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5:05 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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Jeremy Diamond / CNN:
Jindal won't ‘evolve’ on same-sex marriage
Ben Kamisar / The Hill:
Jindal on gay marriage: 'We're a nation of laws'
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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
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.
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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Marty Roney / The Montgomery Advertiser:
Woman held after trying to perform same-sex marriage  —  (Marty Roney, Montgomery Advertiser)  —  PRATTVILLE -  —  An Autauga County woman was charged with misdemeanor disorderly conduct Tuesday morning after offering to perform a same sex marriage inside the probate judge's office.
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Rocky Week / ABC News:
Jeb Bush News
Discussion: Yahoo! News
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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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
John Marzulli / NY Daily News:
Cop involved in fatal shooting of Akai Gurley has been indicted on manslaughter charges: source  —  Rookie cop Peter Liang was indicted Tuesday by a Brooklyn grand jury for the deadly shooting last November in an unlit stairwell in the Pink Houses, the Daily News has learned.
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
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
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 …
Discussion: ABC News
Lloyd Grove / The Daily Beast:
Axelrod: ‘Patronizing and Disrespectful’ Obama Chewed Out Maureen Dowd  —  When David Axelrod published his memoir he hoped it would be seen as a respectable political memoir.  Naturally, everyone just wants the bitchiest dish.  —  President Obama despises Maureen Dowd …
Discussion: New York Magazine and Hullabaloo
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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