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12:15 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.
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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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
US Department of State:
U.S. Export Policy for Military Unmanned Aerial Systems  —  Fact Sheet  —  Office of the Spokesperson  —  Washington, DC  —  The United States is the world's technological leader in the development and deployment of military Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS).
Discussion: Hit & Run and emptywheel
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Missy Ryan / Washington Post:
Obama administration to allow sales of armed drones to allies
Susan Jones / CNSNews:
U.S. Expects to Quadruple the Number of Syrian Refugees Brought Here
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.
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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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 …
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 …
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
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 …
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 …
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’
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 …
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  —  The Obama administration is moving forward soon on its plan to provide overtime pay protections for low-salaried workers who don't currently qualify for them.  —  It is a move that was announced personally …
Discussion: FOX News Radio
Edward Morrissey / The Week:
Scott Walker, and the problem with valuing credentials over competence  —  “Whatever you do, make sure you finish college.  You'll regret it if you don't have a degree.”  —  My father offered me this advice once.  Actually, he offered it to me thousands of times (as did my mother) …
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.
 
 
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Peter Maass / The Intercept:
Stephen Kim Spoke to a Reporter. Now He's in Jail. This Is His Story.
Discussion: The Huffington Post
Department of Homeland Security:
Statement by Secretary Jeh C. Johnson Concerning the District Court's Ruling Concerning DAPA and DACA
Adam Kredo / Washington Free Beacon:
Saudi Cleric: The Sun Revolves Around the Earth
Discussion: Liberaland
Politico:
DHS officials worry short-term solution as painful as a shutdown
Sarah Ferris / The Hill:
ObamaCare enrollment beats administration goal
Jeanna Smialek / Bloomberg Business:
Student-Loan Delinquencies Rise in U.S.
Discussion: Common Dreams
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Anomaly / FreakOutNation:
16-Year-Old ROTC Cadet Fatally Shoots Parents, 12-Year-Old Sister After Being Banned From Computer
Discussion: FOX News Radio
Tara Palmeri / New York Post:
Municipal ID law has ‘delete in case of Tea Party’ clause
Discussion: Hot Air and New York Magazine