memeorandum: It Is With The Heaviest of Hearts That We Announce... (Eagles)

4:00 AM ET, January 19, 2016

Top Items:

Molly Ball / The Atlantic:

The Religious Right's Donald Trump Dilemma — There were many unbelievable moments over the course of Donald Trump's speech on Monday at Liberty University, the evangelical college founded by the late Jerry Falwell. — There was his citation of the Bible: “Two Corinthians 3-17, that's the whole ball game. ...

Discussion: Mother Jones, New York Times, Hot Air and Mediaite

Blake Hounshell / Politico:

Trump bungles Bible reference at Liberty University — Donald Trump, speaking to a religious crowd at Virginia's Liberty University on Monday, turned to Scripture. — “We're going to protect Christianity. I can say that. I don't have to be politically correct,” he said.

Discussion: TIME, addictinginfo.org, Bloomberg Business and Washington Monthly

Jordain Carney / The Hill:

Trump: Christianity ‘under siege’ — GOP presidential front-runner Donald Trump touted his faith at Liberty University on Monday, telling the conservative college that Christians have to ban together because their religion “is under siege.” — “We're going to protect Christianity,” he said.

Discussion: TIME and Yahoo Politics

Jeremy Diamond / CNN:
Donald Trump takes Liberty, courts Christian crowd

Discussion: NPR and Washington Post

Caleb Howe / RedState:

Documents Show Donald Trump's New York Values Do NOT Include Giving To 9/11 Charities — Donald Trump has been talking (and tweeting) about 9/11 an awful lot lately, mostly in response to a relentlessly scrutinized comment that Ted Cruz made about “New York values.”

Discussion: Raw Story and Mediaite

Zeke J Miller / TIME:
Exclusive: Chris Christie Calls Ted Cruz ‘Asinine’ For New York Values Smear

Discussion: The Moderate Voice, Washington Post, Hot Air, Talking Points Memo, Patterico's Pontifications, The Daily Caller, National Review, BuzzFeed and Mediaite

Laura Hughes / Telegraph:
Donald Trump branded a ‘buffoon, demagogue and wazzock’ by MPs - but Republican ignores UK ban debate

Discussion: addictinginfo.org and Hullabaloo

Mary Papenfuss / International Business Times:
US: Legendary musician Carlos Santana calls Donald Trump “an angry ape”

Discussion: The Daily Caller, Mediaite, Raw Story, addictinginfo.org and Slantpoint

Leon H. Wolf / RedState:
Donald Trump's Epic Weekend Meltdown

Discussion: The Right Scoop, Mediaite and Hullabaloo

TMZ.com:

Glenn Frey — Eagles Guitarist Dead At 67 — EAGLES GUITARIST DEAD AT 67 — EXCLUSIVE — Glenn Frey, co-founder and guitarist for the Eagles, has died ... TMZ has learned. — We're told the cause of death was a combination of complications from rheumatoid arthritis, acute ulcerative colitis, and pneumonia.

Discussion: EW.com, Instapundit, AMERICAN DIGEST, Mashable, WREG-TV and Lawyers, Guns & Money

Eagles:

It Is With The Heaviest of Hearts That We Announce... ...the passing of our comrade, Eagles founder, Glenn Frey, in New York City on Monday, January 18th, 2016. — Glenn fought a courageous battle for the past several weeks but, sadly, succumbed to complications from Rheumatoid Arthritis, Acute Ulcerative Colitis and Pneumonia.

Discussion: BBC, Taylor Marsh, TalkLeft, Boing Boing, USA Today, Outside the Beltway, CBS San FranciscoCBS … and Mashable

Jonathan Swan / The Hill:

Top Google debate question: Will Hillary be prosecuted? — Some of the top trending questions on Google during Sunday's Democratic presidential debate related to Hillary Clinton's legal troubles. — “Will Hillary Clinton get prosecuted?” is the top question being asked on Google searches concerning …

Discussion: New York Times, Mediaite, RedState, Liberal Values, BizPac Review, The Week, Washington Post and New York Post

Michael Falcone / ABC News:
The Note: Democratic Debate Speed Read

Discussion: Associated Press, RedState, Hot Air and The Daily Caller

Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Health Reform Realities

Discussion: Washington Post, NBC News, PoliticusUSA, Washington Monthly and Vox

Jonathan Martin / New York Times:
Hillary Clinton Turns, Repeatedly, to a Democrat Not on the Debate Stage: Obama

Discussion: The Week, naked capitalism, The Atlantic, Des Moines Register, BostonGlobe.com, Post and Courier, Washington Post, NBC News and Los Angeles Times

Hadas Gold / Politico:

RNC replaces NBC with CNN for February debate — The Republican National Committee officially severed ties on Monday with NBC for what was supposed to be a Feb. 26 Republican primary debate in Houston. Instead, CNN will host the debate in Houston on Thursday, Feb. 25, five days before Super Tuesday.

Discussion: The Resurgent, RedState and Mediaite, more at Mediagazer »

Matthew Boyle / Breitbart:
Exclusive — RNC Officially Severs Ties With NBC News For Upcoming GOP Debate

Discussion: New York Times and John Hawkins' Right Wing News

Mara H. Gottfried / TwinCities.com:

St. Paul cop allegedly urged drivers to hit Black Lives Matter protesters — St. Paul police have placed a sergeant on leave as they investigate a report that he posted on Facebook, “Run them over,” in response to an article about a Black Lives Matter protest, which blocked traffic Monday.

Discussion: Raw Story and Slantpoint

Washington Post:

Freed Americans reunited with their families — LANDSTUHL, Germany — Jason Rezaian, the Washington Post reporter who was freed Saturday after almost 18 months of incarceration in an Iranian prison, met with Post editors Monday for the first time since his release and said he was “feeling good” …

Discussion: NBC News and FishbowlDC, more at Mediagazer »

Adam Kredo / Washington Free Beacon:
Obama Pardons 21 Iranians Convicted of Violating Sanctions

Discussion: John Hawkins' Right Wing News, BizPac Review and The Daily Caller

Ron Paul / Townhall.com:
When Peace Breaks Out With Iran...

Discussion: Mediaite

Molly Ball / The Atlantic:

Portrait of a Party on the Verge of Coming Apart … CHARLESTON, South Carolina—For a certain type of Republican, the fantasy world where Donald Trump is not winning the GOP primary is a very nice place to live. — Beth Hansen, the campaign manager for John Kasich, is this type of Republican.

Discussion: Online Library …, DownWithTyranny!, FOX News Radio and Princeton Election Consortium

On Our Minds:

New statement about the picture book “A Birthday Cake for George Washington” — Scholastic is announcing today that we are stopping the distribution of the book entitled A Birthday Cake for George Washington, by Ramin Ganeshram and illustrated by Vanessa Brantley-Newton, and will accept all returns.

Discussion: Truth Revolt, Talking Points Memo, ThinkProgress and New York Times

Emily Shapiro / ABC News:

Gas Price Hits 47 Cents a Gallon in Michigan After Price War

Discussion: addictinginfo.org and The Week

Chuck Ross / The Daily Caller:

EXCLUSIVE: Clinton Aides Resisted State Department Suggestion That Clinton Use State.gov Account — Bombshell emails from the State Department show that a top official at the agency suggested to Hillary Clinton's aide, Huma Abedin, in Aug. 2011 that the then-secretary of state begin using …

Discussion: Hot Air, Weasel Zippers and BizPac Review

Ali Meyer / Washington Free Beacon:

Americans Giving Up on Jobs — Forty percent of Americans who are capable of working but who don't have a job say they have completely given up looking for work, according to a new report. — The findings of a survey conducted by Express Employment Professionals show that the longer …

Discussion: John Hawkins' Right Wing News