memeorandum: Don't Cut Social Security, Expand It (Josh Barro/Bloomberg)

1:10 PM 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: Weasel Zippers, No More Mister Nice Blog, Lawfare, Althouse, Lawyers, Guns & Money 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 and Post Politics

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

David Corn / Mother Jones:
Rand Paul Exploits Drones Grandstanding With False Fundraising Letter

Discussion: The Moderate Voice, Connecting.the.Dots, Daily Kos, Lawfare, The Atlantic Online, CNN, The Maddow Blog and PoliticusUSA

Washington Post:
More oversight and disclosure on drones

Discussion: Hot Air, Wonkblog, The Hill, Hit & Run, NO QUARTER USA NET and Smartypants

Annie-Rose Strasser / ThinkProgress:

Host Of TV Gun Show 'A Rifleman's Journal' Shot And Killed — The host of The Sportsman Channel's “A Rifleman's Journal” was shot and killed in Montana on Friday. The gunman, seemingly a jealous husband, then turned the weapon on himself. — It is not yet clear if the weapon used in the crime was obtained legally.

Discussion: CBS News and Alan Colmes' Liberaland

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: Boing Boing and Balloon Juice

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, The Last Refuge, Power Line, Weasel Zippers and Gawker

emptywheel:
John Brennan Sworn in as CIA Director Using Constitution Lacking Bill of Rights

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

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.

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 …

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Josh Barro / Bloomberg:

Don't Cut Social Security, Expand It — With everyone in Washington experiencing sea-bass-induced euphoria, we're talking again about a “grand bargain” to replace the sequestration and shrink the federal budget deficit. And that means we're talking about using the chained consumer-price index …

Discussion: Washington Monthly and Hullabaloo

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

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

Jacob Goldstein / Economy:

The Scariest Jobs Chart Ever Isn't Scary Enough — One of the defining graphs of our time (yes, there are defining graphs of our time) comes from the blog Calculated Risk. It tracks the job market in every U.S. recession and recovery since WWII — and it shows just how brutal the the past few years have been.

Discussion: Daily Kos, Hullabaloo, Campaign for America's Future, Business Insider and Calculated Risk