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3:01 AM ET, March 24, 2011

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George Zornick / ThinkProgress:

Gingrich Criticized Obama For Not Intervening In Libya, But Now Criticizes Him For Intervening In Libya — Earlier this month, former Speaker of the House and current presidential hopeful Newt Gingrich was hammering President Obama for not intervening in Libya. Asked, “what would you do about Libya?”

Discussion: Daily Kos, The Caucus, Firedoglake, The Moderate Voice, The Huffington Post, Alan Colmes' Liberaland, The Impolitic, The Note, Crooks and Liars, AMERICAblog News, Little Green Footballs, TPMDC, Washington Monthly, Ben Smith's Blog, Swampland and Guardian

Newt Gingrich / Facebook:

My position on Libya — It is deeply troubling that there is so much confusion, lack of foresight, and little resolve coming from the President and his administration about what our mission and goals must be in the Libya engagement. — On March 3rd, President Obama said publicly that “it's time for Gadaffi to go.”

Discussion: ThinkProgress, msnbc.com, Ben Smith's Blog, Front Row Washington and Talking Points Memo

David Weigel / Weigel:

Newt Gingrich Completely Changes Position on Libya in 16 Days — A pretty direct hit from ThinkProgress, if you ask me. Here's Newt Gingrich on March 7, on what he would do in Libya. … Here's Newt Gingrich from March 23. … Anyone want to try and reconcile these two interviews?

Discussion: Hot Air, Pajamas Media, The Daily Caller and Hit & Run

Danny Yadron / Washington Wire:
Gingrich: No Flip-Flop in My Libya Positions

Discussion: MyFox Detroit

George Zornick / ThinkProgress:
Caught In Libya Flip-Flop, Newt Gingrich Offers Incoherent And Contradictory Defense

Discussion: The Moderate Voice and Pajamas Media

Kate Nocera / The Politico:

Anthony Weiner: Waiver might work for New York — Rep. Anthony Weiner said Wednesday he was looking into how a health law waiver might work for New York City. — Weiner, who is likely to run for mayor of New York, said that because of the city's special health care infrastructure …

Discussion: The Lonely Conservative, Weasel Zippers, Fox Nation, Fox News, Michelle Malkin, Hot Air, Taylor Marsh, CNN and National Review

Brian Beutler / TPMDC:

Weiner Says SCOTUS Will Rule Against Health Care Law, Paving Way For Public Option — This is more in the spirit of partypooping than of celebration. But on the first anniversary of the Affordable Care Act, one of the law's most dogged defenders, Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-NY) …

Discussion: Daily Kos and Balloon Juice

Ron Johnson / Wall Street Journal:
ObamaCare and Carey's Heart

Discussion: Washington Monthly, Balloon Juice, Firedoglake, Opinion L.A., The Moderate Voice, No More Mister Nice Blog, Moe Lane, Daily Kos, Don Surber, The New Republic, Wonk Room, Wake up America, Yglesias, Washington Post, TPMDC, The Reality-Based Community and JSOnline

Aaron Carroll / The Incidental Economist:
Senator Johnson's odd dislike of the PPACA

Discussion: Paul Krugman, No More Mister Nice Blog and LifeNews.com

Gschwarzcnn / CNN:
CNN Poll: Time doesn't change views on health care law

Jeffrey Goldberg / The Atlantic Online:

Dear Reuters, You Must Be Kidding — This is from a Reuters story on the Jerusalem bombing earlier today: … Those Israelis and their crazy terms! I mean, referring to a fatal bombing of civilians as a “terrorist attack”? Who are they kidding? Everyone knows that a fatal bombing …

Discussion: Pajamas Media

Crispian Balmer / Reuters:

Bombing near Jerusalem bus stop kills woman, 30 hurt — (Reuters) - A bomb planted in a bag exploded near a bus stop in a Jewish district of Jerusalem on Wednesday, killing a woman and injuring at least 30 people, in an attack police blamed on Palestinian militants.

Discussion: Elder of Ziyon, The Jawa Report and Biased BBC

Fares Akram / New York Times:
Rockets From Gaza Hit Deep Into Southern Israel

Discussion: National Review and Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion

People-Press.org:

Obama Tests Well at Start of Reelection Run — No Frontrunner in Slow-Starting GOP Race — Barack Obama currently fares as well against a generic opponent in the upcoming presidential election as George W. Bush did in April 2003, a time when Bush's job approval rating was much higher than Obama's is today.

Discussion: Post on Politics, No More Mister Nice Blog, Washington Post, Hot Air, Weigel, Balloon Juice, The American Independent, Texas on the Potomac, The Politico, The Moderate Voice, Swampland, GOP 12 and Ben Smith's Blog

Gschwarzcnn / CNN:
TRENDING: Trump again questions Obama's birthplace

Discussion: Time and The Politico

Fhardingj / CNN:
CNN Poll: Trump at 10 percent in hypothetical GOP battle

Discussion: Firedoglake, Hot Air, The Politico, The Hill, GOP 12, AmSpecBlog and Conservatives4Palin

Ed Morrissey / Hot Air:
Biden: We should impeach presidents who launch attacks without Congressional approval

Discussion: Patterico's Pontifications, The Huffington Post, The Blast, Wizbang, CNN, Scared Monkeys and Mediaite

Yoav Zitun / Ynetnews:

Egypt Air removes Israel from map — Jordan stretches to sea in online map by Egypt's largest airline, though it continues to fly to Israel — Egypt Air, the largest airline in Egypt, has removed Israel from the map - literally. On its website, Ynet has learned, Jordan's land reaches the Mediterranean Sea.

Discussion: Power Line, The Gateway Pundit, Elder of Ziyon, Maggie's Notebook, Atlas Shrugs and Israel Matzav

Mj Lee / The Politico:

Obama is keeping his peace prize … No comments yet. Be the first!

Discussion: Weasel Zippers, Scared Monkeys, The Gateway Pundit and New York Times

Boehner:
Speaker Boehner Letter to President Obama on Military Action in Libya

Discussion: The Hill, Washington Post and Scared Monkeys

Pamela Geller / The Daily Caller:

Durbin is wrong about Muslim rights — In the wake of Rep. Peter King's largely toothless hearings on the radicalization of American Muslims, Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin is now scheduling Senate hearings on “Muslim rights.” According to the Washington Times, Durbin claims that …

Discussion: Israel Matzav and Atlas Shrugs

Eugene Robinson / Washington Post:
So you want to hold Muslim hearings? Here's how to do it.

Discussion: The Politico and Alan Colmes' Liberaland

Victor Davis Hanson / National Review:

Let Us Count the Ways . . . Why are many conservatives against the Libyan war? Is it, as alleged, political opportunism — given their prior support for the 2001 and 2003 wars in Afghanistan and Iraq? — No. Most of us support wholeheartedly our troops now that we are in …

Discussion: alicublog

Front Page Magazine:
Why I Am Not a Neo-Conservative — Posted by David Horowitz …

Discussion: AmSpecBlog

Zaid Jilani / ThinkProgress:

Buried Provision In House GOP Bill Would Cut Off Food Stamps To Entire Families If One Member Strikes — All around the country, right-wing legislators are asking middle class Americans to pay for budget deficits caused mainly by a recession caused by Wall Street; they are attacking workers …

Discussion: First Draft

Steve Mistler / The Sun Journal:

LePage orders removal of labor mural, sparking outcry — AUGUSTA — Gov. Paul LePage has ordered the removal of a 36-foot mural depicting Maine's labor history from the lobby of the Department of Labor. — Worker advocates described the move as a “mean-spirited” provocation amid …

Discussion: mpbn.net, New York Times, Kennebec Journal, Firedoglake, Dirigo Blue, ThinkProgress, Washington Monthly, AFL-CIO NOW BLOG, The Impolitic, TPMDC and Shakesville

Benjy Sarlin / TPMDC:
LePage's Office: People Complained Labor Mural Resembled “North Korea”

Discussion: Dirigo Blue and Hullabaloo

Scott Shane / New York Times:

Panel on Anthrax Inquiry Finds Case Against Ivins Persuasive — WASHINGTON — A panel of psychiatrists who studied the medical records of Bruce E. Ivins found that the F.B.I.'s case that he mailed the anthrax letters in 2001 was persuasive, and that Dr. Ivins's decades-long history …

Discussion: Booman Tribune and Lawfare

Stephanie Mencimer / Mother Jones:

It's Official! Gay Republican Running for President — Retired California political consultant Fred Karger will be in DC today to file his paperwork with the Federal Election Commission officially declaring his candidacy for the Republican presidential nomination.

Discussion: Towleroad News #gay, Salon, CBS News and Joe. My. God.

Dana Vachon / The Awl:

Arms So Freezy: Rebecca Black's “Friday” As Radical Text — Rebecca Black wakes somewhat too perfectly in the early scenes of her viral video, “Friday.” Her eyes open exactly as the clock beside her bed flashes seven. She wears full make-up. Rare for a teen, she isn't tired, longs not for any receding dreams.

Discussion: Pajamas Media

Ryan J. Reilly / tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com:

O'Keefe Says He Racked Up ‘Major Credit Card Debt,’ Needs To Raise $50K — Conservative provocateur James O'Keefe, fresh off his sting operation aimed at NPR, “must raise $50,000 quickly to keep moving forward” he said in an e-mail to supporters. — “Up 'til now, my friends and I have financed …

Discussion: Wonkette, News Hounds and The Raw Story

Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blog:

Former top economist: Economic inaction ‘shameful’ — President Obama's former top economic advisor sharply criticized the federal government for failing to take more aggressive action against unemployment. — “I frankly don't understand why policy makers aren't more worried about the suffering …

Discussion: Yglesias and Taylor Marsh

Daily Mail:

Who's in charge? Germans pull forces out of NATO as Libyan coalition falls apart — Tensions with Britain as Gates rebukes UK government over suggestion Gaddafi could be assassinated — No-fly zone called into question after first wave of strikes ‘neutralises’ Libyan military machine

Discussion: Pajamas Media, NewsReal Blog, The Volokh Conspiracy, The Greenroom, Outside the Beltway, Babalú Blog, Verum Serum, Don Surber, LewRockwell.com Blog, Wake up America, Scared Monkeys, Pundit & Pundette and The Cable

Catherine Norris Trent / France24:
‘We are not at war,’ says Fillon

Discussion: Scared Monkeys and Don Surber

Chris Moody / The Daily Caller:

If you're one of the millions of Americans still looking for a job, the federal government is hiring, and (especially for the unemployed), the pay is excellent. While the private sector job growth creeps along at a snail's pace, the roster of available federal jobs is booming.

Discussion: The Lonely Conservative