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9:50 PM ET, February 9, 2015

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Travis J. Tritten / Stars & Stripes:
In his words: Brian Williams' interview with Stars and Stripes  —  WASHINGTON — NBC Nightly News anchor Brian Williams on Sunday scuttled what would have been his first public appearance to explain his situation when he canceled a planned appearance on the Late Show with David Letterman.
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Claire Atkinson / Page Six:
Former NBCUniversal boss comes to the defense of Brian Williams  —  Former NBCUniversal boss Bob Wright is sticking his neck out for embattled anchorman Brian Williams.  —  Wright says if NBC News had issues with some of Williams dramatics beyond the newscast, it should have said so when it first learned of them.
Josh Feldman / Mediaite:
Here's the Full Audio of Brian Williams' Apologetic Stars and Stripes Interview
Discussion: FOX News Radio
Rasmussen Reports:
Should NBC's Brian Williams Stay or Go?
Discussion: Mediaite and The Huffington Post
Ken Auletta / New Yorker:
Brian Williams and the God Complex
Discussion: Ed Driscoll and Gothamist
Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:
New Jeb Bush Chief Technology Officer Deleting Old Tweets About “Sluts”  —  Ethan Czahor's tweets began disappearing today after news broke that he had been hired by Jeb Bush.  A spokesman for Bush told BuzzFeed News: “Governor Bush believes the comments were inappropriate.  They have been deleted at our request.
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Beth Reinhard / Wall Street Journal:
Jeb Bush Plans a Website on His Tenure as Florida Governor
Ruby Cramer / BuzzFeed:
Jeb Bush In Iowa: Still A Long Way To Go
New York Times:
Same-Sex Marriages Proceed in Alabama as State Judge's Order Is Defied  —  BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Amid conflicting signals from federal courts and the chief justice of Alabama's Supreme Court, some Alabama counties began granting marriage licenses to same-sex couples on Monday in a legal showdown …
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Chris Geidner / BuzzFeed:
Marriage Equality Is Coming To America This June  —  If there was any doubt left, Justice Clarence Thomas ended it on Monday morning.  —  U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice Clarence Thomas  —  AP Photo/Dr. Scott M. Lieberman / Via s3.amazonaws.com  —  WASHINGTON — The United States Supreme Court …
Mark Sherman / Associated Press:
Justice Thomas Objects: Court Shows Support for Gay Marriage
Discussion: abc7.com and Bloomberg Business
Mike Lillis / The Hill:
WHIP LIST: Dems skipping Netanyahu speech  —  Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu might be giving the most controversial speech to a joint session of Congress ever by an international leader, and Vice President Biden and a number of top Democrats won't be attending.
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Luke Baker / Reuters:
Netanyahu considering changes to Congress speech after criticism  —  (Reuters) - Israeli officials are considering amending the format of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's planned address to the U.S. Congress next month to try to calm some of the partisan furore the Iran-focused speech has already provoked.
Laura Barron-Lopez / The Hill:
Obama prepares for divisive veto  —  President Obama is just days away from issuing the biggest veto of his tenure, with Republicans poised to send him legislation that would authorize construction of the Keystone XL pipeline.  —  Obama's veto — just the third of his presidency and the first since 2010 …
Kenneth P. Vogel / Politico:
David Brock resigns from Hillary Clinton PAC  —  David Brock on Monday abruptly resigned from the board of the super PAC Priorities USA Action, revealing rifts that threaten the big-money juggernaut being built to support Hillary Clinton's expected presidential campaign.
Vox:
Obama on American politics and economy: the Vox conversation  —  In his 2007 book The Audacity of Hope, then-Sen. Barack Obama laid out his theory of America's political and policy problems as it stood on the eve of his first presidential campaign.  He worried, he said, about …
Kristina Wong / The Hill:
Aides: War powers request this week  —  The White House is expected to send Congress a proposal for the use of military force against the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) by Wednesday, according to two congressional aides.  —  The request for authorization for use of military force …
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Julie Pace / ABC News:   Democratic Wise Man Splits Loyalties Between Obama, Clinton
Judy Kurtz / The Hill:
Hillary vs. Warren would split Hollywood
Discussion: Weekly Standard and Hot Air
Sapna Maheshwari / BuzzFeed:
Staples Threatens To Fire Staff For Working More Than 25 Hours A Week  —  In 2015, an Affordable Care Act provision requiring large employers to offer health insurance to staff working more than 30 hours a week kicked into effect.  Now, some part-time staff at Staples say management has become extra vigilant about limiting their hours.
Discussion: Business Insider
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Elisabeth Rosenthal / New York Times:
Insured, but Not Covered  —  WHEN Karen Pineman of Manhattan …
Discussion: RedState and VodkaPundit
Rebecca Riffkin / Gallup:
Fewest Americans Satisfied With Abortion Policies Since 2001  —  Story Highlights  —  WASHINGTON, D.C. — In 2015, 34% of Americans say they are satisfied with current U.S. abortion policies.  This is the lowest percentage since Gallup first asked the question in 2001.
Jonathan Jones / The Charlotte Observer:
Where was Nicole Holder?  Snowmobiling in Colorado, then off to New York City  —  Where in the world is Nicole Holder?  —  It's the question that has rankled district attorney Andrew Murray since November.  Law enforcement interviewed relatives, talked to her former employer …
Politico:
Congressman's spending brings Schock and awe  —  His “Downton Abbey” decor fits a pattern of spending on resort hotels, charter flights and a personal photographer.  —  He charters private planes and employs a personal photographer.  In Aspen, Colorado, he stays at the Little Nell, a five-star resort near the ski slopes.
Catherine Thompson / Talking Points Memo:
Fox Host: Christians Have Killed ‘Zero’ People In The Name Of Religion  —  Nearly every conservative television personality has slammed President Barack Obama's National Prayer Breakfast speech at this point.  —  But Fox News host Eric Bolling denied Saturday that Christians …
Stephanie Mencimer / Mother Jones:
Meet the Unusual Plaintiffs Behind the Supreme Court Case That Could Destroy Obamacare  —  One has called Obama the “anti-Christ.”  Another didn't realize her case might wipe out health coverage for millions.  —  On March 4, the Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in King v. Burwell …
 
 
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Numbers / Pew Research Center for the People …:
83% Say Measles Vaccine Is Safe for Healthy Children
Discussion: Washington Post and Politico
Aaron C. Davis / Washington Post:
D.C. Council backs down on marijuana hearing after attorney general warning
Discussion: Hit & Run, US News and BarbWire.com
Ronald Brownstein / National Journal:
Clinton's Greatest Political Strength May Be Hiding in Plain Sight
Discussion: Politico
Katie Valentine / ThinkProgress:
The FBI Is Making House Calls to Keystone XL Opponents
Discussion: Globe and Mail
David Kocieniewski / Bloomberg Business:
Leaked HSBC List Shows Who Was Banking on Swiss Secrecy
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Jonathan Martin / New York Times:
Rubio, Eye on 2016, Hires a Coveted Former Aide to Romney
Discussion: Hot Air, OnPolitics and Washington Post
Daily Mail:
Congresswomen who champion income equality are accused of hypocrisy for attending Grammys with wealthy Hollywood elite
Discussion: The Hill and American Spectator
Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:
Louisiana Congressman: Obama Defended ISIS With “Unpresidential” Prayer Breakfast Speech
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
Brendan James / Talking Points Memo:
Federal Appeals Judge Compares People Who Say Bush Lied To Rise Of Nazis
Jon Ward / Yahoo! News:
Louisiana governor Bobby Jindal slams Republican party changes to primary system
Discussion: Washington Monthly
Jesse Byrnes / The Hill:
TV host asks Holder to quack like a duck
Josh Zeitz / Politico:
The Death of the Three-Time Candidate
 

 
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Bloomberg:
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