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Martin Kady II / The Politico:
Grassley on AIG execs: Quit or suicide — Sen. Charles Grassley is so angry over AIG bonuses that he says the executives should resign or kill themselves. — In a comment aired this afternoon on WMT, an Iowa radio station, Grassley (R-Iowa) said: “The first thing that would make me feel …
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Washington Post:
Anger Over Firm Depletes Obama's Political Capital — President Obama's apparent inability to block executive bonuses at insurance giant AIG has dealt a sharp blow to his young administration and is threatening to derail both public and congressional support for his ambitious political agenda.
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Wall Street Journal:
Wall Street Pursues Pay Loopholes — Compensation Caps Drive Some Firms to Weigh Options; Higher Salaries? — Some Wall Street firms are looking for ways to sidestep tough new federal caps on compensation. — In response to expected bonus restrictions, officials at Citigroup Inc. …
Washington Post:
Rage at AIG Swells As Bonuses Go Out — Fed Decided Payouts Couldn't Be Stopped — A tidal wave of public outrage over bonus payments swamped American International Group yesterday. Hired guards stood watch outside the suburban Connecticut offices of AIG Financial Products …
New York Times:
Obama in Effort to Undo Bonuses at A.I.G. — WASHINGTON — President Obama and his top economic advisers scrambled to calm a nationwide furor on Monday over bonuses paid at the American International Group, even as administration officials acknowledged they had known about the issue for months.
Huma Khan / Political Punch:
Two Weeks Ago: White House Says It's Confident It Knows What Happened to Previous AIG Billions — From White House press secretary Robert Gibbs' briefing two weeks ago, when $30 billion in additional funds were announced for AIG. AIG had at this point designated $165 million in retention bonuses …
Wall Street Journal:
Political Heat Sears AIG — Obama Targets Bonuses; Treasury Says $30 Billion in Pending Aid Is at Stake — President Barack Obama said Monday that he would “pursue every single legal avenue to block” $165 million in bonuses to American International Group Inc. employees who were in part responsible …
Eric Kleefeld / TPMDC:
CBS' Chip Reid Asks Gibbs: Is This The Official Tone Toward Cheney? — Here's yet another sign that Washington media is still wired to a great extent for a playing field of GOP dominance. During today's White House press conference, CBS correspondent Chip Reid asked Robert Gibbs if it was appropriate for him to attack Dick Cheney:
Helene Cooper / New York Times:
Obama Orders Treasury Chief to Try to Block A.I.G. Bonuses
Obama Orders Treasury Chief to Try to Block A.I.G. Bonuses
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Louise Story / New York Times:
Goldman Offers Loans to Stretched Employees
Goldman Offers Loans to Stretched Employees
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Rick Klein: Leave Dick Cheney Alooooooone
Rick Klein: Leave Dick Cheney Alooooooone
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Mark Blumenthal / Pollster.com:
AIG Bonuses: A Double Edged Sword
AIG Bonuses: A Double Edged Sword
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lauraingraham.com:
“USEFUL IDIOT” WATCH... Memo to Meghan McCain: Enjoy the media coverage while it lasts, but know you're being used. You are the flavor of the month in left-wing media land because you are a Republican bashing the GOP. Likewise, your dad is most popular among the same people when he is slamming …
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John Amato / Crooks and Liars:
Meghan McCain tells Laura Ingraham to kiss her “fat ass” after Laura attacked her weight. UPDATED — The Hot Line's Jennifer Skalka is even shocked by this exchange between Republicans, although she thinks it's more about the hatred konservatives have for John McCain which I disagree with.
Seattle Post-Intelligencer:
Seattle P-I to publish last edition Tuesday — The Seattle Post-Intelligencer will roll off the presses for the last time Tuesday. — The Hearst Corp. announced Monday that it would stop publishing the 146-year old newspaper, Seattle's oldest business, and cease delivery to more than 117,600 weekday readers.
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U.S. Newswire:
The American Legion Strongly Opposed to President's Plan to Charge Wounded Heroes for Treatment — Featured Topics: - Barack Obama - Presidential Transition — Contact: Craig Roberts of The American Legion, +1-202-263-2982 Office, +1-202-406-0887 Cell — The leader of the nation's …
Brad DeLong / Grasping Reality with Both Hands:
Fear of Reese Witherspoon Look-Alikes on the Pill — I was once approving of Ross Douthat as a New York Times oped columnist. But that was when I was younger. And easily misled. — From Ross Douthat, Privilege, bottom of p. 184: … What squicks me out is (a) that the real turnoff …
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Zachary Coile / San Francisco Chronicle:
Pelosi goes to bat to keep Bay Area papers alive — (03-16) 17:38 PDT Washington - — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, worried about the fate of The Chronicle and other financially struggling newspapers, urged the Justice Department Monday to consider giving Bay Area papers more leeway …
Neil A. Lewis / New York Times:
Moderate Is Said to Be Pick for Court — WASHINGTON — President Obama is expected to name his first candidate to an appeals court seat this week, officials said, choosing David F. Hamilton, a highly regarded federal trial court judge from Indiana, for the appeals court in Chicago.
John Hawkins / Right Wing News:
The 50 Most Popular Right-Of-Center Websites — I thought it might be interesting to see which right-of-center websites actually receive the most traffic. So, I went to Alexa.com and ranked the 50 sites on the right. Do keep in mind that... 1) Alexa doesn't distinguish between top level domains and their sub-directories.
Christopher Beam / Slate:
Ron Paul's insane cameo in the upcoming Bruno movie. — Note: This article contains spoilers about Sacha Baron Cohen's upcoming movie, Bruno. — Presidential candidates will do almost anything for publicity. But Ron Paul's appearance in Sacha Baron Cohen's upcoming Bruno movie suggests …
The Huffington Post:
Steele's Tour-De-Force: Compares Obama To Nixon, Declares “Ultimate Political Armageddon,” Backs Challenges Against Republicans — Read More: Michael Steele, Radio Host, Steele Amragedon, Steele Bill Bennett, Steele Global Warming, Steele Greenland, Steele Nixon, Steele Obama Nixon.
Victor Davis Hanson / The Corner:
Casting the First Stone . . . I am mystified by Barney Frank's desire to recall the AIG execs' bonuses, not so much over the idea that corporate-welfare recipients should not have grandstanding demagogues chastising them for their hypocrisy, but rather the notion that someone of Frank's ethical past …
WISN Milwaukee's Channel 12:
UW-Milwaukee Study Could Realign Climate Change Theory — Scientists Claim Earth Is Undergoing Natural Climate Shift — MILWAUKEE — The bitter cold and record snowfalls from two wicked winters are causing people to ask if the global climate is truly changing.
Richard Cohen / Washington Post:
Don't Blame Jim Cramer — What Jon Stewart needs is Jon Stewart. He could use a droll comedian to temper his ferocity and correct him when he's wrong, as he was about the financial media, particularly CNBC and its excitable analyst Jim Cramer. They didn't cover up the story of financial shenanigans.