memeorandum: Lawmaker Opposes Education Funding Because It Would Go To ‘Blacks’ Who Get ‘Welfare Crazy Checks’ (Kay Steiger/ThinkProgress)

2:30 PM ET, February 15, 2015

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Maureen Callahan / New York Post:

Bill Clinton's libido threatens to derail Hillary — again — She hasn't even announced, but the question has already resurfaced: Will Bill Clinton's baggage derail Hillary Clinton's presidential hopes? — Just a few weeks ago, reports broke that Bill Clinton had flown at least 11 times on …

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Maureen Dowd / New York Times:

Call Off the Dogs — WASHINGTON — I'LL pay for this column. — The Rottweilers will be unleashed. — Once the Clintons had a War Room. Now they have a Slime Room. — Once they had the sly James Carville, fondly known as “serpenthead.” Now they have the slippery David Brock, accurately known as a snake.

Caitlin MacNeal / Talking Points Memo:

Boehner: I Didn't Want ‘Interference’ From Obama In Netanyahu Speech — “Fox News Sunday” host Chris Wallace on Sunday quizzed House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) on his decision to invite Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to speak before Congress. — Boehner invited Netanyahu without consulting …

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Nick Gass / Politico:

John Boehner blames Senate Dems for blocking DHS funding — Speaker John Boehner says the House has done its job in passing a bill to fund the Department of Homeland Security, and it's Senate Democrats' fault if the department runs out of money at the end of the month.

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Evan McMurry / Mediaite:

Boehner ‘Certainly’ Prepared to Let DHS Funding Expire: Senate Dems ‘Would Be to Blame’ — Fox News Sunday host Chris Wallace repeatedly questioned House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) Sunday morning over the upcoming deadline for Department of Homeland Security funding …

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Kay Steiger / ThinkProgress:

Lawmaker Opposes Education Funding Because It Would Go To ‘Blacks’ Who Get ‘Welfare Crazy Checks’ — Mississippi state Rep. Gene Alday (R-Wells), right, listens to a colleague. — CREDIT: AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis — A Mississippi state lawmaker said he opposed putting more money …

Discussion: Talking Points Memo and Eschaton

Jerry Mitchell / The Clarion Ledger:

Miss. third-grade gate: Fear of failure — Mississippi school superintendents expect to see more than 28 percent of their students forced to repeat third grade as a result of the governor's third-grade gate. — “We are setting these kids up for failure,” predicted Nancy Loome …

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David Cameron / Observer:

Copenhagen shootings suspect was ‘known to police’ — Suspect shot dead in Denmark's capital after one person was gunned down at cafe and another at a synagogue — The gunman shot dead by police after a double terror attack on a cafe and a synagogue in Copenhagen that claimed two lives …

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Steven Erlanger / New York Times:
Police Say They Killed Suspect in 2 Attacks in Copenhagen

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BBC:
Injuries in second Copenhagen shooting

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BBC:
Danish shooting: Audio of moment gunman struck in Copenhagen cafe

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Associated Press:
2 Deadly Shootings Within Hours in Copenhagen; 5 Wounded

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Ken Stone / Times of San Diego:

Obama Depicted as Rape Suspect in Fox 5 News Graphic Error — In a stroke of Friday the 13th bad luck, Fox 5 San Diego briefly portrayed President Obama as a sex-assault suspect on its 10 o'clock news. — At 10:04 p.m., viewers heard anchor Kathleen Bade say: “The only suspect in a sex assault at SDSU will not be charged.”

Discussion: Political Wire, Scared Monkeys, FreakOutNation, Raw Story and Addicting Info

Matt Peterson / Crime Blog:

UT-Arlington student admits making up claim that gunman followed her to campus, threatened her — Texas Hall is a few blocks north of Lot 49, where the student said she was confronted. — A UT-Arlington student who claimed she was threatened at gunpoint on campus this week admitted Friday that she'd lied …

Discussion: BizPac Review, John Hawkins' Right Wing News, The Gateway Pundit and Pamela Geller, Atlas Shrugs

Agence France-Presse:

Hezbollah chief urges backers to stop celebratory gunfire — Beirut (AFP) - The head of Lebanon's powerful Hezbollah movement on Sunday urged supporters to refrain from the volleys of celebratory gunfire that they unleash during his periodic speeches. — “I urge you... to abstain categorically …

Discussion: The PJ Tatler

Daniel Halper / Weekly Standard:

Bibi Ad Shows ISIS Asking Directions to Jerusalem — In the latest Likud ad for the upcoming Israeli elections, a group of ISIS terrorists (played by actors, of course) are seen asking for directions to Jerusalem. Likud is led by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Elections there are a month away.

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