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12:20 PM ET, January 26, 2016

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Jonathan Martin / New York Times:
As Donald Trump and Ted Cruz Soar, G.O.P. Leaders' Exasperation Grows  —  DES MOINES — Republican leaders are growing alarmed by the ferocious ways the party's mainstream candidates for president are attacking one another, and they fear that time is running out for any of them to emerge …
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CNN:
CNN/ORC Poll: Donald Trump dominates GOP field at 41%  —  Washington (CNN)Donald Trump has hit a new high in the race for the Republican nomination, according to a new CNN/ORC Poll, with more than 4-in-10 Republican voters nationwide now saying they back the billionaire.
David Brooks / New York Times:
Stay Sane America, Please!  —  In January of 2017 someone will stand at the U.S. Capitol and deliver an Inaugural Address.  This is roughly the place where Abraham Lincoln, Franklin Roosevelt, Dwight Eisenhower and Ronald Reagan once stood.  I am going to spend every single day between …
Dylan Matthews / Vox:
We checked if 2,000 voters recognized the 2016 candidates' faces.  Here's what we found.  —  Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump are by far the most recognizable faces in the 2016 race, a poll conducted by Morning Consult and Vox has found.  —  Ninety-six percent of respondents to the online poll …
Discussion: The Week and Politico
David Brody / blogs.cbn.com:
Brody File Video Exclusive: Ted Cruz's Plea To Iowa Pastors At Private Meeting: Stop Trump!  —  In video obtained exclusively by The Brody File, Ted Cruz says it's up to Iowa pastors to stop Donald Trump from winning the Iowa Caucus or the billionaire from New York will be, unstoppable.
Ryan Struyk / ABC News:
Jesse Byrnes / The Hill:
Trump: I'll work with Democrats  —  Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump is stressing his bona fides as a dealmaker who'd be able to enter the White House and work with congressional Democrats to hammer out agreements.  —  “I think I'm going to be able to get along with Pelosi …
Discussion: RedState
Nick Gass / Politico:
Trump: Ted Cruz ‘looks like a jerk’
Ryan Struyk / ABC News:
George Pataki Endorses Marco Rubio for President
Discussion: Associated Press, Politico and Hot Air
Manny Fernandez / New York Times:
2 Abortion Foes Behind Planned Parenthood Videos Are Indicted  —  HOUSTON — A grand jury here that was investigating allegations of misconduct against Planned Parenthood has instead indicted two anti-abortion activists who made videos of the organization.  —  In a statement …
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Stephanie Kirchgaessner / Guardian:
Rome spares Iranian president's blushes by covering nude statues  —  Sculptures in Capitoline Museum obscured by large white panels for Hassan Rouhani's meeting with Italian PM  —  Italian officials keen to spare the Iranian president, Hassan Rouhani, any possible offence on his visit …
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Umberto Bacchi / International Business Times:
Italy covers up naked statues and bans wine for visit of Iranian President Hassan Rouhani
Discussion: Jihad Watch and Pamela Geller
Joseph Rose / Oregonian:
Watch: Oregon militant challenges Chris Christie to sumo wrestling to end standoff  —  An armed protester at the Malhuer National Wildlife Refuge says the militants will end their standoff if Chris Christie can beat him in one round of sumo wrestling.  (YouTube)
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Boston Herald:
Editorial endorsement: Chris Christie is a tested leader for troubled times
Discussion: CNN
BostonGlobe.com:
Republicans should vote for John Kasich in New Hampshire  —  NEW HAMPSHIRE REPUBLICANS can do their party a critical service on Feb. 9 by voting for an experienced political figure with a record of results, and thus dealing a blow to the divisive, demagogic candidates running on nativism and other political simplicities.
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Nick Gass / Politico:
Kasich wins the New Hampshire newspaper primary
Discussion: Concord Monitor and The Week
Joe Battenfeld / Boston Herald:
Clinton losing support among N.H. Dems, Sanders ahead by 16
Discussion: WBUR and Political Wire
Molly Ball / The Atlantic:
Why D.C. Hates Ted Cruz … In the three years since he arrived in the U.S. Senate, Ted Cruz has become easily the most hated man in Washington—a fact he's now using to his advantage as a presidential candidate.  But why?  —  Is it true, as Cruz would have it, that the dreaded GOP …
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Seung Min Kim / Politico:
Cotton leads effort to sink sentencing overhaul
Barack Obama / Washington Post:
Why we must rethink solitary confinement  —  Barack Obama is president of the United States.  —  In 2010, a 16-year-old named Kalief Browder from the Bronx was accused of stealing a backpack.  He was sent to Rikers Island to await trial, where he reportedly endured unspeakable violence …
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
The Silent Death  —  A couple months ago I wrote about a controversial study which reported the rising mortality rates among middle aged whites - a trend which broke the model of ever-decreasing mortality rates across racial groups in the United States and all wealthy industrialized countries worldwide.
Discussion: New York Times
Nicolle Wallace / New York Times:
Sarah Palin, Rage Whisperer  —  DONALD J. TRUMP has made a shrewd bet.  For the first time since he descended an escalator in Trump Tower last June to announce that this time, he really was running for president, he ceded control of his campaign message.  He handed the Trump-bedecked podium over to Sarah Palin.
Discussion: Politico
Colin Campbell / Business Insider:
Donald Trump shrugs off allegation that Vladimir Putin ‘probably approved’ assassination of ex-KGB agent  —  Real-estate mogul Donald Trump said in a new interview that it would be hasty to judge Vladimir Putin in the face of a British public inquiry's allegation that the Russian president …
Mark Hensch / The Hill:
Ben & Jerry's co-founder creates Sanders ice cream  —  Ben & Jerry's co-founder Ben Cohen announced Monday he has created a new flavor celebrating Benrie Sanders's White House run.  —  “Nothing is so unstoppable as a flavor whose time has finally come,” Cohen wrote on his Facebook page alongside …
 
 
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Daniel Lippman / Politico:
When Ted Cruz Wanted to Be Part of the Establishment
Discussion: Mother Jones
Tom Maguire / JustOneMinute:
Human Emulation Module Upgraded In Animatronic ‘Hillarity!’
Discussion: New York Times
Julia Preston / New York Times:
Lawsuits Claim Disney Colluded to Replace U.S. Workers With Immigrants
Matthew Yglesias / Vox:
Bernie Sanders has the most realistic plan to boost wages and job creation
Discussion: Newsalert
RealClimate:
Blizzard Jonas and the slowdown of the Gulf Stream System
Jacob Bojesson / The Daily Caller:
15-Year-Old Refugee Brutally Kills His Swedish Care Taker In Stabbing
Oren Liebermann / CNN:
Au revoir and shalom: Jews leave France in record numbers
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Glenn Harlan Reynolds / USA Today:
Glenn Reynolds: Forecast of distrust with a chance of revolution
Discussion: Townhall.com and Chicago Boyz
Peter Kafka / Re/code:
Twitter Has Stopped Showing Ads to Some of Its Most Valuable Users
Discussion: The Verge, Engadget and Scripting News
John Amato / Crooks and Liars:
Alex Castellanos Blasts Conservative Leaders: ‘We Appeal Only To Cranky Old White Guys Like Me’
Discussion: Hullabaloo
Jeff Guo / Washington Post:
Researchers have discovered a major problem with ‘The Little Mermaid’ and other Disney movies
Discussion: Mashable
 

 
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Tom Warren / The Verge:
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