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.”

Winning The Future In Egypt (Ongoing...)  —  Team Obama delivers another ‘WTF’ moment in Egypt, with Hillary Clinton saying Mubarak needs to go and the US special envoy saying his “continued leadership is critical”.  The Times papers this over as best they can:

Egypt remains at an impasse  —  Crowds occupy Cairo demanding president's resignation, while Muslim Brotherhood says it will join talks with government.  —  After nearly two weeks of anti-government demonstrations in Egypt, the standoff continues between tens of thousands of protesters …

Magnetic Polar Shifts Causing Massive Global Superstorms  —  Superstorms can also cause certain societies, cultures or whole countries to collapse.  Others may go to war with each other.

Debt panel's Simpson: Lawmakers must hit the ‘big four’ for cuts  —  Former senator Alan Simpson, a proponent of a sweeping deficit reduction plan, said politically popular moves to tackle spending amount to a “sparrow belch in the midst of a typhoon.”  —  Simpson, a former Republican lawmaker …

Koch brothers now at heart of GOP power  —  The billionaire brothers' influence is most visible in the makeup of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, where members have vowed to undo restrictions on greenhouse gases.  —  Demonstrators rally in Rancho Mirage during a retreat organized by the Koch brothers.

President Reagan's jelly beans  —  When I was a child, President Ronald Reagan was the nice man who gave us jelly beans when we visited the White House.  —  I didn't know then, but I know it now: The jelly beans were much more than a sweet treat that he gave out as gifts.

Valerie Jarrett thinks 4-star general is waiter  —  (CNN) — Four-star Army Gen. Peter Chiarelli — the number two general in the U.S. army — says he is absolutely not offended that Obama adviser Valerie Jarrett mistook him for a waiter at a fancy Washington dinner this week and asked him for a glass of wine.

Bill O'Reilly interview of Barack Obama could be victory for both  —  With a classic showman's swagger, Bill O'Reilly has declared that more people will see his live pre-game interview with President Barack Obama on Sunday than “any other interview that's ever been done in the history of mankind.”

Wallflowers at the Revolution  —  A month ago most Americans could not have picked Hosni Mubarak out of a police lineup.  American foreign policy, even in Afghanistan, was all but invisible throughout the 2010 election season.  Foreign aid is the only federal budget line that a clear-cut majority of Americans says should be cut.

Clean Air Under Siege  —  Shortly after he entered the Senate in 2007, John Barrasso told his Wyoming constituents that the country's biggest need was an energy policy to deal with carbon dioxide, the main greenhouse gas.  —  That was then.  In lockstep with other Senate Republicans …

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 …