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8:25 AM ET, February 24, 2015

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Ben Kamisar / The Hill:
VA chief falsely claimed special forces service  —  Secretary of Veterans Affairs Robert McDonald falsely claimed that he served in a military special forces unit, he admitted to the Huffington Post.  —  When a homeless veteran told McDonald in a conversation captured by CBS that he had served …
ABC News:
VA Secretary Robert McDonald Apologizes for Misstating He Served in Special Forces … Veterans Affairs Secretary Robert McDonald apologized today for mistakenly saying in a videotaped exchange with a homeless man that he had served in the special forces, though his service was entirely with the 82nd Airborne Division.
Discussion: Mediaite and The Gateway Pundit
Fox News:
VA Secretary Robert McDonald admits lying about Special Forces service
Discussion: Pat Dollard and Shark Tank
The Hill:
McConnell moves to prevent Homeland Security shutdown  —  Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell took steps Monday to prevent a shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security by splitting off legislation attacking President Obama's immigration actions from the funding fight.
Discussion: RedState
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President Obama / The Hill:
Moving forward to fix our broken immigration system  —  Our immigration system has been broken for decades.  Our country deeply values fairness, but our immigration system has become unfair to businesses, workers and families alike.  —  That's something I've been trying to change as president.
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
GOP gets bad news on ObamaCare repeal plan  —  The Senate's chief referee has dealt a significant setback to conservatives who want to send an ObamaCare repeal bill to the president's desk this year.  —  GOP sources say Senate Parliamentarian Elizabeth MacDonough has raised red flags …
Discussion: Politico
Politico:
Congress inches closer to cliff  —  For the fourth time, Democrats block a bill that seeks to reverse Obama's immigration order.  —  Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell plans to discuss the length of a short-term resolution to fund the Department of Homeland Security with GOP senators in a closed-door lunch Tuesday.
Kimberlee Kruesi / Minneapolis Star Tribune:
Idaho lawmaker asks if woman can swallow camera for gynecological exam before medical abortion  —  BOISE, Idaho — An Idaho lawmaker received a brief lesson on female anatomy after asking if a woman can swallow a small camera for doctors to conduct a remote gynecological exam.
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Kara Brown / Jezebel:
Male Politician Thinks that Your Vagina and Stomach are Connected  —  Republican State Representative Vito Barbieri from the state of Idaho thinks that a woman's vagina has some sort of direct passageway to her stomach because, I mean, how else does the pee come out?
Discussion: FreakOutNation
New York Times:
Bill O'Reilly and Fox News Redouble Defense of His Falklands Reporting  —  The Fox News host Bill O'Reilly on Monday stepped up his defense against reports that he embellished stories about his war reporting earlier in his career, while some former colleagues continued to say he had exaggerated his experiences.
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Dylan Byers / Politico:
Why the Bill O'Reilly charges aren't sticking
Amanda Marcotte / Slate:
Patricia Arquette's Feminism: Only for White Women  —  It's easy to laugh at the timid way that celebrities frequently wade into feminism, offering pat statements scripted by a team of public relations experts to be as nonoffensive as possible.  But Patricia Arquette's performance …
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Judd Legum / ThinkProgress:
Fox News Bashes Patricia Arquette For Advocating Wage Equality: ‘I Was Appalled’
Discussion: Daily Kos, Salon and Washington Post
Mollie Hemingway / The Federalist:
We Don't Have A Wage Gap Problem, But Hollywood And The White House Do
Ewen MacAskill / Guardian:
Leaked cables show Netanyahu's Iran bomb claim contradicted by Mossad  —  Gulf between Israeli secret service and PM revealed in documents shared with the Guardian along with other secrets including CIA bids to contact Hamas  —  Binyamin Netanyahu's dramatic declaration to world leaders …
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Ewen MacAskill / Guardian:
CIA attempted to contact Hamas despite official US ban, spy cables reveal
Associated Press:
Historic US-Iran nuclear deal could be taking shape
Discussion: The Times of Israel and Hot Air
Will Jordan / Al Jazeera English:
Mossad contradicted Netanyahu on Iran nuclear programme
Charles C. W. Cooke / National Review:
The Media's Embarrassing Scott Walker Spectacle  —  The farcical game of the one-sided “gotcha” question  —  On Saturday afternoon, two of the Washington Post's crack political correspondents accosted Governor Scott Walker in the lobby of a JW Marriott hotel and asked him whether he believed that President Obama is “a Christian.”
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Robert Tracinski / The Federalist:
Scott Walker Is a Threat to the Existing Social Order
Cameron Joseph / The Hill:
Walker fundraises off ‘gotcha’ questions
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Yehuda Remer / Truth Revolt:
James O'Keefe: ‘I Am Afraid For My Life On This One’  —  Conservative journalist filmmaker James O'Keefe on Saturday tweeted an ominous message to those who follow him and his influential work.  —  “We have a story we're going to release this coming week and I've never thought …
Discussion: CANNONFIRE and FOX News Radio
Steve Schmadeke / Chicago Tribune:
Sex assault charges tied to ‘Fifty Shades of Grey’ movie  —  A University of Illinois at Chicago student leader was charged with sexually assaulting a 19-year-old female student in what Cook County prosecutors said Monday was part of a re-enactment of scenes from the film “Fifty Shades of Grey.”
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Erica Demarest / DNAinfo Chicago:   Alleged Rapist Tells Police He Was Acting Out ‘50 Shades of Grey’
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Amy Davidson / New Yorker:
Why “Citizenfour” Deserved Its Oscar
Discussion: Althouse and FishbowlDC
 
 
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Mike Barnicle / The Daily Beast:
Rudy Giuliani's Raging Bull
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Lawmaker with lavish decor billed private planes, concerts
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Chris Fusco / Chicago:
Rev. Jeremiah Wright's daughter heading to jail after an alleged theft violates her bail
NBC News:
As Controversy Swirls, Scott Walker Plays With Fire
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John Kerry / US Department of State:
Special Envoy for the Human Rights of LGBT Persons
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Kelley Holland / CNBC:
Look who's living on the financial edge
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Catherine Thompson / Talking Points Memo:
15 New York Towns Are Exploring The Idea Of Secession
Ellen Nakashima / Washington Post:
Secrecy around police surveillance equipment proves a case's undoing
Discussion: ACLU, BarbWire.com and Common Dreams