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1:45 PM ET, February 25, 2015

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Cristina Marcos / The Hill:
Right turns fire on McConnell  —  Conservative hardliners laid into Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) Tuesday night for what they view as capitulating to Democrats on immigration.  —  McConnell announced earlier in the day that the Senate would vote on a “clean” …
Discussion: Hot Air
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Sean Sullivan / Washington Post:
Boehner: 'We're waiting for the Senate to act' on DHS funding  —  House Speaker John A. Boehner (R-Ohio) said Wednesday that he is “waiting for the Senate to act” to fund the Department of Homeland Security, declining to say whether he will embrace a plan put forth Tuesday by Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.).
Scott Wong / The Hill:
Will Boehner risk the Tea Party's wrath over DHS funding?  —  Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) is back in a familiar spot: between a rock and a hard place.  —  The Senate appears poised to send the House a “clean” bill funding the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), free …
Associated Press:
Pressure Centers on House GOP on Homeland Security Bill
John Fund / National Review:
Less than Half in New Poll Think Obama Loves America  —  Once again, surveys show we are a divided nation.  In the furor over Rudy Giuliani's comment that President Obama doesn't “love America,” the polling site YouGov.com decided to see how many Americans agreed with him.  —  The answer: a surprising number.
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Michael W. Chapman / CNSNews:
Rev. Graham: America is ‘Morally Crumbling Within ... We Have Turned Our Back on God’  —  “Former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani has taken a lot of heat from the media for his remark that he's not sure if President Obama really loves America,” said Rev. Graham in a Feb. 24 Facebook post.
Matt Wilstein / Mediaite:
Must-See Late Night Clip: Seth Meyers Proves That Obama Loves America
Discussion: FOX News Radio
Jeffrey Goldberg / The Atlantic Online:
Netanyahu Invites Arab Diplomats to His Big Speech—and Gets Rejected  —  Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is refusing to meet with a group of ardently pro-Israel Democratic senators next week in Washington, but he very much wants to see the faces of Arab ambassadors in the audience during his controversial address to Congress.
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Julie Hirschfeld Davis / New York Times:
Obama Aide Calls Netanyahu's Planned Visit ‘Destructive’ to U.S.-Israel Ties  —  WASHINGTON — Susan E. Rice, President Obama's national security adviser, sharply criticized Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel on Tuesday over his plans to address a joint meeting of Congress next week …
Evan McMurry / Mediaite:
Netanyahu Rejects Invite for Closed-Door Meeting with Senate Dems
Discussion: FOX News Radio
Patricia Zengerle / Reuters:
Netanyahu declines Democrats' invitation for meeting during visit
Eric Eyre / Charleston Gazette:
GOP-backed bill would make it criminal to enforce ACA in W.Va.  —  In another salvo against the federal Affordable Care Act, some Republicans in West Virginia's House of Delegates want to make it a crime for state and federal officials to enforce the health-care law.
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Daniel Strauss / Talking Points Memo:
West Virginia GOPers Want To Make Enforcing Obamacare A Felony
Discussion: Political Wire and Balloon Juice
Rogerpielkejr / The Climate Fix:
I am Under “Investigation”  —  As some of you will already know, I am one of 7 US academics being investigated by US Representative Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ) who is the ranking member of the House of Representatives Committee on Environment and Natural Resources.
Christine Mai-Duc / Los Angeles Times:
State Department official arrested, suspected of soliciting sex from minor  —  A senior State Department official who oversees counter-terrorism programs has been arrested on suspicion of soliciting sex from a minor, authorities in Virginia said late Tuesday.
Discussion: Jezebel and Raw Story
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Matt Wilstein / Mediaite:
Chris Hayes Literally Applauds Laura Ingraham's Terror Comments  —  MSNBC's Chris Hayes appeared to shock even himself Tuesday night by giving credit where credit is due to Fox News contributor and conservative radio host Laura Ingraham for comments she made about ISIS on Fox & Friends this morning.
Discussion: Hullabaloo and The Huffington Post
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Hillary's State Department OK'd Bill's big-money speeches  —  Ethics reviews came easy at Hillary Clinton's State Department, documents show.  —  Less than a year after Hillary Clinton became secretary of state, former President Bill Clinton asked the State Department to approve a paid …
Discussion: Bloomberg Business
Emma Roller / National Journal:
Can Democrats Ever Win Back State Legislatures?  —  One group is putting $70 million on it happening in the next five years.  —  Caring about the 2016 presidential race is so over; now all the cool kids are watching 2020.  —  Since 2008, Democrats have lost control of 30 state legislative chambers …
Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
Ben Carson hires two national fundraisers  —  Dr. Ben Carson's political team has hired two national fundraisers ahead of a potential run for president in 2016.  —  Carson's campaign manager, Texas-based Terry Giles, announced Wednesday that Jeff Reeter, a Houston businessman …
Discussion: OnPolitics and National Review
Randolph J. May / The Hill:
Is the FCC lawless?  —  This Thursday, Feb. 26, will be a fateful day for the future of the Internet.  In the nearly 40 years that I have been involved in communications law and policy, including serving as the Federal Communications Commission's (FCC) associate general counsel, this action …
Ariel Edwards-Levy / The Huffington Post:
GOP Pollster Explains Why Republicans Need Record Minority Support To Win In 2016  —  WASHINGTON — The American electorate is more diverse than ever, which means Republicans will have to attract a record percentage of minorities to win the presidency in 2016, a GOP pollster said Tuesday.
Discussion: Salon, US News and Booman Tribune
James Barron / New York Times:
Commodes, if Not Commutes, Have Improved at Port Authority Bus Terminal  —  But what would John Oliver say?  —  The subject here is the Port Authority Bus Terminal in Midtown Manhattan, and it was Mr. Oliver, the host of the fake-news show “Last Week Tonight” on HBO, who called this less …
Discussion: Gawker, Mediaite and JIMROMENESKO.COM
 
 
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U.S. military vehicles paraded 300 yards from the Russian border
Timothy P. Carney / Washington Examiner:
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Gemalto presents the findings of its investigations into the alleged hacking of SIM card …
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Incredibly Awkward Interview With Green Party Leader Natalie Bennett
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Virginia Hale / BREITBART.COM:
Adam Baldwin Could Have Been the Latest Victim of the Censorious Left
Discussion: Hot Air
James Carville / The Hill:
Does the US really want another Bush?
Anomaly / FreakOutNation:
GOP Lawmaker Urges Constituents To Monitor Food Stamp Users At Grocery Stores
Chicago Tribune:
Mayor Emanuel heads to runoff against Garcia