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George Soros / Washington Post:
Why Obama has to get Egypt right — Revolutions usually start with enthusiasm and end in tears. In the case of the Middle East, the tears could be avoided if President Obama stands firmly by the values that got him elected. Although American power and influence in the world have declined …
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Robert Springborg / Foreign Policy:
Game over: The chance for democracy in Egypt is lost — While much of American media has termed the events unfolding in Egypt today as “clashes between pro-government and opposition groups,” this is not in fact what's happening on the street. The so-called “pro-government” …
New York Times:
Reporters in Egypt Under Broad Assault — CAIRO — Many journalists covering the protests in Egypt were detained by the government and attacked on Thursday, and representatives of human rights groups were also a target. — Egyptian security police raided the Hisham Mubarak Law Center …
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Juan / Informed Comment:
Mubarak Defies a Humiliated America, Emulating Netanyahu — It should be remembered that Egypt's elite of multi-millionaires has benefited enormously from its set of corrupt bargains with the US and Israel and from the maintenance of a martial law regime that deflects labor demands and pesky human rights critiques.
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Anthony Shadid / New York Times:
Street Battle Over the Arab Future — CAIRO — The future of the Arab world, perched between revolt and the contempt of a crumbling order, was fought for in the streets of downtown Cairo on Wednesday. — Tens of thousands of protesters who have reimagined the very notion of citizenship …
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New York Times:
Sudden Split Recasts U.S. Foreign Policy
Sudden Split Recasts U.S. Foreign Policy
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Maggie Michael / Associated Press:
Cairo square chaos intensifies, violence spreads
Cairo square chaos intensifies, violence spreads
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Firedoglake, McClatchy Washington Bureau and Harry's Place
Marc Lynch:
Egypt Endgame — The Obama administration has been trying …
Egypt Endgame — The Obama administration has been trying …
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Wall Street Journal:
Violence Escalates After Gunfire Assault
Violence Escalates After Gunfire Assault
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Laura Rozen / The Politico:
U.S. Egypt envoy recalled, as Clinton calls violence “shocking”
U.S. Egypt envoy recalled, as Clinton calls violence “shocking”
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New York Times:
Protesters Clash Again on Cairo's Streets
Protesters Clash Again on Cairo's Streets
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Kristen Chick / Christian Science Monitor:
Egypt street battles: How Cairo's Tahrir Square turned into a war zone overnight
Egypt street battles: How Cairo's Tahrir Square turned into a war zone overnight
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Solomon's House:
Sandmonkey: Egypt, right now!
Sandmonkey: Egypt, right now!
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Craig Whitlock / Washington Post:
U.S. reexamining its relationship with Muslim Brotherhood opposition group
U.S. reexamining its relationship with Muslim Brotherhood opposition group
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PostPartisan, Taylor Marsh, Wonk Room, Weasel Zippers, The Gateway Pundit, National Review and Guardian
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 …
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Jeff G. / protein wisdom:
What should we do with the Constitutionalists?
What should we do with the Constitutionalists?
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The Jawa Report
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 …
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Evan McMorris-Santoro / TPMDC:
Report: Republicans Give Up On Redefining Rape
Report: Republicans Give Up On Redefining Rape
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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” …
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Yglesias, No Sheeples Here, Raw Story and Commentary
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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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
GOP plans ‘unrelenting’ repeal effort, even after Senate defeat
GOP plans ‘unrelenting’ repeal effort, even after Senate defeat
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The Note:
Sarah Palin Turns Down Coveted Keynote Speaking Slot At CPAC Conference — ABC News' Michael Falcone: — 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.
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New York Times:
In Book, Rumsfeld Recalls Bush's Early Iraq Focus — WASHINGTON — Just 15 days after the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, President George W. Bush invited his defense secretary, Donald H. Rumsfeld, to meet with him alone in the Oval Office. According to Mr. Rumsfeld's new memoir …
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Bradley Graham / Washington Post:
Rumsfeld remains largely unapologetic in memoir
Rumsfeld remains largely unapologetic in memoir
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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?”
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George F. Will / Washington Post:
Rick Santorum's appeal to the GOP base — In 1994, when Rick Santorum was a second-term Pennsylvania congressman seeking a U.S. Senate seat, a columnist asked him how he was going to win. “Guns,” he replied serenely. Pennsylvania's legions of deer hunters do not use assault weapons …
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Michael O'Brien / The Hill:
Obama calls his Christian faith a ‘sustaining force’ — President Obama on Thursday called his Christian faith a “sustaining force,” especially in the face of those who have publicly doubted it. — The president said he feels strengthened in his religious convictions when his detractors question them …
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Erika Niedowski / The Hill:
Rep. Giffords's husband to speak at prayer breakfast
Rep. Giffords's husband to speak at prayer breakfast
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Dan Zak / Washington Post:
Crashing the party: Republican strategist turned gay rights activist ponders a White House run — ON ROUTE 202, N.H. — The candidate can't find his lane. The road is a crunchy carpet of snow. The candidate drifts too far to the right. The rumble strip rattles his car. The candidate drifts too far to the left.
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aina.org:
Muslims Attack Two Christian Families in Egypt, 11 Killed — (AINA) — News of a massacre of two Christian Coptic families by Islamists just emerged from Upper Egypt with the return of the Internet connections after a week of Internet blackout by the Egyptian regime.
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City Room:
Mayor Curses the Beast, and It Didn't Even Bite Him — Showing that he can hold a grudge as well as the next politician, Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg hurled a mild vulgarity at Staten Island Chuck, the groundhog who bit him two years ago, at the conclusion of Wednesday's otherwise uneventful Groundhog Day ceremony.
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Arizona Republic:
Arizona to secede (without OFFICIALLY doing so) — Members of the state Legislature, including Arizona's de facto governor, Senate President Russell Pearce, have introduced a bill that essentially would have Arizona secede from the union without having to do so officially. — Really.
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