memeorandum: Searing DOJ report says Ferguson PD routinely violated rights of African-Americans (Fox News)

11:50 AM ET, March 4, 2015

Top Items:

Clinton ran own computer system for her official emails — 1 photo — WASHINGTON (AP) — The computer server that transmitted and received Hillary Clinton's emails — on a private account she used exclusively for official business when she was secretary of state — traced …

Discussion: Power Line, Politico, Talking Points Memo, RealClearPolitics Videos, Washington Post, The Verge, Bloomberg Business, Engadget, The Daily Beast, BuzzFeed, Mediaite, VodkaPundit, ABC News, Chicago, Twitchy, Mashable and Arkansas Online

New York Times:

Using Private Email, Hillary Clinton Thwarted Record Requests — WASHINGTON — In 2012, congressional investigators asked the State Department for a wide range of documents related to the attack on the United States diplomatic compound in Benghazi, Libya. The department eventually responded …

Jonathan Karl / ABC News:

Rep. Jason Chaffetz's Business Card Lists His Gmail Address … Hillary Clinton isn't the only official who uses a non-government email address. — A business card obtained by ABC News shows that Rep. Jason Chaffetz, R-Utah, lists his Gmail address on his official House card.

Discussion: The Hill, The Daily Caller, ABC News, Twitchy, Bloomberg Business, Mediaite, SOOPERMEXICAN and Fire Andrea Mitchell!

J.K. Trotter / Gawker:
Source: Top Clinton Aides Used Secret Email Accounts at State Dept.

Discussion: Business Insider, Guardian, TIME, New York Magazine, Truth Revolt, The Week, The Daily Caller, CNN, The Last Refuge, New York Post, Mediaite, The Huffington Post, The Stranger … and New York Times

Frank Bruni / New York Times:
Hillary and Bill Clinton, Secrecy and State Department Emails

Discussion: Power Line, Politico, National Review, The Smoking Gun and Medium

Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Hillary fallout: Josh Earnest now basically arguing that official government e-mail accounts …

Discussion: Washington Post, Moe Lane, The Hill, Gawker, New York Times, Politico, New York Magazine and Guardian

Steve Friess / Al Jazeera America:
Revealed: Clinton's office was warned over private email use

Discussion: The Hill, The Daily Beast, New York Times, Bloomberg View, National Review, Daily Mail, Slate, Bloomberg Business, Fox News, America Rising, Addicting Info and Capital New York

New York Times:

Mr. Netanyahu's Unconvincing Speech to Congress — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel could not have hoped for a more rapturous welcome in Congress. With Republicans and most Democrats as his props, he entered the House of Representatives to thunderous applause on Tuesday …

Discussion: Washington Post, Feministing, Israel Matzav, The Times of Israel, The Huffington Post, JustOneMinute, Progress Pond and The Hugh Hewitt Show

Thomas L. Friedman / New York Times:

What Bibi Didn't Say — Now that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has made his case on Iran before Congress, with all the circus atmosphere it involved, let's get to the serious questions: What is America's interest in striking a deal with Iran? Because our interests and Israel's are not fully aligned.

Mike Lillis / The Hill: Netanyahu speech divides Dems

John Podhoretz / New York Post:
Bibi's grand slam: Boxing in Obama on Iran's nukes

Discussion: Betsy's Page

Josh Lederman / Associated Press:
Tug of War: Obama, Congress at Odds Over Who's in Control

Discussion: Politico, ABC News and Yahoo! News

Fred Kaplan / Slate:
Netanyahu's Deadly Gambit

Discussion: New York Times, Salon, Balloon Juice, The Mahablog, Daily Kos, Hot Air, The Atlantic Online, Washington Free Beacon, The American Conservative and CBS DC

James Oliphant / National Journal:
Netanyahu Delivered Just What Obama Feared

Discussion: Commentary Magazine and FishbowlDC

The White House:
Remarks by the President Before Meeting with Secretary of Defense Carter

Discussion: Jewish Telegraphic Agency, American Spectator and RealClearPolitics Videos

Eric Bradner / CNN:

Ben Carson: Prisons prove being gay is a choice — Washington (CNN)Ben Carson says homosexuality is a choice because many people “go into prison straight — and when they come out, they're gay.” — The neurosurgeon and potential Republican candidate for president in 2016 made the comment …

Discussion: The Moderate Voice, ThinkProgress, Yahoo! News, Washington Monthly, Talking Points Memo, Post On Politics, Addicting Info, Washington Post, Washington Blade, Bloomberg Business, New York Magazine, Outside the Beltway, Truth Revolt, The Week, Chicago, Business Insider and National Review

Nick Gass / Politico:
Ben Carson says being gay is a choice, citing prison example

Discussion: Hot Air and Political Wire

Peter Sullivan / The Hill:

Cruz unveils ObamaCare alternative — Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) on Tuesday offered the latest in a series of Republican ObamaCare alternatives ahead of a Supreme Court ruling that could gut the law. — Cruz's bill, called the Health Care Choices Act, would allow people to buy health insurance …

Discussion: Washington Monthly, Washington Post, John Hawkins' Right Wing News, New York Times, Hot Air and ABC News

Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Solicitor General Will Try, Again, to Keep Health Care Law Alive

Discussion: Washington Post, The New Republic, Vox and The Week

Matea Gold / Washington Post:

Awash in cash, Bush asks donors not to give more than $1 million - for now — An unusual request has gone out to wealthy donors writing large checks to support former Florida governor Jeb Bush: Please don't give more than $1 million right away. — The requested limit …

Discussion: Hot Air, New York Magazine and Fox News

Taegan Goddard / Political Wire:
Bush Asks Donors to Limit Themselves to $1 Million

Discussion: Progress Pond

David McCabe / The Hill:

Lindsey Graham mocks Pelosi's ‘surgeries,’ apologizes — Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) apologized for mocking House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi's physical appearance during a closed-door fundraiser following Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's speech to Congress.

Discussion: FOX News Radio, Liberaland and The Huffington Post

Josh Rogin / Bloomberg View:
Netanyahu's Careful, Clever Speech to Congress

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

Eric Citron / SCOTUSblog:

Mid-argument updates: King v. Burwell (Latest update: 11:06) — First update: Liberals lead line in questioning of Petitioner in King, but Kennedy asks important question about disrupting federal state balance. — Counsel for the petitioners - who are seeking to invalidate subsidies …

Discussion: Power Line and Balloon Juice

Manu Raju / Politico:

Republicans' fear: 2 more years of gridlock — The Homeland Security standoff that ended Tuesday has GOP lawmakers worried they've ‘hit a wall.’ — Indiana Sen. Dan Coats isn't sure whether to run for reelection — but if he does, it'll be because he has some degree of confidence the new GOP Congress can get something done.

Discussion: Daily Kos

Sean Sullivan / Washington Post:
House passes bill fully funding the Department of Homeland Security

Discussion: ImmigrationProf Blog

Mike Allen / Politico:

AP: CLINTON OPERATED OWN EMAIL SERVER — ‘Homebrew computer system for official emails’ — WHAT AARON SCHOCK did last night - KEN SPAIN to huge Koch job — B'DAY: Deborah Turness, Rick Perry — By Mike Allen (mallen@politico.com; @mikeallen), with Daniel Lippman (dlippman@politico.com; @dlippman)

Discussion: Bloomberg Business

Winthrop University, Rock Hill, SC 29733, USA:

Current Findings — The Winthrop Poll surveyed 1,109 residents in South Carolina by landline and cell phones between Feb. 21 and March 1. Of those interviewed, 44.5% were reached via cell phone. The poll has a margin of error of approximately +/- 3% at the 95% confidence level.

Discussion: Politico and OnPolitics

Quinnipiac News + Events:

Release Detail — March 4, 2015 - U.S. Voters Back 2-1 Sending Troops To Fight Isis, Quinnipiac University National Poll Finds; Voters Say 3-1 Keep Un-Vaccinated Kids Out Of School — American voters support 62 - 30 percent sending U.S. ground troops to fight ISIS in Iraq and Syria …

Discussion: Washington Times

Ali Elkin / Bloomberg Business:
Almost Two Thirds of Voters Want Ground Troops Fighting ISIS, Poll Says

Discussion: Truth Revolt and Hot Air

Alex Isenstadt / Politico:

Rahm could actually lose — Chicago's mayor is in the fight of his political life. — A runoff that was expected to be a slam dunk for Rahm Emanuel is turning out to be uncomfortably — even dangerously — close, leading the Chicago mayor to ready a scorched-earth offensive to save his job.

Discussion: Chicago

Wall Street Journal:

Pro-Growth, Pro-Family Tax Reform — Cut the corporate rate to 25%.For individuals and families, reduce the current seven brackets to two: 15% and 35%. — Six years after the Great Recession officially ended, most Americans can sense that the U.S. economy is still operating below its full potential.