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8:20 PM ET, February 9, 2009

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Glenn Greenwald / Salon:
Obama fails his first test on civil liberties and accountability — resoundingly and disgracefully  —  Two weeks ago, I interviewed the ACLU's Ben Wizner, counsel to 5 individuals suing the subsidiary of Boeing (Jeppesen) which had arranged the Bush administration's rendition program …
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Huma Khan / Political Punch:
Obama Administration Maintains Bush Position on ‘Extraordinary Rendition’ Lawsuit  —  From Jake Tapper and Ariane de Vogue:  —  The Obama Administration today announced that it would keep the same position as the Bush Administration in the lawsuit Mohamed et al v Jeppesen Dataplan, Inc.
John Schwartz / New York Times:
Administration Invokes State Secret Argument  —  SAN FRANCISCO — In a closely watched case involving rendition and torture, a lawyer for the Obama administration seemed to surprise a panel of federal appeals judges on Monday by pressing ahead with an argument for preserving state secrets originally developed by the Bush administration.
Discussion: Booman Tribune
ACLU:
Justice Department Stands Behind Bush Secrecy In Extraordinary Rendition Case
Discussion: TalkLeft
Frank Newport / Gallup:
Obama Has Upper Hand in Stimulus Fight  —  Obama's 67% approval rating on the stimulus is more than twice that of Republicans  — USA - Congress - Democrats - Government and Politics - Leadership - Republicans - The Presidency - Americas - Northern America
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CNN:
Obama's approval is high — but the stimulus isn't as popular  —  WASHINGTON (CNN) — A new national poll suggests that three out of four Americans approve of the job Barack Obama's doing as President — but the economic stimulus package he's trying to push through Congress is not nearly as popular.
Washington Post:
Republicans See Long-Term Victory in Defeat on Stimulus Plan  —  Three months after their Election Day drubbing, Republican leaders see glimmers of rebirth in the party's liberation from an unpopular president, its selection of its first African American chairman and, most of all …
Pew Research Center:
Support for Stimulus Plan Slips, But Obama Rides High
Byron York / www.dcexaminer.com:
The Happy Party  —  (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) …
Discussion: Firedoglake and TIME.com
Glenn Thrush / Glenn Thrush's Blogs:
Manley sacks Shuler  —  Harry Reid spokesman Jim Manley on Heath Shuler's comment that Reid and Nancy Pelosi “failed” on bipartisanship.  —  It's a good one: … In four years as an NFL QB — three with the Redskins, one with the Saints — Shuler threw 32 INTs while tallying only 15 TDs.
Discussion: Townhall.com
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Glenn Thrush / Glenn Thrush's Blogs:
Pelosi, Reid have “failed,” Shuler says  —  Rep. Heath Shuler (D-N.C) has further ingratiated himself with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi — not — by declaring that Pelosi and Harry Reid “failed” the bipartisanship test on stimulus.  —  “In order for us to get the confidence of America …
Mike Baker / Associated Press:
Shuler hits Democratic leaders on bipartisanship
Discussion: Oliver Willis
David M. Herszenhorn / New York Times:
Senate Clears Path for Vote on $838 Billion Stimulus  —  WASHINGTON — Senate Democrats on Monday advanced the $838 billion economic stimulus bill, clearing a major procedural hurdle by a razor thin margin with the help of just three Republicans.  A vote on final passage of the bill is expected on Tuesday.
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Faiz Shakir / Think Progress:
Senate votes to end debate on economic recovery package.»
Discussion: Reuters
Peter Baker / New York Times:
Obama Stumps for Stimulus in a City Hit Hard by Downturn  —  ELKHART, Ind. — President Obama took his case for an $800 billion economic recovery package to one of the most distressed places in America on Monday as he opened a series of campaign-style events intended to press Congress to approve the plan by week's end.
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The Atlantic Politics Channel:
The World Braces For TARP II
Discussion: Wall Street Journal
Eric Ostermeier / Smart Politics:
Coleman Says ‘God Wants Me to Serve’  —  While Al Franken remains fairly elusive, Norm Coleman is keeping a high profile these days as his court challenge of the Minnesota U.S. Senate recount plods along.  —  Coleman is adept, somewhat too adept, his critics might say …
Ross Douthat:
The Trouble With Centrism  —  The liberals are angry, and not without reason.  You can imagine a world in which “centrist” Senators used their awesome deal-making powers to forge compromises that incorporate ideas from the left and right alike.  A world in which moderate “gangs,” …
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Justin Fox / The Curious Capitalist:
Comparing this recession to the last five  —  The dramatic chart Nancy Pelosi's office put out comparing job losses so far in the current recession with those in 2001 and 1990-1991 has gotten a lot of play in the Internets.  As well it should-it paints a dramatic picture (job losses in the current recession have been much more severe).
Ali Frick / Think Progress:
Obama's Unscreened Town Hall Audience Is Clean Break From Bush's Supporters-Only Public Events  —  Today, President Obama hosted a town hall meeting in Elkhart, IN — which faces the nation's fastest-rising unemployment rate — to promote his recovery and reinvestment plan.
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CNN:
Florida gov. to join Obama at stimulus town hall
Discussion: Washington Monthly and Salon
Jon Ward / Washington Times:
EXCLUSIVE: Partisan dirt-digger joins WH office  —  Resume lacks legal training  —  Amid the furor over controversies regarding Cabinet-nominee tax problems and the seismic battle over a nearly trillion-dollar economic rescue bill, President Obama made a little-noticed appointment that is now generating intrigue.
Discussion: Don Surber and JustOneMinute
The Huffington Post:
Leahy: Investigate Bush Now  —  Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy insisted on Monday in firm and passionate terms that a comprehensive investigation be launched into the conduct of the Bush administration, saying anything less would prevent the country from moving forward.
Daily Mail:
High-ranking Foreign Office diplomat arrested over anti-Semitic gym tirade … A high-ranking diplomat at the Foreign Office has been arrested after allegations that he launched a foul-mouthed anti-Semitic tirade.  —  Middle East expert Rowan Laxton, 47, was watching TV reports of the Israeli attack …
Discussion: Commentary and Daled Amos
Emily Anthes / Boston Globe:
Climate change takes a mental toll  —  Last year, an anxious, depressed 17-year-old boy was admitted to the psychiatric unit at the Royal Children's Hospital in Melbourne.  He was refusing to drink water.  Worried about drought related to climate change, the young man was convinced that if he drank, millions of people would die.
Discussion: Stop The ACLU
David Rogers / The Politico:
Senate advances stimulus package  —  Spurred on by President Barack Obama, an $827 billion economic recovery plan advanced in the Senate Monday, clearing a last procedural hurdle with the help of three Republicans and the return of Sen. Edward Kennedy, ill with cancer.
Jessica Ravitz / CNN:
Muslim in America: a ‘voyage of discovery’  —  ATLANTA, Georgia (CNN) — Hailey Woldt put on the traditional black abaya, expecting the worst.  —  The last time she'd worn the Muslim dress that, with a head scarf, covered everything but her face, hands and feet, she was in Miami International Airport …
Discussion: Weekly Standard
Betsy McCaughey / Bloomberg:
Ruin Your Health With the Obama Stimulus Plan: Betsy McCaughey  —  Feb. 9 (Bloomberg) — Republican Senators are questioning whether President Barack Obama's stimulus bill contains the right mix of tax breaks and cash infusions to jump-start the economy.  —  Tragically, no one from either party …
Richard Pérez-Peña / New York Times:
Newsweek Plans Makeover to Fit a Smaller Audience  —  When US Airways Flight 1549 glided safely onto the Hudson River last month, Newsweek did what news organizations have done for more than a century — it sent reporters and photographers to the scene.  Considerable effort yielded …
Walter Shapiro / The New Republic:
Meet the Press  —  What were JFK's fabled press conferences really like?  —  With Barack Obama's first news conference slated for tonight at 8 p.m. eastern, it is a safe bet that—like on Inauguration Day—the most over-used word in the English language Monday will be “Kennedy-esque.”
Discussion: Taegan Goddard's … and MoJoBlog
Ben Armbruster / Think Progress:
Gitmo Detainee's ‘Genitals Were Sliced With A Scalpel,’ Waterboarding ‘Far Down The List Of Things They Did’  —  Last week, two British High Court judges ruled against releasing documents describing the treatment of Binyam Mohamed, a British resident who is currently being held at Guantanamo Bay.
Michelle Malkin:
“The only thing grand about the Grand Compromise is the price tag;" Update: 5:29pm Eastern Cloture vote underway; Update: Cloture vote - 61-36  —  Scroll for updates...liveblogging Senate debate...5:29pm Eastern...Cloture vote underway  —  Hogzilla!  —  “The only thing grand about the Grand Compromise is the price tag.”
Discussion: United States Senator
Ann Althouse / Althouse:
Obama's insipid emails are annoying Leon Wieseltier.  —  I was going to do a blog post a week or so ago titled Barack Obama is spamming me — you could sing it to this tune — but it was clear enough on the face of the email that a simple click would unsubscribe me from his email list …
Discussion: Cold Fury and Commentary
Max Blumenthal / Blogs and Stories:
Porn Star for Senate  —  An Interview with the Porn Star Running Against Sen. David Vitter by Max Blumenthal  —  Blogs and Stories  —  Sen. David Vitter's phone number was found in the records of the notorious D.C. madam.  Now he faces re-election (and massive karmic payback) against a sultry adult entertainer named Stormy.
 
 
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F.D.A. Finds ‘Natural’ Diet Pills Spiked With Drugs
Lisa Sandberg / Houston Chronicle:
Property seizure by police called ‘highway piracy’
Discussion: Off the Kuff
Zachary Roth / TPMMuckraker:
Barnes: Global Warming Isn't Man Made — But I Won't Tell You How I Know That
Discussion: Matthew Yglesias
Associated Press:
Obama faces tough question over Cabinet picks
Discussion: The Politico
Ann Althouse / Althouse:
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Michael Finnegan / Los Angeles Times:
Meg Whitman, EBay's former CEO, joins California governor's race
Discussion: Sacramento Bee and The Caucus
Associated Press:
Dingell to be longest-serving House member
Discussion: Indecision
 Earlier Items: 
Glenn Thrush / Glenn Thrush's Blogs:
Steele calls for “Bling, Bling"-free stimulus
Eric Boehlert / Media Matters:
Does CNN's John King think construction work is done pro bono?
Myglesias / Matthew Yglesias:
People Hate Republicans
Discussion: Washington Post and Indecision
John Feehery / The Politico:
A letter to Rush Limbaugh
Jerry Seper / Washington Times:
16 illegals sue Arizona rancher
John B. Taylor / Wall Street Journal:
How Government Created the Financial Crisis
Discussion: JustOneMinute