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Israel urges world to curb criticism of Egypt's Mubarak — Jerusalem seeks to convince its allies that it is in the West's interest to maintain the stability of the Egyptian regime. — Israel called on the United States and a number of European countries over the weekend to curb their criticism …
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Mubarak ‘will have to leave,’ says Carter — Former President Jimmy Carter said Sunday that Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak will likely be forced to step down because “the people have decided,” according to a news report. — “This is the most profound situation in the Middle East since I left office …
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Income Inequality In The U.S. Is Worse Than In Egypt — Protests in Egypt continued for a seventh day today, and pro-democracy demonstrators are organizing a “march of millions” to take place tomorrow. As financial markets dip across the Middle East, financial prognosticators are trying …
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Questions and Observations, Guardian, Left Coast Rebel and New York Times

Poll: Egyptian Public's Views Toward United States Are Much Improved — Understandably, there's been a lot of concern about what sort of regime might replace Hosni Mubarak's in Egypt, if a new one replaces it at all. — How friendly might a new regime be toward the United States, for instance?
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Muslim Brotherhood Wants War With Israel
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It's never been about Palestine
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A Chequer-Board of Nights …, Washington Post, Betsy's Page, Fausta's Blog, FrumForum and Commentary

Former officials, scholars warned of coming instability in Egypt
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Commentary, FiveThirtyEight, Lawyers, Guns & Money, Wake up America, POMED, Israel Matzav, Mondoweiss and New York Times

The Devil We Know — As the world ponders the fate of Egypt …
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Washington Post, The Foundry, Liberty Pundits Blog, Cato @ Liberty, The Daily Dish, Runnin' Scared, American Power, alicublog and Mondoweiss

Fear the Muslim Brotherhood
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Barack Obama braces for Jon Huntsman 2012 bid — The White House expects Jon Huntsman, the U.S. Ambassador to China, to resign his post this spring to explore a bid for the Republican presidential nomination, top Democrats said. — GOP allies of Huntsman have already begun laying plans …
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The Latest Huntsman 2012 News — I feel compelled to step in and briefly say something about this. Previously here and here. — Various sources — notably Jake Tapper here, and Politico here — are reporting that “White House officials” expect Jon Huntsman (right, with one of his daughters) …
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WH Expects Huntsman to Resign, Explore 2012 Bid
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Ezra Klein, TPMDC, Politics Daily, The Atlantic Online, The Daily Caller and Oliver Willis

Federal Judge Rules Health Law Violates Constitution — A second federal judge ruled on Monday that it was unconstitutional for Congress to enact a health care law that requires Americans to obtain commercial insurance, evening the score at two-to-two in the lower courts as the conflicting opinions begin …
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The Moderate Voice, The New Republic and Althouse
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BREAKING NEWS: Florida Judge Rules Against ObamaCare, Individual …
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US judge may escalate battle over healthcare reform
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Obama Health-Care Reform Act Ruled Unconstitutional
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Sky Dancing, FrumForum and Wake up America

Key points — Egyptians are holding a seventh day of mass demonstrations calling for President Mubarak to step down. — Military helicopters continue to circle over Cairo's central Tahrir Square where crowds of people defied an overnight curfew. — Police in Egypt are returning …
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Danger Room, Open Left, Runnin' Scared, Aljazeera, Middle East, EA WorldView and msnbc.com
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‘Mega protest’ planned in Egypt — Opposition movement calls for one “million people demonstration” on Tuesday in a bid to topple president Hosni Mubarak. — Egyptian protesters have called for a massive demonstration on Tuesday in a bid to force out president Hosni Mubarak from power.
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DCCC picks 19 early GOP House targets — The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) has pegged its first GOP targets of the 2012 cycle, launching radio and Web ads in the districts of 19 House Republicans this week. — Democrats need to pick up 25 House seats to win back the majority in 2012.
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Americans Believe GOP Should Consider Tea Party Ideas — Half of Republicans are Tea Party supporters; 5% are “opponents” — PRINCETON, NJ — About 7 in 10 national adults, including 88% of Republicans, say it is important that Republican leaders in Congress take the Tea Party movement's positions …


The uncivil left — Showing no concern for the new civility push that followed the Arizona massacre, a group of leftist activists from groups including Code Pink, Common Cause and jewel of liberal think tanks, the Center for American Progress, turned into a loud mob complete with Nazi imagery outside …
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Hot Air and Commentary
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The Kochs vs. Soros: Free markets vs. state coercion
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‘Pay China First’ — Republicans' Wild Plan To Avoid U.S. Debt Default — New Republican legislation in the House and Senate would force the U.S. government to reroute huge amounts of money to China and other creditors in the event that Congress fails to raise its debt ceiling.
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Fox News, Examiner, Daily Kos, RedState and The Impolitic

Big Law Firm Takes Down Big Conservative Blogger — I'm late to this, but the story has not received a lot of coverage in the conservative blogosphere. Paul Mirengoff of Power Line blog no longer is of Power Line blog. — Mirengoff is an attorney at Akin Gump, a big law firm …
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The Other McCain, Riehl World View and protein wisdom


House Republicans Plan to Redefine Rape — Drugged, Raped, and Pregnant? Too bad — Republicans are Pushing to Limit Rape and Incest Cases Eligible for Government Abortion Funding — Rape is only really rape if it involves force, according to the new House Republican majority as it now moves to change abortion law.
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Liberty Pundits Blog, Taylor Marsh, NewsBusters.org blogs and The Moderate Voice


Professor Cornpone — Ethanol lobbyist Newt Gingrich and us—and the future of the GOP — The last time these columns were lambasted by a presidential candidate in Iowa, he was Democrat Richard Gephardt and the year was 1988. The Missouri populist won the state caucuses in part on the rallying cry that …
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Was Spying On Us In The Pledge? — Earnest as many Tea Partiers are in wanting a smaller, less intrusive government, it's going to be difficult to take their movement seriously if they keep insisting that the Republican Party is the only choice for liberty-minded individuals, as this CNET story shows:
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