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6:50 PM ET, February 25, 2015

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Jeffrey Goldberg / The Atlantic Online:
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.
Evan McMurry / Mediaite:
Netanyahu Rejects Invite for Closed-Door Meeting with Senate Dems
Discussion: FOX News Radio
Rebecca Shabad / The Hill:
Boehner says he hasn't spoken to McConnell  —  Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) haven't spoken to each other in two weeks despite the shutdown fight gripping the Capitol, House Republicans said Wednesday.  —  During a closed-door House GOP …
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Cristina Marcos / The Hill:
Right turns fire on McConnell
Sean Sullivan / Washington Post:
Boehner: 'We're waiting for the Senate to act' on DHS funding
Washington Post:
Bowser: Legal pot possession to take effect at midnight in the District  —  Flanked by members of the D.C. Council and the city's top lawyer, Mayor Muriel E. Bowser announced on live television Wednesday afternoon that marijuana possession will become legal in the District at 12:01 a.m. Thursday.
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Washington Post:
Lawmakers encourage Bowser to reconsider declaring pot legal in D.C.
Robert Costa / Washington Post:
Trump says he is serious about 2016 bid, is hiring staff and delaying TV gig  —  Real estate mogul Donald J. Trump, who has long toyed with presidential ambitions, said Wednesday he is serious about pursuing a run for the White House — moving ahead with a spate of political hires and delaying his television commitments for 2016.
James Rosen / Fox News:
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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Christine Mai-Duc / Los Angeles Times:
State Department official arrested, suspected of soliciting sex from minor
Discussion: Jezebel and Raw Story
John Fund / National Review:
Less than Half in New Poll Think Obama Loves America  —  Once again, surveys show we are a divided nation.  In the furor over Rudy Giuliani's comment that President Obama doesn't “love America,” the polling site YouGov.com decided to see how many Americans agreed with him.  —  The answer: a surprising number.
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Matt Wilstein / Mediaite:
Must-See Late Night Clip: Seth Meyers Proves That Obama Loves America
Discussion: Liberal Values and FOX News Radio
Rogerpielkejr / The Climate Fix:
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.
Eric Eyre / Charleston Gazette:
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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Daniel Strauss / Talking Points Memo:
West Virginia GOPers Want To Make Enforcing Obamacare A Felony
Discussion: Political Wire and Balloon Juice
J.K. Trotter / Gawker:
Why Has Fox News Stopped Defending Bill O'Reilly?  —  Over the past week, Fox News has aggressively rebutted accusations that its star host Bill O'Reilly lied about his whereabouts during the Falklands War in 1982.  But after a new report challenged O'Reilly's recent claim that he was present …
Ariel Edwards-Levy / The Huffington Post:
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.
Brendan James / Talking Points Memo:
CPAC Website Apparently Mixed Up Two Black Republicans  —  The website for the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) appeared to have mistakenly posted a photo of Sen. Tim Scott (R-NC) in a biography for conservative activist Dr. Ben Carson, both of whom are scheduled to be speakers at the event this week.
Discussion: Washington Post and FOX News Radio
Sean Davis / The Federalist:
Scott Walker Flap Shows How Political Media Actively Loathe Christianity  —  If the constant media haranguing of Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker over his religion tells us anything, it's that the political media absolutely loathe what they perceive as authentic Christianity.
Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
The return of Todd Akin?  —  Todd Akin is considering a primary challenge to Sen. Roy Blunt (R-Mo.) in 2016.  —  “I have not ruled anything out,” the former congressman and 2012 GOP Senate nominee told The Hill in a phone interview on Wednesday.  —  “I think there is a high level …
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
Rick Perlstein / In These Times:
In Mayoral Runoff, Rahm Emanuel's Corrupt Governance Has Finally Caught Up With Him  —  On Tuesday, Chicagoans voted themselves a reprieve.  With 45.4 percent of the vote, Mayor Rahm Emanuel ended the first round of his first reelection bid almost five points below what he needed to avoid …
H&R Block Newsroom:
H&R Block: Taxpayers Following ACA Rules, Refunds Take a Hit  —  So far taxpayers seem to be indicating true insurance status as refunds dip 17 percent  —  So far in the 2015 tax season, H&R Block (NYSE: HRB), the world's largest consumer tax services provider, is seeing a majority …
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Sarah Ferris / The Hill:
H&R Block: Majority of ObamaCare customers paying back subsidy
Matt Wilstein / Mediaite:
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.
Discussion: Hullabaloo and The Huffington Post
Peter Baker / New York Times:
A Back-and-Forth View of the President's Executive Power  —  WASHINGTON — For President Obama, this has been a week to guard his power.  He went to court to defend his executive action on immigration while fighting an effort by lawmakers to reverse it.  And he vetoed legislation …
Discussion: Weekly Standard
Ina Fried / Re/code:
Lytro Cuts Jobs, Raises $50 Million in Shift Toward Virtual Reality and Video (Exclusive)  —  Workers at Lytro got a mixed bag of news on Wednesday, with the photography startup telling employees both that it has raised a further $50 million, but also that it intends to cut a significant chunk of its workforce.
Discussion: The Verge and Gizmodo
 
 
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CJ Ciaramella / Washington Free Beacon:
Lois Lerner Received $129K in Bonuses
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Daniel Strauss / Talking Points Memo:
Poll: 57% Of GOPers Support Making Christianity The National Religion
Discussion: Slate and Hullabaloo
ABC News:
Exclusive: Texas Gov. Greg Abbott Says Constitution Trumps ‘Compassion’ for Undocumented Immigrants
Discussion: Truth Revolt and abc30.com
Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
Clinton leads General, Primary
Discussion: US News
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RadioShack to Sell Name Separately With $20 Million Opening Bid
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Agence France-Presse:
Mystery as drones spotted in Paris sky
Discussion: Gizmodo
Michael Birnbaum / Washington Post:
U.S. military vehicles paraded 300 yards from the Russian border
Discussion: Foreign Policy
Timothy P. Carney / Washington Examiner:
University of Colorado settles with student accused of sexual assault
Emma Roller / National Journal:
Can Democrats Ever Win Back State Legislatures?
Virginia Hale / BREITBART.COM:
Adam Baldwin Could Have Been the Latest Victim of the Censorious Left
Discussion: Hot Air
 

 
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A deep dive into Paramount's sale to Skydance; sources: Skydance may integrate Pluto into Paramount+, and CBS head George Cheeks is expected to be head of TV

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Ankush Khardori / Politico:
Trump may erode press protections but the ABC case is not evidence of that as the decision to settle appears reasonable given Stephanopoulos' imprecise remarks
 
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