SOME NEWS: * Obama's stance on immigration seems familiar. * Giving the public what they want: California's voters are part of their economic problems. * Good read: Andrew Cohen on how to salvage the Guantanamo trials . * Israel stops working on the Palestinian Wall . * Why Obama is about to loosen certain gun restrictions . * Always informative: Marc Lynch on the Arab public opinion polls. * FiveThirtyEight has the simple explanation of why liberal blogs are more often cited in the media. * Howard Kurtz on the new Newsweek .