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12:25 PM ET, January 25, 2016

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Glenn Thrush / Politico:
Exclusive: Obama on Iowa, Clinton, Sanders and 2016  —  Barack Obama, that prematurely gray elder statesman, is laboring mightily to remain neutral during Hillary Clinton's battle with Bernie Sanders in Iowa, the state that cemented his political legend and secured his path to the presidency.
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David Axelrod / New York Times:
The Obama Theory of Trump  —  It was so obvious, I'm embarrassed I missed it.  —  Like most of the other talking heads on TV, I was haughtily dismissive of Donald Trump's candidacy.  “It's apparently open mike day in the Republican campaign for president,” I tweeted last June …
Paul Starr / Politico:
I Get Sanders' Appeal.  But He's Not a Credible President.  —  I have a strange idea about presidential primaries and elections: The purpose is to elect a president.  —  And I have a strange thought about primary voters: They have a choice between sending the country a message and sending it a president.
NBC News:
First Read: Get Ready for a Long Fight for the Democratic Nod
BostonGlobe.com:
Hillary Clinton deserves Democratic nomination
Charles M. Blow / New York Times:   Hillary Clinton Stumbles
Bradford Richardson / The Hill:
Clinton vows to win nomination to keep Bloomberg out of race
Discussion: Instapundit
Katie Glueck / Politico:
Rick Perry endorses Ted Cruz  —  Former Texas Gov. Rick Perry is endorsing Ted Cruz in the Republican presidential primary, Perry told POLITICO in an interview Sunday night.  —  Perry, who also sought the GOP nomination before dropping out in September, said he now sees the race as one that is between Cruz …
Nature:
The Likelihood of Recent Record Warmth  —  Abstract  —  2014 was nominally the warmest year on record for both the globe and northern hemisphere based on historical records spanning the past one and a half centuries1,2.  It was the latest in a recent run of record temperatures spanning the past decade and a half.
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Damian Carrington / Guardian:
Record hot years near impossible without manmade climate change - study
BBC:
Donald Trump and the politics of paranoia  —  One startling feature of the latest race to become the next president of the US - which begins in earnest with next week's Iowa caucuses - is the runaway success in the opinion polls of the outspoken billionaire, Donald Trump.
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Breitbart:
CORRECTED — Michael Goldfarb: Trump is the Politics of ‘Fear, Paranoia, Nativism’  —  A previous version of this story misidentified the subject of the article, Michael Goldfarb, as the founder of the Washington Free Beacon.  The Free Beacon was founded by a different Michael Goldfarb.
Discussion: Mediaite
Byron York / Washington Examiner:
GOP fear and loathing in New Hampshire  —  NASHUA, N.H. — On Friday and Saturday, the New Hampshire Republican Party held its final big event before the February 9 GOP primary.  The First-in-the-Nation Presidential Town Hall, at the Nashua Radisson, attracted the local officials, activists …
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Jenna Johnson / Washington Post:   Guess which divisive Republican is now campaigning as a political uniter?
Ryan Lizza / New Yorker:
The Duel  —  Donald Trump has a rule at his rallies: for the fifty minutes before he takes the stage, the only music that can be played is from a set list that he put together.  The list shows a sensitive side, mixing in Elton John's “Tiny Dancer” and music from “Cats” and “The Phantom of the Opera.”
Nick Gass / Politico:
Rand Paul insists he'll be on main debate stage  —  Rand Paul says he thinks he will be on the main stage of Thursday's Republican debate.  If Fox News makes the right call with its polling criteria, that is.  —  “We think we'll be in the first tier if you count the polls,” …
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Donald Rumsfeld:
At 83, I Decided to Develop an App  —  I've done business, politics, and war.  Now I'm trying my hand at mobile gaming.  —  Among the things one learns as time passes is that everyone has to age, but not everyone has to get old.  One of the best ways to stay young is to keep learning.
Greg Stohr / Bloomberg Business:
Sentences for Young Murderers Limited by U.S. Supreme Court  —  The U.S. Supreme Court gave retroactive effect to a 2012 ruling that banned automatic life-without-parole sentences for juvenile murderers, in a decision that may apply to hundreds of inmates.  —  The 6-3 ruling came in the case …
Blake Neff / The Daily Caller:
‘I Lift, Bro’: Prof MELTS DOWN About Conservative Event, Tries To Pick Fights With Students  —  A professor at California State University, Los Angeles (CSULA), is at the center of an epic meltdown over an upcoming visit by conservative author Ben Shapiro.  —  It all started when CSULA's branch …
 
 
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Eun Kyung Kim / TODAY.com:
Donald Rumsfeld: Donald Trump has ‘touched a nerve in our country’
Discussion: RedState and Politico
Howard Kurtz / Fox News:
Trump's Boast: Blacks will like me better than Obama
Donald J. Trump / Washington Examiner:
Donald Trump op-ed: My vision for a culture of life
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Sari Horwitz / Washington Post:
Trial to start in lawsuit over North Carolina's voter-ID law
Nick Gass / Politico:
Trump to Cruz: Settle eligibility question or ‘get out’ of the race
Mario Trujillo / The Hill:
5 things to watch in Internet privacy fight
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Fox News:
New ISIS video shows Paris attackers committing prior atrocities, threatening UK
Discussion: Washington Free Beacon and Hot Air
Los Angeles Times:
Some Republican candidates spend big on ads, with little to show for it
Discussion: The Mahablog
Monica Langley / Wall Street Journal:
Behind Donald Trump's Attack Strategy
Tony Barboza / Los Angeles Times:
Fast-acting methane from Aliso Canyon leak is boosting global warming
Discussion: The Week, 89.3 KPCC and NPR
Michael Goodwin / New York Post:
This election feels like a reunion of the Woodstock generation
Kevin D. Williamson / National Review:
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Wesley Muller / Sun Herald:
Father and son die in shootout at Pearl River County gun shop
Discussion: WLOX-TV and Associated Press