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11:45 PM ET, February 5, 2011

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CBS News:
Mubarak Reportedly Leaves NDP Role; Mubarak's Son, Party Chief Also Exit; U.S. Signals Support for VP to Head Transition  —  CAIRO - The leadership of Egypt's ruling party has resigned is what is seen as a major concession to try to appease protesters who have demonstrated against the regime of President Hosni Mubarak.
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BBC:
Egypt unrest: US disowns envoy comment on Hosni Mubarak  —  Frank Wisner: ‘This is an ideal moment for Mubarak to show the way forward’  —  The US state department has distanced itself from comments by a US special envoy, to the effect that Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak should stay in office during a power transition.
Political Punch:
Obama Administration Distances Self From Own Envoy to Mubarak
Vancouver Sun:
Top leadership quits Egypt ruling party
William Kristol / Weekly Standard:
Stand for Freedom  —  Our friend Charles Krauthammer began his column last week by asking, “Who doesn't love a democratic revolution?  Who is not moved by the renunciation of fear and the reclamation of dignity in the streets of Cairo and Alexandria?”  —  It's understandable that conservatives …
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Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blog:
Kristol rebukes ‘hysterical’ Beck, conservatives on Egypt  —  Sharpening the divide on the right over whether Egypt's uprising should be viewed with fear or optimism, Weekly Standard editor Bill Kristol writes in the magazine's new edition that conservativism must support democracy in the largest Arab country:
David Brody / The Brody File:
Exclusive: Sarah Palin Interview With The Brody File  —  In an exclusive interview with The Brody File, Sarah Palin criticized President Obama for his handling of the situation in Egypt saying that this was his, “3am White House phone call” and, “that call went right to the answering machine.”
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Gschwarzcnn / CNN:
TRENDING: Palin: Obama's 3 a.m. call went to answering machine  —  Washington (CNN) - Sarah Palin, in her first comments on the uprising in Egypt, called the situation President Barack Obama's 3 a.m. phone call and said, “It seems the call went right to the answering machine.”
Discussion: The Note and Weasel Zippers
Jeff Zeleny / The Caucus:
Palin Keeps Position Clear and Intentions Vague
John F. Burns / New York Times:
Cameron Criticizes ‘Multiculturalism’ in Britain  —  LONDON — Faced with growing alarm about Islamic militants who have made Britain one of Europe's most active bases for terrorist plots, Prime Minister David Cameron has mounted an attack on the country's decades-old policy of “multiculturalism …
Discussion: Weasel Zippers
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Number10.gov.uk:
PM's speech at Munich Security Conference
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Rasmussen Reports:
Daily Presidential Tracking Poll  —  The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll for Saturday shows that 23% of the nation's voters Strongly Approve of the way that Barack Obama is performing his role as president.  Forty percent (40%) Strongly Disapprove, giving Obama …
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.
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Noel Sheppard / NewsBusters.org blogs:
Charles Krauthammer: 'If Godzilla Appeared on National Mall Gore Would Say It's Global Warming'  —  Charles Krauthmammer on Friday said if Godzilla appeared on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., Al Gore would blame it on global warming.  —  Such marvelously happened when the discussion on PBS's …
Discussion: Scared Monkeys
New York Times:
2 Detained Reporters Saw Police's Methods  —  CAIRO — We had been detained by Egyptian authorities, handed over to the country's dreaded Mukhabarat, the secret police, and interrogated.  They left us all night in a cold room, on hard orange plastic stools, under fluorescent lights.
Daily Mail:
Ever heard of too many cooks, Mayor?  Bloomberg spends $245,000 of taxpayers' dough employing THREE chefs at Gracie Mansion  —  When Mayor Bloomberg came into office there was just one executive cook at Gracie Mansion to make the VIP feasts.  —  Today there are three - costing taxpayers a whopping $245,000 this year.
Discussion: Cubachi
Rex Murphy / National Post:
Human rights meets their match: The microwave oven  —  Thank God for the Ontario Superior Court.  Or, if you're a Dawkins man, thank Providence, or Fate, or whatever benign anonymous forces silently preserve the common sense of things.  For the Ontario Superior Court, in overruling …
Discussion: Right Wing News
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.”
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The White House:
Weekly Address: If Business and Government Fulfill Their Respon …
Discussion: Weasel Zippers
 
 
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Ayman al Zawahiri's deputy releases statement in support of Egyptian opposition
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Discussion: Raw Story
Phillip Inman / Guardian:
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W.H. wants details on offshore drilling
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Landon Thomas Jr / New York Times:
In Turkey's Example, Some See Map for Egypt
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Lachlan Cartwright / The Ankler:
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Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica:
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