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James Cowie / Renesys Blog:
Egypt Leaves the Internet — Confirming what a few have reported this evening: in an action unprecedented in Internet history, the Egyptian government appears to have ordered service providers to shut down all international connections to the Internet. Critical European-Asian fiber-optic …
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Dan Murphy / Christian Science Monitor:
Joe Biden says Egypt's Mubarak no dictator, he shouldn't step down... ... and wonders what the Egyptian protesters want. — Vice President Joe Biden spoke to the PBS NewsHour tonight with the most direct US governent comments yet about the gathering Egypt protests against President Hosni Mubarak's 29-year reign.
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Guardian:
Egyptian government on last legs, says Mohamed ElBaradei — Exclusive: Mohamed ElBaradei says he is sending a message ‘to the Guardian and to the world’ — The Egyptian dissident Mohamed ElBaradei warned President Hosni Mubarak today that his regime is on its last legs …
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New York Times:
Cables Show Delicate U.S. Dealings With Egypt's Leaders — WASHINGTON — It was Hillary Rodham Clinton's first meeting as secretary of state with President Hosni Mubarak, in March 2009, and the Egyptians had an odd request: Mrs. Clinton should not thank Mr. Mubarak for releasing an opposition leader from prison because he was ill.
Guardian:
Egypt protests escalate amid violent crackdown
Egypt protests escalate amid violent crackdown
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Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Biden: Hey, Mubarak's not a dictator
Biden: Hey, Mubarak's not a dictator
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Online NewsHour:
Exclusive | Biden: Mubarak Is Not a Dictator, But People Have a Right to Protest
Exclusive | Biden: Mubarak Is Not a Dictator, But People Have a Right to Protest
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Associated Press:
Egypt Nobel laureate ElBaradei under house arrest
Egypt Nobel laureate ElBaradei under house arrest
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Linda Feldmann / Christian Science Monitor:
At last, Obama addresses Egypt protests - on YouTube
At last, Obama addresses Egypt protests - on YouTube
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Ian Black / Guardian:
Egypt protest leaflets distributed in Cairo give blueprint for mass action
Egypt protest leaflets distributed in Cairo give blueprint for mass action
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New York Times:
Police Battle Huge Protests Across Egypt
Police Battle Huge Protests Across Egypt
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Alexis Madrigal / The Atlantic Online:
Egyptian Activists' Action Plan: Translated
Egyptian Activists' Action Plan: Translated
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Andree Toonk / BGPmon.net Blog:
Internet in Egypt offline
Internet in Egypt offline
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Elizabethe Holland / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Furor at Washington U. nixes Bristol Palin appearance — Anger over a decision to pay Bristol Palin several thousand dollars in student fees to talk to Washington University students about abstinence led to a decision Thursday night to nix Palin's appearance on a panel here next month.
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Student Life:
Bristol Palin will not speak at Washington University; SHAC says decision mutual — Students pack Wednesday night's Student Union Senate meeting to speak out against Bristol Palin's selection as the keynote speaker for Sexual Responsibility Week. Following student dissent …
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Patrick Hynes / New Hampshire Journal:
Top Dem: We will ‘hang’ Republicans — Amidst a national dialogue about softening political rhetoric, members of an Obama-affiliated organization are threatening to hang Granite State Republicans in the New Hampshire House of Representatives, according to a news story in the Citizen of Laconia.
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John Koziol / Citizen.com:
Area Democrats look ahead to 2012, regrouping efforts
Area Democrats look ahead to 2012, regrouping efforts
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Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
HOUSE GOP WEIGHS MEDICARE PRIVATIZATION.... To help finance the Affordable Care Act and ensure health care reform didn't add to the deficit, Democrats committed to $500 billion in cost savings from Medicare. Republicans, who've always been hostile to the system of socialized medicine, feigned outrage.
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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Schumer steps up Social Security assault on House Republicans
Schumer steps up Social Security assault on House Republicans
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Catherine Rampell / New York Times:
U.S. Economy Grew at 3.2% Rate in the 4th Quarter — The United States economy sped up its growth rate in the fourth quarter, chiefly on the backs of revitalized consumers and a narrowed trade deficit. — Gross domestic product, a broad measure of all the goods and services produced by the economy …
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Aleister / American Glob:
PROPAGANDA: Reagan And Obama On The Cover Of TIME — TIME Magazine's new February 2011 issue has a cover that features Ronald Reagan with his arm around a jovial Barack Obama. You can see the image below. This is propaganda. Plain and simple. — Anyone who knows anything …
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Publius / Big Government:
Exclusive: Sarah Palin to Headline Reagan 100 Celebration …
Exclusive: Sarah Palin to Headline Reagan 100 Celebration …
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USA Today:
TNT apologizes for Tracy Morgan's suggestive comments on Palin — TNT wasted no time apologizing for Tracy Morgan's suggestive comments about Sarah Palin on Thursday night. — Morgan, star of NBC's 30 Rock sitcom, said during TNT's nationally televised Inside the NBA that he fantasized …
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Clout St:
Supreme Court: Emanuel on Chicago mayor ballot — UPDATED at 7:15 p.m. by Liam Ford, Jeff Coen and David Heinzmann with more detail from Supreme Court opinion; election authority comment; ruling a topic in tonight's mayoral debate. — The Illinois Supreme Court ruled today that Rahm Emanuel …
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Monica Davey / New York Times:
Court Allows Emanuel on Ballot for Chicago Mayor
Court Allows Emanuel on Ballot for Chicago Mayor
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Shira Toeplitz / The Politico:
Paul, Vitter challenge birthright citizenship — Two Republican senators introduced controversial immigration legislation Thursday aimed at the Constitution's 14th Amendment, which grants babies born in this country automatic United States citizenship. — Sens. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) …
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Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Their Own Private Europe — President Obama's State of the Union address was a ho-hum affair. But the official Republican response, from Representative Paul Ryan, was really interesting. And I don't mean that in a good way. — Mr. Ryan made highly dubious assertions about employment, health care and more.
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Vicki Needham / The Hill:
Johanns bill to repeal healthcare law's 1099 provision reaches 60 co-sponsors — A bipartisan bill in the Senate that would repeal the unpopular 1099 provision in the healthcare law garnered 60 co-sponsors on Thursday, giving the legislation its best chance at passage so far.
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Jonathan Allen / The Politico:
Republicans terrified of tea — When Minnesota Rep. Michele Bachmann was named to the House Intelligence Committee earlier this year, one of her Republican colleagues responded this way: “Is that a punchline?” Another simply said, “Jumbo shrimp. Oxymoron.” — Neither dared to attach his name to his comment.
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Ezra Klein:
Wonkbook: Filibuster reform dead — So why did Senate Democrats agree, in principle, that simple majorities can't change the Senate's rules, and even exceedingly modest changes to the filibuster are out-of-bounds? Easy: They're a simple majority now, but someday soon, they'll be a simple minority.
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Lbentzterp / CNN:
Santorum announces Iowa hires — Washington (CNN) - Call it another signal from Rick Santorum that he's getting ready to officially run for the 2012 Republican presidential nomination. — The former senator from Pennsylvania announced Friday that two experienced Republican strategists in Iowa …
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Reuters:
DAVOS-UPDATE 1-Minor explosion in Davos hotel, nobody hurt — Left-wing activists claimed responsibility for a minor explosion on Thursday at a hotel in Davos, close to where top executives and world leaders were meeting, but nobody was hurt. — Devin Wenig, CEO of Thomson Reuters' Markets division …
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