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9:30 AM ET, January 4, 2016

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Abby Phillip / Washington Post:
Heckler disrupts Hillary Clinton town hall over Bill Clinton's sexual history  —  DERRY, N.H. — One day before former president Bill Clinton arrives in New Hampshire to campaign for his wife, Hillary Clinton, she was confronted with questions about allegations involving his sexual history at a town hall meeting in the state on Sunday.
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New York Post:
Here's the bottom line of the Hillary e-mail dump  —  The content of the Hillary Clinton e-mails released New Year's Eve doesn't matter nearly so much as what the State Department held back: It found 275 of the messages to contain classified info — in two cases, “Secret” information.
Discussion: Power Line
CNN:
Trump: Clinton, Obama ‘created ISIS’
Tim Devaney / The Hill:   Rand Paul: Hillary will ‘take us back to war’
CBS News:
Face the Nation transcripts January 3, 2016: Trump, Morell & Donilon
Discussion: Hullabaloo and PoliticusUSA
Bradford Richardson / The Hill:
Trump dares Bill Clinton to talk about women's issues
Amelia Templeton OPB / OPB:
Militia Occupying Federal Land: ‘We Are Not Hurting Anybody’  —  Protesters in Burns, Oregon march toward the home of Dwight Hammond, a local rancher convicted of arson on federal land.  The Jan. 2 protest was peaceful, but ended with a group of militiamen occupying the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge.
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Les Zaitz / Oregonian:
Militants continue occupation of Oregon refuge, police keep low profile  —  BURNS - Law enforcement agencies are remaining mum about plans to end militiamen's occupation of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge headquarters.  —  A splinter group of militia in town to support a local ranching family took …
Katie Zezima / Washington Post:   Republican candidates stay quiet on Oregon standoff
Aaron Mesh / Willamette Week:
Anti-government militia member releases video pledging to drive to Oregon: “I want to die a free man.”
CBS News:
Oregon ranchers reject Cliven Bundy family occupation
Robert Costa / Washington Post:
Donald Trump's provocative first TV ad raises the temperature of GOP race  —  NEW YORK — Donald Trump's ad begins with a shot of President Obama and Hillary Clinton.  Then comes a U.S. battleship launching a cruise-missile strike.  From there it moves swiftly through an explosive montage …
Madison Pauly / Mother Jones:
3 Anger-Inducing Charts About Kids and Prison  —  In 2005, when the Supreme Court struck down the use of capital punishment sentences for juveniles, it was a step toward greater legal recognition that children are different from adults—that young people's changing brains and social vulnerability …
Discussion: The Marshall Project
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Mother Jones:
When He Was 16, This Man Threw One Punch—And Went to Jail for Life  —  Tony Clayton was 30 years old, and just two years out from passing the Louisiana bar, when he walked into court in February of 1994, prepared to try his first murder case.  He was, in his words, a “braggadocious kind of little young jit …
Discussion: WAFB-TV
Mark Zuckerberg / Facebook:
Every year, I take on a personal challenge to learn new things and grow outside my work at Facebook.  My challenges in recent years have been to read two books every month, learn Mandarin and meet a new person every day.  —  My personal challenge for 2016 is to build a simple AI to run my home and help me with my work.
New York Times:
Saudi Arabia Cuts Ties With Iran Amid Fallout From Cleric's Execution  —  BAGHDAD — Saudi Arabia cut diplomatic ties with Iran on Sunday and gave all Iranian diplomats 48 hours to leave the kingdom, as escalating tensions over the execution of an outspoken Shiite cleric in Saudi Arabia marked …
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Joseph Weber / Fox News:
GOP field rips Obama's move toward executive action to tighten gun control laws  —  Republican presidential candidates are attacking President Obama's plan to use his Oval Office powers to try to tighten gun-control laws, arguing his efforts are “unconstitutional” and another attempt to sidestep Congress.
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Elliot Smilowitz / The Hill:
Trump: Iran deal was so bad it's suspicious
Siobhan Hughes / Wall Street Journal:
Paul Ryan Wants House to Steer Republican Policy Agenda  —  Chamber could become a platform for ideas while the party's presidential race is unsettled  —  WASHINGTON—House Speaker Paul Ryan starting this month will push to turn the chamber into a platform for ambitious Republican policy ideas …
Discussion: Washington Post and Political Wire
Jonathan Martin / New York Times:
G.O.P. Presidential Hopefuls Gird for a Month of Mud-Flinging  —  Some Christmas trees may still remain up, but the already contentious Republican presidential campaign is on the verge of entering a new phase, decidedly lacking in the holiday spirit.  —  The series of skirmishes that flared …
Eddie Van Der Walt / Bloomberg Business:
Stocks Slump Across Europe and Asia Following Shanghai's 7% Crash  —  China circuit-breaker triggered on day it was introduced  —  Crude pares advance fueled by Iran-Saudi Arabia tension  —  Financial markets are starting 2016 on a bleak note and China is to blame.
Discussion: New York Times
NEWS.com.au:
Willy do it?  Man with bionic penis to finally lose his virginity at 43  —  A MAN fitted with a bionic penis after his was ripped off in a childhood accident is poised to lose his virginity at the age of 43.  —  Mohammed Abad will pop his cherry in the next few days with sex worker Charlotte Rose after a dinner date.
 
 
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Christopher Booker / Telegraph:
Our spoiled, emasculated, de'spiritualised societies in the West are in terminal decline
Associated Press:
Illinois Considers Allowing Recall Attempts of Chicago Mayor
Martin Evans / Telegraph:
Islamic State video shows murder of five ‘British spies’
Discussion: Pamela Geller and Jihad Watch
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Discussion: PoliticusUSA
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Bradford Richardson / The Hill:
Fiorina defends ‘tongue-in-cheek’ Rose Bowl tweet
 

 
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