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2:25 PM ET, January 27, 2016

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Les Zaitz / Oregonian:
Oregon standoff spokesman Robert ‘LaVoy’ Finicum killed, Bundys in custody after shooting near Burns  —  BURNS - Oregon standoff spokesman Robert “LaVoy” Finicum was killed and other leaders of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge occupation were arrested Tuesday after the FBI …
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Les Zaitz / Oregonian:
Robert ‘LaVoy’ Finicum shot and killed while charging police, driver says  —  BURNS - Robert “LaVoy” Finicum, the spokesman of the refuge occupation, was shot and killed after he charged police during a roadside stop north of Burns on Tuesday, according to a man on Facebook who claims …
John Sepulvado / OPB:
Occupation To Standoff: FBI Surrounds Militants Still Inside Malheur Refuge  —  FBI officials have established checkpoints around the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge as a handful of armed militants remain inside.  —  OPB spoke with the new leaders inside the compound, which include militant Jason Patrick.
Travis Gettys / Raw Story:
Eyewitnesses knock down conspiracy theories about LaVoy Finicum dying with his hands up
Discussion: Balloon Juice and The Jawa Report
KATU-TV:
Leader of Oregon occupation Ammon Bundy, three others arrested
Fox News:
Full statement on Trump declining to participate in Fox News/Google Debate  —  As many of our viewers know, FOX News is hosting a sanctioned debate in Des Moines, Iowa on Thursday night, three days before the first votes of the 2016 election are cast in the Iowa Caucus.
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Kevin Cirilli / Bloomberg Business:
Trump, Fox News at War After He Decides to Skip Debate  —  The Republican front-runner says that the cable network treated him “unfairly” at a past debate.  —  Citing unfair treatment by Fox News, Donald Trump will not participate in the Republican presidential debate on Thursday, his campaign manager told reporters on Tuesday.
Donald J Trump for President:
TRUMP CAMPAIGN STATEMENT ON FOX NEWS DEBATE  —  (New York, NY) January 26th, 2016 - As someone who wrote one of the best-selling business books of all time, The Art of the Deal, who has built an incredible company, including some of the most valuable and iconic assets in the world …
Gabriel Sherman / New York Magazine:
Trump's Debate Boycott Throws Fox News Into Chaos  —  It’s risky for both sides, but Trump has already scored a historic victory against the network.  —  Tonight, Donald Trump's months-long war with Fox News entered a chaotic and — for both sides — perilous new phase …
Politico:
DonaldDuck: TRUMP WALKS INTO TRAP? …
Discussion: Vox and The Daily Caller
Philip Rucker / Washington Post:
Trump says he won't participate in GOP debate on Fox News
Conor Dinan / Talking Points Memo:
Jeb Bush Rises To Second Place In New Hampshire Poll  —  Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush (R) surged into second place in a New Hampshire poll released Wednesday by the Emerson College Polling Society, although real-estate billionaire Donald Trump retained a double-digit lead in Granite State.
Discussion: The Week
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Candace Smith / ABC News:
Jeb Bush Suggests Donald Trump Is Not a Christian
Discussion: Mediaite, Daily Kos and abc13.com
Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Republicans point fingers: Who let Trump get this far?
UnionLeader.com:
Clinton, O'Malley express support for pre-primary debate  —  Staff report  —  Two Democratic presidential candidates said they would like to take part in a debate next week hosted by the New Hampshire Union Leader, despite a threat from the national party to punish them if they take the stage.
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Ben Kamisar / The Hill:
DNC throws cold water on unsanctioned New Hampshire debate
Former Rep. John LeBoutillier / The Hill:
We are witnessing the end of the House of Clinton  —  A column for The Hill analyzing the current state of the 2016 presidential race.  —  It is the beginning of the end of the House of Clinton:  —  1. There is the stench of political death around Hillary, Bill, Chelsea and the entire House of Clinton.
Discussion: Politico
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New York Times:
Vindication for Planned Parenthood  —  One after the other, investigations of Planned Parenthood prompted by hidden-camera videos released last summer have found no evidence of wrongdoing.  On Monday, a grand jury in Harris County, Tex., went a step further.
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Jackie Calmes / New York Times:   Indictment Deals Blow to G.O.P. Over Planned Parenthood Battle
Steve Benen / MSNBC:
Anti-Sanders attack ad isn't quite what it seems to be  —  Republicans have made no secret of the fact that they'd prefer to run against Bernie Sanders in the general election.  Whether or not their assumptions are correct is a separate question, but GOP officials, convinced that the senator …
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Justin Sink / Bloomberg Business:
Obama to Host Bernie Sanders at White House Ahead of Iowa Caucus
Discussion: ABC News
CNN:
Why I'm voting for Trump  —  (CNN)They are showing up in droves to see Donald Trump: Men and women, overwhelmingly white, frustrated with the country's first black president, fearful that they are being displaced by minorities and immigrants, and nostalgic for the way America used to be.
Chip Reid / CBS News:
Wounded Warrior Project accused of wasting donation money  —  A CBS News investigation into a charity for wounded veterans, the Wounded Warrior Project, looks into how the charity spends its donation money.  —  What caught our attention is how the Wounded Warrior Project spends donations compared to other long-respected charities.
Discussion: RedState, Fox News, WJAX-TV, The Week and WKRG-TV
Spencer Kornhaber / The Atlantic:
A Person Can't Be ‘Diverse’ … Ava DuVernay, the director of Selma, is one of the most visible and vocal advocates for diversity in the film industry.  She does not, however, love being described quite that way.  “We're hearing a lot about diversity,” she said at Sundance, as reported by The New York Times.
Discussion: New York Times and Guardian
Mother Jones:
Map: Which States Allow Gay Marriage?  —  More states ban same-sex marriage than allow it.  But that doesn't tell the whole story.  —  Update (6/26/2015): On June 26, 2015, the US Supreme Court ruled that bans on same-sex marriage were unconstitutional.  The ruling effectively legalized gay marriage in every state.
Discussion: ThinkProgress
Daily Mail:
Muslims are ‘not like us’ and we should just accept they will never integrate, says former racial equalities chief Trevor Phillips  —  Muslim communities are not like others in Britain and the country should accept they will never integrate, the former head of the equalities watchdog has claimed.
Discussion: Telegraph and Vox Popoli
 
 
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ACLU:
Racial Disparities in Florida Safety Belt Law Enforcement
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Detroit Free Press:
Snyder to seek aid for Flint children exposed to lead
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Darcie Loreno / fox8.com:
George Clooney adopts dog no one wanted from Ohio animal rescue
Discussion: KFOR-TV
Deborah Danan / Breitbart:
Israeli Jew in German Refugee Camp Encounters Swastikas and Anti-Semitic Slurs
Discussion: Jihad Watch and Pamela Geller
Tommy Wright / Monterey County Herald:
2 feared dead after BASE jumping off Bixby Bridge in Big Sur
Discussion: Los Angeles Times and Fox News
Peter Beinart / The Atlantic:
Is Bernie Sanders Really Naive About Iran?
Discussion: Taylor Marsh
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Jocelyn Maminta Medical / WCTX-TV:
A public health emergency spreading quickly
ABC News:
Clinton's Lead Over Sanders Shrinks to Its Smallest Margin
Discussion: Hot Air and abc13.com
Bill Pennington / New York Times:
C.T.E. Is Found in an Ex-Giant Who Died at 27
John Feehery / The Hill:
The rise of the misinformed voter and Donald Trump
Los Angeles Times:
Column This time, the conservative crackup is real
Discussion: Mother Jones
Robert J. Gordon / BloombergView.com:
Goodbye, Golden Age of Growth
 

 
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Benjamin Mullin / New York Times:
Ben Sherwood and Joanna Coles take minority stakes in The Daily Beast; Sherwood will be CEO and publisher, and Coles will be chief creative and content officer

Laurence Peter / BBC:
Russia's Ministry of Justice labels BBC Russian correspondent Ilya Barabanov and science reporter Asya Kazantseva as “foreign agents”; both now live abroad

Sahil Patel / The Information:
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