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Ed O'Keefe / Washington Post:
Senators near a deal on background checks for most private gun sales — A bipartisan group of senators is on the verge of a deal that would expand background checks to all private firearms sales with limited exemptions, but significant disagreements remain on the issue of keeping records …
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Politico, The Raw Story, Scared Monkeys, The Fix, Doug Ross and Weasel Zippers
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Ezra Klein / Washington Post:
On the sequester, the American people ‘moved the goalposts’ — I don't agree with my colleague Bob Woodward, who says the Obama administration is “moving the goalposts” when they insist on a sequester replacement that includes revenues. I remember talking to both members of the Obama administration …
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The Moderate Voice, JustOneMinute, NewsBusters, Slate, Wake up America, New York Times, Outside the Beltway, Mother Jones and Balloon Juice
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Roll Call:
Does Boehner Even Have the Votes to Replace the Sequester? — Speaker John A. Boehner's decision to wait on the Senate before taking up a sequester replacement bill may be more tied to his own difficulties getting the votes for one than to a calculated political messaging strategy.
Washington Post:
The big sequester gamble: How badly will the cuts hurt? — Evan Vucci/AP - President Barack Obama speaks in Chicago Feb. 15, 2013. The president and congressional Republicans each seem content with the political ground they hold and are prepared to let across-the-board spending cuts take effect on March 1.
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Emily Goodin / The Hill:
Political movies look to win big at Oscars — Political movies are expected to rake in the trophies at Sunday night's Academy Awards ceremony. — “Argo,” a film about the 1979 Iran hostage crisis, is favored to win the biggest prize of the night: Best Picture.
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New York Times:
Violent, Drunk and Holding a Gun — Multiple mass shootings by deranged young men have made keeping firearms out of the hands of mentally ill people a big part of the gun debate. — Given the enormity of those crimes, that is understandable. Federal law does, in fact …
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protein wisdom, Prairie Weather and Daily Kos
Jim Rutenberg / New York Times:
Michael Goldfarb Gleeful Provocateur at Intersection of Many Worlds — At 11:42 a.m. on Feb. 14, a conservative online magazine called The Washington Free Beacon posted a dispatch about a speech Chuck Hagel gave in 2007 in which it said he called the State Department “an adjunct to the Israeli foreign minister's office.”
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Politico and Weekly Standard, more at Mediagazer »
Jessica Silver-Greenberg / New York Times:
Major Banks Aid in Payday Loans Banned by States — Major banks have quickly become behind-the-scenes allies of Internet-based payday lenders that offer short-term loans with interest rates sometimes exceeding 500 percent. — With 15 states banning payday loans, a growing number of the lenders …
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Washington Monthly and The Confluence
Fox News:
Proposed design of NC illegal immigrant licenses sparks concern — RALEIGH, N.C. - A new driver's license expected to be issued to some illegal immigrants in North Carolina has prompted state lawmakers and immigrant rights groups to voice concerns over the proposal.
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Glen Owen / Daily Mail:
Bombshell email: Nick Clegg was told about Lib Dem sex scandal four years ago — Nick Clegg knew more than four years ago that a top Liberal Democrat official had been accused of molesting women, a bombshell email claims. — The Deputy Prime Minister has always denied knowing about the allegations …
Catherine Deveney / Guardian:
UK's top cardinal accused of ‘inappropriate acts’ by priests — Three priests and former priest report Cardinal Keith O'Brien to Vatican over claims stretching back 33 years — Three priests and a former priest in Scotland have reported the most senior Catholic clergyman in Britain …
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New York Times, AMERICAblog, Gawker and BBC
Grae Stafford / The Daily Caller:
Juan Williams: Liberal media will ‘shut you down, stab you, kill you, fire you’ if you disagree [VIDEO] — Fox News political analyst and “Special Report” panelist Juan Williams said in an interview with The Daily Caller's Ginni Thomas that mainstream media outlets “stab” and “kill” dissenting voices.