memeorandum: Trump, wife attend services the last Sunday before caucuses (Associated Press)

10:55 PM ET, January 31, 2016

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Joe Battenfeld / Boston Herald:

Franklin Pierce-Herald Poll: Rivals need Iowa win to catch Trump, Sanders in N.H. — GOP presidential challengers Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio and Democrat Hillary Clinton desperately need breakthroughs in Iowa tomorrow to overcome expanding leads held by Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders in New Hampshire …

Discussion: The Last Refuge and Political Wire

Michael Warren / Weekly Standard:

Cruz Fighting For His Life in Iowa — “I believe this night is historic,” Ted Cruz pronounced, more than once. — More than an hour and a half after Cruz's campaign rally Saturday night began, the Texas senator was celebrating the endorsement he'd received from a group called the Tea Party Patriots.

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Marisa Schultz / New York Post:

Trump winning over Latino Republicans, poll says — WASHINGTON — Despite his controversial comments about Mexican immigrants, GOP frontrunner Donald Trump is the favorite among Latino Republicans, according to new polling results revealed to The Post. — Thirty eight percent favor Trump …

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Associated Press:

Trump, wife attend services the last Sunday before caucuses — DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - The Latest on the 2016 race for president on the final weekend of campaigning before Monday's leadoff Iowa caucuses (all times local): — Republican presidential contender Donald Trump is looking to close …

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Tim Alberta / National Review:

The ‘Magic Number’ That Could Decide Trump vs. Cruz in Iowa

Associated Press:
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Jennifer Shutt / Politico:
Trump hopes for reversal on same-sex-marriage

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New York Times:
Ted Cruz Counters Donald Trump With Targeted Approach in Iowa

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Dan Balz / Washington Post:
The big Iowa test: Can Trump and Sanders turn enthusiasm into votes?

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ABC News:
‘This Week’ Transcript: Hillary Clinton, Sen. Bernie Sanders and Donald Trump

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Janie Velencia / The Huffington Post:
Donald Trump And Hillary Clinton Lead Iowa Caucus Poll

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David Edwards / Raw Story:

Fox host shreds Ted Cruz over Obamacare falsehoods: ‘More people have jobs and health insurance’ — DON'T MISS STORIES. FOLLOW RAW STORY! — Fox News host Chris Wallace cornered Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz on Sunday about his claim that President Barack Obama's health care reform law had cost jobs.

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Bradford Richardson / The Hill: Trump: Cruz is a ‘total liar’

Jennifer Shutt / Politico:
Rubio tamps down expectations

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Ryan Lizza / New Yorker:

Ted Cruz's Iowa Mailers Are More Fraudulent Than Everyone Thinks — Ted Cruz's Presidential campaign prides itself on being data-centric and on integrating insights from political science into its tactics. In 2008, academics at Yale published an influential paper showing …

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Chris Cillizza / Washington Post:

Bernie Sanders's latest eye-popping crowd in Iowa — With just 48 hours left before Iowans head to their caucuses, Bernie Sanders held a massive rally in Iowa City on Saturday night. — Here's what it looked like: … Here's another view: … That is a massive amount of people. Now, two caveats:

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Jim Hoft / The Gateway Pundit:
WTH? Band Sings Racist, America-Hating Song at Bernie Sanders Iowa Rally (VIDEO)

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Isaac Arnsdorf / Politico:
Sanders raised $20 million in January

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Quentin Fottrell / MarketWatch:

This is the atheist capital of America — If you don't believe in God, you might want to move to the Pacific Northwest. — Portland, Ore., is No. 1 on the list of metropolitan areas with the most religiously unaffiliated residents (42%), according to the nonpartisan and nonprofit Public …

Trip Gabriel / New York Times:

Donald Trump Field Organizer Accuses Campaign of Sex Discrimination — DAVENPORT, Iowa — A former paid organizer for Donald J. Trump who was fired this month has accused his presidential campaign of sex discrimination. — Elizabeth Mae Davidson, 26, who was the Trump campaign's field organizer …

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Johnmorenoktla / KTLA:

Ohio Seminary Student Arrested at San Diego Airport, Allegedly Sought Sex With Infants — WARNING: This article contains descriptions of an alleged crime whose details may be disturbing to some readers. — A 23-year-old Ohio man was arrested by federal agents in San Diego on Friday …

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Olaf Ekberg / The American Mirror:

OMG: NAACP leader uses F-word to apologize for using T-word after N-word meeting — The NAACP's mission of political correctness and equality careened off the rails this week when a local president complimented a TV reporters breasts during an interview. — Don Harris, the president …

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Thomas Fitzgerald / Philly.com:

Iowa town embodies immigrant divide — MARSHALLTOWN, Iowa - At the 3 p.m. shift change Friday, compact cars rimmed with road salt and dirt rolled up to the JBS Swift meatpacking plant, ranchera and salsa music trickling from a few rolled-down windows. — Hundreds of mostly brown-skinned …

George Packer / New Yorker:

Living on the Edge — It's upon us. About one half of one per cent of all registered voters in the United States—ninety-six per cent of them likely to be white, a hundred per cent certain to live in Iowa or New Hampshire—will now exercise their inalienable, God-given …

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