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5:05 PM ET, January 20, 2016

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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.
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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 …
Nick Gass / Politico:
Meghan McCain on Palin's Trump endorsement: It was hard to watch
Eun Kyung Kim / TODAY.com:
Donald Trump: Sarah Palin could ‘play a position’ in my administration
ABC News:   The Note: The Palin Factor
Ben Kamisar / The Hill:
Trump wins endorsement of John Wayne's daughter
Discussion: Politico, Slantpoint and Daily Kos
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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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 …
Jonathan Swan / The Hill:
Donors changing tune on Trump
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
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.
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
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.
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Kevin Johnson / USA Today:
Judge rejects privilege claim in ‘Fast and Furious’ inquiry
Discussion: American Spectator
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?
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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Mark Mazzetti / New York Times:
Hillary Clinton Email Said to Include Material Exceeding ‘Top Secret’  —  WASHINGTON — Intelligence officials reviewing emails on former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's private computer server have found information they consider to be of a higher level of classification than “top secret …
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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
GQ:
The Confessions of R. Kelly  —  Use of this site constitutes acceptance of our User Agreement (effective 1/4/2014) and Privacy Policy (effective 1/4/2014).The material on this site may not be reproduced, distributed, transmitted, cached or otherwise used, except with prior written permission of Condé Nast.
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
Caitlin MacNeal / Talking Points Memo:
GOP Strategist: Trump Supporters Are ‘Single Men Who Masturbate To Anime’  —  While explaining that he believes that Donald Trump's success in the Republican party does not mean that establishment conservatism is dying, GOP strategist Rick Wilson dismissed the “childless single men” who support Trump's presidential bid.
Discussion: Althouse
 
 
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Sen. Grassley gently raps Cruz
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