memeorandum: How Jon Stewart turned lies into comedy and brainwashed a generation (Kyle Smith/New York Post)

4:05 PM ET, February 15, 2015

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Maureen Callahan / New York Post:

Bill Clinton's libido threatens to derail Hillary — again — She hasn't even announced, but the question has already resurfaced: Will Bill Clinton's baggage derail Hillary Clinton's presidential hopes? — Just a few weeks ago, reports broke that Bill Clinton had flown at least 11 times on …

Discussion: Gothamist, Tea Party, Lawyers, Guns & Money and CANNONFIRE

Maureen Dowd / New York Times:

Call Off the Dogs — WASHINGTON — I'LL pay for this column. — The Rottweilers will be unleashed. — Once the Clintons had a War Room. Now they have a Slime Room. — Once they had the sly James Carville, fondly known as “serpenthead.” Now they have the slippery David Brock, accurately known as a snake.

David Cameron / Observer:

Copenhagen shootings suspect was ‘known to police’ — Suspect shot dead in Denmark's capital after one person was gunned down at cafe and another at a synagogue — The gunman shot dead by police after a double terror attack on a cafe and a synagogue in Copenhagen that claimed two lives …

Discussion: Guardian, Mediaite, ITV, Hinterland Gazette and Telegraph

Steven Erlanger / New York Times:
Police Say They Killed Suspect in 2 Attacks in Copenhagen

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Reuters:
Denmark sees possible ‘Charlie Hebdo’ motive behind Copenhagen attacks

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BBC:
Injuries in second Copenhagen shooting

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BBC:
Danish shooting: Audio of moment gunman struck in Copenhagen cafe

Discussion: The Local, The PJ Tatler, Gawker, Washington Post, National Review, Agence France-Presse and CNN

Associated Press:
2 Deadly Shootings Within Hours in Copenhagen; 5 Wounded

Discussion: No More Mister Nice Blog, ABC News, Fox News, abc7.com, American Spectator, New York Magazine, The Other McCain and BBC

Caitlin MacNeal / Talking Points Memo:

Boehner: I Didn't Want ‘Interference’ From Obama In Netanyahu Speech — “Fox News Sunday” host Chris Wallace on Sunday quizzed House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) on his decision to invite Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to speak before Congress. — Boehner invited Netanyahu without consulting …

Discussion: Booman Tribune

Evan McMurry / Mediaite:

Boehner ‘Certainly’ Prepared to Let DHS Funding Expire: Senate Dems ‘Would Be to Blame’ — Fox News Sunday host Chris Wallace repeatedly questioned House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) Sunday morning over the upcoming deadline for Department of Homeland Security funding …

Discussion: Washington Monthly and Liberaland

Nick Gass / Politico:

John Boehner blames Senate Dems for blocking DHS funding — Speaker John Boehner says the House has done its job in passing a bill to fund the Department of Homeland Security, and it's Senate Democrats' fault if the department runs out of money at the end of the month.

Discussion: Bloomberg Business, Reuters and NPR

Kay Steiger / ThinkProgress:

Lawmaker Opposes Education Funding Because It Would Go To ‘Blacks’ Who Get ‘Welfare Crazy Checks’ — Mississippi state Rep. Gene Alday (R-Wells), right, listens to a colleague. — CREDIT: AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis — A Mississippi state lawmaker said he opposed putting more money …

Discussion: Talking Points Memo and Eschaton

Jerry Mitchell / The Clarion Ledger:

Miss. third-grade gate: Fear of failure — Mississippi school superintendents expect to see more than 28 percent of their students forced to repeat third grade as a result of the governor's third-grade gate. — “We are setting these kids up for failure,” predicted Nancy Loome …

Discussion: FreakOutNation

Kyle Smith / New York Post:

How Jon Stewart turned lies into comedy and brainwashed a generation — So Brian Williams goes out (for six months) humiliated and derided. Jon Stewart goes out (permanently, one hopes) the same day, but on a giant Comedy Homecoming King float, with a 21-gun salute from the media, his path strewn with roses and teardrops.

Discussion: Gothamist and Power Line

Ken Stone / Times of San Diego:

Obama Depicted as Rape Suspect in Fox 5 News Graphic Error — In a stroke of Friday the 13th bad luck, Fox 5 San Diego briefly portrayed President Obama as a sex-assault suspect on its 10 o'clock news. — At 10:04 p.m., viewers heard anchor Kathleen Bade say: “The only suspect in a sex assault at SDSU will not be charged.”

Discussion: The Daily Caller, FreakOutNation, Mediaite, Scared Monkeys, Political Wire, Raw Story and Addicting Info

Agence France-Presse:

Hezbollah chief urges backers to stop celebratory gunfire — Beirut (AFP) - The head of Lebanon's powerful Hezbollah movement on Sunday urged supporters to refrain from the volleys of celebratory gunfire that they unleash during his periodic speeches. — “I urge you... to abstain categorically …

Discussion: The PJ Tatler

Kevin Robillard / Politico:

FAA finally issues its small drone rule — Drones can begin flying low over the American skyscape by 2017 under rules proposed Sunday by the Obama administration that will finally allow their legal use for business purposes. — The rules, which still need to go through an extensive public comment phase …

Discussion: Associated Press and The Week