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3:50 PM ET, February 1, 2016

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Sarah Pulliam Bailey / Washington Post:
Donald Trump accidentally put money in the Communion plate at a church in Iowa  —  Republican presidential contender Donald Trump has been looking for ways to reach out to evangelical voters before the GOP primaries.  On Sunday, the businessman and his wife attended church services …
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Mark Savage / BBC:
Adele: Donald Trump ‘had no permission’ to use music  —  Pop star Adele has issued a statement to distance herself from Donald Trump, after he used her music at his rallies.  —  The Republican presidential candidate, whose slogan is “Make America great again”, has recently …
Scott Stump / TODAY.com:
EXCLUSIVE: Sarah Palin talks Iowa, GOP and controversial PTSD comments  —  Sarah Palin joined TODAY on Monday to talk about the Republican hopefuls in the Iowa caucuses, and she also addressed controversial comments she made on the campaign trail involving PTSD and President Obama.
Charlie Spiering / Breitbart:
Sarah Palin: 'Wasn't Hard' To Choose Between Donald Trump And Ted Cruz  —  Former Alaska governor Sarah Palin joined the Today show to talk about her endorsement of Donald Trump as Iowans go to caucus tonight for the Republican presidential primary.  —  “This was probably a tough call for you …
Juan Williams / The Hill:
Congressional GOP in panic over Trump, Cruz  —  As all political eyes turn to the Iowa caucuses tonight, Donald Trump leads the race for the GOP nomination.  He tops polls in Iowa and nationally.  —  So how can it be that the billionaire real estate mogul does not have a single endorsement …
Caitlin Cruz / Talking Points Memo:
Palin: ‘I Never Blamed President Obama’ For My Son's PTSD (VIDEO)
Discussion: Daily Kos
Glenn Thrush / Politico:
How Clinton is plotting to go after Trump  —  DES MOINES, Iowa — It's tunnel-vision time for Hillary Clinton as she battles Bernie Sanders here — but she's casting some serious side-eye in Donald Trump's direction.  —  After months of laughing off Trump — and assuming his ascent would propel …
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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Don't underestimate the Donald Trump phenomenon, Democrats  —  THE MORNING PLUM:  —  The last-minute polling suggests that Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton may well be favored to win Iowa (Clinton very narrowly so), which means the chatter may soon turn to the increasing possibility of a Trump-Clinton general election match-up.
Kyle Balluck / The Hill:
Quinnipiac poll: First-time caucusgoers boost Trump, Sanders in Iowa  —  Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump holds a 7-point lead over rival Ted Cruz in Iowa, fueled by first-time GOP caucusgoers, according to a new poll.  —  Trump leads Cruz, 31 to 24 percent, in the Quinnipiac poll released Monday morning.
Discussion: Politico and Outside the Beltway
Jose A. DelReal / Washington Post:   As Iowa caucus vote nears, Trump, Sanders bet on high turnout for an edge
W. James Antle III / Washington Examiner:
Cruz rally interrupted by yelling, vomiting man  —  DES MOINES — Ted Cruz didn't get far into his speech at his Iowa caucus eve rally before he got an unwelcome interruption.  —  “God bless Iowa,” Cruz began.  “God bless you!” someone in the audience shouted back.
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Bloomberg Business:
The Power of the Super-PAC Wanes as Trump Prepares for Iowa Test
Discussion: Washington Post
Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:
Huckabee Defends Trump's Abortion Flip-Flop While Attacking Cruz As Insincere
Discussion: Hot Air and LifeNews.com
Fox News:
Official: Withheld Clinton emails contain ‘operational’ intel, put lives at risk  —  EXCLUSIVE: Highly classified Hillary Clinton emails that the intelligence community and State Department recently deemed too damaging to national security to release contain “operational intelligence” …
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Hugh Hewitt / Washington Examiner:
Hillary's emails disqualify her from the presidency  —  How fast does information move through the Iowa caucus electorate?  —  Hillary Clinton is hoping very, very slowly, because Friday's bombshell news about 22 of her emails — stored on her private, illegal, compromised …
Shannen W. Coffin / National Review:
E-mail ‘Did Not Originate with Me’ — Hillary Blames Her Underlings, Again
Brian Potts / Politico:
Obama's hidden climate leverage  —  Over the past six months, President Barack Obama has cemented his climate legacy with the release of the Environmental Protection Agency's Clean Power Plan and the execution of the Paris climate agreement.  But, as even he admits, neither of those policies …
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Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Wind, Sun and Fire
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Joe Romm / ThinkProgress:
Why The Renewables Revolution Is Now Unstoppable
Peter Tatchell / Guardian:
I've changed my mind on the gay cake row.  Here's why  —  I profoundly disagree with Ashers Bakery's opposition to same-sex love - but believe the discrimination verdict infringes vital freedoms  —  ike most gay and equality campaigners, I initially condemned the Christian-run Ashers Bakery …
Ian Millhiser / ThinkProgress:
U.S. Senator Disenfranchised By Iowa Caucus Rules  —  On Monday night, a minority of Iowa voters will gather for the nation's first contest to choose major party candidates for the presidency.  Even if the caucuses see record turnout, less than 40 percent of eligible voters are likely to show up.
Discussion: Associated Press and Vox
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Caitlin Cruz / Talking Points Memo:
Trump Condemns Cruz's ‘Most Disgraceful’ Voter Violation Mailers
Discussion: BuzzFeed
Dan Bilefsky / New York Times:
Benoît Violier, Top French-Swiss Chef, Dies at 44  —  LONDON — The French-Swiss chef Benoît Violier, who scaled the heights of gastronomy to preside over a small Swiss restaurant that was named the best in the world in December, has died in what seems to have been suicide, according to the police.
Discussion: Eater and The Week
Ben Schreckinger / Politico:
How Trump Did It  —  What they heard as they ate deli sandwiches around Donald Trump's hulking, wooden conference table sounded like the businessman's typical bravado.  These 25 New York political operatives had come to ask him to run for governor.  But Trump had another plan—a very specific plan—to run for president.
Discussion: National Review
Josh Rogin / BloombergView.com:
The Trump Doctrine Revealed  —  The whole world is struggling to decipher the worldview and guiding principles Donald Trump would apply as president.  It may not be a prominent feature of his campaign, but his advisers say he does have a doctrine that informs his positions on foreign policy and national security.
Discussion: Washington Post
Joe Weisenthal / Bloomberg Business:
BofA: The Oil Crash Is Kicking Off One of the Largest Wealth Transfers In Human History  —  A $3 trillion shift.  —  Economists are still hotly debating whether the oil crash has been a net positive for advanced economies.  —  Optimists argue that cheap oil is a good thing for consumers …
Discussion: FiveThirtyEight
 
 
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Shelly Bradbury / timesfreepress.com:
Police tase cleaning lady at Ooltewah Middle School after mistaking her for burglar
Discussion: PINAC and Raw Story
Mark Sappenfield / Yahoo! News:
Why America might elect a president it doesn't like
Discussion: Hot Air and Slantpoint
Brian Dickerson / Detroit Free Press:
One election for all the marbles?
Discussion: Eclectablog and ThinkProgress
Anthony Faiola / Washington Post:
Fear and paranoia lead Finns to form vigilante groups that ‘protect women’ from asylum seekers
Austin Wright / Politico:
U.S. general blasts Cruz's carpet bombing as ‘inconsistent with our values’
Discussion: ABC News and Business Insider
 Earlier Items: 
Kenneth P. Vogel / Politico:
Jeb Bush super PAC cash plummets
Discussion: The Week and Daily Kos
Julia Hahn / Breitbart:
One of Marco Rubio's Biggest Financial Backers to Tally Iowa Caucuses
Jason Clayworth / Des Moines Register:
Blizzard will miss caucuses, still blanket Iowa Tuesday
Discussion: FOX6Now.com
Justin Wolfers / New York Times:
Now a Solid Bet: Donald Trump's Nomination Chances Are Better Than 50 Percent
Charlie Spiering / Breitbart:
Bloomberg's Joshua Green: There Is No Rubio ‘Surge’ In Iowa
Mary Beth Rogers / Salon:
Turning Texas blue?: …
Joel Kotkin / Orange County Register:
Serfs up with California's new feudalism
Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
GOP braces for a post-Iowa collision
 

 
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