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9:20 AM ET, February 12, 2013

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Judy Kurtz / The Hill:

Lawmaker invites Ted Nugent to Obama's State of the Union address on Tuesday — Outspoken musician and gun right supporter Ted Nugent will be Rep. Steve Stockman's guest Tuesday night at President Obama's State of the Union address. — Nugent is well known for his defense of the Second Amendment …

Discussion: AMERICAblog and The Moderate Voice

Congressman Steve Stockman:

Ted Nugent to join Stockman at State of the Union — Nugent will be available for interviews — WASHINGTON - Musician and gun advocate Ted Nugent will be Congressman Steve Stockman's guest at Tuesday evening's State of the Union Address by President Barack Obama.

Discussion: Scared Monkeys, Wonkette, Twitchy and Daily Kos

Talking Points Memo:

Nugent: ‘I Will Be Taking On Media Orgy’ After SOTU — Outspoken rocker Ted Nugent will attend President Obama's State of the Union Address Tuesday in order to take on the media and “counter the scams and lies of the left,” he explained to talk radio host Mike Broomhead Monday.

Discussion: DCist, Mediaite and Angry Black Lady Chronicles

Julie Pace / ABCNEWS:
After Speech, Supporters to Promote Obama Agenda

Discussion: Reuters and Politico

Adam Peck / ThinkProgress:
Texas Congressman Invites Ted Nugent, Who Threatened The President's Life, To The State Of The Union

Discussion: Daily Kos, Little Green Footballs, msnbc.com, The PJ Tatler and Right Wing Watch

Jeremy W. Peters / The Caucus:
Ted Nugent Will Attend State of the Union Address

Discussion: The Maddow Blog, Taylor Marsh and alicublog

Stephen Dinan / Washington Times:
Ted Nugent to be guest at State of the Union

Discussion: No More Mister Nice Blog, Mediaite, americanthinker.com, USA Today, The PJ Tatler and The Gateway Pundit

Reuters:

China joins U.S., Japan, EU in condemning North Korea nuclear test — (Reuters) - North Korea conducted its third nuclear test on Tuesday in defiance of existing U.N. resolutions, drawing condemnation from the United States, Japan, Europe and Pyongyang's only major ally, China, which summoned the North Korean ambassador to protest.

Discussion: Washington Post, New York Times, Taylor Marsh, Quartz, Hot Air, Wall Street Journal, China Real Time Report, NPR and AMERICAblog

New York Times:

North Korea Confirms It Conducted 3rd Nuclear Test — WASHINGTON — North Korea confirmed on Tuesday that it had conducted its third, long-threatened nuclear test, according to the official KCNA news service, posing a new challenge for the Obama administration in its effort to keep the country …

Discussion: NBCNews.com, The Maddow Blog, The Week and NPR

BBC:

North Korea carries out biggest nuclear test — A KCNA newsreader announced the test, saying it had “great explosive power” — North Korea has carried out its third, most powerful nuclear device test in defiance of United Nations warnings. — The move prompted criticism from its sole major ally …

Discussion: Guardian, Associated Press, Quartz, Gawker and Truthdig

USA Today:
Obama calls North Korea nuclear test a threat to U.S.

Discussion: msnbc.com

Charlie Spiering / Washington Examiner:

Biden: We're counting on ‘legitimate media’ for successful gun control effort … During a press conference on gun safety in Philadelphia, Vice President Joe Biden said that any reports that suggest that he was trying to take weapons away from gun owners was a “bunch of malarkey.”

Discussion: Mediaite, The Gateway Pundit, The Lonely Conservative, Michelle Malkin, protein wisdom and The PJ Tatler

CNN:
Biden says he's ‘not running’...for the papacy

Discussion: Taylor Marsh, Addicting Info, Slate, Global Public Square, Firedoglake, The Hill, Politico and Babalú Blog

Talking Points Memo:
Biden: ‘I Am Not Running’ For The Papacy

Discussion: The Hill, Balloon Juice and CNN

Reid J. Epstein / Politico:
Biden praises Pope Benedict's integrity, jokes he won't run to succeed him

Discussion: Weasel Zippers

Kevin Grandia / Firedoglake:

New Study Finds Koch Bros. Tried to Start Tea Party Movement in 2002 — Were David Koch (and his brother Charles) planning to astroturf the Tea Party even earlier than formerly suspected? — Shattering the public perception that the Tea Party is a spontaneous popular citizens movement …

Discussion: CANNONFIRE, The Raw Story and DeSmogBlog

Brendan DeMelle / DeSmogBlog:
Study Confirms Tea Party Was Created by Big Tobacco and Billionaires

Discussion: Little Green Footballs

Natasha Korecki / Chicago Sun Times:

Ex-Tea Party Rep. Joe Walsh insists he's not trying to stop paying child support — After insisting he wasn't a “deadbeat dad” throughout his failed campaign for re-election, ex-U.S. Rep. Joe Walsh is still dogged by questions about child support. — Walsh, a flame-throwing Tea Party Republican …

Discussion: Post Politics, Addicting Info and Taegan Goddard's …

Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:

Wow, Joe Scarborough Doesn't Understand Economics at All — A couple of weeks ago, Joe Scarborough invited Paul Krugman onto his MSNBC show. The meeting of the brilliant but prickly Krugman with the dopey but genial Scarborough held the promise of a cataclysmic matter-touches-antimatter collision …

Discussion: Paul Krugman and Brad DeLong

Jennifer Martinez / The Hill:

Sources: White House to issue cybersecurity order Wednesday — The White House is poised to release an executive order aimed at thwarting cyberattacks against critical infrastructure on Wednesday, two people familiar with the matter told The Hill. — The highly anticipated directive …

Discussion: Politico, Mashable!, Infowars and The Hill

Ian Millhiser / ThinkProgress:

Justice Ginsburg: The Senate Is ‘Destroying The United States’ Reputation... As A Beacon of Democracy' — Two years ago, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg lamented that if she were nominated today to her current job on the Supreme Court, her “ACLU connection would probably disqualify” her from being confirmed.

Discussion: Taylor Marsh

Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:

New Winger Conspiracy Theory Takes Flight — In the wake of news that Sen. Lindsey Graham is threatening to block the nominations of Hagel and Brennan, there's a whole new conspiracy theory bubbling up on the right. From ground zero of Obama era conspiracy theories comes the conspiracy theory …

Discussion: Wonkette, The Atlantic Online, Right Wing Watch and The Reaction

Brian Beutler / Talking Points Memo:

House Republicans Unlikely To Pass New Sequester Replacement Plan — Buried in this Politico story about the House GOP's sequester strategy is a key admission. … This is what Republicans — most recently House Majority Leader Eric Cantor — are obscuring when they claim, in Cantor's words …

Discussion: The Moderate Voice, msnbc.com and Politico

Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Signs of bipartisanship offer Obama narrow window to move agenda

Discussion: Los Angeles Times and Booman Tribune

Megan McCloskey / Stars & Stripes:

Esquire article wrongly claims SEAL who killed Bin Laden is denied healthcare — Esquire magazine claims “The Man Who Killed Osama bin Laden ... Is Screwed.” — The story details the life of the Navy SEAL after the successful raid to take out the No. 1 terrorist, and it asserts that once …

Discussion: Washington Wire, NewsBusters blogs, Esquire, Wired, Gawker and The Raw Story

Spencer E. Ante / Wall Street Journal:

Millions Improperly Claimed U.S. Phone Subsidies — The U.S. government spent about $2.2 billion last year to provide phones to low-income Americans, but a Wall Street Journal review of the program shows that a large number of those who received the phones haven't proved they are eligible to receive them.

David A. Fahrenthold / Washington Post:

State of the Union squatters: Lawmakers wait hours on aisle for seconds with president — View Photo Gallery — The State of the Union's history: Technology and partisanship have transformed the State of the Union over the past century. Here's a look back.

Discussion: The Fix, Taegan Goddard's …, Balloon Juice and Post Politics

Wall Street Journal:

Push To Gauge Bang For Buck From College Gains Steam — U.S. and state officials are intensifying efforts to hold colleges accountable for what happens after graduation, a sign of frustration with sky-high tuition costs and student-loan debt. — Sens. Ron Wyden (D., Ore.) and Marco Rubio …

Discussion: The PJ Tatler