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Marc Lynch:
Obama's handling Egypt pretty well — After President Obama spoke last night about the situation in Egypt, my Twitter feed and inbox filled up with angry denunciations, with lots of people complaining bitterly that he had endorsed Mubarak's grim struggle to hold on to power …
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David D. Kirkpatrick / New York Times:
Egyptians Defiant as Mubarak Appoints a No. 2 — CAIRO — Tens of thousands of protesters once again defied President Hosni Mubarak's curfews and threats of a harsh crackdown, taking to the streets for a fifth day as the Egyptian leader struggled to hold on to the power that he has maintained in nearly 30 years of authoritarian rule.
Griff Witte / Washington Post:
Egyptian troops let protests proceed as Mubarak names vice president — CAIRO - Tens of thousands of pro-democracy demonstrators swarmed central Cairo on Saturday in the largest demonstration yet against the rule of the country's longtime autocratic leader, President Hosni Mubarak.
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The Politico, Aljazeera, Little Green Footballs, CNN, Hot Air, msnbc.com and Mish's Global Economic …
Al Jazeera Blogs:
Live blog 29/1 - Egypt protests — on January 29th, 2011. — Visit our special Anger in Egypt coverage page. — Watch Al Jazeera English broadcasting live from Cairo, Suez and Alexandria. — Read up on a timeline of the past four days of unprecedented protests.
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Firedoglake, The Daily Dish, Hullabaloo, Daily Kos and Open Left
BBC:
LIVE: Egypt unrest day five — Live coverage of the fifth day of anti-government protests in Egypt, as tens of thousands of demonstrators return to the streets in several cities, after the Egyptian president fired his cabinet and promised reforms but refused to step down.
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Telegraph, Blogcritics, Mediaite, POMED, Online NewsHour and The Huffington Post
Latme / Babylon & Beyond:
EGYPT: Opposition figure Mohamed ElBaradei accuses U.S. of dropping the ball — Egyptian dissident Mohamed ElBaradei called the U.S. position on the Egyptian crisis a disappointment and condemned Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak's early Satruday morning speech as “almost an insult to the intelligence of the Egyptian people.”
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Outside the Beltway, The Gateway Pundit, Open Left, Los Angeles Times and Pajamas Media
CNN:
JOHN KING, USA — Unrest in Egypt — THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED. — JOHN KING, HOST: Thanks Wolf and good evening everyone. Tonight Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak tries to quiet a political crisis, but his defiant tone leaves …
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POMED
CNN:
Egypt protests draw mixed reaction in region — Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (CNN) — Saudi Arabia slammed protesters in Egypt as “infiltrators” who seek to destabilize their country Saturday while an Iranian official called on Egypt to “abide by the rightful demands of the nation” and avoid violent reactions.
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BBC, Pajamas Media, Weekly Standard and Associated Press
Washington Post:
The U.S. needs to break with Mubarak now
The U.S. needs to break with Mubarak now
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ThinkProgress, The Moderate Voice, Guardian, New York Times, Booman Tribune, The Plum Line and Ben Smith's Blog
Robert F. Worth / New York Times:
Al Jazeera Covers Protests Despite Hurdles
Al Jazeera Covers Protests Despite Hurdles
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Crooks and Liars, Sky Dancing, Suburban Guerrilla and The Daily Beast, more at Mediagazer »
Rep. Thaddeus G. McCotter / Human Events:
America Must Stand With Her Ally Egypt
America Must Stand With Her Ally Egypt
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American Power, The Other McCain, Hot Air, Fox News, The Gateway Pundit and Political Punch
Michael O'Brien / The Hill:
Kerry: Premature to threaten cutting Egypt's $1.3B aid
Kerry: Premature to threaten cutting Egypt's $1.3B aid
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Weasel Zippers and The Hill
Amb / Fox News:
AMB. JOHN BOLTON: Is Democracy Coming to Egypt at Last?
AMB. JOHN BOLTON: Is Democracy Coming to Egypt at Last?
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AmSpecBlog, FrumForum, Atlas Shrugs, The Daily Caller and The Washington Note
Jesse Lee / White House.gov Blog:
President Obama on the Situation in Egypt: “All Governments Must …
President Obama on the Situation in Egypt: “All Governments Must …
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Outside the Beltway, New York Times, Blue Virginia, The Agonist and The Daily Dish
President Barack Obama / Time:
Transcript: President Obama's Remarks on Egypt
Transcript: President Obama's Remarks on Egypt
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Babylon & Beyond, LewRockwell.com Blog, Political Language and Reuters
Robert Stacy McCain / The Other McCain:
‘Whose Bright Idea Was It to Send Joe Biden Out to Talk About Egypt?’
‘Whose Bright Idea Was It to Send Joe Biden Out to Talk About Egypt?’
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The Gateway Pundit, Weekly Standard, Don Surber and Firedoglake
Caroline Glick:
The pragmatic fantasy — Today the Egyptian regime faces …
The pragmatic fantasy — Today the Egyptian regime faces …
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Power Line, Wall Street Journal, NY Daily News, Pajamas Media and Commentary
Gil Yaron / Spiegel Online:
Israel Fears Regime Change in Egypt
Israel Fears Regime Change in Egypt
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Salon, Hot Air and Newshoggers.com
Telegraph:
Egypt protests: America's secret backing for rebel leaders behind uprising
Egypt protests: America's secret backing for rebel leaders behind uprising
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AmSpecBlog, The Daily Caller, Guardian, Harry's Place, Hit & Run, Big Peace, Hot Air, Israpundit, UNCOVERAGE.net, The Daily Beast, Pajamas Media, Raw Story, The Daily Dish, The Gateway Pundit, LewRockwell.com Blog, Atlas Shrugs, Instapundit, Firedoglake, The Angry Arab News Service/ and Foreign Policy
Mark Landler / New York Times:
Obama Cautions Embattled Ally Against Violence
Obama Cautions Embattled Ally Against Violence
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JustOneMinute, News Desk, Outside the Beltway, Washington Post, Guardian, Big Peace and Patterico's Pontifications
Brian Katulis / Center for American Progress:
Time to Rethink U.S.-Egyptian Relations
Time to Rethink U.S.-Egyptian Relations
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Yglesias
The Politico:
Right takes refuge in Constitution — The federal lawsuits against last year's health care overhaul were greeted with eye-rolling and snickers from many conventional legal scholars. — Nobody's laughing now. — A federal judge in Virginia ruled late last year that a key underpinning …
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Althouse and Right Wing News
Myglesias / Yglesias:
Karl Marx, Real Business Cycle Theorist — Kudos to Benjamin Kunkel for trying to present an accessible Marxist account of the current financial crisis. I was struck reading the piece, though, by how similar the Kunkel/Harvery/Marx account of the crisis is to linguistically and ideologically quite different accounts from the right.
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Grasping Reality …
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Benjamin Kunkel / London Review of Books:
Benjamin Kunkel: Marx's Return
Mark Perry / Foreign Policy:
Not worth the paper they're printed on — This week's release of the Palestine Papers by Al Jazeera television might well be a classic example of “burying the lede.” While the revelations sparked revulsion among Palestinians about how much their leadership conceded in talks with Israel …
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Salon, Babylon & Beyond, The Huffington Post, Suburban Guerrilla and Mondoweiss
Joe Nocera / New York Times:
Inquiry Is Missing Bottom Line — There was something almost comical about the way the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission released its report on Thursday morning. — About a week ago, reporters were told they would get a sneak preview of the report the morning of its release. The location was undisclosed.
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The Huffington Post, naked capitalism, Prairie Weather and The Big Picture
Michael O'Brien / The Hill:
Obama ‘willing’ to golf with Boehner — President Obama is willing to play golf with House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) to help improve their relationship, a top White House adviser said Saturday. — Outgoing White House senior adviser David Axelrod said that the chances are “good” …
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Jonathan Chait / The New Republic:
Who Wants To Be Paul Ryan's Press Secretary? — News stories about Paul Ryan have increasingly come to resemble an open competition for the job of Paul Ryan's press secretary. The latest audition, from ABC News, actually compares him to Kevin Kline's character in “Dave,” …
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Paul Krugman:
The Wal-Mart Decade — I've been putting some material together for textbook revision, and found myself looking at European versus US productivity performance over the past couple of decades. I sort of knew the facts here, but this recent paper by Bart van Ark (pdf) seemed …