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11:20 AM ET, February 28, 2015

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Politico:
John Boehner scrambles for Plan B  —  Boehner and the GOP leadership searching for a way to keep DHS from shutting down at midnight.  —  What's the Plan B?  —  After 52 GOP lawmakers brought down a three-week spending bill for the agency, House Speaker John Boehner and his leadership team …
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Ashley Parker / New York Times:
House Passes One-Week Funding Extension for Homeland Security  —  WASHINGTON — Republicans vowing to govern effectively as a congressional majority failed a fundamental test Friday, when House leaders managed to narrowly pass only a seven-day funding extension to avert a partial shutdown …
Rebecca Shabad / The Hill:
Chaos in House as lawmakers reject DHS bill; shutdown nears  —  A short-term funding measure to keep the Department of Homeland Security open (DHS) was defeated on Friday in a stunning vote that could result in a partial government shutdown at midnight.  —  The bill failed 203-224 …
Discussion: Politico and PoliticusUSA
Sahil Kapur / Talking Points Memo:
STUNNER: House GOP Votes Down Own Bill To Avert Shutdown
Discussion: The Mahablog
Emma Dumain / Roll Call:
House GOP Fails to Advance 3-Week DHS Funding Bill
Discussion: FreakOutNation
Sahil Kapur / Talking Points Memo:
Obama Prepares For DHS Shutdown
Discussion: FOX News Radio
Betsy Woodruff / Slate:
Jeb Bush Backers Are Busing Supporters From K Street to CPAC  —  It sounds like Jeb Bush's supporters are taking CPAC pretty seriously this year.  Emails provided to Slate show that backers of the former Florida governor are busing supporters from downtown Washington D.C. to CPAC in National Harbor …
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Chris Cillizza / Washington Post:
Jeb Bush was very, very good at CPAC today  —  Did people walk out when Jeb Bush started speaking at CPAC today in Maryand?  Sure.  Did he get heckled and booed at times during his q and a with conservative commentator Sean Hannity?  Sure.  Did Bush more than hold his own with an audience …
Cameron Joseph / The Hill:
Rubio: I've learned lesson on immigration
Byron York / Washington Examiner:
Jeb Bush: 'I'm not backing down' from immigration stance
Discussion: Hot Air and The Daily Caller
Featured stories:
Boy, Blowing Up A DNC Media Hit Job On Scott Walker In Realtime Sure Is Fun!  —  The Latest Attempt To Launch A New Walker Smear Crashes & Burns On The Launch Pad.  And There Was Much Rejoicing  —  Embed
Discussion: Hot Air
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Natasha Vargas-Cooper / Jezebel:
Scott Walker Wants Colleges to Stop Reporting Sexual Assaults  —  Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker's proposed budget—which would cut $300 million dollars out of the state's beloved public university system—has a non-fiscal bombshell tucked in between its insane pages.
David Weigel / Bloomberg Business:
Ronald Reagan, Scott Walker, and the ISIS Gaffe
Josh Feldman / Mediaite:
Peter King: 'I've Had It with This Self-Righteous, Delusional Wing' of the GOP  —  Republican Congressman Peter King said today that he's incredibly frustrated with the “self-righteous, delusional” wing of his party that may shut down the Department of Homeland Security because they're …
Discussion: FOX News Radio
New York Times:
White House Offers Rebuttal Before Netanyahu's Speech  —  WASHINGTON — Just four days before Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's speech to a joint meeting of Congress, the Obama administration sought on Friday to refute the Israeli leader's expected critique, arguing that he has failed …
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William Kristol / Weekly Standard:
Netanyahu's Moment
Anomaly / FreakOutNation:
Missouri's Constitution Now Allows Felons To Possess Firearms  —  It was inevitable that this would happen when the Constitution is slanted in order to fit an extreme agenda.  —  It all started in 2014, when the Missouri General Assembly asked voters to approve a constitutional amendment that said …
Discussion: FOX News Radio
BBC:
Russia opposition politician Boris Nemtsov shot dead  —  A leading Russian opposition politician, former Deputy Prime Minister Boris Nemtsov, has been shot dead in Moscow, Russian officials say.  —  An unidentified attacker in a car shot Mr Nemtsov four times in the back as he crossed a bridge in view of the Kremlin, police say.
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Washington Post:
Putin critic, Russian opposition leader Boris Nemtsov killed in Moscow
NASA:
The Shuttle Enterprise  —  In 1976, NASA's space shuttle Enterprise rolled out of the Palmdale manufacturing facilities and was greeted by NASA officials and cast members from the ‘Star Trek’ television series.  —  From left to right they are: NASA Administrator Dr. James D. Fletcher …
Associated Press:
Former US Rep. Rick Renzi reports to prison for 3-year term  —  PHOENIX (AP) — Former Arizona Congressman Rick Renzi reported to a federal prison in West Virginia on Friday to begin serving a three-year sentence for corruption, money laundering and other convictions.
Discussion: Liberaland and Political Wire
Thomas Joscelyn / Weekly Standard:
New Docs Reveal Osama bin Laden's Secret Ties With Iran  —  This week, prosecutors in New York introduced eight documents recovered in Osama bin Laden's compound in Pakistan as evidence in the trial of a terrorism suspect.  The U.S. government accuses Abid Naseer of taking part in al Qaeda's scheme …
 
 
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Discussion: Mashable, The Verge and VentureBeat
Jonathan Mahler / New York Times:
The White and Gold (No, Blue and Black!) Dress That Melted the Internet
Cory Bennett / The Hill:
White House releases online privacy bill
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Joel Gehrke / National Review:
CPAC Hails ‘President Paul’
Discussion: FOX News Radio
Ronald Brownstein / National Journal:
In Early Polling, Walker Stands Apart
Discussion: Politico and New York Times
Byron York / Washington Examiner:
GOP scrambles to keep Obamacare subsidies flowing in case of Supreme Court victory
 

 
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Max Tani / @maxwelltani:
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Jack Dunn / Variety:
Trump appoints Mark Burnett, the British TV executive who created and produced the reality show The Apprentice, as a special envoy to the UK

Stephen Alpher / CoinDesk:
Rumble announces a $775M investment from Tether and plans to use $525M to fund a tender offer for ~70M shares of its common stock; RUM jumped 50%+ after hours

 
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