Politico's Michael Calderone comes up with a nice little piece of reporting on the continuing shakeup at the Washington Times. He got departing national security editor Barbara Slavin to say this: "'None of us understand what the strategy is,' adding that the cuts have been done in a 'haphazard way.'"
Not so spectacular, you say? [...]

In case you missed it, Maureen Dowd flat-out plagiarized either a) Talking Points Memo's Josh Marshall or b) One of her friends, who quoted Josh Marshall in a phone call with Dowd. Either way, Dowd stole some shit and admitted it. Michael Calderone reports that it doesn't really matter. From NYT spokesperson Diane McNulty: