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New York Times:
Mubarak Leaves Cairo as Crowds Surge — CAIRO — President Hosni Mubarak left the Egyptian capital for his resort home in Sharm el-Sheik, amid indications that a transfer of power was under way, Western officials said Friday. State television said Mr. Mubarak would issue a statement later.
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Washington Post:
Mubarak resigns; hands power to Egyptian military — CAIRO - President Hosni Mubarak resigned Friday and handed power to the Egyptian military, setting off wild celebrations among protesters across the country who had demanded his ouster for the last 18 days.
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Alan Colmes' Liberaland
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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The Reaction, Reuters, Hullabaloo, Lawyers, Guns & Money, Taylor Marsh, The Daily Dish, This Just In, BBC and AMERICAblog News
CBS News:
Mubarak Flees Cairo for Sharm el-Sheikh — Embattled President Leaves Capital after Defying Protesters' Demands for His Ouster, but He Is Expected to Return — Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak has temporarily left Cairo, a day after transferring some power to Vice President Omar Suleiman …
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Firedoglake, Associated Press and FrumForum
Jennifer Epstein / Reuters:
Reports: President Hosni Mubarak leaves Cairo — Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak left Cairo on Friday and traveled 250 miles to the Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh, multiple government officials have said, and he's expected to make another televised speech before the end of the day, state TV is reporting.
Paul Owen / Guardian:
Egyptian army backs Hosni Mubarak and calls for protesters to go home
Egyptian army backs Hosni Mubarak and calls for protesters to go home
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Washington Post
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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Gothamist, New York Times, Daily Kos, Philly.com, The Huffington Post and FrumForum
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
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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 …
Colby Hall / Mediaite:
Report: CIA Chief Based Congressional Testimony On Mubarak Departure On Media
Report: CIA Chief Based Congressional Testimony On Mubarak Departure On Media
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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Pajamas Media, Israel Matzav, Betsy's Page, National Review, Jihad Watch, The Foundry, Wizbang, The Politico and Sister Toldjah
Greg Miller / Washington Post:
Comments by Panetta stoke unmet expectations
Comments by Panetta stoke unmet expectations
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Prairie Weather, Right Turn and Politics
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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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
Jon Bershad / Mediaite:
CPAC Civil War: Ron Paul Supporters Scream “War Criminal” At Dick Cheney
CPAC Civil War: Ron Paul Supporters Scream “War Criminal” At Dick Cheney
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TPMDC, Questions and Observations, The Note, Alan Colmes' Liberaland and Liberal Values
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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Modeled Behavior and Democracy in America
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Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Abraham Lincoln, Inflationist
Abraham Lincoln, Inflationist
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Ezra Klein and NewsBusters.org blogs
Michael O'Brien / The Hill:
Utah Sen. Mike Lee says he won't back Orrin Hatch in GOP Senate primary — Sen. Mike Lee (R) said Friday that he wouldn't endorse fellow Utah Sen. Orrin Hatch (R) for reelection in the 2012 GOP Senate primary. — Lee, a freshman senator allied with the conservative Tea Party movement …
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Cubachi
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Steve Peoples / Roll Call:
Tea Party Express Names Snowe as Its Next Moderate Republican Target
Tea Party Express Names Snowe as Its Next Moderate Republican Target
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Daily Kos
Lbentzterp / CNN:
Do straw polls matter? — Washington (CNN) - OK. We admit it. We, along with the rest of the national political press corps, will be fixated Saturday on the results of the presidential straw poll at the Conservative Political Action Conference. — Balloting will be open …
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Taegan Goddard's …
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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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Michelle Malkin, Left Coast Rebel and Weasel Zippers
Michael O'Brien / The Hill:
Sen. Cornyn running for No. 2 spot in GOP leadership, aide says — Sen. John Cornyn (Texas) will run to become the next Senate GOP whip, a senior aide to the senator said Friday. — Cornyn, the chairman of the National Republican Senatorial Committee, has begun reaching out to colleagues …
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The Politico and CNN
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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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The Independent:
Robert Fisk: As Mubarak clings on... What now for Egypt? — The fury of a people whose hopes were raised and then dashed — To the horror of Egyptians and the world, President Hosni Mubarak - haggard and apparently disoriented - appeared on state television last night to refuse every demand …
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Crooks and Liars
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Charles Krauthammer / Washington Post:
From freedom agenda to freedom doctrine — Today, everyone and his cousin supports the “freedom agenda.” Of course, yesterday it was just George W. Bush, Tony Blair and a band of neocons with unusual hypnotic powers who dared challenge the received wisdom of Arab exceptionalism …
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Washington Monthly, protein wisdom, democracyarsenal.org and Don Surber
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, Wizbang and Pajamas Media
Lisa De Pasquale / Human Events:
De Pasquale's Dozen: Andrew Breitbart — I have endeavored in this column to pull back the curtain a bit on the pop culture sensibilities of some of the most serious political players of our day—to show that even kings and kingmakers, amid long afternoons with important Economist articles …
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Hit & Run and The Atlantic Online