memeorandum: Democrats Aren't Rushing To Defend Hillary Clinton (National Journal)

9:30 AM ET, March 5, 2015

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Jesse Byrnes / The Hill:

House Oversight chairman: Clinton acting like Petraeus? — House Oversight Committee Chairman Jason Chaffetz (R-Utah) on Wednesday questioned whether Hillary Clinton improperly shared classified information like former CIA Director David Petraeus. — Asked on “Fox and Friends” …

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Niall Stanage / The Hill:

Hillary Clinton's penchant for secrecy rattles Democrats — Democrats are rattled by the deepening furor around Hillary Clinton's use of a private email account while she served as secretary of State. — They worry that the flap is just the latest example of the former first lady's …

Discussion: Political Wire

Bloomberg Business:

Clinton's E-Mail System Built For Privacy Though Not Security — Don't Miss Out — by Michael A RileyJordan RobertsonChris Strohm … (Bloomberg) — A week before becoming Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton set up a private e-mail system that gave her a high level of control over communications …

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David Weigel / Bloomberg Business:

Democrats See a Familiar Pattern in the Clinton E-mail Story — Reports of Democrats fretting about Hillary's future have been overstated. — “You're not going to be the sixteenth writer who asks me about Hillary, are you?” says Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders. “I know you would not do that.

Discussion: Washington Post and Politico

National Journal:

Democrats Aren't Rushing To Defend Hillary Clinton — After e-mail revelations, some Democrats are dodging questions more than offering Clinton cover — Everyone in Washington is talking about Hillary Clinton's use of a personal e-mail account during her four years as secretary of State and her homebrew computer server.

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Carol D. Leonnig / Washington Post:

House committee to subpoena e-mails from Clinton's personal account — A House investigative committee is preparing to send out subpoenas later Wednesday to gather a deeper look into former secretary of state Hillary Rodham Clinton's nearly exclusive use of personal e-mails to do her official business …

Associated Press:

Source: Obama counsel not aware of Clinton's email practice — 2 photos — WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House counsel's office was not aware at the time Hillary Rodham Clinton was secretary of state that she relied solely on personal email and only found out as part of the congressional investigation …

Discussion: Mediaite, Political Wire and ABC News

Philip Rucker / Washington Post:
Top Biden backer: Hillary Clinton will ‘die by 1,000 cuts’ on e-mail story

Brent Scher / Washington Free Beacon:
Is the Mysterious ‘Eric Hoteham’ Actually Longtime Clinton Aide Eric Hothem?

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New York Times:
Caught Off Guard by Disclosure of Emails, Democrats Rally to Clinton's Defense

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Lyle Denniston / SCOTUSblog:

Argument analysis: Setting up the private debate on the ACA — Analysis — One of the most important functions of oral argument in the Supreme Court is that it can strongly shape the next round: the private deliberations among the nine Justices as they start work on a decision.

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Jonathan H. Adler / USA Today:

Law means what it says: Opposing view — The challenge to the Affordable Care Act at the Supreme Court is a straightforward case. — The King v. Burwell challenge to the Affordable Care Act at the Supreme Court presents a straightforward case of statutory interpretation.

Discussion: Power Line

Jeffrey Toobin / New Yorker:

Did John Roberts Tip His Hand? — The Supreme Court oral argument on Wednesday in King v. Burwell featured thousands of words, dozens of provocative questions, two engaged and skillful lawyers—and one very striking silence. Chief Justice John Roberts, usually among the most active questioners …

Discussion: Washington Post, Bloomberg View and New York Times

Zachary Tracer / Bloomberg Business: Hospital Stocks Surge After Justice Kennedy Criticizes Obamacare Challenge

Olga Khazan / The Atlantic Online:
The End of Obamacare? — Terry Donald, a self-employed junk hauler …

Discussion: The Week

Eliana Dockterman / TIME:

Ferguson Police Official Fired Over Racist Emails, 2 Others on Leave — “This type of behavior will not be tolerated,” mayor says — Ferguson Mayor James Knowles said Wednesday that one police official had been fired and two others were on administrative leave over racist emails that were cited …

Discussion: FOX News Radio

The Huffington Post:
Ferguson Police Department May Fold Due To DOJ Probe

Discussion: Mediaite, Daily Kos and Washington Post

New York Times:
Justice Department Report on Shooting of Michael Brown

Discussion: American Spectator, Patterico's Pontifications, Washington Post and Ed Driscoll

Mark Berman / Washington Post:
The seven racist e-mails the Justice Department highlighted in its report on Ferguson police

Discussion: ThinkProgress and Colorlines

Matt Apuzzo / New York Times:
Darren Wilson Is Cleared of Rights Violations in Ferguson Shooting

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Joe Millitzer / FOX2now.com:
Justice Department says it won't prosecute Darren Wilson

Discussion: Guardian and CBS St. Louis

ABC News:
Ferguson Report: DOJ Will Not Charge Darren Wilson in Michael Brown Shooting

Discussion: Mediaite and Yahoo! News

Jonathan Easley / The Hill:

Likely 2016 GOP hopefuls recast immigration views — Prospective Republican presidential hopefuls are going to great lengths to recast their immigration pasts. — Many, like Sen. Marco Rubio (Fla.) and Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, are fully repenting on their past support for plans to grant legal status to illegal immigrants.

Discussion: Politico

Dennis Ross / USA Today:

Netanyahu has reasons to be worried — U.S. has left too many questions unanswered in a possible nuclear deal with Iran. — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu made a strong case to the Congress about why he thinks the potential agreement with Iran on its nuclear program is a “very bad deal.”

Discussion: John Hawkins' Right Wing News, Israel Matzav, Hot Air and Washington Post

Ahiza Garcia / Talking Points Memo:
Fox Guest: With Obama There's More ‘Rape’ Than Ever Before In Modern Times

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Jon Schuppe / NBC News:
Iran Foreign Minister: We Believe We Are ‘Very Close’ to Nuke Deal

Discussion: The Times of Israel and Politico

Daily Mail:

Hurled to his death in front of a baying mob: ISIS barbarians throw ‘gay’ man off building in another sickening day in Jihadi capital of Raqqa — Militants fighting for the Islamic State in Syria have thrown yet another young man to his death from a building after accusing him of being gay.

Discussion: John Hawkins' Right Wing News and The Daily Caller

Andrew Kirell / Mediaite:

Rand Paul Hits Back at Conservative Faux-Outrage over His ‘Unenthused Claps’ for Netanyahu — During Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's speech before Congress on Tuesday, Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) failed to applaud with enough enthusiasm to cause a mini-earthquake, thereby hinting that he cannot …

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Brendan James / Talking Points Memo:
WaPo Columnist: Rand Paul Wasn't Clapping For Bibi Nearly Enough

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Ian Sample / Guardian:

Jaw bone discovered in Ethiopia is oldest known human lineage remains — Around 400,000 years older than previous discovery of homo lineage, 2.8m-year-old jaw and five teeth was found on rocky slope in Afar region — A lower jaw bone and five teeth discovered on a hillside in Ethiopia …

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