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6:50 AM ET, March 21, 2009

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New York Times:
Toxic Asset Plan Foresees Big Subsidies for Investors  —  WASHINGTON — The Treasury Department is expected to unveil early next week its long-delayed plan to buy as much as $1 trillion in troubled mortgages and related assets from financial institutions, according to people close to the talks.
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Martin Crutsinger / Associated Press:
Toxic asset plan expected to be unveiled soon  —  Featured Topics: - Barack Obama - Presidential Transition  —  WASHINGTON - Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner is putting the finishing touches on a plan to get toxic assets off the books of the country's struggling banks, according to administration and industry officials.
Discussion: But As For Me
Josh Gerstein / The Politico:
How I botched the bonus story  —  Featured Topics: - Barack Obama - Presidential Transition  —  The Washington ritual of the boiling scandal, with howls of outrage and frantic demands for a high-ranking scalp, is now in full swing over $165 million in bonuses for employees at failed insurance giant AIG.
Discussion: The Politico and Associated Press
Mike Allen / The Politico:   Treasury to roll out toxic asset plan
Sara Just / The Note:   Democratic Senators Tepid on Geithner Support
The Campaign Spot:
Palin Hits Obama on ‘Special Olympics’ Joke  —  Gov. Sarah Palin responded to remarks made last night by President Obama related to the Special Olympics on “The Tonight Show with Jay Leno”: … Well, after the way his allies went after her, he really couldn't count on a full-throated defense of a boneheaded comment.
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Sam Gill / The Politico:
How Obama can make up for his gaffe  —  Featured Topics: - Barack Obama - Presidential Transition  —  My older brother has Down syndrome, which hinders his ability to learn.  Despite his disability, he graduated from high school and lived independently with a job for several years until …
David Zurawik / Z on TV:
Nielsen: Obama visit a big boost for Leno ratings
Discussion: Top of the Ticket
The Politico:
Palin whacks Obama on Special Olympics Politico - 45 minutes ago
Discussion: LewRockwell.com Blog
John / Power Line:
ARE WE A BANANA REPUBLIC?  —  I'm stupefied to find that some people are defending the constitutionality of Nancy Pelosi's discriminatory, confiscatory and retroactive tax on people who receive bonus income from companies that got TARP money.  I would have considered it a bright line rule …
Amos Harel / Haaretz:
‘Shooting and crying’  —  Less than a month after the end of Operation Cast Lead in the Gaza Strip, dozens of graduates of the Yitzhak Rabin pre-military preparatory program convened at Oranim Academic College in Kiryat Tivon.  Since 1998 the program has prepared participants for what is considered meaningful military service.
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Uri Blau / Haaretz:
Dead Palestinian babies and bombed mosques - IDF fashion 2009  —  The office at the Adiv fabric-printing shop in south Tel Aviv handles a constant stream of customers, many of them soldiers in uniform, who come to order custom clothing featuring their unit's insignia, usually accompanied by a slogan and drawing of their choosing.
Discussion: The Daily Dish
David M. Herszenhorn / New York Times:
Obama Uneasy About Tax on Bonuses  —  WASHINGTON — The White House stopped short on Friday of endorsing legislation to severely tax bonuses paid to executives of companies that accepted taxpayer bailout funds.  —  Administration officials said instead that President Obama would assess …
Discussion: DISSENTING JUSTICE
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David Kurtz / Talking Points Memo:
WITCH HUNTERY!  —  A great exchange on CNBC between the anchor and Rep. Brad Sherman (D-CA), one of the few elected voices of reason during the financial crisis:
Discussion: Obsidian Wings
Felix Gillette / New York Observer:
MSNBC In Discussions with Ed Schultz  —  The Observer has learned that MSNBC president Phil Griffin is in discussions with syndicated talk radio host Ed Schultz about possibly joining the network on a full-time basis.  It is unclear what exactly the job would entail should Mr. Schultz and MSNBC come to an agreement.
Portfolio:
CNN's March Ratings So Far: More Lamb than Lion  —  More evidence that CNN is going to have to find a new strategy fast or risk becoming a cable news also-ran: In the month of March so far, the Time Warner-owned network has come in fourth place in prime time among adults 25 to 54 …
Discussion: Gawker, Media Blog and Don Surber
Matt Taibbi / Rolling Stone:
The Big Takeover  —  The global economic crisis isn't about money - it's about power.  How Wall Street insiders are using the bailout to stage a revolution  —  It's over — we're officially, royally f**ked. no empire can survive being rendered a permanent laughingstock …
Washington Times:
Conyers suggests probe of ACORN  —  Calls fraud charges ‘serious’  —  In an startling partisan shift, House Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers Jr. on Thursday proposed holding hearings on claims the liberal activist group ACORN engaged in a pattern of crimes ranging from voter fraud to a mob-style “protection” racket.
Discussion: AmSpecBlog and Hot Air
Randolph E. Schmid / Associated Press:
US Post Service looks for new ways to cut losses  —  Featured Topics: - Barack Obama - Presidential Transition  —  WASHINGTON - The U.S. Postal Service has already suggested dropping a day of mail delivery to save money.  Now, with economic gloom everywhere, it's turning to early retirements, management cutbacks and office closings.
Discussion: But As For Me
Liz Sidoti / Associated Press:
Analysis: Obama rhetoric, reality clash  —  Featured Topics: - Barack Obama - Presidential Transition  —  WASHINGTON - Barack Obama's optimistic campaign rhetoric has crashed headlong into the stark reality of governing.  —  In office two months, he has backpedaled on an array of issues …
Tom Grace / The Daily Star, Oneonta, NY:
Tedisco: I'm focused on local interests  —  ONEONTA _ Political commentators may see the 20th Congressional District race as a contest of national consequence, but Republican James Tedisco, 58, is focused closer to home.  —  “Rush Limbaugh is meaningless to me,” Tedisco told the editorial board of The Daily Star on Thursday.
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The Huffington Post:
GOP Candidate Tedisco: “Rush Limbaugh Is Meaningless To Me” [UPDATED]
Ben Armbruster / Think Progress:
Fox News's Brit Hume Warns That Because Of Blogs, Future News Will Be ‘More Partisan’  —  Fox News's Brit Hume Warns That Because Of Blogs, Future News Will Be ‘More Partisan’  —  Last night, the conservative Media Research Center, which houses the ever on point NewsBusters blog …
Josh Kraushaar / The Politico:
RNC outraises DNC  —  In its first full month under the chairmanship of Virginia Gov. Tim Kaine, the Democratic National Committee only raised $3.26 million in February, according to figures released by the committee this afternoon.  —  The total lags behind the February fundraising total …
Discussion: Hot Air and But As For Me
The Politico:
Battle lines drawn on health care  —  Featured Topics: - Barack Obama - Presidential Transition  —  As health care reform moves from conceptual talks to detailed negotiations, what had been a conciliatory tone is turning more confrontational.  —  The emerging fault line betwen the parties …
Discussion: Associated Press
Sam Hananel / Associated Press:
Companies looking at options on card check  —  Featured Topics: - Barack Obama - Presidential Transition  —  WASHINGTON - Starbucks Corp. and other companies are exploring alternatives to a bill that would make it easier for workers to unionize, but the idea of any compromise drew the wrath …
David Stout / New York Times:
Much Bigger Deficits Seen in Budget Office Forecast  —  WASHINGTON — President Obama's budget proposals, if carried out, would produce a staggering $9.3 trillion in total deficits over the next decade, much more than the White House has predicted, the Congressional Budget Office said on Friday.
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Howard Schneider / Washington Post:
Israeli Coalition Appears Fated to Clash With U.S.
Discussion: Power Line and Mondoweiss
Ezra Klein / American Prospect:
ARE ANN ALTHOUSE'S COMMENTERS ANTI-SEMITES?
Discussion: Althouse and protein wisdom
Joan Lowy / Associated Press:
Canada: US will ground helicopters
Eliott C. McLaughlin / CNN:
Group: FBI planting spies in U.S. mosques
Financial Times:
McCain speaks up for Geithner
Discussion: Hot Air
The Huffington Post:
Snowe To Dems: Grow A Pair
Discussion: Daily Kos and The Huffington Post
Associated Press:
Senate Republicans brake rush to tax AIG bonuses
Discussion: MSNBC, Hot Air and Bloomberg
 Earlier Items: 
CNN:
Joe the Plumber tells conservatives he's ‘horny’
Discussion: Crooks and Liars and The Impolitic
Deborah Summers / Guardian:
George Galloway banned from Canada
CNN:
Spitzer: I failed in a very important way
Discussion: CBS News
Jeffrey M. Jones / Gallup:
Support for Nuclear Energy Inches Up to New High
Sasha Issenberg / Boston Globe:
Democrat outside looking in
Discussion: MSNBC and Newsweek Blogs