Monday, January 28, 2013   Published Weekday Mornings   To see the full version of today's cartoon, click on the preview graphic of the cartoon (below the Commentary) to be taken to the full version in your favorite web browser. Can't Beat 'Em? Cheat 'Em. The GOP Plan to Steal Elections Michigan GOP moving forward on election-rigging scheme Michigan Republican Says That Electoral Vote-Rigging Was Only Nixed in 2012 Because It Might Have Hurt Romney Electoral College Rules Unfair, Says Will Weatherford, Florida Republican House Speaker Reihan Salam: Kill This Crazy Electoral College Plan Before It Leads to Another Crazy Electoral College Plan Laura Conaway: Hey GOP! Careful what you scheme for... Steve Benen: A fraction Republicans should try to avoid John Nichols: Three Strategies to Block the Gerrymandering of the Electoral College After They're Caught... GOP Florida House Speaker Blasts Plan To Rig Electoral College Virginia Sen. Ralph Smith Opposes Electoral Vote Rigging Louisiana's GOP Gov. Jindal reverses his previous decision to cut hospice care out of Medicaid after uproar Related to failure: GOP leaders insist no overhaul of their party needed Paul Krugman: The Story of The Modern GOP - Makers, Takers, Fakers Immigration: Reform Needed Obama and Senators to Push for an Immigration Overhaul The Official "Bipartisan Framework for Immigration Reform" report Durbin: Senate immigration plan will be comprehensive, include citizenship path Boehner says bipartisan House group 'basically' has deal on immigration reform Guns & America For The Sixth Time In One Week, Man Shot At Gun Show After Newtown, schools reexamine basic security and entrances Thousands rally in Washington for gun control, Newtown residents join in American Gun Deaths Forecast to Exceed Traffic Fatalities by 2015 White House gun law push narrows to focus on background checks Author Stephen King: Require NRA to "help clean up the blood, the brains & the chunks of intestine" at school shooting scenes Energy, Climate & Environment New 'Rock Candy' Process To Manufacture Silicon Could Make Solar Power Even Cheaper Chinese firms and Gulf sheiks are snatching up farmland worldwide. Why? Nations In Turmoil Egypt's Morsi declares state of emergency, curfew after deadly clashes kill dozens Clashes continue for fifth day in Egypt Rebels destroy historic documents as French, Malians close in on Timbuktu Mali crisis: French-led troops 'take Timbuktu airport' Al-Qaeda-linked group claims blame for Syria blast France fears Islamist rise in Syria unless opposition helped The Military/Industrial Complex Pentagon to boost cybersecurity force International News Nightclub fire kills 233 in Brazil as partiers stampede toward exit, choke on toxic smoke Three arrested and held over Brazil club fire Ontario Gets Its First Woman Premier And Canada's First Out LGBT Premier Floods worsen in eastern Australia Davos Wrapup w/ David Frum: World's leaders aren't doing their jobs Midwest Roundup NU Regents Approve Residence Hall Hike Nebraska Republican lawmaker out to downsize OPS, 'conveniently' also drew up anti-Democratic new voting map Neb. lawmaker proposing new bill to regulate and license escort services Bombshell announcement: Harkin retiring, won't run in 2014 Rep. Bruce Braley weighing Iowa Senate run to replace retiring Sen. Tom Harkin Proposed tax break in Iowa raises questions Do Look Now Barring another international emergency, tragedy, or mass civil unrest, much of the American national media chatter today will likely surround two kinds of stories. One will likely be the sudden shift by Republicans to join Democrats in supporting comprehensive immigration reform. The other will surround two interviews with President Obama - one in The New Republic magazine, and the other, Obama's 60 Minutes interview alongside outgoing Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. While each of these news items deserve at least some attention, as we warned you in our first edition this year, the real political action to watch has moved to the state and local level. That fact was evident last week, when media organizations including this one pointed out the Republican Party's underhanded attempts at rigging the vote in Virginia. After the initial Virginia vote-rigging story came to light, other attempts by the Republican Party to try to do the same in states like Florida and Michigan popped up too. In Nebraska, Republicans appear to be trying to play a bait-and-switch game, at both the state and local levels, that's falling hard on students they claim to care about. You may recall that earlier this month, Nebraska Republican Governor Dave Heineman pushed all six of Nebraska's University and State College campuses to implement a two-year tuition freeze...   To continue reading... click here. And now, for your Daily Felltoon preview for January 28, 2013 (Click the preview cartoon above to see the full version of the cartoon) Jobs & The Economy U.S. Income Inequality Now Worse Than In Many Latin American Countries Study: Nearly half of American workers are overqualified for their jobs | S&P 500 has longest winning streak since '04; Friday's close first above 1,500 since start of recession Caterpillar Forecasts Growth in '13 Second Half as U.S. & Global Economy Recover Taxes & Budgets Turning tide? Lawmakers look to Pentagon for more budget cuts Threat of automatic cuts from sequester already costly to federal agencies Congress Sees 'Sequester' Spending Cuts as Likely in March | Paul Ryan insists Republicans are ready to let the sequester happen Ezra Klein: Republicans think the sequester gives them leverage. They're wrong. E.J. Dionne: False deadlines and the urgency of growth War On Women The Violence Against Women Act is on life support General Opposes Women In Combat: 'Degrading And Humiliating Enough' To Perform Hygiene Among Men Health Care Checkup Two charts that should be in every health-care discussion Poll: 58% of Americans oppose Medicare cuts Communications Breakdown Time Inc. Layoffs Likely Coming This Week New York Times Buyout Situation Still Unclear | Why It's Hard for Trump -- or Anyone -- to Buy the N.Y. Times The Most Ridiculous Law of 2013 (So Far): It Is Now a Crime to Unlock Your Smartphone Did You Miss It On Friday? Here It Is Again! Your HuskerNutz Preview for January 28, 2013 (Click the preview cartoon above to see the full version of the cartoon) White House Update The New Republic: Barack Obama on the Republicans, the media, and the future of football in America Barack Obama on the media | Obama, Clinton Exchange Praise In '60 Minutes' Interview Obama and Clinton: The 60 Minutes interview Justice & Injustice Federal Appeals Court says Obama exceeded authority in making appointments Plumer: A court just struck down Obama's labor board. Here's why it matters. News From Capitol Hill Dylan Matthews: The real reason why Congress can't seem to get anything done Democrats, tea party could possibly  unite vs. Mitch McConnell in eye to 2014 race On The Left Zachary A. Goldfarb: Obama's daring liberal agenda is neither daring nor liberal. Robert Reich: The GOP Crackup - How Obama is Unraveling Faux Reagan Republicanism With Honesty On The Right Chris Cillizza & Aaron Blake: Why President Obama is right about the GOP Hints of rivalry surface as Florida's Marco Rubio and Jeb Bush weigh thoughts of 2016 presidential bids We hope you enjoy "The Daily Felltoon" every business day. Thanks for continuing to be a member! Paul Fell Shawn "Smith" Peirce Paul Fell Cartoons, Inc.