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The White House:
Keeping Promises — In the Weekly Address this morning, President Obama explains how the budget he sent to Congress will fulfill the promises he made as a candidate. On fiscal responsibility, a fair tax code, a clean energy economy, real health care reform, and education, this budget sets out a new vision for our country.
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Jonathan Martin / The Politico:
Obama ‘gearing up for a fight’ — President Barack Obama is beginning the salesmanship of his far-reaching $3.6 trillion budget with a populist blast at powerful interests he says will fight it - all but challenging his opponents to bring it on. — “I know these steps won't sit …
Ombudsman / Washington Post:
The Heat From a Global Warming Column — Opinion columnists are free to choose whatever facts bolster their arguments. But they aren't free to distort them. — The question of whether that happened is at the core of an uproar over a recent George F. Will column and The Post's fact-checking process.
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The Daily Dish, Emptywheel, Climate Progress, Get Energy Smart!, The Bellows, The Huffington Post and The Way Things Break
David Sarno / L.A. Times Tech Blog:
Anti-stimulus tea parties light up Twitter, YouTube, Flickr and social media — Protesters rally against the stimulus plan in Hartford, Conn. Credit: Bob Child / Associated Press — In the latest example of how user-produced media can capture so-called “massively-shared” …
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David Neiwert / Crooks and Liars:
Glenn Beck plots out our dystopian future, run by militias — While I was on vacation last week, Glenn Beck wrapped up his regularly scheduled apocalyptic fearmongering with a Friday special that laid out the future as he fears it. — It's pretty much a Mel Gibson production, with lots of Road Warriors and other dystopian features.
Robert Travis Scott / New Orleans Times-Picayune:
Louisiana to seek New Orleans-Baton Rouge passenger rail line from federal stimulus pot that Jindal called wasteful — BATON ROUGE - Louisiana's transportation department plans to request federal dollars for a New Orleans to Baton Rouge passenger rail service from the same pot of railroad money …
New York Times:
Obama's Speech at Camp Lejeune, N.C. — Following are the prepared remarks of President Obama about withdrawing from Iraq at Camp Lejeune, N.C., on Feb. 27, 2009, as provided by the White House. — Good morning Marines. Good morning Camp Lejeune. Good morning Jacksonville.
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Swampland, Informed Comment, Flopping Aces, Political Punch, Think Progress, Washington Monthly and ATTACKERMAN
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Bob Egelko / San Francisco Chronicle:
U.S. to yield marijuana jurisdiction to states — (02-26) 20:00 PST San Francisco — U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder is sending strong signals that President Obama - who as a candidate said states should be allowed to make their own rules on medical marijuana - will end raids on pot dispensaries in California.
Media Matters / Media Matters for America:
Limbaugh: “The dirty little secret ... is that every Republican in this country wants Obama to fail, but none of them have the guts to say so; I am willing to say it" — *Siggggghhh* Rush is soooooo dreamy! And he has a fire in the belly! Who wouldn't love this guy?
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Think Progress
Ali Frick / Think Progress:
CPAC Organizer David Keene Claims Conservatives Were Fed Up With Bush ‘For Some Time’ — This year at the Conservative Political Action Conference, most of the speakers have spent their time bashing President Obama, while generally avoiding the subject of President Bush.Speaking this morning …
Krissah Thompson / Washington Post:
Top Officials Expand The Dialogue on Race — Month's Celebrations Evoke a Mix of Views — When the country's racial chasms seemed to threaten President Obama's election, his team had to tread carefully. A month into his administration, the tone has changed.
Peter S. Goodman / New York Times:
Sharper Downturn Clouds Obama Spending Plans — The economy is spiraling down at an accelerating pace, threatening to undermine the Obama administration's spending plans, which anticipate vigorous rates of growth in years to come. — A sense of disconnect between the projections …
Madison Park / CNN:
How to get Michelle Obama's toned arms — (CNN) — First lady Michelle Obama has a fashion following, with blogs tracking her daily garment choices. — She's on the March cover of Vogue in a sleeveless silk sheath. Then there was the purple sleeveless Narciso Rodriguez she wore …
Associated Press:
Court Rejects Obama Bid to Stop Wiretapping Suit — WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration has lost its argument that a potential threat to national security should stop a lawsuit challenging the government's warrantless wiretapping program. — A federal appeals court in San Francisco …
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