Internal Government Email: Make Sequester Cuts As Painful As Possible

(Breitbart – Wynton Hall) *Lead Story*

TSA Sealed $50-Million Sequester-Eve Deal to Buy New Uniforms

(CNS News – Elizabeth Harrington) *Must Read*

Senate intelligence panel OKs Brennan nomination for CIA director

(Washington Times – Guy Taylor)

NYT Lets Corrupt Detroit Machine off the Hook

(American Interest – Walter Russell Mead)

Anti-Obesity Programs Fatten Government

(Investor’s Business Daily – Betsy McCaughey)

Left-wing activists follow through on post-election pledges to target major GOP donors

(Washington Free Beacon – Bill McMorris) *Must Read*

Paul Ryan keeps telling Republicans how hard it will be to balance the budget. Why won’t they listen?

(AEI Ideas – James Pethokoukis)

ABC News also spoke to woman who told Daily Caller she had sex with Bob Menendez for money

(Daily Caller – David Martosko)

Emerging Superbug Requires Urgent Action, CDC Says

(Yahoo News – Rachael Rettner)

$1.2 Billion in Damages: Company Goes After Diane Sawyer In ‘One Of the Most High-Stakes Defamation Court Battles In History’

(The Blaze – Becket Adams)

Pathetic Obama Cancels White House Tours

(American Spectator – Matt Purple)

Chinese government launches screenwriting contest for U.S. writers

(Los Angeles Times – Richard Verrier)

Eric Holder: Yes, Your Government Can Drone You to Death on U.S. Soil

(Reason – Matt Welch)

Syracuse Can Rise Again, But Only If The Entrepreneurs Return

(Forbes – Carl Schramm)

The Great Ammunition Myth

(National Review – Charles C.W. Cooke)

Education and Transportation: We Have No Idea How Much Money We Spend on Conferences

(Townhall – Katie Pavlich)

House GOP: We’re going to need to investigate ICE for those released illegal immigrants

(Hot Air – Erika Johnsen)

Shut Up or I’ll Kill You

(Family Security Matters – Dr. Michael Ledeen)

Congress: Obamacare to boost premiums to $7,186–a year

(Washington Examiner – Paul Bedard)

Encircling India: China’s South Asia String of Pearls

(Energy Tribune – Tim Daiss)

True?…or Not True?

(Daily Reckoning – Eric Fry) *Must Read*