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Adam Liptak / New York Times:
No Argument: Thomas Keeps 5-Year Silence — WASHINGTON — The anniversary will probably be observed in silence. — A week from Tuesday, when the Supreme Court returns from its midwinter break and hears arguments in two criminal cases, it will have been five years since Justice Clarence Thomas has spoken during a court argument.
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The Moderate Voice and Don Surber
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Noah Feldman / New York Times:
Sometimes, Justice Can Play Politics
Byron Tau / The Politico:
YAF kicks out Ron Paul — A prominent conservative activist group has given Ron Paul the boot. — The Young Americans for Freedom has voted the Texas congressman off its national advisory board in the aftermath of his straw poll win at CPAC over his positions on national security issues.
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No More Mister Nice Blog, Weasel Zippers, The Gateway Pundit, American Power, HotAirPundit and Slate
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Jeff Zeleny / New York Times:
At Gathering, Ron Paul Is No. 1 for 2012
At Gathering, Ron Paul Is No. 1 for 2012
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CNN, Harry's Place and Outside the Beltway
John Hayward / Human Events:
CPAC Straw Poll Results
CPAC Straw Poll Results
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Questions and Observations, National Review, Hot Air, Conservatives4Palin, TPMDC, The Other McCain and The Atlantic Online
Fox News:
Ron Paul Wins Presidential Straw Poll at CPAC — Again
Ron Paul Wins Presidential Straw Poll at CPAC — Again
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Crooks and Liars, Outside the Beltway, Doug Ross, Mediaite, Salon, The Moderate Voice, Hot Air, Pajamas Media and Gawker
Gschwarzcnn / CNN:
Rep. Ron Paul wins CPAC straw poll
Rep. Ron Paul wins CPAC straw poll
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The Politico, Ben Smith's Blog and blogs.abcnews.com
Nicholas D. Kristof / New York Times:
What Egypt Can Teach America — It's a new day in the Arab world — and, let's hope, in American relations to the Arab world. — The truth is that the United States has been behind the curve not only in Tunisia and Egypt for the last few weeks, but in the entire Middle East for decades.
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Alan Colmes' Liberaland, Weasel Zippers, NewsBusters.org blogs and Nicholas D. Kristof
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New York Times:
In U.S. Signals to Egypt, Obama Straddled a Rift — WASHINGTON — Last Saturday afternoon, President Obama got a jarring update from his national security team: With restive crowds of young Egyptians demanding President Hosni Mubarak's immediate resignation, Frank G. Wisner …
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JustOneMinute, Taylor Marsh, Connecting.the.Dots, Booman Tribune and NPR
Telegraph:
Egypt: Hosni Mubarak used last 18 days in power to secure his fortune — Hosni Mubarak used the 18 days it took for protesters to topple him to shift his vast wealth into untraceable accounts overseas, Western intelligence sources have said. — The price of Brent crude rose sharply early …
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Israel Matzav, naked capitalism, current.com, Outside the Beltway, Informed Comment and LewRockwell.com Blog
Victor Davis Hanson / National Review:
Reflections on the Revolution in Egypt — For nearly three weeks, the Biden/Clinton/Obama policy concerning the tottering Mubarak regime was contradictory, incoherent, and predicated entirely on the perceived pulse of the demonstrations. Finally, the confused administration seemed …
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Eunomia
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Nabila Ramdani / Telegraph:
Algeria shuts down internet and Facebook as protest mounts
Algeria shuts down internet and Facebook as protest mounts
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Pajamas Media, Sky Dancing and msnbc.com, more at Techmeme »
NPR:
Thousands Defy Ban To Protest In Algeria
Thousands Defy Ban To Protest In Algeria
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Pajamas Media, France24 and hosted2.ap.org
Paul A. Rahe / Commentary Magazine:
How to Think About the Tea Party — On February 19, 2009, when the finance commentator Rick Santelli indulged in a rant against the newly unveiled “stimulus” bill on the CNBC cable network and called for a demonstration in Chicago modeled on the Boston Tea Party, he fired a shot heard round the country.
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Power Line
Andy Barr / The Politico:
Ryan defends proposed GOP cuts — Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) defended proposed Republican budget cuts to popular domestic programs Sunday as necessary to maintaining fiscal health. — “No matter how popular sounding these programs are, they jeopardize our children's future,” …
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Washington Monthly
Gschwarzcnn / CNN:
Allen West on ‘the dawn of a new America’ — Washington (CNN) - Freshman GOP Rep. Allen West of Florida outlined three “pillars of conservatism” that will lead to the “new dawn of a new America” in a rousing speech given to close the Conservative Political Action Conference Saturday.
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Cubachi, The Right Scoop and Liberty Pundits Blog
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Gschwarzcnn / CNN:
Bolton: Obama administration ‘plain wrong’ on Egypt
Bolton: Obama administration ‘plain wrong’ on Egypt
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The Right Scoop, Sky Dancing, Cubachi, Liberty Pundits Blog, The Moderate Voice, The Hill and Booman Tribune
Shane D'Aprile / Ballot Box:
Allen West closes CPAC promising ‘new dawn in America’
Adam Serwer / American Prospect:
Egypt May Have Just Won The Future. — I've been at CPAC all day, but my mind has been preoccupied with events in Egypt. There's no guarantee that the military, now that Hosni Mubarak has stepped down, will be willing to relinquish its own power when the time comes.
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Washington Monthly
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
South Carolina May Adopt Own Currency — Picking up on the ancestral tradition, South Carolinians have spent much of the last two years asserting various forms of independence from the federal government and attempting to block different federal laws. Now a state senator from the Palmetto State …
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Balloon Juice and Spartanburg Herald-Journal
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Stephen Largen / Spartanburg Herald-Journal:
Sen. Lee Bright: SC should coin own money
Shane D'Aprile / Ballot Box:
Coulter: Nominate Christie, because Romney will lose — Conservative pundit Ann Coulter warned activists Saturday that if the party nominates former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney in 2012, President Obama will win reelection. — Asked in a Q&A session after a bombastic speech at CPAC …
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Mediaite, CNN, No More Mister Nice Blog and Taylor Marsh
New York Times:
To Defend the Accused in a Tucson Rampage, First a Battle to Get Inside a Mind — TUCSON — Judy Clarke, the public defender for the man charged in the Tucson shooting, Jared L. Loughner, has made motions on his behalf and entered a plea for him of not guilty.
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TalkLeft