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1:30 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
KOIN-TV:
Bundy brothers among 8 arrested, 1 dead near Malheur  —  BURNS, Ore. (KOIN) — One person died and 8 were arrested — including militia leaders Ammon and Ryan Bundy — after the FBI and the Oregon State Police intercepted the group along Highway 395.  —  The militants were heading …
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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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.
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 …
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
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: Politico
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Steve Benen / MSNBC:
Anti-Sanders attack ad isn't quite what it seems to be
Justin Sink / Bloomberg Business:
Obama to Host Bernie Sanders at White House Ahead of Iowa Caucus
Discussion: ABC News
Associated Press:
Sanders Says No Tragedy If He Loses Iowa; He Can Still Win
Discussion: ABC News, Politico and abc13.com
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?
Caitlin MacNeal / Talking Points Memo:
Sanders Won't Attend New Democratic Debate Unless Sanctioned By DNC  —  After MSNBC and the New Hampshire Union-Leader announced on Tuesday that they would hold an unsanctioned Democratic presidential debate ahead of the New Hampshire primary, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) said he would not attend …
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Ben Kamisar / The Hill:
DNC throws cold water on unsanctioned New Hampshire debate
CNN:
Why I'm voting for Trump  —  (CNN)They are showing up in droves to see Donald Trump: Men and women, overwhelmingly white, frustrated with the country's first black president, fearful that they are being displaced by minorities and immigrants, and nostalgic for the way America used to be.
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
Spencer Kornhaber / The Atlantic:
A Person Can't Be ‘Diverse’ … Ava DuVernay, the director of Selma, is one of the most visible and vocal advocates for diversity in the film industry.  She does not, however, love being described quite that way.  “We're hearing a lot about diversity,” she said at Sundance, as reported by The New York Times.
Discussion: New York Times and Guardian
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
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.
Mother Jones:
Map: Which States Allow Gay Marriage?  —  More states ban same-sex marriage than allow it.  But that doesn't tell the whole story.  —  Update (6/26/2015): On June 26, 2015, the US Supreme Court ruled that bans on same-sex marriage were unconstitutional.  The ruling effectively legalized gay marriage in every state.
Discussion: ThinkProgress
 
 
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ACLU:
Racial Disparities in Florida Safety Belt Law Enforcement
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Darcie Loreno / fox8.com:
George Clooney adopts dog no one wanted from Ohio animal rescue
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Deborah Danan / Breitbart:
Israeli Jew in German Refugee Camp Encounters Swastikas and Anti-Semitic Slurs
Discussion: Jihad Watch and Pamela Geller
Tommy Wright / Monterey County Herald:
2 feared dead after BASE jumping off Bixby Bridge in Big Sur
Discussion: Los Angeles Times and Fox News
Peter Beinart / The Atlantic:
Is Bernie Sanders Really Naive About Iran?
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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
John Feehery / The Hill:
The rise of the misinformed voter and Donald Trump
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
 

 
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Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
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Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch:
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Financial Times:
Sources: Palantir and Anduril are in talks with OpenAI, SpaceX, and more to form a consortium to bid for US defense contracts and plan to announce it in January
 
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