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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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Political Wire, Booman Tribune, RedState and The Hill
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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 …
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Washington Monthly, Gawker and Power Line
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 …
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Politico and PoliticusUSA
Sahil Kapur / Talking Points Memo:
STUNNER: House GOP Votes Down Own Bill To Avert Shutdown
STUNNER: House GOP Votes Down Own Bill To Avert Shutdown
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The Mahablog
CNN:
DHS funding expected to run out as key House vote fails
DHS funding expected to run out as key House vote fails
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National Journal, Washington Post, Addicting Info, PJ Media and ImmigrationProf Blog
Emma Dumain / Roll Call:
House GOP Fails to Advance 3-Week DHS Funding Bill
House GOP Fails to Advance 3-Week DHS Funding Bill
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FreakOutNation
Politico:
Congress passes one-week DHS fix
Congress passes one-week DHS fix
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The Hill, PoliticusUSA, RedState, NPR, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, Daily Kos and Washington Post
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
Rubio: I've learned lesson on immigration
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No More Mister Nice Blog, Washington Monthly, PoliticusUSA and The Week
Byron York / Washington Examiner:
Jeb Bush: 'I'm not backing down' from immigration stance
Jeb Bush: 'I'm not backing down' from immigration stance
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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
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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.
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protein wisdom, USA TODAY College, The Daily Beast, FreakOutNation, The Huffington Post, Raw Story, The Week and Feministing
David Weigel / Bloomberg Business:
Ronald Reagan, Scott Walker, and the ISIS Gaffe
Ronald Reagan, Scott Walker, and the ISIS Gaffe
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Associated Press, No More Mister Nice Blog and Slate
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 …
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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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Power Line, Washington Free Beacon, The Times of Israel, Truth Revolt and Washington Post
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William Kristol / Weekly Standard:
Netanyahu's Moment
Netanyahu's Moment
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Begin-Sadat Center … and New York Magazine
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 …
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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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Wall Street Journal and New York Times
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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 …
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Daily Kos, KRQE-TV, WBAY-TV, Taylor Marsh, CBS New York, Mashable, Business Insider, Jezebel and New York Times
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.
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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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The Mahablog, Fire Andrea Mitchell! and NO QUARTER USA NET