1. Paris, day two
- Two other suspects, the brothers Saïd Kouachi and Chérif Kouachi, remain at large.
- Chérif was convicted in 2008 on terrorism charges in France; both brothers have been on the US no-fly list for years.
[NPR / Eyder Peralta]
- We still don't know if they acted alone or at the direction of a terrorist group.
- European far-right leaders like France's Marie Le Pen are treating the attack as a vindication of their Islamophobia.
[Washington Post / Adam Taylor]
- In Russia, a conspiracy theory about US intelligence pulling off the attack is spreading.
[Vox / Max Fisher]
- Matt Yglesias: defending the right to blaspheme is necessary, but Muslims in Europe will suffer.
[Vox / Matt Yglesias]
2. Boxer out
- This sets up a rare open seat in a state with a lot of ambitious Democratic politicians.
- Los Angeles mayor Eric Garcetti has ruled himself out.
[Reid Wilson]
- Facebook exec Sheryl Sandberg would have been an interesting outside contender, but doesn't look interested.
[Seema Mehta]
- As for Boxer herself: she'll be remembered for her work on environmental legislation, as one of the Senate's most stalwart abortion rights defenders, and as one half of the first all-female Senate delegation ever.
[National Journal / Lucia Graves]
3. Misc.
- Researchers at Northeastern say they've found a new antibiotic that bacteria can't mutate to resist.
[The Atlantic / Cari Romm]
4. Verbatim
- "Obama has been far more effective than either Carter or Clinton. That obviously makes him seem more effectively liberal than his predecessors."
[Mother Jones / Kevin Drum]
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