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8:25 PM ET, March 2, 2015

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Jeff Mason / Reuters:

Exclusive: Obama says Iran must halt nuclear work for at least a decade — (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama said on Monday that Iran should commit to a verifiable freeze of at least 10 years on its nuclear activity for a landmark atomic deal to be reached, but said the odds were still against sealing a final agreement.

Discussion: Talking Points Memo, Politico, Washington Post and NPR

Sean Gallup / National Review:

Netanyahu, Not Obama, Speaks for Us — While under fierce attack from President Obama, the Israeli prime minister defends Western values and speaks the truth about Iran. — The leader of the free world will be addressing Congress on Tuesday. The American president is doing everything possible to undermine him.

Discussion: Washington Monthly, Gatestone Institute, Bloomberg View, The American Conservative, Power Line and Begin-Sadat Center …

Wall Street Journal:

Pro-Israel Group Publicly Breaks With White House Over Iran — President Obama Sending Two Top Foreign Policy Aides to Address the Conference on Monday — WASHINGTON—The leadership of the most powerful pro-Israel lobby in the U.S. publicly broke Sunday from the White House over the issue …

Discussion: VodkaPundit, Israel Matzav, ThinkProgress and The Atlantic Online

Reuters:

Exclusive: Full text of Reuters interview with Obama — (Reuters) - Reuters White House Correspondent Jeff Mason interviewed President Barack Obama on Monday on topics including U.S.-Israel relations, Iran, China and Russia. Here is a full transcript of the interview.

Discussion: Wall Street Journal, The Daily Banter and Mediaite

BuzzFeed:
GOP Congressman: CBC Should Attend Netanyahu Speech Because Blacks And Jews Share Common Bond Of Suffering

Discussion: Talking Points Memo

Andrew Dugan / Gallup:
Netanyahu's Favorable Rating Improves in U.S.

Discussion: CANNONFIRE, USA Today, New York Magazine, Politico, Hot Air, Talking Points Memo, Washington Free Beacon, Israel Matzav, National Review, Washington Times, The PJ Tatler, Washington Post and NBC News

Jonathan Weisman / New York Times:
Netanyahu's Visit Bringing Uninvited Problems for Jewish Democrats

Discussion: Wall Street Journal, CNN, Washington Post, Firedoglake, Bloomberg View, The Week, rubber hose, Ynetnews, Politico and Guardian

Ted Nesi / WPRI-TV:
Senator Whitehouse will skip Netanyahu speech

Discussion: The Huffington Post, Talking Points Memo and PoliticusUSA

New York Times:
Obama Says Discord With Netanyahu Is Not ‘Permanently Destructive’

Discussion: National Review, Wall Street Journal, pmo.gov.il, Weekly Standard, The Week, Power Line, Politico, Bloomberg Business, Algemeiner.com, Taylor Marsh, Washington Post, Reuters and Agence France-Presse

Stephanie Farr / Philly.com:

Painter says he included Monica Lewinsky's dress in Bill Clinton portrait — RENOWNED Bucks County portrait artist Nelson Shanks has painted everyone from Princess Diana to President Bill Clinton and from Pope John Paul II to Marisa Tomei. He and his wife, Leona, are the founders of Studio Incamminati …

Nick Gass / Politico:

Artist: Bill Clinton's portrait contains Monica Lewinsky reference — An artist who painted a portrait of former President Bill Clinton says there's more to the piece than one might see at first blush. — Pennsylvania artist Nelson Shanks told the Philadelphia Daily News that he included …

Discussion: American Spectator, Ed Driscoll, ABC News, BizPac Review, The Daily Beast and Althouse

Bryce Covert / ThinkProgress:

Warren Buffett Says Elizabeth Warren Is Too ‘Angry’ And ‘Violent’ With Rich People — In an interview Monday morning with CNBC, Berkshire Hathaway CEO and billionaire Warren Buffett was asked what he thinks of Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and her views of Wall Street.

Discussion: Politico, New York Times, Mediaite and National Review

Kevin Cirilli / The Hill:

Centrist Dems ready strike against Warren wing — Centrist Democrats are gathering their forces to fight back against the “Elizabeth Warren wing” of their party, fearing a sharp turn to the left could prove disastrous in the 2016 elections. — For months, moderate Democrats have kept silent …

Discussion: Common Dreams, Hot Air and The Daily Caller

Colin Campbell / Business Insider:
Warren Buffett: Elizabeth Warren should be ‘less angry’

Discussion: American Spectator, Bloomberg Business, Political Wire and The Week

Evan Vucci / Associated Press:

SCOTUS Rejects CA Dispute Over Disclosing Donors To Anti-Gay Marriage Initiatives — WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court has turned away an appeal from same-sex marriage opponents in California who want to keep the identities of their campaign donors secret.

Discussion: Advocate, Balloon Juice and Good As You

Nicholas Bagley / New York Times:
In King v. Burwell, the Plaintiffs Misread Obamacare

Discussion: The Great Debate, RH Reality Check, Washington Post, Forbes and Washington Monthly

Eric Holder / USA Today:
Taking the side of equality

Discussion: Horizons, Human Rights Campaign Blog and Good As You

Julian Hattem / The Hill:

Spy chief: No threat from Americans who aided militants in Syria — The few dozen Americans who have gone to join militant groups fighting in Syria and then come back home don't pose a threat to the U.S., according to the nation's top intelligence official.

Discussion: Hot Air, The Daily Caller and BarbWire.com

Mark Hosenball / Reuters: U.S. spy chief says 40 Americans who went to Syria have returned

Liz Sly / Washington Post:
Syrian rebel group that got U.S. aid dissolves

Discussion: Guardian, Common Dreams and Hot Air

Lesley Goldberg / Hollywood Reporter:

‘Sharknado 3’ Sets President and Vice President Roles (Exclusive) — Mark Cuban and Ann Coulter become the latest guest stars in the Syfy sensation. — Syfy's Sharknado 3 has elected a new president and vice president. — Mark Cuban and Ann Coulter have joined the growing list …

Discussion: Politico, Mediaite, The Gateway Pundit, FOX News Radio, Salon, Talking Points Memo, The PJ Tatler, Jezebel, Liberaland, American Spectator and The Week

Matthew Yglesias / Vox:

American democracy is doomed — America's constitutional democracy is going to collapse. — Some day — not tomorrow, not next year, but probably sometime before runaway climate change forces us to seek a new life in outer-space colonies — there is going to be a collapse of the legal …

Discussion: YouGov US Opinion Center News and Washington Monthly

Politico:

Senate vote boxes Boehner in — He must either bring up the Senate's “clean” bill in the House or try for another short extension. — An emerging power center — the House Freedom Caucus — will also gather Monday night to plan their next moves. Getty — Your move, Speaker Boehner.

Discussion: Daily Kos

Streiff / RedState:
Boehner looks for a life line... from the Democrats

Discussion: US News, Booman Tribune and Fire Andrea Mitchell!

Tracy Walsh / Talking Points Memo:

Pat Robertson: Drinkers And Pot Smokers Are ‘Enslaved To Vegetables’ — Televangelist Pat Robertson said on Monday that marijuana users and drinkers are “enslaved to vegetables.” — Speaking on his Christian Broadcasting Network television show “The 700 Club,” Robertson said that addiction …

Discussion: FOX News Radio

Daily Mail:

Isis ‘fed murdered kidnap victim to his own mother after she travelled to their headquarters and demanded to see him’ — A British fighter who travelled to Iraq to stop the Islamic State claims the terror group fed a murdered kidnap victim to his own mother after she went to their headquarters and demanded to see him.

Discussion: BREITBART.COM, Fox News, The Gateway Pundit, Pamela Geller, Atlas Shrugs and John Hawkins' Right Wing News

Christopher Ingraham / Washington Post:

DEA warns of stoned rabbits if Utah passes medical marijuana — The new face of marijuana addiction. (Flickr user Chung Ho Leung/CC) — Utah is considering a bill that would allow patients with certain debilitating conditions to be treated with edible forms of marijuana.

Discussion: American Spectator, Boing Boing, Jezebel, Mediaite, Hit & Run, The Cannabist and Raw Story

Townhall.com:

Obama “Very Interested” In Raising Taxes Through Executive Action — White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest confirmed Monday that President Obama is “very interested” in the idea of raising taxes through unitlateral executive action. — “The president certainly has not indicated …

Discussion: The Hill, Twitchy, Hot Air and Wall Street Journal

Byron York / Washington Examiner:

Scott Walker is headed for trouble with the GOP establishment — PALM BEACH, Fla. — Scott Walker likes to tell a story about shopping at Kohl's. Under instructions from his wife Tonette, Walker has learned how to pile on the discounts and coupons whenever he goes to the popular Wisconsin-based department store.

Discussion: Washington Post, Hullabaloo, Rush Limbaugh, The American Conservative, Hot Air and National Review

Curt Schilling / 38 Pitches:

The world we live in...Man has it changed. ADDENDUM! — I thank God every day that Facebook and Twitter, instagram, vine, Youtube, all of it, did not exist when I went to High School. I can't imagine the dumb stuff I'd have been caught saying and doing.

Discussion: BizPac Review, American Spectator, fox13now.com and CBS Boston

Stephen Dinan / Washington Times:

Judge rules EPA lied about transparency, tells agency to halt discrimination against conservatives … A federal judge warned the Environmental Protection Agency on Monday not to discriminate against conservative groups in how it responds to open-records requests, issuing a legal spanking.

Discussion: Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, Washington Free Beacon and Truth Revolt

Tracy Walsh / Talking Points Memo:

Colbert Shares The One Question He Most Wants To Ask Pope Francis (VIDEO) — Comedian Stephen Colbert shared the one question he would most want to ask Pope Francis in a videotaped interview for the Catholic magazine America, posted on Monday to YouTube. — Colbert said he would ask …

Discussion: Mediaite