memeorandum: With No Jobs, Time to Help Build the Tea Party Movement (Kate Zernike/New York Times)

8:10 PM ET, March 27, 2010

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Kate Zernike / New York Times:

With No Jobs, Time to Help Build the Tea Party Movement — SOUTH BEND, Ind. — When Tom Grimes lost his job as a financial consultant 15 months ago, he called his congressman, a Democrat, for help getting government health care. — Enlarge This Image — Tea Party supporters relaxed …

Discussion: ATTACKERMAN, Gawker, POWIP, Booman Tribune and The Atlantic Online

Colbert I. King / Washington Post:

In the faces of Tea Party shouters, images of hate and history — The angry faces at Tea Party rallies are eerily familiar. They resemble faces of protesters lining the street at the University of Alabama in 1956 as Autherine Lucy, the school's first black student, bravely tried to walk to class.

Discussion: AmSpecBlog, Riehl World View and theblogprof

paracom.paramountcommunication.com:

Harry Reid Supporters Egg Tea Party Express Buses in Route — Supporters of Senator Harry Reid have just thrown eggs at the Tea Party Express bus caravan - striking at least one of the three buses (the red Tea Party Express bus) with multiple eggs. — About 35 Reid supporters had lined Highway 95 …

Discussion: Townhall.com, Gateway Pundit and Sister Toldjah

J. Patrick Coolican / Las Vegas Sun:

Sarah Palin to Tea Party rally: Don't sit down, shut up — 10,000 possible for rally in protest of Democrats, health care overhaul — Tea party supporters gather at the “Showdown in Searchlight” tea party rally in Searchlight, Saturday, March 27, 2010. — SEARCHLIGHT …

Discussion: ABCNEWS, American Power, The Other McCain, Founding Bloggers and Gateway Pundit

Dr. James / Founding Bloggers:

Harry Reid Supporters Threaten Violence Against Breitbart at Tea Party Protest — Supporters of Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid staged a counter-protest today in Searchlight, Nevada, the Senator's hometown. Reid supporters gathered just down the road from the launching point …

Discussion: The Politico, Potluck, Nice Deb, Conservatives4Palin.com and CNN

Jon Cohen / Behind the Numbers:
Sarah Palin and the tea party movement

Discussion: Politics Daily, msnbc.com, The Right Scoop, The Page and Hot Air

Big Government:
Demonizing Everyday Americans

Discussion: Left Coast Rebel and AmSpecBlog

Ken Ritter / Associated Press:
Nevada tea party candidate facing felony charges

Discussion: Left Coast Rebel, Gateway Pundit, Confederate Yankee and Moe Lane

Eric Kleefeld / TPMDC:
Tea Partiers To Hold ‘Conservative Woodstock’ Event In Harry Reid's Hometown

Discussion: Althouse and First Draft

The White House:

Fifteen Appointees Have Waited an Average of 214 Days for Senate Confirmation — WASHINGTON -After facing months of Republican obstruction to administration nominees, President Obama announced his intent to recess appoint fifteen nominees to fill critical administration posts that have been left vacant …

Discussion: Politics Daily, CBS News, Federal Eye, Talking Points Memo, The Atlantic Online, The Moderate Voice, Townhall.com, Chicago Breaking News, Main Justice, The Volokh Conspiracy and The Impolitic

Jen Psaki / White House.gov Blog Feed:
An Unprecedented Level of Obstruction

Discussion: CNN, The Atlantic Online, The Daily Caller, Emptywheel and The New Republic

The Politico:
Senate gone, Obama seats nominees

Discussion: CNN, Liberal Values, Washington Monthly and TPMDC

Glenn Reynolds / Instapundit:

WHY HAS BARACK OBAMA TREATED NETANYAHU SO RUDELY? “Obama would never treat the president of Equatorial Guinea that way.” — Possibly Obama just hates Israel and hates Jews. That's plausible — certainly nothing in his actions suggests otherwise, really.

Discussion: Salon, Outside The Beltway, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, Israel Matzav, Metablog, The Moderate Voice, RedState, INSTAPUTZ, The Other McCain and Riehl World View

Elliott Abrams / Weekly Standard:

The Future of an Illusion — A piece of paper will not bring peace to the Middle East — Those who cannot remember the past are condemned, it seems, to direct the Middle East policy of the Obama administration. — Since the Oslo Accords of 1993, 17 years of efforts under three American presidents …

Discussion: Israel Matzav, Commentary, Israpundit and Swampland

John / Power Line:

The Empire Strikes Back — We wrote here about the consequences of Obamacare that are beginning to be felt, even before its provisions are implemented: Caterpillar said Obamacare will cost it an additional $100 million in the first year; Medtronic warned that the new tax on its products …

Discussion: Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion

Wall Street Journal:
The ObamaCare Writedowns — The corporate damage rolls in, and Democrats are shocked!

Discussion: Townhall.com, The Corner on National …, The Volokh Conspiracy, RedState, Commentary, Potluck and Moe Lane

Matt Taibbi / Taibblog:

The Catholic Church is a Criminal Enterprise … Anyone who's interested in losing his lunch should read the above-mentioned blog entry by New York archbishop Timothy Dolan in defense of Pope Benedict; the archbishop's incredibly pompous and self-pitying rant is some of the most depraved …

Discussion: ATTACKERMAN and naked capitalism

Andy Barr / The Politico:

RNC rejects joint ‘civility’ statement — The Republican National Committee has rejected a proposal from its Democratic counterpart to sign a joint “civility” statement, POLITICO has learned. — Various members of the DNC — including Chairman Tim Kaine, Executive Director Jen O'Malley Dillon …

Discussion: The Caucus, Little Green Footballs, The Impolitic, Newshoggers.com and Riehl World View

Christina Bellantoni / TPMDC:
Steele Declines To Sign DNC ‘Joint Civility Statement’

Discussion: Washington Monthly, The Hill and Daily Kos

Brian Maloney / The Radio Equalizer:

Libtalker Calls For Deaths Of Rush Limbaugh, Glenn Beck, Bill O'Reilly — LIBTALKER: TIME TO DIE — Limbaugh, O'Reilly, Beck Targeted By Hate Rhetoric — While mainstream conservative talk hosts are under fire for supposedly inciting (since generally debunked) “violence” …