memeorandum: Zimmerman's lawyer: ‘Stand your ground’ doesn't apply in Trayvon Martin case (CNN)

5:15 PM ET, March 24, 2012

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Now witness claims TRAYVON attacked Zimmerman: Anonymous onlooker told police neighbourhood watch captain was provoked... as friends insist teen was not violent and protests mount — Trayvon Martin may have attacked a Neighborhood Watch captain before the man shot dead the unarmed teen …

Discussion: The Moderate Voice, Washington Monthly, American Power, Instapundit, Riehl World View and Hot Air

CNN:

Zimmerman's lawyer: ‘Stand your ground’ doesn't apply in Trayvon Martin case — For more on the investigation into the Florida teen's shooting death, watch “Trayvon Martin Killing” at 7 ET Saturday night on CNN. — Sanford, Florida (CNN) — A lawyer for the man at the center …

Discussion: Outside the Beltway, Washington Monthly, Runnin' Scared, The Moderate Voice and The Huffington Post

Charles Johnson / Little Green Footballs:

Wingnut Conspiracy Theory of the Day: Trayvon Photo Was Lightened to Make Him Look ‘Innocent’ — DERPToday's loony wingnut conspiracy theory comes from Breitbart.com blogger Dan Riehl, who has yet another BOMBSHELL REVELATION to report: As Media Reports Conflict, Why Was Trayvon Martin Photo Altered?

Discussion: Riehl World View, Hullabaloo and Whiskey Fire

WTVT-TV:

Witness: Martin attacked Zimmerman — ORLANDO - A witness we haven't heard from before paints a much different picture than we've seen so far of what happened the night 17-year-old Trayvon Martin was shot and killed. — The night of that shooting, police say there was a witness who saw it all.

Discussion: Mediaite, The Jawa Report, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion and The PJ Tatler, more at Mediagazer »

Charles P. Pierce / Esquire:

Trayvon Martin and the End of Excuses — We have become a nation in which children have become expendable. Trayvon Martin is just the most recent example. — We executed children in this country until long after the rest of the world — except Iran — thought that was a good idea.

Discussion: The Impolitic, msnbc.com, The Mahablog, ThinkProgress and CNN

Matthew Shelley / NationalJournal.com:
Gingrich Calls Obama Comments on Trayvon Martin Shooting ‘Disgraceful’

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Maggie Haberman / Politico:
Newt calls Obama's Trayvon Martin comments ‘disgraceful’

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Rene Lynch / Los Angeles Times:
Trayvon Martin case: ‘Blacks are under attack,’ says Jesse Jackson

Discussion: Weasel Zippers, White House Dossier, americanthinker.com, The Right Scoop, NewsBusters.org, BuzzFeed and Politico

Stephanie Condon / CBS News:
Obama: “If I had a son, he'd look like Trayvon”

Discussion: Outside the Beltway, The Huffington Post, Associated Press, Truthdig and Corrente

New York Times:

Maher's Attacks on Women — To the Editor: — Re “Please Stop Apologizing,” by Bill Maher (Op-Ed, March 22): — We're both women who have worked in Democratic politics and the media for decades and find Bill Maher's misogynist treatment of women candidates deeply disturbing.

Discussion: Mediaite, Conservatives4Palin and The Loyal Opposition

Jerusalem Post:

'French teacher asked minute's silence for Merah' — French education minister calls for English teacher's suspension after she called Toulouse killer a “victim.” — By REUTERS/France 2 Television — France's education minister called for disciplinary proceedings against a teacher …

Discussion: americanthinker.com, Weasel Zippers, Scared Monkeys and Jihad Watch

Chuck Bennett / New York Post:
Horror movies — The Muslim fanatic who killed seven people …

Discussion: PJ Media, Weasel Zippers and Atlas Shrugs

David Maraniss / Washington Post:

Clinton and Obama: Presidential parallels — David Maraniss, an associate editor of The Post, is the author of “First in His Class: A Biography of Bill Clinton” and the forthcoming “Barack Obama: The Story.” This is the second column in an occasional series on the 2012 presidential candidates' political lives.

Discussion: The Political Carnival

Ben Geman / The Hill:

White House was all-hands-on-deck as Solyndra collapse neared — Several key White House offices were involved with the Obama administration's messaging plans and other preparations as the collapse of the taxpayer-backed solar company Solyndra was imminent, newly released documents show.

Discussion: Hot Air, White House Dossier, Weasel Zippers, Left Coast Rebel, Michelle Malkin, americanthinker.com, Ed Driscoll and The PJ Tatler

Daniel Halper / Weekly Standard:

Danish TV Host Mocks Obama for His Rhetoric — “Maybe the copy key got stuck on the presidential speechwriter's keyboard.” — Thomas Buch-Andersen, host of the Danish TV show Detektor, mocked President Obama's political rhetoric in a recent episode. “Obama used a metaphor from boxing …

Discussion: Don Surber, Wake up America, The Right Scoop, americanthinker.com, Conservatives4Palin, Mediaite and BuzzFeed

David D. Kirkpatrick / New York Times:

Islamist Victors in Egypt Seeking Shift by Hamas — CAIRO — As it prepares to take power in Egypt, the Muslim Brotherhood is overhauling its relations with the two main Palestinian factions in an effort to put new pressure on Israel for an independent Palestinian state.

Discussion: Washington Monthly and Informed Comment

Washington Post:

Mexico's middle class is becoming its majority — QUERETARO, Mexico — A wary but tenacious middle class is fast becoming the majority in Mexico, breaking down the rich-poor divide in a profound demographic transformation that has far-reaching implications here and in the United States.

Discussion: The Huffington Post