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10:55 AM ET, March 9, 2013

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Sen. Rand Paul: My filibuster was just the beginning — If I had planned to speak for 13 hours when I took the Senate floor Wednesday, I would've worn more comfortable shoes. I started my filibuster with the words, “I rise today to begin to filibuster John Brennan's nomination for the CIA.

Discussion: No More Mister Nice Blog, Althouse, Lawfare and Politico

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, Post Politics and ACS Blog

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 …

Discussion: The Moderate Voice, Daily Kos, Lawfare, The Atlantic Online, The Maddow Blog, PoliticusUSA and Crooks and Liars

Grace Wyler / Business Insider:
36 Hours That Changed The Republican Party — Libertarians Believe Their Moment Has Finally Arrived

Discussion: Dean's World and Hit & Run

John Podhoretz / New York Post:
Rand Paul's triumph

Discussion: Right Turn, Hot Air and Rush Limbaugh

Kevin Liptak / CNN:
Rand Paul: McCain doesn't always respect me

Discussion: The Moderate Voice, Mediaite, New York Times and Hot Air

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 …

Discussion: Booman Tribune, TVNewser, Hot Air, Althouse, Mediaite, The Immoral Minority, Deadline.com and NewsBusters

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: The PJ Tatler, Power Line, The Last Refuge and Gawker

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.

Discussion: Weekly Standard, Fox News, Weasel Zippers, Firedoglake and National Review

Mike Masnick / Techdirt:

9th Circuit Appeals Court: 4th Amendment Applies At The Border; Also: Password Protected Files Shouldn't Arouse Suspicion — Here's a surprise ruling. For many years we've written about how troubling it is that Homeland Security agents are able to search the contents of electronic devices …

Discussion: Balloon Juice

Alissa J. Rubin / New York Times:

Blast Hits Afghan Capital Shortly After Hagel Arrives — KABUL, Afghanistan — A suicide bomber wearing a vest bomb struck outside the Afghan defense ministry on Saturday, killing at least 10 people in a blast just hours after Chuck Hagel, the new United States defense secretary, arrived here in Kabul.

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: Prairie Weather

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

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.

Discussion: Outside the Beltway, The Gateway Pundit, Moe Lane, The Daily Caller, Weasel Zippers and Alan Colmes' Liberaland

Rebecca Shapiro / The Huffington Post:

Norah O'Donnell Debuts On ‘60 Minutes’ With Sheryl Sandberg Exclusive: ‘There Will Be A Lot Of Strong Reactions’ (VIDEO) — “I am not a fan of that phrase,” “CBS This Morning” co-host Norah O'Donnell said when she was asked the perennial question, “Can women have it all?”

Discussion: Taylor Marsh, NewsBusters and The Daily Caller

Guardian:

Cable exposes coalition divisions over austerity — Business secretary warns of damage as Office for Budget Responsibility rebukes David Cameron over impact of cuts — Political divisions over continuing austerity widened as the business secretary, Vince Cable, warned David Cameron …

Discussion: Telegraph, Spectator and BBC

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.

Discussion: The PJ Tatler, Felix Salmon, Marginal Revolution, National Review, Right Turn, Rush Limbaugh, Patterico's Pontifications and CNNMoney.com

Elizabeth Harrington / CNSNews:
Record 89,304,000 Americans ‘Not in Labor Force’ — 296,000 Fewer Employed Since January

Discussion: The Gateway Pundit

Josh Gerstein / Politico:

Obama's Israel visit to go as planned — President Barack Obama will visit Israel later this month even if Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu fails to put together a governing coalition before the president arrives, the White House said Friday. — “We're going,” White House spokesman …

Discussion: Power Line

Glenn Thrush / Politico:
Secret supper — President Barack Obama has been hosting a lot …

Discussion: Taylor Marsh, CNN, The Caucus and Post Politics

FBI:

Sulaiman Abu Ghayth, Associate of Osama bin Laden, Arrested for Conspiring to Kill Americans … WASHINGTON—Sulaiman Abu Ghayth, a/k/a “Suleiman Abu Gayth,” a former associate of Osama bin Laden, has been arrested and charged in an indictment unsealed today in New York City with conspiracy …

Discussion: National Review, ABCNEWS, Mother Jones, Gawker, CNN and The Raw Story