memeorandum: Hillary Clinton's Private E-Mail Draws Scrutiny (Wbastone/The Smoking Gun)

9:50 PM ET, March 3, 2015

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Pelosi / Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi:

Pelosi Statement on Prime Minister Netanyahu's Address to Congress — Washington, D.C. - Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi released the following statement regarding Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's address to the Joint Meeting of Congress: — “The unbreakable bonds between …

Terri Rupar / Washington Post:

The complete transcript of Netanyahu's address to Congress — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is addressing a joint meeting of Congress; here is a complete transcript of his remarks. — NETANYAHU: Thank you. — Thank you... ... Speaker of the House John Boehner …

Josh Rogin / Bloomberg View:

Netanyahu's Careful, Clever Speech to Congress — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's speech to Congress, although full of bombast, was carefully constructed to avoid revealing new information about the nuclear negotiations with Iran or specifying what a better deal would look like.

Discussion: The Huffington Post, Talking Points Memo, Salon, Fox News Insider and Mediaite

The Hill:

Pelosi ‘near tears’ at Bibi ‘insult’ — House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) hammered Benjamin Netanyahu Tuesday, saying the Israeli prime minister's speech to Congress was an “insult” to the country. — “The unbreakable bonds between the United States and Israel are rooted in our shared values …

Discussion: Politico, Hot Air, American Spectator and Little Green Footballs

Arshad Mohammed / Reuters:

Iran calls Obama's 10-year nuclear demand ‘unacceptable’ — MONTREUX, Switzerland (Reuters) - Iran rejected on Tuesday as “unacceptable” U.S. President Barack Obama's demand that it freeze sensitive nuclear activities for at least 10 years but said it would continue talks on a deal, Iran's semi-official Fars news agency reported.

Discussion: Allen West Republic, Roger L. Simon, Algemeiner.com, The Long War Journal and The PJ Tatler

Lauren French / Politico:
Nancy Pelosi: Netanyahu speech ‘insulting to the intelligence of the United States’

Discussion: The Hill, Bloomberg Business and Common Dreams

Peter Baker / New York Times:
Netanyahu, in Speech to Congress, Criticizes ‘Bad Deal’ on Iran Nuclear Program

Discussion: The Huffington Post, The Times of Israel, The Spot, Progress Pond, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, New York Magazine, Slate, The Hugh Hewitt Show, The Daily Banter, Mediaite, The Week, Wall Street Journal, Real Clear Politics and Reuters

Josh Feldman / Mediaite:
Limbaugh: Obama Treats Netanyahu Like He's a ‘White Policeman from Ferguson’

Discussion: Guardian, US News, Talking Points Memo, Addicting Info, The Huffington Post, Rush Limbaugh, FOX News Radio and BizPac Review

Thomas Erdbrink / New York Times:
In Tehran, Too, Netanyahu's Speech Finds an Eager Audience

Discussion: CNN, Addicting Info, New York Magazine, Reuters and FOX News Radio

ABC News:
Obama: Netanyahu Offers No Viable Alternative to Iran Talks

Discussion: Hot Air, Yahoo! News, Israel Matzav, Associated Press and Addicting Info

James Fallows / The Atlantic Online:
The Mystery of the Netanyahu Disaster, and a Possible Explanation

Discussion: New York Times, John Hawkins' Right Wing News, The National Interest, rubber hose and FishbowlDC

Ron Fournier / National Journal:

Maybe Hillary Clinton Should Retire Her White House Dreams — Maybe she doesn't want to run in 2016, top Democrats wonder. Maybe she shouldn't. — Perhaps Hillary Rodham Clinton shouldn't run for president. — Maybe she should stay at the Bill, Hillary & Chelsea Clinton Foundation …

Discussion: Politico, Washington Post, Viking Pundit, America Rising, ThinkProgress, Rush Limbaugh, Hot Air, msnbc.com, Washington Monthly, “The Lid”, New York Times, TheBlaze.com, neo-neocon, The Federalist and Roger Ailes

Ben Kamisar / The Hill:

Clinton aide Podesta criticized Bush officials for using private emails — A top adviser to Hillary Clinton's campaign-in-waiting accused the George W. Bush administration of using private emails to skirt transparency rules in 2007. — John Podesta, who left the White House in February …

Discussion: ABC News, Gawker, Politico, Hot Air, US News and Vox

J.K. Trotter / Gawker:

This Is Hillary Clinton's Secret Email: HDR22@ClintonEmail.com — Former officials of the U.S. State Department are furiously denying suggestions that retired Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's extensive use of a private email address violated federal rules concerning the preservation of official government records.

Discussion: Business Insider, The Last Refuge, New York Magazine, Mediaite, Washington Post, The Stranger …, The Daily Caller, The Huffington Post, Bloomberg Business, NPR, Truth Revolt, Taylor Marsh and AMERICAblog News

Julian Hattem / The Hill:
Hillary's emails ‘not technically illegal’

Discussion: Bloomberg Business

Wbastone / The Smoking Gun:
Hillary Clinton's Private E-Mail Draws Scrutiny

Discussion: Al Jazeera America, Politico, The Daily Beast, Hot Air, Guardian, Medium, Bloomberg Business, America Rising and Fire Andrea Mitchell!

Jennifer Epstein / Bloomberg Business:
How Hillary Clinton Used E-mail at State

Discussion: CNN, New York Post, ABC News, Washington Post, Politico, Business Insider, Common Dreams, National Journal, Hot Air, Firedoglake, The Huffington Post and SOOPERMEXICAN

The Hill:

House approves Homeland Security funding in 257-167 vote — The House voted Tuesday to fund the Department of Homeland Security, ending a months-long impasse over President Obama's immigration policies and averting a weekend shutdown at the agency. — The vote highlighted the rift in the GOP …

Discussion: ThinkProgress and DCCC

Ashley Parker / New York Times:
House Approves Security Budget, Without Strings

Discussion: Outside the Beltway and Washington Monthly

Steve Benen / msnbc.com:
Where Congress excels: manufactured crises

Discussion: Horizons, Hullabaloo and BillMoyers.com

Jonathan Bernstein / Bloomberg View:
Boehner Outfoxes His Critics. Again.

Discussion: prospect.org/blogs …, Talking Points Memo and CNN

Scott Wong / The Hill:
The terrible, horrible, no good start for the Republicans

Discussion: Politico, Bloomberg Business and Daily Kos

Politico:
John Boehner ends stalemate

Discussion: Los Angeles Times, Progress Pond, RedState, Daily Kos and The Hill

John C. Danforth / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:

Danforth's eulogy for Tom Schweich: ‘Words do hurt. Words can kill.’ — (The following are remarks prepared for delivery by former U.S. Sen. John C. Danforth at the funeral Tuesday for state Auditor Thomas A. Schweich at The Church of St. Michael and St. George in Clayton. They have been lightly edited.)

Discussion: kplr11.com, FOX2now.com, Politico and Washington Post

Lee Enterprises / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:

Danforth, in eulogy, decries ‘whispering campaign’ against Schweich — CLAYTON • In a eulogy that doubled as a stunning rebuke of a top official in his own party, former U.S. Sen. John Danforth, R-Mo., declared Tuesday that “politics has gone so hideously wrong,” …

Discussion: Raw Story, Mediaite, The Gateway Pundit and Talking Points Memo

Catherine Thompson / Talking Points Memo:
Ex-US Senator Calls Out Missouri GOP Leader During Funeral: ‘Words Can Kill’

Discussion: St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Matt Apuzzo / New York Times:

Justice Department Finds Pattern of Police Bias and Excessive Force in Ferguson — WASHINGTON — Ferguson, Mo., is a third white, but the crime statistics compiled in the city over the past two years seemed to suggest that only black people were breaking the law.

Discussion: Washington Post, The Huffington Post, US News, Hit & Run, ThinkProgress, The Verge, Politico, Hinterland Gazette, Raw Story, FreakOutNation, Shakesville and The Week

Carrie Johnson / NPR:
Source: Probe Of Ferguson Police Uncovers Racist Comment About Obama

Discussion: The Daily Caller, Raw Story and BarbWire.com

Evan Perez / CNN:
Justice report finds systematic discrimination against African Americans in Ferguson

Discussion: FOX News Radio, Liberaland, Above the Law, New York Magazine and kplr11.com

New York Times:

Florida Records Raise Questions About Jeb Bush's 2008 Vote — In the final stretch of the 2008 presidential campaign, Jeb Bush appeared in a television ad urging Floridians to support John McCain, the Republican nominee, at the polls. — “Join me and vote for John McCain,” Mr. Bush said in the 30-second spot.

Discussion: Washington Monthly

Wall Street Journal:

An Off-Ramp From ObamaCare — If the Supreme Court follows the law, there will be an opening for a sane health-care alternative. Here it is. — Editor's note: The following was written by Republicans John Kline, Paul Ryan and Fred Upton, chairmen, respectively, of the House committees …

Discussion: New York Times, The Daily Caller, US News, Daily Signal, The Atlantic Online, Bloomberg View, Daily Kos, Talking Points Memo, Forbes, BarbWire.com, The Week and Washington Post

Peter Sullivan / The Hill:
House GOP unveils replacement plan, if ObamaCare goes down

Discussion: New York Times, Hot Air, Josh Blackman's Blog, ABC News and Washington Post

New York Times:

Petraeus Reaches Plea Deal Over Giving Classified Data to His Lover — WASHINGTON — David H. Petraeus, the best-known military commander of his generation, has reached a plea deal with the Justice Department and admitted providing his highly classified journals to a mistress when he was the director of the C.I.A.

Discussion: Politico, USA Today, Popehat, The Atlantic Online, The Huffington Post, Outside the Beltway, Mediaite, The Intercept, Business Insider, Common Dreams, The Verge, The Week, New York Magazine and Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion

Anna Malpas / Agence France-Presse:

Edward Snowden ‘ready to return to States’ — Moscow (AFP) - Edward Snowden, the fugitive whistleblower who has been given refuge in Russia, is willing to return to the United States if he is given a fair trial, his lawyer said Tuesday. — “He is thinking about it.