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5:25 PM ET, January 25, 2011

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Chicago Tribune:
Judicial arrogance  —  With startling arrogance and audaciously twisted reasoning, two appellate judges ignored more than 100 years of legal precedent, invented a new definition of “residency” and ordered Rahm Emanuel off the Feb. 22 mayoral ballot.  —  With the election just four weeks away …
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Abdon M. Pallasch / Chicago Sun Times:
Supreme Court: Emanuel stays on ballot while his case is considered  —  The Illinois Supreme Court has ordered the Chicago Board of Election Commissioners to put Rahm Emanuel's name back on the mayoral ballot.  —  The court has not decided whether to hear Emanuel's appeal …
Mary Ann Ahern / NBC Chicago:
Court Will Hear Rahm's Case
Ed Morrissey / Hot Air:
Breaking: Rahm back on ballot
Abdon M. Pallasch / Chicago Sun Times:
Supreme Court will hear appeal of ruling knocking Emanuel off ballot
Discussion: Firedoglake and Weasel Zippers
Jess Bravin / Washington Wire:
Six on Supreme Court to Attend State of the Union
Discussion: Taegan Goddard's … and Hit & Run
David Kidwell / Chicago Tribune:
Judges who ruled against Emanuel once slated by pol backing Chico
Discussion: Reuters, Mediaite and Guardian
David Kravets / Threat Level:
Obama Nominates RIAA Lawyer for Solicitor General
Lbentzterp / CNN:
Emanuel narcissistic, opponents tell court
First Read / msnbc.com:
Ill. court issues stay; Rahm back on the ballot
Discussion: The Atlantic Online
Jake Tapper / Political Punch:
President Obama to Propose Partial Budget Freeze and Earmark Ban Tonight*  —  Pursuing a path of deficit reduction and government reform, President Obama will tonight in his State of the Union address call for a ban on earmarks and he will propose a five year budget freeze …
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Ezra Klein:
What the speech has done already  —  The president won't give his annual State of the Union address until later tonight, but in an important way, the speech has already worked.  For the past week or so, news report after news report has dutifully relayed the argument the president is planning …
Discussion: Blue Virginia
New York Times:
Broad Protests Across Egypt Focus Fury on Mubarak  —  CAIRO — Thousands of people calling for the end of the 30-year rule of President Hosni Mubarak clashed with riot police in this Egyptian capital on Tuesday, on a day of some of the most serious civil unrest in recent memory here.
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O. Kay Henderson / Radio Iowa:
Gingrich attacks “big city” critics of ethanol  —  Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich today dismissed the “big city” critics of corn-based ethanol and suggested the biofuels industry will be able to “stand on its own” without federal subsidies once all autos are “flexible-fuel” vehicles.
Discussion: Outside the Beltway and The Page
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Aaron Blake / The Fix:
Gingrich, Pence and Bachmann could beat history  —  The 2010 presidential race could feature a record number of current and former House members running for the Republican nomination from Reps. Michele Bachmann (Minn.) and Mike Pence (Ind.) to former House Speaker Newt Gingrich (Ga.).
Discussion: The New Republic
Russell Berman / The Hill:
Pelosi spurns Cantor on seating  —  House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Va.) invited Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) to sit next to him at the State of the Union address — but the former House Speaker says she's already committed.  —  “I thank @GOPLeader for his #SOTU offer …
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Lbentzterp / CNN:
Pelosi not sitting with Cantor, despite his invitation
The Hill:
GOP to push for D.C. gay marriage ban  —  House conservatives say they will pursue legislation that would ban gay marriage in the nation's capital.  —  Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio), chairman of the conservative Republican Study Committee (RSC), told The Hill that he will push for a vote on the controversial issue in the 112th Congress.
Alex Wagner / Politics Daily:
House Approves Spending Cuts in Largely Symbolic Vote … In a highly partisan vote, the House passed 256 to 165 a nonbinding measure to block additional government spending and reduce the federal budget to pre-stimulus 2008 levels.  —  The bill also would give Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wisc.) …
Discussion: The Hill and The Daily Caller
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Derek Thompson / The Atlantic Online:
Barack Obama vs. Paul Ryan: Two Visions of America's Future
Discussion: The Hill, The Hill and AmSpecBlog
Glenn Greenwald / Salon:
Various matters  —  (updated below)  —  The combination of a mild (I'm hoping) flu and the all-consuming fixation by many on Obama's speech tonight makes this a good time to raise several discrete matters worth noting:  —  (1) Last month, The New York Times' Charlie Savage reported that the DOJ …
Teri Buhl / The Atlantic Online:
E-mails Show Bear Stearns Cheated Clients Out of Billions  —  Lawsuit alleges the bank took extreme measures to defraud investors, and now JPMorgan may be on the hook Former Bear Stearns mortgage executives who now run mortgage divisions of Goldman Sachs, Bank of America …
R. Jeffrey Smith / Washington Post:
Bush officials broke electioneering law, federal agency reports  —  At least seven Cabinet secretaries to President George W. Bush took politically motivated trips at taxpayer expense while aides falsely claimed they were traveling on official business, the independent Office of Special Counsel …
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Jennifer Haberkorn / The Politico:
Poll: Unpopularity of reform jumps 9 points  —  Public opposition to the health care reform law spiked to a record high in a new poll out today — but Americans don't necessarily want Republicans to spend time trying to dismantle it.  —  Fifty percent of Americans have unfavorable views of the law …
Discussion: Weasel Zippers and Pajamas Media
New York Times:
'98 Embassy Bomber Is Given Life Without Parole  —  Ahmed Khalfan Ghailani, the first former Guantánamo Bay camp detainee to be tried in the civilian court system, was sentenced to life in prison on Tuesday for his role in the 1998 bombings of two United States Embassies in East Africa.
Matt Yglesias / Yglesias:
Breaking the News  —  The basic phenomenon is nothing new, but the only thing preventing me from saying that the ratio of articles about Rahm Emannuel's mayoral bid to information about Emannuel's views on urban policy is almost infinite is my strong suspicion that the denominator is actually zero.
David Catanese / The Politico:
Talent won't run for Senate in Missouri  —  Former Sen. Jim Talent is expected to announce in the coming days that he won't mount a comeback bid for Senate in Missouri, multiple Republicans tell POLITICO.  —  Talent's decision against a 2012 campaign was telegraphed in recent weeks with his lack …
Gustavo Valdes / CNN:
Critics slam Georgia paper for doctored photo of governor as Nazi  —  Atlanta (CNN) — A Spanish-language newspaper in Georgia has drawn bipartisan criticism for publishing a doctored photograph depicting the state's new governor as a Nazi.  —  El Nuevo Georgia Editor Rafael Navarro …
Susan Crabtree / The Hill:
Oversight panel bickers over subpoenas  —  The House Oversight committee got off to a contentious start Tuesday morning as its organization meeting devolved into partisan sniping and accusations of hypocrisy.  —  Chairman Darell Issa (R-Calif.) has pledged to aggressively investigate …
Discussion: The Politico
 
 
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Obama to Seek Partial Freeze in Spending as Deficit Move
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ProPublica:
Climate Benefits of Natural Gas May Be Overstated
Daniel Strauss / The Hill:
Levin: Obama considering major increase in Afghan security forces
David Brooks / New York Times:
The Talent Magnet  —  President Obama will be talking …
Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
Manchin looks strong
Discussion: Taegan Goddard's …
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Animal Farm Comes to Arizona
Discussion: Moonbattery
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