memeorandum: Lack of Democratic race a burden for Hillary (Byron York/Washington Examiner)

7:45 AM ET, March 17, 2015

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Barak Ravid / Haaretz:

Netanyahu: If I'm elected, there will be no Palestinian state — In a definitive disavowal of his Bar-Ilan two-state speech, prime minister makes last-minute attempt to draw voters from Bennett's Habayit Hayeudi. — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyhau said Monday that if he were to be reelected …

Discussion: The Atlantic Online, Bloomberg View, National Review, US News, Hullabaloo, The Times of Israel, The Daily Caller, No More Mister Nice Blog and Washington Post

Jodi Rudoren / New York Times:

Netanyahu Says No to Statehood for Palestinians — JERUSALEM — Under pressure on the eve of a surprisingly close election, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel on Monday doubled down on his appeal to right-wing voters, declaring definitively that if he was returned to office he would never establish a Palestinian state.

Discussion: Reuters, The Times of Israel, Al Jazeera English, Taylor Marsh, Hot Air, Ben Swann Truth In Media, Haaretz, Common Dreams, Daily Signal, New York Magazine, ThinkProgress, RealClearWorld, Chicago, The Atlantic Online, Mediaite, Washington Post, Washington Free Beacon and Talking Points Memo

Agence France-Presse:
Netanyahu says no Palestinian state if reelected PM

Discussion: Informed Comment and FOX News Radio

Brendan James / Talking Points Memo:
Chuck Norris Cuts Last-Minute Campaign Video For Netanyahu (VIDEO)

Discussion: The Reaction

Marc Perkel / Dvorak News Blog:

BREAKING NEWS: Spam Filtering Service had access to Clinton Classified Emails — Not often do we break news on Dvorak News but today we do. Hillary Clinton used a spam filtering service MxLogic to filter her spam and viruses. What this means is - employees at MxLogic, now owned by McAfee …

Discussion: CNN, Liberal Values, RedState, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion and ABC News

Adam B. Lerner / Politico:

Tom Cotton calls for defense spending boost — Tom Cotton has a simple message for Barack Obama: You're doing it all wrong. — The Arkansas Republican took to the Senate floor Monday — the ink barely dry on his controversial open letter to Iran — to advocate dramatic increases in defense spending …

Discussion: No More Mister Nice Blog, Little Green Footballs and The Daily Caller

Jeb Lund / Rolling Stone:
None Dare Call It Treason: Tom Cotton, Iran and Old GOP Ideas

Discussion: Hullabaloo

Nat Brown / National Review:
The Cotton Letter Was Not Sent Anywhere, Especially Not to Iran

Discussion: Business Insider, John Hawkins' Right Wing News, Daily Kos, American Spectator and Politico

Jonathan Capehart / Washington Post:

'Hands up, don't shoot' was built on a lie — The late evening of Aug. 9, 2014, I couldn't sleep. I was due to substitute-anchor MSNBC's “UP with Steve Kornacki” and should have been asleep. But after looking at my Twitter feed and reading the rage under #Ferguson, I felt compelled to type …

Discussion: Mediaite, The Daily Caller and Instapundit

Daniel Rivero / Fusion:
Down nearly 50 percent since Michael Brown's death, new data show.

Discussion: The Gateway Pundit and Ed Driscoll

Kelsey Stein / al.com:

Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore's son arrested, charged with drug possession in Troy — The son of Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore was arrested Sunday for drug possession near the scene of an attempted break-in, court records show. — Caleb Moore, 24, was charged with possession of a controlled substance and possession of marijuana.

Discussion: Joe. My. God., Jezebel, Hinterland Gazette, FreakOutNation, The Moderate Voice, Talking Points Memo and Towleroad News #gay

Helaine Olen / The Baffler:

Poor Stories from Brooks and Douthat — Not the happiest tale from our collective past. — In the past week, New York Times columnists David Brooks and Ross Douthat have taken on the issues of personal behavior and social norms among people less economically fortunate than themselves.

Discussion: The Week, Daily Kos and Talking Points Memo

Salt Lake Tribune:

WWW.SLTRIB.COM — I've learned the real reason why Mitt Romney chose not to run for president for a third time in 2016. — He's taking up boxing. — In fact, Romney is slated to fight former heavyweight boxing champion Evander Holyfield in the marquis event during a several-bout evening …

Discussion: Washington Post, ABC News, Mediaite, The Atlantic Online, OnPolitics, The Week, Talking Points Memo and Politico

Nick Dutton / WTVR-TV:

Vicious fight at Chesterfield Waffle House leaves woman with concussion, back injury — CHESTERFIELD COUNTY, Va. — A Chesterfield woman is recovering after a brutal attack captured on cell phone video at the Waffle House on Midlothian Turnpike. Police said the incident happened during the early hours of March 8.

Discussion: KFOR-TV

Dan Metcalfe / Politico:

Hillary's Email Defense Is Laughable — I should know—I ran FOIA for the U.S. government. — Lead image by Getty. — I thought when I retired from the Justice Department in 2007, I was done with records-related scandals. By that point, I had spent more than a quarter-century …

Discussion: Hot Air

Kevin Cirilli / The Hill:

House Democrats angry over Obama's classified trade meeting — House Democrats are criticizing President Obama's administration for holding a classified briefing on trade with top administration officials, saying it's an attempt to push a trade program in secret.

Naomi Martin / Crime Blog:

Family releases video of Dallas police fatal shooting of mental patient — A newly released video of a fatal shooting by Dallas police shows the moments that led to a mentally ill man's death as he held a screwdriver. — Two Dallas police officers shot Jason Harrison, 38, at his home on June 14.

Discussion: Raw Story and The Gateway Pundit

Shelby Sebens / Reuters:

Oregon Governor Signs Sweeping Automatic Voter Registration Into Law — Sweeping first-in-the nation legislation making voter registration automatic in Oregon was signed into law on Monday by Governor Kate Brown, potentially adding 300,000 new voters to state rolls.

James Hohmann / Politico:

Scott Walker denies ethanol flip-flop — Scott Walker freely admits that he has shifted to the right on immigration over the past two years, aligning himself with the GOP base, but the Wisconsin governor was adamant Monday night that he has not also flip-flopped on ethanol.

Discussion: The PJ Tatler

Byron York / Washington Examiner:

Lack of Democratic race a burden for Hillary — Scott Walker, the frontrunner in the race for the 2016 Republican presidential nomination, leads his nearest competitor, Jeb Bush, by four-tenths of a percentage point, according to the latest RealClearPolitics average of polls.

Avik Roy / Forbes:

Sources: HHS' Obamacare Contingency Plan Is To Ask States To Contract Exchange Work To The Feds — Something odd has been happening with the Supreme Court battle over the legality of subsidies for Obamacare's federally-organized health insurance exchange. The Obama administration has been claiming …

Discussion: The Daily Caller, Washington Monthly and VodkaPundit

Sahil Kapur / Talking Points Memo:
Republican Governor Hopes Obamacare Lawsuit Fails In Supreme Court

Discussion: ThinkProgress, Daily Kos and Casper Star-Tribune

Bonnie Cao / Bloomberg Business:

A $250,000 Tour With One Aim: Get Chinese to Buy a Home — (Bloomberg) — Just how confident is Los Angeles property broker Erik Coffin that he can interest Chinese clients in high-end Las Vegas villas? He's charging $4 million a month for a quick glimpse. — It isn't just any tour.

Mike Cason / al.com:

Alumni won't leave millions to University of Alabama because of state's war on same-sex marriage — For most of more than four decades as a couple, Elliott Mitchell and Clark West have lived quietly, building careers and sharing a deep love for their alma mater, the University of Alabama.

Discussion: Advocate and Joe. My. God.

VICE News:

President Obama Speaks with VICE News — VICE founder Shane Smith interviews President Barack Obama, discussing a host of issues important to Americans, from foreign policy and marijuana legalization to global warming and political gridlock.

Discussion: The Huffington Post, Politico, Reuters, Mediaite, Bloomberg Business and BuzzFeed

American Press Institute:

How Millennials Get News: Inside the habits of America's first digital generation — This research was conducted by the Media Insight Project — an initiative of the American Press Institute and the Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research — Introduction

Discussion: The Atlantic Online and Politico

Multimedia Feed for The Kuhner Report:

Ted Cruz did not scare a little girl at event. — The mother of the child involved in the “World On Fire” comment from Ted Cruz speaks to Jeff about what really happened. — [0:04:49] ... this. What kind of a mother argue that the air is your baby crying and you're not doing anything to comfort your frightened crying baby.