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1:05 PM ET, February 18, 2015

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Politico:
Inside Jeb Bush's ‘shock and awe’ launch  —  While Bush avoided the spotlight last year, aides were making a plan.  —  NEW YORK — In November 2013, Jeb Bush took to the rostrum at New York's Marriott Marquis for the annual meeting of the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association …
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Ed O'Keefe / Washington Post:
Jeb Bush: ‘I love my father and my brother...but I am my own man’  —  This item has been updated.  —  CHICAGO — Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, who is considering a 2016 presidential campaign, is seeking to distinguish his views on foreign policy from those of his father and brother, two former presidents.
Igor Volsky / ThinkProgress:
The Same People Who Lied To You About Iraq Are Now In Charge Of Jeb Bush's Foreign Policy  —  President George W. Bush with then-Florida Gov. Jeb Bush in 2006.  —  CREDIT: AP  —  Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush (R) will deliver a speech on Wednesday that seeks to distance his foreign policy views …
Discussion: msnbc.com and Washington Post
Steve Holland / Reuters:
Republican Jeb Bush on foreign policy views: ‘I am my own man’
Discussion: Politico and Washington Post
Barack Obama / Los Angeles Times:
Op-Ed President Obama: Our fight against violent extremism  —  The United States has made significant gains against terrorism.  We've decimated the core al Qaeda leadership, strengthened homeland security and worked to prevent another large-scale attack like 9/11.  —  At the same time, the threat has evolved.
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US Department of State:
U.S. Export Policy for Military Unmanned Aerial Systems
Discussion: Hit & Run and emptywheel
Missy Ryan / Washington Post:
Obama administration to allow sales of armed drones to allies
Judd Legum / ThinkProgress:
Oklahoma Bill Banning AP US History Would Make Students Study Ten Commandments, 3 Speeches By Reagan  —  An Oklahoma bill banning Advanced Placement U.S. History would also require schools to instruct students in a long list of “foundational documents,” including the Ten Commandments, two sermons and three speeches by Ronald Reagan.
Discussion: CNN, Daily Kos, Raw Story and Political Wire
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Randy Krehbiel / Tulsa World:
Oklahoma legislative committee questions legality of Advanced Placement courses in public schools
New York Times:
A Judge's Assault on Immigration  —  President Obama surely knew that his recent executive actions to protect millions of undocumented immigrants from deportation would run into trouble as soon as a 26-state lawsuit opposing the actions landed on the desk of Federal District Judge Andrew Hanen, of Brownsville, Tex.
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Serena Marshall / ABC News:
Obama Administration Unlikely to Seek Emergency Stay on Immigration Ruling
indiatoday.intoday.in:
Sapling planted by Barack Obama at Raj Ghat on the verge of dying  —  A tree sapling planted by US President Barack Obama at the memorial of Mahatma Gandhi at Raj Ghat in New Delhi during his recent visit to India is apparently on the verge of ‘dying’, probably due to lack of proper care.
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Adam B. Lerner / Politico:
Obama tree nearly dead, Indian media reports  —  President Barack Obama may have reiterated Martin Luther King Jr.'s praise of India as “Gandhi's land,” a place that provided inspiration for the American civil rights leader, but a sapling the president planted at the Mahatma's memorial during …
Discussion: National Review
Byron York / Associated Press:
Joe Biden's woman-touching habit  —  Vice President Joe Biden left some observers in and out of Washington aghast with his whisper-in-ear embrace of new Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter's wife Stephanie at Carter's swearing-in Tuesday.  As Carter was delivering his first speech as Pentagon chief …
Discussion: Associated Press
Matt Wilstein / Mediaite:
Marie Harf to Critics: Maybe My Comments Were ‘Too Nuanced’ for You  —  “We cannot kill our way out of this war,” State Department spokesperson Marie Harf told MSNBC's Chris Matthews “We need in the medium to longer term to go after the root causes that leads people to join these groups, whether it's a lack of opportunity for jobs.”
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F. W. Burleigh / American Thinker:
Is President Obama a Muslim?  A lot has been written about this, but if photographs speak louder than words, then a photo taken at last August's U.S.-African Leaders' Summit in Washington D.C. might shed considerable light.  —  It shows Barack Hussein Obama flashing the one-finger affirmation …
Discussion: Raw Story and alicublog
Claire Atkinson / New York Post:
Millennials ditching their TV sets at a record rate  —  Millenials like this couple are watching less TV than ever before.  —  The biggest TV drama among millennials is playing off screen.  —  So far this season, younger viewers, the most important audience for advertisers …
Discussion: FOX News Radio and New York Times
Lydia Wheeler / The Hill:
Holder calls for halt to US executions  —  Attorney General Eric Holder called Tuesday for a national moratorium on the death penalty until the Supreme Court weighs in on the issue later this year.  —  “Our system of justice is the best in the world.  It is comprised of men and women …
Wall Street Journal:
Foreign Government Gifts to Clinton Foundation on the Rise  —  Donations raise ethical questions as Hillary Clinton ramps up expected 2016 bid  —  The Clinton Foundation has dropped its self-imposed ban on collecting funds from foreign governments and is winning contributions at an accelerating rate …
Mike Spies / Vocativ:
Which Congressman Misses The Most Votes?  —  If that government is best that governs least, these chronically absent lawmakers are superstars.  Here are the biggest no-shows in Congress  —  Of the lawmakers currently serving in the U.S. Senate, Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) is the least likely to show up for work.
Ruth Eglash / Washington Post:
Watch: What happened when a Jewish man walked around Paris for 10 hours  —  Israeli news organization, NRG, filmed Jewish reporter Zvika Klein walking through Paris in a skull cap to capture Parisians' reactions.  (NRG)  —  JERUSALEM - In a video that has gone viral, Zvika Klein …
Barbie Latza Nadeau / The Daily Beast:
Italy Fears ISIS Invasion From Libya  —  As ISIS makes inroads into Libya, officials in Rome are panicking about an Islamic State just across the sea—but have no idea how to combat the crisis.  —  ROME — Last weekend in Italy, as the threat of ISIS in Libya hit home with a new video addressed to …
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Ruth Sherlock / Telegraph:
Islamic State ‘planning to use Libya as gateway to Europe’
Jeremy W. Peters / New York Times:
Rand Paul Is Looking to April to Announce Plan to Run for President, Associates Say  —  WASHINGTON — Senator Rand Paul is eyeing April 7 as the day he will announce his plans to run for president, people close to him said, a step that would position him ahead of his potential Republican rivals …
Peter Oborne / openDemocracy:
Why I have resigned from the Telegraph  —  The coverage of HSBC in Britain's Daily Telegraph is a fraud on its readers.  If major newspapers allow corporations to influence their content for fear of losing advertising revenue, democracy itself is in peril.  —  Five years ago I was invited …
Megan McArdle / Bloomberg View:
A Few More Arguments Against Obamacare  —  Austin Frakt of the Incidental Economist writes (and tweets!) to ask if I have ever written anything on the externality argument for the Affordable Care Act's individual mandate.  Good question, and the answer is that I don't think I have …
 
 
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Peter Maass / The Intercept:
Stephen Kim Spoke to a Reporter. Now He's in Jail. This Is His Story.
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Department of Homeland Security:
Statement by Secretary Jeh C. Johnson Concerning the District Court's Ruling Concerning DAPA and DACA
Antiphon Freeman / If You Only News:
All Hail The Chief: As Many As 6.1 Million Workers About To Earn A Lot More In Overtime Pay
Discussion: FOX News Radio
Adam Kredo / Washington Free Beacon:
Saudi Cleric: The Sun Revolves Around the Earth
Discussion: Liberaland
Susan Jones / CNSNews:
U.S. Expects to Quadruple the Number of Syrian Refugees Brought Here
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DHS funding fight threatens Secret Service, FEMA
Sarah Ferris / The Hill:
ObamaCare enrollment beats administration goal
Discussion: Washington Post, TIME and Politico
Jeanna Smialek / Bloomberg Business:
Student-Loan Delinquencies Rise in U.S.
Discussion: Common Dreams
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16-Year-Old ROTC Cadet Fatally Shoots Parents, 12-Year-Old Sister After Being Banned From Computer
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