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Wayne Barrett / NY Daily News:
What Rudy Giuliani knows about love — a response to his 'doesn't love America' critique of Obama — Rudy Giuliani knows a lot about love. — Ask Regina Peruggi, the second cousin he grew up with and married, who was “offended” when Rudy later engineered an annulment from the priest …
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Arlette Saenz / ABC News:
Rudy Giuliani: White House Says It Feels ‘Sorry’ For Him … White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest said today that he feels “sorry” for former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani, who is under fire for recently questioning President Obama's love for America.
Noah Rothman / Hot Air:
The media rushes to defend Obama's honor from Rudy Giuliani
The media rushes to defend Obama's honor from Rudy Giuliani
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The CMS Blog:
What Consumers Need to Know about Corrected Form 1095-As — Last year, millions of Americans used advance payments of tax credits to help lower the cost of their monthly health insurance premiums. Now that tax season is here, individuals and families enrolled in a health plan through …
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Politico, Health Insurance Blog, Health Affairs Blog and KVNF Public Radio
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Robert Pear / New York Times:
800,000 Using HealthCare.gov Were Sent Incorrect Tax Data — WASHINGTON — About 800,000 taxpayers who enrolled in insurance policies through HealthCare.gov received erroneous tax information from the government, and were urged on Friday to hold off on filing tax returns until the error could be corrected.
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The Verge, hrms.urban.org, New York Magazine, Josh Blackman's Blog and The Week
Louise Radnofsky / Wall Street Journal:
Health Exchange Sign-Up Period Extended Through Tax Season
Health Exchange Sign-Up Period Extended Through Tax Season
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Weekly Standard, Watchdog.org, Washington Post, Daily Kos, The Huffington Post, American Spectator, Liberal Values and Twitchy
Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar / Associated Press:
800,000 HealthCare.gov customers given wrong tax info
800,000 HealthCare.gov customers given wrong tax info
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Hit & Run, Hot Air, Business Insider and John Hawkins' Right Wing News
Dylan Byers / Politico:
Mother Jones calls on O'Reilly to apologize — The editors-in-chief at Mother Jones have written a letter to Fox News requesting that Bill O'Reilly apologize for saying that journalist David Corn deserved to be “in the kill zone,” the On Media blog has learned.
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Mediaite and The Huffington Post, more at Mediagazer »
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David Corn / Mother Jones:
These Are the Questions Bill O'Reilly Won't Answer
These Are the Questions Bill O'Reilly Won't Answer
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Talking Points Memo, Daily Kos, Deadline and TVNewser
William Kristol / Weekly Standard:
A Fire Bell in the Night — Dozing off as we pored through a raft of mostly meaningless polls this week, we were startled awake by one set of findings. The CNN/ORC survey released February 18 was The Weekly Standard's own little fire bell in the night. — What, you surely ask, alarmed us so?
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Washington Monthly, neo-neocon and alicublog
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Beth Reinhard / Wall Street Journal:
GOP Opposition Research Hand Tim Miller Joins Jeb Bush Team
GOP Opposition Research Hand Tim Miller Joins Jeb Bush Team
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New Hampshire Journal, Metro Weekly, Talking Points Memo and The Daily Caller
CNN:
DHS intelligence report warns of domestic right-wing terror threat — Hunter: Terrorists crossed U.S. border — Story highlights — Intelligence assessment focuses on domestic terror threat from right-wing sovereign citizen extremists — Some law enforcement groups view domestic terror threat …
DipNote:
What Solutions Do You Think Are Most Critical To Countering Violent Extremism? — This week, the White House hosted a Summit to Counter Violent Extremism to highlight domestic and international efforts to prevent violent extremists and their supporters from radicalizing, recruiting …
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Weekly Standard, The PJ Tatler, The Moderate Voice, US Department of State and American Spectator
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Michael S. Schmidt / New York Times:
F.B.I. Chief Not Invited to Meeting on Countering Violent Extremism
F.B.I. Chief Not Invited to Meeting on Countering Violent Extremism
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The Daily Caller, White House Dossier and John Hawkins' Right Wing News
Lloyd Grove / The Daily Beast:
After MSNBC Axes Ronan Farrow and Joy Reid's Shows, Is Chris Hayes Next? — As its afternoon shows hosted by Ronan Farrow and Joy Reid are canceled due to poor ratings, MSNBC is reportedly planning to replace Chris Hayes with Rachel Maddow. — It was hardly a surprise Thursday …
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PoliticusUSA, The Daily Caller, Gawker, US News, Truth Revolt, Hot Air, Mediaite, The Other McCain, TVbytheNumbers, Ed Driscoll and American Power
Associated Press:
Unwelcome Mat: White House Tries to Counter Netanyahu Visit — In what is becoming an increasingly nasty grudge match, the White House is mulling ways to undercut Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's upcoming trip to Washington and blunt his message that a potential nuclear deal with Iran is bad for Israel and the world.
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Political Wire and ABC News
Mike Lillis / The Hill:
Obama to seek emergency order restarting immigration programs — The Obama administration will seek an emergency court order to move forward with President Obama's executive action on immigration. — Officials at the Department of Justice (DOJ) plan to seek what is known as an emergency stay …
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Immigration Impact
KUSA-TV:
Arrest made in Colorado Springs bombing — COLORADO SPRINGS - 9Wants to Know has learned a man has been arrested in connection with a bombing that occurred at a building housing the NAACP and other businesses. — Investigators are looking into the possibility a tax preparation business …
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Little Green Footballs, Mediaite, Daily Kos and The Week
Patrick Marley / JSOnline:
Scott Walker says he'll sign fast-tracked right-to-work bill — By Patrick Marley and Jason Stein of the Journal Sentinel — Madison — After saying in his re-election bid that he wouldn't push so-called right-to-work legislation, Gov. Scott Walker voiced support for it Friday and committed to signing it …
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Talking Points Memo, National Journal and Daily Kos
Anthony Man / Sun-Sentinel:
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Politico, Hit & Run, Post On Politics, Daily Kos, Talking Points Memo and Mediaite
E. J. Graff / New York Times:
Boston's Winter From Hell — CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — BY now you've seen the starkly beautiful shots of Boston buried under snow: the panoramic city under a white blanket; snowbanks so high they crest over parked cars; piercing icicles glinting for two full stories from gutters dammed with ice …
Julia Marsh / New York Post:
Rent-stabilized tenant evicted after cashing in on Airbnb — This posh Hell's Kitchen apartment was advertised on Airbnb with a profile that featured Henry Ikezi (inset). — This could help doom scores of Airbnb rentals. — A Manhattan Housing Court judge has ruled that rent-stabilized tenants …
Timothy Egan / New York Times:
The Plot to Kill Health Care — Republicans hate activist judges — those black-robed elites who are willing to upset the lives of millions of people just to further a political cause. Ditto trial lawyers trolling for clients, the ambulance-chasing, “Better Call Saul” guys. They hate them, until they need them.
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The PJ Tatler
Charles Krauthammer / Washington Post:
Abolish the filibuster — I've been radicalized. By Harry Reid and Barack Obama. Goodbye moderation and sweet reason. No more clinging to constitutional and procedural restraint. It's time to go nuclear. — In the fourth quarter of his presidency, Obama unbound is abusing presidential authority …
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Power Line, Hot Air and Fox News Insider
Richard Justice / MLB.com:
MLB announces pace of game initiatives, replay modifications — Richard Justice joins Fran Charles on MLB Tonight to discuss how baseball is incorporating new pace of play rules — Baseball Commissioner Robert D. Manfred, Jr., Major League Baseball Players Association Executive Director Tony Clark …
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KVNF Public Radio
Rasmussen Reports:
Should Obama Ignore the Federal Courts? — President Obama's immigration plan and his national health care law both face legal challenges this year that could bring them to a halt. But one-in-four voters think the president should be able to ignore the courts if he wants to, and Democrats believe that even more strongly.
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The Daily Caller and Hot Air