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8:55 PM ET, February 3, 2011

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Christiane Amanpour / ABCNEWS:

Mubarak: ‘If I Resign Today There Will Be Chaos’ — I've just left the presidential palace in Cairo where I sat down for an exclusive 30-minute interview with President Hosni Mubarak. — He told me that he is troubled by the violence we have seen in Tahrir Square over the last few days …

Mark Mooney / ABCNEWS:

ABC News Reporter Brian Hartman Threatened With Beheading — Attacks on Foreign Press Growing During Egyptian Uprising — A group of angry Egyptian men carjacked an ABC News crew and threatened to behead them today in the latest and most menacing attack on foreign reporters trying to cover the anti-government uprising.

Discussion: Mediaite, ChristWire, The Jawa Report, The Wire, Maggie's Notebook, Weasel Zippers, Pundit Press, Politics Daily, TVNewser, The Plum Line, Deadline.com, protein wisdom and Poynter

New York Times:

Gangs Hunt Journalists and Rights Workers — CAIRO — Security forces and gangs chanting in favor of the Egyptian government hunted down journalists at their offices and in the hotels where many had taken refuge on Thursday in a widespread and overt campaign of intimidation aimed at suppressing reports from the capital.

World News:

We've compiled a list of all the journalist who have been in some way threatened, attacked or detained while reporting in Egypt. When you put it all into one list, it is a rather large number in such a short period of time. (UPDATED - send us more stories if you get them)

Discussion: Crooks and Liars, Firedoglake, Committee to Protect …, BlogPost, The Daily Dish, TVNewser, ThinkProgress, News Desk, Poynter, Boing Boing, Pirate's Cove, BBC, AOL News, Gawker, Mediaite, Associated Press, Alan Colmes' Liberaland and Raw Story

New York Times:

White House, Egypt Discuss Plan for Mubarak's Exit — WASHINGTON — The Obama administration is discussing with Egyptian officials a proposal for President Hosni Mubarak to resign immediately, turning over power to a transitional government headed by Vice President Omar Suleiman with the support …

Discussion: Firedoglake, Aljazeera, CNN, Outside the Beltway, Sky Dancing, The Maddow Blog and HotAirPundit

TIME NewsFeed / newsfeed.time.com:

TIME Exclusive: CBS's Lara Logan and Crew Detained in Cairo As Violence Escalates — Sources have told TIME Magazine that Lara Logan, chief foreign affairs correspondent for CBS News, has been detained along with her crew by Egyptian police outside Cairo's Israeli embassy.

Discussion: The Daily Caller, CBS News, AOL News, HotAirPundit and Dispatch

Michael J. Totten / Pajamas Media:

Sandmonkey's Last Post — The blogger known as Egyptian Sandmonkey is a friend of mine. Many Americans read him. I actually know him. I met him years ago in Cairo, and he's one of the good guys. — I don't know if what's happening in Egypt is a good thing or a bad thing because I don't know how it will end.

Discussion: Associated Press, Time, The Other McCain and Commentary

Daily Mail:
UN evacuates staff as violence continues in Egypt for 10th …

Discussion: Michelle Malkin

Robert Springborg / Foreign Policy:
Game over: The chance for democracy in Egypt is lost

Zaid Jilani / ThinkProgress:
REPORT: 144 Current Members Of Congress Have Voted In The Past To Cut Aid To Egypt

Discussion: ABCNEWS, Boston Globe, Parker Spitzer, No More Mister Nice Blog and AMERICAblog News

Mark Joyella / Mediaite: Again? CNN's Anderson Cooper Reports His Car Has Been Attacked In Cairo

ZIP / Weasel Zippers:
Pics of the Day: Homemade Helmets in Egypt...

Discussion: iOwnTheWorld.com

Michael Weissenstein / Associated Press:
Journalists attacked by mobs, detained in Cairo

Discussion: Guardian, Pajamas Media, Danger Room, The Other McCain and EA WorldView

Rachel Weiner / The Fix:

Why Sarah Palin keeps skipping CPAC — Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin today turned down an invitation to speak at the annual Conservative Political Action Conference even after being offered the plum keynote speaking spot, the fourth year in a row she's turned down an offer to speak at the event.

The Note:

Sarah Palin Turns Down Coveted Keynote Speaking Slot At CPAC Conference — ABC News' Michael Falcone: — UPDATED: After skipping the popular Conservative Political Action Conference for the past three years, Sarah Palin has once again turned down the invitation of CPAC officials to address the conference this year.

Discussion: Weigel, Salon, Cubachi, Outside the Beltway, Commentary, CNN, Conservatives4Palin, TPMDC, GOP 12, The Daily Caller, Rumproast and FrumForum

Christian Hartsock / Big Government:

White Political Ralliers Call for Lynching of Black Justice (Sorry MSM, No Tea in this Blend) — I recently took a two-day trip down to Palm Springs to attend an event called “Uncloaking the Kochs” hosted by Common Cause. Accompanied by my dear friend, former assembly candidate Alvaro Day …

Ed Morrissey / Hot Air:
Video: Koch protests include calls to lynch Clarence Thomas …

Discussion: Instapundit

Molly Ball / The Politico:

Charlotte charred by FLOTUS roast reference — Charlotte residents were ecstatic to hear this week that their city was selected to host the Democratic convention. But there was one line in the e-mail announcement from First Lady Michelle Obama that made locals say, “Huh?”

Discussion: Daily Kos, Rumproast, The Daily Caller, CNN, Althouse and JammieWearingFool

Jamison Foser / Media Matters for America:
Like Michelle Obama, The Charlotte Regional Visitors Authority Touts Area's BBQ

Discussion: The Impolitic

Ayaan Hirsi Ali / New York Times:

Get Ready for the Muslim Brotherhood — WASHINGTON — In 1985, as a teenager in Kenya, I was an adamant member of the Muslim Brotherhood. Seventeen years later, in 2002, I took part in a political campaign to win votes for the conservative party in the Netherlands.

Discussion: Yglesias and American Power

RIA Novosti:
Muslim Brotherhood wants end to Egypt-Israeli peace deal

Discussion: RubinReports, New York Times, Weasel Zippers, Israel Matzav and Guardian

Scott Shane / New York Times:
As Islamist Group Rises, Its Intentions Are Unclear

Discussion: RubinReports

Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish:
Sophistry And Defining The Muslim Brotherhood, Ctd

Discussion: Balloon Juice

CNN:

TRENDING: White House e-mail blackout — WASHINGTON (CNN) -The White House learned an important lesson Thursday: the most powerful place in the world is not immune to some of the technical glitches that drive most Americans crazy. — Shortly before 8 a.m. the unclassified e-mail system …

Discussion: The Politico

Dan Gilgoff / CNN:
TRENDING: Obama delivers major speech on personal faith

Discussion: Religion Dispatches, Pam's House Blend, Politics Daily, beliefnet, The Gateway Pundit and Shakesville

Brobinson / Fox Nation:
Fox News Crew Attacked in Egypt

Discussion: PopWatch and AOL News

Jennifer Epstein / The Politico:

John McCain: ‘Thank God’ Donald Rumsfeld stepped down — Sen. John McCain said he “thank[s] God” that former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld stepped down from the post in 2006 and didn't lead the Pentagon's strategy in Iraq during the last two years of George W. Bush's presidency.

Discussion: CNN, Washington Post, Rumproast, New York Times, Raw Story and RedState

Daniel Strauss / The Hill:
McCain says ‘centrist’ Obama easier to work with

Discussion: Weasel Zippers and Cubachi

Jonathan Allen / The Politico:

GOP loses ‘forcible rape’ language — House Republicans plan to sidestep a charged debate over the distinction between “forcible rape” and “rape” by altering the language of a bill banning taxpayer subsidies for abortions. — The provision in question, written as an exemption from the ban …

Discussion: TPMDC, Mother Jones, RHRealityCheck.org, Runnin' Scared, campusprogress.org, Taylor Marsh, Mediaite, Outside the Beltway, Hullabaloo, CNN, Balloon Juice, Washington Monthly, National Review, Little Green Footballs, Gothamist, Gawker and Open Left

NBC Philadelphia:

Cops Charge 7-Year-Old for Bringing Toy Gun to Class — Kid charged with possession of a fake firearm after shooting Nerf-style gun — A 7-year-old child allegedly shot a Nerf-style toy gun in his Hammonton, N.J., school Jan. 18. No one was hurt, but the pint-size softshooter now faces misdemeanor criminal charges.

Discussion: Weasel Zippers, theblogprof, Pirate's Cove and Washington Post

Erik Wasson / The Hill:

GOP offers $32B budget cut — House Republican leaders on Thursday said they would seek $32 billion in spending cuts from the resolution currently funding the government. — Republicans framed their proposal as cutting $74 billion from President Obama's 2011 budget request.

Discussion: Outside the Beltway, RedState and National Review

David M. Herszenhorn / New York Times:
House Republicans Propose $32 Billion Cut in Federal Spending

Discussion: Just An Earth-Bound Misfit, I

Stephen Lowman / Political Bookworm:

President Carter named in $5 million lawsuit over his “Palestine” book — More than four years after its publication, five disgruntled readers have filed a class-action lawsuit against President Jimmy Carter and his publisher, Simon & Schuster, alleging that his 2006 book “Palestine Peace Not Apartheid” …

Discussion: NewsReal Blog, TBogg, No Sheeples Here, National Review, Raw Story, Commentary and Yglesias

Laurel Brubaker Calkins / Bloomberg:

U.S. in Contempt Over Gulf Drill Ban, Judge Rules — The Obama Administration acted in contempt by continuing its deepwater-drilling moratorium after the policy was struck down, a New Orleans judge ruled. — Interior Department regulators acted with “determined disregard” …

Discussion: Hot Air, Patterico's Pontifications and Don Surber

Myglesias / Yglesias:

John Thune Should Run For President — I can't think of any reason whatsoever why John Thune is considered a viable presidential candidate. There are literally dozens of other incumbent senate Republicans who, as best I can tell, are identical to Thune. Therefore, I take the fact that Thune …

Discussion: A plain blog about politics, Wonkette, msnbc.com, The New Republic and Balloon Juice

Erick Erickson / Erick's blog:

Obama Administration Covering Up Abortion Data *Updated* … “The Obama Administration has apparently ordered that the only Federal government report on abortion statistics ... be deep-sixed. ” — RedState has uncovered evidence - confirmed by the CDC's own press office …

Discussion: Live Action Blog, Hot Air, LifeNews.com and Nice Deb

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System:

The Economic Outlook and Macroeconomic Policy — Good afternoon. I am pleased to be here at the National Press Club, and I'm especially glad for the opportunity to have a conversation with journalists who write about economic policy from our nation's capital. Your job is not easy, but it is essential.

Discussion: Modeled Behavior, New York Times, Free exchange, Yglesias, Economix, Economist's View, FT Alphaville, Calculated Risk and Real Time Economics

Gallup:

Gallup Finds U.S. Unemployment Up Slightly in January to 9.8% — Underemployment at 18.9%, compared with 19.0% at the end of December — PRINCETON, NJ — Unemployment, as measured by Gallup without seasonal adjustment, increased to 9.8% at the end of January — up from 9.6% at the end of December, but down from 10.9% a year ago.

Discussion: protein wisdom and The Foundry