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2:30 PM ET, March 4, 2014

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Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
Obama, the feckless tyrant  —  President Obama is such a weak strongman.  What's more, he is a feeble dictator and a timid tyrant.  —  That, at any rate, is Republicans' critique of him.  With Russia's invasion of Ukraine, Obama's critics pivoted seamlessly from complaining about his overreach …
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Katherine Miller / BuzzFeed:
14 Insane Moments From RT's Coverage Of The Russian Invasion Of Ukraine  —  We watched so you didn't have to.  —  On Saturday, Russian forces effectively seized the Ukrainian region of Crimea.  Formerly known as Russia Today, RT is a Kremlin-funded television network.
David M. Herszenhorn / New York Times:
Crimean Leader Says Ukrainian Military Units Are Surrendering
Discussion: Guardian, The Daily Caller and Gawker
Connor Walsh / Eric Cantor, House Majority Leader:
STATEMENT ON POTENTIAL HOUSE ACTION REGARDING RUSSIA AND UKRAINE
Discussion: PoliticusUSA
Zbigniew Brzezinski / Washington Post:
What is to be done? Putin's aggression in Ukraine needs a response
Discussion: Power Line and National Review
Jason Karaian / Quartz:
The markets are punishing Russia more swiftly than diplomats ever could  —  Strongly worded statements, threats of travel restrictions, and summit no-shows.  So far, these are the relatively mild diplomatic implications for Russia of its incursion into Ukraine, as few in the West can stomach …
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Julia Ioffe / The New Republic:
Putin's Press Conference Proved Merkel Right: He's Lost His Mind  —  In Sunday's New York Times, Peter Baker reported that German Chancellor Angela Merkel had tried talking some sense into Vladimir Putin.  The Russian leader has an affinity for the Germans and Merkel especially …
Reuters:
Russian stocks, ruble rebound as Putin breaks silence on Ukraine
Discussion: Liberaland
Bret Stephens / Wall Street Journal:
Stephens: Anatomy of a Feckless Presidency
Guardian:   Crimea crisis: Putin rules out war but will use force ‘as last resort’
Elise Viebeck / The Hill:
New ObamaCare delay to help midterm Dems  —  The Obama administration is set to announce another major delay in implementing the Affordable Care Act, easing election pressure on Democrats.  —  As early as this week, according to two sources, the White House will announce a new directive allowing insurers …
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Reid J. Epstein / Politico:
Obama 2015 budget: $3.9 trillion
Discussion: New York Times and Fox News
Natalie Villacorta / Politico:
Sarah Palin: Barack Obama known for ‘mom jeans’  —  Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin says that Russian President Vladimir Putin is a man known for wrestling bears while President Barack Obama is known for wearing mom jeans.  —  “People are looking at Putin as one who wrestles bears and drills for oil …
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Josh Feldman / Mediaite:
Palin: Obama ‘Wears Mom Jeans’ and ‘Equivocates’ on Russia  —  Sarah Palin sat down with Sean Hannity Monday night for a victory lap of sorts, touting her 2008 comments about Russia capitalizing on a weak Barack Obama presidency to amass power.  Palin believed she was vindicated, saying Russia exploited “Obama's weak leadership.”
Ezekiel J. Emanuel / The New Republic:
Insurance Companies as We Know Them Are About to Die  —  And here's what's going to replace them  —  Americans hate health insurance companies.  They are easy targets for everyone to beat up on.  When premiums go up, we blame insurance companies; we do not blame the underlying hospitals …
The Fiscal Times:
Economists Say Paul Ryan Misrepresented Their Research  —  The Fiscal Times  —  An exhaustive critique of the federal social safety net released by Rep. Paul Ryan on Monday is meant to be the intellectual foundation for an overhaul of the federal anti-poverty programs.
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Bloomberg View:
Paul Ryan's War on Poverty
Discussion: TaxVox
Igor Bobic / Talking Points Memo:
Man Accidentally Shoots 12-Year-Old Driving By His House, Immediately Shoots Self  —  An Orlando, Fl. man accidentally discharged a gun on Friday, first striking a 12-year-old girl in a moving car then himself immediately after, the Orlando Sentinel reported.
Discussion: Orlando Sentinel
Todd Starnes / Fox News:
Team Obama wins fight to have Christian home-school family deported  —  Uwe and Hannelore Romeike came to the United States in 2008 seeking political asylum.  They fled their German homeland in the face of religious persecution for homeschooling their children.
Noah Rothman / Mediaite:
Rothman: MSNBC's Most Embarrassing Mockery of Romney's Russia Warnings  —  The smug self-assuredness that often suffices for expertise on cable news was perhaps never more smug than when former Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney warned the American public that Russia …
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Anna Silman / Vulture:
Let's Talk About Those Creepy Rural Mardi Gras Pictures on True Detective  —  On last night's True Detective, Rust Cohle began to tie up some of the show's many loose ends.  He implicated some people in the Dora Kelly Lange case and, more important, decoded the purported serial killers' fondness for off-beat headwear.
Discussion: Balloon Juice
Mark Leibovich / New York Times:
Fake Outrage in the Kentucky Senate Race  —  Kentucky may be home to the country's most closely watched Senate race, but it is no place for loose talk about Nazis.  That, at least, is something Kelsey Cooper feels very strongly about.  So when Cooper, the spokeswoman for the state's Republican Party …
James Mann / The New Republic:
The Obama administration's rhetoric on Russia is accomplishing nothing  —  Everyone's giving President Obama advice about how to handle Vladimir Putin's adventure into the Crimea.  But I want to issue a broader critique, because there's something that he and his people will need …
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George F. Will / Washington Post:
Misreading Putin, and history
Discussion: Betsy's Page
Jenny Jarvie / The New Republic:
Trigger Happy  —  The “trigger warning” has spread from blogs to college classes.  Can it be stopped?  —  The headline above would, if some readers had their way, include a “trigger warning”—a disclaimer to alert you that this article contains potentially traumatic subject matter.
Discussion: Shakesville and The Agonist
 
 
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Monday, March 10: Edward Snowden to Speak at SXSW Interactive Via Videoconference
Charlie Cook / NationalJournal.com:
Congressional Democrats Face Uphill Battle in Midterms
Michael Wilner / Jerusalem Post:
Obama gets lecture on peace talks from Netanyahu in White House meeting
Discussion: Jihad Watch and Israel Matzav
John Cheves / Lexington Herald-Leader:
Beshear: Ky. will appeal federal judge's ruling in same-sex marriage case without Conway
Discussion: Daily Kos
James Taranto / Wall Street Journal:
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Discussion: ABC News
Tim Devaney / The Hill:
Green group accuses GOP of ‘environmental racism’
Discussion: American Thinker and Shakesville
Bob Corker / Wall Street Journal:
Bob Corker: Now the Auto Union Wants to Muzzle Public Officials
Discussion: Washington Monthly
Washington Post:
Poll: Democrats' advantage on key issues is not translating to a midterm-election edge
 

 
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