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5:50 PM ET, February 2, 2011

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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.
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.
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 …
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 …
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.
Tzvi Ben Gedalyahu / Arutz Sheva:
ElBaradei's Ultimatum to Mubarak: 48 Hours to Leave the Country  —  Follow Israel news on and .  —  Egyptian uprising idol Mohammed ElBaradei has ordered Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak to leave the country by Friday - or he will be a “dead man walking” and not just a lame-duck president.
Lindsay Powers / Hollywood Reporter:
Anderson Cooper Attacked by Mob in Egypt
Discussion: Moonbattery and iOwnTheWorld.com
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 …
Discussion: Maggie's Farm, Don Surber and FrumForum
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Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
Can Jay Carney hack it as top flack?  —  The e-mail, coming from the Executive Office of the President and addressed to me, had a catchy subject line: “You are a hack.”  —  This was tough - but accurate.  I read on.  —  The body of the message began with the phrase “shamelessly misrepresented …
Sam Youngman / The Hill:
White House on time for Egyptian transition: ‘Now means now’
Discussion: The Hill
Pete Kasperowicz / The Hill:
McCain rejects CBO healthcare repeal estimates as ‘garbage in, garbage out’  —  Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) on Wednesday rejected the CBO's cost estimate of healthcare repeal as “garbage in, garbage out.”  —  McCain said the Congressional Budget Office estimate that repealing the healthcare law …
Discussion: Washington Monthly and FrumForum
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The Note:
Senate Poised To Vote On Health Care Repeal
Discussion: Weasel Zippers and HillBuzz.org
Pete Kasperowicz / The Hill:
Senate moves closer to deal repealing 1099 provision in healthcare law
Discussion: Michelle Malkin
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Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
DCCC GETS TARGETS' ATTENTION.... The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, working under the assumption that spending cuts aren't nearly as popular as Republicans might think, launched an interesting ad campaign this week.  Today, we saw the first signs that the offensive has gotten the Republicans' attention.
Discussion: The Plum Line
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Michael O'Brien / The Hill:   Republican distances himself from conservatives' spending cuts
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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
Discussion: Hullabaloo, Balloon Juice and Daily Kos
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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Jennifer Rubin / Right Turn:
Obama: Rushing to catch up with the revolution
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?
Discussion: Hot Air and The Page
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Shira Toeplitz / The Politico:
Rand Paul invokes abolitionist in speech
Discussion: Outside the Beltway
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 …
Discussion: Commentary and Israel Matzav
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?
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.
Discussion: The Hill, Weasel Zippers and FrumForum
Andy Barr / The Politico:
Milbank is still a Palin ‘virgin’  —  Dana Milbank just shot over an e-mail letting us know it wasn't him who posted - under his name - an item on the Post Partisan blog pointing out that he had “survived” the fist day of his month-long Palin “moratorium.”  —  We posted an item earlier …
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.
George Bennett / Palm Beach Post:
Man arrested in threat made against Stuart's Rep. William Snyder shortly after Arizona shootings  —  A self-described Massachusetts “political activist” was arrested Monday night and charged with sending a threatening e-mail to Florida Rep. William Snyder, R-Stuart, an hour after the Arizona shooting …
Moira Welsh / Toronto Star:
Superior Court rules Ontario Human Rights Tribunal hearing was unfair  —  A Mississauga businesswoman whose home was ordered seized to pay an Ontario Human Rights Tribunal award to a former employee can keep her house — for now.  —  The Superior Court struck down the “fatally flawed” …
Noel Sheppard / NewsBusters.org blogs:
Maddow Blames Beck and Other Conservatives for Her Getting Duped by Satirical Website  —  As NewsBusters previously reported, MSNBC's Rachel Maddow on Monday got duped by a satirical website quoting from their spoof article about Sarah Palin advocating an attack on Egypt as if it was a serious commentary.
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 …
Discussion: Indecision Forever
 
 
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Mark Joyella / Mediaite:
Anderson Cooper And CNN Crew Attacked By Pro-Mubarak Mob In Egypt
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