memeorandum: Starving koalas secretly culled at Cape Otway, ‘overpopulation issues’ blamed for ill health (ABC)

5:25 AM ET, March 4, 2015

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Pelosi / Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi:

Pelosi Statement on Prime Minister Netanyahu's Address to Congress — Washington, D.C. - Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi released the following statement regarding Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's address to the Joint Meeting of Congress: — “The unbreakable bonds between …

David McCabe / The Hill:

Lindsey Graham mocks Pelosi's ‘surgeries,’ apologizes — Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) apologized for mocking House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi's physical appearance during a closed-door fundraiser following Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's speech to Congress.

Discussion: FOX News Radio and The Huffington Post

Josh Rogin / Bloomberg View:

Netanyahu's Careful, Clever Speech to Congress — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's speech to Congress, although full of bombast, was carefully constructed to avoid revealing new information about the nuclear negotiations with Iran or specifying what a better deal would look like.

Discussion: The Huffington Post, Talking Points Memo, Salon, Fox News Insider and Mediaite

Fred Kaplan / Slate:

Netanyahu's Deadly Gambit — The Israeli prime minister is insincere. The only outcomes that would please him are Iranian regime change or outright war. — Benjamin Netanyahu's speech before Congress on Tuesday was a disturbing spectacle: shallow, evasive, short on logic, and long on cynicism.

Discussion: Washington Free Beacon, The Atlantic Online, Hot Air, The American Conservative and CBS DC

Terri Rupar / Washington Post:

The complete transcript of Netanyahu's address to Congress — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is addressing a joint meeting of Congress; here is a complete transcript of his remarks. — NETANYAHU: Thank you. — Thank you... ... Speaker of the House John Boehner …

The Hill:
Pelosi ‘near tears’ at Bibi ‘insult’

Discussion: Politico, Hot Air, American Spectator and Little Green Footballs

Josh Feldman / Mediaite:
Limbaugh: Obama Treats Netanyahu Like He's a ‘White Policeman from Ferguson’

Discussion: Guardian, US News, The Huffington Post, Talking Points Memo, Addicting Info, FOX News Radio, BizPac Review and Rush Limbaugh

Thomas Erdbrink / New York Times:
In Tehran, Too, Netanyahu's Speech Finds an Eager Audience

Discussion: CNN, Addicting Info and New York Magazine

Lauren French / Politico:
Nancy Pelosi: Netanyahu speech ‘insulting to the intelligence of the United States’

Discussion: Bloomberg Business, Common Dreams and The Hill

J.K. Trotter / Gawker:

Source: Top Clinton Aides Used Secret Email Accounts at State Dept. — Hillary Clinton is defending her use of a private email address, hosted at ClintonEmail.com, to conduct official State Department business by claiming that her emails were captured by official @state.gov accounts …

Discussion: Slate, New York Magazine, CNN, The Daily Caller, The Last Refuge, Business Insider and Bloomberg Business

Jonathan Karl / ABC News:

Rep. Jason Chaffetz's Business Card Lists His Gmail Address … Hillary Clinton isn't the only official who uses a non-government email address. — A business card obtained by ABC News shows that Rep. Jason Chaffetz, R-Utah, lists his Gmail address on his official House card.

Discussion: Twitchy, Mediaite, SOOPERMEXICAN and Fire Andrea Mitchell!

Ben Kamisar / The Hill:

Clinton aide Podesta criticized Bush officials for using private emails — A top adviser to Hillary Clinton's campaign-in-waiting accused the George W. Bush administration of using private emails to skirt transparency rules in 2007. — John Podesta, who left the White House in February …

Discussion: Washington Post, Hot Air, Bloomberg Business, Moe Lane, Politico, Guardian and New York Times

J.K. Trotter / Gawker:
This Is Hillary Clinton's Secret Email: HDR22@ClintonEmail.com

Discussion: Guardian, Business Insider, New York Post, Mediaite, The Daily Caller, New York Magazine, Politico, Washington Post, The Stranger …, Bloomberg Business, New York Times and NPR

Ron Fournier / National Journal:
Maybe Hillary Clinton Should Retire Her White House Dreams

Discussion: Hot Air, Rush Limbaugh, Viking Pundit, The Smoking Gun, New York Times, Politico, Roger Ailes, ThinkProgress, US News, Washington Monthly, America Rising, The Huffington Post, Bloomberg Business, National Review and Liberal Values

Julian Hattem / The Hill:
Hillary's emails ‘not technically illegal’

Discussion: Bloomberg Business

Michael Tomasky / The Daily Beast:
Hillary Email ‘Scandal’? Not So Fast

Discussion: Al Jazeera America, Addicting Info, Power Line, New York Times, Bloomberg Business, Washington Post, Mediaite, Capital New York, The Huffington Post, Hullabaloo and The Daily Banter

Matt Apuzzo / New York Times:

Ferguson Police Routinely Violate Rights of Blacks, Justice Dept. Finds — WASHINGTON — Ferguson, Mo., is a third white, but the crime statistics compiled in the city over the past two years seemed to suggest that only black people were breaking the law. They accounted for 85 percent of traffic stops …

Discussion: Associated Press, The Huffington Post, Raw Story, Addicting Info, US News, Politico, TalkLeft, ThinkProgress, Shakesville, Hinterland Gazette, The Verge, The Week, Hit & Run and FreakOutNation

Carrie Johnson / NPR:
Source: Probe Of Ferguson Police Uncovers Racist Comment About Obama

Discussion: Raw Story, The Daily Caller and BarbWire.com

Sari Horwitz / Washington Post:
Justice Dept. review finds pattern of racial bias among Ferguson police

Discussion: Portside

Evan Perez / CNN:
Justice report finds systematic discrimination against African Americans in Ferguson

Discussion: Liberaland, Above the Law, FOX News Radio, New York Magazine and kplr11.com

John C. Danforth / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:

Danforth's eulogy for Tom Schweich: ‘Words do hurt. Words can kill.’ — (The following are remarks prepared for delivery by former U.S. Sen. John C. Danforth at the funeral Tuesday for state Auditor Thomas A. Schweich at The Church of St. Michael and St. George in Clayton. They have been lightly edited.)

Discussion: kplr11.com, FOX2now.com, Washington Post and Politico

Lee Enterprises / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Danforth, in eulogy, decries ‘whispering campaign’ against Schweich

Discussion: Raw Story, The Gateway Pundit, Mediaite and Talking Points Memo

Catherine Thompson / Talking Points Memo: Ex-US Senator Calls Out Missouri GOP Leader During Funeral: ‘Words Can Kill’

CNN:

Boehner expected to allow vote on clean DHS bill as soon as Wednesday — Freedom Caucus Chairman: We want to fund DHS 06:39 — Washington (CNN)House Speaker John Boehner is expected to move soon — as early as Wednesday — to bring up the clean bill to fund the Department of Homeland Security …

Discussion: Mediaite and FOX News Radio

The Hill:
House approves Homeland Security funding in 257-167 vote

Discussion: Fox News, ThinkProgress, John Hawkins' Right Wing News and DCCC

Marcy Wheeler / ExposeFacts:

David Petraeus Gets Hand-Slap for Leaking, Two Point Enhancement for Obstruction of Justice — As a supine Congress sitting inside a scaffolded dome applauded Benjamin Netanyahu calling to reject a peace deal with Iran, DOJ quietly announced it had reached a plea deal with former CIA Director David Petraeus …

Discussion: Daily Kos and Hullabaloo

New York Times:
Petraeus Reaches Plea Deal Over Giving Classified Data to His Lover

Discussion: Balloon Juice, The Intercept, Politico, Popehat, The Atlantic Online, The Huffington Post, Business Insider, Mediaite, USA Today, Outside the Beltway, Common Dreams, The Verge, New York Magazine and The Week

Lauren Yapalater / BuzzFeed:

The Duggars Are Being Accused Of Animal Abuse After Seemingly Trying To Sled Over A Cat — “Great job @derickdillard for appearing as a thoughtless, careless human being.” — You know The Duggars, the family with literally 757* members and GROWING? — *Not literally 757. — duggarfamilyblog.com

Discussion: Raw Story and FOX News Radio

ABC:

Starving koalas secretly culled at Cape Otway, ‘overpopulation issues’ blamed for ill health — Almost 700 koalas have been culled in the Cape Otway area of western Victoria because of “overpopulation issues”, according to the state's Environment Minister. — The secret cull was done under …

Discussion: Mashable and The Week

New York Times:

Florida Records Raise Questions About Jeb Bush's 2008 Vote — In the final stretch of the 2008 presidential campaign, Jeb Bush appeared in a television ad urging Floridians to support John McCain, the Republican nominee, at the polls. — “Join me and vote for John McCain,” Mr. Bush said in the 30-second spot.

Discussion: Washington Monthly

Dan Merica / CNN:

Monica Lewinsky to give TED Talk — Making a comeback after a media scandal 07:44 — Washington (CNN)Monica Lewinsky, the former White House intern at the center of President Bill Clinton's impeachment trial, will continue her reentry into public life with a TED talk in late March.

Discussion: FOX News Radio, Political Wire and Business Insider

Craig Timberg / Washington Post:

‘FREAK’ flaw undermines security for Apple and Google users, researchers discover — Technology companies are scrambling to fix a major security flaw that for more than a decade left users of Apple and Google devices vulnerable to hacking when they visited millions of supposedly secure Web sites …

Discussion: Forbes, A Few Thoughts …, Gigaom, TechCrunch and Mashable

Jordain Carney / The Hill:

Senate to vote Wednesday to undo labor union rule — The Senate will vote Wednesday on a GOP-backed motion that would undo a controversial National Labor Relations Board rule that makes it easier for workers to hold union elections. — Republicans are using the Congressional Review Act …

Discussion: RedState

Scott Jaschik / Inside Higher Ed:

Sweet Briar Will Close — Sweet Briar College announced today that it is shutting down at the end of this academic year. — Small colleges close or merge from time to time, more frequently since the economic downturn started in 2008. But the move is unusual in that Sweet Briar still …

Discussion: US News and Marginal REVOLUTION