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3:05 PM ET, February 9, 2015

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New York Times:
Same-Sex Marriages Proceed in Alabama as State Judge's Order Is Defied  —  BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Amid conflicting signals from federal courts and the chief justice of Alabama's Supreme Court, some Alabama counties began granting marriage licenses to same-sex couples on Monday in a legal showdown …
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Mark Sherman / Associated Press:
Justice Thomas Objects: Court Shows Support for Gay Marriage  —  Justice Clarence Thomas criticized his Supreme Court colleagues Monday for refusing to block same-sex marriage in Alabama until the court resolves the issue nationwide in a few months.  —  Thomas said in a dissenting opinion …
Discussion: Bloomberg Business and ABC News
Brian Lyman / The Montgomery Advertiser:
Roy Moore orders ban on same-sex marriage licenses  —  Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore Sunday evening ordered the state's probate judges to not issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples.  —  The outspoken social conservative told judges in a six-page letter that a federal judge's decision striking …
Greg Stohr / Bloomberg Business:
Gay Marriage Cleared by U.S. High Court to Start in Alabama  —  (Bloomberg) — The U.S. Supreme Court cleared the way for same-sex weddings to start in Alabama, letting the number of gay-marriage states climb in advance of a constitutional showdown that may mean legalization nationwide.
Discussion: Mediaite and The Right Scoop
Ian Millhiser / ThinkProgress:
The Future Of Voter Suppression Is Before The Supreme Court
Discussion: Booman Tribune
Rick Hasen / Election Law Blog:
Justice Thomas: The Right to Same Sex Marriage is Coming But Show States Some Respect
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
Mike Allen / Politico:
BROKAW IS NBC FORCE amid Williams woes — OBAMA courts GOP on Air Force One - POLITICO's new gossip columnist — MARC CAPUTO debuts - BRENDAN DALY's new job — B'DAY: Manu Raju, Terry McAuliffe  —  By Mike Allen (mallen@politico.com; @mikeallen), with Daniel Lippman (dlippman@politico.com; @dlippman)
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Brian Williams / New Orleans Times-Picayune:
NBC anchor Brian Williams' Katrina account challenged by ex-French Quarter hotel manager  —  The former general manager of the Ritz-Carlton New Orleans, where embattled “NBC Nightly News” anchor Brian Williams reportedly roomed during Hurricane Katrina, said Sunday (Feb. 8) …
Ken Auletta / New Yorker:
Brian Williams and the God Complex
Discussion: Ed Driscoll
Vox:
Obama on American politics and economy: the Vox conversation  —  In his 2007 book The Audacity of Hope, then-Sen. Barack Obama laid out his theory of America's political and policy problems as it stood on the eve of his first presidential campaign.  He worried, he said, about …
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Justin Sink / The Hill:
Obama: News outlets hype terror threat  —  The news media “absolutely” overstates the risks of terrorism because stories about things like climate change aren't “sexy” and don't drive ratings, President Obama said in an interview published Monday.  —  “What's the famous saying about local newscasts, right?
Catherine Thompson / Talking Points Memo:
Fox Host: Christians Have Killed ‘Zero’ People In The Name Of Religion  —  Nearly every conservative television personality has slammed President Barack Obama's National Prayer Breakfast speech at this point.  —  But Fox News host Eric Bolling denied Saturday that Christians …
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Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:
Louisiana Congressman: Obama Defended ISIS With “Unpresidential” Prayer Breakfast Speech  —  “Not only did he vilify Christianity, but he actually made a case to defend radical Islam, that's killing people around the world.”  —  w.soundcloud.com  —  Louisiana Republican Rep. John Fleming …
Evan McMurry / Mediaite:
Huckabee Tears into Obama's Prayer Speech: His High Horse Is the TelePrompTer
Catherine Thompson / Talking Points Memo:
Huckabee: Muslims Are The Only Group To Have Obama's ‘Undying’ Support
Discussion: FreakOutNation
Marc Caputo / Politico:
Professor Marco Rubio  —  Inside the classroom, the Florida Republican gives clues about his political future.  —  MIAMI — Without notes and seemingly without taking a breath, Marco Rubio tears through a data-heavy speech about the “fault lines” in America's politics and what he calls “the middle-class trap.”
Discussion: The Huffington Post
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Susan Page / USA Today:
Axelrod: Hillary has to ‘run like an insurgent’
Jesse Byrnes / The Hill:
TV host asks Holder to quack like a duck  —  Attorney General Eric Holder on Sunday refused an unusual request during an interview, declining to quack like a duck.  —  At the end of an interview that touched on the Voting Rights Act and use of force by police, MSNBC host Melissa Harris-Perry asked …
Brendan James / Talking Points Memo:
Federal Appeals Judge Compares People Who Say Bush Lied To Rise Of Nazis  —  A federal appeals judge wrote in a column published on Sunday that people who accuse former President George W. Bush of lying about the Iraq War are peddling myths like those that led to the rise of Hitler.
Jon Ward / Yahoo! News:
Louisiana governor Bobby Jindal slams Republican party changes to primary system  —  Yahoo News 1 hr ago  —  WASHINGTON - Louisiana governor Bobby Jindal on Monday morning dismissed the Republican National Committee's efforts to reduce the number of debates in the Republican presidential primary …
Gillian Mohney / ABC News:
HPV Vaccine Does Not Increase Likelihood of Unsafe Sex for Girls, Study Says … The vaccine used to guard against the human papillomavirus does not lead young people and teens to engage in more unsafe sex, according to a study released today.  —  The HPV vaccine has been on the market since 2006 …
Discussion: Daily Kos and New York Magazine
Ruby Cramer / BuzzFeed:
Jeb Bush In Iowa: Still A Long Way To Go  —  The family network has faded, he's unpopular on policy, and his trip next month will be Bush's first in three years.  “The first thing he needs to do is show up.”  —  Tom Williams / CQ Roll Call  —  Columbus Junction is a town in Eastern Iowa …
Discussion: Bloomberg Business and VodkaPundit
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Beth Reinhard / Wall Street Journal:
Jeb Bush Plans a Website on His Tenure as Florida Governor
Laura Barron-Lopez / The Hill:
Obama prepares for divisive veto  —  President Obama is just days away from issuing the biggest veto of his tenure, with Republicans poised to send him legislation that would authorize construction of the Keystone XL pipeline.  —  Obama's veto — just the third of his presidency and the first since 2010 …
Discussion: neo-neocon and PoliticusUSA
 
 
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Daily Mail:
Congresswomen who champion income equality are accused of hypocrisy for attending Grammys with wealthy Hollywood elite
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Anne Applebaum / Washington Post:
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Rebecca Riffkin / Gallup:
Fewest Americans Satisfied With Abortion Policies Since 2001
Elisabeth Rosenthal / New York Times:
Insured, but Not Covered  —  WHEN Karen Pineman of Manhattan …
Discussion: VodkaPundit
Julia Brouillette / Daily Texan:
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Jesse Byrnes / The Hill:
Kerry won't rule out 2016 bid
Discussion: American Spectator
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Boy, 13, fatally shot on Northwest Side over Facebook post: police
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11 Democrats who could help themselves by challenging Hillary
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13 NEWS EXCLUSIVE: Daughter of suspected terrorist supporter speaks out
Josh Zeitz / Politico:
The Death of the Three-Time Candidate
Margaret Talbot / New Yorker:
Not Immune  —  Twenty-five years ago, when a doctor named Robert Ross …
John Fund / National Review:
Is Texas ‘Crazy’ or Is It the Real America?
Discussion: Power Line
 

 
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New York Times:
The NBC News-Ronna McDaniel saga highlights the perks and perils of partisan talk TV; a source says McDaniel is now seeking $600K+ for her two year deal

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