted Cruz wins debates  —  Wolf Blitzer didn't think Ted Cruz had sufficiently answered his question.  Neither did Hugh Hewitt.  Or Maria Bartiromo.  Or Dana Bash.  So each moderator at the last two Republican debates pressed Cruz further.  —  “Yes or no?”  Blitzer demanded.
Discussion: Political Wire 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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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
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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MSNBC:   Hello from the other side: When 2016 reporters swapped beats
Rebecca Savransky / The Hill:
Rand Paul: GOP is ‘responsible’ for my debate exclusion  —  Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) is blaming the GOP for his exclusion from the main debate stage in this week's Republican presidential debate, saying the decision may cost the party the support of libertarian voters.
Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money
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Dara Doyle / Bloomberg Business:
Trump New Favorite to Take Republican Nomination, Betfair Says
Discussion: The Resurgent, Politico and The Week
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.
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 …
Discussion: Betsy's Page
 
 
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Jon Chesto / BostonGlobe.com:
The expected ripple effect of GE's move to Boston
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Los Angeles Times:
Obama's State of the Union pledge to push for bipartisan redistricting reform was a late add
Danny Yadron / Guardian:
Pope Francis to join Google's Eric Schmidt in rare tech industry meeting
Discussion: Gizmodo, Business Insider and The Verge
Luke Milligan / Courier-Journal:
Commentary | UofL law school is no longer neutral
Discussion: Overlawyered
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
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Karen Grigsby Bates / Race : NPR:
For Some African-Americans, Gun Ownership Underscores Segregated Past
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Trip Gabriel / New York Times:
Donald Trump's Iowa Ground Game Seems to Be Missing a Coach
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Christopher Palmeri / Bloomberg:
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