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Mark Landler / New York Times:
Obama Urges Mubarak Not to Run Again — WASHINGTON — President Obama has told the embattled president of Egypt, Hosni Mubarak, that he should not run for another term in elections in the fall, effectively withdrawing American support for its closest Arab ally, according to American diplomats in Cairo and Washington.
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Mubarak Says He Will Not Run for Presidency Again — Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak said on Tuesday he would not leave Egypt although he would step down from the presidency at the end of his term, due to end when the country holds a presidential election in September.
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Commentary, The Moderate Voice, National Review, Washington Post, Guardian, Time, AMERICAblog News, Big Peace, World Threats and New York Times
Washington Post:
Mubarak announcement disappoints Obama administration — President Obama said Tuesday that a transition to democracy in Egypt “must begin now” and should lead to opposition participation in free and fair elections. — Speaking after Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak's announcement Tuesday …
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Stellaa / Sarthanapalos:
A Guide: How Not To Say Stupid Stuff About Egypt — The past few days I have heard so many stupid things from friends, blogs, pundits, correspondents, politicians, experts, writers that I want to pull my hair. So, I will not beat around the bush, I will be really blunt and give you a handy list …
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Guardian, AOL News and Shakesville
John Kerry / New York Times:
Allying Ourselves With the Next Egypt — EVEN if the protests shaking Egypt subside in the coming days, the chaos of the last week has forever changed the relationship between the Egyptian people and their government. The anger and aspirations propelling a diverse range of citizens …
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Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish:
How They're Attacking Obama — Matt Yglesias takes time out for some ideological point-scoring: … I honestly don't have a good enough recollection of 2003 to 2005 to gauge the accuracy of Matt's characterization. But it is interesting to me that President Obama is being attacked …
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driftglass and Jay Bookman
Reuters:
Protesters defiant after Mubarak speech
Protesters defiant after Mubarak speech
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The Maddow Blog, Wall Street Journal, Hot Air, FP Passport, Jihad Watch and Weasel Zippers
Los Angeles Times:
U.S. envoy tells Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak to step aside
U.S. envoy tells Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak to step aside
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USA Today, New York Times, Political Punch, Examiner, CANNONFIRE, The Daily Dish, Sky Dancing, The Atlantic Online and POMED
Max Boot / Commentary:
The Mubarak Mirage and the ElBaradei Conundrum
The Mubarak Mirage and the ElBaradei Conundrum
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Fox News, No More Mister Nice Blog and Daniel W. Drezner
Eric Dondero / Libertarian Republican:
Egyptian Lt. Gen. Sami Enan to take over for Mubarak?
Egyptian Lt. Gen. Sami Enan to take over for Mubarak?
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Fox News, Gulf News, The Maddow Blog, The Other McCain, AmSpecBlog, Danger Room, Reuters, Big Government and Hot Air
Michael O'Brien / The Hill:
Obama calls for transition in Egypt to begin immediately
Obama calls for transition in Egypt to begin immediately
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The Atlantic Online and Hot Air
Nicholas Kristof / Nicholas D. Kristof:
Clueless in Cairo — So President Hosni Mubarak has announced …
Clueless in Cairo — So President Hosni Mubarak has announced …
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The Huffington Post, Telegraph, Pajamas Media, Jay Bookman, The Daily Dish and Boing Boing
David Brooks / New York Times:
The Quest for Dignity — I wonder if sometime around 50 years ago …
The Quest for Dignity — I wonder if sometime around 50 years ago …
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The Maddow Blog and POMED
Richard Cohen / Washington Post:
A democratic Egypt or a state of hate?
A democratic Egypt or a state of hate?
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Foreign Policy, Salon, normblog, Big Peace, Mondoweiss, Swampland, Questions and Observations, Elder of Ziyon, Grim's Hall, Da Techguy's Blog and Firedoglake
Ed Morrissey / Hot Air:
Video: Planned Parenthood offering advice to pimps? Update: Did PP call the feds? — Live Action released another undercover expose of Planned Parenthood today, this time at the Perth Amboy, New Jersey clinic. Posing as a pimp and a prostitute, the pair asked the PP manager how best …
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Jeremy Schulman / Media Matters for America:
HOAX VIDEO EXPOSED: Planned Parenthood Already Reported “Sex Trafficking” To FBI — Today, anti-abortion rights propagandist Lila Rose released her latest in a series of heavily edited videos seeking to demonstrate that Planned Parenthood engages in criminal activities.
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Hullabaloo and Daily Kos
Lila Rose / Big Government:
Shock Investigation: Planned Parenthood Advises ‘Pimp’ …
Shock Investigation: Planned Parenthood Advises ‘Pimp’ …
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Live Action Blog, Big Journalism, NewsReal Blog, Sister Toldjah, AOL News, The Blast and JammieWearingFool
Kathryn Jean Lopez / National Review:
Planned Parenthood, ‘Safe Haven’ for Sex Trafficking: A Shocking, Breaking Video
Planned Parenthood, ‘Safe Haven’ for Sex Trafficking: A Shocking, Breaking Video
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Gawker, NewsBusters.org blogs, Pajamas Media, iOwnTheWorld.com, Grim's Hall, In The Agora and Pundit & Pundette
David Perel / The Huffington Post:
Technology & Psychology: The Never-Before-Revealed Details of Why John Edwards Finally Confessed to Affair — It took two years, thousands of man hours and a cross-country chase to catch John Edwards cheating. — That was the easy part. — Even after gathering and publishing overwhelming proof …
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Shane D'Aprile / Ballot Box:
Sen. Webb raises $12K in final quarter of 2010
Sen. Webb raises $12K in final quarter of 2010
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Outside the Beltway and National Review
John Hudson / Los Angeles Times:
Rachel Maddow and NBC Struggle With Satire — WASHINGTON, DC - The Internet's finest satirists hooked a big fish in the media world last night. In an embarrassing segment on her MSNBC show, Rachel Maddow slammed conservatives for attacking President Obama's Egypt policies.
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Larry O'Connor / Breitbart.tv:
MSNBC's Maddow Reports Internet Spoof Story as Fact
MSNBC's Maddow Reports Internet Spoof Story as Fact
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Argus Leader:
Bill would require all S.D. citizens to buy a gun — Five South Dakota lawmakers have introduced legislation that would require any adult 21 or older to buy a firearm “sufficient to provide for their ordinary self-defense.” — The bill, which would take effect Jan. 1, 2012 …
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David Eldridge / Washington Times:
Tardy senator draws dressing-down — Back home they were often superstars, governors, or state attorneys general, but here in Washington they are now just freshman senators — a lesson Sen. Richard Blumenthal learned on Monday when he got dressed down by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid …
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Washington Post and The Fix
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Vicki Needham / The Hill:
Senate Appropriations announces earmark ban
Senate Appropriations announces earmark ban
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The Politico, CNN, Sunlight Foundation Blog and The Note
Gschwarzcnn / CNN:
Senate to hold vote on repeal of health care law — By: CNN Senior Congressional Correspondent Dana Bash — Washington (CNN) - Senate leaders from both political parties have agreed to hold a vote on legislation repealing President Barack Obama's health care overhaul - a top priority of GOP congressional leaders.
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Brian Beutler / TPMDC:
GOP Sens Admit: Goal Of Changing Health Care Law Is To Kill It
GOP Sens Admit: Goal Of Changing Health Care Law Is To Kill It
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The Political Carnival and Zandar Versus The Stupid
Jennifer Haberkorn / The Politico:
Mitch McConnell grabs opening for health care vote
Mitch McConnell grabs opening for health care vote
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The Atlantic Online, The Daily Caller, Weigel, Politics Daily and The Note
Mike Riggs / The Daily Caller:
Valerie Jarrett to uniformed general: More wine, garçon! — In Washington, bigwigs can misspeak and misstep a million times without drawing attention. And then there are the seemingly harmless moments that stick to a person like super glue: Joe Wilson barking “You lie!”
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Maggie's Notebook, Fox Nation, Weasel Zippers and Hot Air
Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
A VISION OF FOREIGN POLICY THAT ONLY BECK CAN PROVIDE.... Over the last year or so, Fox News' Glenn Beck has lost about a third of his audience, which is a pretty significant drop, and may very well lead the deranged media personality to think of ways to bring viewers back.
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Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish:
“This Is Important Stuff” — Above is a Glenn Beck clip …
“This Is Important Stuff” — Above is a Glenn Beck clip …
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Pew Hispanic Center:
Unauthorized Immigrant Population: National and State Trends, 2010 — As of March 2010, 11.2 million unauthorized immigrants were living in the United States, virtually unchanged from a year earlier, according to new estimates from the Pew Hispanic Center, a project of the Pew Research Center.
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New York Times, Wonk Room, PostPartisan and ImmigrationProf Blog
Rep. Joe Courtney / The Huffington Post:
Anti-Health Care Republicans Officially Receive Taxpayer-Funded Coverage — Today, Republican Members of Congress who ran on a platform of repealing health care and patients' rights for millions of Americans officially began receiving their own Congressional health insurance.
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Ezra Klein:
An interview with Mark Pauly, father of the individual mandate — In 1991, economist Mark Pauly was the lead author of a Health Affairs paper attempting to persuade President George H.W. Bush and his administration to adopt a universal health-care proposal that would keep the government from eventually taking over the sector.
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ECHIDNE of the snakes, Sky Dancing, Marginal Revolution and The Incidental Economist
Telegraph:
WikiLeaks: FBI hunts the 9/11 gang that got away — The FBI has launched a manhunt for a previously unknown team of men suspected to be part of the 9/11 attacks, the Daily Telegraph can disclose. — An airliner explodes in a fireball as it hits the south tower of the World Trade Centre on September 11, 2001
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The Jawa Report and Maggie's Notebook