memeorandum: Walker: ‘There are jobs to be had’ (Mark Hensch/The Hill)

7:10 PM ET, March 7, 2015

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Rich Schapiro / NY Daily News:

Billboard honoring KKK founder on display near Selma bridge on anniversary of historic march — WelKKKome to Selma! — Within sight of the bridge where President Obama will commemorate the 1965 Bloody Sunday march is a billboard set up by a group dedicated to honoring Ku Klux Klan founder Nathan Bedford Forrest.

Discussion: Hinterland Gazette, FreakOutNation and Raw Story

CNN:

GOP leader headed to Selma after all — 1965's ‘Bloody Sunday’ in Selma, Alabama 6 photos — About 600 people began a 50-mile march from Selma to the Alabama state capitol in Montgomery on March 7, 1965. They intended to protest discriminatory practices that prevented black people from voting.

Discussion: Washington Monthly, Hot Air, Bloomberg Business and Booman Tribune

Harris Wofford / Politico:

What I saw at Selma — King's genius was that he knew when to thwart the law—and when to obey it. — Martin Luther King Jr. liked to joke that I was the one member of his legal team who would help him go to jail rather than using all the tricks of the trade to keep him out.

Discussion: Bloomberg Business, ABC News and US News

Charles C. W. Cooke / National Review:

The GOP's Conspicuous Absence from Selma — On the 50th anniversary of the historic march for civil rights, Republicans are largely no-shows. — This afternoon, in the hot center of the state of Alabama, a parade of Americans will pay homage to a historic march.

Discussion: Politico, The Democratic Daily, New York Times, The Daily Beast and NO QUARTER USA NET

Mark Hensch / The Hill:

Walker: ‘There are jobs to be had’ — Gov. Scott Walker (R-Wis.) on Saturday urged unemployed Americans to stay positive about opportunities to rejoin the work force. — “I believe firmly that there are jobs to be had not just across my state but across America,” Walker said during …

Washington Post:
Scott Walker gets a crash course in foreign policy

Discussion: Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion and No More Mister Nice Blog

Sarah Tully / Orange County Register:

Will UCI student officials veto U.S. flag ban today? — Where the flag once hung, student leaders Victoria Phan, left, Noelle Nguyen, Josh Nguyen and Tatiana Sarkhosh hang out in the legislative council's executive offices common area after UCI student government members voted the flag be taken off of a wall.

Discussion: Balloon Juice, ABC News and Patterico's Pontifications

Campus Reform:
U. California students remove offensive American flag from ‘inclusive’ space

Discussion: John Hawkins' Right Wing News, Scared Monkeys, BizPac Review, Fox News Insider, The Other McCain, Watchdog.org, CBS Los Angeles, The Daily Caller and protein wisdom

Elizabeth Chuck / NBC News:

Black Teen Tony Robinson Shot Dead by Cop in Madison, Wisconsin, Was Unarmed — The 19-year-old black man who was shot dead Friday during a confrontation with a police officer in Madison, Wisconsin, was unarmed, police said Saturday. — He was identified as Tony Terrell Robinson Jr. …

Discussion: Mediaite, New York Magazine and American Spectator

Chris Johnson / Washington Blade:

Rand Paul says same-sex marriage ‘offends’ him and others — Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) (Washington Blade photo by Lee Whitman) — Potential 2016 Republican presidential candidate Rand Paul said on Friday affording the distinction to marriage to same-sex couples “offends myself and a lot of other people.”

Discussion: Hullabaloo and Liberal Values

Jack Shafer / Politico:

Team Clinton Will Beat the Press - Again — They know they can outlast the media's attention, even with the email scandal. — The second-guessing of Hillary Clinton's email hygiene while secretary of state has produced hundreds of news stories and a slew of compelling questions.

Discussion: Raw Story, Outside the Beltway, CBS DC, Bloomberg Business and Washington Post

NY Daily News:
Hillary Clinton hunkers in a bunker on secret emails

Discussion: America Rising

Wesley Goheen / WNEM-TV:

Planet Fitness drops member after gender identity complaint — It's a business that sells itself on being non-judgmental but Planet Fitness has allegedly revoked the membership of a woman for complaining. — Yvette Cormier, a member at the Midland location, says she had no idea what that meant until a few days ago.

Discussion: TheBlaze.com, The PJ Tatler, Hot Air, The Daily Caller, John Hawkins' Right Wing News, fox8.com and Raw Story

David Shambaugh / Wall Street Journal:

The Coming Chinese Crackup — The endgame of communist rule in China has begun, and Xi Jinping's ruthless measures are only bringing the country closer to a breaking point — On Thursday, the National People's Congress convened in Beijing in what has become a familiar annual ritual.

Discussion: Marginal REVOLUTION

ABC News:

White House Locked Down Before President Obama Left for Selma — A fire outside the White House prompted Secret Service agents into a lock-down shortly before President Obama and the first family left for Selma, Alabama, today. — Washington, D.C, firefighters had contained the blaze …

Discussion: Politico