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12:55 PM ET, February 16, 2015

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Glenn Harlan Reynolds / USA Today:
Scott Walker's national education effect: Column  —  The college dropout governor may bring reality back to an Ivy League-suffocated government.  —  A lot of people don't know much about him yet, and he may not even be running, but if Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker is elected president in 2016 …
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Ed Kilgore / Washington Monthly:
A Presidential Education  —  One of the issues raised by Scott Walker's quick ascendancy to the top tier of presidential candidacy in the 2016 Invisible Primary is the phony scandal of his lack of a college degree.  I call it a “phony scandal” because while there have been a few liberals …
Discussion: Booman Tribune
Los Angeles Times:
Republican majorities struggle to get Congress working  —  After six weeks in session and 139 roll call votes in a House and Senate that feature some of the largest Republican majorities in generations, one of the most telling statistics from the new Congress is this: President Obama's veto threats outnumber …
Discussion: Horizons
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Keith Laing / The Hill:
Boehner ‘certainly’ prepared to let DHS funding expire
Discussion: Daily Kos
David Lerman / Bloomberg Business:   Democrats to Be at Fault If Homeland Money Ends: Boehner
Chris Stephen / Guardian:
Libya and Egypt launch air strikes against Isis after militants post beheadings video  —  President Sisi had vowed to ‘avenge the criminal killings’ after release of video purporting to show killing of 21 Christians, believed to be kidnapped Egyptians  —  Egypt reported that its war planes …
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Reuters:
Egypt bombs Islamic State targets in Libya after 21 Egyptians beheaded
Discussion: Fox News, Associated Press and The Week
New York Post:
Let's see her e-mails  —  It's been nearly two years since Lois Lerner planted a question at an American Bar Association gathering to slip in the fact that the IRS had singled out Tea Party groups for special scrutiny.  —  Since then, we've learned the following:
The Atlantic Online:
What ISIS Really Wants  —  The Islamic State is no mere collection of psychopaths.  It is a religious group with carefully considered beliefs, among them that it is a key agent of the coming apocalypse.  Here's what that means for its strategy—and for how to stop it.  —  Graeme Wood
Discussion: RedState and Hot Air
Daily Mail:
Mother of four shot in road rage horror while teaching daughter to drive dies as grieving husband vows to find mystery killer  — Las Vegas mom Tammy Meyers, 44, gave her 15-year-old daughter a driving lesson that triggered an unthinkable chain of events  — A car allegedly followed …
Discussion: Liberaland, FOX News Radio and ABC News
Tim Devaney / The Hill:
GOP cools on Loretta Lynch  —  President Obama's pick to serve as the next attorney general is having a hard time finding Republican supporters.  —  To be confirmed by the Senate, attorney general nominee Loretta Lynch only needs four Republicans to support her nomination.
Yanis Varoufakis / New York Times:
No Time for Games in Europe  —  ATHENS — I am writing this piece on the margins of a crucial negotiation with my country's creditors — a negotiation the result of which may mark a generation, and even prove a turning point for Europe's unfolding experiment with monetary union.
Paul Waldman / Washington Post:
Get ready for the return of the Global War On Terror  —  Are you ready for a revival of the Global War on Terror?  Not that it ever really went away (even if President Obama retired the term), but the increasingly complex situation with ISIS is moving America toward a return to the days of fear and loathing …
Matt Grant / WESH-TV:
Hundreds of teens cause chaos in Ocoee  —  Fights erupt, shots fired outside movie theater  —  Police made two arrests after a night of mayhem in Ocoee on Saturday.  —  Authorities with the Ocoee Police Department said one juvenile was arrested on charges of battery and resisting arrest without violence.
Ian Parker / New Yorker:
The Shape of Things to Come  —  How an industrial designer became Apple's greatest product.  —  I. Launch Day … “We can do this the easy way or we can do this the cute way.”  —  BUY THE PRINT » … II. The Studio … “Excuse me—those performance reviews were supposed to be anonymous.”
Michael Wilner / Jerusalem Post:
Washington officials deny report of freezing Israel out of Iran nuclear talks  —  Jewish congressmen ask Boehner to explain accusation ...  Boehner admits making calculated move not to inform W...  Earlier on Sunday, Channel 2 reported that Obama administration would cease providing Israel …
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Agence France-Presse:
Netanyahu urges Jews to move to Israel after Copenhagen attacks
Evan McMurry / Mediaite:
Boehner: Didn't Want White House Screwing up Netanyahu Invitation with Their ‘Animosity’
Discussion: Haaretz and FOX News Radio
 
 
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Sean Kelly / OpposingViews.com:
Texas Fireman Responds To Houston Islamic Center Fire: ‘Let It Burn’
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Fox News:
Surveyors to announce Washington Monument's new official, shorter height
Discussion: The PJ Tatler and Washington Times
Nick Gass / Politico:
Early state polls show wide-open GOP primary
Discussion: The Hill and The Daily Caller
Jeryl Bier / Weekly Standard:
HHS Pushes Church Talking Points, Bulletins to Promote Obamacare
Discussion: Scared Monkeys and Raw Story
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Richard Benedetto / The Hill:
Washington and Lincoln, forgotten on Presidents Day
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Anomaly / FreakOutNation:
North Carolina Paper Issues Correction: Obama Is Not The Antichrist (Whew!)
Discussion: Scared Monkeys and myfox8.com
New York Times:
C.I.A. Is Said to Have Bought and Destroyed Iraqi Chemical Weapons
Discussion: Hot Air and Antiwar.com
Jennifer Jacobs / Des Moines Register:
Rick Perry hires Iowans, heads to Sioux City
David / Latest from Crooks and Liars:
Fox Host Grills Roy Moore: You Already Got Fired Once For Putting Yourself ‘Above The Law’
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Caitlin Huston / The Hollywood Reporter:
Internal memo: Hearst Magazines president announces layoffs as part of a decision to “reallocate resources” to “continue our focus on digital innovation”

Lachlan Cartwright / The Ankler:
Sources: MSNBC renewed Rachel Maddow's contract early this fall, but with a pay cut; MSNBC bosses' plan to shake up daytime and weekend programming

Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica:
FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel announced she will leave the agency on January 20; she was the first woman to be confirmed to lead the agency

 
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