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3:50 PM ET, February 19, 2013

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Politico:
Obama, the puppet master  —  President Barack Obama is a master at limiting, shaping and manipulating media coverage of himself and his White House.  —  Not for the reason that conservatives suspect: namely, that a liberal press willingly and eagerly allows itself to get manipulated.
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momentoftruthproject.org:
A BIPARTISAN PATH FORWARD TO SECURING AMERICA'S FUTURE  —  Erskine Bowles and Alan Simpson are co-chairs of the Moment of Truth project and formerly co-chaired the President's bipartisan National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform.  —  The United States faces two big risks …
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Kevin Robillard / Politico:
Report: New Simpson-Bowles plan
Discussion: Washington Monthly, Slate and alan.com
Derek Thompson / The Atlantic Online:
Why Does the New Simpson-Bowles Deficit Plan Look So ... Republican?
Discussion: Hullabaloo
Damian Paletta / Wall Street Journal:
Simpson and Bowles Offer Up Deficit Fix
Discussion: CNNMoney.com and Business Insider
First Read:
First Thoughts: Here comes the bully pulpit
Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
Marco Rubio: The Electable Conservative?  —  Some commentators have expressed surprise upon learning about the very conservative voting record of Senator Marco Rubio of Florida, who delivered the Republican response to the State of the Union address last week.
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Joe Scarborough / Politico:
Tearing down the conservative echo chamber  —  A “Morning Joe” discussion from Tuesday is sure to set off extremists within the Republican Party who remain more interested in defending the GOP's losing ways than charting a new course to victory.  After Chuck Todd concluded that Republicans …
Kenneth P. Vogel / Politico:
Tea party group pictures Rove in Nazi uniform  —  A top tea party group is taking its clash with Karl Rove to a new level, sending out a fundraising email Tuesday featuring a photoshopped image of the GOP operative in an SS uniform.  —  “Wipe the Smirk Off Karl Rove's Face,” …
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Alana Goodman / Washington Free Beacon:
Report: Hagel Said Israel Headed Toward Apartheid, Netanyahu a ‘Radical’  —  Secretary of defense nominee Chuck Hagel said Israel is on its way to becoming an apartheid state during an April 9, 2010, appearance at Rutgers University, according to a contemporaneous account by an attendee.
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Bret Stephens / Wall Street Journal:
Filibuster Hagel  —  If Republicans refuse, they won't be standing …
Discussion: Right Turn
Molly K. Hooper / The Hill:
Who's afraid of the sequester's ax?  Not us, say Republican lawmakers  —  House GOP lawmakers say they do not fear political blowback if Congress fails to prevent $85 billion in automatic spending cuts from triggering in two weeks.  —  The cuts known as the sequester are almost certain …
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Justin Sink / The Hill:
Obama says sequester would take ‘meat cleaver’ to government
Discussion: Politico
Conor Friedersdorf / The Atlantic Online:
Like a Swarm of Lethal Bugs: The Most Terrifying Drone Video Yet  —  An Air Force simulation says researchers are at work on killer robots so tiny that a group of them could blend into a cityscape.  —  Science writer John Horgan's feature on the many ways drones will be used in coming years …
Discussion: The Week
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Jennifer Kabbany / The College Fix:
Prof Strips, Shows 9/11 Footage, Impales Stuffed Animal (VIDEO)  —  A science professor at Columbia University on Monday began a quantum mechanics lecture by stripping into his boxers and eating a banana while rap music played in the background.  —  Then it got weird.
Taegan Goddard's Political Wire:
Quote of the Day  —  “I'm not much different from Andrew Cuomo.  I probably agree with him on 98% of the issues.”  — Chris Christie (R), quoted by the Glen Falls Chronicle, in a conversation with a union organizer.
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Jimmy Vielkind / Capitol Confidential:   Christie: 'I'm not much different from Andrew Cuomo'
New York Times:
Chinese Army Unit Is Seen as Tied to Hacking Against U.S.  —  On the outskirts of Shanghai, in a run-down neighborhood dominated by a 12-story white office tower, sits a People's Liberation Army base for China's growing corps of cyberwarriors.  —  The building off Datong Road …
Reuters:
Exclusive: Apple, Macs hit by hackers who targeted Facebook  —  (Reuters) - Apple Inc was recently attacked by hackers who infected the Macintosh computers of some employees, the company said on Tuesday in an unprecedented disclosure that described the widest known cyber attacks against Apple-made computers to date.
Celia Llopis-Jepsen / Topeka Capital-Journal:
Bill asks teachers to question climate change in class  —  HB2306 calls climate change ‘scientific controversy’  —  With the Kansas State Board of Education preparing to vote on new science standards this year, the House Education Committee has introduced a bill asking schools to include evidence …
Discussion: alan.com
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Rebecca Leber / ThinkProgress:   Kansas Bill Would Require Teachers To Misinform Students About Climate Change
Jonathan Lloyd / NBC Southern California:
Four Dead After OC Shootings, Carjackings  —  Four people are dead after a series of shootings and carjackings near freeways in Orange County that began after the shooting death of a woman at a home in Ladera Ranch.  —  Map: Shooting Investigation Locations
New York Times:
Pistorius Denies Murdering Girlfriend  —  PRETORIA, South Africa — Facing a charge of premeditated murder in the death of his girlfriend, Oscar Pistorius, the double amputee track star and one of the world's best-known athletes, denied on Tuesday that he intended to take her life when he opened fire …
David Brooks / New York Times:
What Data Can't Do  —  Not long ago, I was at a dinner with the chief executive of a large bank.  He had just had to decide whether to pull out of Italy, given the weak economy and the prospect of a future euro crisis.  —  The C.E.O. had his economists project out a series of downside scenarios …
Discussion: Paul Krugman and Economist's View
David Ariosto / CNN:
NASA restores communication with International Space Station  —  (CNN) — NASA restored communication with the International Space Station on Tuesday after connections went dark following a routine computer software update.  —  Before the fix, the space agency said the craft was able …
 
 
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Kristen Abraham / ABC 12 - WJRT:
Comcast pulls gun shop ads from cable network
Lori Ziganto / Twitchy:
War on women: Press secretary Carney sneers at female reporter; ‘I know you are just filling in’
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Targeted killings: OK if Obama does it?
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Missouri Republican Wants To Make It A Felony For His Fellow Lawmakers To Propose Gun Laws
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Livni becomes 1st member of Netanyahu-led gov't
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Justin Sink / The Hill:
Scott Brown blames phone for unusual ‘Bqhatevwr’ tweet
Discussion: CNN and Politico
Rebecca Leber / ThinkProgress:
Virginia Pizza Shop Offers A Discount To Anyone Who Carries A Gun
Discussion: Shakesville and NBCNews.com
Sam Baker / The Hill:
Supreme Court to hear RNC suit challenging campaign finance limits
Discussion: Politico and CNN
David Rogers / Politico:
Why John McCain turned on Chuck Hagel
Discussion: The Dish
Lynn Bartels / Denver Post:
Colorado lawmaker Joe Salazar issues apology over rape remark