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3:05 PM ET, February 15, 2012

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William Kristol / Weekly Standard:
Going After Rick  —  America is going bankrupt, Iran is going nuclear, the Obama administration is going after religious liberty.  And Mitt Romney is going after Rick Santorum.  —  Which is fine (sort of).  Romney's in a political fight, and politics ain't beanbag, as Romney has tried to say.
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Caitlin McDevitt / Politico:
Megadeth frontman backs Rick Santorum  —  Dave Mustaine, leader of the heavy metal band Megadeth, is ready to rock out for Rick Santorum.  —  “Earlier in the election, I was completely oblivious as to who Rick Santorum was, but when the dude went home to be with his daughter when she was sick …
Josh Lederman / Ballot Box:
Santorum aide: Romney's money focus ‘deeply offensive’  —  One of Rick Santorum's senior strategists lashed out at Mitt Romney's focus on the air wars Wednesday, arguing that if the race comes down to money and negative ads, the other candidates should throw in the towel.
Discussion: CNN
Joe Bosso / MusicRadar.com:
Interview: Megadeth's Dave Mustaine talks guitar, politics and today's music … Above video: Mustaine at the 1992 Democratic National Convention for MTV News.  —  Speaking of news, you were a correspondent for MTV during the 1992 presidential election.  What's your take on US politics in 2012?
Discussion: BuzzFeed and ThinkProgress
Christian Heinze / GOP 12:
VIDEO: Romney watches Santorum's new attack ad
Discussion: Weekly Standard and Hot Air
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Why birth control is a good wedge issue against the GOP  —  Some time around the end of February, the Senate will vote on the Blunt-Rubio amendment, which would allow insurers and employers to deny coverage for birth control or any other medical services simply on the grounds that they find them morally objectionable.
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Sam Stein / The Huffington Post:
Birth Control Amendment ‘Dangerous,’ Obama Spokesman Says … REACT:  —  FOLLOW:  —  Obama, Video, Women's Issues, Womens Rights, Birth Control, Obama Women, Politics News, Roy Blunt, Birth Control Rule, Blunt Amendment, Blunt Contraception, Obama Contraception, Obama Contraception Rule …
John McCormack / Weekly Standard:
Top Dem Warns of New Menace in Obamacare Fight: Christian Scientist Shoe Salesmen  —  Yesterday, I asked Senator Dick Durbin if he thinks Obamacare's contraception/abortifacient mandate still violates the religious liberty of Catholic churches, like the Archdiocese of Washington.
Discussion: Weasel Zippers and MoJo Articles
Charlie Spiering / Campaign 2012:
Boxer: Insurance rights trumps religious rights
Maggie Fox / NationalJournal.com:
Reid to Allow Vote on Rescinding Contraception Rule
Dylan Byers / Politico:
PolitiFact responds to Rachel Maddow  —  Rachel Maddow made yet another stinging attack on PolitiFact last night, calling the Tampa Bay Times' fact-checking project “a disaster” (see video).  —  Via email, PolitiFact editor and Tampa Bay Times Washington bureau chief Bill Adair responds to the criticism:
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Marco Rubio / PolitiFact:
A majority of Americans are conservative, Marco Rubio says
Will Rahn / The Daily Caller:
Media Matters tax-exempt status may face new scrutiny from Congress  —  Congressional Republicans are now interested in examining the Media Matters For America's tax-exempt status, The Daily Caller has learned.  Doing so would cause the GOP to wade into the complex world of tax laws that govern …
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Meghan Keneally / Daily Mail:
Food police reject preschooler's homemade lunch... in favour of chicken nuggets  —  A preschool girl was told her homemade meal wasn't healthy enough - so a school cafeteria monitor made her eat chicken nuggets instead.  —  The rejected meal consisted of a turkey and cheese sandwich on whole wheat bread …
Discussion: Althouse
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Sara Burrows / Carolina Journal Online:
Preschooler's Homemade Lunch Replaced with Cafeteria “Nuggets”
Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
Does the GOP care about Latino voters?  —  When it comes to Latino voters, Republicans must have un impulso suicida.  —  What else but a death wish could explain the party's treatment of the fastest-growing voting bloc in the nation?  First was the wave of Arizona-style immigration laws.
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Justin Sink / The Hill:   GOP demands apology for Obama campaign manager's ‘chimichanga’ tweet
The Gallup Organization / Gallup:
Health Costs, Gov't Regulations Curb Small Business Hiring  —  Nearly half of small-business owners name these issues  —  PRINCETON, NJ — U.S. small-business owners who aren't hiring — 85% of those surveyed — are most likely to say the reasons they are not doing so include …
Andrew Restuccia / The Hill:
White House issues veto threat for House transportation bill  —  The White House on Tuesday threatened to veto a wide-ranging transportation package from House Republicans.  —  The administration raised concerns about a provision to approve the Keystone XL pipeline, and argued …
Wall Street Journal:
Gingrich's Main Backer Plays Two Angles  —  Casino Mogul Adelson Weighs New Funding to Boost Former Speaker and to Help Romney Keep Santorum at Bay  —  Billionaire Sheldon Adelson, by far the biggest financial backer of Newt Gingrich's presidential bid, is preparing to open his wallet again.
msnbc.com:
Chavez allies attack new opponent Capriles as Jewish, gay  —  Venezuelan presidential hopeful Henrique Capriles, seen at a rally in La Guaira Jan. 27, has been attacked over his sexuality, Jewish ancestry and his selection as opposition candidate.  —  Allies of President Hugo Chavez …
Investor's Business Daily:
Why Do Democrats Want to Protect Voter Fraud?  —  Suffrage: A new study finds that nearly 2 million dead people remain on voter registration rolls.  So tell us again why Democrats oppose voter ID laws that would help prevent these errant registrations from being exploited?
Discussion: UrbanGrounds
Julian Pecquet / The Hill:
Obama administration estimates 86 million people benefited from health law's prevention benefits last year  —  About 86 million Americans took advantage of the healthcare reform law's prevention benefits for Medicare beneficiaries and people with private insurance last year …
Discussion: ThinkProgress
Washington Post:
Federal funds flow to clean-energy firms with Obama administration ties  —  Sanjay Wagle was a venture capitalist and Barack Obama fundraiser in 2008, rallying support through a group he headed known as Clean Tech for Obama.  —  Shortly after Obama's election, he left his California firm …
Discussion: Weasel Zippers and ThinkProgress
Seth Freed Wessler / Colorlines:
Deported Dad Begs North Carolina To Give Him Back His Children  —  Every morning since the first of his three boys was born in 2007, Felipe Montes would wake early and prepare breakfast for his wife and children, get his boys ready for their day, change them, feed them and when he could not arrange …
Discussion: Balloon Juice and Hit & Run
Kim Zetter / Wired.com:
Female Passengers Say They Were Targeted for TSA Body Scanners  —  TSA agents in Dallas singled out female passengers to undergo screening in a body scanner, according to complaints filed by several women who said they felt the screeners intentionally targeted them to view their bodies.
Discussion: The Raw Story and US Politics
Ian Swanson / The Hill:
Boehner delays highway bill vote  —  Speaker John Boehner is delaying a vote on the $260 billion transportation bill that was scheduled this week.  —  Boehner (R-Ohio) told his conference Wednesday morning that it was “more important that we do it right than that we do it fast” …
J. Lester Feder / Politico:
Kathleen Sebelius says she didn't talk to bishops  —  HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said Wednesday that she didn't consult with the Catholic bishops on the latest version of the contraceptive coverage rule.  —  At a Senate Finance Committee hearing on the Obama administration's budget request …
Discussion: LifeNews.com
Tom Maguire / JustOneMinute:
In A Footnote To Their Coverage Of Obama's Glory...  Laurie Goodstein of The Ministry of Truth explains that Obama's “compromise” on contraception has split his critics.  Only deep in the story do we find a candle flickering for the sort of compromise we still believe will be forthcoming on the matter of self-insured institutions:
Discussion: Poliglot and Firedoglake
Bloomberg:
Obama Returns to NYC for First Wall Street Fundraiser of Year  —  President Barack Obama will return to New York on March 1 for a fundraiser with investment bankers and hedge fund managers, according to a campaign invitation, marking his first high dollar event there since calling for increased taxes on the wealthy in his 2013 budget.
Bruce Riedel / The Daily Beast:
Pakistan's Musharraf Has Been Accused of Knowing Osama bin Laden's Hideout  —  Gen. Ziauddin Khawaja, an ex-security chief for Pakistan, accuses former president Pervez Musharraf of knowing where bin Laden was hiding and saying nothing.  —  Ever since the Navy SEALs found Osama bin Laden hiding …
 
 
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Tobias Barrington Wolff / The Huffington Post:
The Republican War on Women: Invading the Vagina in Virginia
Justin Sink / The Hill:
Paul Ryan has ‘problem’ with GOP payroll tax cut deal
Discussion: ThinkProgress
Matthew Philips / Business Week:
Rising Gas Prices: Not Demand Driven
Jeffrey H. Anderson / Weekly Standard:
Was Santorum a Senate Spendthrift?
Reuters:
Analysis: Greece heads for record books as economy slumps
Paul J. Weber / Associated Press:
April primaries ruled out in Texas
Discussion: Swampland and Hotline On Call
Jim Hoft / The Gateway Pundit:
Oliver Stone's Son Sean Urges #Occupy Protesters to Turn to Islam
Discussion: The Jawa Report and Weasel Zippers
 Earlier Items: 
Adele Hampton / The Hill:
Obama Girl's love wanes in new video
Discussion: ABCNEWS and Mediaite
Conor Friedersdorf / The Atlantic Online:
Rick Santorum Wants Your Sex Life to Be ‘Special’
Discussion: American Prospect
Wall Street Journal:
Birth-Control Mandate: Unconstitutional and Illegal
Discussion: Hot Air
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
NYT reporter James Risen asks court to protect sources
Discussion: Secrecy News
Brendan Sasso / The Hill:
FCC moves to kill LightSquared over GPS interference concerns
Discussion: Politico and Hot Air
 

 
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Jack Dunn / Variety:
Trump appoints Mark Burnett, the British TV executive who created and produced the reality show The Apprentice, as a special envoy to the UK

Liz Pelly / Harper's:
How Spotify used its Perfect Fit Content program to rig its system against musicians, filling popular playlists with “ghost artists” to cut its royalty payouts

 
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