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8:05 AM ET, March 4, 2015

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David McCabe / The Hill:

Lindsey Graham mocks Pelosi's ‘surgeries,’ apologizes — Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) apologized for mocking House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi's physical appearance during a closed-door fundraiser following Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's speech to Congress.

Discussion: FOX News Radio and The Huffington Post

Josh Rogin / Bloomberg View:

Netanyahu's Careful, Clever Speech to Congress — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's speech to Congress, although full of bombast, was carefully constructed to avoid revealing new information about the nuclear negotiations with Iran or specifying what a better deal would look like.

Discussion: The Huffington Post, Politico, Talking Points Memo, Fox News Insider, Salon and Mediaite

Fred Kaplan / Slate:

Netanyahu's Deadly Gambit — The Israeli prime minister is insincere. The only outcomes that would please him are Iranian regime change or outright war. — Benjamin Netanyahu's speech before Congress on Tuesday was a disturbing spectacle: shallow, evasive, short on logic, and long on cynicism.

Discussion: Hot Air, Washington Free Beacon, The Atlantic Online, The American Conservative and CBS DC

Pelosi / Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi:

Pelosi Statement on Prime Minister Netanyahu's Address to Congress — Washington, D.C. - Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi released the following statement regarding Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's address to the Joint Meeting of Congress: — “The unbreakable bonds between …

Mike Lillis / The Hill:

Netanyahu speech divides Dems — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday delivered a blistering rebuke of President Obama's Iran strategy, warning in an address to Congress that the nuclear disarmament talks would “all but guarantee” a march to war.

Discussion: Associated Press

New York Times:
Mr. Netanyahu's Unconvincing Speech to Congress

Discussion: Israel Matzav, The Times of Israel, The Huffington Post, JustOneMinute, Washington Post and The Hugh Hewitt Show

Terri Rupar / Washington Post:
The complete transcript of Netanyahu's address to Congress

James Oliphant / National Journal:
Netanyahu Delivered Just What Obama Feared

Discussion: New York Post and Betsy's Page

Fox News:
Transcript of Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu's speech to Congress

Discussion: New York Times, Al Jazeera English, Bloomberg Business, John Hawkins' Right Wing News, Bloomberg View, Progress Pond, Politico and Common Dreams

The Hill:
Pelosi ‘near tears’ at Bibi ‘insult’

Discussion: Politico, Hot Air, American Spectator and Little Green Footballs

Arshad Mohammed / Reuters:
Iran calls Obama's 10-year nuclear demand ‘unacceptable’

Discussion: Washington Free Beacon, Algemeiner.com and The Long War Journal

Thomas Erdbrink / New York Times:
In Tehran, Too, Netanyahu's Speech Finds an Eager Audience

Discussion: CNN, Addicting Info and New York Magazine

J.K. Trotter / Gawker:

Source: Top Clinton Aides Used Secret Email Accounts at State Dept. — Hillary Clinton is defending her use of a private email address, hosted at ClintonEmail.com, to conduct official State Department business by claiming that her emails were captured by official @state.gov accounts …

Discussion: Slate, CNN, New York Magazine, The Daily Caller, The Last Refuge, Business Insider and Bloomberg Business

Jonathan Karl / ABC News:

Rep. Jason Chaffetz's Business Card Lists His Gmail Address … Hillary Clinton isn't the only official who uses a non-government email address. — A business card obtained by ABC News shows that Rep. Jason Chaffetz, R-Utah, lists his Gmail address on his official House card.

Discussion: Twitchy, Mediaite, SOOPERMEXICAN and Fire Andrea Mitchell!

New York Times:

Using Private Email, Hillary Clinton Thwarted Record Requests — WASHINGTON — In 2012, congressional investigators asked the State Department for a wide range of documents related to the attack on the United States diplomatic compound in Benghazi, Libya. The department eventually responded …

Discussion: Associated Press, The Week, ThinkProgress, Washington Monthly, “The Lid” and America Rising, more at Mediagazer »

Ben Kamisar / The Hill:
Clinton aide Podesta criticized Bush officials for using private emails

Discussion: Washington Post, Hot Air, Bloomberg Business, Moe Lane, Guardian, Politico and New York Times

Julian Hattem / The Hill:
Hillary's emails ‘not technically illegal’

Discussion: The Other McCain and Bloomberg Business

J.K. Trotter / Gawker:
This Is Hillary Clinton's Secret Email: HDR22@ClintonEmail.com

Discussion: Guardian, TIME, Business Insider, New York Post, Mediaite, The Daily Caller, New York Magazine, Washington Post, The Stranger …, Bloomberg Business and New York Times

Ron Fournier / National Journal:
Maybe Hillary Clinton Should Retire Her White House Dreams

Discussion: RedState, Fox News, Hot Air, Viking Pundit, Rush Limbaugh, The Smoking Gun, New York Times, Politico, Roger Ailes, The Huffington Post, America Rising, National Review, US News, Liberal Values, Medium, Bloomberg Business and neo-neocon

Michael Tomasky / The Daily Beast:
Hillary Email ‘Scandal’? Not So Fast

Discussion: Bloomberg Business, The Daily Banter, Al Jazeera America, Addicting Info, Power Line, Capital New York, Mediaite, Washington Post, Politico, The Huffington Post and Hullabaloo

Sean Sullivan / Washington Post:

House passes bill fully funding the Department of Homeland Security — House Speaker John A. Boehner surrendered Tuesday to Democratic demands to fully fund the Department of Homeland Security, ending a tense three-month showdown over immigration. But the move could further strain relations between …

Discussion: Politico and ImmigrationProf Blog

CNN:
Boehner expected to allow vote on clean DHS bill as soon as Wednesday

Discussion: Mediaite and FOX News Radio

The Hill:
House approves Homeland Security funding in 257-167 vote

Discussion: Fox News, John Hawkins' Right Wing News, ThinkProgress and DCCC

Ashley Parker / New York Times:
House Approves Homeland Security Budget, Without Strings

Discussion: Outside the Beltway, Bloomberg View, Daily Kos and Washington Monthly

John C. Danforth / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:

Danforth's eulogy for Tom Schweich: ‘Words do hurt. Words can kill.’ — (The following are remarks prepared for delivery by former U.S. Sen. John C. Danforth at the funeral Tuesday for state Auditor Thomas A. Schweich at The Church of St. Michael and St. George in Clayton. They have been lightly edited.)

Discussion: Washington Post, kplr11.com, FOX2now.com and Politico

Lee Enterprises / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Danforth, in eulogy, decries ‘whispering campaign’ against Schweich

Discussion: Raw Story, The Gateway Pundit, Mediaite and Talking Points Memo

Catherine Thompson / Talking Points Memo:
Ex-US Senator Calls Out Missouri GOP Leader During Funeral: ‘Words Can Kill’

Discussion: Washington Post

Matt Apuzzo / New York Times:

Ferguson Police Routinely Violate Rights of Blacks, Justice Dept. Finds — WASHINGTON — Ferguson, Mo., is a third white, but the crime statistics compiled in the city over the past two years seemed to suggest that only black people were breaking the law. They accounted for 85 percent of traffic stops …

Discussion: Addicting Info, Associated Press, The Huffington Post, Raw Story, US News, Politico, ThinkProgress, Shakesville, Hinterland Gazette, TalkLeft, The Verge, The Week, Hit & Run and FreakOutNation

Carrie Johnson / NPR:
Source: Probe Of Ferguson Police Uncovers Racist Comment About Obama

Discussion: Raw Story, CNN, The Daily Caller and BarbWire.com

Sari Horwitz / Washington Post:
Justice Dept. review finds pattern of racial bias among Ferguson police

Discussion: Portside

Quinnipiac News + Events:

Release Detail — March 4, 2015 - U.S. Voters Back 2-1 Sending Troops To Fight Isis, Quinnipiac University National Poll Finds; Voters Say 3-1 Keep Un-Vaccinated Kids Out Of School — American voters support 62 - 30 percent sending U.S. ground troops to fight ISIS in Iraq and Syria …

Discussion: Bloomberg Business and Washington Times

Alex Isenstadt / Politico:

Could Rahm actually lose? — Chicago's mayor is in the fight of his political life. — A runoff that was expected to be a slam dunk for Rahm Emanuel is turning out to be uncomfortably — even dangerously — close, leading the Chicago mayor to ready a scorched-earth offensive to save his job.

Lauren Yapalater / BuzzFeed:

The Duggars Are Being Accused Of Animal Abuse After Seemingly Trying To Sled Over A Cat — “Great job @derickdillard for appearing as a thoughtless, careless human being.” — You know The Duggars, the family with literally 757* members and GROWING? — *Not literally 757. — duggarfamilyblog.com

Discussion: Raw Story and FOX News Radio

Jordain Carney / The Hill:

Senate to vote Wednesday to undo labor union rule — The Senate will vote Wednesday on a GOP-backed motion that would undo a controversial National Labor Relations Board rule that makes it easier for workers to hold union elections. — Republicans are using the Congressional Review Act …

Discussion: RedState

Craig Timberg / Washington Post:

‘FREAK’ flaw undermines security for Apple and Google users, researchers discover — Technology companies are scrambling to fix a major security flaw that for more than a decade left users of Apple and Google devices vulnerable to hacking when they visited millions of supposedly secure Web sites …