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6:45 PM ET, January 20, 2016

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Maggie Haberman / New York Times:
Bob Dole Warns of ‘Cataclysmic’ Losses With Ted Cruz, and Says Donald Trump Would Do Better  —  Bob Dole, the former Kansas senator and 1996 Republican presidential nominee, has never been fond of Senator Ted Cruz of Texas.  But in an interview Wednesday, Mr. Dole said that the party would suffer …
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Sahil Kapur / Bloomberg Business:
Cruz Works to Cut Rubio's Lifeline in New Hampshire  —  By hammering Rubio on immigration, the Texas senator hopes to best him in the Granite State and inflict a fatal wound to his campaign.  —  Bracing for a one-on-one battle with Donald Trump, Ted Cruz is trying to dispense with Marco Rubio …
Discussion: Politico and Washington Post
Adam C. Smith / Tampa Bay Times:
Florida poll: Trump 48%!!, Cruz 16%, Rubio 11%, Bush 10%  —  Florida's Republican primary would be a Donald Trump blowout if held today, according to a Jan. 15-18 poll by Florida Atlantic University Business and Economics Polling Initiative.  Trump leads with a whopping 47.6 percent support …
Florida Atlantic University:
Polls  — Donald Trump has surged nearly 12 points in the last two months and is closing on half of the GOP vote in Florida, where Hillary Clinton has improved in all head-to-head matchups against GOP frontrunners  — Trump leads the GOP field with 47.6 percent, followed by Ted Cruz at 16.3 percent …
Eric Bradner / CNN:
CNN/WMUR Poll: Trump leads, Cruz climbs in New Hampshire
Mark Murray / NBC News:
Bush, Rubio Have Spent $91M in Ads vs. Trump and Cruz's $8M
Discussion: Politico and Naked Politics
Doug Stanglin / USA Today:
Sarah Palin: Arrested son was ‘hardened’ by war  —  Former Alaska governor Sarah Palin appeared to suggest Wednesday that her son's arrest this week on domestic violence charges stemmed from the effects of his experiences as a soldier in Iraq.  —  Track Palin, a 26-year-old Iraq veteran …
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Nick Gass / Politico:
Meghan McCain on Palin's Trump endorsement: It was hard to watch  —  For Meghan McCain, Sarah Palin's endorsement of Donald Trump was difficult to watch.  —  The daughter of Sen. John McCain, who picked Palin to be his running mate in 2008, said she was specifically pained because of Trump's past remarks …
Kyle Blaine / BuzzFeed:
So, Uh, Here's The Full Text Of Sarah Palin's Bizarre Trump Speech  —  “Thank you so much.  It's so great to be here in Iowa.  We're here just thawing out.  Todd and I and a couple of our friends here from Alaska, lending our support for the next president of our great United States of America, Donald J. Trump.
Eun Kyung Kim / TODAY.com:
Donald Trump: Sarah Palin could ‘play a position’ in my administration
Nolan D. McCaskill / Politico:
Palin links son's domestic-violence arrest to Obama's neglect of veterans
Shushannah Walshe / ABC News:
Sarah Palin Suggests Arrested Son Track Suffers From PTSD
Discussion: Politico and WCDC-TV
Kimm Fesenmaier / The California Institute …:
Caltech Researchers Find Evidence of a Real Ninth Planet  —  Caltech researchers have found evidence of a giant planet tracing a bizarre, highly elongated orbit in the outer solar system.  The object, which the researchers have nicknamed Planet Nine, has a mass about 10 times that of Earth …
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iopscience.iop.org:
EVIDENCE FOR A DISTANT GIANT PLANET IN THE SOLAR SYSTEM  —  Konstantin Batygin1 and Michael E. Brown1  —  • © 2016.  The American Astronomical Society.  All rights reserved.  • The Astronomical Journal, Volume 151, Number 2  —  Export citation and abstract … CiteULike
Joel Achenbach / Washington Post:
New evidence suggests a ninth planet lurking at the edge of the solar system
Katherine Krueger / Talking Points Memo:
Astronomers Find Evidence Of Ninth Planet At Edge Of Solar System
Amy Chozick / New York Times:
'90s Scandals Threaten to Erode Hillary Clinton's Strength With Women  —  This month, Lena Dunham, wearing a red, white and blue sweater dress with the word “Hillary” emblazoned across the chest, told voters how Hillary Clinton had overcome sexism in her political career.
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Jonathan Martin / New York Times:
Alarmed Clinton Supporters Begin Focusing on Sanders's Socialist Edge  —  Democrats backing Hillary Clinton, nervously eyeing Senator Bernie Sanders's growing strength in the early nominating states, are turning to a new strategy to raise doubts about his candidacy, highlighting his socialist beliefs …
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CNN:
CNN/WMUR poll full results: New Hampshire Democrats - CNNPolitics.com
Harold Meyerson / American Prospect:   Can Democrats Channel America's Discontent?
William La Jeunesse / Fox News:
Rifle capable of taking down helicopter found at ‘El Chapo’ hideout purchased through Fast and Furious program  —  A .50-caliber rifle found at Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman's hideout in Mexico was funneled through the gun-smuggling investigation known as Fast and Furious, sources confirmed Tuesday to Fox News.
Justin Gillis / New York Times:
2015 Was Hottest Year in Recorded History, Scientists Say  —  Scientists reported Wednesday that 2015 was the hottest year in recorded history by far, breaking a record set only the year before — a burst of heat that has continued into the new year and is roiling weather patterns all over the world.
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GQ:
The Confessions of R. Kelly  —  Use of this site constitutes acceptance of our User Agreement (effective 1/4/2014) and Privacy Policy (effective 1/4/2014).The material on this site may not be reproduced, distributed, transmitted, cached or otherwise used, except with prior written permission of Condé Nast.
Zachary Mider / Bloomberg Politics:
What Kind of Man Spends Millions to Elect Ted Cruz?  —  In 2010, Arthur Robinson, a research chemist, decided to run for Congress in southern Oregon.  Robinson, now 73, was not your average candidate.  In a lab on a sheep ranch in the Siskiyou Mountains, he's spent the last couple of years collecting thousands of vials of human urine.
Tyler Durden / Zero Hedge:
It Is Now Cheaper To Rent A Dry Bulk Tanker Than A Ferrari  —  China's slowing growth has crushed shipping rates to such an extent that hiring a 1,100-foot merchant vessel would set you back less than the price of renting a Ferrari for a day.
Discussion: Newsalert
Jason Horowitz / New York Times:
As Supreme Court Clerk, Ted Cruz Made Death Penalty His Cause  —  The memos of Supreme Court clerks evaluating death row petitions usually consist of a brief review of the facts and then a dispassionate legal analysis as to whether the court should hear the case.  —  Not so for Ted Cruz.
Rand Paul / Facebook:
Electing Gollum should not be our objective  —  One candidate on this national stage wants you to give him power.  He tells you he is rich, so he must be smart.  —  If you give him power he claims he will fix America, but there is another tradition in America.
Zack Beauchamp / Vox:
Leaked ISIS document: we're cutting fighter salaries in half  —  Though the American media often portrays ISIS as an unstoppable, terrifying juggernaut, the truth is that the group is in real trouble, and is actually losing ground in its core Iraqi and Syrian holdings.
 
 
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Kathryn Watson / The Daily Caller:
Gov't Builds $75 Million Facility Federal Cops Can't Use
Discussion: Instapundit
Scott Jaschik / Inside Higher Ed:
Are At-Risk Students Bunnies to Be Drowned?
Lindsay Putnam / New York Post:
I couldn't fulfill my sugar addiction — so I turned to sex
Discussion: Daily Mail and Newsalert
Burgess Everett / Politico:
Sen. Grassley gently raps Cruz
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
Betsy McCaughey / New York Post:
Racial bean-counting is making schools unsafe
Jonathan Swan / The Hill:
Donors changing tune on Trump
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Duke Open Campus Coalition / The Chronicle:
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Discussion: Power Line
Evelyn Cheng / CNBC:
DOW PLUNGES 400, S&P AT LOWEST LEVEL SINCE LATE 2014 AS OIL SLIDES
Discussion: The Week
Caitlin MacNeal / Talking Points Memo:
GOP Strategist: Trump Supporters Are ‘Single Men Who Masturbate To Anime’
Discussion: Althouse
Kirsten Powers / USA Today:
Can Hillary take ‘13 Hours’ of truth?
Discussion: Power Line and The Hill
James Fallows / The Atlantic:
Why Twitter Doesn't Work with Sarcasm, Chap. 823
Discussion: Althouse
 

 
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Alex Sherman / CNBC:
Sources: Paramount Global's board is preparing to fire CEO Bob Bakish as soon as Monday, after he lost the trust of controlling shareholder Shari Redstone

Jeff Jarvis / BuzzMachine:
The New York Times is broken, shown by its entitled, petulant reaction to Politico's report on its tense relationship with Biden

Reggie Ugwu / New York Times:
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