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New York Times:
Clashes Erupt in Cairo Between Mubarak's Allies and Foes — CAIRO — President Obama's calls for a rapid transition to a new order in Egypt seemed eclipsed on Wednesday as thousands of demonstrators for and against President Hosni Mubarak, some on horses and camels, fought running battles in and around Cairo's Tahrir Square.
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Christiane Amanpour / ABCNEWS:
Egypt Protests Turn Violent — Pro- and Anti-Mubarak Crowds Collide in the Worst Clashes Since Friday — We just got back to the hotel after trying to film on the bridge into Tahrir Square. — An angry mob surrounded us and chased us into the car shouting that they hate America.
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Nicholas Kristof / Nicholas D. Kristof:
The View From Tahrir — Today President Mubarak seems to have decided to crack down on the democracy movement, using not police or army troops but rather mobs of hoodlums and thugs. I've been spending hours on Tahrir today, and it is absurd to think of this as simply “clashes” between two rival groups.
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Alex Seitz-Wald / ThinkProgress:
Fox Takes 50 Minute Break From Regular Programming To Run News Corp Infomercial — As Americans and the world are gripped by the ongoing crisis in Egypt, news organizations have devoted wall-to-wall coverage to the protests — that is, except for Fox News, which interrupted its news programing …
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Thomas L. Friedman / New York Times:
B.E., Before Egypt. A.E., After Egypt. — I'm meeting a retired Israeli general at a Tel Aviv hotel. As I take my seat, he begins the conversation with: “Well, everything we thought for the last 30 years is no longer relevant.” — That pretty much sums up the disorienting sense of shock …
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Graeme Wood / The Atlantic Online:
The Battle in Cairo's Tahrir Square — A first-hand account from our correspondent on the scene in Egypt — CAIRO, Egypt — The Egyptian protest started getting violent early this afternoon, a few minutes after a cheerful girl, about 14 years old, handed me a caramel.
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Lindsay Powers / Hollywood Reporter:
Anderson Cooper Attacked by Mob in Egypt … Anderson Cooper was attacked in Egypt Wednesday. — CNN producer Steve Brusk Tweeted, “Anderson said he was punched 10 times in the head as pro-Mubarak mob surrounded him and his crew trying to cover demonstration.”
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CNN:
Click to watch video — [Update 4:59 p.m. Cairo, 9:59 a.m. ET] CNN iReporter Marianamin is an American living in a suburb an hour north of Cairo. She says her friends and neighbors “don't know who they want in, but they just know they want Mubarak out. ... Their thinking is he had 30 years to make changes.
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Tzvi Ben Gedalyahu / Arutz Sheva:
ElBaradei's Ultimatum to Mubarak: 48 Hours to Leave the Country
ElBaradei's Ultimatum to Mubarak: 48 Hours to Leave the Country
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Jane Dutton / Aljazeera:
Clashes break out in Tahrir Square
Clashes break out in Tahrir Square
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Sam Youngman / The Hill:
White House reporters complain Obama is shutting them out — White House reporters criticized President Obama on Wednesday for providing too little information and access to the media during the crisis in Egypt. — In a letter to White House press secretary Robert Gibbs …
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Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
Can Jay Carney hack it as top flack?
Can Jay Carney hack it as top flack?
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Sam Youngman / The Hill:
White House on time for Egyptian transition: ‘Now means now’
White House on time for Egyptian transition: ‘Now means now’
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Michael D. Shear / The Caucus:
McCain and Obama Meet in Oval Office
McCain and Obama Meet in Oval Office
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Charlie Cook / NationalJournal.com:
‘The Whole World Is Watching,’ Daley Warns Egyptian Authorities About Reprisals — “The whole world is watching,” White House Chief of Staff William Daley said of the crisis in Egypt this morning, borrowing a slogan that demonstrators in Chicago used against his father more than three decades ago …
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Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
DCCC GETS TARGETS' ATTENTION.... The Democratic Congressional …
DCCC GETS TARGETS' ATTENTION.... The Democratic Congressional …
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Jamil Smith / The Maddow Blog:
Less government! More sexism!
Less government! More sexism!
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Michael O'Brien / The Hill:
Republican distances himself from conservatives' spending cuts
Republican distances himself from conservatives' spending cuts
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The Note:
Senate Poised To Vote On Health Care Repeal — ABC News' Matthew Jaffe reports: — The US Senate today is poised to vote on repealing President Obama's controversial new health care law. — Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said today on the Senate floor that the repeal vote will likely occur sometime late this afternoon.
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Pete Kasperowicz / The Hill:
McCain rejects CBO healthcare repeal estimates as ‘garbage in, garbage out’
McCain rejects CBO healthcare repeal estimates as ‘garbage in, garbage out’
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Pete Kasperowicz / The Hill:
Senate moves closer to deal repealing 1099 provision in healthcare law
Senate moves closer to deal repealing 1099 provision in healthcare law
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Kevinliptak / CNN:
Paul: Should the Tea Party compromise? — Washington (CNN) - During his first speech on the Senate floor, Tea Party champion Rand Paul, R-Kentucky, brought up what may be a dirty word for some of his constituents: compromise. — “Many ask will the Tea Party compromise?
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Shira Toeplitz / The Politico:
Rand Paul invokes abolitionist in speech
Rand Paul invokes abolitionist in speech
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Elana Schor / New York Times:
Enviro Groups' Public Health Pivot in Support of EPA Regs Hitting Red States Too — The first signs of a shift came even before Election Day 2010, arriving as letters (pdf) and dramatic ads (pdf). But as the 112th Congress gets to work, environmental groups are stepping up their transition toward …
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Brian Beutler / TPMDC:
Kirk Cites Al Gore's Personal Life As Impetus For Climate Flip-Flop
Kirk Cites Al Gore's Personal Life As Impetus For Climate Flip-Flop
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The Politico:
Florida to Barack Obama: Keep your health care reform cash — No thanks. That's what the state of Florida is saying to the Obama administration, declining a $1 million grant to implement the health law. — The move follows this week's federal court decision declaring the law unconstitutional.
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Daniel Strauss / The Hill:
Nelson proposes expedited Supreme Court ruling on healthcare law
Nelson proposes expedited Supreme Court ruling on healthcare law
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Ian Millhiser / ThinkProgress:
Reagan's Solicitor General Charles Fried: ‘I Am Quite Sure That The Health Care Mandate Is Constitutional’ — In a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing today on “The Constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act,” President Ronald Reagan's former Solicitor General — Harvard Law Professor Charles Fried …
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Robin Bravender / The Politico:
Obama admin. threatens climate veto — The Obama administration Wednesday repeated its threat to veto legislation that would curb its ability to regulate greenhouse gases. — Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lisa Jackson said that the White House continues to oppose any efforts …
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Ben Geman / The Hill:
Sen. Boxer says climate science hearings are ‘absolutely’ in the works
Sen. Boxer says climate science hearings are ‘absolutely’ in the works
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Jeffrey Goldberg / The Atlantic Online:
The Neocons Split with Israel Over Egypt — Well, this is interesting. The neoconservative (or liberal interventionist) wing of American Jewish political thought (not that all neocons are Jewish, God forbid anyone should think that!) is cheering on the revolution in Egypt …
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Abby Wisse Schachter / NY Post:
Land-for-peace is dead — Yossi Klein Halevi provides …
Land-for-peace is dead — Yossi Klein Halevi provides …
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Kevinliptak / CNN:
Daniels wants to ‘mute’ debate over social issues — Washington (CNN) - Potential presidential candidate Mitch Daniels irked more than a few conservatives last year when he called for a “truce” on social issues while the country works through its economic problems. — Now he's doubling down on that position.
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David Brody / The Brody File:
Mitch Daniels Playing With Fire
Mitch Daniels Playing With Fire
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The Onion:
Republicans Vote To Repeal Obama-Backed Bill That Would Destroy Asteroid Headed For Earth — House Republicans say the bill, which was passed to stop the giant asteroid from hitting Earth, is ‘big government at its worst.’ — WASHINGTON—In a strong rebuke of President Obama and his domestic agenda …
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Mike Stark / StarkReports.com:
Will Boehner's be the shortest Speakership ever? — [UPDATE] In the comments, Boy Culture's Matthew Rettenmund leaves a link to photos of the National Enquirer story. Can't quite make out the text, but it's a two-page spread. — Remember the videos at the bottom of this post?
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Stanton Peele / Wall Street Journal:
A Toast to Your Health — Warning: Alcohol may increase your life expectancy and reduce dementia. — The U.S. Department of Agriculture released its 2010 Dietary Guidelines for Americans on Monday. There weren't many surprises in its recommendations to reduce fat and salt, eat whole grains, and cut the overall amount we eat.
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Kenneth P. Vogel / The Politico:
The Kochs fight back — RANCHO MIRAGE, Calif. - Faced with an avalanche of bad publicity after years of funding conservative causes in relative anonymity, the billionaire industrialist Koch brothers, Charles and David, are fighting back. — They've hired a team of p.r. pros with experience working …
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