memeorandum: Here's what Burris said. Was he forthcoming? (Natasha Korecki/The Blago Blog)

Tim Shipman / Telegraph:

Barack Obama sends bust of Winston Churchill on its way back to Britain — Barack Obama has sent Sir Winston Churchill packing and pulse rates soaring among anxious British diplomats. — A bust of the former prime minister once voted the greatest Briton in history, which was loaned …

Discussion: Jules Crittenden, Fausta's Blog, protein wisdom, NewsBusters.org, Riehl World View and Theo Spark

Michael Isikoff / Newsweek:

A Torture Report Could Spell Big Trouble For Bush Lawyers — From the magazine issue dated Feb 23, 2009 — An internal Justice Department report on the conduct of senior lawyers who approved waterboarding and other harsh interrogation tactics is causing anxiety among former Bush administration officials.

Discussion: Alan Colmes' Liberaland, theheretik.us and Left in the West

Emptywheel: The Push to Publish the OPR Report

John O'Connor / Associated Press:

Burris confirms request for Blagojevich donation — SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - Raising fresh questions about his appointment to Congress, Sen. Roland Burris admitted in a document released Saturday that former Gov. Rod Blagojevich's brother asked him for campaign fundraising help before the governor named Burris as Illinois' junior senator.

Discussion: Washington Monthly, Outside The Beltway, MyDD, Daily Kos, Associated Press and New York Times

Natasha Korecki / The Blago Blog:

Here's what Burris said. Was he forthcoming? — Here's how the question and answer session went when U.S. Sen. Roland Burris testified under oath before a House impeachment panel on Jan. 8. — Burris changed his answer Feb. 5 in a quietly filed affidavit.

Discussion: Power Line, Swampland, Commentary, Lynn Sweet and RedState

Chicago Tribune:
Burris' testimony before an Illinois House impeachment panel

Discussion: Lynn Sweet, Los Angeles Times, Emptywheel and PoliticalBase.com Blog

Peter Slevin / Washington Post:
Burris Discloses Fundraising Requests

Discussion: The Hill's Blog Briefing Room and NewsBusters.org

Satyam Khanna / Think Progress:

Gingrich's obstructionism becomes role model for House GOP.» — In 1993, former Speaker Newt Gingrich notoriously whipped the House GOP into opposing President Clinton's major initiatives, ranging from the budget to health care reform. The New York Times reports that Gingrich …

Congress Matters:

From the files — by David Waldman aka Kagro X — What files? The insane pack-rat files, of course. — I have with me a hard copy of a collection of Republican quotes predicting doom and disaster in the wake of the 1993 Clinton economic stimulus plan, and much of the rhetoric is eerily similar to today's.

Adam Nagourney / New York Times: In Gingrich Mold, a New Voice for Solid Republican Resistance

Mark Silva / The Swamp:

Obama's Denver signing; ‘Good as any’ — President Barack Obama will fly to Denver, the place where he accepted the Democratic Party's nomination last summer, to sign the “American Recovery and Reinvestment Act” into law on Tuesday. — It's “as good” a place “as any” …

Discussion: The Politico

Glenn Thrush / The Politico:
The 7 stimulus lessons for the Dems

Discussion: Political Punch, Cold Fury and The Politico

Associated Press:

WHAT'S THE RUSH? — ‘URGENT’ $TIMULUS ON HOLD FOR BAM'S WEEKEND OFF — After pushing Congress for weeks to hurry up and pass the massive $787 billion stimulus bill, President Obama promptly took off for a three-day holiday getaway. — Obama arrived at his home in Chicago on Friday …

Discussion: Betsy's Page, Riehl World View and Sister Toldjah

Washington Post:

Israel's Step Backward — How the Obama administration should react to the rightward swing in last week's election — ISRAEL'S ELECTION last week propelled the country back in time to a political era when the parliament was sharply divided between parties that favored or opposed a two-state settlement with Palestinians.

Discussion: Israel Matzav, Soccer Dad and Yourish.com

Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:

TIME TO REFORM THE FILIBUSTER.... One of the striking aspects of the political process on the Hill is how quickly everyone has adapted to a once-rare tactic becoming routine. Senate filibusters used to be exceedingly rare — a dramatic challenge only to be used under extraordinary circumstances.

Discussion: Matthew Yglesias and The Impolitic

Nelson D. Schwartz / New York Times:

Rise in Jobless Poses Threat to Stability Worldwide — PARIS — From lawyers in Paris to factory workers in China and bodyguards in Colombia, the ranks of the jobless are swelling rapidly across the globe. — Worldwide job losses from the recession that started in the United States …

Discussion: Matthew Yglesias, On Deadline and Corrente

Glenn Kessler / Washington Post:
China Is at the Heart of Clinton's First Trip

Discussion: Riehl World View and New York Times

Hilary Leila Krieger / Jerusalem Post:

'Lieberman weakens Israel's cause in US' — Former administration officials and American Jewish leaders are warning that the rise of Avigdor Lieberman could hurt Israel's image in the US, particularly if he is given a top portfolio or his positions on Israeli Arabs become government policy.

Discussion: Israel Matzav

Ronald Brownstein / The Atlantic Politics Channel:

Obama's To Do List — Everyone has a to-do list around the house. — In an interview Friday afternoon on Air Force One en route to Chicago, President Obama shared his with a small group of columnists. — Now that Congress has approved his economic recovery plan, he was asked, what's his plan for the rest of 2009?