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3:15 PM ET, February 19, 2015

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Darren Samuelsohn / Politico:
Rudy Giuliani: President Obama doesn't love America  —  The former New York mayor makes his remarks at a Scott Walker event.  —  NEW YORK - Rudy Giuliani went straight for the jugular Wednesday night during a private group dinner here featuring Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker …
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Celeste Katz / NY Daily News:
Rudy Giuliani claims Obama 'doesn't love America' while Wisc.  Gov. Scott Walker goes after Mitt Romney
Discussion: The Week and The Right Scoop
Robert Costa / Washington Post:
Scott Walker to attend private dinner with supply-siders in New York
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
Susan Jones / CNSNews:
Obama: ‘Islam Has Been Woven Into the Fabric of Our Country Since Its Founding’  —  (CNSNews.com) - We hear a lot about the United States' Judeo-Christian heritage, but according to President Obama, “Islam has been woven into the fabric of our country since its founding.”
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Scott Shane / New York Times:
Faulted for Avoiding ‘Islamic’ Labels to Describe Terrorism, White House Cites a Strategic Logic  —  WASHINGTON — President Obama chooses his words with particular care when he addresses the volatile connections between religion and terrorism.  He and his aides have avoided labeling acts …
John Hinderaker / Power Line:
The Defenders of the Faith Apologize for America  —  “Defender of the Faith” is one of the British sovereign's titles.  Of course, Britain has an official faith, the Church of England.  The United States has no state religion, and if it did, it wouldn't be Islam.
Oliver Sacks / New York Times:
Oliver Sacks on Learning He Has Terminal Cancer  —  A MONTH ago, I felt that I was in good health, even robust health.  At 81, I still swim a mile a day.  But my luck has run out — a few weeks ago I learned that I have multiple metastases in the liver.  Nine years ago it was discovered …
Amy Lange / Fox 2 News in Detroit:
Doctor refuses treatment of same-sex couple's baby  —  Bay Windsor Contreras is 4 months old and she's the apple of her mothers' eye.  —  Both of her mothers, Krista and Jami Contreras were married in Vermont in 2012.  —  In October 2014 they welcomed a beautiful baby bay into the world …
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Tresa Baldas / Detroit Free Press:
Pediatrician wouldn't care for baby with 2 moms  —  Sitting in the pediatrician's office with their 6-day-old daughter, the two moms couldn't wait to meet the doctor they had picked out months before.  —  The Roseville pediatrician — one of many they had interviewed — seemed the perfect fit …
Nancy A. Youssef / The Daily Beast:
U.S. Won't Back Egypt's Attacks on ISIS  —  Two long-time allies are attacking ISIS—and growing frustrated with one another.  That's good news for the so-called Islamic State.  —  The Obama administration was given multiple chances Wednesday to endorse a long-time ally's airstrikes …
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Jim Kuhnhenn / Associated Press:
Obama picks State's Psaki to head White House communications
Discussion: Hot Air, Mediaite and The PJ Tatler
CBS News:
Do Americans want to send ground troops to fight ISIS?  —  Shares -  —  Amid more executions by the militant group ISIS, Americans increasingly see the group as a threat to the U.S. Now, 65 percent of Americans view ISIS as a major threat - up from 58 percent in October - while another 18 percent view it as a minor threat.
Tim Jones / Bloomberg Business:
Wisconsin to Skip Debt Payments to Make Up for Walker's Tax Cuts  —  (Bloomberg) — Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker, facing a $283 million deficit that needs to be closed by the end of June, will skip more than $100 million in debt payments to balance the books thrown into disarray by his tax cuts.
Wall Street Journal:
Clinton Foundation Defends Acceptance of Foreign Donations  —  Charity has received funds from governments of U.A.E., Saudi Arabia, Oman and Canada, among others  —  The Clinton Foundation on Wednesday defended its practice of accepting donations from overseas governments …
Discussion: Talking Points Memo and Fox News
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USA Today:
Electric car benefits?  Just myths … It is time to stop our green worship of the electric car.  It costs us a fortune, cuts little CO2 and surprisingly kills almost twice the number of people compared with regular gasoline cars.  —  Electric cars' global-warming benefits are small.
Discussion: Rush Limbaugh
Brendan James / Talking Points Memo:
Tucker Carlson Blames ‘Hungover’ Editor For ‘Kill All The Jews’ Headline  —  Tucker Carlson, the editor-in-chief of the conservative news site The Daily Caller, told TPM on Thursday that a “hungover” editor was to blame for a headline on the site's “Guns and Gear” section that included the phrase “Kill All The Jews.”
Discussion: Raw Story, Hullabaloo and Mediaite
Michelle Fay CortezAlexander Wayne / Bloomberg Business:
Obamacare Is Barely Denting Corporate Profits  —  Don't Miss Out —  (Bloomberg) — The biggest entitlement legislation in a generation is causing barely a ripple in corporate America.  —  The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act — otherwise known as Obamacare …
Discussion: Daily Kos and Political Wire
Tim Devaney / The Hill:
Gun groups launch new push for concealed-carry legislation  —  Gun rights groups are gearing up for a major push to move concealed-carry legislation through the new Republican Congress.  —  The National Rifle Association (NRA) and other Second Amendment advocates are throwing their weight behind …
Paul Bond / Hollywood Reporter:
Former ‘SNL’ Actress Victoria Jackson on Political Bias at Anniversary Show: “Is Lorne Ashamed of Me?”  —  Victoria Jackson, a six-year veteran of Saturday Night Live, is publicly wondering if her opposition to gay marriage prompted Lorne Michaels to treat her differently than the other cast members …
Peter Sullivan / The Hill:
Dems gloat over ObamaCare numbers  —  Democrats are touting the latest ObamaCare enrollment numbers as proof that the law is working.  —  The administration announced on Tuesday that 11.4 million people had signed up ahead of Sunday's deadline, a figure that puts the administration on track to beat its goal of 9.1 million enrollees.
DNAinfo New York:
Eric Garner's Family Has Yet to Receive Thousands of Dollars Raised Online  —  STATEN ISLAND — Online fundraisers are pulling in big bucks in the name of Eric Garner, but family members say they haven't seen any of the cash.  —  At least 19 crowd-funding projects that claim to raise money …
Discussion: ThinkProgress, The Week and Mediaite
Dustin Volz / National Journal:
Google Calls FBI's Plan to Expand Hacking Power a ‘Monumental’ Constitutional Threat  —  Any change in accessing computer data should go through Congress, the search giant said.  —  Google is warning that the government's quiet plan to expand the FBI's authority to remotely access computer files amounts …
New York Times:
When One Penalty Is Enough  —  Millions of Americans may be in for a shock when they file tax returns and learn that they have to pay a fine for failing to enroll in health insurance in 2014 and an even bigger fine for failing to enroll in 2015 before the enrollment period ended on Feb. 15.
Sarah Rose / Canon City Daily Record:
Hudson Taylor Clark to undergo psychiatric evaluation  —  Man accused of stabbing Cañon City police officer  —  District Judge David Thorson ordered a psychiatric evaluation Wednesday for the man who was shot multiple times after allegedly stabbing a Cañon City police officer.
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit and VodkaPundit
Carl Hulse / New York Times:
Unlikely Cause Unites the Left and the Right: Justice Reform  —  WASHINGTON — Usually bitter adversaries, Koch Industries and the Center for American Progress have found at least one thing they can agree on: The nation's criminal justice system is broken.  —  Koch Industries …
 
 
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Kyle Cheney / Politico:
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John Kass / Chicago Tribune:
Bruce Rauner is Scott Walker on steroids. But is that bad?
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Rebecca Shabad / The Hill:
McCain to GOP: Fund DHS, let courts decide Obama's immigration actions
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Adam Kredo / Washington Free Beacon:
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