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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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Outside the Beltway, The Moderate Voice and Don Surber
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Noah Feldman / New York Times:
Sometimes, Justice Can Play Politics
Joshua Miller / ABCNEWS:
Gingrich Calls for Worldwide Democracy Promotion — Warns Against Muslim Brotherhood Rise in Egypt — Newt Gingrich, the former Republican Speaker of the House, criticized the Obama administration's handling of the crisis in Egypt, warned against the rise of the Muslim Brotherhood …
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HotAirPundit
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ABCNEWS:
‘This Week’ Transcript: Revolution in Egypt — Interviews with Newt Gingrich, Amb. Sameh Shoukry, Ehud Barak and Tim Pawlenty — AMANPOUR: OK, well, as you know... GINGRICH: So I — but I don't — I don't think — our focus shouldn't be on Obama. Our focus ought to be …
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Crooks and Liars and Suburban Guerrilla
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, The Daily Beast, Weasel Zippers, NewsBusters.org blogs and Nicholas D. Kristof
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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, Outside the Beltway, Weasel Zippers, The Gateway Pundit, HotAirPundit, American Power 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, Weigel, Outside the Beltway and Harry's Place
John Hayward / Human Events:
CPAC Straw Poll Results
CPAC Straw Poll Results
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yaf.com, Questions and Observations, National Review, Conservatives4Palin, Hot Air, TPMDC, The Other McCain and The Atlantic Online
David Segal / New York Times:
The Dirty Little Secrets of Search — PRETEND for a moment that you are Google's search engine. — Someone types the word “dresses” and hits enter. What will be the very first result? — There are, of course, a lot of possibilities. Macy's comes to mind. Maybe a specialty chain, like J. Crew or the Gap.
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SAI, Outside the Beltway, Prairie Weather, Gawker and TechCrunch, more at Techmeme »
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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current.com, Outside the Beltway, Informed Comment, naked capitalism, Israel Matzav and LewRockwell.com Blog
New York Times:
Egypt's Military Dissolves Parliament; Calls for Vote — CAIRO — The Egyptian military, for the first time publicly laying out the terms of its rule, said Sunday that it had dissolved the country's parliament, suspended its constitution and called for elections in six months …
Lucy Madison / CBS News:
John McCain: Putin and Hu Should Watch Out — Ariz. Republican Calls Egyptian Revolution “Repudiation of al Qaeda,” Says Protests Will Not Be Confined to Middle East — (CBS) Arizona Sen. John McCain predicted on Sunday that the recent governmental overthrow in Egypt …
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HotAirPundit
Chris Ziegler / Engadget:
Live from ‘An Evening With Nokia’ at MWC 2011! — 6:54PM “It is the case that as I entered Nokia, and worked literally every single day with the senior leaders of Nokia, I had to go through this assessment.” — 6:52PM “We have been in consulation with Intel — including immediately …
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SAI and TechCrunch, more at Techmeme »
Byron Tau / The Politico:
Right fractures over Islam — While a gay rights controversy drew headlines at this year's Conservative Political Action Conference, another — and even more bitter — dispute rippled as views varied widely on how to reconcile the conservative movement with Islam in the United States.
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Little Green Footballs, ThinkProgress and Salon
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Bryan Preston / Pajamas Media:
Video: ACU's Suhail Khan declares that there is no Muslim Brotherhood …
Video: ACU's Suhail Khan declares that there is no Muslim Brotherhood …
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Weasel Zippers
Darlene Superville / Associated Press:
AP Source: Obama to seek changes in Pell Grants — WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama's budget plan would cut $100 billion from Pell Grants and other higher education programs over a decade through belt-tightening and use the savings to keep the maximum college financial aid award at $5,550, an administration official said.
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Outside the Beltway
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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Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion and 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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The Huffington Post, Pajamas Media, Mashable!, 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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Grim's Hall and Power Line