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6:15 PM ET, February 25, 2014

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Mackenzie Weinger / Politico:
Rush Limbaugh: Jan Brewer being ‘bullied’ to veto  —  Right talk radio is turning its focus this week to Arizona's controversial bill that would allow business owners to deny service to gay and lesbian customers, and Rush Limbaugh is leading with the charge that Gov. Jan Brewer is being …
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ThinkProgress:
Apple Warns Arizona Governor Anti-Gay Bill Will Hurt Highly Anticipated Sapphire Glass Factory  —  Apple called up Arizona's governor, Jan Brewer (R) Tuesday to urge her to veto the state's anti-gay bill.  —  The state's controversial SB 1062 bill allows individuals to discriminate …
Arizona Republic:
SB 1062 opponents are putting Arizona at risk
Discussion: ThinkProgress
Ben Giles / Arizona Capitol Times:
Senators on SB1062: “We made a mistake”
Arizona Republic:   Don't wait to veto SB 1062, Gov. Brewer
Dan Merica / CNN:
Atheists plan conservative outreach with booth at CPAC  —  Washington (CNN) - American Atheists, an outspoken organization that advocates for atheists nationwide, will have a booth at the 2014 Conservative Political Action Conference.  —  The atheist institution, which is well known …
Discussion: Politico, Joe. My. God. and Hot Air
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Daniel Strauss / Talking Points Memo:
Conservatives Boot American Atheists From Booth At Conference
Discussion: The Raw Story and Joe. My. God.
Dave Muscato / American Atheists:
Atheists March Into Lions' Den at CPAC
Discussion: Post Politics
Dan Merica / CNN:
CPAC reverses decision, will not allow atheist group at conservative conference
Discussion: American Atheists
Jose Pagliery / CNNMoney.com:
Mt.Gox site disappears, Bitcoin future in doubt  —  What was once the world's largest trading platform for bitcoins is now a blank page.  —  The Bitcoin-trading website Mt.Gox was taken offline late Monday, putting at risk millions of dollars put there by investors who gambled on the digital currency.
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ThinkProgress:
Oops: Dick Cheney Unintentionally Trashes Troops In Attempt To Hit Obama  —  Former Vice President Dick Cheney took to Fox News on Monday night to lambaste the Obama administration's proposed cuts to the military budget, lamenting the president's desire to ensure that Americans have access …
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Bill / The Hill:
Bill Press: Democrats' Enemy No. 1  —  Democrats have a big job in 2014: they need to hold onto control of the Senate, win back leadership of the House, and elect Democratic governors and state legislators in key states.  But to get there, they face one big obstacle.
Discussion: CNN
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Curtis Gans / Washington Monthly:
Midterm Signals and Noise
Discussion: Booman Tribune and BillMoyers.com
Eliana Johnson / National Review:   Bill Cassidy: The End of the Landrieu Line?
Cameron Joseph / The Hill:
Debbie Dingell will run for husband's seat  —  Democratic power player Debbie Dingell will run for her husband's congressional seat and announce her campaign on Friday, a source close to the Dingells tells The Hill.  —  “She is going to announce her candidacy on Friday.
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Post Politics:
Debbie Dingell to run for House seat being vacated by John Dingell
Emmeline Zhao / RealClearEducation:
Blue Devil: The Duke Porn Star and College Costs  —  Stories about soaring college costs are perennial media favorites, at once playing to parental anxiety while highlighting a genuine education problem.  But this one was different: A Duke University freshman confirmed to her college paper …
The Hill:
ObamaCare stars fade  —  The Obama administration is short of star power as it begins its last public relations blitz for ObamaCare.  —  President Obama's celebrity supporters are not in the forefront as they were during the star-studded campaign-style videos that hogged the airwaves in 2008.
Anielle / Americans Against the Tea Party:
Michigan Man Shoots Himself Dead While Showing Girlfriend That Guns Are Safe  —  A 36-year-old Michigan man was exercising his Second Amendment right when he shot and killed himself on Sunday.  The fatal shooting occurred accidentally while the man attempted to demonstrate gun safety to his girlfriend while intoxicated.
Discussion: Joe. My. God.
Daniel Halper / Weekly Standard:
Bibi, Merkel Photo Makes Waves  —  German chancellor Angela Merkel is in Israel visiting Israel's prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu.  This photo, apparently taken by photographer Marc Israel Sellem of the Jerusalem Post is making waves:  —  As Jerusalem Post report Ben Hartman notes on Twitter:
Conor Friedersdorf / The Atlantic Online:
Opponents of Pentagon-Budget Cuts Just Played the Entire Media  —  On Monday, large swaths of the news media reported on the Obama Administration's proposed military budget using the same misleading frame.  As the New York Times stated in its headline, “Pentagon Plans to Shrink Army to Pre-World War II Level.”
Sahil Kapur / Talking Points Memo:
Oops: GOP Bill Would Strip 1 Million Workers Of Health Coverage  —  A Republican-led bill designed to “save American workers” would cause 1 million workers to lose their health care coverage and increase the deficit by $74 billion, according to Congress' official scorekeeper.
Discussion: ThinkProgress
Dana Liebelson / Mother Jones:
Georgia Wants to Allow Businesses to Kick Gay People Out of Diners  —  Welcome center: DanTD/Wikimedia Commons; Plank: Nuttapong/Shutterstock.  Photoillustration by Matt Connolly.  —  A bill moving swiftly through the Georgia House of Representatives would allow business owners …
J.D. Harrison / Washington Post:
Obama administration: Health law's new rules will increase costs for most small businesses  —  Nearly two-thirds of small businesses that currently offer health insurance to their workers will pay more for coverage as a result of new rules in the health care law, as will millions …
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Richard Lawler / Engadget:
Netflix mocks Amazon Prime Air with hilarious ‘Drone 2 Home’ video  —  BY RICHARD LAWLER @RJCC FEB 25TH 2014 6:56AM  —  Netflix's not-Qwikster DVD-by-mail business doesn't get the same amount of attention as the company's streaming arm, but as this video (embedded after the break) shows, it still has some imagination.
Washington Free Beacon:
Florida Democrat: Without Immigration Reform, Where Will We Get Our Landscapers and Maids?  —  Florida Democratic congressional candidate Alex Sink said immigration reform was important at a Tuesday debate because, without it, it would be difficult for employers to find people to clean hotel rooms and do landscaping.
 
 
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Fox News:
Bible stops two bullets to save life of Ohio bus driver, police say
Richard Balmforth / Reuters:
In Ukraine turbulence, a lad from Lviv becomes the toast of Kiev
Discussion: Daily Kos
Dave Helling / Kansas City Star:
Radiologist's lawsuit becomes an issue in campaign for Senate in Kansas
Justin McCarthy / Gallup:
Americans' Views of Romney Little Changed Since Election
Matt K. Lewis / The Daily Caller:
When ‘leave us alone’ became ‘bake us a cake!’
Discussion: Hot Air and Ed Driscoll
Rebecca Adams / The Huffington Post:
Tim Gunn On Transgender Models, His Sexuality & Finding Role Models
Discussion: Advocate and Shakesville
Dylan Byers / Politico:
Josh Barro to join The New York Times
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Molly Redden / Mother Jones:
GOP Lawmaker: We Need to Ban Sex-Based Abortions Because of Asian Immigrants
Catherine Thompson / Talking Points Memo:
Nugent Takes Credit For Getting Piers Morgan's ‘Ass Thrown Out’ At CNN
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
Lori Montgomery / Washington Post:
House GOP tax plan would cut top rates but also hit high earners with a surtax
Joe McLean / The Daily Beast:
Stand Your Ground With Your Smartphone
Discussion: Yahoo! News
Noah Rothman / Mediaite:
CNN's Jeffrey Toobin: Supreme Court Afraid of The Daily Show
Discussion: Politico and TheBlaze.com
Sam Stein / The Huffington Post:
GOP Lobbyist Behind Anti-Gay NFL Bill Has A Gay Brother
Glenn Greenwald / The Intercept:
How Covert Agents Infiltrate the Internet to Manipulate, Deceive, and Destroy Reputations
 

 
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Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Sources: Apple is testing a more conversational version of Siri, dubbed “LLM Siri”, with plans to release it in spring 2026 as part of iOS 19 and macOS 16

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