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12:45 AM ET, January 20, 2015

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Tim Devaney / The Hill:
GOP finds its secret weapon  —  Republicans believe they have identified a potent weapon in their fight against President Obama's regulatory agenda.  —  GOP lawmakers plan to employ the seldom-used Congressional Review Act (CRA), which gives lawmakers the power to formally disapprove of major agency rules …
Discussion: Moe Lane
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Washington Post:
Poll: Rising economy boosts Obama's standing on eve of the State of the Union  —  President Obama will deliver his State of the Union address Tuesday enjoying rising approval ratings that have been strengthened by rapidly improving perceptions of the economy and increased optimism …
Marc A. Thiessen / Washington Post:
Obama uses his tax proposal to taunt the GOP  —  Let's imagine you were a Democratic president who just lost control of Congress to the Republicans, and you wanted to make it really, really clear that you are not serious about governing.  What would you do?
ABC News:
An Improving Economy Gives Obama His Game Back
Discussion: Addicting Info and PoliticusUSA
Nate Cohn / New York Times:
What a Rise in Obama's Approval Rating Means for 2016
Discussion: Bloomberg Politics
Juan Williams / The Hill:   McConnell's cunning Keystone game
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar / TIME:
Why I Have Mixed Feelings About MLK Day  —  Abdul-Jabbar is a six-time NBA champion and league Most Valuable Player.  He is also a celebrated author, filmmaker and education ambassador.  —  His legacy may be most in danger from those who admire him  —  I have mixed emotions about Martin Luther King Jr. Day.
Discussion: TPNN
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David Edwards / Raw Story:
Ben Carson reminds C-SPAN on MLK Day: Don't forget that Obama is ‘half white’  —  DON'T MISS STORIES.  FOLLOW RAW STORY!  —  Potential Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson argued on Monday that President Barack Obama might not have ruined the opportunity to elect future black presidents …
Discussion: Addicting Info
Steven Mufson / Washington Post:
On race, Obama sticks to a game plan of seeking steady progress within the system
Discussion: Power Line
Scott Kaufman / Raw Story:
‘Cowboy’ conservative claims MLK for the Tea Party until liberals stop bringing up race
Dylan Scott / Talking Points Memo:
University Unearths Long-Lost MLK Speech Recording (AUDIO)
Discussion: Addicting Info
William M. Welch / USA Today:
Pope: Catholics need not breed ‘like rabbits’  —  Pope Francis, after a visit to the largest Catholic nation in Asia, says Catholics may have a moral responsibility to limit the number of their children and need not reproduce “like rabbits.”  —  But the pope also reaffirmed the church's ban …
Discussion: Jezebel and Hullabaloo
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Rachel Zoll / Associated Press:
Pope's climate-change stand deepens conservatives' distrust  —  3 photos  —  NEW YORK (AP) — Conservative distrust of Pope Francis, which has been building in the U.S. throughout his pontificate, is reaching a boiling point over his plan to urge action on climate change …
Emily Cahn / Roll Call:
Tammy Duckworth: I'm ‘Taking a Real Serious Look’ at Senate Run  —  Duckworth is a Democrat from Illinois.  (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call File Photo)  —  Rep. Tammy Duckworth, a two-term Democrat, told CQ Roll Call Monday that she is seriously considering challenging vulnerable Sen. Mark S. Kirk, R-Ill., in 2016.
Discussion: Politico and OnPolitics
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Katherine Skiba / Chicago Tribune:
Duckworth says she's considering Senate bid against Kirk
Discussion: Jezebel and Bloomberg Politics
New York Times:
Puzzling Death of a Prosecutor Grips Argentina  —  BUENOS AIRES — Police sentries guarded the federal prosecutor's luxury high-rise building.  His door on the 13th floor had been locked from the inside, and a gun with a spent cartridge was found on the floor near his body.  There was no suicide note.
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Christopher Dickey / The Daily Beast:
Did Iran Murder Argentina's Crusading Prosecutor Alberto Nisman?
Steve Pond / The Wrap:
‘American Sniper’ Complaints Grow in Hollywood: Should Clint Eastwood Be Celebrating a ‘Killer’?  (Exclusive)  —  In the wake of Oscar nominations, Academy members begin buzzing over recent criticism of the film's subject, Chris Kyle  —  Even as “American Sniper” breaks January box-office records …
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Eli Lake / Bloomberg View:
Why Obama Can't Say ‘Radical Islam’  —  Following the Charlie Hebdo massacre in Paris this month, White House spokesman Josh Earnest briefly became an Islamic theologian.  At issue was why U.S. President Barack Obama's administration, unlike the leadership of France, wouldn't describe the murderers as adherents to “radical Islam.”
Discussion: National Review and Ed Driscoll
Henry Molski / Cincinnati.com:
1 confirmed dead, 1 injured in I-75 overpass collapse … A construction worker was killed late Monday after a bridge collapse near Hopple Street on southbound Interstate 75.  —  The part of the bridge that collapsed was part of the old northbound off-ramp to Hopple Street and was undergoing demolition …
Discussion: The Week
Jordan Schachtel / BREITBART.COM:
German Embed Reporter: ISIS Plans On Killing ‘Hundreds of Millions’ in ‘Religious Cleansing’  —  Jurgen Todenhofer, the first Western reporter to embed with Islamic State fighters and not be killed in the process, spoke to Al Jazeera about his time with the terror group.
Patricia Cohen / New York Times:
Oxfam Study Finds Richest 1% Is Likely to Control Half of Global Wealth by 2016  —  The richest 1 percent are likely to control more than half of the globe's total wealth by next year, the charity Oxfam reported in a study released on Monday.  The warning about deepening global inequality comes …
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Ed Pilkington / Guardian:
Half global wealth held by the 1%
Oxfam International:
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