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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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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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Washington Post:
During 2nd day of bloody clashes in Egypt, foreign journalists arrested
During 2nd day of bloody clashes in Egypt, foreign journalists arrested
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Roger L Simon / Pajamas Media:
(UPDATE: Arrested, then Released) Cairo Exclusive: Interview with ‘Sandmonkey’
(UPDATE: Arrested, then Released) Cairo Exclusive: Interview with ‘Sandmonkey’
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Israel Matzav, The Other McCain, The Blaze, National Review and Fausta's Blog
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
CNN:
Egypt's prime minister apologizes; military steps in between sides
Egypt's prime minister apologizes; military steps in between sides
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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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The Atlantic Online, Foreign Policy, Political Punch and Right Turn
Nicholas D. Kristof / New York Times:
Watching Thugs With Razors and Clubs at Tahrir Sq.
Watching Thugs With Razors and Clubs at Tahrir Sq.
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Solomon's House:
Sandmonkey: Egypt, right now!
Sandmonkey: Egypt, right now!
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Power Line, The Jawa Report, The Other McCain and Global Voices in English
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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The Moderate Voice, BBC, Time, Firedoglake and PostPartisan
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” …
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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New York Times:
Sudden Split Recasts U.S. Foreign Policy
Sudden Split Recasts U.S. Foreign Policy
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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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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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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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Raw Story, Shakesville, Mother Jones, PostPartisan and FrumForum
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
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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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’ healthcare repeal effort, even after Senate defeat
GOP plans ‘unrelenting’ healthcare repeal effort, even after Senate defeat
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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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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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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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The Note, GOP 12, Daily Kos and Pundit & Pundette
Ravi Somaiya / New York Times:
Hackers Shut Down Government Sites — The online group Anonymous said Wednesday that it had paralyzed the Egyptian government's Web sites in support of the antigovernment protests. — Anonymous, a loosely defined group of hackers from all over the world, gathered about 500 supporters …
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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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National Review, Weasel Zippers and Atlas Shrugs
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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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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