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12:10 PM ET, January 15, 2024

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Politico:
Playbook: Iowa enters the spin zone  —  With help from Eli Okun, Garrett Ross and Bethany Irvine  —  DRIVING THE DAY  —  HISTORY LESSON, PART 1 — “Martin Luther King Jr. Was a Radical,” by Sheryll Cashin for POLITICO Magazine: “The civil rights icon's image has been sanitized to Kumbaya, feel-good platitudes.
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Mark Murray / NBC News:
Majority of Iowa caucusgoers say Trump conviction wouldn't affect their support  —  The Iowa poll shows 18% of likely caucusgoers would be less likely to back Trump in 2024 if he's convicted of a crime before the general election.  —  More than 6-in-10 likely Republican caucusgoers …
Katie Akin / Des Moines Register:
More Nikki Haley supporters would vote for Biden over Trump in November, Iowa Poll finds  —  Just 23% of Nikki Haley supporters say they would vote for Donald Trump in a rematch with Joe Biden, a new Des Moines Register/NBC News/Mediacom Iowa Poll shows right before the Iowa Caucuses
Mike Wendling / BBC:
Iowa caucus: Trump counts on evangelicals to carry him to victory  —  Iowa's influential evangelical voters were once decidedly lukewarm on Donald Trump.  But if recent polls are accurate, born-again Christians will carry him to victory on Monday in the Republican caucuses.  What has changed?
Politico:
Trump consolidates evangelical vote in Iowa  —  Kari Lake swooped into Bob Vander Plaats' church on Sunday, a show of force — if not an outright troll — ahead of the caucuses.  —  WEST DES MOINES, Iowa — Just as the Sunday morning service started here at Soteria church …
E.J. Dionne Jr / Washington Post:
Might a silent GOP majority be ready to move beyond Trump?  —  Is the Republican Party irrevocably committed to Donald Trump?  GOP voters will begin to answer this consequential question in Iowa on Monday and eight days later in New Hampshire.  Believe it or not, there is a chance the verdict will be no.
NBC News:
Trump's embrace of far-right activist Laura Loomer worries his allies
Discussion: Political Wire
NBC News:
Live updates: GOP presidential candidates get last endorsements on frigid eve of Iowa caucuses
Nahal Toosi / Politico:
Why The World Is Betting Against American Democracy  —  Ambassadors to Washington warn that the GOP-Democratic divide is endangering America's national security.  —  Foreign diplomats are aghast that so many U.S. leaders let their zeal for partisan politics prevent the basic functions of government.
NBC News:
How the Iowa caucuses work  —  Here's how the first Republican presidential nominating contest of 2024 will work on the ground Monday night.  —  On Monday evening, Iowa Republicans will head to schools and community centers to participate in their first-in-the-nation caucuses …
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Patrick Marley / Washington Post:
Caucuses leave many Iowans out in the cold - and not just in bad weather
NBC News:
Swastika spray-painted near Holocaust memorial in Philadelphia, police say  —  Authorities are investigating the vandalism, which comes amid a surge in antisemitic incidents nationwide.  —  A swastika was discovered on a wall near Philadelphia's Holocaust memorial on Sunday, police said.
Discussion: The Messenger and CNN
Dan Merica / The Messenger:
Biden Money Haul: Nearly $100 Million Raised, Most Ever By a Democrat at This Point  —  The haul shows how fundraising is one of Biden's distinct competitive advantages over Republicans in 2024  —  President Joe Biden announced Monday that his campaign and the Democratic National Committee raised $97 million …
Elizabeth Spiers / New York Times:
The Miseducation of Nikki Haley  —  After her failure to identify slavery as the cause of the Civil War generated a wave of criticism last month, Nikki Haley assured her potential constituents that she had Black friends, and that she understood the war's origins.
Zia Weise / Politico:
Poland presses for ambitious 2040 EU climate target, signaling U-turn  —  A senior official vowed Poland's new government would no longer block EU climate action.  —  BRUSSELS — Poland's new government will urge the European Union to “embrace” a plan to slash 90 percent …
Discussion: Interfax-Ukraine
Bloomberg:
Turkey Releases Israeli Footballer Detained Over Hamas War Message  — Sagiv Jehezkel wrote ‘100 days’ on wrist in reference to war  — Player denies charges of ‘inciting enmity and hatred’  —  An Israeli footballer who was detained in Turkey for a goal celebration referencing Hamas's Oct. 7 attack …
Sara Dorn / Forbes:
Texas Blasted As ‘Cruel, Inhumane’ By Homeland Security After Blocking Rescue Efforts For 3 Migrants That Drowned  —  Texas denied federal agents access to a section of the southern border where they were trying to save migrants who eventually drowned in the Rio Grande, the U.S. Homeland …
 
 
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Speaker Johnson reaches a crossroads in leading an unruly House GOP conference
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RFK Jr. defends Kennedy administration wiretap of Martin Luther King Jr.
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