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ABCNEWS:
For Complete Coverage of the Crisis in Egypt, Featuring Exclusive Reporting From Christiane Amanpour, Click Here — When I asked him what he thought seeing the people shouting insults about him and wanting him gone, he said, “I don't care what people say about me. Right now I care about my country, I care about Egypt.”
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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” …
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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.
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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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
Street Battle Over the Arab Future
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Scott Shane / New York Times:
As Islamist Group Rises, Its Intentions Are Unclear
As Islamist Group Rises, Its Intentions Are Unclear
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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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JustOneMinute, Wall Street Journal, The Maddow Blog, Open Left, Mondoweiss, American Power, BBC, The Caucus, Political Punch and The Hill
Charles Levinson / Wall Street Journal:
ElBaradei's Role Cast in Doubt
ElBaradei's Role Cast in Doubt
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The Daily Caller and This Just In
Alex Seitz-Wald / ThinkProgress:
McCain Calls Middle East Pro-Democracy Movement A ‘Virus’
McCain Calls Middle East Pro-Democracy Movement A ‘Virus’
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Fox News, Raw Story, Alan Colmes' Liberaland, Dispatch and The Atlantic Online
Fareed Zakaria / Time:
Egypt's Revolution: How Democracy Can Work in the Middle East
Egypt's Revolution: How Democracy Can Work in the Middle East
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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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Ed Morrissey / Hot Air:
Video: Koch protests include calls to lynch Clarence Thomas
Video: Koch protests include calls to lynch Clarence Thomas
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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
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.
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World News:
We've compiled a list of all the journalist who have been in …
We've compiled a list of all the journalist who have been in …
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BlogPost:
Egypt news day 10: Army steps in; journalists arrested and more live updates
Egypt news day 10: Army steps in; journalists arrested and more live updates
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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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Jonathan Allen / The Politico:
‘Forcible Rape’ Language to Change, Manchin's Maiden Speech/EPA …
‘Forcible Rape’ Language to Change, Manchin's Maiden Speech/EPA …
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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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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.
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Michael O'Brien / The Hill:
Palin skipping CPAC
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.
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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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Jamison Foser / Media Matters for America:
Like Michelle Obama, The Charlotte Regional Visitors Authority Touts Area's BBQ
Like Michelle Obama, The Charlotte Regional Visitors Authority Touts Area's BBQ
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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Reid blasts House GOP proposal as ‘draconian’ and ‘unworkable’ — Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) blasted a House Republican proposal to cut $32 billion from 2011 spending levels as “draconian” and “unworkable.” — Reid promised to work hard to avert a government shutdown …
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Karl Rove / Wall Street Journal:
The Politics of Saving ‘Granny’
The Politics of Saving ‘Granny’
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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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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.
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Dan Gilgoff / CNN:
TRENDING: Obama delivers major speech on personal faith — President Barack Obama gave an unusually personal speech about his religious faith on Thursday, saying that “it is the biblical injunction to serve the least of these that keeps me going and keeps me from being overwhelmed,” in address to a prayer breakfast in Washington.
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Politics Daily, beliefnet and Shakesville
Ben Geman / The Hill:
Judge holds Interior in contempt over drilling ban — A Louisiana federal judge on Wednesday held the Interior Department in contempt for re-imposing a deepwater oil-drilling ban last year after the judge had struck down an earlier version of the moratorium.
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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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Gothamist, Weasel Zippers, Runnin' Scared and New York Times
Stephen Lowman / Political Bookworm:
“O” no! Anonymous novel flops in first week sales. — An anonymously written novel about the Obama administration and the 2012 campaign apparently holds little appeal for Beltway readers. — “O: A Presidential Novel” makes its feeble debut at number 23 on our hardcover fiction list for Washington area sales.