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9:05 PM ET, January 28, 2013

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Greg Sargent / The Plum Line:
What did Republicans win in the immigration deal?  —  It's has been widely assumed this morning by some immigration advocates (and by yours truly, too) that the new immigration reform plan's process of citizenship for the country's 11 million undocumented immigrants is contingent on a commission …
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Rebecca Leber / ThinkProgress:
The U.S. Border Is More Secure Than Ever Before  —  The bipartisan framework for immigration reform proposed by a bipartisan group of 8 senators would provide 11 million undocumented immigrants with a pathway to citizenship only “upon securing the border and combating visa overstays.”
Rush Limbaugh:
Fear Rules the GOP on Immigration  —  RUSH: Daniel in Sierra Vista, Arizona.  Welcome, sir, to the EIB Network.  Hello.  —  CALLER: Hey, Rush.  Thanks for taking my call.  —  RUSH: Yes, sir.  I'm a long-time listener and first-time caller.  —  RUSH: Well, it's great to have you here.
Discussion: Politico, ABCNEWS and Hullabaloo
Julia Preston / New York Times:
Senators Offer a New Blueprint for Immigration
Politico:
Immigration tough sell in GOP House
Discussion: CNN, americanthinker.com and First Read
Pete Williams / U.S. News:
Exclusive: Boy Scouts close to ending ban on gay members, leaders  —  The Boy Scouts of America, one of the nation's largest private youth organizations, is actively considering an end to its decades-long policy of banning gay scouts or scout leaders, according to scouting officials and outsiders familiar with internal discussions.
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Joshua Green / Business Week:
Obama's Parting Gift to Hillary Clinton  —  Last week campaign disclosure reports revealed that Hillary Clinton had finally retired the debt from her 2008 presidential campaign—with a little help from the guy who beat her, Barack Obama.  Clinton's debt once totaled more than $20 million …
Discussion: Booman Tribune
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Kevin Robillard / Politico:
What Hillary Clinton's saying about 2016  —  Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has repeatedly been asked about a second run at the White House, and her answers have changed over time - from flatly denying she intended to run to evading the question - culminating in Sunday night's joint …
Marc Ambinder / The Week:
Hillary SuperPAC readies launch
Eric Ostermeier / Smart Politics:
The Price of Palin: $15 per Word Spoken During FOX Contract  —  Sarah Palin uttered more than 189,000 words over 150 appearances on various FOX broadcasts during her three years as an analyst at the network, or $15.85 per word  —  With the three-year contract now expired between FOX News and Sarah Palin …
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Paul Waldman / American Prospect:
We'll Miss You, Sarah Palin
Chris Geidner / BuzzFeed:
Prominent House Dem: “Madness” To Pass Immigration Reform Without LGBT Protections  —  “I feel certain that Democrats would not move forward with a bill that was not fully inclusive,” Nadler says.  Pressure mounts on Democrats.  —  Nadler  —  WASHINGTON — The leading House advocate …
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CNN:
Sources: Congressional Hispanic Caucus members urged Obama not to unveil immigration bill
Discussion: The Hill, Hot Air and BuzzFeed
John Stanton / BuzzFeed:
The House Has Its Own Bipartisan Immigration Plan In The Works, Republicans Say
Discussion: Hot Air and Ross Douthat
Daniel Strauss / The Hill:
Carney ‘not sure how often’ Obama goes skeet shooting  —  White House press secretary Jay Carney says he's not “sure how often” President Obama goes skeet shooting.  —  In an interview with The New Republic, the president was asked if he had ever fired a gun.
Discussion: Jammie Wearing Fools
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Donovan Slack / Politico:
White House takes credit on immigration deal
The Atlantic Wire:
The Truth About Little Women Carrying Big Wounded Men in Combat  —  One of the recurring arguments against women serving in combat appears on its face to be just good common horse sense: women just don't have the upper body strength to carry a heavy male soldier out of combat.
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Makers, Takers, Fakers  —  Republicans have a problem.  For years they could shout down any attempt to point out the extent to which their policies favored the elite over the poor and the middle class; all they had to do was yell “Class warfare!” and Democrats scurried away.
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Ann Althouse / Althouse:
Krugman sees a “major rhetorical shift” from Romney's campaign to Bobby Jindal's recent speech.
Christine Haughney / New York Times:
The New Republic Reimagines Its Future  —  WASHINGTON — There are not many firsts for a politically savvy, 98-year-old publication like The New Republic.  But Franklin Foer, its 38-year-old editor, experienced one recently when he passed a Hudson News store at Union Station here and saw …
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Dylan Byers / Politico:
Reading the new New Republic  —  Last week, I attended a panel …
Peter Walker / Guardian:
Timbuktu library is treasure house of centuries of Malian history  —  Fate of thousands of priceless manuscripts housed in £5m Ahmed Baba institute is unknown  —  Timbuktu's main library, officially called the Ahmed Baba Institute of Higher Islamic Studies and Research …
Discussion: FP Passport and The Raw Story
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Bate Felix / Reuters:
Islamist rebels torch Timbuktu manuscript library: mayor
Discussion: Weasel Zippers
Charlie Brennan / Daily Camera:
JonBenet Ramsey grand jury voted to indict parents in 1999, but DA refused to prosecute  —  Legal expert: Alex Hunter may have been legally obligated to sign indictment  —  John Ramsey looks on as his wife, Patsy, holds an advertisement promising a reward for information leading to the arrest …
Alistair Dawber / The Independent:
Israel gave birth control to Ethiopian Jews without their consent  —  NOTE: WE DO NOT STORE YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS(ES) BUT YOUR IP ADDRESS WILL BE LOGGED TO PREVENT ABUSE OF THIS FEATURE.  PLEASE READ OUR LEGAL TERMS & POLICIES  —  Israel has admitted for the first time that it has been giving …
Mark Pazniokas / ctmirror.org:
An elusive consensus on guns after Newtown  —  Not even among parents of the dead was there a consensus Monday on how the General Assembly should respond to the murder of 26 students and staff last month at Sandy Hook Elementary School.  —  Among the 1,300 people who lined up to testify on gun control …
Discussion: The Raw Story and New York Times
Mary Beth Marklein / Associated Press:
Study: Nearly half are overqualified for their jobs … Nearly half of working Americans with college degrees are in jobs for which they're overqualified, a new study out Monday suggests.  —  The study, released by the non-profit Center for College Affordability and Productivity …
Discussion: Vox Popoli
Manu Raju / Politico:
Democrats, tea party unite vs. Mitch McConnell  —  Tea party activists looking to oust Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell in a GOP primary may get some help from an unlikely source: Democrats.  —  Big Democratic donors, local liberal activists and a left-leaning super PAC in Kentucky …
Jonathan Van Meter / New York Magazine:
Madam Would-Be Mayor  —  Hanging out with the crude, playful, openhearted front-runner, Christine Quinn.  —  Christine Quinn, Irish to the core, is possessed of the booming voice of a concrete-truck operator, the bada-bing timing of an outer-borough wiseguy, and the laugh of a pirate.
WHOTV:
The Insiders: Republicans Come Out  —  Dave Kochel, a veteran Iowa Republican strategist and 2012 Romney Iowa Campaign Senior Adviser, is now behind a new effort that could prove controversial with some Republican activists.  —  Kochel helped to organize an event for the Iowa Republicans for Freedom.
 
 
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David Edwards / The Raw Story:
Bay Buchanan quits TV punditry, takes online real estate class after Romney's ‘brutal’ loss
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Raymond W. Kelly / New York Post:
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David Carr / New York Times:
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Lee Smith / Weekly Standard:
Israel Shores Up Its Defenses, While Iran Remains Quiet
Discussion: The Times, The Agonist and Power Line
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B&N Aims To Whittle Its Stores For Years
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Charlie Savage / New York Times:
Office Working to Close Guantánamo Is Shuttered
Eric Schmitt / New York Times:
U.S. Plans Base for Surveillance Drones in Northwest Africa
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Mike Konczal / Bloomberg:
The Fed Is More Out of It Than You Thought It Was
Chris Good / Reuters:
Tancredo Won't Smoke Pot, After All
Discussion: The Spot and Politico
Adam Peck / ThinkProgress:
GOP Congressman Offers Plan To Impeach President Over Budget Deficits
Zack Beauchamp / ThinkProgress:
Top Conservative Publication: God Wants You To Have An Assault Rifle
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Farrakhan: Right To Bear Arms An Outdated Concept
 

 
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Daniel Thomas / Financial Times:
The Scott Trust approves the sale of The Observer to Tortoise, despite two days of strikes by Guardian and Observer staffers against the deal

Mark Stenberg / Adweek:
Sources: Condé Nast lays off some top executives including VPs and SVPs in marketing and sales, along with key staff in events, social media, and editorial jobs

Washington Post:
Fox News feted Donald Trump at Fox Nation's annual awards show, naming him “Patriot of the Year”, highlighting the influential role the network could play

 
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