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10:45 AM ET, March 6, 2015

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Jennifer Epstein / Bloomberg Business:
The Hillary Camp's Rationale for Staying Quiet  —  Hillary Clinton won't be presiding over a soul-searching press conference or sitting down for a come-clean interview about her use of a private email address any time soon — at least if everything goes according to her team's plan.
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Gabriel Debenedetti / Politico:
‘Who knows?  She could implode totally’  —  Clinton email scandal alarms Democrats.  —  Three days into the rolling controversy over Hillary Clinton's use of a personal email address as Secretary of State, Democrats are showing signs of stress.  —  In interviews with more than three dozen …
Niall Stanage / The Hill:
GOP giddy over Hillary's problems  —  Republicans believe Hillary Clinton's fundamental political weaknesses have been exposed by the controversy surrounding her use of personal email while secretary of State — and they couldn't be more delighted.  —  GOP figures are happy to see troubles befall Democrats in general.
Peter Hamby / CNN:
Hillary Clinton's stumbles fuel Democratic critics
Discussion: National Review
Mike Lillis / The Hill:
Dems vow to protect Boehner from conservative coup  —  Tea Party Republicans contemplating a bid to oust Rep. John Boehner (R-Ohio) shouldn't count on Democrats to help them unseat the Speaker.  —  And without their support, there is no chance to topple Boehner in this Congress.
Discussion: Political Wire
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Politico:
Rebels with a cause  —  A new group of far-right House Republicans tries to show they're not just a band of demagogues.  —  Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) is a member of the right-leaning Freedom Caucus.  Getty  —  Sitting in a room on the fourth floor of the Cannon building …
Politico:   GOP leaders to skip Selma event
Oliver Roeder / FiveThirtyEight:
Obamacare's Chances Of Survival Are Looking Better And Better  —  Solicitor General Donald Verrilli won Wednesday's oral arguments in King v. Burwell, the latest challenge to the Affordable Care Act.  Or at least that's what the wisdom of the crowd is telling us.
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Abbe R. Gluck / Politico:
How States' Rights Shapes King v. Burwell  —  Understanding this is the key to knowing how the court will rule.  —  At long last, the federalism implications of the Obamacare challenge, King v. Burwell, appear widely understood.  This is in no small part thanks to the justices themselves …
Discussion: Washington Post and Dorf on Law
Washington Post:
Clinton e-mail review could find security issues  —  Clarification: This story has been updated to clarify the State Department's explanation of the review's initial purpose.  —  A State Department review of Hillary Rodham Clinton's e-mails from her time leading the agency could reveal whether …
Discussion: Political Wire and Mediaite
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Mark DrajemIndira Lakshmanan / Bloomberg Business:
Clinton Wants You to See Her E-Mails, Except Those She Didn't Hand Over
Discussion: Bloomberg View and US News
CNN:
Jeb Bush aides used private domain for public business  —  Photos: Political families 28 photos  —  Photos: Political families - Debbie Dingell announced Friday, February 28, that she would run for the seat held for 58 years by her husband, Rep. John Dingell, D-Michigan, who announced earlier that he was retiring.
Discussion: US News and Political Wire
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Lucy Nicholson / NBC News:
Harrison Ford Injured in Plane Crash
Discussion: CNN, NPR, Mediaite, The Week and The Verge
Jonathan Weisman / New York Times:
As Supreme Court Weighs Health Law, G.O.P. Plans to Replace It  —  WASHINGTON — The legal campaign to destroy President Obama's health care law may be nearing its conclusion, but as the Supreme Court deliberates over the law's fate, the search for a replacement by Republican lawmakers is finally gaining momentum.
Charles Krauthammer / Washington Post:
Netanyahu's Churchillian warning  —  Benjamin Netanyahu's address to Congress was notable in two respects.  Queen Esther got her first standing O in 2,500 years.  And President Obama came up empty in his campaign to preemptively undermine Netanyahu before the Israeli prime minister could present his case on the Iran negotiations.
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Philip Stephens / Financial Times:   The answer for Israel's Benjamin Netanyahu is war against Iran
Wall Street Journal:
How America Was Misled on al Qaeda's Demise  —  The White House portrait of a crumbling terror group is contradicted by documents seized in the bin Laden raid.  —  By  —  In the early-morning hours of May 2, 2011, a small team of American military and intelligence professionals landed inside …
Discussion: Power Line and Weekly Standard
Michael C Bender / Bloomberg Business:
Did Jeb Bush Go Far Enough to Try to Save Terri Schiavo to Save His Iowa Chances?  —  Standing at the pulpit of his Sioux City, Iowa, mega-churche a decade ago, Reverend Cary Gordon wept over the death of Terri Schiavo, a brain-damaged woman who had her feeding tubes removed more than 1,500 miles away in Florida.
Discussion: Washington Monthly
Ta-Nehisi Coates / The Atlantic Online:
The Gangsters of Ferguson  —  Yesterday the Justice Department released the results of a long and thorough investigation into the killing of Michael Brown by Officer Darren Wilson.  The investigation concluded that there was not enough evidence to prove a violation of federal law by Officer Wilson.
Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money
John R. Morris / The Hill:
Modern media and the destructive representation of conservativism  —  Although rightfully excoriated for his comments comparing public unions to ISIS, Gov. Scott Walker's (R-Wis.) treatment by the media continues to highlight the gross disparity in the way with which conservative candidates …
John Hinderaker / Power Line:
Did the Obama Administration Lie to the Federal Court About Implementation of Executive Amnesty?  —  We wrote here about State of Texas et al. v. United States, in which 26 states sued to enjoin the Obama administration from implementing its illegal executive amnesty program.
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Michael Brown / Townhall.com:
When Two Boys Kissed on Primetime TV  —  It has been called “The History-Making Gay Kiss,” as “The Fosters” TV show, which airs during prime time on the ABC Family network, featured the “Youngest Same-Sex TV Kiss Ever.”  Yes, on a so-called “family friendly” network, two 13-year-old boys locked lips …
Discussion: Joe. My. God.
 
 
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Adam Nagourney / New York Times:
In U.C.L.A. Debate Over Jewish Student, Echoes on Campus of Old Biases
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Discussion: The Times of Israel
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Daily Mail:
Yemeni boy, 10, locked in a cage and set alight by his friends in sickening imitation …
Tim Devaney / The Hill:
Ban or not, kids allowed to sled at Capitol
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