memeorandum: Rand Paul says same-sex marriage ‘offends’ him (Chris Johnson/Washington Blade)

9:00 PM ET, March 7, 2015

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Rich Schapiro / NY Daily News:

Billboard honoring KKK founder on display near Selma bridge on anniversary of historic march — WelKKKome to Selma! — Within sight of the bridge where President Obama will commemorate the 1965 Bloody Sunday march is a billboard set up by a group dedicated to honoring Ku Klux Klan founder Nathan Bedford Forrest.

Discussion: FreakOutNation, Hinterland Gazette and Raw Story

CNN:

GOP leader headed to Selma after all — 1965's ‘Bloody Sunday’ in Selma, Alabama 6 photos — About 600 people began a 50-mile march from Selma to the Alabama state capitol in Montgomery on March 7, 1965. They intended to protest discriminatory practices that prevented black people from voting.

Discussion: Washington Monthly, Hot Air, Bloomberg Business and Booman Tribune

Harris Wofford / Politico:

What I saw at Selma — King's genius was that he knew when to thwart the law—and when to obey it. — Martin Luther King Jr. liked to joke that I was the one member of his legal team who would help him go to jail rather than using all the tricks of the trade to keep him out.

Discussion: Bloomberg Business and US News

Maya Rhodan / TIME:

Transcript: Read Full Text of President Barack Obama's Speech in Selma — The President spoke on Saturday on the 50th anniversary of ‘Bloody Sunday’ — President Obama spoke before thousands on Saturday during a commemorative ceremony for the 50th anniversary of the events of “Bloody Sunday” …

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Charles C. W. Cooke / National Review:
The GOP's Conspicuous Absence from Selma

Discussion: Politico, New York Times, The Democratic Daily, The Daily Beast and NO QUARTER USA NET

Chris Good / ABC News:
Obama: 50 Years After Bloody Sunday ‘Our March Not Yet Over’

Discussion: Arkansas Blog, Arkansas Times

Chris Johnson / Washington Blade:

Rand Paul says same-sex marriage ‘offends’ him — Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) (Washington Blade photo by Lee Whitman) — Potential 2016 Republican presidential candidate Rand Paul said on Friday affording the distinction to marriage to same-sex couples “offends myself and a lot of other people.”

Discussion: Raw Story, Liberal Values and Hullabaloo

Mark Hensch / The Hill:

Walker: ‘There are jobs to be had’ — Gov. Scott Walker (R-Wis.) on Saturday urged unemployed Americans to stay positive about opportunities to rejoin the work force. — “I believe firmly that there are jobs to be had not just across my state but across America,” Walker said during …

Washington Post:
Scott Walker gets a crash course in foreign policy

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Elisha Fieldstadt / NBC News:

Black Teen Tony Robinson Shot Dead by Cop in Madison, Wisconsin, Was Unarmed — The 19-year-old black man who was shot dead Friday during a confrontation with a police officer in Madison, Wisconsin, was unarmed, police said Saturday. — He was identified as Tony Terrell Robinson Jr. …

Discussion: Mediaite, American Spectator and New York Magazine

Jack Shafer / Politico:

Team Clinton Will Beat the Press - Again — They know they can outlast the media's attention, even with the email scandal. — The second-guessing of Hillary Clinton's email hygiene while secretary of state has produced hundreds of news stories and a slew of compelling questions.

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NY Daily News:
Hillary Clinton hunkers in a bunker on secret emails

Discussion: America Rising

David Weigel / Bloomberg Business:

Jeb Bush, Confronted by DREAMer, Compares Obama Orders to Decrees of ‘Latin American Dictator’ — Jeb Bush joined the elite, uncomfortable club of possible 2016 presidential candidates confronted by immigration reform supporters who want legal recognition for the undocumented.

Discussion: Balloon Juice and National Review

Sarah Tully / Orange County Register:

Will UCI student officials veto U.S. flag ban today? — Where the flag once hung, student leaders Victoria Phan, left, Noelle Nguyen, Josh Nguyen and Tatiana Sarkhosh hang out in the legislative council's executive offices common area after UCI student government members voted the flag be taken off of a wall.

Discussion: Balloon Juice, Scared Monkeys, Patterico's Pontifications and Campus Reform

Jonathan Easley / The Hill:

Cruz: Menendez probe politically motivated — Des Moines, Iowa — Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) suggested Saturday that the Justice Department's criminal corruption charges against Sen. Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) are political retribution against the New Jersey Democrat for opposing the White House's negotiations with Iran.

Discussion: ABC News, Mediaite and Washington Times

Wesley Goheen / WNEM-TV:

Planet Fitness drops member after gender identity complaint — It's a business that sells itself on being non-judgmental but Planet Fitness has allegedly revoked the membership of a woman for complaining. — Yvette Cormier, a member at the Midland location, says she had no idea what that meant until a few days ago.