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9:15 PM ET, January 30, 2013

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Greg Sargent / The Plum Line:
Gabrielle Giffords' husband smacks down Wayne LaPierre  —  Perhaps the most important moment so far in today's Senate Judiciary hearing on guns came when astronaut Mark Kelly directly confronted NRA head Wayne LaPierre over the shooting of his wife, Gabrielle Giffords.
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Tom Kludt / Talking Points Memo:
Durbin Hits Back At NRA's LaPierre: ‘You Missed That Point Completely’ (VIDEO)  —  After National Rifle Association exectuive vice president Wayne LaPierre insisted during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on gun violence Wednesday that universal background checks on firearms purchases …
Jillian Rayfield / Salon:
LaPierre under fire  —  Dems allege NRA “missing the point” on background checks as gun hearings grow heated  —  Predictably, one of the biggest points of contention in Wednesday's Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on gun violence was whether to implement universal background checks.
Discussion: Rumproast
Megan Garber / The Atlantic Online:
Gabby Giffords's Handwritten Notes for Her Testimony to the Senate Judiciary Committee  —  The former U.S. representative wrote her speech in pen, and on binder paper.  —  Americans for Responsible Solutions  —  This morning, Gabby Giffords made an unannounced appearance at the Senate Judiciary Committee's hearing on gun violence.
Jessica Testa / BuzzFeed:
Here Are The Notes Gabrielle Giffords Used During Her Testimony On Gun Violence
Natalie Jennings / Post Politics:
Gabrielle Giffords's testimony (Photo)
Discussion: Wonkette, Twitchy and Mashable!
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Brad Plumer / Washington Post:
Why defense spending plunged 22% last quarter — and killed GDP  —  On Wednesday, the government announced that the economy had shrunk at a 0.1 percent annual pace between October and December.  That came as a surprise to most economists, who were expecting at least modest growth.  So what happened?
U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis:
National Income and Product Accounts
Erick Erickson / RedState:
I Don't Like Marco Rubio's Plan  —  There.  I said it.  —  You'd be surprised how long it has taken to say this.  I've let multiple friends vet the various drafts of posts I've written on this and they all wind up arguing with each other over the details.  Is it amnesty or isn't it?
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Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
Obama expects immigration reform bill as early as June
Discussion: Politico
Sen. Marco Rubio / RedState:
Applying Conservative Principles To Immigration
Discussion: CNN and National Review
lauraingraham.com:
Shut Up & Blog  —  Sen. Vitter on Rubio immigration plan: ‘Amazingly naïve...’
Annie-Rose Strasser / ThinkProgress:
Tennessee 'Don't Say Gay' Bill Now Requires Teachers To Inform Parents If Their Child Is Gay  —  Tennessee's so-called 'Don't Say Gay' bill died with the adjournment of the state assembly last year.  But now the measure is back — with new, harsher requirements.
Ben Hubbard / bigstory.ap.org:
SYRIA CONFIRMS ISRAELI JETS BOMBED MILITARY SITE  —  You are here  —  Home » Israel » Syria confirms Israeli jets bombed military site  —  BEIRUT (AP) — Israel conducted a rare airstrike on a military target inside Syria, foreign officials and Syrian state TV said Wednesday …
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New York Times:   Israeli Jets Attack Inside Target in Syria
Zeke Miller / BuzzFeed:
White House Blames GDP Drop On Republicans  —  “It's not a game — it's the American economy,” Carney scolds.  —  Press Secretary Jay Carney briefs reporters at the White House in Washington, Monday, Jan. 28, 2013.  —  Image by Charles Dharapak / AP  —  WASHINGTON — White House Press …
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Amanda Marcotte / Slate:
Gayle Trotter's Ideas Will Not Keep Women Safe
Discussion: msnbc.com and Post Politics
nbcchicago.com:
Teen Performer At Inaugural Events Fatally Shot In Chicago  —  Hadiyah Pendleton, 15, was shot in the back while hanging out with a group of teens on Tuesday  —  Hadiya Pendleton died after she was shot in the back while hanging out with a group of teens on Tuesday.  Police say she wasn't the intended target.
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Jennifer Delgado / Chicago Tribune:
Girl who performed at Obama inaugural events slain on South Side
Keoki Kerr / Hawaii News Now:
EXCLUSIVE: Actor Jim Nabors marries his longtime male partner  —  Jim Nabors, the Hawaii resident well known for his starring role in the 1960s television sitcom “Gomer Pyle, USMC,” married his longtime male partner early this month, he told Hawaii News Now Tuesday.
Frank Phillips / Boston Globe:
William ‘Mo’ Cowan is Governor Deval Patrick's pick to serve as interim US senator  —  William “Mo” Cowan is Governor Deval Patrick's choice to serve as the interim US senator until the successor to John F. Kerry is chosen by the voters June 25, according to a source in the governor's office.
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Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
Brown/Markey would start out as toss up
Sam Baker / The Hill:
Obama administration takes steps to implement individual mandate  —  The Obama administration took new steps Wednesday toward implementing the individual mandate in its signature healthcare law, downplaying the scope of the unpopular provision by stressing rules that allow exemptions from the requirement to purchase insurance.
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit and Daily Kos
Scott Clement / The Fix:
President Obama's popularity surges to three-year high  —  President Obama is riding a wave of personal popularity into his second term, with his highest favorability ratings since his first year in office, according to a new Washington Post-ABC News poll.  —  Fully 60 percent of Americans …
Betsy Rothstein / FishbowlDC:
CNN ‘Starting Point’ Staffers Brace Themselves  —  The announcement that CNN is totally revamping its morning show and scrapping Soledad O'Brien's “Starting Point” has sent shivers through her staff.  —  Insiders tell us Executive VP Ken Jautz and VP Bart Feder addressed the staff after the show went off the air today.
MiamiHerald.com:
FBI wraps up raid at West Palm Beach office of doctor tied to U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez  —  Agents with the FBI and HHS continued their search Wednesday of a South Florida eye doctor who last year was accused of providing prostitutes to longtime ally Sen. Bob Menendez, a New Jersey Democrat.
Jamelle Bouie / American Prospect:
Making Voting Constitutional  —  In Fairfax County, Virginia, a voter holds their voting permit and ID card at the Washington Mill Elementary School near Mount Vernon, Tuesday, November 6, 2012.  Fairfax County is a Washington suburb with more than 1 million residents and is the biggest battleground …
Jason Schreier / Kotaku:
Video Games Are ‘A Bigger Problem Than Guns,’ Says Actual U.S. Senator  —  On MSNBC today, U.S. senator Lamar Alexander (a Tennessee Republican) set a new benchmark for insanity by claiming that games are worse than guns.  —  “I think video games is a bigger problem than guns …
Discussion: Taegan Goddard's … and Truthdig
Erik Wemple:
MSNBC ‘reviewing’ Newtown ‘heckled’ video  —  Visit NBCNews.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy  —  MSNBC is reviewing its portrayal of the testimony of Neil Heslin, the father of a Sandy Hook victim, at a legislative hearing in Hartford on Monday.
The Week:
Why I hate Twitter  —  The social sharing tool was once a vision.  Now it's a prison  —  S  —  oren Dayton and Rob Bluey — two conservative tech geniuses — talked me into joining Twitter during a lunch Ed Morrissey organized at an Iraqi restaurant in Minneapolis during the 2008 Republican convention.
 
 
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Brian Beutler / Talking Points Memo:
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Matt Cover / CNSNews:
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Serbian PM flashed at during prank interview for Croatian TV
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Patrick Caldwell / American Prospect:
How to Vote Down Voter ID
Discussion: Washington Examiner
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Annie-Rose Strasser / ThinkProgress:
Missouri Bill Would Require All First Graders To Take NRA-Sponsored Gun Class
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A Pointless Amnesty  —  Illegal immigration is a curious subject …
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John Tlumacki / Boston Globe:
President Obama's uncle ordered to face deportation hearing Dec. 3 by immigration judge
Discussion: The Hill and Mediaite
Lloyd Grove / The Daily Beast:
More Heads to Roll at CNN
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Daniel Halper / Weekly Standard:
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