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6:15 PM ET, January 20, 2016

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Doug Stanglin / USA Today:
Sarah Palin: Arrested son was ‘hardened’ by war  —  Former Alaska governor Sarah Palin appeared to suggest Wednesday that her son's arrest this week on domestic violence charges stemmed from the effects of his experiences as a soldier in Iraq.  —  Track Palin, a 26-year-old Iraq veteran …
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Kyle Blaine / BuzzFeed:
So, Uh, Here's The Full Text Of Sarah Palin's Bizarre Trump Speech  —  “Thank you so much.  It's so great to be here in Iowa.  We're here just thawing out.  Todd and I and a couple of our friends here from Alaska, lending our support for the next president of our great United States of America, Donald J. Trump.
Nick Gass / Politico:
Meghan McCain on Palin's Trump endorsement: It was hard to watch  —  For Meghan McCain, Sarah Palin's endorsement of Donald Trump was difficult to watch.  —  The daughter of Sen. John McCain, who picked Palin to be his running mate in 2008, said she was specifically pained because of Trump's past remarks …
Eun Kyung Kim / TODAY.com:
Donald Trump: Sarah Palin could ‘play a position’ in my administration
Nolan D. McCaskill / Politico:
Palin links son's domestic-violence arrest to Obama's neglect of veterans
Shushannah Walshe / ABC News:
Sarah Palin Suggests Arrested Son Track Suffers From PTSD
Discussion: Politico and WCDC-TV
ABC News:   The Note: The Palin Factor
Maggie Haberman / New York Times:
Bob Dole Warns of ‘Cataclysmic’ Losses With Ted Cruz, and Says Donald Trump Would Do Better  —  Bob Dole, the former Kansas senator and 1996 Republican presidential nominee, has never been fond of Senator Ted Cruz of Texas.  But in an interview Wednesday, Mr. Dole said that the party would suffer …
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Adam C. Smith / Tampa Bay Times:
Florida poll: Trump 48%!!, Cruz 16%, Rubio 11%, Bush 10%  —  Florida's Republican primary would be a Donald Trump blowout if held today, according to a Jan. 15-18 poll by Florida Atlantic University Business and Economics Polling Initiative.  Trump leads with a whopping 47.6 percent support …
Florida Atlantic University:
Polls  — Donald Trump has surged nearly 12 points in the last two months and is closing on half of the GOP vote in Florida, where Hillary Clinton has improved in all head-to-head matchups against GOP frontrunners  — Trump leads the GOP field with 47.6 percent, followed by Ted Cruz at 16.3 percent …
Sahil Kapur / Bloomberg Business:
Cruz Works to Cut Rubio's Lifeline in New Hampshire
Discussion: Politico and Washington Post
Mark Murray / NBC News:
Bush, Rubio Have Spent $91M in Ads vs. Trump and Cruz's $8M
Discussion: Politico and Naked Politics
Kimm Fesenmaier / The California Institute …:
Caltech Researchers Find Evidence of a Real Ninth Planet  —  Caltech researchers have found evidence of a giant planet tracing a bizarre, highly elongated orbit in the outer solar system.  The object, which the researchers have nicknamed Planet Nine, has a mass about 10 times that of Earth …
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iopscience.iop.org:
EVIDENCE FOR A DISTANT GIANT PLANET IN THE SOLAR SYSTEM  —  Konstantin Batygin1 and Michael E. Brown1  —  • © 2016.  The American Astronomical Society.  All rights reserved.  • The Astronomical Journal, Volume 151, Number 2  —  Export citation and abstract … CiteULike
Joel Achenbach / Washington Post:
New evidence suggests a ninth planet lurking at the edge of the solar system
Katherine Krueger / Talking Points Memo:
Astronomers Find Evidence Of Ninth Planet At Edge Of Solar System
Kirsten Powers / USA Today:
Can Hillary take ‘13 Hours’ of truth?  —  Audiences can decide who to believe about Benghazi — self-serving bureaucrats or the men who lived through it.  —  Democratic partisans have seized on the new movie 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi, which portrays the fateful night …
Discussion: Power Line and The Hill
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Sara Jerde / Talking Points Memo:
Nugent Calls For Obama, Clinton To Be ‘Hung’ Over Benghazi ‘Treason’
Discussion: Mediaite
Amy Chozick / New York Times:
'90s Scandals Threaten to Erode Hillary Clinton's Strength With Women  —  This month, Lena Dunham, wearing a red, white and blue sweater dress with the word “Hillary” emblazoned across the chest, told voters how Hillary Clinton had overcome sexism in her political career.
Jonathan Martin / New York Times:
Alarmed Clinton Supporters Begin Focusing on Sanders's Socialist Edge  —  Democrats backing Hillary Clinton, nervously eyeing Senator Bernie Sanders's growing strength in the early nominating states, are turning to a new strategy to raise doubts about his candidacy, highlighting his socialist beliefs …
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CNN:
CNN/WMUR poll full results: New Hampshire Democrats - CNNPolitics.com
Harold Meyerson / American Prospect:   Can Democrats Channel America's Discontent?
William La Jeunesse / Fox News:
Rifle capable of taking down helicopter found at ‘El Chapo’ hideout purchased through Fast and Furious program  —  A .50-caliber rifle found at Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman's hideout in Mexico was funneled through the gun-smuggling investigation known as Fast and Furious, sources confirmed Tuesday to Fox News.
Justin Gillis / New York Times:
2015 Was Hottest Year in Recorded History, Scientists Say  —  Scientists reported Wednesday that 2015 was the hottest year in recorded history by far, breaking a record set only the year before — a burst of heat that has continued into the new year and is roiling weather patterns all over the world.
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Anita Kumar / McClatchy Washington Bureau:
Clinton campaign accuses Obama appointee of trying to smear Clinton  —  Inspector General says dozens of Clinton emails contained classified information  —  Campaign spokesman Brian Fallon calls the information part of a “coordinated leak”  —  Inspector General was nominated by Obama, unanimously confirmed by Senate
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GQ:
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Zachary Mider / Bloomberg Politics:
What Kind of Man Spends Millions to Elect Ted Cruz?  —  In 2010, Arthur Robinson, a research chemist, decided to run for Congress in southern Oregon.  Robinson, now 73, was not your average candidate.  In a lab on a sheep ranch in the Siskiyou Mountains, he's spent the last couple of years collecting thousands of vials of human urine.
Discussion: Hullabaloo and Dealbreaker
James Fallows / The Atlantic:
Why Twitter Doesn't Work with Sarcasm, Chap.  823  —  Here's an illustration of something I understood in principle but have been reminded of in specific.  —  In the wee hours of last Friday night, I finally finally finally said adieu to a long story that will be in the March issue of the magazine.
Discussion: Althouse
 
 
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Tyler Durden / Zero Hedge:
It Is Now Cheaper To Rent A Dry Bulk Tanker Than A Ferrari
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Kathryn Watson / The Daily Caller:
Gov't Builds $75 Million Facility Federal Cops Can't Use
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Are At-Risk Students Bunnies to Be Drowned?
Lindsay Putnam / New York Post:
I couldn't fulfill my sugar addiction — so I turned to sex
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Burgess Everett / Politico:
Sen. Grassley gently raps Cruz
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Betsy McCaughey / New York Post:
Racial bean-counting is making schools unsafe
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Jonathan Swan / The Hill:
Donors changing tune on Trump
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Duke Open Campus Coalition / The Chronicle:
An open letter to President Brodhead
Discussion: Power Line
Jason Horowitz / New York Times:
As Supreme Court Clerk, Ted Cruz Made Death Penalty His Cause
Discussion: The Slot and The Week
Evelyn Cheng / CNBC:
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Discussion: The Week
Rand Paul / Facebook:
Electing Gollum should not be our objective
Caitlin MacNeal / Talking Points Memo:
GOP Strategist: Trump Supporters Are ‘Single Men Who Masturbate To Anime’
Discussion: Althouse
 

 
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Max Tani / @maxwelltani:
Memo: WaPo's Matt Murray lays out plans for WP Ventures, the “third newsroom”; Krissah Thompson will be editor and Samantha Henig will be general manager

Jack Dunn / Variety:
Trump appoints Mark Burnett, the British TV executive who created and produced the reality show The Apprentice, as a special envoy to the UK

Jessica Toonkel / Wall Street Journal:
A deep dive into Paramount's sale to Skydance; sources: Skydance may integrate Pluto into Paramount+, and CBS head George Cheeks is expected to be head of TV
 
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