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Marc Lynch:
Responding to the Worst Speech Ever — It's hard to exaggerate how bad Hosni Mubarak's speech today was for Egypt. In the extended runup to his remarks, every sign indicated that he planned to announce his resignation: the military's announcement that it had taken control …
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New York Times:
Obama Faces a Stark Choice on Mubarak — WASHINGTON — President Hosni Mubarak's refusal to step down on Thursday, after a day of rumors galvanized the crowds in Cairo, confronts the Obama administration with a stark choice: break decisively with Mr. Mubarak or stick to its call for an …
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Politics, Right Wing News, Mediaite, Marbury and No More Mister Nice Blog
Wall Street Journal:
Crisis Flummoxes White House — President Mubarak's Refusal to Step Down Signals a Loss of Western Influence; Sense of ‘Disbelief’ After Speech — WASHINGTON—The defiant tone taken by Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak—and widespread confusion about the meaning of his speech …
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Ben Smith's Blog and The Foundry
Jake Tapper / Political Punch:
Office Of The Director Of National Intelligence “Clarifies” Remarks On Muslim Brotherhood — The director of the Office of National Intelligence James Clapper today told a House Intelligence Committee hearing that the Egyptian branch of the Muslim Brotherhood - which seeks Egypt to become …
Colby Hall / Mediaite:
Report: CIA Chief Based Congressional Testimony On Mubarak Departure On Media — CIA Director Leon Panetta testified to Congress today of a “strong likelihood” that Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak would step down by the end of the day. The report of his impending resignation was only eclipsed …
Fox News:
Obama Administration Corrects Clapper's Claim That Muslim Brotherhood Is ‘Secular’
Obama Administration Corrects Clapper's Claim That Muslim Brotherhood Is ‘Secular’
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Betsy's Page, Pajamas Media, Israel Matzav, Jihad Watch, National Review and Wizbang
Josh Gerstein / The Politico:
DNI Clapper: Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood ‘largely secular’
DNI Clapper: Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood ‘largely secular’
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Sen. Jon Kyl / Washington Post:
Hosni Mubarak's speech to the Egyptian people: 'I will not …
Hosni Mubarak's speech to the Egyptian people: 'I will not …
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Associated Press, New York Times, FP Passport, News Desk and Pam's House Blend
Joel Rubin / democracyarsenal.org:
A Defiant Mubarak and What Obama Should Do Next
A Defiant Mubarak and What Obama Should Do Next
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Greg Miller / Washington Post:
Comments by Panetta stoke unmet expectations
Comments by Panetta stoke unmet expectations
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Evan McMorris-Santoro / TPMDC:
Paul Supporters Hijack Cheney-Rumsfeld Reunion (Video) — ***LIVE UPDATES FROM CPAC ON TPM's CPAC 2011 WIRE*** — Dick Cheney just popped up here at CPAC to introduce his old pal and Bush administration colleague Donald Rumsfeld. Fans of Ron Paul turned what should have been a friendly moment …
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Jon Bershad / Mediaite:
CPAC Civil War: Ron Paul Supporters Scream “War Criminal” At Dick Cheney — Things should have been nice and chummy at CPAC an hour ago. Dick Cheney strolled on stage to cheers and the inspirational tune of Tina Turner's “Simply the Best” and got began to present the “Defender Of The Constitution” award to Donald Rumsfeld.
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TPMDC, Alan Colmes' Liberaland and Liberal Values
Daniel Strauss / The Hill:
Trump: Ron Paul a ‘good guy,’ but ‘has zero chance’ of being elected president
Trump: Ron Paul a ‘good guy,’ but ‘has zero chance’ of being elected president
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Questions and Observations, American Power, CNN, Taegan Goddard's …, Cubachi, Ben Smith's Blog, The Other McCain and Commentary
Stephanie Condon / CBS News:
Ron Paul Supporters Heckle Cheney, Rumsfeld at CPAC
Ron Paul Supporters Heckle Cheney, Rumsfeld at CPAC
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Firedoglake and Pam's House Blend
David Weigel / Weigel:
CPAC 2011: Whose Bright Idea Was it to Put Rumsfeld and Cheney …
CPAC 2011: Whose Bright Idea Was it to Put Rumsfeld and Cheney …
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Politics Daily
Michael Shear / The Caucus:
Trump Tells Conservative Audience He's Presidential Material
Trump Tells Conservative Audience He's Presidential Material
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The Politico, Hot Air, No More Mister Nice Blog, Whiskey Fire, Hotline On Call, The Daily Caller, Liberty Pundits Blog, Nice Deb, Daily Kos and Cubachi
New York Times:
Mubarak Reportedly Leaves Cairo — CAIRO —The Egyptian military appeared to assert its leadership Friday amid growing indications that President Hosni Mubarak was yielding all power. A Western official said that Mr. Mubarak had left the capital, though that could not be independently confirmed.
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Power Line, Associated Press, Guardian, ABCNEWS, The Moderate Voice, Taegan Goddard's …, CANNONFIRE and The Reality-Based Community
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Nicholas Kristof / Nicholas D. Kristof:
The Pharaoh Refuses to Go — Updated with video.
The Pharaoh Refuses to Go — Updated with video.
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New York Times, Daily Kos, Philly.com, The Huffington Post, FrumForum and TPM LiveWire
Jake Sherman / The Politico:
After hard week, GOP has ‘group hug’ — House Republicans emerged from an emergency meeting about the budget Thursday night sounding unified around a newfangled stop-gap spending measure that would achieve cuts of $100 billion. — Freshmen, once again, were the driving force that sent …
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Kevinliptak / CNN:
Republican says government shutdown possible, as House GOP work to bridge divisions
Republican says government shutdown possible, as House GOP work to bridge divisions
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Washington Monthly
Lee Fang / ThinkProgress:
EXCLUSIVE: US Chamber's Lobbyists Solicited Hackers To Sabotage Unions, Smear Chamber's Political Opponents — ThinkProgress has learned that a law firm representing the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, the big business trade association representing ExxonMobil, AIG, and other major international corporations …
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Scott Keyes / ThinkProgress:
CHAMBERLEAKS: US Chamber's Lobbyists Solicited Firm To Investigate …
CHAMBERLEAKS: US Chamber's Lobbyists Solicited Firm To Investigate …
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Emptywheel and The BRAD BLOG
Myglesias / Yglesias:
Paul Ryan's Limited Imagination — Everyone knows that Ron Paul has some crank notions about monetary economics, but Paul Ryan's own crankitude on this score is badly underrated. Will Wilkinson, for example, flags this alarming quote from Ryan's participation in a recent committee hearing with Ben Bernanke:
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Democracy in America and Modeled Behavior
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Feifei Sun / The Page:
Romney: “Believe in America” — First on The Page: '12 aspirant at CPAC morning speech to focus on (surprise!) the issue Americans most care about — jobs. — Watch it live around 10:30am ET here. — And look for “Believe in America” bumper stickers, lapel stickers and signs at the conference.
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Ben Smith's Blog, GOP 12 and Hugh Hewitt's TownHall Blog
Mj Lee / The Politico:
Oprah wants ‘respect’ for Obama — Oprah Winfrey (left) and Barack Obama attend a campaign event in Dec. 2007. AP Photo — Oprah called on President Obama's critics on Friday to “show some level of respect.” — “I feel that everybody has a learning curve, and I feel that the reason …
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Weasel Zippers
Agence France Presse:
Multiculturalism has failed, says French president — PARIS (AFP) - French President Nicolas Sarkozy declared Thursday that multiculturalism had failed, joining a growing number of world leaders or ex-leaders who have condemned it. — “My answer is clearly yes, it is a failure,” …
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Weasel Zippers, Pajamas Media and Wizbang
Mike Allen / The Politico:
Koch Brothers plan to spend $88 million this cycle on TV, micro-targeting, grassroots - Team Huntsman hiring for ‘12 — Gibbs’ last stand — Alex Conant is 31 - Sarah Palin is 47 — BULLETIN — Bloomberg: “Hundreds of protesters demanding the resignation of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak …
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Tim Mak / FrumForum:
New CPAC Head Distances Group from GOProud — The new chair of the American Conservative Union, Al Cardenas, today distanced his organization from GOProud, telling FrumForum in an exclusive interview that “it's going to be difficult to continue the relationship” with the gay conservative organization.
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Ben Smith's Blog, Hot Air, GayPatriot, AmSpecBlog, The Daily Caller, Towleroad News #gay, Right Wing Watch, RedState and Daily Kos