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2:50 PM ET, February 21, 2015

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New York Post:
Giuliani: Obama influenced by communists since youth  —  Rudy Giuliani doubled down on his claims that President Obama doesn't “love America” in an interview with The Post Friday — claiming the commander-in-chief has been influenced by communists since his youth.
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Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
Scott Walker's cowardice should disqualify him  —  What Rudy Giuliani did this week was stupid.  —  What Scott Walker did ought to disqualify him as a serious presidential contender.  —  Dana Milbank writes about political theater in the nation's capital.  He joined the Post as a political reporter in 2000.
Celeste Katz / NY Daily News:
Rudy Giuliani clarifies Obama comments by claiming the President has been influenced by communism, socialism  —  Trying to explain his controversial comments that President Obama doesn't love America, Rudy Giuliani said Friday that he believes the President has been influenced by communism and socialism.
Discussion: Talking Points Memo and CANNONFIRE
Joe Raedle / National Review:
Rudy Is Right  —  Barack Obama doesn't even like America.
Erica Ritz / TheBlaze.com:
Historian David Barton Takes Apart Obama's Claim That ‘Islam Has Been Woven Into the Fabric of Our Country Since Its Founding’  —  After President Barack Obama said this week that “Islam has been woven into the fabric of our country since its founding,” Glenn Beck asked historian David Barton …
Daily Mail:
‘They have learned our secrets’: CNN ridiculed after ludicrous claim that ISIS is luring women with kittens and Nutella  — Also claimed using emojis to talk about Nutella made life under the terrorist group seem more appealing to women  — They have been posting images of themselves posing …
Mike Lillis / The Hill:
Pressure builds on GOP as deadline to fund DHS nears  —  Pressure is building on Republicans to avoid a partial shutdown of the Homeland Security Department amid an escalating battle over President Obama's immigration policies.  —  The GOP leaders are being squeezed from one side …
Discussion: Booman Tribune
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.
Agence France-Presse:
Ukraine prisoner swap under way on frontline  —  Zholobok (Ukraine) (AFP) - Ukraine's military and pro-Russian separatists on Saturday began exchanging scores of prisoners each had taken, AFP journalists present in the frontline town where the swap was occurring reported.
Discussion: BuzzFeed
Wendy Kaminer / Washington Post:
The progressive ideas behind the lack of free speech on campus  —  Wendy Kaminer is the author of eight books, including “A Fearful Freedom: Women's Flight From Equality.”  —  Is an academic discussion of free speech potentially traumatic?  A recent panel for Smith College alumnae aimed at …
Discussion: Cafe Hayek
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.
Discussion: 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.
Discussion: RedState and The Gateway Pundit
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 …
Discussion: The Week and Booman Tribune
 
 
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Patrick Marley / McClatchy Washington Bureau:
Female inmate in Wisconsin ordered to do jumping jacks during strip search
Discussion: FOX News Radio
Julie Zauzmer / Washington Post:
Defendant allegedly asked about hit man to kill child witnesses
Maggie Haberman / New York Times:
Hillary Clinton Begins Process of Vetting — Herself
Ian Livingston / Washington Post:
120-year-old record low broken in D.C., one of many today and in the past week
Discussion: Gothamist
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Brian Tashman / Right Wing Watch:
BarbWire Pundit: Obama Will Create A ‘North American Caliphate’ As His ‘Final Solution For The USA’
Discussion: BarbWire.com and FOX News Radio
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Police Officer Aiming For Dog, Accidentally Shoots His Sergeant
ABC News:
What Vegas Suspect Told Mom, Daughter After ‘Road Rage’
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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”

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

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

 
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