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8:55 AM ET, March 10, 2014

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Jazz Shaw / Hot Air:
On notice: Mitch McConnell is ready to “crush” the Tea Party  —  What with all the sweetness and light going on this weekend at CPAC, there really hasn't been much room set aside for the Hawt Media Topic of the Conservative Civil War.  Well, let's wrap up the weekend with a bit of mudslinging from upper chamber.
Discussion: Riehl World News and Fox News
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Carl Hulse / New York Times:
Leading Republicans Move to Stamp Out Challenges From Right  —  WASHINGTON — As conservative activist groups stirred up trouble for establishment Republican Senate candidates in 2010 and 2012, party leaders in Washington first tried to ignore the insurgents, then tried to reason with them …
Ross Douthat / New York Times:
Four Factions, No Favorite
Discussion: Althouse, Politico and Washington Post
Andrew Solomon / New Yorker:
The father of the Sandy Hook killer searches for answers.  —  In Peter Lanza's new house, on a secluded private road in Fairfield County, Connecticut, is an attic room overflowing with shipping crates of what he calls “the stuff.”  Since the day in December, 2012, when his son Adam killed his own mother …
Dylan Byers / Politico:
John Kerry's brutal CNN joke  —  Secretary of State John Kerry delivered a knife to the heart of CNN during Saturday night's address at the annual Gridiron Club dinner, the white-tie-and-tails event hosted by Washington's most prestigious press group.  —  During a humorous and well-received speech …
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Liberty, Equality, Efficiency  —  Most people, if pressed on the subject, would probably agree that extreme income inequality is a bad thing, although a fair number of conservatives believe that the whole subject of income distribution should be banned from public discourse.
Discussion: Daily Kos
Bernie Becker / The Hill:
Camp to Obama: Let's talk  —  The House's top tax writer is pointing to areas where he thinks he can work with President Obama, just days after releasing a comprehensive plan for overhauling the code.  —  “My takeaway is there are some common issues that we can address,” …
Thomas Fuller / New York Times:
Disparate Theories on Fate of Jet as Search Grows  —  SEPANG, Malaysia — As military aircraft and a flotilla of ships from a half-dozen nations combed the waters south of Vietnam on Sunday for signs of a jet with 239 people onboard that vanished a day earlier, the authorities …
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Fox News:
Interpol says no country checked its database before Malaysia flight
Pagan Kennedy / New York Times:
The Fat Drug  —  IF you walk into a farm-supply store today, you're likely to find a bag of antibiotic powder that claims to boost the growth of poultry and livestock.  That's because decades of agricultural research has shown that antibiotics seem to flip a switch in young animals' bodies, helping them pack on pounds.
Discussion: Balloon Juice and Daily Kos
John Tierney / The Atlantic Online:
The True Detective Finale: That's It?  —  Should we feel bad for Nic Pizzolatto?  Our roundtable discusses “Form and Void,” the eighth installment in HBO's series.  —  Spencer Kornhaber, Christopher Orr, and Amy Sullivan discuss the latest episode of True Detective.  —  Sullivan: Did Rust Cohle just get religion?
Discussion: Booman Tribune
Tom Boggioni / The Raw Story:
George Zimmerman appearance at Florida gun show draws blanks  —  George Zimmerman, the former neighborhood watchman who was acquitted of the shooting and killing of unarmed teenager Trayvon Martin, failed to draw many fans at an Orlando gun show on Saturday, according to the NY Daily News.
Discussion: Liberaland and NY Daily News
Alison Leigh Cowan / New York Times:
Ruling Clears Way for Skakel Libel Suit  —  A federal judge ruled that Michael C. Skakel's libel claim could proceed against the television personality Nancy Grace and her associates over comments made on her current affairs show that falsely suggested DNA evidence tied him to Martha Moxley's 1975 murder.
Discussion: The Raw Story and Mediaite
Maya Yarowsky / JerusalemOnline.com:
American State Dept. Spokesman: “Palestinians need not recognize the Jewish state”  —  Despite Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's continued requests of the Palestinians to recognize Israel as a Jewish state within the framework of negotiations for peace, the American State Department spokeswoman …
Bloomberg:
Global Debt Exceeds $100 Trillion as Governments Binge, BIS Says  —  The amount of debt globally has soared more than 40 percent to $100 trillion since the first signs of the financial crisis as governments borrowed to pull their economies out of recession and companies took advantage …
Discussion: Vox Popoli
 
 
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David Weigel / Slate:
At CPAC, a new generation of conservatives wrestles with what it means to be a foreign policy hawk.
Discussion: Bloomberg View and Hullabaloo
Charles P. Pierce / Esquire:
CPAC BONUS SATURDAY — THE PRINCESS IN EXCELSIS
Discussion: Balloon Juice
Neil Munro / The Daily Caller:
DHS tells American border guards to run away from illegal immigrants hurling rocks at them, fleeing in vehicles
Discussion: Right Wing News and ThinkProgress
Michael Goodwin / New York Post:
Meet ‘Oblasio’: De Blasio's turning into Obama's twin
Discussion: Politicker and Power Line
Mark Halperin / TIME:
Clinton Super PAC ‘Ready For Hillary’ Gets Readier
Discussion: Taylor Marsh
 Earlier Items: 
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
What Is It About CPAC?  —  In a Q&A I held yesterday at The Hive …
Discussion: Booman Tribune and Eschaton
Ashley Killough / CNN:
Crist: Democrats ‘ought to strengthen up’ and support Obamacare
Discussion: Tampa Bay Times
Philip Rucker / Post Politics:
Mitt Romney gathers top advisers for campaign reunion in Utah
Maureen Dowd / New York Times:
Little R-S-P-E-C-T
Discussion: Hinterland Gazette and Althouse
Justin Sink / The Hill:
Obama to Dems: It's time to worry