memeorandum: Leading Black Caucus member not ready to call for Florida boycott (Erik Wasson/The Hill)

Garance Franke-Ruta / The Atlantic Online:

The Time Obama Was Mistaken for a Waiter at a Tina Brown Book Party — He was a state senator then, and one of the few African Americans at the elite New York media event. — Obama's frank remarks on race and how he also has been seen as someone less than who he is led journalist Katie Rosman …

Discussion: Prairie Weather and Daily Kos

Igor Volsky / ThinkProgress:

McCain Praises Obama's Race Speech: 'We've Still Got A Long Way To Go' On Race Relations — Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) called on lawmakers across the country, including in his home state of Arizona, to review the Stand Your Ground law that allowed George Zimmerman to walk free in the days …

Discussion: Alan Colmes' Liberaland and Weasel Zippers

Ashley Killough / CNN:

McCain calls for review of ‘stand your ground’ laws — (CNN) - Sen. John McCain, who lost in 2008 to the first African-American elected to the White House, said President Barack Obama's speech about race relations was “very impressive” and agreed that “stand your ground” laws should be re-examined …

Discussion: Yahoo! News

Paul Krugman:

The Great Pension Scare — OK, this is quite amazing: Dean Baker catches the WaPo editorial page claiming that we have $3.8 trillion in unfunded state and local pension liabilities. Say it in your best Dr. Evil voice: THREE POINT EIGHT TRILLION DOLLARS. Except the study the WaPo cites …

Discussion: Balloon Juice

Unfunded Pension Liabilities Are $1 Trillion, Not $3.8 Trillion: Never Take Anything In a Washington Post Editorial At Face Value — Sorry folks, I committed the cardinal sin of accepting an assertion from a Washington Post editorial without carefully checking it myself.

Discussion: Washington Monthly and Prairie Weather

Washington Post: Bankrupt Detroit runs out of gas

Erik Wasson / The Hill:

Leading Black Caucus member not ready to call for Florida boycott — A leading member of the Congressional Black Caucus said Sunday she is not prepared to endorse a boycott of Florida over the Trayvon Martin case. — Rep. Donna Edwards (D-Md.) told “Fox News Sunday” she has not examined …

Discussion: Politico

Javier Manjarres / The Shark Tank:
Trayvon Martin Alledged to Have Assaulted His Teacher, Dad Denies It

Discussion: The Last Refuge, The Gateway Pundit and neo-neocon

New York Post:
Jay-Z and Beyonce join Trayvon Martin's mother in NYC to kick off nationwide day of protests

Discussion: Weasel Zippers and NewsBusters blogs

Ravi Somaiya / New York Times:
Demonstrations Across the Country Commemorate Trayvon Martin

Discussion: Althouse

Elise Viebeck / The Hill:

Boehner promises more House votes against ObamaCare — Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) vowed Sunday to hold more House votes to thwart ObamaCare, a major priority for the GOP as the law is implemented. — “You're going to see a lot more,” Boehner told CBS's “Face the Nation.”

Discussion: ThinkProgress and Politico

Obama tries to regain ObamaCare edge after mandate delay setback — The White House is working to get back on offense in the debate over ObamaCare, after a surprise delay in part of the implementation knocked its message off course. — President Obama touted the law's benefits …

Brendan Sasso / The Hill:

Bill requiring warrants for email searches nears Senate vote — The chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee is pushing to fast-track legislation that would require police to obtain a warrant before accessing emails and other private online messages. — Sen. Patrick Leahy's (D-Vt.) …

Discussion: Prairie Weather

Kevin Drum / Mother Jones:

Republican War on Obamacare Reaching Absurd New Heights — We all know that Republicans are hellbent on sabotaging Obamacare any way they can. But the lengths they're going to are pretty astonishing. A few weeks ago The Hill reported that some Republican congressional offices …

Discussion: Alan Colmes' Liberaland, Wonkblog and ThinkProgress

Evan McMurry / Mediaite:

Don Lemon Blasts Ben Ferguson Over Racial Profiling: 'Who Are You To Tell Us We're Not Having That Experience?' — CNN host Don Lemon and conservative commentator Ben Ferguson had such a vociferous argument over racial profiling on Saturday afternoon that they ran well over the commercial break …

Discussion: The Raw Story

Jeff Carter / Points and Figures:

Why Chicago is NOT Detroit, But Illinois Is — Detroit declared bankruptcy yesterday. Depending on which news source you follow, it's big news, or it's not. — Many are calling on the federal government to bail out Detroit. After all, the Feds bailed out GM and Chrysler.