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7:00 PM ET, January 12, 2015

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Alex Moe / NBC News:
Paul Ryan Won't Run for President in 2016  —  In an interview with NBC News, the former VP nominee says he can make a “huge difference” as House Ways and Means Committee chairman instead.
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Washington Post:
Romney moves to reassemble campaign apparatus for 2016  —  Mitt Romney is moving quickly to reassemble his national political network, spending the weekend and Monday calling former aides, donors and other supporters — as well as onetime foes such as Newt Gingrich.
Cameron Joseph / The Hill:
Paul Ryan rules out presidential run  —  Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) won't run for president in 2016, he announced Monday.  —  “After giving it a lot of thought, I've decided not to run for president.  Our work at the House Ways and Means Committee over the next few years will be crucial …
Discussion: Washington Post
By Jake Tapper / CNN:
Story highlights  —  Jake Tapper is anchor of CNN's “The Lead With Jake Tapper” and chief Washington correspondent.  —  Paris (CNN)"Thank you," said the man.  I was standing outside of the offices of Charlie Hebdo covering the aftermath of the terrorist attacks for CNN.
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Sen. Ted Cruz / TIME:
‘Our President Should Have Been There’  —  Cruz is the junior U.S. Senator for Texas.  —  We must never hesitate to stand with our allies.  We should never hesitate to speak the truth.  In Paris or anywhere else in the world.  —  On Sunday, leaders representing Europe, Israel, Africa …
Edward-Isaac Dovere / Politico:
Barack Obama's French kiss-off
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
HISTORY WILL BE VERY KIND  —  And if it's not, it will be for a highly ironic reason.  —  Photograph courtesy of the White House  —  Ten and a half years ago, at the Democratic convention in Boston, Barack Hussein Obama was introduced to America as a youthful, magnetic man who had burst suddenly …
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Christopher Caldwell / New York Magazine:
Why History Will Eviscerate Obama
Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money
Barak Ravid / Haaretz:
Hollande asked Netanyahu not to attend Paris memorial march  —  Absence sought as part of attempt to keep Israeli-Palestinian conflict out of European show of unity; After Netanyahu insisted on coming, French made it clear Abbas would be invited as well.  —  French President Francois Hollande conveyed …
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Daily Mail:
America snubs historic Paris rally: Holder was there but skipped out early, Kerry was in India …
Washington Post:
Democrats, in a stark shift in messaging, to make big tax-break pitch for middle class  —  Senior Democrats, dissatisfied with the party's tepid prescriptions for combating income inequality, are drafting an “action plan” that calls for a massive transfer of wealth from the super-rich …
Evan McMorris-Santoro / BuzzFeed:
Federal Government Launches Social Media Audit After CENTCOM Hack  —  “More than 800 federal managers” ordered to check their social media security after an embarrassing break-in at the Pentagon.  —  WASHINGTON — Within minutes of the first reports that CENTCOM's social media feeds …
Discussion: The Hill
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Dylan Byers / Politico:
Central Command's Twitter account hacked
Discussion: Power Line
Dan Lamothe / Washington Post:
CENTCOM social media accounts apparently hacked by Islamic State sympathizers
Matthew Yglesias / Vox:
I read the French far-right party's platform, and it gets one big thing absolutely right  —  In the wake of the massacre at Charlie Hebdo and a related attack on a kosher supermarket in Paris, it's natural to turn attention to Marine Le Pen and her National Front political party …
Randy.Today:
A Peaceful Disclosure - I Am Gay  —  I have read many stories of people who have “come out again” or accepted they are gay after some time in the ex-gay world.  Many of their stories are compelling and well-written.  But, sometimes I wish they would get to the point right off the bat.
Ben White / Politico:
Antonio Weiss pulls out of 3rd-ranking Treasury slot; will instead serve as counselor  —  NEW YORK — Antonio Weiss, the Wall Street banker who President Barack Obama had picked to be the third-ranking official at the Treasury Department, has asked that the president not resend his nomination …
David Weigel / Bloomberg Politics:
Not a Single Person Has Donated to Dick Morris's Anti-Hillary Super PAC  —  Sixteen months ago, to some fanfare, Dick Morris re-entered the anti-Clinton fray with a new PAC.  He launched Dick Morris's Just Say No to Hillary PAC, registering it from Tampa.  From time to time …
Jim Geraghty / National Review:
Ben Carson's Troubling Connection  —  In March of last year, Dr. Ben Carson, the conservative star considered a potential 2016 Republican presidential candidate, appeared in a video for Mannatech, Inc., a Texas-based medical supplement maker.  Smiling into the camera, he extolled the benefits of the company's “glyconutrient” products:
Henry Samuel / Telegraph:
Charlie Hebdo's Wednesday edition to include Prophet Mohammed cartoons  —  Wednesday's edition of Charlie Hebdo will ‘naturally’ contain cartoons of Prophet Mohammed, the magazine's lawyer has announced  —  The next edition of Charlie Hebdo, out on Wednesday with a million-copy print run …
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Eliana Johnson / National Review:
Santorum, the Blue-Collar Brawler  —  I'm sitting across from Rick Santorum at a Corner Bakery Cafe on North Capitol Street near the Capitol when a news alert flashes across my phone.  The Wall Street Journal is reporting that Mitt Romney has told a group of his top donors that he is seriously considering a third White House bid.
Discussion: FOX News Radio
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Jonathan Martin / New York Times:
Santorum Criticizes Potential G.O.P. Rivals as ‘Bomb Throwers’
Chris Geidner / BuzzFeed:
Supreme Court Puts Off Decision On Hearing A Same-Sex Marriage Case For Friday  —  The justices turned down Louisiana same-sex couples' request to skip over the appeals court and take their case directly, but they had no word on the cases out of the 6th Circuit Court of Appeals.
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Lyle Denniston / SCOTUSblog:
Court denies one same-sex marriage case (UPDATED)
Gavin Newsom / Facebook:
It's always better to be candid than coy.  While I am humbled by the widespread encouragement of so many and hold in the highest esteem those who serve us in federal office, I know that my head and my heart, my young family's future, and our unfinished work all remain firmly in the State …
Melissa Brown / al.com:
‘White genocide’ billboard posted on I-59, similar to ‘anti-white’ sign near Leeds  —  For the second time in less than a year, a billboard near Birmingham is carrying a racial message connected to a segregationist screed.  —  Posted along I-59 near Springville in St. Clair county …
 
 
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Meghan Keneally / ABC News:
Paris Terror Attacks: Inside Kosher Grocery Store as Gunman Held Hostages
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Dylan Scott / Talking Points Memo:
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Political Calculus: Scott Walker Shows Promise Heading Into 2016
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Adam Ozimek / Forbes:
The Unappreciated Success Of Charter Schools
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ABC News:
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Discussion: Yahoo! News
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Morning Plum: Some welcome GOP candor on Obamacare
Lydia Wheeler / The Hill:
Jay Leno: Hillary Clinton ‘seems very slow’
Discussion: Washington Post and Shakesville