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8:50 AM ET, January 14, 2015

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Robert Costa / Washington Post:
Rand Paul announces campaign manager for likely 2016 campaign  —  Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) on Tuesday announced the hiring of a campaign manager for his likely 2016 presidential bid, part of an aggressive effort to build a national political team as the race for the White House heats up.
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Manu Raju / Politico:
Rand Paul looks to steal 2016 spotlight  —  The potential 2016 presidential hopeful appears eager to return to his role as a conservative firebrand.  —  M.Scott Mahaskey/POLITICO  —  Jeb Bush is “a Big Government Republican.”  Mitt Romney “had his chance.”
Discussion: Bloomberg Politics
James R. Carroll / Courier-Journal:
Ahead of trip, Paul hits Romney as “yesterday's news”  —  WASHINGTON - About to embark on a three-state trip that includes multiple stops in New Hampshire, Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul is criticizing Mitt Romney as too liberal for the Republican Party in 2016.  —  Romney, the 2012 GOP standard …
Tampa Bay Times:
Mitt Romney making Florida push, setting up clash with Jeb Bush  —  WASHINGTON — Mitt Romney, who only days ago signaled he would explore running for president after repeatedly insisting he would not, is making a strong push that includes reaching out to fundraisers in Florida this week.  —  1 Month Ago
Discussion: BostonGlobe.com and Political Wire
Neil W. McCabe / Gravis:
Iowa poll: Romney leads nascent Iowa field with 21%, Bush at 14%, Walker 10%  —  The 2012 Republican nominee for president holds a leads a broad field of GOP potential contenders in the Townhall/Gravis poll conducted Jan. 5-7 among 404 registered Republican voters queried.
Frank Bruni / New York Times:   The Overcrowded Race for the 2016 Republican Nomination
Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
Romney And The GOP's Five-Ring Circus
WCPO:
EXCLUSIVE: FBI says John Boehner's West Chester bartender planned to poison him  —  Feds: Man said he was Jesus, Boehner was the devil  —  DEER PARK, Ohio - Ebola, evil voices and the devil.  —  Those are just a few of the things a Butler County bartender cited as reasons …
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ABC News:
Ohio Bartender Charged With Threatening to Murder John Boehner … An Ohio man has been indicted on charges of threatening to murder House Speaker John Boehner, ABC News has learned.  —  Michael Robert Hoyt was indicted Jan. 7 on charges of threatening to murder Boehner last October shortly …
Discussion: Politico
Laura Barron-Lopez / The Hill:
Senate to vote on whether climate change is happening  —  Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) said Tuesday he will allow the Senate to vote on an amendment asking if they agree that climate change is impacting the planet.  —  At his weekly press briefing, McConnell said …
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Ed Rogers / Washington Post:
The Insiders: Five things to watch as the 2016 campaigns develop
Discussion: Adweek
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
McConnell threatens midnight session over Keystone XL pipeline
Discussion: TheBlaze.com, Politico and Daily Kos
Ben Smith / BuzzFeed:
How Reince Priebus Reinvented The Political Party  —  In 1972, the year Reince Priebus was born, the political writer David Broder published The Party's Over.  Since then, political writers, me included, have been declaring the death of political parties nonstop.
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Andrew Desiderio / Mediaite:
RNC Chairman: Bill Clinton's Personal Activities ‘Fair Game’ for 2016
Discussion: FOX News Radio
Congressman Randy Weber:
Representative Randy Weber Issues Statement on Paris Tweet  —  Washington, D.C. - Representative Randy Weber (R-Friendswood) released the following statement in reference to a tweet sent out last night: “I need to first apologize to all those offended by my tweet.
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Susie Madrak / Latest from Crooks and Liars:
You Know Who Else Went To Paris? Hitler
Discussion: Truth Revolt
Rocco Parascandola / NY Daily News:
PBA's Patrick Lynch spurs yelling, shoving among cops over NYPD-City Hall feud  —  The Patrolmen's Benevolent Association was not so much on Tuesday as some cops shouted down Lynch regarding his demand that Mayor de Blasio apologize over comments related to race and police relations.
Lindsay Cohen / KOMO News:
Seattle dog's rush hour ride: on the bus, by herself, weekly  —  SEATTLE — Public transit in Seattle has gone to the dogs.  —  Commuters in Belltown report seeing a Black Labrador riding the bus alone in recent weeks.  The 2-year old has been spotted roaming the aisles …
Arsalan Iftikhar / The Islamic Monthly:
Dear Don Lemon: Thanks for Making Me Famous  —  Apparently, we currently live in a “post-racial” America where a prominent national television news anchor can ask an American Muslim human rights lawyer whether he supports a terrorist organization simply because he happens to be a Muslim.
Discussion: Addicting Info, Raw Story and Mediaite
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Brendan James / Talking Points Memo:
Lawyer Thanks Don Lemon: Your ‘Racist Dumb-Ass Question’ Made Me Famous
Discussion: Raw Story and Hinterland Gazette
Benjamin Hardy / Arkansas Blog, Arkansas Times:
Father and son turned away from “Muslim-free” Hot Springs gun range for being brown  —  When we reported last fall on a Hot Springs firing range that was declared a “Muslim free zone” by its owner, several blog commenters asked, “how will she know who's a Muslim?”
Discussion: FreakOutNation and Raw Story
Ronald Brownstein / National Journal:
White-Out: Where Democrats Lost the House  —  In 2009, 76 Democrats represented primarily white working-class congressional districts.  Just 15 of them are still in the House today.  —  Republicans have surged to their largest majority in the House of Representatives since before the Great Depression …
Discussion: RedState
Burgess Everett / Politico:
John Thune: No ‘opening’ for a White House run  —  But the Senate GOP Conference leader and Commerce Committee chairman is plenty busy.  —  It's often said each senator wakes up, looks in the mirror and sees a future president staring back.  But John Thune admits his “window” for a White House run might have closed in 2012.
Discussion: The Hill
Eric Randolph / Agence France-Presse:
New Charlie Hebdo flies off shelves as Qaeda claims attack  —  Paris (AFP) - The first issue of Charlie Hebdo after jihadists executed most of its journalists was sold out within hours across France on Wednesday, as Al-Qaeda issued a video claiming last week's attack.
Scott Soshnick / Bloomberg:
Prokhorov Exploring Sale of Brooklyn Nets  —  The Brooklyn Nets are for sale.  —  Russian billionaire Mikhail Prokhorov retained Evercore Partners to sell the National Basketball Association team he bought in 2010, according to two people with direct knowledge of the matter.
Keith Laing / The Hill:
DC Metro passenger killed in smoke incident  —  A passenger on the Washington, D.C., Metrorail subway system was killed on Monday in an incident involving heavy smoke in a train tunnel.  —  A train on Metro's Yellow Line that was heading toward northern Virginia was filled with smoke …
 
 
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Frank Newport / Gallup:
Americans Become More Positive About Jobs in January
Discussion: The Huffington Post
Coral Davenport / New York Times:
Obama Is Said to Be Planning New Rules on Oil and Gas Industry's Methane Emissions
Discussion: Daily Signal
Kate Zernike / New York Times:
Christie's National Aspirations Underlie State Speech
Discussion: Politico and New York Magazine
Sheryl Gay Stolberg / New York Times:
At 78, McCain Savors a New Dream Job in the Senate
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Thomas Beaumont / Associated Press:
Huckabee slams Obama for letting daughters listen to Beyoncé
Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:
Romney Face Tattoo Guy Says He's Not Supporting Romney In 2016
Daniel Newhauser / National Journal:
Conservative Revolt Splits House GOP Group
Sami Aboudi / Reuters:
Saudi cleric condemns snowmen as anti-Islamic
Emily Smith / Page Six:
‘Unhappy’ Ann Curry finally leaves NBC
 

 
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