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12:10 PM ET, January 24, 2013

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Washington Post:
Bobby Jindal speaking truth to GOP power  —  Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal will deliver a forceful denunciation of his party's Washington-centric focus in a speech to the Republican National Committee on Thursday evening, arguing that the GOP is fighting the wrong fight as it seeks to rebuild from losses at the ballot box last November.
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McKay Coppins / BuzzFeed:
Ron Johnson: Hillary Clinton Planned To Get Emotional To Evade Questions  —  “I think she just decided before she was going to describe emotionally the four dead Americans, the heroes, and use that as her trump card,” the senator tells BuzzFeed.  —  U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton pounds …
Wall Street Journal:
Hillary Pitches a Benghazi Shutout  —  ‘What difference, at this point, does it make?’  —  In five hours of Congressional testimony Wednesday, Hillary Clinton took “responsibility” for the mishandling of the terrorist attacks on U.S. diplomats in Benghazi without ever saying she was responsible for much of anything.
Discussion: Right Turn
Brent Budowsky / Pundits Blog:
Hillary Clinton 69, Rand Paul 10
Discussion: Politico
Rush Limbaugh:
The Cleansing of Mrs. Clinton's Record
Discussion: CNN, Vox Popoli and Politico
Catalina Camia / USA Today:
Hillary Clinton pays off 2008 campaign debt
Dustin Weaver / The Hill:
Boehner, Ryan gamble on pledge to balance the budget in 10 years  —  Speaker John Boehner's (R-Ohio) pledge to back a Republican budget that balances within 10 years raises the political stakes for his party and sets up another major test of his leadership.  —  Democrats eyeing a takeover …
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David Rogers / Politico:
GOP seeks leverage with calls for $69B cut
Discussion: Daily Kos
Lori Montgomery / Washington Post:
Ryan says GOP won't back down on spending cuts
Jackie Kucinich / Associated Press:
Feinstein revives assault-weapons ban  —  Bill faces tough going in the Republican-controlled House. … WASHINGTON — California Democrat Dianne Feinstein will begin her fourth full term as a U.S. senator much as she started her Senate career: fighting for a ban on assault weapons.
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Emily Miller / Washington Times:
National ‘assault weapon’ ban coming Thursday
CNN:
Feinstein to display guns at assault weapons ban announcement
Discussion: The Raw Story
National Review:
Why Young Women Want AR-15s
Discussion: NewsBusters blogs
Jeremy W. Peters / New York Times:
Bipartisan Filibuster Deal Is Taking Shape in the Senate  —  WASHINGTON — Senate Democratic and Republican leaders are nearing an agreement on new limits to the filibuster, an effort to speed action in the often-clogged chamber by prohibiting senators from using a common tactic to slow the legislative process.
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Sahil Kapur / Talking Points Memo:
Reid, McConnell Close To Filibuster Reform Deal  —  Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) and Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) are nearing a bipartisan deal to enact minor changes to the filibuster, two sources familiar with the negotiations tell TPM.  —  The deal, which is not yet final, makes very modest changes.
David Weigel / Slate:
Virginia State Senate Moves Ahead on Electoral College-Rigging Bill  —  Congressional clerks open certificate envelopes from different states during a joint session of the 113th Congress to count the Electoral College votes January 4, 2013 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC.
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Josh Israel / ThinkProgress:   UPDATED: Virginia Republican State Senator Declines To Back GOP Electoral College Rigging Scheme
Jim Nolan / Richmond Times-Dispatch:
Bill to change allocation of Virginia's electoral votes advances
Alexander Burns / Reuters:
Democrats launch plan to turn Texas blue  —  National Democrats are taking steps to create a large-scale independent group aimed at turning traditionally conservative Texas into a prime electoral battleground, crafting a new initiative to identify and mobilize progressive voters in the rapidly-changing state …
John Tomasic / The Colorado Independent:
In malpractice case, Catholic hospital argues fetuses aren't people  —  Lori Stodghill was 31-years old, seven-months pregnant with twin boys and feeling sick when she arrived at St. Thomas More hospital in Cañon City on New Year's Day 2006.  She was vomiting and short of breath …
Reuters:
North Korea to target U.S. with nuclear, rocket tests  —  (Reuters) - North Korea said on Thursday it would carry out further rocket launches and a nuclear test that would target the United States, dramatically stepping up its threats against a country it called its “sworn enemy”.
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BBC:
North Korea ‘plans third nuclear test’
Discussion: iOwnTheWorld.com
Jeremy W. Peters / New York Times:
Democratic Senators Face Gun Owners Roused by Talk of New Laws  —  BECKLEY, W.Va. — Talk of stricter gun control has stirred up a lot of unease here, a place where hunters vie for top prize (a 26-inch LED television) in the Big Buck Photo Contest, and ads for a gun-simulator game ask, “Feel like shooting something today?”
Jerusalem Post:
Final election count: Right bloc 61, Center-Left 59 seats  —  After the last vote is counted, officials say Ahmad Tibi's party Raam-Taal drops from five seats to four, while Naftali Bennett's party gains one, Kadima party makes it over the threshold with two mandates.
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John Althouse Cohen / Jaltcoh:
The “acting alone” fallacy  —  President Obama said this in his 2nd inaugural address: … I object to this move, which seems to have become popular with Democrats in the past couple years, of equating “doing things together” with government.  To suggest that anyone who'd like to see less …
Discussion: JustOneMinute
New York Times:
Pentagon Is Set to Lift Combat Ban for Women  —  WASHINGTON — Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta is lifting the military's official ban on women in combat, which will open up hundreds of thousands of additional front-line jobs to them, senior defense officials said Wednesday.
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Tara Culp-Ressler / ThinkProgress:
Mississippi Governor: 'There Is No One Who Doesn't Have Health Care In America'  —  In an interview with Kaiser Health News on Wednesday, Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant (R) explained he remains a staunch opponent of Obamacare because health care reform is unnecessary.
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Matthew Yglesias / Slate:   Everything You Think You Know About Health Care Spending Is Wrong
 
 
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Nick Wingfield / New York Times:
Apple's Profits Are Flat, and Stock Drops
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David von Drehle / TIME:
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John Eligon / New York Times:
Gov. Sam Brownback Seeks to End Kansas' Income Tax
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Matthew Arco / Politicker NJ:
Obama speech too polarizing, Christie says
Discussion: The Hill and Politico
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Learning to love grains, potatoes was key to the evolution of dogs
Karl Rove / Wall Street Journal:
Obama's Second-Term Wish List
Julie Pace / ABCNEWS:
Obama Picks Mary Jo White to Lead SEC
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Gerry Mullany / New York Times:
Economist Says Cats Should Be Eliminated From New Zealand
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Joe Biden ‘intoxicated’ by 2016 run
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Ross Douthat:
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Pete Kasperowicz / The Hill:
House Democrats propose opening gun makers to civil liability
 

 
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