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12:50 PM ET, February 19, 2013

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Politico:
Obama, the puppet master  —  President Barack Obama is a master at limiting, shaping and manipulating media coverage of himself and his White House.  —  Not for the reason that conservatives suspect: namely, that a liberal press willingly and eagerly allows itself to get manipulated.
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Dylan Byers / Politico:
Ed Henry: 'This isn't about a golf game'  —  White House Correspondents Association president Ed Henry is standing by his complaints about the lack of press access to President Obama, pushing back against critics who say he and his fellow White House correspondents are just “whining” and don't respect the president's privacy.
Kevin Robillard / Politico:
Report: New Simpson-Bowles plan
Discussion: Washington Monthly, Slate and alan.com
momentoftruthproject.org:
A BIPARTISAN PATH FORWARD TO SECURING AMERICA'S FUTURE  —  Erskine Bowles and Alan Simpson are co-chairs of the Moment of Truth project and formerly co-chaired the President's bipartisan National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform.  —  The United States faces two big risks …
Discussion: msnbc.com, Wonkblog and CRFB.org
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Damian Paletta / Wall Street Journal:
Simpson and Bowles Offer Up Deficit Fix
Discussion: CNNMoney.com and Business Insider
Meghashyam Mali / The Hill:
Simpson, Bowles to offer new $2.4 trillion deficit-reduction plan
Discussion: Politico
Politico:   Erskine Bowles pessimistic about a ‘grand bargain’
First Read:
First Thoughts: Here comes the bully pulpit
Lynn Bartels / Denver Post:
Colorado lawmaker Joe Salazar issues apology over rape remark  —  The video of a Democratic lawmaker talking about rape while debating a gun bill involving college campuses has gone viral, with Republicans and Second Amendment activists likening Rep. Joe Salazar to failed Senate candidate Todd Akin.
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Dana Loesch / RedState:
Colorado Democrat: Women Don't Need Guns If They 'Feel Like They're Going To Be Raped'
Jonathan Weisman / New York Times:   Strategist Returns for Democrats' 2014 Senate Battles
Justin Sink / The Hill:
Obama says sequester would take ‘meat cleaver’ to government  —  President Obama warned Tuesday that allowing $85 billion in automatic spending cuts to go forward would take a “meat cleaver approach” to reducing the deficit.  —  Obama cast Republicans as unwilling to compromise on a plan to avert the cuts …
Discussion: Politico
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Zachary A. Goldfarb / Washington Post:
Obama presses Congress for stopgap sequester fix
Discussion: Prairie Weather and Post Politics
Jackie Calmes / New York Times:
Obama to Turn Up Pressure for Deal on Budget Cuts
Discussion: Daily Kos
Zeke Miller / BuzzFeed:
Obama To Call On Congress To Avert Mandatory Spending Cuts — Again
Discussion: Washington Monthly and Reuters
New York Times:
Chinese Army Unit Is Seen as Tied to Hacking Against U.S.  —  On the outskirts of Shanghai, in a run-down neighborhood dominated by a 12-story white office tower, sits a People's Liberation Army base for China's growing corps of cyberwarriors.  —  The building off Datong Road …
Sam Baker / The Hill:
Supreme Court to hear RNC suit challenging campaign finance limits  —  The Supreme Court agreed Tuesday to consider whether certain limits on campaign contributions are too low — or altogether unconstitutional.  —  The court said it would hear a case, filed by the Republican National Committee …
Discussion: Politico and CNN
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Fredreka Schouten / USA Today:
Supreme Court to hear case on campaign donation limits
Discussion: NBCNews.com and Hot Air
Jennifer Kabbany / The College Fix:
Prof Strips, Shows 9/11 Footage, Impales Stuffed Animal (VIDEO)  —  A science professor at Columbia University on Monday began a quantum mechanics lecture by stripping into his boxers and eating a banana while rap music played in the background.  —  Then it got weird.
Celia Llopis-Jepsen / Topeka Capital-Journal:
Bill asks teachers to question climate change in class  —  HB2306 calls climate change ‘scientific controversy’  —  With the Kansas State Board of Education preparing to vote on new science standards this year, the House Education Committee has introduced a bill asking schools to include evidence …
Discussion: alan.com
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Rebecca Leber / ThinkProgress:   Kansas Bill Would Require Teachers To Misinform Students About Climate Change
Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
Marco Rubio: The Electable Conservative?  —  Some commentators have expressed surprise upon learning about the very conservative voting record of Senator Marco Rubio of Florida, who delivered the Republican response to the State of the Union address last week.
Alexandra Jaffe / Ballot Box:
Tea Party challenger to McConnell emerging  —  Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) could see a primary challenge from local businessman Matt Bevin, who sources say is reaching out to Tea Party groups in the state to gauge support for a 2014 Senate run.
Conor Friedersdorf / The Atlantic Online:
Like a Swarm of Lethal Bugs: The Most Terrifying Drone Video Yet  —  An Air Force simulation says researchers are at work on killer robots so tiny that a group of them could blend into a cityscape.  —  Science writer John Horgan's feature on the many ways drones will be used in coming years …
Discussion: Mediaite
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John Horgan / National Geographic Magazine:
Drones May Be Watching You  —  Unmanned aircraft have proved …
Discussion: Mashable! and emptywheel
Jonathan Lloyd / NBC Southern California:
At Least 4 Dead in OC Shootings, Carjackings  —  At least four people are dead after a series of shootings and carjackings early Tuesday near the 5 and 55 freeways in the Tustin and Villa Park areas.  —  Map: Shooting Investigation Locations  —  It was not immediately clear whether the gunman was among the deceased.
New York Times:
Pistorius Denies Murdering Girlfriend  —  PRETORIA, South Africa — Facing a charge of premeditated murder in the death of his girlfriend, Oscar Pistorius, the double amputee track star and one of the world's best-known athletes, denied on Tuesday that he intended to take her life when he opened fire …
David Rogers / Politico:
Why John McCain turned on Chuck Hagel  —  Tower, a Texas Republican, Navy veteran and powerhouse in the Senate Armed Services Committee, had befriended McCain as a young naval liaison to Congress and later helped him first run for the House in 1982.  As a freshman senator …
Discussion: The Dish
Rebecca Leber / ThinkProgress:
Virginia Pizza Shop Offers A Discount To Anyone Who Carries A Gun  —  At one Virginia pizza shop, customers who bring in a gun or show a gun permit get 15 percent off their order.  The pro-gun owner of All Around Pizzas and Deli claimed that 80 percent of his customers have walked in carrying …
Pete Kasperowicz / The Hill:
Dems propose US engage diplomatically with Iran over nukes  —  House Democrats have proposed legislation that would require the government to establish a diplomatic envoy to Iran to attempt to convince that country to abandon its nuclear ambitions.  —  Rep. Barbara Lee (D-Calif.) …
 
 
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Erick Erickson / Fox News:
If Elizabeth Warren wants to lay blame for financial mess, she can look in the mirror
Discussion: Firedoglake, Salon and Boston Globe
Kristen A. Lee / NY Daily News:
Michelle Obama blames her chic new bangs on a midlife crisis on ‘Rachael Ray Show’
Discussion: First Read
Bret Stephens / Wall Street Journal:
Filibuster Hagel  —  If Republicans refuse, they won't be standing …
Jennifer Steinhauer / New York Times:
Lawmakers Look at Ban on High Capacity Gun Magazines
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John Hinderaker / Power Line:
What's News, and What Isn't  —  The liberal media manifest …
Discussion: Yahoo! News and Arutz Sheva
Alex Pappas / The Daily Caller:
Conservative columnist resigns after Kentucky paper refuses to run op-ed on publication's liberal bias
 

 
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