memeorandum: Lessons from '79 — Is the drama unraveling in Egypt today … (Roya Hakakian)

12:30 PM ET, February 5, 2011

Top Items:

Despite Army's Pleas, Cairo Protesters Dig In — Demonstrators Maintain Barricades on 12th Day of Protests in Capital, Prevent Tanks From Withdrawing — (CBS/AP) CAIRO - The Egyptian military on Saturday came up against angry pro-democracy protesters in an attempt to persuade …

Discussion: english.ahram.org.eg and Weasel Zippers

New York Times:

Egypt Officials Seek to Ease Mubarak Out — CAIRO — President Hosni Mubarak appeared increasingly isolated on Saturday, with protests entering their 12th day and the Obama administration and some members of the Egyptian military and civilian elite pursuing plans to nudge him from power.

Discussion: Outside the Beltway, Prairie Weather and Washington Post

Aljazeera:

Egypt protesters hold their ground — With protests demanding end to Mubarak's rule entering the 12th day, people in Tahrir Square prepared to wait him out. — Demonstrators are still standing their ground in Cairo hours after hundreds of thousands of people gathered to call for Hosni Mubarak, the Egyptian president, to quit.

Discussion: Firedoglake, msnbc.com and World Blog

Maram Mazen / Bloomberg:
‘You Will Be Lynched Today,’ Says Egyptian Policeman: First-Person Account

Discussion: Sky Dancing, Liberty Pundits Blog, Arabist.net and The Daily Dish, more at Mediagazer »

Glenn Davis / Mediaite:

Sarah Palin's Full Speech At Event Marking Ronald Reagan's 100th Birthday — Tonight, Young America's Foundation held a banquet honoring the 100th birthday of Ronald Reagan. Sarah Palin delivered the keynote. Palin lovers will love it. Palin haters will hate it.

Discussion: Hot Air, No More Mister Nice Blog, The Gateway Pundit, Riehl World View and The Mail on Sunday

CNN:

TRENDING: Palin: Reagan ‘was one of a kind’ — (CNN) - Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin called President Ronald Reagan “one of a kind” and trumpeted his leadership and legacy in a speech at the Reagan Ranch Center. — She appeared Friday at event that was part of the celebration of Sunday's centennial of his birth.

Discussion: The Politico

Diane Bartz / Reuters:
Sarah Palin trademark application refused - for now

Discussion: Washington Monthly, Indecision Forever, Weigel and Oliver Willis

Michael D. Shear / The Caucus:
Could Palin Use Speech to End Silence on Egypt?

Discussion: No More Mister Nice Blog and Israpundit

BBC:

State multiculturalism has failed, says David Cameron — David Cameron said Britain had encouraged different cultures to live separate lives — David Cameron has criticised “state multiculturalism” in his first speech as prime minister on radicalisation and the causes of terrorism.

Discussion: Power Line, Zandar Versus The Stupid and Jay Currie

Adele M. Stan / AlterNet.org:

The Right-Wing Dough Supporting the ‘Stings’ at Planned Parenthood — On a conference call with bloggers convened by Media Matters for America with Planned Parenthood President Cecile Richards and Vice President Stewart Schear, I got a little tip into where Lila Rose, who leads …

Discussion: Big Journalism and Nice Deb

Dana Loesch / Big Government:
JOURNOLIST 2.: Soros Sites Hold Con Call To Map Strategy for …

Discussion: NewsBusters.org blogs, The Politico, The Right Sphere, Live Action Blog, National Review and YID With LID

Jeremy Schulman / Media Matters for America:
Why Is Live Action Doctoring Its Planned Parenthood Audio?

Discussion: News Hounds, Hullabaloo, pandagon.net, Big Journalism, Feministe, Daily Kos and RHRealityCheck.org

Jeremy Holden / Media Matters for America:
Latest Lila Rose Video Ends Her Credibility Once And For All

Discussion: Sky Dancing, Lawyers, Guns & Money and pandagon.net

Jordy Yager / The Hill:

Obama: Businesses have responsibility to help economy grow — President Obama called on U.S. businesses to do more to help grow the economy, saying that while the unemployment rate is getting better and jobs are being added, the U.S. needs “to get there faster.”

Discussion: The Politico, The Powers That Be and JammieWearingFool

Fox News:

Egypt VP Target of Assassination Attempt That Killed Two Bodyguards, Sources Tell Fox News — A failed assassination attempt on Egypt's vice president in recent days left two of his bodyguards dead, sources tell Fox News. — Such an attempt on the life of Omar Suleiman would mark …

Discussion: Guardian, Emptywheel, NEWS.com.au, Mediaite, Corrente, CANNONFIRE, Sky Dancing, Egyptian Chronicles, The Gateway Pundit, Raw Story, Scared Monkeys, World Blog and msnbc.com

Telegraph:

WikiLeaks cables: US agrees to tell Russia Britain's nuclear secrets — The US secretly agreed to give the Russians sensitive information on Britain's nuclear deterrent to persuade them to sign a key treaty, The Daily Telegraph can disclose. — HMS Vanguard is Britain's lead Trident-armed submarine.

Discussion: Hot Air, UrbanGrounds, blogs.telegraph.co.uk, Outside the Beltway, Blue Crab Boulevard, iOwnTheWorld.com, Right Wing News, A Conservative Teacher, The Gateway Pundit, Althouse, Wake up America, Nice Deb, The Jawa Report, Israpundit and Pajamas Media

Vancouver Sun:

Top leadership quits Egypt ruling party — Mubarak resigns as head of ruling party: report — An opposition demonstrator gestures in front of tanks on the frontline near Tahrir Square in Cairo February 5, 2011. — The leadership of Egypt's ruling National Democratic Party resigned on Saturday …

Discussion: The Daily Dish and Hot Air

Evan McMorris-Santoro / TPMDC:

New GOP Bill Would Allow Hospitals To Let Women Die Instead Of Having An Abortion — The controversy over “forcible rape” may be over, but now there's a new Republican-sponsored abortion bill in the House that pro-choice folks say may be worse: this time around, the new language would allow hospitals …

Discussion: Washington Monthly, RHRealityCheck.org, Brilliant at Breakfast, Firedoglake, ECHIDNE of the snakes and Christian Science Monitor

Carolyn Fiddler / Democratic Legislative …:

GA State Rep.: There's No Such Thing as a Rape Victim — U.S. House Republicans have received a great deal of attention over the past week since seeking to qualify the crime of rape with the term “forcible” in a high-profile piece of legislation. Such a distinction could create classes of rape victims …

Discussion: Grim's Hall, DownWithTyranny!, RHRealityCheck.org, Brilliant at Breakfast and Balloon Juice

Bridget Johnson / The Hill:

Bush cancels Switzerland visit under threat of protests, efforts to arrest him — President George W. Bush has canceled an event in the famously neutral country Switzerland because of expected protests to his presence there. — Bush was supposed to give the keynote address at a Jewish group's charity gala on Feb. 12 in Geneva.

Discussion: Weasel Zippers

Marnie Eisenstadt / Syracuse Post-Standard:

People pack Rep. Ann Marie Buerkle's first town hall meeting in Wayne County — Newark, NY — It was wedding-like in the Wayne County office building Thursday night as people waited for U.S. Rep. Ann Marie Buerkle's first town hall meeting. They hugged and slapped backs as they looked toward the door.

Discussion: Daily Kos, TPMDC and Zandar Versus The Stupid

The Note:

John Kerry: Not Interested in Being Secretary of State — ABC News' Jonathan Karl reports: — Senator John Kerry (D-MA) wants to make one thing perfectly clear: He has no interest in being Secretary of State. — Of course, there is no opening. Hillary Clinton is no Secretary of State and shows no sign of leaving any time soon.

Discussion: The Democratic Daily and Boston Globe