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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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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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Mother Jones calls on O'Reilly to apologize
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Bill O'Reilly Shoots Down ‘Mother Jones’ War Report: ‘A Giant Piece of Defamation’

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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Obama to seek emergency order restarting immigration programs
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Jeb Bush Chooses to Be Cross-Examined at CPAC — As the American Conservative Union puts final touches on its annual political conference next week, they've offered potential Republican presidential contenders the option of a moderated question-and-answer session instead speaking from a podium …
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Washington Monthly, US News, Politico and USA Today
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A Fire Bell in the Night
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GOP Opposition Research Hand Tim Miller Joins Jeb Bush Team
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The Daily Caller, Talking Points Memo, Metro Weekly, Hullabaloo and New Hampshire Journal

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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Tax Error In Health Act Has Impact On 800,000
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The Verge, Josh Blackman's Blog, New York Magazine, hrms.urban.org and The Week

Health Exchange Sign-Up Period Extended Through Tax Season
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Washington Post, Daily Kos, Watchdog.org, Weekly Standard, Liberal Values, Twitchy, The Huffington Post and American Spectator


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, The Gateway Pundit and The Week
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Thaddeus Murphy arrested for January Colorado Springs NAACP bombing
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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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What Rudy Giuliani knows about love — a response to his 'doesn't love America' critique of Obama

The media rushes to defend Obama's honor from Rudy Giuliani
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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 …


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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Politico, National Journal, Talking Points Memo and Daily Kos


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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New York Times, Hot Air, Weekly Standard, The PJ Tatler, US Department of State, The Daily Caller and American Spectator


Obama Takes On Rand Paul For Just ‘Talking the Talk’ … President Obama delivered a rallying cry to Democrats at the party's winter meeting in Washington, D.C., today, urging an unabashed embrace of his economic record as they head into the 2016 campaign. — “We were told by our good friends …
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BarbWire Pundit: Obama Will Create A ‘North American Caliphate’ As His ‘Final Solution For The USA’ — Citing a fabricated quote from “The Audacity of Hope,” which she claims may have actually been written by Bill Ayers, BarbWire columnist Sher Zieve writes today that President Obama is bent on …
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BarbWire.com and FOX News Radio


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 …


What Vegas Suspect Told Mom, Daughter After ‘Road Rage’ — Tammy Meyers' teenage daughter told police the man she and her mother encountered near their Las Vegas home in an apparent “road rage” incident got out of the driver's seat and said, “I'm gonna come back for you and your daughter,” according to a police warrant issued today.
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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

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.


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
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MSNBC pulls ‘Ronan Farrow’, ‘Reid Report’
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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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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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