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Bill O'Reilly's Talking Points Memo 2/20/15 Airing Tonight at 8PM ET — O'REILLY FACTOR TALKING POINTS MEMO — Hi, I'm Bill O'Reilly ... thanks for watching us tonight ... more proof the American media is corrupt. — That is the subject of this evening's Talking Points memo.
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Politico, Mother Jones, TVNewser, Raw Story, Mediaite and Poynter, more at Mediagazer »
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David Corn / Mother Jones:
These Are the Questions Bill O'Reilly Won't Answer — Why won't the Fox News host address the evidence he mischaracterized his wartime reporting experience? — On Thursday, Mother Jones published an article by Daniel Schulman and me that documented how Fox News host Bill O'Reilly …
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Deadline, Talking Points Memo, Raw Story, TVNewser, Daily Kos and The Huffington Post, more at Mediagazer »
Dylan Byers / Politico:
Mother Jones calls on O'Reilly to apologize
Mother Jones calls on O'Reilly to apologize
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The Huffington Post and Mediaite
Brian Flood / TVNewser:
Bill O'Reilly Shoots Down ‘Mother Jones’ War Report: ‘A Giant Piece of Defamation’
Bill O'Reilly Shoots Down ‘Mother Jones’ War Report: ‘A Giant Piece of Defamation’
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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Mike Lillis / The Hill:
Obama to seek emergency order restarting immigration programs
Obama to seek emergency order restarting immigration programs
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Immigration Impact
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.
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Wall Street Journal, Talking Points Memo, CNN and Politico
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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Health Insurance Blog, Politico, 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
800,000 Using HealthCare.gov Were Sent Incorrect Tax Data
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hrms.urban.org, The Verge, Josh Blackman's Blog, New York Magazine 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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Washington Post, Daily Kos, Watchdog.org, Weekly Standard, Liberal Values, The Huffington Post, Twitchy and American Spectator
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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The Gateway Pundit, Little Green Footballs, Mediaite and The Week
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Shaun KingFollow / Daily Kos:
Thaddeus Murphy arrested for January Colorado Springs NAACP bombing
Thaddeus Murphy arrested for January Colorado Springs NAACP bombing
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FOX News Radio
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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Michael C Bender / Bloomberg Business:
Jeb Bush Chooses to Be Cross-Examined at CPAC
Jeb Bush Chooses to Be Cross-Examined at CPAC
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Washington Monthly, US News, Politico and USA Today
Mike Allen / Politico:
Big hire for Jeb: Tim Miller as comms director
Big hire for Jeb: Tim Miller as comms director
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Wall Street Journal, The Daily Caller, Hullabaloo and Metro Weekly
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 …
Katie Pavlich / Townhall.com:
ISIS Continues to Directly Threaten Military Families — As the Obama administration continues its sluggish bombing campaign against the Islamic State, ISIS fighters are waging a war directly on the families of U.S. military soldiers. — Last week Angela Ricketts, the wife …
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John Hawkins' Right Wing News
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 …
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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National Journal, Talking Points Memo and Daily Kos
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, Hot Air, New York Times, The PJ Tatler, US Department of State, The Daily Caller and American Spectator
Conor Friedersdorf / The Atlantic Online:
The Danger of Being Neighborly Without a Permit — Three years ago, The Los Angeles Times published a feel-good story on the Little Free Library movement. The idea is simple: A book lover puts a box or shelf or crate of books in their front yard. Neighbors browse, take one, and return later with a replacement.
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 …
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Gothamist
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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The Atlantic Online, ESPN and KVNF Public Radio
Anthony Man / Sun-Sentinel:
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Politico, Hit & Run, Post On Politics, Daily Kos, Mediaite and Talking Points Memo
Martin Evans / Telegraph:
Three missing London schoolgirls ‘travelling to Syria to join Isil’ — Metropolitan Police ‘extremely concerned’ about three teenage girls from east London school believed to be attempting to travel to Syria via Turkey — Police are appealing for help to find three schoolgirls …
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Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, The Hugh Hewitt Show and Truth Revolt
Peggy Noonan / Wall Street Journal:
An Administration Adrift on Denial — Why won't the president think clearly about the nature of the Islamic State? — Great essays tell big truths. A deeply reported piece in next month's Atlantic magazine does precisely that, and in a way devastating to the Obama administration's thinking on ISIS.
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Horizons, Power Line and The Hugh Hewitt Show
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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Gawker, PoliticusUSA, The Daily Caller, Truth Revolt, US News, Hot Air, The Other McCain, Mediaite, Ed Driscoll, TVbytheNumbers and American Power