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1:55 PM ET, January 8, 2015

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George Packer / New Yorker:
The Blame for the Charlie Hebdo Murders  —  The murders today in Paris are not a result of France's failure to assimilate two generations of Muslim immigrants from its former colonies.  They're not about French military action against the Islamic State in the Middle East, or the American invasion of Iraq before that.
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Jeffrey Goldberg / The Atlantic Online:
Europe Is Under Siege  —  The European Parliament complex in Brussels, where I happen to be sitting at the moment, is meant to be a monument to post-World War II continental ideals of peaceable integration, tolerance, free speech, and openness.  All of these notions seem to be under attack at once …
Daily Mail:
Attack came less than 24 hours after 12 people were shot dead at the offices of satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo, also in Paris  —  French Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve - pictured second left, at the site of the shooting in Montrouge - said the shooter was still at large
Discussion: Vox Popoli and Hinterland Gazette
Guardian:
Charlie Hebdo staff vow to publish next week with 1m print run  —  Writer for satirical magazine says ‘stupidity will not win’ as Google pledges to donate €250,000 to support the publication  —  Surviving staff members of Charlie Hebdo have vowed to publish the satirical weekly next Wednesday …
Ishaan Tharoor / Washington Post:
After Charlie Hebdo attack, U.S. Catholic group says cartoonists ‘provoked’ slaughter  —  In the aftermath of the deadly assault on the offices of Charlie Hebdo, a French satirical newspaper, much of the world has rallied in solidarity with the publication, its irreverent cartoonists and their right to free speech.
New York Times:
Two Brothers Suspected in Killings Were Known to French Intelligence Services
Shanifa Nasser / National Post:
In wake of Charlie Hebdo attacks, secularist groups to seek end of Canada's blasphemy law
New York Times:
‘Dangerous Moment’ for Europe, as Fear and Resentment Grow
NBC News:
Paris Attack Suspect Dead, Two in Custody, U.S. Officials Say
USA Today:
People know the consequences: Opposing view  —  Why did France allow the tabloid to provoke Muslims?  —  Contrary to popular misconception, Islam does not mean peace but rather means submission to the commands of Allah alone.  Therefore, Muslims do not believe in the concept of freedom of expression …
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Bill / Catholic League:
MUSLIMS ARE RIGHT TO BE ANGRY
Ross Douthat / New York Times:
The Blasphemy We Need  —  In the wake of the vicious murders …
Scott Wong / The Hill:
Boehner: I'm most ‘anti-establishment’ Speaker in history  —  After defeating a rebellion by 25 conservative Republicans this week, Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) on Thursday declared himself “the most anti-establishment Speaker” in history.  —  “During my years here when I voted …
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John Parkinson / ABC News:
Boehner Says It Hurts to Be Called ???  Spineless or a Squish??? … House Speaker John Boehner said today that he found it painful to be described as “spineless or a squish,” but said the worst comments about him was that he was “the establishment.”  —  Boehner's comments came during …
Discussion: Addicting Info and Bloomberg.com
Scott Wong / The Hill:
Boehner defends retribution
Daniel Strauss / Talking Points Memo:
Boehner: I'm The Most 'Anti-Establishment Speaker We've Ever Had'
Discussion: Mediaite
Daniel Strauss / Talking Points Memo:
Dems' Big Conundrum In GOP Senate: How To Deploy The Filibuster?  —  When Senate Minority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL) took to his chamber's floor on Wednesday he warned that the now minority Senate Democrats “had no intention of just rolling over” but added that the “gratuitous obstruction …
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Laura Barron-Lopez / The Hill:
Durbin: ‘Now is the time’ to raise gas tax
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Bernie Becker / The Hill:   Support builds for medical device tax repeal
Kevin Freking / Associated Press:
California Democratic Sen. Barbara Boxer to Retire  —  Democratic Sen. Barbara Boxer of California, one of the chamber's most tenacious liberals, announced Thursday she will not seek re-election in 2016 to a fifth term.  —  A staunch supporter of abortion rights, gun control and environmental protections …
Discussion: Politico and Daily Kos
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Jeremy Diamond / CNN:
Barbara Boxer retiring, not running for reelection in 2016  —  Sen. Boxer: I will not run in 2016 01:20  —  Story highlights  — Boxer announced her decision not to run for reelection in 2016 in a YouTube video with her grandson  — Boxer said she will work to elect …
Cory Shaffer / Plain Dealer:
Extended Tamir Rice shooting video shows officers restrained sister  —  CLEVELAND, Ohio - Cleveland police officers forced Tamir Rice's 14-year-old sister to the ground, handcuffed her and placed in the back of a Cleveland police car steps away from her wounded 12-year-old brother.
Jonah Goldberg / National Review:
The Dumbest 57 Seconds Ever On TV?  —  Adam Baldwin linked to this MSNBC clip with a succinct tweet “Spot the morons/cowards.”  —  All due respect to Adam, but his understatement is almost a scandal.  We've posted a lot of incredibly stupid sound bites from MSNBC and other places around here …
Discussion: NewsBusters and RedState
Linda Greenhouse / New York Times:
It's All Right with Sam  —  Samuel A. Alito Jr. may be the least recognizable of Supreme Court justices.  I doubt if one American in a thousand could pick him out of a lineup.  Those who do know the name, if not the face, of the 64-year-old justice most likely lump him with the other conservatives …
Daniel Halper / Weekly Standard:
Clinton Foundation Accepted $25,000 from Known Pedophile  —  On July 18, 2006, the Clinton Foundation received a $25,000 check from the C.O.U.Q. Foundation, whose president was known pedophile Jeffrey Epstein, a friend of Bill Clinton.  The donation is revealed in the C.O.U.Q. Foundation's 990 tax form, filed with the IRS.
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Wbastone / The Smoking Gun:
Jeffrey Epstein And A Long History Of Slime
Discussion: Moe Lane
Gallup:
Story Highlights  —  PRINCETON, N.J. — An average 43% of Americans identified politically as independents in 2014, establishing a new high in Gallup telephone poll trends back to 1988.  In terms of national identification with the two major parties, Democrats continued to hold a modest edge over Republicans, 30% to 26%.
 
 
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