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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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Meredith Shiner / The Politico:
McCain has rare 1-on-1 with Obama — With a “rapidly deteriorating” situation in Egypt, Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) had a rare one-on-one meeting at the White House with 2008 campaign rival Barack Obama to discuss policy in the Middle East and several other domestic issues.
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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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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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Lindsay Powers / Hollywood Reporter:
Anderson Cooper Attacked by Mob in Egypt … Anderson Cooper was attacked in Egypt Wednesday. — CNN producer Steve Brusk Tweeted, “Anderson said he was punched 10 times in the head as pro-Mubarak mob surrounded him and his crew trying to cover demonstration.”
Al Jazeera Blogs:
Live blog Feb 3 - Egypt protests — on February 2nd, 2011. — From our headquarters in Doha, we keep you updated on all things Egypt, with reporting from Al Jazeera staff in Cairo, Alexandria, and Suez. Live Blog: Jan28 - Jan29 - Jan30 - Jan31 - Feb1 - Feb2 - Feb3
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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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Nicholas Kristof / Nicholas D. Kristof:
The View From Tahrir — Today President Mubarak seems …
The View From Tahrir — Today President Mubarak seems …
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Michael Martinez / CNN:
As protestors clash, Egyptian military's idleness raises questions
As protestors clash, Egyptian military's idleness raises questions
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Carla Marinucci / SFGate:
Code Pink's Medea Benjamin reports from Cairo's Tahrir Square …
Code Pink's Medea Benjamin reports from Cairo's Tahrir Square …
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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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Jonathan Chait / The New Republic:
Time For Obama To Cut Mubarak Loose
Wall Street Journal:
Egypt and the Realists — So much for stability in lieu of freedom in the Middle East.
Egypt and the Realists — So much for stability in lieu of freedom in the Middle East.
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Chris McGreal / Guardian:
Tony Blair: Mubarak is ‘immensely courageous and a force for good’
Tony Blair: Mubarak is ‘immensely courageous and a force for good’
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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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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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Brian Montopoli / CBS News:
Senate Votes Down Health Care Repeal Measure — The Democratic majority in the Senate late Wednesday voted down a GOP measure to repeal the health care law. The vote was 47-51, largely along party lines. — Senate Republicans, who are unified in their desire to repeal the bill …
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Gschwarzcnn / CNN:
Senator seeks expedited Supreme Court review of health care law
Senator seeks expedited Supreme Court review of health care law
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Jennifer Haberkorn / The Politico:
Senate repeals part of health care law
Senate repeals part of health care law
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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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Jake Tapper / Political Punch:
President Obama Signs START Treaty, Doesn't Allow Reporters in the Room — President Obama signed the START nuclear disarmament treaty with Russia this morning. — Despite the great attention the president has devoted to this treaty — and the vast coverage of the treaty negotiations by the media …
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Sam Youngman / The Hill:
White House reporters complain Obama is shutting them out
White House reporters complain Obama is shutting them out
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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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Brian Beutler / TPMDC:
Kirk Cites Al Gore's Personal Life As Impetus For Climate Flip-Flop — Back when he was a member of the House, Sen. Mark Kirk (R-IL) was one of a few Republicans who voted for a far-reaching climate change bill. That legislation quickly fueled Tea Party rage, and conservatives went on the attack against the plan's backers.
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Elana Schor / New York Times:
Enviro Groups' Public Health Pivot in Support of EPA Regs Hitting Red States Too
Enviro Groups' Public Health Pivot in Support of EPA Regs Hitting Red States Too
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Telegraph:
WikiLeaks: US and China in military standoff over space missiles — The United States threatened to take military action against China during a secret “star wars” arms race within the past few years, according to leaked documents obtained by The Daily Telegraph.
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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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J. Bradford DeLong / Grasping Reality …:
Why Oh Why Can't We Have a Better Press Corps? (MIchael Fletcher of the Washington Post Edition) — Fresno, CA—along with much of the rest of the great Central Valley—has long had a structural unemployment problem. Back at the start of the 1990s when the unemployment rate in the country …
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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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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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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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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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John Schwartz / New York Times:
Fund Official Not Neutral, Judge Rules — Kenneth R. Feinberg, the administrator of the $20 billion fund to compensate victims of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, should not claim that he is fully independent of BP, a federal judge overseeing litigation against the company ruled on Wednesday.
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