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2:45 AM ET, February 6, 2011

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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: Weasel Zippers and The Note
Jeremy P. Meyer / Denver Post:
Local group cancels Palin visit, citing “personal attacks”  —  Saying it received an “onslaught of personal attacks,” a Colorado nonprofit announced in a news release today that it was canceling a scheduled May appearance in Glendale by former vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin.
Discussion: Weasel Zippers
Jeff Zeleny / The Caucus:
Palin Keeps Position Clear and Intentions Vague
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.
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Political Punch:
Obama Administration Distances Self From Own Envoy to Mubarak  —  Jake Tapper, David Kerley and Kirit Radia report:  —  The Obama administration on Saturday distanced itself from comments about Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak made by a man the president had used as an envoy to Mubarak just days before.
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:
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 …
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
Alex Seitz-Wald / ThinkProgress:
10 Things Conservatives Don't Want You To Know About Ronald Reagan  —  Tomorrow will mark the 100th anniversary of President Reagan's birth, and all week, conservatives have been trying to outdo each others' remembrances of the great conservative icon.  Senate Republicans spent …
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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.
Terrence Aym / Salem-News.com:
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.
Discussion: National Review
 
 
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Ashraf Sweilam / Associated Press:
Officials: Bomb detonated in empty church in Egypt
Agence France Presse:
UN hopes for fast ratification of biodiversity treaty
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Thomas Joscelyn / 1 The Long War Journal:
Ayman al Zawahiri's deputy releases statement in support of Egyptian opposition
Discussion: Weasel Zippers
Dave Itzkoff / ArtsBeat:
Tura Satana, Cult Actress, Is Dead
Discussion: Big Hollywood and Hit & Run
Dennis J. Kucinich / Congressman Dennis J. Kucinich:
Kucinich Requests Visit with Pfc. Bradley Manning
Discussion: Raw Story
Daily Mail:
Ever heard of too many cooks, Mayor? …
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Darren Goode / The Politico:
W.H. wants details on offshore drilling
Discussion: Hot Air
Charles M. Blow / New York Times:
The Kindling of Change
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Landon Thomas Jr / New York Times:
In Turkey's Example, Some See Map for Egypt
Discussion: The Huffington Post and Guardian
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New York Times:
U.S. Trying to Balance Israel's Needs in the Face of Egyptian Reform
Discussion: LobeLog.com, Mondoweiss and The Caucus
Mark Mazzetti / New York Times:
Obama Faults Spy Agencies' Performance in Gauging Mideast Unrest, Officials Say
James Taranto / Wall Street Journal:
Everybody Does It?  Really?  —  Common Cause's “condemnation” …
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