How the right-wing echo chamber fabricated the “Pelosi’s mouse” talking point from thin air.

Did Sen. Collins leave Mainers out in the cold on home heating help?

On the other hand, mass transit seems to have gotten a bit more love in the final bill.

Thanks to some timely reader tips, we’re getting some of the details on what’s in and what’s out of the final version of the stimulus bill. Elana Schor reports here and here and here.

Late Update: It never hurts to repeat that until the final i is dotted and t crossed and the bill is filed of record that things are subject to change. But things are pretty far along at this stage, down to the brass tacks.

That Rasmussen poll a week ago, which showed declining support for the Stimulus Bill, got lots of press play. So how about the new Rasmussen poll which shows support for the bill on the upswing? The way Rasmussen has been posing the question yields a general weak support number. But the trend is clear.