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10:10 AM ET, January 18, 2016

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Ezra Klein / Vox:
Bernie Sanders's single-payer plan isn't a plan at all  —  Sanders's long-awaited health care plan is, by turns, vague and unrealistic.  —  Hillary Clinton has made a lot of bad arguments about Bernie Sanders's support for single-payer.  But her best argument was her simplest …
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Chris Cillizza / Washington Post:
Winners and losers from the fourth Democratic presidential debate  —  The fourth Democratic presidential debate — and the last one before the Iowa caucuses and New Hampshire primary next month — is in the books.  The best and the worst from the night are below.  And make sure to check out our annotated debate transcript!
John Podhoretz / New York Post:
Bernie mopped the floor with Hillary  —  Mainstream Democrats breathed a sigh of relief in October when Hillary Clinton dominated the first debate with Bernie Sanders — but after Sunday night's debate, they're probably hyperventilating.  Or ought to be.  —  The Sanders surge …
Rick Klein / ABC News:
Hillary Clinton Embraces Obama Legacy, as Bernie Sanders Aims for Democrats' Hearts  —  The Democrats' final debate before 2016 voting starts brought clarity to the choice ahead for Democratic primary voters, in a battle that's pitting the party's head against its heart.
Paul Sperry / New York Post:
Don't be fooled by Bernie Sanders — he's a diehard communist  —  As polls tighten and self-described socialist Bernie Sanders looks more like a serious contender than a novelty candidate for president, the liberal media elite have suddenly stopped calling him socialist.
Discussion: Weasel Zippers and alan.com
Annie Karni / Politico:
Clinton and Sanders brawl over doctors, guns and money
Nick Gass / Politico:
Sanders slams Clinton: 'I don't get personal speaking fees from Goldman Sachs'
Discussion: Taylor Marsh, Hot Air and Bloomberg.com
Noah Weiland / Politico:
Who spoke the most during the debate?
Discussion: Bloomberg.com
Bloomberg Business:
Sanders Releases ‘Medicare for All’ Health Plan Hours Before Debate
Discussion: TIME
Juan Williams / The Hill:
GOP to blame for civility's breakdown  —  If you ask me, President Obama is being way too hard on himself.  —  “It's one of the few regrets of my presidency, that the rancor and suspicion between the parties has gotten worse instead of better,” the president said during his final State of the Union address last week.
Discussion: The Moderate Voice
Fred Kaplan / Slate:
Obama's Republican Foreign Policy Critics Don't Understand How the World Works  —  They seem to think that “hitting them hard” is the only way to get people to do things.  —  Wherever your stance on the political spectrum, there's no point listening to Republicans rail against President Obama's policies.
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John Hinderaker / Power Line:
Obama: Always Wrong, Never In Doubt
John Hinderaker / Power Line:
Barack Obama and the Hall of Fame of Straw Men
Mike Lillis / The Hill:
In primary challenge, Wasserman Schultz faces unprecedented test  —  For Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-Fla.), the problems with the left just keep coming.  —  The Democratic National Committee (DNC) chief has infuriated many Democrats with her handling of the party's presidential primary debates.
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Bradford Richardson / The Hill:
DNC chief: Debates scheduled to ‘maximize’ candidates' exposure
Discussion: RedState
Peter Schweizer / New York Post:
Bill Clinton's pardon of fugitive Marc Rich continues to pay big  —  Fifteen years ago this month, on Jan. 20, 2001, his last day in office, Bill Clinton issued a pardon for international fugitive Marc Rich.  It would become perhaps the most condemned official act of Clinton's political career.
Ann Hornaday / Washington Post:
‘13 Hours,’ Benghazi and the slippery definition of ‘political’  —  In a juxtaposition so perverse that it could only have been dreamt up in Hollywood, the holiday designated to celebrate the life of Martin Luther King Jr. — America's most prominent practitioner of nonviolence — has become the go-to weekend for war movies.
BuzzFeed:
Secret files exposing  —  evidence of widespread match-fixing by players at the upper level of world tennis can today be revealed by BuzzFeed News and the BBC.  —  The sport's governing bodies have been warned repeatedly about a core group of 16 players - all of whom have ranked in the top 50 …
Discussion: Mashable
Judd Gregg / The Hill:
Restoring the middle  —  Ok, enough.  —  Ok, enough with the anger.  —  No one can govern with anger as their motivation.  It leads, as history has shown all too often, to profoundly unfortunate results.  It is also antithetical to the American dream.  —  This is not a nation built on anger.
Sam Marcosson / Courier-Journal:
Defending UofL law school's compassion project  —  As I approach the end of my 20th year as a law teacher, I should no longer be surprised that law professors can find a way to complain about things as seemingly pleasant and uncontroversial as blue skies and children's laughter.  Or, in this instance, compassion.
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Russell L. Weaver / Courier-Journal:
U of L law professor: ‘Veered to partisan agenda’
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Daniel Strauss / Politico:
Why Clinton brought up Flint's water crisis  —  Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton didn't want to leave Sunday night's Democratic presidential debate without addressing one topic that didn't come up until she mentioned it: Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder's handling of a contaminated water crisis in Flint, Michigan.
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Daniel Bethencourt / Detroit Free Press:
Michael Moore, in Flint, says crisis ‘not a mistake’
Discussion: Raw Story and addictinginfo.org
Veronica Stracqualursi / ABC News:
New Donald Trump Radio Ad Features Daughter Ivanka  —  GOP front-runner Donald Trump is out with a new radio ad starring his daughter Ivanka Trump.  —  The spot features the 34-year-old businesswoman talking about her father's influence on her as a parent.
Discussion: Bloomberg.com and Associated Press
Samantha Page / ThinkProgress:
Rubio Says He Bought A Gun On Christmas Eve To Help Defend America Against ISIS  —  Presidential candidate Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) said that he bought a gun on Christmas Eve and will use it to protect his family — and America — against ISIS.  —  “I'm a strong supporter of the second amendment.
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Dylan Stableford / Yahoo Politics:
Marco Rubio bought a gun to be ‘last line of defense between ISIS and my family’
Discussion: New York Times
CNN:
STATE OF THE UNION  —  THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT.  THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.  —  JAKE TAPPER, CNN ANCHOR (voice-over): Back to back.  Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders are both here just hours before they face off at the debate.
Discussion: ABC News
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David Edwards / Raw Story:
Fox host scorches Cruz over ‘carpet bombing’ ISIS rhetoric: It proves you have ‘no military experience’
New York Times:
Drug Overdoses Propel Rise in Mortality Rates of Young Whites