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3:05 PM ET, February 3, 2011

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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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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 …
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.”
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.
Reuters:
U.S. seeks change, not asking Mubarak to go now
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.
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Egypt news day 10: Army steps in; journalists arrested and more live updates
Discussion: Politics Daily and The Hill
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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Joe Schoffstall / The Blast:
“Progressive” Rallyists Call for Lynching of Clarence Thomas
Discussion: NewsBusters.org blogs
Jeff G. / protein wisdom:
What should we do with the Constitutionalists?
Discussion: 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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Jonathan Allen / The Politico:
‘Forcible Rape’ Language to Change, Manchin's Maiden Speech/EPA …
Discussion: Roll Call, Wonkette and TPMDC
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
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
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” …
David Rogers / Reuters:
GOP scales back budget cut goals  —  Updating their budget estimates, House Republicans conceded Thursday that their best hope is to cut current appropriations by $32 billion for the remainder of this fiscal year, once new spending for defense and other security needs are added to the equation.
Discussion: CNN and Daily Kos
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Budget Committee:
Fact Sheet: The Fiscal Year 2011 Discretionary Spending Allocation …
Discussion: Wonk Room, Swampland and Weigel
Karl Rove / Wall Street Journal:
The Politics of Saving ‘Granny’
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: RedState and Raw Story
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The Note:
Sen. Bill Nelson: ‘Possibility but not Probability’ Health Care Law is Unconstitutional  —  ABC News' Rick Klein reports:  —  With federal courts issuing conflicting opinions on President Obama's health care law, Sen. Bill Nelson has sponsored a resolution to push the Supreme Court …
Discussion: Moe Lane
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vaag.com:
Supreme Court  —  Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli …
Discussion: SCOTUSblog and protein wisdom
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.
Discussion: protein wisdom
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Stephen Power / Wall Street Journal:
Administration's Drill Ban Draws Blast From Judge
Discussion: Michelle Malkin
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.
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.
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.
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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The Note:
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Dan Gilgoff / CNN:
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