memeorandum: More Egyptian protesters demand that White House condemn Mubarak (Leila Fadel/Washington Post)

5:20 AM ET, January 30, 2011

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Jordan's opposition: Arabs will topple tyrants — AMMAN, Jordan (AP) - The leader of Jordan's powerful Muslim Brotherhood warned Saturday that unrest in Egypt will spread across the Mideast and Arabs will topple leaders allied with the United States. — Hammam Saeed's comments …

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Laura Rozen / The Politico:

Ex-officials urge Obama to suspend aid to Egypt — A bipartisan group of former U.S. officials and foreign policy scholars is urging the Obama administration to suspend all economic and military aid to Egypt until the government agrees to carry out early elections and to suspend Egypt's draconian state …

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STRATFOR:

Red Alert: Hamas and the Muslim Brotherhood — The following is a report from a STRATFOR source in Hamas. Hamas, which formed in Gaza as an outgrowth of the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood (MB), has an interest in exaggerating its role and coordination with the MB in this crisis.

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The Independent:

Robert Fisk: Egypt: Death throes of a dictatorship — Our writer joins protesters atop a Cairo tank as the army shows signs of backing the people against Mubarak's regime — The Egyptian tanks, the delirious protesters sitting atop them, the flags, the 40,000 protesters weeping and crying …

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Leila Fadel / Washington Post:

More Egyptian protesters demand that White House condemn Mubarak — CAIRO - In a dusty alleyway in downtown Cairo, Gamal Mohammed Manshawi held out a dirty plastic bag Saturday afternoon. Inside were smashed gas canisters and the casings of rubber bullets that he said Egyptian police had fired at anti-government demonstrators.

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Carnegie Endowment for International Peace:

A Need For Free and Fair Elections in Egypt: A Statement by the Working Group on Egypt … Amidst the turmoil in Egypt, it is important for the United States to remain focused on the interests of the Egyptian people as well as the legitimacy and stability of the Egyptian government.

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Amos Harel / Haaretz:

Egypt riots are an intelligence chief's nightmare — Western intelligence in general and Israeli intelligence in particular did not foresee the scope of change in Egypt, which may require a reorganization of the IDF. — The events of the last few days in Egypt - apparently …

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Barry Rubin / GLORIA Center:

Special Report: The Revolt in Egypt and U.S. Policy — We depend on your contributions. Tax-deductible donation through PayPal or credit card: click here. When processing your donation through PayPal please indicate in the “Special Instructions for Seller Box” for GLORIA Center.

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Amb / Fox News:
AMB. JOHN BOLTON: Is Democracy Coming to Egypt at Last?

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Elisabeth Bumiller / New York Times:
Calling for Restraint, Pentagon Faces Test of Influence With Ally

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Reuters:
FACTBOX - Omar Suleiman, new Egyptian vice-president

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Marc Lynch:
Obama's handling Egypt pretty well

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Latme / Babylon & Beyond:
EGYPT: Opposition figure Mohamed ElBaradei accuses U.S. of dropping the ball

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Associated Press:
Egypt's Mubarak names vice president for 1st time

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The Huffington Post:
Obama Administration Cut Funding To Promote Democracy In Egypt …

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France24: Top dissident ElBaradei says President Mubarak must go

Zaid Jilani / ThinkProgress:
No Longer Caring About Democracy, Bolton Disparages Egypt Protests …

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Hrag Vartanian / Hyperallergic:

Breaking: Images of Egyptian Museum Damage [UPDATE 28] Al-Jazeera: NDP Fires Still Threaten Museum, AP: King Tut Treasures Safe … UPDATE 24: Sat. Jan 29 12:43pm EST: Al-Jazeera has broadcast video of the damage at the National Museum, aka Egyptian Museum.

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J.J. Gould / The Atlantic Online:

Liveblogging Egypt: Day 2, Cont'd — Tracking the ongoing demonstrations and government response — 7:00 p.m. EST / 2:00 a.m. Cairo Egypt's ambassador to the U.S. may be onto something. In an interview on CNN's The Situation Room: “There is a sense of crisis in the country.”

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Al Jazeera Blogs:
Live blog 29/1 - Egypt protests

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Robert Mackey / The Lede:
Latest Updates on Protests in Egypt

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hrw.org:
Live Updates From Egypt

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Robert F. Worth / New York Times:
Al Jazeera Covers Protests Despite Hurdles

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The White House:

Weekly Address: “America Will Win the Future by Out-Innovating, Out-Educating, and Out-Building Our Competitors” — WASHINGTON - In this week's address, President Obama called Orion Energy Systems in Manitowoc, Wisconsin an example of how America can win the future by being the best place on Earth to do business.

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Jesse Lee / White House.gov Blog:
Weekly Address: Out-Innovating, Out-Educating & Out-Building Our Competitors

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Ian Millhiser / ThinkProgress:

Virginia House Revives Doctrine of ‘Interposition’ Last Used To Defend Jim Crow — Segregationist Virginia Senator Harry Byrd Sr. — In response to the landmark Affordable Care Act, numerous right-wing state lawmakers have introduced unconstitutional bills attempting to nullify this federal law.

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Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:

THE ANTI-SCIENCE PARTY.... This segment, by way of Daily Kos' Jed Lewison, helps reinforce much of what's wrong with the state of critical thinking in the Republican Party. — “Real Time” host Bill Maher asked Rep. Jack Kingston (R-Ga.) a fairly straightforward question: “Do you believe in evolution?”

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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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