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7:15 PM ET, February 13, 2015

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Laura Gunderson / Oregonian:
Governor John Kitzhaber announces his resignation  —  Oregon Gov. John Kitzhaber resigned effective next Wednesday, Feb. 18, in a letter submitted to Secretary of State Kate Brown.  —  “I am announcing today that I will resign as Governor of the State of Oregon,” he wrote in a statement released just after noon on Friday.
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Hunter Schwarz / Washington Post:
This woman will soon become the first openly bisexual governor in American history  —  Update 3:09 p.m.: Kitzhaber has now announced that he will indeed resign.  The original post follows.  —  Oregon Secretary of State Kate Brown (D) would become the first openly bisexual governor in U.S. history if Gov. John Kitzhaber (D) resigns.
Associated Press:
Oregon Gov. John Kitzhaber submits resignation  —  SALEM, Ore. (AP) - Long-time Democratic Oregon Gov. John Kitzhaber has announced his resignation amid allegations his fiancée used her relationship with him to enrich herself.  —  In a lengthy statement released Friday …
Willamette Week:
Gov. John Kitzhaber's Office Sought To Destroy Thousands of His Emails
Eli Saslow / Washington Post:
Oregon Governor John Kitzhaber announces resignation
Jesse Byrnes / The Hill:
Ginsburg wasn't ‘100 percent sober’ during State of the Union  —  Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg admits to sharing some wine with her colleagues and not being “100 percent sober” for President Obama's State of the Union address in January.  —  During Obama's speech …
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Madeleine Morgenstern / TheBlaze.com:
Ruth Bader Ginsburg Admits She Wasn't ‘100 Percent Sober’ When She Dozed Off at the State of the Union  —  Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg admitted that she wasn't “100 percent sober” when she dozed off during President Barack Obama's State of the Union this year.
Ariane de Vogue / CNN:
High court's odd couple on parasailing, elephants and not being ‘100% sober’
Discussion: Politico
David Harsanyi / The Federalist:
Here Are The ‘Science’ Questions Reporters Should Ask Politicians  —  The governor of Wisconsin was on a trade mission to the United Kingdom.  So, naturally, a reporter asked him whether he believed that Moses had ridden atop a Tyrannosaurus Rex to receive the Ten Commandments.
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Brian Tashman / Right Wing Watch:
Sandy Rios: ‘The Real Experts’ Know Evolution Has Been ‘Disproven’
Discussion: Raw Story
Jamelle Bouie / Slate:
Don't Ask Scott Walker About Evolution
Discussion: Pew Internet and AMERICAblog News
Mike Lillis / The Hill:
Opposition to Obama war request grows  —  Congressional resistance to President Obama's new war-powers request has ballooned, with a growing number of lawmakers on both sides of the aisle vowing to oppose it.  —  Conservative hawks are attacking from the right, saying the authority Obama requests …
Discussion: US News and Bloomberg Business
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Erica Werner / Associated Press:
Frustrated Republicans taste limits of majority control
Discussion: Washington Post and Daily Kos
Matea Gold / Washington Post:
Jeb Bush eclipses other Republicans in early fundraising for 2016 bid  —  Jeb Bush's money juggernaut is far eclipsing the efforts of his would-be rivals for the 2016 GOP presidential nomination, putting his two political committees on pace to amass an unprecedented sum of tens of millions of dollars by early spring.
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Michael C Bender / Bloomberg Business:   The Tactical Giving Of Jeb Bush's Fearsome Fundraising Machine
al.com:
Alabama police fire, arrest the officer who badly injured Indian grandfather during sidewalk stop  —  “Do not jerk away from me again, or I will put you on the ground.  Do you understand?”  —  Madison police officer Eric Parker today turned himself in to face assault charges …
FITSNews:
SC SENATOR: WOMEN ARE “A LESSER CUT OF MEAT”  —  “REPUBLICAN” OFFERS SEXIST COMMENTARY ... DIRECTED AT SOUTH CAROLINA'S ONLY FEMALE SENATOR  —  Corbin's comments - made at a legislative dinner held in downtown Columbia, S.C. - were reportedly directed at S.C. Senator Katrina Shealy …
Adam B. Lerner / Politico:
London mayor: Jindal needs some ‘gentle education’  —  London Mayor Boris Johnson on Friday described as “complete nonsense” Bobby Jindal's claims that there are Muslim-controlled no-go zones in Britain, adding that the Louisiana governor is in need of “some sort of gentle education.”
Will Ragland / ThinkProgress:
Congressman Says We Don't Need Education Funding Because ‘Socrates Trained Plato On A Rock’  —  Will Ragland is the Campaign Director of Education Policy at the Center for American Progress.  —  Rep. Dave Brat (R-VA)  —  CREDIT: AP/Manuel Balce Ceneta  —  During a House Education …
Discussion: Washington Post, Raw Story and US News
Politico:
Rep. Blake Farenthold denies many of former press aide's accusations  —  Texas GOP Rep. Blake Farenthold has denied most of the salacious accusations lodged against him by a former press aide who is suing him over her firing.  —  But Farenthold did admit that he was propositioned by a woman to be part of a “threesome.”
Discussion: ABC News
Jeffrey Toobin / New Yorker:
Did Chief Justice John Roberts Save the Affordable Care Act?  —  The Affordable Care Act, President Obama's signature achievement, will soon face a challenge, in the Supreme Court case known as King v. Burwell, that could conceivably destroy it.  In fact, the Act may survive …
pa.gov:
Governor Tom Wolf Announces a Moratorium on the Death Penalty in Pennsylvania  —  Harrisburg, PA - Today, Governor Tom Wolf announced a moratorium on the death penalty in Pennsylvania that will remain in effect until the governor has received and reviewed the forthcoming report …
Dominic Holden / BuzzFeed:
Arkansas Legislature Passes Bill Allowing LGBT Discrimination  —  The Arkansas legislature gave its final thumbs-up Friday to a bill that will block cities and counties from enacting antidiscrimination laws that protect LGBT people.  —  The Arkansas House of Representatives voted decisively …
Discussion: Towleroad News #gay and The Week
 
 
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The White House:
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Discussion: Politico, US News and Mashable
Ian Sample / Guardian:
Google boss warns of ‘forgotten century’ with email and photos at risk
Discussion: The Atlantic Online and The Hill
Lydia Wheeler / The Hill:
Lawmakers offer bill to protect kids from laundry detergent pods
Discussion: Weekly Standard
Arizona Republic:
Douglas fires top staff at Arizona Board of Education
Discussion: The Daily Caller
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Josh Verges / TwinCities.com:
Hamline, William Mitchell law schools to merge
Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money
CBS News:
Bombers make it onto Iraq base used by U.S. troops
Discussion: CNN, Hot Air, Lawfare and BizPac Review
For The / Daily Mail:
Outrage as Shirley MacLaine asks: Were Holocaust victims paying for sins in past lives? …
Discussion: FOX News Radio
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