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5:50 PM ET, January 16, 2009

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Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Forgive and Forget?  —  Last Sunday President-elect Barack Obama was asked whether he would seek an investigation of possible crimes by the Bush administration.  “I don't believe that anybody is above the law,” he responded, but “we need to look forward as opposed to looking backwards.”
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Charles Krauthammer / Washington Post:
Exit Bush, Shoes Flying  —  Except for Richard Nixon, no president since Harry Truman has left office more unloved than George W. Bush.  Truman's rehabilitation took decades.  Bush's will come sooner.  Indeed, it has already begun.  The chief revisionist?  Barack Obama.
John Conyers Jr / Washington Post:
Why We Have to Look Back  —  This week, I released …
Joe Conason / Salon:
The real reason Bill Clinton pardoned Marc Rich  —  Eric Holder is sworn in at his confirmation hearing Thursday before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill.  —  From beginning to end, the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on Eric Holder's nomination as attorney general observed …
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CNN:
Freeh: Holder was ‘used’ in Rich pardon
Discussion: Spin Cycle and Salon
Glenn Thrush / Glenn Thrush's Blogs:
Schumer aide on inside track for U.S. Attorney in Manhattan
Discussion: Spin Cycle
Joseph F. Connor / Los Angeles Times:
Terrorists killed my dad
Discussion: Opinion L.A. and AmSpecBlog
Marc Ambinder:
Obama On The Employee Free Choice Act  —  Here's a transcribed portion of President-elect Barack Obama's interview yesterday with the Washington Post:
Discussion: MyDD, Publius Endures and Donklephant
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Washington Post:
Pragmatist-in-Chief  —  PRESIDENT-ELECT Barack Obama came to The Post editorial board yesterday with two messages sketchy on details yet reassuring in approach: a commitment to fiscal discipline, and a determination not to be bound by liberal, or indeed any, orthodoxy.
Amanda Carpenter / Townhall.com:
Dem Infighting  —  A reputable source tells Big Labor is …
Discussion: RedState
Michael D. Shear / Washington Post:
Obama Pledges Reform of Social Security, Medicare Programs  —  President-Elect Says He'll Reshape Social Security, Medicare Programs  —  President-elect Barack Obama pledged yesterday to shape a new Social Security and Medicare “bargain” with the American people, saying …
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Washington Post:
Senate Votes To Release Bailout Funds To Obama
Discussion: The Foundry
Marc Ambinder:
No Delay On Card Check, So Far
Ernie Singer / Arutz Sheva:
“Iranian Unit” Destroyed, Hamas was Suprised  —  (IsraelNN.com) The so-called “Iranian Unit” of Hamas has been destroyed, according to Gaza sources cited Thursday by the Haaretz daily.  The sources said most of the unit's 100 members were killed in fighting in the Zeytun neighborhood of Gaza City.
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Blogs and Stories:
Why Two Bush Appointees Are Refusing to Leave  —  The Mess Condi Left for Hillary by Mort Zuckerman  —  Blogs and Stories  —  Two U.S. attorneys appointed by Dubya are refusing to leave the Justice Department when Obama takes office.  Their explanation: they've got too many corrupt Democrats to prosecute!
Edmund L. Andrews / New York Times:
Rescue of Banks Hints at Nationalization  —  WASHINGTON — Last fall, as Federal Reserve and Treasury Department officials rode to the rescue of one financial institution after another, they took great pains to avoid doing anything that smacked of nationalizing banks.  —  They may no longer have that luxury.
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Afy_joe / AFY_Joe's Amplify Diary:
Federal tax dollars are going to clowns... literally.  CLOWNS.  —  Yes, literally clowns.  And not just just any clowns.  Clowns who teach middle schoolers sex education!  —  The good folks at the AIDS Taskforce of Greater Cleveland were kind enough to send this info to me touting the work …
James Fallows:
In case you were wondering, about that airplane in the Hudson  —  Yes, it is right to view the pilot, CB Sullenberger, as a hero for the mental composure and technical skill he showed after he (reportedly) lost power in both engines.  * Plus to celebrate the combination of luck and teamwork …
Discussion: Fausta's Blog
Evan Halper / Los Angeles Times:
California controller to suspend tax refunds, welfare checks  —  John Chiang announces that his office will suspend $3.7 billion in payments owed to Californians starting Feb. 1, as a result of the state's cash crisis.  Student grants are also affected.  —  Reporting from Sacramento …
Discussion: Firedoglake and Hot Air
Daniel Libit / The Politico:
It's over: Bush staffers make exits  —  The president will be the president until 12 noon Tuesday, but most of his employees will be gone by the close of business Friday.  —  They'll turn in their BlackBerrys, laptops, building passes and gym keys.  —  And by the time the weekend is out …
Discussion: Liberal Values and Wonkette
Emptywheel:
This Miracle Brought to You by America's Unions  —  They're calling it a miracle—the successful landing of a US Airways jet in the Hudson and subsequent rescue of all 155 passengers.  They're detailing the heroism of all involved, starting with the pilot and including cabin crew, ferry crews, and first responders.
Hollie McKay / Fox News:
Tom Hanks Says Mormon Supporters of Proposition 8 ‘Un-American’  —  LOS ANGELES —  Tom Hanks Says Mormon Supporters of Prop-8 “Un-American”  —  Tom Hanks, Executive Producer for HBO's controversial polygamist series “Big Love,” made his feelings toward the Mormon Church's involvement …
New York Times:
Left Engine Missing From Downed Plane  —  The left engine is missing from the US Airways Airbus A320 that splashed down in the Hudson River on Thursday afternoon, a member of the National Transportation Safety Board investigating the accident said Friday.  —  In addition, the transportation …
Discussion: New York Post, Gothamist and AmSpecBlog
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Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blogs:
Dawson pledges to becomes Obama's and Democrats' ‘worst nightmare’  —  For all the talk of a new era of cooperation in Washington, candidates for chairman of the RNC — the ultimate partisan job, after all — are having none of it.  —  In this new video, South Carolina GOP chair Katon Dawson …
Discussion: Salon
Daniel Libit / The Politico:
King: Obama ‘bizarre’ to use ‘Hussein’  —  Apologize?  Not so much.  —  But Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa), who last March predicted Al Qaida would be “dancing in the streets” if Barack Obama were elected president, now concedes that the dynamic has merely “shifted” on the terrorist front.
David Brooks / New York Times:
An Economy of Faith and Trust  —  Once there was just Newtonian physics and the world seemed neat and mechanical.  Then quantum physics came along and revealed that deep down things are much weirder than they seem.  Something similar is now happening with public policy.
Discussion: The Other McCain and Commentary
Richard Norton-Taylor / Guardian:
Video shows proof of phosphorus bombs in Gaza  —  Video showing injuries consistent with the use of white phosphorus shells has been filmed inside hospitals treating Palestinian wounded in Gaza City.  —  Contact with the shell remnants causes severe burns, sometimes burning the skin to the bone …
Wall Street Journal:
Fresh Clues of Iranian Nuclear Intrigue  —  WASHINGTON — U.S. security and law-enforcement officials say they have fresh evidence of recent efforts by Iran to evade sanctions and acquire metals from China used in high-tech weaponry, including long-range nuclear missiles.
New York Post:
NO DANCING!  —  SEN. John McCain might regret choosing Sarah Palin as his running mate, but an even worse decision will deprive his fellow Americans of what would have been the best season of “Dancing With the Stars” ever.  Our impeccably placed source says, “Just before Thanksgiving …
Associated Press:
Circuit City to close 567 remaining US stores  —  Bankrupt Circuit City Stores Inc., unable to work out a sale of the company, said Friday it will go out of business — closing its 567 U.S. stores and cutting 30,000 jobs.  —  The nation's second-biggest consumer electronics retailer …
Discussion: Donklephant
 
 
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Marc Ambinder:
Provocation of The Day: Coleman Could Still Win
Carol D. Leonnig / Washington Post:
Report Finds Major U.S. Companies Have Offshore Tax Havens
Discussion: The Seminal and Emptywheel
Sarah Lovenheim / Capitol Briefing:
Kaufman Replaces Biden in the Senate
Mary Jordan / Washington Post:
Americans, Feeling the Love
Roland S. Martin / CNN:
Martin: Bush should help rebuild Gulf Coast
Chris Cillizza / The Fix:
Axelrod Gives Up Ownership Stake in Consulting Firm
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Mexico's Instability Is a Real Problem
John Schwartz / New York Times:
Some Ask if Bailout Is Unconstitutional
Megan McArdle:
Stimulate us!  —  A few days ago, Obama was promising that 95% …
Discussion: Commentary and AmSpecBlog
 

 
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