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8:20 PM ET, January 14, 2015

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Associated Press:
New issue of Charlie Hebdo sells out quickly  —  PARIS (AP) — Parisians lined up Wednesday to empty the newsstands of the first issue of Charlie Hebdo, a week after Islamic extremists attacked the satirical newspaper's office, and French justice officials began cracking down by arresting dozens …
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Margaret Sullivan / New York Times:
With New Charlie Hebdo Cover, News Value Should Have Prevailed  —  Readers responded passionately, and in large numbers, to my post last week about The Times's decision not to publish the now-famous Charlie Hebdo cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad.  (In fact, I've never had more comments on a post or column.)
Glenn Greenwald / The Intercept:
France Arrests a Comedian For His Facebook Comments, Showing the Sham of the West's “Free Speech” Celebration  —  Forty-eight hours after hosting a massive march under the banner of free expression, France opened a criminal investigation of a controversial French comedian for a Facebook post …
ABC News:
Ohio Man Arrested for Alleged ISIS-Inspired Plot on US Capitol, FBI Says … The FBI has arrested an Ohio man for allegedly plotting an ISIS-inspired attack on the U.S. Capitol, where he hoped to set off a series of bombs aimed at lawmakers, whom he allegedly considered enemies.
Matt ViserGLOBE / BostonGlobe.com:
Romney crafting a rationale for 2016 run  —  Focus on poor, foreign policy
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Reuters:
U.S. House passes security funding bill blocking immigration actions  —  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. House Republicans drew a hard line against President Barack Obama's executive immigration initiatives on Wednesday, voting to block them as they passed a Department of Homeland Security spending bill.
Discussion: National Review and CNN
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National Journal:
House GOP Centrists Push Back on Immigration
TMZ.com:
Jimmy Carter — Huckabee's Wrong on Everything ... Not Just Obamas' Parenting Skills  —  HUCKABEE'S WRONG ON EVERYTHING  —  Not Just Obamas' Parenting Skills  —  EXCLUSIVE  —  Jimmy Carter slammed Mike Huckabee Tuesday for criticizing the Obamas' parenting skills.
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Carol D. Leonnig / Washington Post:
4 top Secret Service executives told to leave their posts in agency shake-up  —  Members of the Secret Service follow President Obama as he arrives at Northwestern University on Oct. 2, 2014, in Evanston, Ill. (Brendan Smialowski/AFP/Getty Images)  —  The Secret Service has decided …
Ezra Klein / Vox:
Paul Ryan isn't running for president.  He's after something even bigger.  —  Most politicians who can gin up presidential speculation do (see Gingrich, Newt).  It means more reporters covering their speeches, more money for their PAC, more invitations to the Sunday shows.
Discussion: Slate, CNN and relinquishment
Victor Paul Alvarez / Boston Globe:
Bartender's Threat against John Boehner Thwarted  —  The FBI says an Ohio bartender planned to kill House Speaker John Boehner last October by poisoning his drink at a country club.  —  The question is: Would anyone have noticed?  Stories about Boehner's drinking have circulated for years.
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Hadas Gold / Politico:
Boston.com's questionable Boehner joke
Discussion: Talking Points Memo and ABC News
Mike Clary / Sun-Sentinel:
Arrested teen hailed as hero after helping cop who collapsed … Get unlimited digital access.  99¢ for 4 weeks.
Discussion: CNN, Talking Points Memo and WGN-TV
Numbers / Pew Research Center for the People …:
Obama Job Rating Ticks Higher, Views of Nation's Economy Turn More Positive  —  But Most Still Say They Are ‘Falling Behind’ Financially  —  President Obama enters the seventh year of his presidency in a familiar position when compared with his recent predecessors.
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CBS News:
Obama's approval rating ticks up in 2015
Ali Akbar Dareini / Associated Press:
REPORT: DETAINED WASHINGTON POST JOURNALIST INDICTED IN IRAN  —  TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — A Washington Post journalist detained in Iran for months has been indicted and will stand trial, Iran's state news agency reported Wednesday, without elaborating on what charges he faced.
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Reuters:
Kerry and Zarif unexpectedly resume nuclear talks in Geneva
Discussion: Twitchy and American Spectator
Anniepotasznik / CBS Dallas:
Gun Owners Participate In Simulation Of Paris Massacre  —  PLANO (CBSDFW.COM) - A group called The Truth About Guns organized a simulation of last week's terrorist attack in Paris.  They hoped to learn how things may have played out differently at Charlie Hebdo, or any other mass shooting.
Jason Silverstein / NY Daily News:
Donald Trump suing Florida county for $100 million for allegedly flying planes over his oceanside mansion  —  A Jan. 6 lawsuit says the Palm Beach County airport is deliberately rerouting planes over Trump's Mar-a-Lago mansion as revenge for past legal squabbling.
Julian Hattem / The Hill:
Obama's calls for government-run Internet service stoke GOP ire  —  President Obama's call for more cities and towns to create their own broadband Internet services to compete with private companies like Comcast is meeting stiff opposition from many Republicans.
Discussion: Politico
Hugh Son / Bloomberg:
JPMorgan CEO Dimon Says Banks ‘Under Assault’ by U.S. Regulators  —  Jamie Dimon, grappling with multibillion-dollar legal costs and rising capital requirements at JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM), lashed out at U.S. regulators for putting his bank “under assault.”
Numbers / Pew Research Center's Social …:
Women and Leadership  —  Public Says Women are Equally Qualified, but Barriers Persist  —  According to the majority of Americans, women are every bit as capable of being good political leaders as men.  The same can be said of their ability to dominate the corporate boardroom.
Leslie H. Gelb / The Daily Beast:
This Is Obama's Last Foreign Policy Chance  —  The failure of Obama or Biden to show up in Paris made clear that most of the president's team can't be trusted to conduct U.S national security policy and must be replaced—at once.  —  Here's why America's failure to be represented at the Paris unity march was so profoundly disturbing.
 
 
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ABC News:
Al Qaeda Gave Charlie Hebdo Killers $20K
Discussion: Yahoo! News and abc11.com
Sharon Otterman / New York Times:
Mayor de Blasio and Rabbis Near Accord on New Circumcision Rule
Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:
Ted Cruz Was Once Ticketed For Possession Of Alcohol As A Minor
Sam Knight / THE DISTRICT SENTINEL:
Gohmert Says US Leaders Should Emulate Egypt's Killer Dictator
Discussion: Talking Points Memo and Daily Kos
Reid J. Epstein / Wall Street Journal:
Howard Dean's Advice to White House Hopefuls: Look the Part
John DiStaso / New Hampshire Journal:
Updated: Paul says Romney was right, ‘somebody new’ should lead GOP in 2016
Discussion: Mediaite, Chicago and Politico
 Earlier Items: 
Judy Kurtz / The Hill:
Ashley Judd: ‘I might run some day’
Discussion: OnPolitics and The Huffington Post
Terrence McCoy / Washington Post:
Former highest-ranking U.S. cardinal blames ‘feminization’ for the Catholic Church's problems
Discussion: Shakesville
Cahal Milmo / The Independent:
The new anti-Semitism: Majority of British Jews feel they have no future in UK, says new study
Commentary Magazine:
The Existential Necessity of Zionism After Paris: A COMMENTARY Editorial
Discussion: The Federalist
Thomas L. Friedman / New York Times:
We Need Another Giant Protest