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Cesar Vargas / The Hill:
Mr. President, don't back down on immigration — This week, a federal judge in Texas issued an injunction preventing the implementation of immigration programs that would provide deportation relief to Dreamers and parents of U.S. citizens and legal permanent residents.
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Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion and Immigration Impact
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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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The Hill, Mediaite, Hot Air, The Gateway Pundit and Daily Kos
The Huffington Post:
Two House Bills Would End Federal Prohibition Of Marijuana — Two congressmen filed separate House bills on Friday that together would legalize, regulate and tax marijuana at the federal level, effectively ending the U.S. government's decadeslong prohibition of the plant.
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Washington Monthly
Susan Yoshihara, Ph.D. / C-FAM:
Obama Tells Faith-Based Groups they Must Refer Refugee Children for Abortions — NEW YORK, February 20 (C-Fam) The Obama administration is getting ready to issue new rules requiring charities to provide abortions to child refugees entering the US without their parents.
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RedState and The Gateway Pundit
Joe Raedle / National Review:
Rudy Is Right — Barack Obama doesn't even like America. — Rudy Giuliani is in the stocks for saying that he does not believe that President Barack Obama “loves America.” He said this at a small, private dinner for Scott Walker, who probably will not be inviting Giuliani to very many events in the near future.
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Arlette Saenz / ABC News:
Rudy Giuliani: White House Says It Feels ‘Sorry’ For Him
Rudy Giuliani: White House Says It Feels ‘Sorry’ For Him
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Bloomberg Business, New York Times, Gawker, RedState and Politico
Fox News:
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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Reuters:
Yemen's former leader flees to Aden — (Reuters) - Yemen's former president Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi escaped weeks of house arrest by the Houthi militia at his official residence on Saturday and fled to his home town of Aden, sources close to him said. — He will make a speech later on Saturday …
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The Week and Booman Tribune
Maggie Haberman / New York Times:
Hillary Clinton Begins Process of Vetting — Herself — Hillary Rodham Clinton, the subject of intense news media attention and public scrutiny for the last three decades, is preparing for another thorough vetting as she plans for a likely presidential campaign.
Julie Zauzmer / Washington Post:
Defendant allegedly asked about hit man to kill child witnesses — A former Falls Church Democratic Party chairman, charged with molesting two young girls, talked about hiring a hit man to kill them before they could be witnesses at his March 4 trial, according to court documents.
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The Gateway Pundit and John Hawkins' Right Wing News
Brian Tashman / Right Wing Watch:
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
ABC News:
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.
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.
Anomaly / FreakOutNation:
Police Officer Aiming For Dog, Accidentally Shoots His Sergeant — A New York police officer accidentally shot his sergeant after firing at a dog inside a Brooklyn apartment building. — New York City Police officers responded to a report of an assault inside an East Flatbush apartment building …