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8:00 AM ET, January 12, 2015

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Edward-Isaac Dovere / Politico:
Barack Obama's French kiss-off  —  Obama's public reactions to the attacks in Paris have been muted.  —  Barack Obama n'est pas Charlie — or at least, he wasn't this weekend.  —  Don't look for the president or vice president among the photos of 44 heads of state who locked arms and marched down Boulevard Voltaire in Paris.
Discussion: Daily Mail and Instapundit
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Dan Friedman / NY Daily News:
Eric Holder, top U.S. officials no-shows at Paris unity rally  —  The U.S. attorney general, in Paris for a terrorism summit with French President Francois Hollande, did not join world leaders such as German Chancellor Angela Merkel, British Prime Minister David Cameron …
John Lichfield / The Independent:
Paris march: Global leaders join ‘unprecedented’ rally in largest demonstration in history of France
Juan Williams / The Hill:
Health reform a plus for Dems, at last  —  People with broken arms, patients recently recovered from emergency surgery — President Obama needs to put Americans benefitting from ObamaCare next to the First Lady when he makes his Jan. 20 State of the Union address.
Washington Post:
Both parties agree: Economic mobility will be a defining theme of 2016 campaign  —  On right and left, a search for a credible populist message  —  Presidential hopefuls in both parties agree on at least one thing: Economic mobility, and the feeling of many Americans that they are being shut …
Discussion: Wall Street Journal
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Washington Post:
For Jeb Bush and Mitt Romney, a history of ambition fuels a possible 2016 collision
Lydia Wheeler / The Hill:
Jay Leno: Hillary Clinton ‘seems very slow’  —  While on the HBO show “Real Time with Bill Maher,” Jay Leno said Hillary Clinton seems “very slow” and appears to be older than Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren despite their 18-month age difference.  —  “I don't see the fire,” …
Discussion: Scared Monkeys
Beth Reinhard / Wall Street Journal:
Rand Paul Taps Veteran Adviser for Likely 2016 Campaign  —  The Kentucky Senator Has Hired Republican Strategist Chris LaCivita As Senior Adviser  —  Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul is bringing on Republican strategist Chris LaCivita as a senior adviser as he prepares for a likely presidential campaign.
John Fund / National Review:
Valerie Jarrett, Obama's ‘Berlin Wall’  —  It's high time the news media paid more attention to Valerie Jarrett.  An old Chicago friend of both Barack and Michelle Obama's, she exercises unusual influence in the White House as a “senior adviser.”  Many in Washington believe that she is at the heart …
Discussion: Betsy's Page
Sayed Sarwar Amani / Reuters:
Afghanistan rally hails Charlie Hebdo attackers as ‘heroes’  —  Reuters 13 hrs ago  —  KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (Reuters) - Hundreds in southern Afghanistan rallied to praise the killing of 12 people at the French newspaper Charlie Hebdo, calling the two gunmen “heroes” who meted out punishment …
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
New York Times:
Pop Music Critic Leaves The New Yorker to Annotate Lyrics for a Start-Up  —  Sasha Frere-Jones, the longtime pop music critic for The New Yorker, has left the magazine to join Genius, a website mounting an ambitious expansion after starting as a forum for annotated rap lyrics online.
Matt Schiavenza / The Atlantic Online:
Nigeria's Horror in Paris's Shadow  —  As many as a million people, joined by 40 world leaders, filled the streets of Paris on Sunday in solidarity after two separate terrorist attacks claimed 17 innocent lives last week.  The day before, more than 3,000 miles to the south …
Discussion: New York Times and Daily Kos
Jack Coleman / NewsBusters:
David Brooks on MTP: We're at ‘Adult Table’, Ann Coulter, Hebdo at ‘Kiddie Table’  —  Share it Tweet it  —  Was it just coincidence that the only person consigned by purportedly conservative New York Times columnist David Brooks to the “kiddie table” on Meet the Press this morning was fearless conservative Ann Coulter?
Jim Jamitis / Twitchy:
Obama's ‘embarrassing’ absence at unity march gets lampooned [photoshop]  —  Earlier Twitchy posted about how President Obama sent Eric Holder to France as our representative.  —  Terrorist defender, free press opponent Holder represents US in Paris  —  He never showed up at the Paris unity march though.
Discussion: Truth Revolt
 
 
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Ryan Boetel / Albuquerque Journal:
$60 meth bust led to shooting of officer
Discussion: Addicting Info and Raw Story
Josh Feldman / Mediaite:
Reza Aslan: Muslims Are Condemning Terrorism, Critics Just Aren't Listening
Discussion: FOX News Radio
Frank Bruni / New York Times:
Religious Liberty, Bigotry and Gays
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Victoria police officer to appeal firing over tasing
Discussion: Daily Mail and Raw Story
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Josh Gerstein / Politico:
White House sets delayed anti-extremism summit
Lee Keath / Associated Press:
Violence fuels debate among Muslims over interpreting faith
Discussion: Liberaland
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