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1:15 PM ET, January 6, 2016

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Kevin Drum / Mother Jones:
When Will China Finally Abandon the Loons in North Korea?  —  North Korea says that it has tested a hydrogen bomb.  This seems unlikely, but it will be weeks before we know for sure.  Most likely it was just another fission bomb test.  —  More interesting is what this says about relations between North Korea and China.
Discussion: Balloon Juice
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Michael Falcone / ABC News:
Discussion: Bloomberg.com and abc13.com
The New / New York Times:
Did North Korea Detonate a Hydrogen Bomb?  Here's What We Know  —  North Korea's claim that it set off a hydrogen bomb on Wednesday — in what would be the fourth time it has tested a nuclear weapon since 2006 — has stirred concerns among governments around the world.
Euan McKirdy / CNN:
North Korea says it successfully conducts hydrogen bomb test
Javier C. Hernández / New York Times:
North Korea's Hydrogen Bomb Claim Strains Ties With China
Discussion: Taylor Marsh
Wall Street Journal:
North Korea Says It Successfully Conducted Hydrogen-Bomb Test
Amelia Templeton OPB / OPB:
Harney County Sheriff: Armed Occupiers Will Face Charges  —  In a wide ranging interview Tuesday, Harney County Sheriff David Ward urged members of the community to distance themselves from the armed men occupying the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge.  —  “I think if one person gives …
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Allegra Kirkland / Talking Points Memo:   Sheriff: Oregon Militiamen To Face Charges For Taking Over Federal Building
New York Times:
The Hear-Nothing Gun Crowd  —  Sometimes in American politics it seems as if we are all talking past each other, that whatever one side says about an issue like, say, taxes zooms right past the other side.  The current fight over gun control is not one of those moments.
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Matt Vespa / Townhall.com:
Uh, What: Obama Says Violent Felons Can Just Buy Guns Online
Robert Costa / Washington Post:
Trump says Cruz's Canadian birth could be ‘very precarious’ for GOP  —  LOWELL, Mass. — Donald Trump said in an interview that rival Ted Cruz's Canadian birthplace was a “very precarious” issue that could make the Texas senator vulnerable if he became the Republican presidential nominee.
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Rick Scott / USA Today:
Donald Trump has America's pulse: Rick Scott  —  Public is pushing aside time-serving politicians for outsiders seeking dramatic change  —  Political pundits are shocked that Donald Trump is leading in the polls.  The same thing happened in 2010 when I entered the Florida gubernatorial race …
Bob Cusack / The Hill:
Trump: I'll close deal, win Republican nomination
Discussion: Daily Mail and Talking Points Memo
Meredith Shiner / Yahoo Politics:
After 608 days, the Benghazi panel by the numbers  —  Democrats have long charged that the special committee established by House Republicans to investigate the 2012 attacks on an American consulate in Benghazi, Libya was designed to harm the party's frontrunner, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton …
Discussion: Politico
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Sarah Ferris / The Hill:
House poised to pass ObamaCare repeal
Discussion: Washington Post and CNN
Kristina Wong / The Hill:
House GOP to start listening sessions on ISIS war measure
Discussion: Washington Post
Kate Connolly / Guardian:
Cologne attacks: mayor lambasted for telling women to keep men at arm's length  —  Henriette Reker urges women to avoid being in close proximity to strangers to prevent sexual harassment  —  Cologne's mayor has been widely criticised for suggesting that women “keep at an arm's length” …
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Catherine Mayer / The Independent:
@Independent Reker's (mayor of cologne) answer is to handout rules for women how to act in public
Ed Morrissey / Hot Air:
AP fact check: Obama gun-control actions wouldn't have stopped any mass shooting  —  To paraphrase Samuel Johnson: media fact-checks on Barack Obama's claims about guns may not be done entirely well ... but one is surprised to find them done at all.  Following Obama's emotional press conference yesterday …
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New York Post:
The Clintons are in denial about Bill's sex scandals  —  Even though Donald Trump had already warned that Bill Clinton's past indiscretions would be “fair game” in the presidential race, the ex-president seemed surprised to face the issue as he began to take a prominent role in his wife's campaign.
Discussion: Washington Monthly
Eliza Collins / Politico:
Cruz camp mocks Rubio's ‘high-heeled booties’  —  Ted Cruz may be leading his fellow Cuban-American senator in the polls, but his campaign is nipping at the heels of Marco Rubio — literally.  —  “A Vote for Marco Rubio Is a Vote for Men's High-Heeled Booties,” Rick Tyler …
William D. Cohan / Vanity Fair:
Is Huma Abedin Hillary Clinton's Secret Weapon or Her Next Big Problem?  —  The loyal aide has spent decades at the presidential contender's side with unparalleled access.  But with a powerful Republican senator raising questions about her role in the Clinton-era State Department …
Daily Mail:
Teenage victim of Cologne ‘African and Arab’ sex mob reveals how she and her friends were surrounded by 30 men and groped as officials admit the city is a ‘no-go’ area for women  —  An 18-year-old victim of the sex attacks in Cologne has described being surrounded by a group of 30 ‘angry’ men …
Anne Kim / Washington Monthly:
Lettuce Pray  —  Sick leaves: The Nunes Company, which owns the Foxy brand, voluntarily recalled 8,500 crates of its lettuce after water samples tested positive for E. coli bacteria.  —  In the summer of 2006, consumers across the country began falling sick from a particularly nasty strain …
Discussion: Booman Tribune
Sarah Palin / Breitbart:
Obama wept.  —  America is forced to weep over Obama's release of violent criminals into our communities - like the 121 illegal aliens who committed murders after they were released from custody by the Obama administration instead of being deported.  And that doesn't take into account the others we don't know about.
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit and Mediaite
 
 
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Herb Keinon / Jerusalem Post:
PM's office claims Indyk made up story of conversation with Netanyahu at Rabin funeral
Discussion: Israel Matzav
Christopher Snyder / Fox News:
Trump Organization says proposed UK ban over Muslim remarks ‘a dangerous precedent’
Eva Dou / Wall Street Journal:
Apple Scales Back Orders for Its iPhones
Discussion: Washington Post, Gizmodo and The Verge
The Atlantic:
The Certainty of More Shootings  —  Below are Atlantic notes …
The Hill:
Aetna departure a major blow for insurers group
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Tiffany DeMasters / fox13now.com:
1-year-old child dies from apparent heroin overdose in Provo
Discussion: KFOR-TV and FOX6Now.com
Ken White / Popehat:
President Obama And The Rhetoric Of Rights
Discussion: Hit & Run, CNN and Washington Post
Kevin Drum / Mother Jones:
Lots of Rich People Seem to Be in Tough Financial Straits
Los Angeles Times:
Rams' relocation application says it's best for long-term success in L.A.
Discussion: FOX2now.com and ProFootballTalk
Darren Samuelsohn / Politico:
Trump quietly builds a data juggernaut
Discussion: The Last Refuge
 

 
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