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5:30 AM ET, March 8, 2011

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Mj Lee / The Politico:
Obama's debt expert yells at kids  —  Alan Simpson referred to Snoop Dogg (left) and Eminem (right) in his tirade.  —  AP Photo  —  Alan Simpson might need to freshen up on his pop culture.  —  The co-chairman of President Obama's deficit commission tried to scold the elderly on Monday …
Discussion: The Huffington Post and Daily Kos
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Robert J. Samuelson / Washington Post:
Why Social Security is welfare  —  In a recent column on the senior citizen lobby, I noted that Social Security is often “middle-class welfare” that bleeds the country.  This offended many readers.  In an e-mail, one snarled: “Social Security is not adding one penny to our national debt, you idiot.”
Discussion: Economist's View
Michelle Malkin:
Missing: Marizela Perez  —  I just got off the phone with my family.  —  This is my beautiful cousin, Marizela Perez:  —  She is a University of Washington undergrad and she has been missing since Saturday afternoon, when she left the Rainier Beach neighborhood headed to the UW Seattle campus.
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KCPQ - Seattle's Q13 FOX News:
Her name is Marizela Perez and she apparently vanished at around Noon on Saturday, March 5th.  —  Q13 FOX News Online  —  SEATTLE —  Relatives of a missing UW student are asking for the public's help in finding her.  —  Her name is Marizela Perez and she apparently vanished at around Noon on Saturday, March 5th.
CNN:
Wisconsin Dems want border meeting  —  (CNN) — Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker on Monday dismissed as “ridiculous” a letter from a Democratic state Senate leader who suggested a meeting “near the Wisconsin-Illinois border” to discuss the state's budget impasse.
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The Note:
Wisconsin Standoff Intensifies: Governor Scott Walker Will Not Relent on Collective Bargaining Rights, Senate Democrats Will Not Return  —  ABC's Chris Bury reports:  —  Today Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker, in a news conference, ratcheted up pressure on the 14 absent Senate Democrats to return to Madison.
Discussion: The Politico
Natasha Vargas-Cooper / The Atlantic Online:
At a Wisconsin Town Hall, the Mood Turns Against Compromise
Discussion: Oliver Willis
Judicial Watch:
Rep. Alcee Hastings Sued by Employee for Sexual Harassment: “Unwelcome Sexual Advances” and “Unwelcome Touching”  —  Hastings Allegedly Retaliated Against Victim for Complaining About Conduct  —  Judicial Watch, the public interest group that investigates and prosecutes government corruption …
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Jordy Yager / The Hill:
Conservative group files suit against Hastings, alleging sexual harassment
Discussion: The Note, CNN and The Other McCain
Guardian:
Obama ups pressure over no-fly zone  —  Libyan leader told the US and Nato are weighing up a raft of military options, including arming the rebel forces  —  Barack Obama has stepped up pressure on Colonel Gaddafi, saying the US and Nato allies were considering a military response to violence in Libya …
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New York Times:
Discord Fills Washington on Possible Libya Intervention
Discussion: New York Magazine
Washington Post:
Gaddafi forces attack rebels anew, even as regime appears to seek talks
Lolita C. Baldor / Associated Press:
Obama restarts Guantanamo trials  —  WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama approved Monday the resumption of military trials for detainees at the U.S. prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, ending a two-year ban.  —  It was the latest acknowledgement that the detention facility Obama had vowed …
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New York Times:
Obama Clears Way for Guantánamo Trials
Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blog:
Cops, FBI: No arrest in Palin stalker case  —  A spokesman for the FBI's Anchorage field office denied British press reports that a stalker against whom Sarah Palin was granted a restraining order was arrested in Alaska.  —  The Mirror and Daily Mail reported, vaguely citing Palin family sources …
Discussion: Fox Nation, Washington Post and BBC
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Jackie Long / BBC:
Will Sarah Palin run for president and can she win?
Daily Mail:
Sarah Palin's gun-toting stalker arrested by FBI 50 miles from politician's home
Brad Johnson / ThinkProgress:
EXCLUSIVE VIDEO: Scott Brown Begs David Koch For Money  —  At the public dedication of MIT's David H. Koch Integrative Cancer Institute last Friday, Sen. Scott Brown (R-MA) effusively thanked conservative billionaire David Koch for supporting his election in 2010 and made a plea for help in his re-election campaign next year.
Discussion: Politicususa, Salon, Wonk Room and Gawker
David M. Drucker / Roll Call:
Ensign to Announce Retirement  —  Sen. John Ensign is expected to announce at an afternoon news conference in Las Vegas that he will retire rather than face a brutal 2012 re-election campaign, according to knowledgeable sources.  —  The Nevada Republican, who has been embattled since revealing …
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Pauline Jelinek / Associated Press:
Report says too many whites, men leading military  —  WASHINGTON - The U.S. military is too white and too male at the top and needs to change recruiting and promotion policies and lift its ban on women in combat, an independent report for Congress said Monday.
Discussion: Right Wing News and Weasel Zippers
John Bresnahan / The Politico:
Senate Democrats ask for help with their 2012 slogan  —  The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, the campaign arm of Senate Democrats, needs your help.  No, not a check, at least not this time.  —  The DSCC wants help coming up with a new slogan for bumper stickers and other paraphernalia that it gives out this cycle.
Echidne / ECHIDNE of the snakes:
Our Ross Cares About the Gurlz  —  That would be Ross Douthat in his latest column.  He truly, truly cares about the gurlz (well, straight gurlz) and wants them to be happy.  In order to do that, he recommends that they use an aspirin held between the knees as the contraceptive choice.
Pete Kasperowicz / The Hill:
Sessions: Democrats proposing ‘fake cuts’ to budget  —  Senate Budget Committee Ranking Member Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.) on Monday said the Senate Democrat proposal to cut about $6.5 billion from FY 2010 levels proposes only “fake cuts” to government spending, and said a vote in favor of that proposal is a vote to “do nothing.”
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Benjamin J. Dueholm / Washington Monthly:
Rules of Misbehavior  —  Dan Savage, the brilliant and foul-mouthed sex columnist, has become one of the most important ethicists in America.  Are we screwed?  —  ive months after the death of Esther “Eppie” Lederer in 2002, the bulk of her estate—a sprawling Chicago apartment's worth of furniture …
Discussion: Focal Point and pandagon.net
Reuters:
Arab media says Gaddafi looking for exit deal  —  (Reuters) - Two Arab newspapers and al Jazeera television said on Monday Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi was looking for an agreement allowing him to step down, but there was no official confirmation of the reports.
Discussion: Hot Air, Gawker and New York Times
Jake Tapper / Political Punch:
President Obama Will Nominate Commerce Secretary Locke as US Ambassador to China  —  ABC News has learned that President Obama intends to nominate Commerce Secretary Gary Locke as his next Ambassador to China.  —  Locke is the first Chinese-American to be Secretary of Commerce.
Discussion: Politics Daily and The 1600 Report
Chris Cillizza / The Fix:
The frontrunner-less Republican presidential field  —  For months now, it's been clear that the 2012 Republican presidential field lacks a strong frontrunner.  —  A case can be made for how either former Gov. Mitt Romney (Mass.) or Mike Huckabee (Ark.) — or even former Gov. Sarah Palin …
Stephen Dinan / Washington Times:
Government posts biggest monthly deficit ever  —  Glen Perkins delivers copies of the Fiscal Year 2012 Budget to the Senate Budget Committee hearing room in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Monday, Feb. 14, 2011.  President Barack Obama will send Congress a $3.7 trillion budget that would reduce deficits …
David Brooks:
Hello  —  Tom Wolfe was once asked, What is the most important change of your lifetime?  He is purported to have answered, “Oh, that's easy.  Co-ed dorms.”  —  My own gloss on that answer is that we spend a lot of our time debating political events and the choices leaders make.
Discussion: driftglass
 
 
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Patrick Goodenough / CNSNews:
U.S. Taxpayers on the Hook As Obama Joins a New International Renewable Energy Agency
Discussion: Maggie's Notebook
Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
Trump fires back at skeptical GOP senator: You're not that important
Discussion: The Politico and Cubachi
Keith Laing / The Hill:
Former Fla. GOP chairman lobbying for high-speed rail
Tom Beaumont / Des Moines Register:
Newt Gingrich admits ‘unfortunate confusion’ in news about exploration plans
Discussion: GOP 12
Dan Nowicki / Arizona Republic:
Giffords aides tout Kyl after shooting
Discussion: Hotline On Call
Jonathan Cohn / The New Republic:
Paying Teachers Too Much? Or Too Little?
Discussion: Oliver Willis
 Earlier Items: 
The Note:
Michael Steele: ‘Nothing Wrong with a Government Shutdown’
Discussion: ABCNEWS
Danger Room:
Darpa Chief Owns Stock in Darpa Contractor
Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blog:
Trump trip financing in question
Discussion: CNN and The Atlantic Online
Scott Lemieux / American Prospect:
Supreme Court Overrules Kafkaesque DNA Decision
Discussion: Politics Daily
Art Robinson / WorldNetDaily:
Democrats attack Republican candidate's children
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
 

 
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Max Tani / @maxwelltani:
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Jack Dunn / Variety:
Trump appoints Mark Burnett, the British TV executive who created and produced the reality show The Apprentice, as a special envoy to the UK

Liz Pelly / Harper's:
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