Top Items:
Jim Geraghty / National Review:
Scott Walker's Awful Answer on ISIS — Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker received a lot of completely undeserved grief from the national news media in the past weeks. But he may have made a genuine unforced error in one of his remarks today. — Asked about ISIS, Walker responded …
Discussion:
prospect.org/blogs …, The Daily Caller, Althouse, Hot Air, Daily Kos, The Mahablog, ThinkProgress, National Journal, Hit & Run, Yahoo! News and Bloomberg Business
RELATED:
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:
Washington Monthly, CNN, National Review, The Last Tradition and Liberaland
New York Times:
Wisconsin, Workers and the 2016 Election — The Republican-dominated Senate in Wisconsin passed a bill this week to weaken the state's private-sector unions. Similar to “right-to-work” laws in 24 other states, the bill would prevent unions from requiring dues or other fees from workers …
Cameron Joseph / The Hill:
Walker: I took on unions, I can take on ISIS
Walker: I took on unions, I can take on ISIS
Discussion:
No More Mister Nice Blog, Bloomberg Business and Politico
Christina Wilkie / The Huffington Post:
Scott Walker Says He Can Take On ISIS Because He Took On Labor Unions
Scott Walker Says He Can Take On ISIS Because He Took On Labor Unions
Discussion:
Slate, Twitchy, Mediaite and FreakOutNation
The White House:
This is net neutrality: — More than any other invention of our time, the Internet has unlocked possibilities we could just barely imagine a generation ago. And here's a big reason we've seen such incredible growth and innovation: Most Internet providers have treated Internet traffic equally.
Discussion:
Truth Revolt, The Center for Public …, Washington Post and The Hill, more at Mediagazer »
RELATED:
Tim Wu / New Yorker:
Why Everyone Was Wrong About Net Neutrality
Why Everyone Was Wrong About Net Neutrality
Discussion:
Daily Kos, Gigaom, Washington Post and Common Dreams, more at Mediagazer »
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, Bloomberg View, Bloomberg Business and prospect.org/blogs …
RELATED:
The Hill:
House will vote Friday to prevent Homeland Security shutdown — The House will vote Friday on a bill funding the Department of Homeland Security for three weeks in an attempt to avert a shutdown slated for Saturday at the massive agency. — If the bill is approved by the House …
Discussion:
Foreign Policy, Washington Post, RedState and Politico
Politico:
Uncompromising Reid still in command — ‘He is controlling the agenda,’ one Republican senator complains. — He only controls 46 seats, but Harry Reid is acting like he has 60. — Reid's uncompromising posture during the flap over homeland security funding and his emerging plans …
Discussion:
The Hill, Daily Kos and Balloon Juice
Timothy Cama / The Hill:
Inhofe hurls snowball on Senate floor — Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.) threw a snowball on the Senate floor Thursday in an effort to disprove what he sees as alarmist conclusions about man-made climate change. — Inhofe, chairman of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works …
Discussion:
BizPac Review, Hot Air, Booman Tribune and Washington Times
RELATED:
Jason Plautz / National Journal:
Watch Jim Inhofe Throw a Snowball on the Senate Floor — Aide confirms the underhand toss was caught by a page. — The debate over funding for the Homeland Security Department wasn't the only thing that froze over in the Senate Thursday — Sen. Jim Inhofe, who chairs the Environment …
Discussion:
The Week
BuzzFeed:
What Colors Are This Dress? — There's a lot of debate on Tumblr about this right now, and we need to settle it. This is important because I think I'm going insane. — Cates Holderness — 5 hours ago — 1671 responses
RELATED:
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 …
RELATED:
Wes Johnson / Springfield News-Leader:
Proposal: Banning armor piercing bullets for the public
Proposal: Banning armor piercing bullets for the public
Discussion:
FOX News Radio
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 …
RELATED:
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
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 …
Discussion:
The Huffington Post, Politico, Mediaite, Washington Post and JFKfacts, more at Mediagazer »
Caitlin MacNeal / Talking Points Memo:
Uninsured Ex-Sheriff Who Fought O-care Struggles To Pay Medical Bills — Former Arizona county sheriff Richard Mack, a fierce opponent of Obamacare and a leader in the “constitutional sheriff” movement, is struggling to pay his medical bills after he and his wife each faced serious illnesses.
Discussion:
FreakOutNation and Balloon Juice
Abbe R. Gluck / Politico:
King v. Burwell Isn't About Obamacare — It's all about states' rights—but the plaintiffs would rather you didn't know that. — King v. Burwell—the challenge to the Affordable Care Act that the Supreme Court will hear on March 4th—is about more than health care.