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10:00 AM ET, January 29, 2015

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Brent Budowsky / The Hill:
The great GOP overreach  —  While Republicans bask in the glory of their victories in 2014 and continue their hyperpartisan onslaught in the new Congress, some early numbers should keep GOP strategists awake at night.  —  According to a recent ABC/Washington Post poll …
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Julie Hirschfeld Davis / New York Times:
Administration Official Criticizes Israeli Ambassador Over Netanyahu Visit  —  WASHINGTON — The Obama administration, after days of mounting tension, signaled on Wednesday how angry it is with Israel that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu accepted Republican leaders' invitation to address Congress …
Todd S. Purdum / Politico:
Big GOP field unfazed by Hillary Clinton  —  She's strong, they say, but hardly invincible.  —  The bumper crop of 2016 GOP hopefuls, bustling and seemingly growing by the day, reflects several realities: No prohibitive front-runner in the party; an eagerness to reclaim the White House …
Mike Lillis / The Hill:
Pelosi warns Netanyahu: Speech to Congress will hurt Iran talks  —  Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) this week warned Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that his coming speech before Congress threatens to sink the nuclear talks between Iran and the United States, the Democratic leader said Wednesday.
Justin Sink / The Hill:
Obama seizes leverage from Republicans on immigration  —  President Obama on Thursday will call on congressional Republicans to approve a “clean” funding bill for the Department of Homeland Security that preserves his executive actions on limiting deportations.
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David Nather / Politico:
President Obama to propose ending sequester  —  President Barack Obama will tell House Democrats on Thursday that his budget will call for an end to sequestration cuts and build on the “middle class economics” package he outlined in the State of the Union — setting up a clear contrast …
Discussion: The Hill and Daily Kos
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Koch cash triggers Dem angst about 2016
Discussion: Political Wire
Tony Romm / Politico:
White House preps expansive online privacy bill
Discussion: Gigaom
Mike Allen / Politico:
Exclusive: Hillary Clinton may delay campaign  —  Top Democrats give a new date for the campaign's likely start.  —  Hillary Clinton, expecting no major challenge for the Democratic nomination, is strongly considering delaying the formal launch of her presidential campaign until July …
New York Times:
Inconvenient Truths in Afghanistan  —  In late December, as they do every few months, American military officials in Kabul sent a trove of data to the office of the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction for its quarterly report.  Over the years, such figures have told …
Discussion: Prairie Weather
Josh Feldman / Mediaite:
American Family Association Evangelist Bryan Fischer Has Been Fired, Maddow Reports  —  Rachel Maddow tonight broke news that the American Family Association has officially fired notorious evangelist Bryan Fischer after a controversy involving the RNC and Israel.
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Lisa Lerer / Bloomberg Business:
The Re-Re-Rebranding of Mitt Romney  —  STARKVILLE, Miss.—The Romney family has a predilection for reinvention.  George Romney, the former governor of Michigan, made his name remaking the gas-guzzling American Motor Co. into a producer of fuel-efficient Ramblers.
Discussion: Political Wire and Hot Air
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Michael Falcone / ABC News:
Mitt, We Meet Again
Andrew Sullivan / The Dish:
A Note To My Readers  —  One of the things I've always tried to do at the Dish is to be up-front with readers.  This sometimes means grotesque over-sharing; sometimes it means I write imprudent arguments I have to withdraw; sometimes it just means a monthly update on our revenues and subscriptions …
Dylan Byers / Politico:
The New Republic addresses its ‘perceived legacy of racism’  —  The forthcoming issue of The New Republic — its first since a mass staff shakeup in December — features a cover story by Canadian journalist Jeet Heer about the magazine's “perceived legacy of racism.”
Darren Samuelsohn / Politico:
Hillary Clinton looks to Barack Obama digital alums  —  A dream team of tech talent awaits her call.  —  Two of President Barack Obama's 2012 digital masterminds are among the leading contenders for top technology jobs in Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign-in-waiting.
Discussion: The Hill and Yahoo! News
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John Dickerson / Slate:   Why Hillary Clinton needs to fight hard for Iowa.
Senator Jeff Sessions:
SESSIONS ANNOUNCES OPPOSITION TO LYNCH NOMINATION FOR ATTORNEY GENERAL  —  “We are at a dangerous moment.  Professor Jonathan Turley described it as a ‘constitutional tipping point.’ For the Senate to approve this nomination would bring us another step closer to the point's edge.”
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Lucy McCalmont / Politico:
Scott Walker urges professors to work harder  —  Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, defending proposed budget cuts for higher education, took a swipe at university professors who he said could be “teaching more classes and doing more work.”  —  “Maybe it's time for faculty and staff to start thinking …
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Nina Burleigh / Newsweek:
What Silicon Valley Thinks of Women  —  On a spring afternoon last year at an outdoor café in San Francisco, two denizens of the tech community sketched out their strategy for a startup.  Like most 28-year-olds in Silicon Valley, they had smarts and dreams.
Margaret Talev / Bloomberg Business:
The New Air Force One Is Coming, But Not Soon Enough for Obama  —  It's one of the most recognizable symbols of American power, a gleaming fixture in numerous Hollywood political action films, and, when it comes right down to it, a darn cool ride.  —  But soon, Air Force One will be getting a makeover.
Discussion: Politico and The Verge
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af.mil:
AF Identifies Boeing 747-8 platform for next Air Force One
Heather Mac Donald / National Review:
The Mayor Who Slandered the Police  —  New York City mayor Bill de Blasio is “comfortable” with himself.  So the city learned during the biggest crisis to hit a New York mayoralty in recent memory.  “I'm comfortable with the fact that I've always tried to tell the truth and stay true to my values …
Discussion: alicublog
MiAtheistGal / FreakOutNation:
Police Dogs Turned Loose On Restrained Female Student  —  Warning: Contains graphic image.  —  London Colvin, a junior at Norfolk State University and an Army Reservist, was at an off-campus party when things got out of hand.  A fight broke out, and it was a large fight, reportedly involving 35 people according to the call to police.
Discussion: FOX News Radio
 
 
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Tom LoBianco / Indianapolis Star:
Pence will reject ‘Just IN’ if its state-run news
Michael K. Lavers / Washington Blade:
Chilean civil unions bill receives final approval
Philip Rucker / Washington Post:
N.H. Republicans to host presidential candidate summit in April
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
Walter Russell Mead / The American Interest:
In It To Win It  —  The West's inability to comprehend …
Discussion: Belmont Club
Adam Shaw / Fox News:
Gun range's ban on Muslims draws fire
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Bob Price / BREITBART.COM:
Islamic Tribunal Confirmed in Texas; Attorney Claims 'It's Voluntary'
Robert Barnes / Washington Post:
Supreme Court case on key Obamacare provision takes up this senator's account
Andy Sullivan / Reuters:
Exclusive: Spending- why ‘red’ states shoulder the deepest cuts under Obama
KTLA:
Young Utah Family Poisoned Themselves; Feared ‘Pending Apocalypse’: Police
Matt Lewis / The Daily Beast:
You Betcha I Was Wrong About Sarah Palin