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3:50 PM ET, February 10, 2015

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Zeke J Miller / TIME:
Axelrod: Obama Misled Nation When He Opposed Gay Marriage In 2008  —  A striking admission of political dishonesty from the keeper of the Obama flame  —  Barack Obama misled Americans for his own political benefit when he claimed in the 2008 election to oppose same sex marriage for religious reasons …
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The White House:
Statement by the President on the Death of Kayla Jean Mueller
Rukmini Callimachi / New York Times:
Death of Kayla Mueller, ISIS Hostage, Confirmed by Family and White House
ABC News:
American ISIS Hostage Kayla Mueller Dead, White House Says
Bob Cusack / The Hill:
Feds won't release IRS targeting documents  —  The Obama administration is refusing to publicly release more than 500 documents on the IRS's targeting of Tea Party groups.  —  Twenty months after the IRS scandal broke, there are still many unanswered questions about who was spearheading …
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Guy Benson / Townhall.com:
Surprise: Obama Administration Still Stonewalling on IRS Scandal  —  The Inspector General's office charged with looking into the IRS targeting scandal has denied Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests filed by The Hill pertaining to more than 500 correspondences between their office …
The Hill:
Dem boycott of Netanyahu address to Congress grows  —  More than a dozen congressional Democrats say they plan to skip Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's speech to a joint session of Congress amid conflicting signals over whether he will pull out from the March 3 address.
Discussion: Hot Air
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Jennifer Jacobs / Des Moines Register:
First 2016 presidential hopeful to open an Iowa office: Scott Walker  —  Scott Walker, the Republican who leads the presidential pack in Iowa polling, is the first of the 2016 White House aspirants to open an office here.  —  A political organization created by Walker, the governor of Wisconsin …
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Jennifer Jacobs / Des Moines Register:
Christie: Liberal New Jersey prepared me for presidency
Ali Elkin / Bloomberg Business:
The Media Guide to Covering Donald Trump
Discussion: BuzzFeed
Fox News:
School worksheet tells kids GOP thinks helping poor ‘waste of money,’ parent claims  —  A Wisconsin mother claims this quiz was administered to her 16-year-old son and his classmates in their 11th-grade U.S. government and politics class at Nathan Hale High School in West Allis, Wisc.
New York Times:
Brian Williams Loses Lofty Spot on a Trustworthiness Scale  —  If Brian Williams's future as the anchor of “NBC Nightly News” rests on his trustworthiness and ratings, new research delivered some sobering news on Monday.  —  Before Mr. Williams apologized for exaggerating an account …
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Tara Parker-Pope / New York Times:
Was Brian Williams a Victim of False Memory?
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Justin Sink / The Hill:
Axelrod: Obama knew Prayer Breakfast remarks would provoke  —  President Obama's comments referencing the Crusades and Jim Crow during the National Prayer Breakfast appeared intentionally “provocative,” former adviser David Axelrod said Monday.  —  Obama has faced heated criticism for the comments …
Discussion: Politico
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Miranda Blue / Right Wing Watch:
Star Parker: Obama's Prayer Breakfast Speech Was ‘Verbal Rape’
Daily Mail:
Two couples who discovered they had been given the wrong babies TEN YEARS after their daughters were born are awarded 2million euros by French court  —  Two French couples who discovered they had been given the wrong babies ten years after their daughters were born due to a hospital mix …
Discussion: FOX News Radio
Ben Kamisar / The Hill:
Jindal on gay marriage: 'We're a nation of laws'  —  Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal (R) says he wants Congress to pass an amendment to the Constitution if the Supreme Court decides to overrule state gay marriage bans.  —  “We're a nation of laws, that's why I said I want the Supreme Court …
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Hal Yeager / ABC News:
Over Half of Alabama Counties Defy Feds by Blocking Gay Marriage
Robert Costa / Washington Post:
Democrats suffering from Clinton fatigue say they're ready for Warren  —  AMES, Iowa — Thirteen Iowa Democrats wearily took their seats here this weekend and discussed among themselves the source of their angst: Hillary Rodham Clinton.  —  “I'm utterly tired, tired of the Clintons …
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Conor Friedersdorf / The Atlantic Online:
Stripping a Professor of Tenure Over a Blog Post  —  Professor John McAdams is being stripped of tenure by Marquette University for writing a blog post that administrators characterize as inaccurate and irresponsible.  —  Academics all over the United States ought to denounce the firing of the 69-year-old …
Rebecca Frech / Shoved to Them:
The Media May Ignore Them, But They're Fighting ISIS and WINNING  —  The news broke last week that the monsters of ISIS had burned a Jordanian pilot to death, and the King of Jordan responded with airstrikes and a public vow to wipe ISIS from the face of the Earth.
Discussion: National Review
James Hohmann / Politico:
Bobby Jindal vs. the world  —  He says elites can't stand the idea of an Ivy-League-educated pure conservative.  —  AP Photo  —  In the past few weeks, Bobby Jindal has been attacked for insisting that Europe allows Muslims to control special “no-go zones,” belittled by the Weekly Standard for offering a …
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Michael C Bender / Bloomberg Business:   How Long Will Jeb Bush Hold His Fire on His Republican Rivals?
Peter Sullivan / The Hill:
Rand Paul misses vaccines hearing  —  Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) was absent from a Senate hearing on vaccines Tuesday — one week after he came under criticism for suggesting a link between vaccines and mental disorders in children.  —  Paul was one of eight senators who missed the hearing of the Senate Health …
Hadas Gold / Politico:
The Guardian hires Chelsea Manning  —  Chelsea Manning is joining The Guardian U.S. as a contributing opinion writer, the site's editor-in-chief, Katharine Viner, announced on Tuesday.  —  Manning, previously known as Bradley Manning, was an Army private who was convicted in 2013 and is serving …
 
 
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