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1:00 PM ET, February 18, 2009

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Washington Post:
Buy-Buy, Mr. Burris  —  WHEN THEN-Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich was arrested in December for, among other things, allegedly trying to auction off the U.S. Senate seat left open by Barack Obama's election to the presidency, we feared that whomever Mr. Blagojevich eventually chose would be tainted by the association.
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J. Taylor Rushing / The Hill:
Ethics panel opens probe on Sen. Burris  —  The Senate Ethics Committee has opened a preliminary inquiry into Sen. Roland Burris's (D-Ill.) conflicting testimony on the circumstances surrounding his appointment while Senate Democrats and Republicans take a wait-and-see approach to the potential impact on the 2010 election.
Chicago Tribune:
Burris' Senate-seat story changes again  —  Senator says he tried to raise campaign cash for Blagojevich  —  Sen. Roland Burris, D-Ill., talks to the media about an affidavit that he filed Feb. 5 with the Illinois House committee.  (Tribune photo by Nuccio DiNuzzo / February 15, 2009)
Discussion: AMERICAblog News and TPMMuckraker
Chicago Sun Times:
Senate opens Burris probe
Discussion: QandO, The Capitol Fax Blog and MSNBC
Newsdesk / Vox Pop:
Roland Burris, resign
Rick Moran / Right Wing Nut House:
DID DEMOCRATS COVER UP BURRIS LIES TO GET STIM BILL PASSED?
Peter Slevin / Washington Post:
Burris Admits to Fundraising Attempt
Discussion: Matthew Yglesias
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Jack Healy / New York Times:
Obama Plans $75 Billion Outlay to Fight Foreclosures  —  Seeking to stabilize the foundering housing market, President Obama is offering a plan to help as many as nine million families refinance their mortgages or avoid foreclosure, according to a summary released by the White House on Wednesday morning.
Discussion: TalkLeft, State of the Day and Truthdig
Washington Wire:
Obama's Plan Aimed at Helping Troubled Homeowners
Discussion: Calculated Risk
Lisa Demer / Anchorage Daily News:
Palin must pay tax on past per diem, state says  —  EXPENSES: Governor received meal money while living in Wasilla.  —  ldemer@adn.com  —  Gov. Sarah Palin must pay income taxes on thousands of dollars in expense money she received while living at her Wasilla home, under a new determination by state officials.
Josh Gerstein / The Politico:
The White House's missing documents  —  Featured Topics: - Barack Obama - Presidential Transition  —  In his first weeks in office, President Barack Obama shut down his predecessor's system for reviewing regulations, realigned and expanded two key White House policymaking bodies …
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Peter Baker / New York Times:
Obama Team Has Billions to Spend, but Few Ready to Do It
Discussion: Prairie Weather and MSNBC
Wyatt Buchanan / San Francisco Chronicle:
GOP ousts Senate leader, budget deal in question  —  (02-18) 02:28 PST Sacramento — A state budget deal to close a $41 billion shortfall has been put further into question early this morning after Senate Republicans ousted their leader who had helped negotiate the long-awaited plan with other top lawmakers in California.
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Michael Calderone / The Politico:
Dem exclusive?  Reporters jump ship  —  In three months since Election Day, at least a half-dozen prominent journalists have taken jobs working for the federal government.  —  Journalists, including some of those who've jumped ship, say it's better to have a solid job in government than a shaky job …
Quinnipiac University:
Florida's Crist Has Pick Of Gov. Or Senate Race, Quinnipiac University Poll Finds; Voters Back Seminole Casino Plan  —  Florida voters, by a 41 - 22 percent margin, prefer Charlie Crist run for re-election as Governor, rather than the U.S. Senate, but his 67 - 22 percent job approval rating …
Discussion: The Hill and Real Clear Politics
Michelle Malkin:
Nutroots suddenly hypersensitive about Nazi/president comparisons  —  For eight years, we've heard “Bushitler” invoked endlessly.  —  Again:  —  And again.  —  And again.  —  And again.  —  And again:  —  Now, the tables have been turned.  Some folks are invoking Nazi allusions against Barack Obama.
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Karl Frisch / Media Matters:
UPDATED: Michelle Malkin takes photo with man holding swastika Obama sign
Brian Mosely / Shelbyville Times-Gazette Headlines:
Islamic subversion alleged by speaker  —  A former FBI special agent told law enforcement and Homeland Security personnel that a network of Islamic organizations are working to incrementally implement Islamic law in the United States.  —  During a presentation at the Bedford County Emergency …
Discussion: Moonbattery
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Robert / Jihad Watch:
Former FBI special agent: Every major Muslim organization in the U.S …
Discussion: Atlas Shrugs
The Huffington Post:
New York Post Chimp Cartoon Compares Stimulus Author To Dead Primate  —  A cartoon likening the author of the stimulus bill, perhaps President Barack Obama, with a rabid chimpanzee graced the pages of the New York Post on Wednesday.  —  The drawing, from famed cartoonist Sean Delonas …
Maureen Dowd / New York Times:
Cheney and the Goat Devil  —  I was dubious about Will Ferrell doing his Bush impersonation one more time on Broadway.  —  As we lurch through the disasters bequeathed by W. — the economy tanking, 17,000 more troops going to Afghanistan, Chrysler pleading for a total of $9 billion …
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New York Times:
Aides Say No Pardon for Libby Irked Cheney
Discussion: The Moderate Voice and The Caucus
Brian Montopoli / CBS News:
Jindal Signals Louisiana May Not Take Stimulus Money  —  Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal, a potential 2012 GOP presidential candidate, has suggested his state may not be interested in all of the roughly $4 billion allotted to it in the economic stimulus package to be signed by President Obama today.
Del Quentin Wilber / Washington Post:
Court Reverses Ruling Bringing 17 Detainees to U.S.  —  A federal appeals court this morning blocked the transfer to the United States of a small band of Chinese Muslims held at the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.  —  In a decision released this morning, the three-judge panel …
Discussion: SCOTUSblog, TalkLeft and ACSBlog
Paul Krugman:
Comrade Greenspan: Seize the economy's commanding heights!  —  Here.  Truly, it's amazing how compelling the logic of temporary nationalization is.  How long will it be before the Obama administration is ready to take the plunge?  —  The WaPo reports that Tim Geithner realized late …
Discussion: Financial Times
Thomas H. Maugh II / Los Angeles Times:
Major cache of fossils unearthed in L.A.  —  Volunteer Judy Scharf, left, assistant lab supervisor Trevor Valle and volunteers Pat Simun and Linda Wright carefully brush away dirt surrounding the pelvis of a mammoth at the Page Museum in Rancho La Brea.  The mammoth, which museum researchers …
Discussion: Maggie's Farm, D-Day and LA Observed
Michael Leahy / Washington Post:
Back Home in Alaska, Palin Faces Scrutiny and Second-Guessing From All Sides  —  Scrutiny Has Been Intense Since Election  —  JUNEAU, Alaska — A couple of weeks before the Alaska legislature began this year's session, a bipartisan group of state senators on a retreat a few hours from here invited Gov. Sarah Palin to join them.
The Independent:
Howard Jacobson: Let's see the ‘criticism’ of Israel for what it really is  —  Emotions have run high over recent events in Gaza.  And in this impassioned and searching essay, our writer argues that just below the surface runs a vicious strain of ancient prejudice
Discussion: Israellycool and Augean Stables
 
 
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Ali Frick / Think Progress:
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Matt Lewis / Political Machine:
How Would Modern Americans React to a ‘Great Depression’?
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Telegraph:
US privately backs Pakistan's ‘Sharia law for peace’ deal with Taliban
Discussion: Weekly Standard
Ben Farmer / Telegraph:
Geography professor claims to have found Osama bin Laden
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The Smoking Gun:
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