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12:20 PM ET, February 2, 2013

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Daniel Halper / Weekly Standard:
W.H. Releases Photo of Obama Shooting a Gun  —  This morning, the White House released a photo of President Obama shooting a gun:  —  “President Barack Obama shoots clay targets on the range at Camp David, Md., Saturday, Aug. 4, 2012.  (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza),” the caption reads.
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Talking Points Memo:
Former First Dog Barney Bush Passes Away  —  The Bush family statement, via Reuters:
Mark Steyn / National Review:
Containing Hagel  —  You don't have to be that good to fend off a committee of showboating senatorial blowhards.  Hillary Clinton demonstrated that a week or so back when she unleashed what's apparently the last word in withering putdowns: What difference does it make?  —  Quite a bit of difference it seems.
Discussion: Power Line and Cold Fury
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Andrew Kirell / Mediaite:
Mark Levin Explodes: 'The Muslim Brotherhood Has Infiltrated Our Gov't — It's Called Barack Obama'
William Kristol / Weekly Standard:
Any Profiles in Courage?
Discussion: TBogg
Reuters:
Video of protester stripped and beaten fires Egypt fury  —  CAIRO (Reuters) - After eight days of protests that killed nearly 60 people, a video of one demonstrator stripped naked, dragged across the ground and beaten with truncheons by helmeted riot police has fired Egyptians to a new level of outrage.
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit and NBCNews.com
Twitter Blog:
Keeping our users secure  —  As you may have read, there's been a recent uptick in large-scale security attacks aimed at U.S. technology and media companies.  Within the last two weeks, the New York Times and Wall Street Journal have chronicled breaches of their systems …
Investor's Business Daily:
Obama's Jobless Recovery Continues Unabated  —  Economy: So the economy created 157,000 new payroll jobs in January.  Wow.  At this rate, we might actually get back down to Bush-era unemployment rates sometime, oh, within the next 100 years.  —  The January jobs report is supposed to be good news.
Martin Fletcher / The Times:
Iran's space monkey triumph exposed as a fake … Iran enjoyed rare triumph on Monday — the successful launch of a monkey into space.  —  The regime proclaimed it as proof that Iranian scientists could match their Western counterparts, evidence that international sanctions were ineffectual, and a stepping stone to a manned flight.
Discussion: BuzzFeed, Gawker and Running Chicken
Tom Gara / Corporate Intelligence:
Exclusive: Eric Schmidt Unloads on China in New Book … Google executive chairman Eric Schmidt is brutally clear: China is the most dangerous superpower on Earth.  —  Corporate Intelligence reviewed preliminary galleys of Schmidt's new book, “The New Digital Age,” (Random House) which debuts in April.
New York Times:
Church Documents Released After Years of Resistance  —  LOS ANGELES — The church files are filled with outrage, pain and confusion.  There are handwritten notes from distraught mothers, accounts of furious phone calls from brothers and perplexed inquiries from the police following …
Discussion: The PJ Tatler
Rshibley / Col·lege In·sur·rec· tion:
College President Personally Smacked with $50,000 Bill for Violating Constitution  —  There is great news for students from a Georgia jury today, as former Valdosta State University President Ronald Zaccari has been found liable for $50,000 in damages for unjustly kicking one of his students …
Erick Erickson / Fox News:
Senate Democrats, please listen carefully to the New York Times  —  The editors of the New York Times often come across as school girls at a Justin Bieber concert when it comes to the Democrats.  Thursday, they upped their school girl skirt just a bit more for the Democrats.
Discussion: Crooks and Liars
Wbastone / The Smoking Gun:
A Suspect Should Never Waive His Rights And Tell The Cops, “I Was Trying To Make The Horse Have A Baby.”  —  When it comes to post-arrest statements, the admissions made by a Texas man arrested for having sex with a horse are a good reminder why suspects should take advantage of their right to remain silent.
Discussion: The Other McCain and Mediaite
Toddstarnes / Fox News:
Church Says Wounded Warrior Project Refused Their Money  —  A Christian church and school in Florida are devastated after they said Wounded Warrior Project refused to accept their fund raising effort because it was “religious in nature.”  —  JOIN TODD'S FAN PAGE FOR MORE CULTURE WAR STORIES.
Boston Globe:
Scott Brown will not run for US Senate  —  Scott Brown, who surprised the political world with his upset victory in the 2010 special election, announced Friday afternoon that he will not enter the special election to replace John F. Kerry.  —  “I was not at all certain that a third Senate campaign …
Adam Serwer / Mother Jones:
GOP to Filibuster Obama's Consumer Watchdog Pick  —  A little more than a week after Senate Democrats decided not to weaken the filibuster, Republicans are vowing to filibuster President Barack Obama's nominee to head the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau unless its powers are reduced, Reuters reports.
Scott Whitlock / NewsBusters blogs:
Disgraceful: Chris Matthews Smears John McCain as an ‘Angry’ Vietnam Vet Having a ‘Flashback’  —  Liberal anchor Chris Matthews on Friday stooped to the lowest level, smearing John McCain as an “angry” Vietnam veteran who is having a “flashback.”  Resorting to the cheapest of stereotypes …
Peter Schroeder / The Hill:
Biden: Iran must be serious for US talks  —  Vice President Joe Biden underlined the United States' willingness to talk directly with Iran, but only so long as that government is willing to work toward a specific goal.  —  Biden said the Obama administration would not sit down with Iran …
Associated Press:
Ed Koch, three-term mayor who became a symbol of NYC, dead at 88  —  NEW YORK - Former Mayor Ed Koch, the combative, acid-tongued politician who rescued the city from near-financial ruin during a three-term City Hall run in which he embodied New York chutzpah for the rest of the world, died Friday.
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Burgess Everett / Politico:
Antonio Villaraigosa rules out Ray LaHood's job
Discussion: CNN
John Hinderaker / Power Line:
The Democrats' Unconstitutional Gun Grab
John Nolte / BREITBART.COM:
SCANDAL-PLAGUED STEVE CAPUS OUT AS NBC NEWS PRESIDENT
emptywheel:
DOJ: We Can't Tell Which Secret Application of Section 215 Prevents Us From Telling You How You're Surveilled
Discussion: Suburban Guerrilla
Conor Friedersdorf / The Atlantic Online:
Pornography ‘Weakens our Resistance to the Communist Masters of Deceit’
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Arthur C. Brooks / New York Times:
My Valuable, Cheap College Degree
Discussion: AEIdeas
Peter Kaplan / Federal Trade Commission:
Path Social Networking App Settles FTC Charges it Deceived Consumers and Improperly Collected …
David Brooks / New York Times:
The Easy Problem
Justin Sink / The Hill:
Secret Service Director Mark Sullivan to retire
Discussion: Politico and CNN
Edmund Haislmaier / The Heritage Foundation:
Obamacare “Rebranded”
Kevin Robillard / Politico:
Hillary Clinton: ‘I am more optimistic today’
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Authentic Brands licenses Sports Illustrated's publishing rights to The Players' Tribune owner Minute Media for 10 years, with plans to keep the print edition

Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
Ofcom rules that five GB News programs presented by Conservative politicians have broken its due impartiality rules and puts the channel “on notice”

Reuters:
After oral arguments, SCOTUS appeared wary of curbing US government contacts with social media platforms in the First Amendment case of Murthy v. Missouri

 
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