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12:45 AM ET, March 9, 2013

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Washington Post:
Sen. Rand Paul: My filibuster was just the beginning  —  Then something unexpected happened.  House conservatives started appearing in the back of the chamber to show their support.  Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-Tex.), who stayed for five hours, offered me his boots when I complained that I had not worn my most comfortable shoes.
Discussion: Right Wing News and Post Politics
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Rachel Weiner / Post Politics:
McCain calls Paul, Cruz, Amash ‘wacko birds’  —  Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) is continuing to criticize his fellow Republicans for their filibuster of incoming CIA Director John Brennan over drone policy.  In an interview with the Huffington Post, McCain referred to Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) …
Washington Post:
More oversight and disclosure on drones  —  AFTER SEN. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) held the Senate hostage Wednesday in order to warn that American citizens could be targeted by drone strikes on U.S. soil, he was rightly taken to task for gross and irresponsible mischaracterizations of the Obama administration's policy.
Jon Ward / The Huffington Post:
John McCain: Getting Back To Maverick, With An Eye On Retirement  —  WASHINGTON — Last August, a few minutes before GOP vice presidential nominee Paul Ryan took the stage at the Republican National Convention in Tampa, Fla., I was hurrying down a flight of stairs to get to the floor to watch.
David Corn / Mother Jones:
Rand Paul Exploits Drones Grandstanding With False Fundraising Letter  —  Though foes of drones on the right and left cheered Sen. Rand Paul's filibuster this week, with the tea partier delaying confirmation of CIA director John Brennan for a day, Paul's rant targeted a nonexistent dispute …
John Podhoretz / New York Post:
Rand Paul's triumph
Discussion: Rush Limbaugh and Hot Air
Kevin Liptak / CNN:
Rand Paul: McCain doesn't always respect me
Philip Klein / Washington Examiner:
Rand Paul's moment and the end of Obama envy
Discussion: Right Wing News
Alex Seitz-Wald / Salon:
Juan Williams' plagiarism problem  —  EXCLUSIVE: Fox News pundit blames researcher for word-for-word similarities.  “Unacceptable,” says Hill editor  —  In a case of apparent plagiarism, Fox News pundit Juan Williams lifted — sometimes word for word — from a Center for American Progress report …
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Dylan Byers / Politico:
Juan Williams lifts work, blames assistant
Discussion: FishbowlDC and Outside the Beltway
Olivier Knox / Yahoo! News:
Brennan takes oath on draft Constitution—without Bill of Rights  —  (David Lienemann/Official ...  Oh, dear.  This is probably not the symbolism the White House wanted.  —  Hours after CIA Director John Brennan took the oath of office—behind closed doors, far away from the press …
Discussion: Power Line and Gawker
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emptywheel:
John Brennan Sworn in as CIA Director Using Constitution Lacking Bill of Rights  —  According to the White House, John Brennan was sworn in as CIA Director on a “first draft” of the Constitution including notations from George Washington, dating to 1787.
Joyce Chen / Us Weekly:
Exclusive: Elisabeth Hasselbeck Leaving The View After Nine Years, Viewers Found Her “Too Extreme and Right Wing”  —  The people have spoken.  Elisabeth Hasselbeck, one of the five cohorts of ABC's daytime talk show The View, will not be returning to the couch next season …
Des Moines Register:
Priebus: GOP needs new strategy  —  He says party must look beyond early caucuses, primaries.  —  If the GOP is going to win presidential elections, candidates can't compete just in Iowa and the seven other early states, the party's national chairman said during a visit here Thursday.
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Jeremy Herb / The Hill:
Obama's budget delayed until April
John Boehner / CNN:
GOP on jobs report: What about the debt?
Discussion: Politico and The Plum Line
James Pethokoukis / AEIdeas:
To praise the February jobs report is to embrace the New Normal economy  —  The headline numbers show a decent month for the US labor market in February.  Nonfarm payrolls rose by 236,000 last month (246,000 in the private sector), the Labor Department said, beating economist expectations of 160,000.
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Glenn Thrush / Politico:
Secret supper  —  President Barack Obama has been hosting a lot of high-profile dinner companions lately, but here's one guest list that didn't leak for a week:  —  On March 1st, the president, First Lady Michelle, former President Bill Clinton and outgoing Secretary of State Hillary Clinton enjoyed …
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Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Obama's Israel visit to go as planned
Discussion: Power Line
Conor Friedersdorf / The Atlantic Online:
Andrew Breitbart and James O'Keefe Ruined Him, and Now He Gets $100,000  —  Former ACORN employee Juan Carlos Vera sued after being wrongly portrayed as a willing participant in an underage sex-trafficking scheme.  Breitbart still hasn't corrected the item!
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
The Market Speaks  —  Four years ago, as a newly elected president began his efforts to rescue the economy and strengthen the social safety net, conservative economic pundits — people who claimed to understand markets and know how to satisfy them — warned of imminent financial disaster.
Discussion: Hullabaloo and Prairie Weather
Toddstarnes / Fox News:
School Confiscates Cupcakes Decorated with Toy Soldiers  —  A Michigan elementary school is defending its decision to confiscate a third-graders batch of homemade cupcakes because the birthday treats were decorated with plastic green Army soldiers.  —  FOLLOW TODD ON FACEBOOK FOR CULTURE WAR NEWS.
Kevin Cirilli / Politico:
Pols mull daylight saving time options  —  The Sunshine State could have extended daylight saving time if one state senator gets his way.  —  Florida state Sen. Darren Soto, a Democrat, introduced the “Sunshine Protection Act” earlier this year that would make daylight saving time permanent year round.
Discussion: Taylor Marsh and AL.com
RealClearPolitics Video Log:
Feinstein: Veterans May Have PTSD And Should Not Be Exempt From Assault Weapons Ban  —  At a Senate Judiciary Committee meeting on Thursday, Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-California) opposed an amendment to her Assault Weapons Ban legislation that would allow military veterans to continue to buy the firearms that would be banned.
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Dow 36,000 Author: I Was Right!  —  James K. Glassman is an interesting and noble figure on the American right for his willingness to continue to defend the symbols of right-wing economic thought that have been discarded by fellow conservatives because they expose the ridiculousness of the whole project.
 
 
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Liz Gannes / AllThingsD:
Google to Pay $7M to Settle Wi-Spy Case With More Than 30 U.S. Attorneys General
Discussion: Guardian, The Verge and VentureBeat
Rick Pearson / Chicago Tribune:
Durbin telling top Democrats he'll seek re-election in 2014
Discussion: Roll Call, Ballot Box and Politico
Rachel Rose Hartman / Yahoo! News:
First Person: White House reporter balances working and breastfeeding
Discussion: Wonkblog and FishbowlDC
 Earlier Items: 
Willie Herrmann / BuzzFeed:
The Jobs Report Is Wrong
Discussion: Outside the Beltway
Harry J Enten / Guardian:
President Obama is about to lose the PR battle on the sequester | Harry J Enten
Discussion: The Dish
Hollie McKay / Fox News:
Source: Ashley Judd moving forward with run for Mitch McConnell's Senate seat in Kentucky
Jeremy W. Peters / New York Times:
Can a Friendly Washington Be a Productive One?
Ian Millhiser / ThinkProgress:
Rand Paul Praises Horrendous Supreme Court Decision, Would Let Employers Ruthlessly Exploit Workers