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10:30 AM ET, March 1, 2015

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David Jackson / USA Today:
CPAC: Paul edges Walker in straw poll  —  NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — Rand Paul won a high-profile straw poll for a third straight year Saturday, capping an annual conservative conference at which delegates argued about how to turn their ideas into a presidential victory in 2016.
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Nick Gass / Politico:
Daily Beast retracts story on Scott Walker  —  Another major media outlet has apologized after getting a story about Scott Walker wrong.  Last week, it was the New York Times; now, it's The Daily Beast.  —  The Daily Beast has retracted an article from one of its college columnists …
Jonathan Martin / New York Times:
CPAC Reception Is Mixed for Jeb Bush, Despite Bused-In Backers
Fox News:
Reports of possible deal on DHS funding reignites chatter about Boehner ouster  —  Nov. 6, 2014: House Speaker John Boehner at news conference on Capitol Hill, in Washington, D.C. (AP)  —  Multiple reports that House Speaker John Boehner has cut a deal to pass a long-term funding bill …
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Politico:
John Boehner allies fret coup attempt
Daniel Newhauser / National Journal:
Republicans: We've Got No Plans to Oust Boehner
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
House chaos on DHS funding leaves GOP senators fuming
Discussion: Firedoglake and Politico
Rebecca Ballhaus / Wall Street Journal:
Nearly Half of Voters Disapprove of GOP's Netanyahu Invite  —  Nearly half of American voters think that Republican lawmakers should not have invited Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to speak to a joint session of Congress without first notifying President Barack Obama, a new Wall Street Journal/NBC News survey finds.
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Valerie Richardson / Washington Times:
Black pastors urge CBC not to skip Netanyahu speech
Julie Hirschfeld Davis / New York Times:   Former Obama Campaign Aide Now Works to Oust Netanyahu
Sarah Ferris / The Hill:
Republican fears grow over court challenge to ObamaCare  —  Republican fears are mounting over a Supreme Court case that the party has long hailed as its best chance to undo ObamaCare.  —  The Supreme Court will hear arguments Wednesday on a GOP-backed case that threatens to erase healthcare subsidies for 8 million people.
Discussion: Political Wire
New York Times:
G.O.P. Race Starts in Lavish Haunts of Rich Donors  —  PALM BEACH, Fla. — Instead of the corn dogs and pork chops on a stick ritually served up on the hustings of Iowa, the latest stop on the donor trail featured meals of diver scallops and chocolate mousse.
Discussion: Prairie Weather
Reuters:
Russians to march in memory of murdered critic of Putin  —  (Reuters) - Opposition supporters will march through Moscow on Sunday in memory of Kremlin critic Boris Nemtsov, whose murder has increased concern about Russia's future among opponents of President Vladimir Putin.
Discussion: The Week and Samizdata
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Jesse Byrnes / The Hill:
GOP urges Obama to sign college savings bill  —  President Obama should get on board with House Republican legislation passed this week expanding college savings plans, Rep. Jim Renacci (R-Ohio) said in the weekly Republican address.  —  “Why would we make saving for college even harder?
New York Times:
The Phony Legal Attack on Health Care  —  On Wednesday, the Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in one of the most anticipated cases of the term: King v. Burwell, a marvel of reverse-engineered legal absurdity that, if successful, will tear a huge hole in the Affordable Care Act …
Discussion: Daily Kos and Prairie Weather
Ana Marie Cox / The Daily Beast:
Why I'm Coming Out as a Christian  —  I'm not scared that non-believers will make me feel like an outcast.  I'm scared that Christians will.  —  Who do I need to prove my faith to—and why should I try?  —  I've lately observed conservatives questioning Obama's faith with more than professional interest.
Discussion: RedState
Wills Robinson For / Daily Mail:
New York suffers coldest February in 81 years: Brutal winter continues to shatter records as parts of country experience coldest month in decades... but TWO more storms are on the way  — Average daily temperature in the city as been 24F - 11 degrees below normal- the coldest since February 1934
Frank Bruni / New York Times:
Scott Walker, the Media and the 2016 Presidential Campaign  —  MAYBE those of us who write about politics and campaigns should adopt a bristly uniform of hair shirts, so that we're constantly atoning for our sins.  —  Maybe we should wear targets, the better for our critics to take aim at us.
 
 
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Radley Balko / Washington Post:
But for the video...  The latest example of cellphone video …
Discussion: Hullabaloo
Bob Williams / Episcopal News Service:
Malcolm Boyd, activist-writer priest, dies at 91
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Jonathan Karl / ABC News:
Jeb Bush: Read My Lips, No New Pledges
Laura Kipnis / Chronicle of Higher Education:
Sexual Paranoia Strikes Academe
Discussion: Althouse
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The Huffington Post:
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Discussion: Washington Monthly
USA Today:
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