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Right turns fire on McConnell — Conservative hardliners laid into Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) Tuesday night for what they view as capitulating to Democrats on immigration. — McConnell announced earlier in the day that the Senate would vote on a “clean” …
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Will Boehner risk the Tea Party's wrath over DHS funding? — Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) is back in a familiar spot: between a rock and a hard place. — The Senate appears poised to send the House a “clean” bill funding the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), free …
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National Journal and Washington Post


Boehner: 'We're waiting for the Senate to act' on DHS funding
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Political Insider blog and Political Wire

Pressure Centers on House GOP on Homeland Security Bill
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Washington Monthly, Washington Times and ABC News

GOP lawmakers clash over shutdown
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New York Times, Hot Air, The Atlantic Online, Daily Kos, ABC News and Los Angeles Times

McConnell plan moves Senate closer to deal on DHS funding, but House support unclear
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Truth Revolt, Hit & Run, Fox News, Daily Kos, National Journal and Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi

Netanyahu Invites Arab Diplomats to His Big Speech—and Gets Rejected — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is refusing to meet with a group of ardently pro-Israel Democratic senators next week in Washington, but he very much wants to see the faces of Arab ambassadors in the audience during his controversial address to Congress.
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Mediaite, The Times of Israel, Jewish Telegraphic Agency, The Daily Banter and Talking Points Memo
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Obama Aide Calls Netanyahu's Planned Visit ‘Destructive’ to U.S.-Israel Ties — WASHINGTON — Susan E. Rice, President Obama's national security adviser, sharply criticized Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel on Tuesday over his plans to address a joint meeting of Congress next week …
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Daily Kos, Power Line, Algemeiner.com, Israel Matzav and Political Wire

Netanyahu declines Democrats' invitation for meeting during visit
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BarbWire.com, The PJ Tatler and Bloomberg Business


Rev. Graham: America is ‘Morally Crumbling Within ... We Have Turned Our Back on God’ — “Former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani has taken a lot of heat from the media for his remark that he's not sure if President Obama really loves America,” said Rev. Graham in a Feb. 24 Facebook post.
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Must-See Late Night Clip: Seth Meyers Proves That Obama Loves America
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FOX News Radio


As Republicans Concede, F.C.C. Is Expected to Enforce Net Neutrality — WASHINGTON — Last April, a dozen New York-based Internet companies gathered in the Flatiron Building boardroom of the social media website Tumblr to hear dire warnings that broadband providers were about to get the right …
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The Hill, Bloomberg Business, Washington Post, Gizmodo, The Great Debate, Guardian, Gawker, The Agonist and Eschaton
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Is the FCC lawless? — This Thursday, Feb. 26, will be a fateful …
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John Hawkins' Right Wing News


Chris Hayes Literally Applauds Laura Ingraham's Terror Comments — MSNBC's Chris Hayes appeared to shock even himself Tuesday night by giving credit where credit is due to Fox News contributor and conservative radio host Laura Ingraham for comments she made about ISIS on Fox & Friends this morning.
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The Huffington Post and Hullabaloo


I am Under “Investigation” — As some of you will already know, I am one of 7 US academics being investigated by US Representative Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ) who is the ranking member of the House of Representatives Committee on Environment and Natural Resources.
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Weekly Standard, BarbWire.com and Watts Up With That?
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Hillary's State Department OK'd Bill's big-money speeches — Ethics reviews came easy at Hillary Clinton's State Department, documents show. — Less than a year after Hillary Clinton became secretary of state, former President Bill Clinton asked the State Department to approve a paid …
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Bloomberg Business

Commodes, if Not Commutes, Have Improved at Port Authority Bus Terminal — But what would John Oliver say? — The subject here is the Port Authority Bus Terminal in Midtown Manhattan, and it was Mr. Oliver, the host of the fake-news show “Last Week Tonight” on HBO, who called this less …
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Mediaite and JIMROMENESKO.COM

Can Democrats Ever Win Back State Legislatures? — One group is putting $70 million on it happening in the next five years. — Caring about the 2016 presidential race is so over; now all the cool kids are watching 2020. — Since 2008, Democrats have lost control of 30 state legislative chambers …
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Washington Monthly, Democratic Strategist and FishbowlDC

GOP-backed bill would make it criminal to enforce ACA in W.Va. — In another salvo against the federal Affordable Care Act, some Republicans in West Virginia's House of Delegates want to make it a crime for state and federal officials to enforce the health-care law.
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Political Wire and Talking Points Memo


University of Colorado settles with student accused of sexual assault — A University of Colorado Boulder student has settled with the university after filing a lawsuit alleging mishandling of the investigation into whether he sexually assaulted another student.


Research Shows White Privilege Is Real — NEW HAVEN — THE recent reunion show for the 40th anniversary of “Saturday Night Live” re-aired a portion of Eddie Murphy's 1984 classic “White Like Me” skit, in which he disguised himself to appear Caucasian and quickly learned that …
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Washington Post, Forbes, Pat Dollard, ECHIDNE OF THE SNAKES and Hot Air


Senior State Dept. official arrested for allegedly soliciting sex from a minor — EXCLUSIVE: A senior State Department official in charge of federal counterterrorism programs was arrested Tuesday afternoon for allegedly soliciting sex from a minor, Fox News has learned.
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Associated Press, Hot Air, The Daily Caller, Power Line, New York Magazine and The PJ Tatler


GOP Pollster Explains Why Republicans Need Record Minority Support To Win In 2016 — WASHINGTON — The American electorate is more diverse than ever, which means Republicans will have to attract a record percentage of minorities to win the presidency in 2016, a GOP pollster said Tuesday.
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Salon, US News, Booman Tribune and Political Wire