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5:25 PM ET, January 11, 2016

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Lukas I. Alpert / Wall Street Journal:
New Republic Owner Chris Hughes Puts Magazine Up For Sale  —  Facebook co-founder, who purchased the title in 2012, says magazine needs a new business model  —  The New Republic, the century-old magazine that was rocked a year ago by the mass exodus of its staff following an effort by its owner …
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Chris Hughes / Medium:
The New Republic's Next Chapter  —  I sent the letter below to the The New Republic staff this morning on the next chapter for our institution.  I've reposted it in full here.  —  To the staff of The New Republic,  —  I have some difficult news today: I have decided to put The New Republic up for sale.
Ira Stoll / New York Sun:
Sale of the New Republic Spells a Political Story Of Democrats' Demise  —  News that the New Republic, the 101-year-old political and cultural magazine, is for sale is a press business story, but the more newsworthy aspect of it is the political story.  —  The press business story is that small …
Discussion: The Atlantic and Power Line
Ben Jacobs / Guardian:
Harvard scholar: Ted Cruz's citizenship, eligibility for president ‘unsettled’  —  Liberal law professor Laurence Tribe cited by Donald Trump in his ‘natural-born’ citizenship attacks has questioned Cruz's own constitutional positions  —  The legal and constitutional issues around qualification …
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Ryan Struyk / ABC News:
New Iowa Poll Shows Ted Cruz and Donald Trump in Tight Battle
Des Moines Register:
Last Slide  —  Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad said Monday that the issue …
Nick Gass / Politico:
Trump soars, Bush sinks in latest N.H. poll
Discussion: ABC News
Jon Pareles / New York Times:
David Bowie, the Legendary Musician, Has Died at 69  —  David Bowie, the infinitely changeable, fiercely forward-looking songwriter who taught generations of musicians about the power of drama, images and personae, died Sunday, two days after his 69th birthday, according to his publicist.
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Steve M. / No More Mister Nice Blog:
DAVID BROOKS, YOU SAY TED CRUZ IS “SATANIC” AS IF THAT'S A BAD THING  —  From Politico, I see that David Brooks thinks Ted Cruz's rhetoric is excessively gloomy: … Brooks thinks that's a recipe for failure.  He thinks Marco Rubio has a much better approach, although he worries that Rubio is mimicking Cruz.
Fox News:
FBI's Clinton probe expands to public corruption track  —  Jan. 10, 2015: Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton addresses an audience during an event in Hooksett, N.H. (AP)  —  EXCLUSIVE: The FBI investigation into Hillary Clinton's use of private email as secretary of state …
Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Supreme Court Seems Poised to Deal Unions a Major Setback  —  WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court seemed poised on Monday to deliver a severe blow to organized labor.  —  The justices appeared divided along familiar lines during an extended argument over whether government workers who choose …
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Greg Stohr / Bloomberg Business:
Mandatory Union Fees Cast in Doubt at U.S. Supreme Court
Discussion: Politico
Jeffrey M. Jones / Gallup:
Democratic, Republican Identification Near Historical Lows  —  PRINCETON, N.J. — In 2015, for the fifth consecutive year, at least four in 10 U.S. adults identified as political independents.  The 42% identifying as independents in 2015 was down slightly from the record 43% in 2014.
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Juan Williams / The Hill:
Angry white women  —  Who knew white women had become so angry?  —  The anger animating the divide between the GOP establishment and the GOP grassroots is always presented in terms of angry white men.  —  It is impossible to ignore, as The Washington Post's Jennifer Rubin noted last week …
Harper Neidig / The Hill:
DNC chief: Nikki Haley rebutting Obama because of GOP's ‘diversity problem’  —  The chairwoman of the Democratic National Committee (DNC) on Monday slammed the Republican Party's selection of South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley for its State of the Union response, calling it “appalling,” according to a Post and Courier report.
Discussion: LifeNews.com
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Nolan D. McCaskill / Politico:
Wasserman Schultz: Nikki Haley chosen because the GOP has a ‘diversity problem’
Discussion: Mediaite
Ashe Schow / New York Post:
Europe is enabling a rape culture  —  In the wake of horrifying tales of sexual assault perpetrated by potentially up to 1,000 men on New Year's Eve, German officials have made two stunning decisions.  —  The first, from Cologne, Germany — where the attacks took place …
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Daily Mail:
Syrian ISIS supporter shot dead outside Paris police station had been arrested for sexually …
Discussion: Vlad Tepes
Jennifer Epstein / Bloomberg Business:
Clinton Tax Plan Would Place 4% Surcharge on Incomes Over $5 Million  —  Hillary Clinton called Monday for a 4 percent “fair share surcharge” on Americans making more than $5 million annually, the first of several proposals she plans to unveil this week aimed at ensuring the wealthy pay a higher effective tax rate than the middle class.
Discussion: Politico
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Nick Gass / Politico:
Trump pleads with FBI to go after Clinton for email scandal
Discussion: Bloomberg.com
Judd Legum / ThinkProgress:
Powerball's $1.3 Billion Swindle Of Americans  —  If you want to go to the corner store this week to pick up a gallon of milk, be prepared to wait.  America has been gripped by lottery fever and lines are snaking out the doors of convenience stores across the county.
Kevin Drum / Mother Jones:
My Right to Die: Assisted Suicide, My Family, and Me  —  Every story has a beginning.  This one starts in late 2001, when my father-in-law fractured three of his ribs.  Harry was a retired physician, and after a thorough workup that he insisted on, it turned out that his bone density …
Christopher Massie / BuzzFeed:
Trump On Sean Penn's El Chapo Interview: “Sort Of Amazing The Way He Got In There”  —  “I guess we have bigger problems in this country, but I guess it was a little amazing that he was able to get an interview with a guy that everybody else was looking for, right?”  —  Scott Eisen / Getty Images
Jack Jenkins / ThinkProgress:
Catholic Diocese Rejects Texas' Open Carry Law  —  A Catholic diocese in Texas is taking a stand against the state's new open carry laws by banning guns in churches — even if they are publicly displayed — and putting up “no guns” signs on religious buildings.
Discussion: Raw Story and KFOX-TV
David Bowie / Facebook:
January 10 2016 - David Bowie died peacefully today surrounded by his family after a courageous 18 month battle with cancer.  While many of you will share in this loss, we ask that you respect the family's privacy during their time of grief.
Joshua Miller / The White House:
We're on Snapchat: Add WhiteHouse  —  Summary: The White House launches an “Official Story” on Snapchat to provide a behind-the-scenes glimpse of the Administration.  —  At the White House, our digital strategy centers around meeting people where they are.
Sybrina Fulton / CNN:
Trayvon Martin's mother talks Hillary Clinton 01:03  —  She knew all the statistics.  But like so many, I've long since grown numb to the numbers.  So instead, we talked about Trayvon and other families who have lost a loved one to gun violence.  We talked about all of the wishes and hopes we had for their lives.
 
 
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Julian Hattem / The Hill:
US barrels toward lifting Iran sanctions
Richard Fausset / New York Times:
Law on Ultrasounds Reignites Abortion Battle in North Carolina
Discussion: The Frisky and Raw Story
Global News:
‘They saved lives last night’: Bouncers tackle gunman opening fire in Ten X nightclub
Discussion: Jihad Watch and Pamela Geller
Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:
Oregon Democrat Blames Obama Administration For Bundy Standoff
Justin Jouvenal / Washington Post:
The new way police are surveilling you: Calculating your threat ‘score’
Discussion: Telegraph and Althouse
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Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:
Jeb Bush On Tanking Favorability: “Hell If I Know, I Don't Really Care”
Discussion: Talking Points Memo and Daily Kos
Ian Millhiser / ThinkProgress:
Texas Governor Unveils Plan To Repeal The 20th Century
Discussion: Fox News and Off the Kuff
Politico:
HILLARY'S HOLLYWOOD HEADACHE: Benghazi movie in theaters Thursday gives spotlight to critics …
Bloomberg Business:
The State of Chris Christie's New Jersey, in Six Charts
Discussion: Politico and Political Wire
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
The Obama Boom  —  Do you remember the “Bush boom”?  Probably not.
Discussion: Prairie Weather
Michael D'Antonio / Politico:
Trump's Campaign Is Damaging His Brand
Discussion: Political Wire and The Week
 

 
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