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11:55 AM ET, February 18, 2014

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Tom Kludt / Talking Points Memo:
‘Joe The Plumber’ Describes His New Union Job, Contemplates The Meaning Of ‘Tea Bagger’  —  Samuel Wurzelbacher's encounter with Barack Obama gave some material to Republicans who were eager to brand the Illinois senator a socialist.  Today, the man better-known as “Joe The Plumber” has himself a union job.
Discussion: The Raw Story
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Tom Troy / Toledo Blade:
‘Joe the Plumber’ Wurzelbacher gets union job with Chrysler Group
Discussion: Liberaland and Joe For America
Byron York / Washington Examiner:
Why Hillary Clinton's past is fair game in presidential race  —  HILLARY CLINTON BILL CLINTON 2016 ELECTIONS CAMPAIGNS KENNETH STARR WHITEWATER  —  There's a debate going on about Hillary Clinton's past.  If she runs for president in 2016, should Republicans reach back to the scandals of her years as First Lady?
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Rebecca Traister / The New Republic:
It's (Still) Only Women Pols Who Get Judged on Their Family Life
Discussion: Mediaite and NewsBusters
Keli Goff / The Daily Beast:   How Wendy Davis Became America's Conscience on Abortion
Eli Lake / The Daily Beast:
Spy Chief: We Should've Told You We Track Your Calls  —  The U.S. government long considered its collection of Americans' call records to be a state secret.  Now the Director of National Intelligence admits it would have been better if Washington had acknowledged the surveillance in the first place.
Nicholas Confessore / New York Times:
Financier Plans Big Ad Campaign on Climate Change  —  A billionaire retired investor is forging plans to spend as much as $100 million during the 2014 election, seeking to pressure federal and state officials to enact climate change measures through a hard-edge campaign of attack ads against governors and lawmakers.
Lindsay Kalter / Politico:
Kathleen Sebelius: No job loss under Obamacare  —  Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius says there is “absolutely no evidence” that the Affordable Care Act will drive down employment, despite a report from the Congressional Budget Office released Feb. 4 predicting fewer people would be working.
Associated Press:
Melvin Reynolds arrested in Zimbabwe, Zimbabwean official says  —  HARARE, Zimbabwe — Former U.S. Rep. Melvin Jay Reynolds has been arrested in Zimbabwe, said a Zimbabwean immigration official.  —  The official, Ario Mabika, told The Associated Press Tuesday that Reynolds is being investigated.
Discussion: JONATHAN TURLEY
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Rebecca Shabad / The Hill:
Ex-congressman arrested in Zimbabwe
Robert Costa / Washington Post:
Congressional Republicans are focused on calming their divided ranks  —  After a tumultuous week of party infighting and leadership stumbles, congressional Republicans are focused on calming their divided ranks in the months ahead, mostly by touting proposals that have wide backing within …
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Russell Berman / The Hill:
Shifting the focus back to Obama
Discussion: The Plum Line and New York Times
Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
Republicans open investigations into ObamaCare's disaster sites  —  Republicans are launching investigations into three state-run ObamaCare exchanges that are failing disastrously.  —  Lawmakers are setting their sites on exchanges in Oregon, Maryland and Massachusetts where Democratic governors embraced …
ThinkProgress:
Michael Dunn Compares Himself To Rape Victim In Newly Released Calls From Jail  —  CREDIT: AP Photo/The Florida Times-Union, Bob Mack, Pool  —  In newly released audio of phone calls made by Michael Dunn while in jail, the man who shot 17-year-old Jordan Davis after a loud music dispute claiming self-defense …
Discussion: CBS News and PoliticusUSA
Rebecca Riffkin / Gallup:
Unemployment Rises to Top Problem in the U.S.  —  Fewer Americans name the government as the most important problem in February  —  WASHINGTON, D.C. — Americans have a new No. 1 problem.  Nearly one in four Americans mention jobs and unemployment as the most important problem facing the country, up from 16% in January.
Bret Stephens / Wall Street Journal:
Stephens: Climate Prophets and Profiteers  —  The most cynical part of John Kerry's climate-change speech.  —  The weirdest thing about John Kerry's weekend speech on climate-change—other than the fact that this is the same guy who in 1997 voted to forbid the U.S. from signing the Kyoto Protocol …
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CNN:
‘Abundant evidence’ of crimes against humanity in North Korea, panel says  —  (CNN) — A stunning catalog of torture and the widespread abuse of even the weakest of North Koreans reveal a portrait of a brutal state “that does not have any parallel in the contemporary world,” a United Nations panel reported Monday.
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Peter Walker / Guardian:
North Korean human rights abuses systematic and unparalleled, says UN
Discussion: The Verge and The Daily Banter
Valerie Richardson / Washington Times:
Secession movement in New York pushes for Big Apple to split from Upstate  —  When Frank Sinatra sang “New York, New York,” he may have been on to something.  —  A movement is afoot to split New York into two regions — upstate and downstate — to acknowledge the gaping philosophical differences and improve representation.
Paul Bond / Hollywood Reporter:
‘Bible’ Producers Cut Satan Scenes From ‘Son of God’ Following Obama Controversy (Video)  —  Eager to avoid a controversy about the devil looking like the president, Roma Downey and Mark Burnett decided to leave the character out of their film, which is based on “The Bible” miniseries.
Discussion: americanthinker.com and Guardian
Jim Yardley / New York Times:
Spain, Land of 10 P.M. Dinners, Asks if It's Time to Reset Clock  —  MADRID — Dipping into a bucket filled with Mahou beers, Jorge Rodríguez and his friends hunkered down on a recent Wednesday night to watch soccer at Mesón Viña, a local bar.
Discussion: Eschaton
Walter Russell Mead / The American Interest Podcast:
Lefty Meltdown Leads Latin Revival  —  Are we about to witness a big power shift in Latin America?  —  Venezuela, Brazil and Argentina are languishing in differing shades of turmoil, steadily losing ground to regional underdogs.  The Pacific Alliance, an historic trade agreement between Mexico …
Discussion: The Atlantic Online
Zeke J Miller / TIME:
Obama Plays Water Guzzling Desert Golf Courses Amid California Drought  —  After preaching shared sacrifice to assuage the California water shortage, Obama has played some of the country's thirstiest golf courses.  —  President Barack Obama traveled to California Friday to highlight …
 
 
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Doug Alden / unionleader.com:
GOP legislator Rep. Darrell Issa, in NH, says he wants to shape 2016 debate
Discussion: Daily Kos
Shaun Walker / Guardian:
Pussy Riot members among group of activists arrested in Sochi
James Freeman / Wall Street Journal:
Obama's Stimulus, Five Years Later
Discussion: RedState
Politico:
Exclusive: Mega-donors plan GOP war council
James Hohmann / Politico:
NRSC raised $4.62 million in January
Discussion: Real Clear Politics
 Earlier Items: 
Mike Gonzalez / The Federalist:
The New Contras: Understanding The Left's Grip On Media
Discussion: alicublog and Vox Popoli
George Monbiot / Guardian:
How we ended up paying farmers to flood our homes
Discussion: Spectator
Adam Aigner-Treworgy / CNN:
Obama to take next step in fuel efficiency for trucks
Discussion: Politico
Eliana Johnson / National Review:
Proposed IRS Rule Change Fractures the Left
Andrea Peyser / New York Post:
Al Gore's global-warming rhetoric is put on ice
Discussion: his vorpal sword
Paul Caron / TaxProf Blog:
Rutgers Prof Suspended for Telling Students He Was Made to Teach a Course in Which He Had Zero Expertise
Sarah Jean Seman / Townhall.com:
Pelosi: the Founding Fathers Would Totally Support Obamacare
Discussion: Right Wing News and Scared Monkeys