The Huffington Post commits journalism; world applauds. It’s done several video mashups of national Republicans scorning the effects of the sequester and local TV news outlets detailing just what the effects are in their cities and towns.

• Recovery efforts following a tornado in Atlanta are being drained of federal help because of sequestration related cuts. [WAGA-TV]
• The Georgia Department of Labor is figuring out how to reduce unemployment benefits by nearly 11 percent starting on March 31. [WSB-TV]

• The Spokane County Meals On Wheels is looking at a 45,000 budget cut. “I’m scared,” the program quoted one official with the group saying. “How do we keep serving all the people that need it?” [KREM-TV]

• Cleanup efforts following the Hanford nuclear leak in Washington state are complicated by 171 million in sequester-related budget cuts. “The largest part of those cuts would be in underground tank management,” reported KCPQ in Seattle. “New leaks were just discovered in six of those tanks.” [KCPQ-TV, KPTV-TV]

There’s plenty more at that link.