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9:40 PM ET, February 26, 2015

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FCC approves sweeping Internet regulation plan, Obama accused of meddling — The Federal Communications Commission on Thursday adopted sweeping new regulations sought by President Obama for how Americans use and do business on the Internet, in a party-line vote that is sure to be challenged by the broadband industry.

Discussion: CNNMoney, The Last Tradition, Fox News Insider, The Verge, The Gateway Pundit, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, protein wisdom and The Hill, more at Mediagazer »

Tim Wu / New Yorker:

Why Everyone Was Wrong About Net Neutrality — Today, the Federal Communications Commission, by a vote of three to two, enacted its strongest-ever rules on net neutrality, preserving an open Internet by prohibiting broadband providers from blocking or slowing content that flows across their pipes.

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New York Times:

F.C.C. Approves Net Neutrality Rules, Classifying Broadband Internet Service as a Utility — WASHINGTON — The Federal Communications Commission voted on Thursday to regulate broadband Internet service as a public utility, a milestone in regulating high-speed Internet service into American homes.

Discussion: Bloomberg Business, Guardian, The Verge, Liberal Values, National Journal, USA Today, NPR, Taylor Marsh and VTDigger

Julian Hattem / The Hill:
FCC chief: Obama didn't dictate Web rules

Discussion: RedState

USA Today:
FCC approves new net neutrality rules

Discussion: Hit & Run, The Verge, The Huffington Post, John Hawkins' Right Wing News and Right Wing Watch

Caitlin MacNeal / Talking Points Memo:

Walker: If I Can Take On Union Protesters, I Can Take On ISIL (VIDEO) — Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker (R) on Thursday said that his experience with protests over his law eliminating collective bargaining rights for public employees has prepared him to confront terrorists.

Discussion: National Review, Bloomberg Business and Liberaland

Cameron Joseph / The Hill:

Walker: I took on unions, I can take on ISIS — Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker (R) argued his fight with unions has prepared him to be commander-in-chief during his speech to the Conservative Political Action Conference. — “If I can take on 100,000 protestors I can do the same across the world …

Discussion: Bloomberg Business and No More Mister Nice Blog

Scott Walker / USA Today:
Gov. Scott Walker: I refuse to take the media's bait

Discussion: OnPolitics, Mediaite, neo-neocon, Hot Air, Politico and Althouse

Nick Gass / Politico:
Ben Carson kicks off CPAC

Discussion: Bloomberg Business, ABC News, Washington Monthly and Jezebel

Matt Wilstein / Mediaite:

Why Did Boehner Make This Awkward Kiss Face at a Reporter? — Now that Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) has said he will present the House with a clean CR bill to keep the Department of Homeland Security open without the added measure that would block President Barack Obama executive action …

Discussion: FreakOutNation, Liberaland and New York Magazine

Scott Wong / The Hill:

House GOP floats three-week funding bill to stave off shutdown — The House will try to avert a shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security this week by passing a stopgap bill that funds the agency for three weeks. — The measure is meant to buy time for Republicans to figure …

Discussion: Daily Kos, The Week and Politico

Politico:

Boehner vs. McConnell — As shutdown looms, tensions are just below the surface as the two operate on separate tracks. — Mitch McConnell and Harry Reid are ready to put an end to Capitol Hill's latest drama and fund the Department of Homeland Security. — There's just one problem: Speaker John Boehner.

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McKay Coppins / BuzzFeed:

Jeb Bush, 2016's Gay-Friendly Republican — Shortly after the 2012 election ended, David Kochel, the top-flight Iowa Republican strategist who had run Mitt Romney's campaign in the state, decided to stop keeping his opinion of marriage equality to himself. He had spent years helping …

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Margaret Talev / Bloomberg Business:
Christie Emerges as Bush Basher of the Right

Discussion: Washington Monthly, Daily Kos and Politico

Robert Costa / Washington Post:
At a conservative gathering, Jeb Bush hopes to change some minds

Discussion: Pat Dollard, Fox News, New York Times, Salon and Hot Air

James Hohmann / Politico:
CPAC: 8 things to watch

Discussion: ABC News, The Hill, Hot Air, ABC News, Bloomberg Business, Hit & Run, FishbowlDC and Washington Post

Politico:

Missouri gubernatorial candidate dead in apparent suicide — Missouri state Auditor Tom Schweich, a leading Republican candidate for governor in 2016, died Thursday in “an apparent suicide,” police said. — Schweich, 54, was hospitalized earlier Thursday following a single self-inflicted gunshot wound …

Discussion: PoliticMo and The Hill

Lee Enterprises / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:

Tom Schweich, Missouri auditor and candidate for governor, dies in apparent suicide — ST. LOUIS • Tom Schweich, Missouri's Republican state auditor and a leading contender for the governor's office in next year's election, has died, according to his office.

Discussion: Talking Points Memo, FOX2now.com, Political Wire, Daily RFT and Washington Post

Washington Post:

‘Jihadi John:’ Islamic State killer is identified as Londoner Mohammed Emwazi — LONDON — The world knows him as “Jihadi John,” the masked man with a British accent who has beheaded several hostages held by the Islamic State and who taunts audiences in videos circulated widely online.

Arlette Saenz / ABC News:

Senate Snowball Toss a Message From Climate Change Denier … This may be a congressional first. — Sen. Jim Inhofe, a devoted climate change denier, tossed a snowball at someone on the Senate floor today as he tried to debunk climate change. — “In case we had forgotten because we keep hearing …

Discussion: Politico

Timothy Cama / The Hill:
Inhofe hurls snowball on Senate floor

Discussion: Hot Air and Washington Times

Paul Bedard / Washington Examiner:

Obama to ban bullets by executive action, threatens top-selling AR-15 rifle — It's starting. — As promised, President Obama is using executive actions to impose gun control on the nation, targeting the top-selling rifle in the country, the AR-15 style semi-automatic …

Discussion: Pamela Geller, Atlas Shrugs, The Last Tradition, Pat Dollard and The Gateway Pundit

Ben Sasse / Wall Street Journal:

A First Step on the Way Out of ObamaCare — Cobra-like insurance could bridge the gap for people losing coverage if King v. Burwell goes the GOP's way. — By — The Supreme Court case King v. Burwell being argued March 4 is one of profound national importance.

Discussion: Brad DeLong's Grasping Reality and No More Mister Nice Blog

Politico:
Supreme Court ruling could upend Obamacare politics

Discussion: The Hill, Lawyers, Guns & Money and Bloomberg Business

Joshua Green / Bloomberg Business:
Is Washington Ready for the Death of Obamacare?

Discussion: Bloomberg View and neo-neocon

Jon Swaine / Guardian:

Bill O'Reilly's LA riots ‘bombardment’ stories disputed by former colleagues — Fox News host, whose stories of past reporting exploits are under renewed scrutiny, claimed ‘we were attacked by protesters’ when covering the 1992 riots — Former colleagues of Bill O'Reilly …

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Joe Klein / TIME:

Jeb Bush's Sense and Sensibility — Joe Klein is TIME's political columnist and author of six books, most recently Politics Lost. His weekly TIME column, “In the Arena,” covers national and international affairs. — The candidate's grown-up tone is a breath of fresh air amid so many strident conservative voices

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Numbers / Pew Research Center's Religion …:

Latest Trends in Religious Restrictions and Hostilities — Overall Decline in Social Hostilities in 2013, Though Harassment of Jews Worldwide Reached a Seven-Year High — Worldwide, social hostilities involving religion declined somewhat in 2013 after reaching a six-year peak the previous year …

Discussion: The Times of Israel, The Atlantic Online, NPR and Inter Press Service

Mike Allen / Politico:

Jay Carney to Amazon — Mike Allen's Politico Playbook will report: “Former White House Press Secretary Jay Carney joins Amazon on Monday as senior vice president for Worldwide Corporate Affairs. — The new position brings the e-commerce giant's worldwide public relations and public policy shops into one department under Carney.

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Dana Liebelson / The Huffington Post:

Inside The Conservative Campaign To Stop Cops From Enforcing Federal Gun Laws — WASHINGTON — Conservative lawmakers in at least 11 states are pushing legislation that would prevent state law enforcement from enforcing some or all federal gun restrictions.

Discussion: Daily Kos