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Igor Volsky / ThinkProgress:
Jeb Bush Disagrees With His Own Book Hours After It's Published  —  Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush (R) told MSNBC's Morning Joe on Tuesday that he would support a path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants “if you can craft that in law where you can have a path to citizenship …
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Beth Reinhard / NationalJournal.com:
Jeb Bush's Poorly Timed Flip -Flop on Immigration  —  Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush's new book was aimed at nudging a reluctant Republican Party toward reforms that would allow illegal immigrants to live and work without fear of deportation.  —  But by recommending only legal residency …
Kevin Robillard / Politico:
Jeb Bush: Heartbroken by Mitt Romney loss  —  Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush said Tuesday that while Mitt Romney didn't run the best campaign, his loss “breaks my heart.”  —  “I wish Mitt Romney was president right now because I think we'd have someone who would be in the midst of trying to forge consensus …
Byron York / Washington Examiner:   Jeb Bush immigration flip could upend amnesty debate
Marc Caputo / MiamiHerald.com:
Jeb Bush reverses stance on immigration: No citizenship path for undocumented
Discussion: Post Politics
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Washington Post:
Escort says Menendez prostitution claims were made up  —  View Photo Gallery — Sen. Robert Menendez: Sen. Robert Menendez (D-N.J.) has been embroiled in a controversy involving his relations with a Miami campaign contributor and the awarding of a security contract at a port in the Dominican Republic.
Paul Krugman:
Urk, Charlie Rose Edition  —  Well, we'll see how it comes out after editing, but I feel that I just had my Denver debate moment: I was tired, cranky, and unready for the blizzard of misleading factoids and diversionary stuff (In 1997 you said that the aging population was a big problem!
Ryan Lizza / News Desk:
The Powerless Presidency  —  Last Friday's press conference by Barack Obama marked the end of an era.  It was March 1st, the day that the sequester was set to kick in, and the President had just come from a meeting with congressional leaders in the Oval Office.
Discussion: American Prospect
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Peter Foster / Agence France Presse:
Barack Obama a ‘dithering, controlling, risk-averse’ US president
Discussion: Chicago Boyz
Reuters:
North Korea threatens to scrap armistice ending war  —  (Reuters) - North Korea threatened on Tuesday to scrap an armistice that ended the 1950-53 civil war and sever a military “hotline” with the United States if South Korea and Washington pressed on with two-month-long war games.
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Associated Press:
North Korea vows to cancel Korean War cease-fire amid talk of new sanctions, continued U.S. military drills
Discussion: Gawker, Hot Air and The Raw Story
Maggie Haberman / Politico:
2012 blame game: Will it ever end?  —  Four months after taking an electoral pounding, Republicans can't agree on what went wrong in 2012 — let alone on a path to recovery.  —  Each week brings a new diagnosis of the party's woes.  Karl Rove says it's candidate quality.
Andrea Peterson / ThinkProgress:
The White House Agrees: It's Time to Legalize Cell Phone Unlocking  —  Two weeks ago, a petition asking the White House to act on a recent Library of Congress decision that restricted consumer use of cell phones reached the required threshold for a response.
Discussion: loc.gov and The Daily Caller
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Washington Post:
Obama's second-term Cabinet to play bigger policy role
Pew Research Center:
Twitter Reaction to Events Often at Odds with Overall Public Opinion  —  The reaction on Twitter to major political events and policy decisions often differs a great deal from public opinion as measured by surveys.  This is the conclusion of a year-long Pew Research Center study that compared …
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Gun talks hit a snag in Senate over universal background checks  —  The centerpiece of President Obama's gun violence agenda is in peril amid a deadlock among Senate negotiators over how to implement and enforce a proposal requiring background checks for private gun sales.
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Kurtis Lee / Denver Post:
Colorado gun bills: Senate committee votes 3-2 for universal gun checks
Discussion: Los Angeles Times
John Hinderaker / Power Line:
Obama's Thirteen Words  —  Remember George W. Bush's famous “16 words”?  They came from Bush's 2003 State of the Union speech, where Bush said: “The British Government has learned that Saddam Hussein recently sought significant quantities of uranium from Africa.”
Discussion: The Other McCain and Whiskey Fire
Yahoo! News:
Is your vanity license plate banned in D.C.?  —  Getting a politics-themed slogan on a vanity license plate in Washington, D.C. may be harder than you think.  —  According to the official list of banned D.C. plate combinations, it may take some extra creativity to get your idea accepted by the city's meticulous censors.
Discussion: Washington Examiner
Alyssa Rosenberg / ThinkProgress:
Theatrical Slut Shaming: Daily Caller Attacks Ashley Judd For Nude Scenes  —  It's a sign of how anxious the right wing is about the possibility that Ashley Judd might run for Senate against Minority Leader Mitch McConnell that the attacks on her have geared up before she's even formally entered the race.
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Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:
Ashley Judd's War With Kentucky's Coal Industry Could Doom Candidacy
Discussion: Weasel Zippers
Roger Simon / Politico:
GOP wants crazy after all these years  —  In politics, snubs are more important than invites.  —  New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, a Republican and social conservative, has been refused a speaking spot at the Conservative Political Action Conference to be held next week just outside Washington .
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Cindy Adams / New York Post:
Hotel boots rowdy Rodman over Kim Jong Un scene  —  Dennis Rodman, just back from visiting Kim Jong Un, was escorted out of the Time Hotel in Midtown on Sunday after spending hours at the restaurant bar loudly telling anyone who would listen what a great guy the North Korean dictator is.
Discussion: Gothamist and Jammie Wearing Fools
Peter Eavis / New York Times:
Dow Reaches Record High, Spurred by Fed and Profits  —  Despite everything, the stock market is back at a record high.  —  The Dow Jones industrial average, which measures the performance of 30 blue-chip companies, rose more than 100 points in morning trading on Tuesday …
Office of Communications / The Source:
Classes Canceled: Monday, March 4, 2013  —  Early this morning, there was a report of a person wearing a hood and robe resembling a KKK outfit between South and the Edmonia Lewis Center and in the vicinity of Afrikan Heritage House.  This report is being investigated by both Safety and Security and the Oberlin Police Department.
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Reuters:
Budget crisis eases as Republicans seek to avoid shutdown
Discussion: Crooks and Liars
Kate Zernike / New York Times:
Speaking Fees Bring Booker $1 Million; He Says He ‘Kept Very Little of It, if Any’
Discussion: BuzzFeed and Politico
Kevin Bohn / CNN:
From Katrina to 9-11, Bush 41 opens up about his presidential son
New York Times:
Obama Names 2 to Fill E.P.A. and Energy Posts
Pete Kasperowicz / The Hill:
Dems say sequester will hurt blacks, women more than others
Stephen Dinan / Washington Times:
Feds keep hiring with sequesters in place: 400 jobs posted on first day back
Discussion: Weasel Zippers and The PJ Tatler
BBC:
Venezuela's Hugo Chavez suffers new severe infection
CBS News:
Poll: Most feel sequester will personally affect them
 Earlier Items: 
Talking Points Memo:
Florida House Committee Blocks Medicaid Expansion
Discussion: Crooks and Liars and Balloon Juice
Luisa Kroll / Forbes:
Inside The 2013 Billionaires List: Facts and Figures
Discussion: Runnin' Scared and msnbc.com
Jackie Kucinich / Associated Press:
Senators strike deal on gun trafficking
Allysia Finley / Wall Street Journal:
The Reverse-Joads of California  —  Low- and middle-income residents …
Breanna Edwards / Politico:
Gov. Chris Christie fumes over sequester
Discussion: CNN, ABCNEWS, Althouse and BuzzFeed
Pastor Scott / Scott Lively Ministries:
The Bi-Sexual T**d in the Gay Wedding Punchbowl
 

 
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