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12:00 AM ET, January 13, 2016

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The White House / Medium:
President Obama's 2016 State of the Union Address  —  The White House is once again making the full text of the State of the Union available online ahead of the speech, as prepared for delivery, continuing efforts to meet people where they are and make the speech as accessible as possible.
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Arlette Saenz / ABC News:
President Obama Delivers Final State of the Union Speech  —  In his final State of the Union address, President Obama plans to talk about the need to “fix our politics” in order to ensure that opportunity and security in America are strong, according to prepared remarks released by the White House ahead of the speech.
Discussion: Politico, Yahoo Politics and 6abc.com
Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:
Rand Paul: Obama Should Say He's A Failure, Then Resign In State Of The Union  —  “Well, I think from President Obama's perspective, the best thing he could do would be to leave office early.”  —  RAND PAL  —  w.soundcloud.com  —  Rand Paul says he'd like to see President Obama announce …
Discussion: Mediaite
Nolan D. McCaskill / Politico:
Homeland Security secretary named ‘designated survivor’
Discussion: ABC News
Associated Press:
Pentagon: 2 US Navy Boats Held by Iran but Will Be Returned  —  Iran was holding 10 U.S. Navy sailors and their two small Navy boats after the boats had mechanical problems and drifted into Iranian waters, but American officials have received assurances from Tehran that they will be returned safely and promptly.
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CNN:
10 U.S. sailors in Iranian custody  —  Washington (CNN)Ten American sailors were being held in Iranian custody after two small U.S. naval craft apparently briefly entered Iranian territorial waters, a U.S. senior defense official said Tuesday.  —  The official, however, expects the situation to be resolved quickly.
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CNN:
Biden praises Sanders on income inequality, calls Clinton ‘relatively new’ to the fight
Mary Brigid McManamon / Washington Post:
Ted Cruz is not eligible to be president  —  Mary Brigid McManamon is a constitutional law professor at Widener University's Delaware Law School.  —  Donald Trump is actually right about something: Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Tex.) is not a natural-born citizen and therefore is not eligible to be president or vice president of the United States.
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Laurence H. Tribe / BostonGlobe.com:
Under Ted Cruz's own logic, he's ineligible for the White House  —  There's more than meets the eye in the ongoing dustup over whether Ted Cruz is eligible to serve as president, which under the Constitution comes down to whether he's a “natural born citizen” despite his 1970 Canadian birth.
Caitlin MacNeal / Talking Points Memo:
Trump Has Started Playing ‘Born In The USA’ At Rallies To Taunt Cruz  —  Now that he has raised questions about Sen. Ted Cruz's (R-TX) Canadian birth and American citizenship, Donald Trump has started playing Bruce Springsteen's “Born in the USA” before campaign rallies, according to reports in The Weekly Standard and the Texas Tribune.
Matt Fuller / The Huffington Post:
GOP Rep. Just Found Out He Invited Kim Davis To The State Of The Union  —  There's a reason this was such a well-kept secret on Capitol Hill.  —  It's been a mystery all day on Capitol Hill: Which member of Congress invited controversial Kentucky county clerk Kim Davis to the State of the Union address?
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David Brooks / New York Times:
The Brutalism of Ted Cruz  —  In 1997, Michael Wayne Haley was arrested after stealing a calculator from Walmart.  This was a crime that merited a maximum two-year prison term.  But prosecutors incorrectly applied a habitual offender law.  Neither the judge nor the defense lawyer caught the error and Haley was sentenced to 16 years.
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Mollie Hemingway / The Federalist:
4 Problems With Media Confusion Over Ted Cruz's Quoting Of Scripture
Daily Mail:
The Arabic gang-rape ‘Taharrush’ phenomenon which sees women surrounded by groups of men in crowds and sexually assaulted... and has now spread to Europe  —  Police fear a gang-rape phenomenon known as ‘taharrush gamea’ in the Arab world and seen in attacks on women across German cities at the New Year has now spread to Europe.
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Speisa:
German police: It's an Arab rape game called Taharrush, and now it has come to Europe
Christopher Massie / BuzzFeed:
Ted Cruz Says Trump “Embodies New York Values”  —  “I think he may shift in his new rallies to play ‘New York, New York’ because he comes from New York and he embodies New York values.”  —  Robyn Beck / AFP / Getty Images  —  w.soundcloud.com  —  Ted Cruz said on Tuesday that Donald Trump …
Discussion: Politico and Mediaite
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New York Times:
New Attack Ads Call Marco Rubio a Flip-Flopper on Immigration
Discussion: Washington Post
Vice President Biden / Medium:
Inspiring a New Generation to Defy the Bounds of Innovation: A Moonshot to Cure Cancer. … Tonight, the President tasked me with leading a new, national mission to get this done.  —  It's personal for me.  But it's also personal for nearly every American, and millions of people around the world.
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Ben Kamisar / The Hill:
Sanders: Law enforcement should handle campus rape
Discussion: Hot Air and Althouse
Daily Mail:
EXCLUSIVE: Textbook sales leader says national Common Core education standards are ‘all about the money’ as teacher insists bureaucrats created a ‘new f**king system that f**king sucks to sell more books’  — Conservative muckraker group Project Veritas caught a textbook sales executive …
Elizabeth Doran / Syracuse Post-Standard:
Whitesboro residents vote to keep controversial ‘racist’ village seal  —  The controversial Whitesboro village seal, which residents voted Monday night to keep.  (Provided photo)  —  Whitesboro residents voted Monday night to keep the village's controversial seal, rather than replace it with a new image.
 
 
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ABC News:
State of the Union 2016: President Obama's Full Prepared Remarks
Discussion: Hollywood Life
Eric Morath / Wall Street Journal:
Six Years Later, 93% of U.S. Counties Haven't Recovered From Recession, Study Finds
Scott Bland / Politico:
GOP releases excerpts of Haley's response
Kevin Drum / Mother Jones:
We Are Happier Than Ever, We Are Angrier Than Ever
Discussion: The Moderate Voice
 Earlier Items: 
John Walker / Fusion:
Did Hillary Clinton blow the white privilege question?
Peter Sullivan / The Hill:
Louisiana expands Medicaid under Dem governor
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
Luke Hammill / Oregonian:
Oregon standoff: Militants say they'll reveal exit plan Friday
Discussion: Talking Points Memo and Raw Story
Cindy Adams / Page Six:
George Miller will never make another ‘Mad Max’ movie
Sean Rayford / Associated Press:
Ben Carson Calls For Investigation Of Muslim Guests Attending State Of The Union
Discussion: Daily Kos
 

 
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Alexandra Bruell / Wall Street Journal:
The Atlantic is profitable, has 1M subscribers, and revenue grew 10% in 2023 thanks to a 50% price hike, a harder paywall, and a shift to in-depth reporting

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

New York Times:
Karlie Kloss' Bedford buys Life publication rights from Dotdash Meredith and plans to resume regular print publication in 2025; Josh Kushner will be publisher

 
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