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10:25 AM ET, January 29, 2013

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Justin Sink / The Hill:
Sen. McCain: We need border drones to get a deal on immigration reforms  —  Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) said Monday that he would like to see the implementation of high-tech border solutions — including drone aircraft — as part of a comprehensive immigration reform deal.
Discussion: The Raw Story
Greg Sargent / The Plum Line:
What did Republicans win in the immigration deal?  —  It's has been widely assumed this morning by some immigration advocates (and by yours truly, too) that the new immigration reform plan's process of citizenship for the country's 11 million undocumented immigrants is contingent on a commission …
Igor Volsky / ThinkProgress:
McCain: Binational Same-Sex Couples Are ‘Not Of Paramount Importance’ To Immigration Reform  —  Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) — one of the architects of the bipartisan Senate plan to reform the immigration system — told CBS on Tuesday morning that including binational gay and lesbian couples whose relationships …
Washington Post:
Obama to announce his immigration reform plan, said to be more liberal than Senate effort
Byron York / Washington Examiner:   Bipartisan immigration plan faces deep skepticism
Politico:
Immigration tough sell in GOP House
Discussion: msnbc.com, Scared Monkeys, Hot Air and CNN
Ed Payne / CNN:
Obama to pitch immigration reform
Discussion: ImmigrationProf Blog
Chris Geidner / BuzzFeed:   Prominent House Dem: “Madness” To Pass Immigration Reform Without LGBT Protections
Katie Glueck / Politico:
Super PAC to back Hillary Clinton  —  Fans of Secretary of State Hillary Clinton have launched a super PAC on her behalf as speculation continues to swirl about her 2016 ambitions.  —  “Ready for Hillary” on Friday filed with the Federal Election Commission, following on the heels of another group called “HILLARYCLINTONSUPERPAC.”
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Scott Johnson / Power Line:
Love has no pride  —  The thought that love has no pride is an old one.  Indeed, it has become something of a cliché.  Yet it is achieved the status of cliché by virtue of the truth in it.  —  CBS's venerable 60 Minutes show brought us an example of the cliché in action over the weekend.
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Conor Friedersdorf / The Atlantic Online:
Steve Kroft's ‘Softball’ Obama Interviews Diminish ‘60 Minutes’  —  All 14 questions the award-winning correspondent posed in his recent sit-down were glaringly flawed.  Jon Stewart is more hard-hitting.  —  CBSNews.com  —  On 60 Minutes, the news magazine show that prides itself on …
Discussion: Hot Air and The Daily Caller
Marsha Blackburn / CNN:
TRENDING: Skeptical congresswoman challenges Obama to skeet shooting match  —  (CNN) - It's about time for some bipartisan...skeet shooting?  —  Rep. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tennessee, joined a chorus of skeptics who questioned President Barack Obama's recent comments about his hobby of skeet shooting …
David Edwards / The Raw Story:
Bay Buchanan quits TV punditry, takes online real estate class after Romney's ‘brutal’ loss  —  A former top aide to Mitt Romney says that she quit her career as a television pundit and began taking online real estate classes after the former Republican presidential nominee's “brutal” loss to President Barack Obama.
Discussion: Rumproast
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Paul Bedard / Washington Examiner:
Bay Buchanan trades politics for real estate
David Brooks / New York Times:
A Second G.O.P.  —  On the surface, Republicans are already doing a good job of beginning to change their party.  Gov. Bobby Jindal of Louisiana gave a speech to the Republican National Committee calling on Republicans to stop being the stupid party, to stop insulting the intelligence of the American people.
Investor's Business Daily:
Subsidies Create Glut Of College Grads  —  Higher Education: A new study finds almost half of Americans with college degrees are working at jobs that don't require one.  It's the latest example of how federal subsidies are creating a massive higher-education bubble.
Henry Blodget / Business Insider:
I Was Quite Surprised By Some Things On My American Airlines International ‘Economy Class’ Flight  —  Everyone's always complaining about how horrible flying is—especially “economy class” flying.  —  And compared to other ways that one can spend one's time, flying is indeed often unpleasant and aggravating.
Discussion: Hullabaloo
Fox News:
Draft UN climate report shows 20 years of overestimated global warming, skeptics warn  —  The predicted temperature changes (darker red indicating greater change) due to global warming, based on data that scientists, policymakers and the public are now questioning.
Discussion: Right Wing News
Associated Press:
Report: Treasury approved excessive pay for executives at bailed-out AIG, GM and Ally  —  Robert Miller/THE WASHINGTON POST - The U.S. Treasury Department building October 22, 2012 in Washington, DC.  The Treasury Department disregarded its own guidelines by allowing large pay increases …
Discussion: americanthinker.com
The Atlantic Wire:
The Truth About Little Women Carrying Big Wounded Men in Combat  —  One of the recurring arguments against women serving in combat appears on its face to be just good common horse sense: women just don't have the upper body strength to carry a heavy male soldier out of combat.
nbclosangeles.com:
Doctor Fatally Shot at Office in Newport Beach  —  A doctor was fatally shot and the suspected gunman was in custody on Monday after a shooting at a doctor's office in Newport Beach, police said.  —  The shooting happened at 2:45 p.m. in a second floor patient room at 520 Superior Avenue …
Rebecca Berg / BuzzFeed:
Rand Paul Will Propose Ban On Sending F-16s To Egypt  —  The senator from Kentucky told a group of conservatives at an off-the-record meeting Monday.  Beefing up his pro-Israel credentials.  —  Image by J. Scott Applewhite / AP  —  WASHINGTON — Sen. Rand Paul told an off-the-record meeting …
Discussion: Daniel W. Drezner
 
 
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The Boston Globe:
Special election to be on June 25
Discussion: Roll Call and Post Politics
Michael D. Shear / New York Times:
Congress Faces Deep-Seated Resistance to Immigration Plan
Hugh Carnegy / Financial Times:
L'austérité à la française: city sells prized wines
Pauline Jelinek / Associated Press:
Official: US May Set up Drone Base in Niger
Discussion: Politico
Zack Ford / ThinkProgress:
BREAKING: Wyoming House Committee Defeats Marriage Equality Bill, Advances Domestic Partnerships
Discussion: Advocate
Luke Johnson / The Huffington Post:
Roxanne Rubin, Nevada Republican, Accepts Plea Deal After Committing Voter Fraud
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John Hinderaker / Power Line:
Obama, Out of the Closet
Discussion: Daily Pundit
Laura Vozzella / Washington Post:
Bill would legalize cohabitation in Virginia
Discussion: Outside the Beltway and Poliglot
Mark Leccese / Gatekeeper:
Scott Brown's Twitter trouble
Discussion: msnbc.com, Ballot Box and The Fix
TMZ.com:
20/20 Co-Anchor Chris Cuomo — I'm Moving to CNN!
Charlie Savage / New York Times:
Office Working to Close Guantánamo Is Shuttered
Alistair Dawber / The Independent:
Israel gave birth control to Ethiopian Jews without their consent