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12:00 PM ET, March 2, 2015

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Andrew Dugan / Gallup:
Netanyahu's Favorable Rating Improves in U.S.  —  Story Highlights  —  WASHINGTON, D.C. — Ahead of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's speech to the U.S. Congress that has strained relations between Israel and the White House, nearly twice as many Americans view Israel's leader favorably (45%) as unfavorably (24%).
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Hart Williams / The Moderate Voice:
Disinformation Ahead of Bibi's Visit?  Seems likely.  —  This morning, Memeorandum is dominated by a rightie blogswarm, all focused on this Reuters story: … A Bethlemen-based “news agency” quotes a Kuwait newspaper?  Seriously?  —  And yet, here it is: … The problem with this story isn't its credibility.
Discussion: Mediaite and mrctv.org/videos
New York Times:
Netanyahu Tells Aipac He Intends No Disrespect to Obama  —  WASHINGTON — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday opened his high-profile visit to the American capital by playing down any personal dispute with President Obama, but he said that he had a “moral obligation” …
Washington Post:
Retired Israeli veterans warn against speech
Discussion: Jerusalem Post and FOX News Radio
Jonathan FerzigerTerry Atlas / Bloomberg Business:
Netanyahu Ready to Press Congress to Help Delay Iran Deal
Discussion: The Huffington Post
Associated Press:
Netanyahu, US Officials to Face off on Iran
Stephanie Farr / Philly.com:
Painter says he included Monica Lewinsky's dress in Bill Clinton portrait  —  RENOWNED Bucks County portrait artist Nelson Shanks has painted everyone from Princess Diana to President Bill Clinton and from Pope John Paul II to Marisa Tomei.  He and his wife, Leona, are the founders of Studio Incamminati …
Los Angeles Times:
LAPD fatal shooting of man caught on tape  —  Authorities said Sunday night that Los Angeles police fatally shot a man on skid row during a struggle over an officer's weapons.  —  Police officials offered a detailed account of what they say prompted the Sunday morning shooting, which was captured on video by a bystander.
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Los Angeles Times:
LAPD seeks more videos in officers' shooting of man on skid row  —  Investigators are looking for additional video that could shed light on Sunday's fatal shooting of a man on skid row by Los Angeles police officers.  —  The shooting was captured on a graphic video shot by a bystander, who posted it on Facebook.
Johnmorenoktla / KTLA:
Los Angeles Police Shoot, Kill Homeless Man in Confrontation Caught on Video
Washington Post:
Sources: Sen. Mikulski to retire from Senate  —  Sen. Barbara Mikulski (D-Md.), who has served in Congress longer than any woman in history, will announce at a news conference Monday that she is retiring from the Senate after five terms in office, three sources familiar with her plans said.
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Politico:
Barbara Mikulski won't seek reelection in 2016  —  Maryland Democratic Sen. Barbara Mikulski will announce later Monday that she won't seek reelection in 2016, two sources familiar with her plans confirmed to POLITICO, opening up a seat long coveted by Free State Democrats looking to move up.
Discussion: Bloomberg Business
Peter Sullivan / The Hill:
Is Supreme Court's chief justice ready to take down ObamaCare?  —  U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts faced a conservative backlash after casting a decisive vote to save ObamaCare in 2012.  —  Now he must weigh in on the law once again.  —  The case of King v. Burwell …
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Seung Min Kim / Politico:
John Boehner's big week  —  The onus will be squarely on the speaker to end the Homeland Security mess.  —  Let's try this again.  —  Congress returns Monday staring at another deadline to finance the Department of Homeland Security.  But instead of stalling again, lawmakers look more likely …
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Washington Post:
GOP discord undercuts efforts to fund DHS
David Mack / BuzzFeed:
ISIS Threatens Twitter Founder And Employees Over Blocked Accounts  —  “Your virtual war on us will cause a real war on you.”  —  Twitter Co-Founder and Chairman Jack Dorsey pictured Oct. 9, 2014.  —  Kimberly White / Getty Images  —  ISIS supporters on Sunday called on jihadis around …
Matt Apuzzo / New York Times:
Justice Department to Fault Ferguson Police, Seeing Racial Bias in Traffic Stops  —  WASHINGTON — The Justice Department has nearly completed a highly critical report accusing the police in Ferguson, Mo., of making discriminatory traffic stops of African-Americans that created years …
The Independent:
Spiritual leader allegedly manipulated 400 men into removing testicles to be ‘closer to God’  —  A man has been accused of encouraging hundreds of followers to be castrated in a promise for them to become closer to God.  —  Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh, an Indian pop-star and telepreacher …
Discussion: FOX News Radio and Jezebel
 
 
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Salena Zito / Greensburg Tribune-Review:
Arrogant media elites mock Middle America
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Cal Ripken Jr / CBS News:
Face the Nation Transcripts March 1, 2015: Boehner, Feinstein, Huckabee
Discussion: US News and Althouse
Jaimie Etkin / BuzzFeed:
That ISIS Skit On “SNL” Offended A Lot Of People
Chris Green / The Independent:
Raif Badawi, the Saudi Arabian blogger sentenced to 1,000 lashes, may now face death penalty
Paul Schwartzman / Washington Post:
GOP infighting in Va. may harm party's White House bid in 2016
Discussion: ABC News
Associated Press:
Florida's Rubio close to decision about presidential run
Charles M. Blow / New York Times:
CPAC: Hackneyed and Hollow
Discussion: The Week and The Mahablog
 Earlier Items: 
Kenneth P. Vogel / Politico:
Eric Braverman tried to change the Clinton Foundation. Then he quit.
RIchard Spencer / Telegraph:
How Syria's Christians stopped turning the other cheek
Discussion: BREITBART.COM and Power Line
NY Daily News:
Nancy Sinatra insists Ronan Farrow is not Frank Sinatra's son
Discussion: FOX News Radio and Liberaland
Andrew Desiderio / Mediaite:
TV Exec. Suing Comcast/Sharpton: 'Give Him $50k and a Bucket of Chicken and We're Good'
Discussion: FOX News Radio
Glenn Harlan Reynolds / USA Today:
Quartering spyware troops in the digital age: Column
 

 
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Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
Ofcom rules that five GB News programs presented by Conservative politicians have broken its due impartiality rules and puts the channel “on notice”

Benjamin Mullin / New York Times:
Authentic Brands licenses Sports Illustrated's publishing rights to The Players' Tribune owner Minute Media for 10 years, with plans to keep the print edition

Todd Spangler / Variety:
YouTuber MrBeast announces a deal with Prime Video for Beast Games, a reality-competition show with 1,000 contestants, promising the winner a $5M cash prize

 
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