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12:25 PM ET, January 27, 2016

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Les Zaitz / Oregonian:
Oregon standoff spokesman Robert ‘LaVoy’ Finicum killed, Bundys in custody after shooting near Burns  —  BURNS - Oregon standoff spokesman Robert “LaVoy” Finicum was killed and other leaders of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge occupation were arrested Tuesday after the FBI …
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Les Zaitz / Oregonian:
Robert ‘LaVoy’ Finicum shot and killed while charging police, driver says  —  BURNS - Robert “LaVoy” Finicum, the spokesman of the refuge occupation, was shot and killed after he charged police during a roadside stop north of Burns on Tuesday, according to a man on Facebook who claims …
Discussion: Raw Story and The Truth About Guns
John Sepulvado / OPB:
Occupation To Standoff: FBI Surrounds Militants Still Inside Malheur Refuge  —  FBI officials have established checkpoints around the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge as a handful of armed militants remain inside.  —  OPB spoke with the new leaders inside the compound, which include militant Jason Patrick.
KATU-TV:
Leader of Oregon occupation Ammon Bundy, three others arrested
Fox News:
Full statement on Trump declining to participate in Fox News/Google Debate  —  As many of our viewers know, FOX News is hosting a sanctioned debate in Des Moines, Iowa on Thursday night, three days before the first votes of the 2016 election are cast in the Iowa Caucus.
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Donald J Trump for President:
TRUMP CAMPAIGN STATEMENT ON FOX NEWS DEBATE  —  (New York, NY) January 26th, 2016 - As someone who wrote one of the best-selling business books of all time, The Art of the Deal, who has built an incredible company, including some of the most valuable and iconic assets in the world …
Kevin Cirilli / Bloomberg Business:
Trump, Fox News at War After He Decides to Skip Debate  —  The Republican front-runner says that the cable network treated him “unfairly” at a past debate.  —  Citing unfair treatment by Fox News, Donald Trump will not participate in the Republican presidential debate on Thursday, his campaign manager told reporters on Tuesday.
Politico:
DonaldDuck: TRUMP WALKS INTO TRAP?  Empty podium at Fox debate could tarnish dominance - FOX: 'can't give in to terrorizations' against Megyn Kelly - SURVEY OF GEOFF GARIN'S FRIENDS: Elite's Marco fever cools  —  By Mike Allen (@mikeallen; mallen@politico.com) and Daniel Lippman (@dlippman; dlippman@politico.com)
Discussion: Vox and The Daily Caller
Washington Post:
Trump will ‘definitely not’ participate in Fox debate, campaign says
Philip Rucker / Washington Post:
Trump says he won't participate in GOP debate on Fox News
Harper Neidig / The Hill:
Cruz challenges Trump to one-on-one debate
Former Rep. John LeBoutillier / The Hill:
We are witnessing the end of the House of Clinton  —  A column for The Hill analyzing the current state of the 2016 presidential race.  —  It is the beginning of the end of the House of Clinton:  —  1. There is the stench of political death around Hillary, Bill, Chelsea and the entire House of Clinton.
Discussion: ABC News and Politico
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Steve Benen / MSNBC:
Anti-Sanders attack ad isn't quite what it seems to be  —  Republicans have made no secret of the fact that they'd prefer to run against Bernie Sanders in the general election.  Whether or not their assumptions are correct is a separate question, but GOP officials, convinced that the senator …
Associated Press:
Sanders Says No Tragedy If He Loses Iowa; He Can Still Win
Discussion: ABC News, abc13.com and Politico
New York Times:
Bernie Sanders at a Crossroads: Attack Hillary Clinton or Stay Positive?
Discussion: Salon
Conor Dinan / Talking Points Memo:
Jeb Bush Rises To Second Place In New Hampshire Poll  —  Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush (R) surged into second place in a New Hampshire poll released Wednesday by the Emerson College Polling Society, although real-estate billionaire Donald Trump retained a double-digit lead in Granite State.
Discussion: The Week
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Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Republicans point fingers: Who let Trump get this far?  —  With time running out until the first primary votes are cast, establishment Republicans have begun a ferocious round of finger-pointing over who is to blame for the party's failure to stop Donald Trump.
Candace Smith / ABC News:
Jeb Bush Says He Doesn't Think Donald Trump Is a Christian
Chip Reid / CBS News:
Wounded Warrior Project accused of wasting donation money  —  A CBS News investigation into a charity for wounded veterans, the Wounded Warrior Project, looks into how the charity spends its donation money.  —  What caught our attention is how the Wounded Warrior Project spends donations compared to other long-respected charities.
Discussion: RedState, WJAX-TV, Fox News, The Week and WKRG-TV
Daily Mail:
Muslims are ‘not like us’ and we should just accept they will never integrate, says former racial equalities chief Trevor Phillips  —  Muslim communities are not like others in Britain and the country should accept they will never integrate, the former head of the equalities watchdog has claimed.
Discussion: Telegraph and Vox Popoli
John Diedrich / JSOnline:
FBI thwarts mass shooting at Milwaukee Masonic center  —  A terrorist-style plot intended to kill dozens of people with automatic weapons at a Masonic center in Milwaukee was foiled this week by FBI agents, federal prosecutors said Tuesday.  —  Samy Mohamed Hamzeh discussed his plan to attack …
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U.S. Department of Justice:
Federal Bureau of Investigation Arrests Milwaukee Man Who Planned Mass Shooting; Man Charged …
New York Times:
Vindication for Planned Parenthood  —  One after the other, investigations of Planned Parenthood prompted by hidden-camera videos released last summer have found no evidence of wrongdoing.  On Monday, a grand jury in Harris County, Tex., went a step further.
John Feehery / The Hill:
The rise of the misinformed voter and Donald Trump  —  I was meeting with some D.C. press secretaries about a complicated legislative issue when it became clear to me that everything has changed since I left Capital Hill in 2005.  —  We were talking about strategies to get our messages out back home.
Deborah Danan / Breitbart:
Israeli Jew in German Refugee Camp Encounters Swastikas and Anti-Semitic Slurs  —  TEL AVIV - Swastikas, “satanic” stars of David, and maps of Israel in the Palestinian flag's colors adorn the walls of a Nazi airport-cum-refugee center in Berlin, according to an Israeli expat who recently visited the refugees housed there.
Discussion: Jihad Watch and Pamela Geller
ACLU:
Racial Disparities in Florida Safety Belt Law Enforcement  —  Black motorists in Florida are stopped and ticketed for seatbelt violations in far greater numbers than white motorists — nearly twice as often statewide and up to four times as often in certain counties — according to a new report from the American Civil Liberties Union.
Discussion: New York Times and Washington Post
 
 
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CNN:
Why I'm voting for Trump  —  (CNN)They are showing up in droves …
Detroit Free Press:
Snyder to seek aid for Flint children exposed to lead
Discussion: Daily Kos and ACASignups.net
Darcie Loreno / fox8.com:
George Clooney adopts dog no one wanted from Ohio animal rescue
Discussion: WREG-TV
Tommy Wright / Monterey County Herald:
2 feared dead after BASE jumping off Bixby Bridge in Big Sur
Peter Beinart / The Atlantic:
Is Bernie Sanders Really Naive About Iran?
Discussion: Taylor Marsh
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Donald Trump's biggest fan is an excitable 9-year old girl from Maine [Video]
Jocelyn Maminta Medical / WCTX-TV:
A public health emergency spreading quickly
Discussion: Associated Press
 Earlier Items: 
ABC News:
Clinton's Lead Over Sanders Shrinks to Its Smallest Margin
Discussion: Hot Air and abc13.com
Bill Pennington / New York Times:
C.T.E. Is Found in an Ex-Giant Who Died at 27
Los Angeles Times:
Column This time, the conservative crackup is real
Discussion: Mother Jones
Robert J. Gordon / BloombergView.com:
Goodbye, Golden Age of Growth
David Smith / Guardian:
Robert Gates: Republicans' grasp of national security is at a child's level