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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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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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New York Times:
Mubarak Allies Battle His Foes — CAIRO — The Egyptian government struck back at its opponents on Wednesday, unleashing waves of pro-government provocateurs riding camels and horses and armed with clubs, stones, rocks and knives in and around Tahrir Square in a concerted effort to rout …
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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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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.
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.
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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.
Lindsay Powers / Hollywood Reporter:
Anderson Cooper Attacked by Mob in Egypt
Anderson Cooper Attacked by Mob in Egypt
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Thomas L. Friedman / New York Times:
B.E., Before Egypt. A.E., After Egypt.
B.E., Before Egypt. A.E., After Egypt.
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Marc Ambinder / The Atlantic Online:
How the White House Approached Egyptian Turmoil
How the White House Approached Egyptian Turmoil
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Jake Tapper / Political Punch:
President Obama ‘Very Concerned’ About Mubarak Delaying Transfer Of Power
President Obama ‘Very Concerned’ About Mubarak Delaying Transfer Of Power
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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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Sara Sorcher / NationalJournal.com:
Yemen's President Will Not Seek Reelection
Yemen's President Will Not Seek Reelection
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Julian Pecquet / The Hill:
Senate rejects healthcare repeal — The Senate on Wednesday voted down a repeal of President Obama's healthcare law in a 47-51 party-line vote. — The vote came two weeks to the day the Republican House voted 245-189 to repeal the law, and just days after a federal judge ruled Obama's …
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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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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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Pete Kasperowicz / The Hill:
Senate votes to repeal healthcare law's ‘1099’ tax reporting language — The Senate tonight voted to repeal controversial language in last year's healthcare bill that requires companies to report goods and services transactions worth $600 or more to the IRS.
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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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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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Jennifer Haberkorn / The Politico:
Senate repeals part of health care law — The Senate voted Wednesday for the first time to repeal a piece of President Barack Obama's health care overhaul, rolling back a new tax reporting requirement that's been universally panned by business owners. — The amendment to repeal …
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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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Jake Tapper / Political Punch:
President Obama Signs START Treaty, Doesn't Allow Reporters in the Room
President Obama Signs START Treaty, Doesn't Allow Reporters in the Room
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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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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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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
SEIU fights healthcare repeal after obtaining waivers from law — The Service Employees International Union (SEIU) is lobbying hard against the amendment offered by Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell (Ky.) to repeal the healthcare reform law. — SEIU has sent e-mails …
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Jennifer Haberkorn / The Politico:
Full repeal of health care law fails in Senate
Full repeal of health care law fails in Senate
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Jonathan Martin / The Politico:
Jeff Larson to be named RNC chief of staff — RNC Chair Reince Priebus is expected to name Jeff Larson, a longtime Minnesota-based GOP strategist, to be the committee's chief of staff on Thursday, POLITICO has learned. — Larson, who until late last year co-owned a highly-regarded consulting firm …
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Richard Danielson / St. Petersburg Times:
RNC chairman urges Legislature: no early primaries, please
RNC chairman urges Legislature: no early primaries, please
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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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David Brody / The Brody File:
Mitch Daniels Playing With Fire — Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels may very well run for President. If he does, he's got some work to do with social conservatives. — The other day on Laura Ingraham's radio show, Daniels re-iterated his call for a “truce” on social issues while America gets its economic house in order.
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David Rittgers / Cato @ Liberty:
We're All Terrorists Now — The Tennessee ACLU sent a letter to public schools warning them not to celebrate Christmas as a religious holiday. The Tennessee Fusion Center (H/T Uncle) put the communication on its map of “terrorism events and other suspicious activity”:
Digby / Hullabaloo:
Democrats reach for the shiny object — Look At the Shiny Object — Yesterday Debbie Wasserman-Shultz came out swinging against the latest GOP assault on women, calling the new requirement that only those who are the victims of “forcible” rape be entitled to government funded abortion, “violence against women” and she's right.
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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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Mike Stark / StarkReports.com:
Will Boehner's be the shortest Speakership ever? — [UPDATE 2]The third video (appended at the bottom of the post) - is a conversation I had with John Boehner on his show, Majority Report, this morning. — One interesting part of the interview had to do with something I've seen suggested …
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Myglesias / Yglesias:
Egypt Is A Very Large Proportion of the Arab World — I knew Egypt was the largest population of the Arab countries, but until I looked up the numbers I didn't realize how dramatically the demographics of the Arab world are weighted toward Egypt: — What's more, a healthy share of Iraqis …
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