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6:20 PM ET, January 25, 2013

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Sam Hananel / Associated Press:
COURT: OBAMA APPOINTMENTS ARE UNCONSTITUTIONAL  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama violated the Constitution when he bypassed the Senate to fill vacancies on a labor relations panel, a federal appeals court panel ruled Friday.  —  A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals …
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Nicole Flatow / ThinkProgress:
Federal Appeals Court Invalidates Obama's Recess Appointments to NLRB
Melanie Trottman / Wall Street Journal:
Court Rules Obama Recess Appointments Unconstitutional
Discussion: Mediaite
Steven Greenhouse / New York Times:
Court Rejects Recess Appointments to Labor Board
Bob Lewis / Associated Press:
GOP senators will oppose VA electoral change  —  RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — The prospects appear doomed in Virginia this year for Republican-backed legislation that would replace the state's winner-take-all method of apportioning presidential electoral votes with one that awards one vote to the winner of each congressional district.
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Michael Sluss / Blue Ridge Caucus:
Updated: GOP Sen. Smith opposes bill to allocate presidential electoral votes by congressional district  —  If a bill to reapportion Virginia's presidential electoral votes by congressional district is a Republican plot, someone forgot to tell state Sen. Ralph Smith, R-Bedford County.
Annie-Rose Strasser / ThinkProgress:
Five Reasons Bobby Jindal Is Responsible For Transforming The GOP Into ‘The Stupid Party’  —  Days after Mitt Romney lost his bid for the presidency, Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal (R) kicked off a publicity campaign for his 2016 run, casting himself as a different kind of Republican.
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
This is a Big, Big Deal  —  A week ago I noted a new Republican push …
Discussion: The Mahablog and theGrio
Molly Ball / The Atlantic Online:
The GOP Plan to Take the Electoral-Vote-Rigging Scheme National
Jgalloway / Political Insider:
U.S. Sen. Saxby Chambliss: Frustration with Washington drove him out  —  U.S. Sen. Saxby Chambliss, the leader of a bipartisan effort to address the federal deficit, this morning pointed to gridlock in Washington for his decision not to seek a third term in 2014.  —  A statement just released by his office includes this:
Wall Street Journal:
Jeb Bush and Clint Bolick: Solving the Immigration Puzzle  —  Some want illegals to return to their native countries and ‘wait in line’ like everyone else.  There is no line.  —  The nation's capital is awash with ideas about how to fix America's immigration policy.
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Justin Sink / The Hill:
Obama to unveil immigration plan
Discussion: Politico and CNN
David Jackson / Associated Press:
Obama names McDonough chief of staff
Aviva Shen / ThinkProgress:
CNN Anchor Tricks Opponent Of Women In Combat To Endorse Racial Segregation  —  Conservatives are outraged over Defense Secretary Leon Panetta's decision to lift the ban on women in combat, which opens up more than 200,000 frontline positions to women.  Opponents of the move have called it “humiliating” and dangerous to unit cohesion.
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Charlie Spiering / Washington Examiner:
Full text: Bobby Jindal's dynamite speech to the Republican National Committee in Charlotte … Below is the text of Gov. Bobby Jindal's full speech to the Republican National Committee in Charlotte, N.C. delivered Thursday night.  —  Thank you all for having me here tonight.
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Katie Glueck / Politico:
Haley Barbour: ‘Stupid’ comments hurt GOP
Discussion: CNN and Alan Colmes' Liberaland
Neil King Jr / Wall Street Journal:
Republican Leaders Search for New, Winning Strategy
Discussion: Crooks and Liars, Mediaite and The Fix
Tina Moore / NY Daily News:
Is Hillary seeing double?  Daily News analysis points out the Secretary of State may suffer from vision impairments following a concussion and blood clot near her brain  —  A close inspection of Hillary Clinton's glasses worn during her Wednesday testimony on Benghazi shows an adhesive Fresnel prism …
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Kevin Cirilli / Politico:
Jiltin' Joe? Obama does ‘60 Minutes’ with Hillary Clinton
Discussion: The Hill, Taylor Marsh and msnbc.com
Jackie Calmes / The Caucus:
As Obama and Clinton Sit for Joint Interview, Some Look to 2016
Discussion: Mediaite
Scott Conroy / Real Clear Politics:
Sarah Palin Parts Ways With FOX News  —  After a three-year run as a paid contributor to the nation's highest-rated cable news channel, Sarah Palin and FOX News have cut ties, according to a source close to the former Alaska governor.  —  “It's my understanding that Gov. Palin was offered a contract by FOX …
Anna Palmer / Politico:
Mitt Romney: 'I'm not going away'  —  Mitt Romney's campaign ended, but he's not getting out of politics.  —  Romney told top Washington bundlers, donors and senior campaign leadership in a meeting Friday morning that he would help out GOP candidates for governor in 2013 …
Ace / Ace of Spades HQ:
We Must Do Something About The Media  —  It's important.  —  I already mentioned the media's Hillary Tributes, but there's even more of it.  —  And I've mentioned this before, but I'm truly alarmed about it: What we are witnessing is the full and seamless fusion of media power with government power.
Toni Yates / ABC 7 Eyewitness News:
Booker helps freezing dog after Eyewitness News tweet … new jersey, newark, cory booker, dog, cold, cold weather, new jersey news, toni yates  —  More: Bio, Facebook, Twitter, Stories by Toni Yates, News Team  —  NEWARK, N.J. (WABC) — Eyewitness News reporter Toni Yates and her crew spotted …
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Christina Ng / ABCNEWS:
N.J. Mayor Cory Booker Helps Rescue Freezing Dog
Discussion: msnbc.com and Balloon Juice
Aviva Shen / ThinkProgress:
New Mexico Bill Would Imprison Rape Victims Who Receive Abortions  —  Should a recently introduced bill in New Mexico become law, rape victims will be required to carry their pregnancies to term during their sexual assault trials or face charges of “tampering with evidence.”
Chris Cillizza / Washington Post:
Who had the worst week in Washington?  Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.).  —  Wednesday didn't start out badly for Sen. Ronald H. Johnson.  —  Johnson, a Republican from Wisconsin who was elected in 2010, drew national headlines — and praise from conservatives — for pushing Secretary …
Discussion: Politico, JSOnline and Daily Kos
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
My God, Could This Be True?  —  Much like with Mitt Romney, it seems that Benjamin Netanyahu had no idea of the electoral drubbing headed his way, despite the fact that independent pollsters very much did see it coming.  Yes, you guessed it: Netanyahu's pollsters were apparently skewing his poll data.
Susan Cornwell / Reuters:
Exclusive: NRA senior lobbyist says attack ad was “ill-advised”  —  (Reuters) - One of the National Rifle Association's senior lobbyists said an ad by the nation's leading gun-rights group after a school shooting in Connecticut that refers to President Barack Obama's children was “ill-advised.”
Frank Phillips / Boston Globe:
Lynch set to run for US Senate in special election  —  US Representative Stephen F. Lynch plans to announce next week that he will challenge his congressional colleague Edward J. Markey for the Democratic nomination in the special US Senate election to fill John F. Kerry's seat, according to people with direct knowledge of his decision.
 
 
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Robert Costa / National Review:
Miller Mulls a Begich Challenge
Discussion: PostPartisan
Alexandra Jaffe / Ballot Box:
In new fundraising pitch, McConnell campaign says senator blocked filibuster reform
Discussion: Daily Kos
David Taintor / Talking Points Memo:
Mark Kelly, NRA's Wayne LaPierre To Testify On Gun Violence At Senate Hearing
Discussion: Post Politics
Chris Good / ABCNEWS:
GOP Millionaire Foster Friess Says Super PAC Cash Dump Was Worth It
Discussion: The Hill
Laurie A. Couture:
VAWA Must Be Renamed, Rewritten to be Gender Neutral
Discussion: The Moderate Voice
Caren Bohan / The Atlantic Online:
Who Is Denis McDonough, Obama's New Chief of Staff?
Discussion: Business Insider
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Steve Connor / The Independent:
Exclusive: Billionaires secretly fund attacks on climate science
Discussion: Truthdig and Suburban Guerrilla
Glenn Kessler / Washington Post:
Reaffirmed: 4 Pinocchios for a misleading Mitt Romney ad on Chrysler and China
Discussion: Poynter, Daily Kos and Politico
Tom Wilkinson / The Independent:
Comic book hero Judge Dredd ‘might be gay’
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Deficit Hawks Down  —  President Obama's second Inaugural …
 

 
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Ofcom rules that five GB News programs presented by Conservative politicians have broken its due impartiality rules and puts the channel “on notice”

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