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9:50 AM ET, February 2, 2011

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New York Times:
Clashes Erupt in Cairo Between Mubarak's Allies and Foes  —  CAIRO — President Obama's calls for a rapid transition to a new order in Egypt seemed eclipsed on Wednesday as thousands of demonstrators for and against President Hosni Mubarak, some on horses and camels, fought running battles in and around Cairo's Tahrir Square.
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Mark Landler / New York Times:
Obama Urges Mubarak Not to Run Again  —  WASHINGTON — President Obama has told the embattled president of Egypt, Hosni Mubarak, that he should not run for another term in elections in the fall, effectively withdrawing American support for its closest Arab ally, according to American diplomats in Cairo and Washington.
Wall Street Journal:
Egypt's Army Calls for End to Protests  —  By MARGARET COKER and CHARLES LEVINSON in Cairo and JONATHAN WEISMAN in Washington  —  Egypt's army called on protesters to return home Wednesday, and Internet connections were restored, as the government moved to restore some normalcy after a wrenching week of protests.
American Thinker:
The Story of the Egyptian Revolution  —  A friend of mine in academia forwarded this email to me from an Egyptian student whose good sense he vouches for.  He tells a story very different than that most of you are seeing on television or reading in your papers.
Stellaa / Sarthanapalos:
A Guide: How Not To Say Stupid Stuff About Egypt  —  The past few days I have heard so many stupid things from friends, blogs, pundits, correspondents, politicians, experts, writers that I want to pull my hair.  So, I will not beat around the bush, I will be really blunt and give you a handy list …
James Hohmann / The Politico:
GOP 2012-ers cold on Egypt strategy  —  Unlike top congressional Republicans, the field of 2012 GOP presidential hopefuls isn't quite ready to express support for President Barack Obama's cautious approach to the crisis in Egypt.  —  In fact, many of them aren't ready to say anything at all.
Discussion: Taegan Goddard's … and The Hill
The White House:
Remarks by the President on the Situation in Egypt
Wall Street Journal:
How Cairo, U.S. Were Blindsided by Revolution
Discussion: FP Passport, Guardian and EA WorldView
Karen DeYoung / Washington Post:
Obama presses Mubarak to move ‘now’
Dcrisscnn / This Just In:
Egypt crisis: Police returning to Cairo streets amid violence, U.S. says
Glenn Thrush / The Politico:
Hillary Clinton plays key role in dance with Hosni Mubarak
Discussion: Reuters
Thomas L. Friedman / New York Times:
B.E., Before Egypt. A.E., After Egypt.
Discussion: Mondoweiss and The Moderate Voice
Spengler / Asia Times:
Food and failed Arab states
Discussion: Pajamas Media
Aljazeera:
Defiant Mubarak vows to finish term
Greg Sargent / The Plum Line:
Wisconsin attorney general: “Health care law is dead”  —  Okay, so here's the next frontier in the war over the Affordable Care Act: Republican state officials around the country who are hostile to the law may now seize on Judge Vinson's decision yesterday to threaten to stop implementing it — right now.
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Publius / TheFourthBranch.com:
The alternatives to the health care law
Discussion: Crooks and Liars and Balloon Juice
Al Gore / Al's Journal:
An Answer for Bill  —  Last week on his show Bill O'Reilly asked, “Why has southern New York turned into the tundra?” and then said he had a call into me.  I appreciate the question.  As it turns out, the scientific community has been addressing this particular question …
Mike Riggs / The Daily Caller:
Valerie Jarrett to uniformed general: More wine, garçon!  —  In Washington, bigwigs can misspeak and misstep a million times without drawing attention.  And then there are the seemingly harmless moments that stick to a person like super glue: Joe Wilson barking “You lie!”
Vancouver Sun:
‘Al-Qaida on brink of using nuclear bomb’  —  Al-Qaida members participate in military training in Afghanistan in this file photo.  —  Photograph by: Agence France-Presse Files, National Post, With Files From News Services  —  Al-Qaida is on the verge of producing radioactive weapons …
Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
Can Jay Carney hack it as top flack?  —  The e-mail, coming from the Executive Office of the President and addressed to me, had a catchy subject line: “You are a hack.”  —  This was tough - but accurate.  I read on.  —  The body of the message began with the phrase “shamelessly misrepresented …
Alan Cowell / New York Times:
Yemen's Leader Pledges Not to Seek Re-election  —  PARIS — In the latest shock wave from protests across the Arab world, President Ali Abdullah Saleh of Yemen sought to forestall new displays of opposition, announcing on Wednesday that he would not stand for re-election when his term expires …
Discussion: FrumForum and The Page
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Haaretz:
Yemeni president vows to step down after term, as protests spark …
Mike Stark / StarkReports.com:
Will Boehner's be the shortest Speakership ever?  —  Remember the videos at the bottom of this post?  —  The New York Times passed on the story (if there ever was one; Page 6 of the New York Post isn't known as the beginning and end of truth), but evidently Boehner hasn't been successful in making the story go away.
Michael Barone / Washington Examiner:
Obama's antique vision of technological progress  —  Barack Obama, like all American politicians, likes to portray himself as future-oriented and open to technological progress.  Yet the vision he set out in his State of the Union address is oddly antique and disturbingly static.
Discussion: Betsy's Page
The Politico:
Gingrich, Dean debate immigration  —  Gingrich's peppered his remarks with standard-fare bombast, those sky-is-falling warnings about the epic struggles ahead.  —  “Any honest assessment on 9/11 this year, 10 years after the attack, I think will have to conclude that we are slowly losing the war,” he said.
Discussion: Firedoglake
Dana Milbank / PostPartisan:
Day one of my Sarah Palin moratorium  —  I survived Day One of my February Sarah Palin moratorium, defeating the evil plans of ABC News's Rick Klein.  Only 27 days to go...  Mr Milbank,  —  in addition, how about a PERMANENT moratorium on your fawning over every little/ignorant/weak/leftist DIMocRAT extremist?
Ahmad F Al-Shagra / The Next Web:
Internet Restored in Egypt  —  This just in: Reports from bloggers and Egyptian twitterati have confirmed that the Internet has been restored in Egypt by the country's major Internet Service Providers ISPs.  —  The decision has yet to be clarified as whether it is a single sided decision …
Discussion: The Moderate Voice
David Eldridge / Washington Times:
Tardy senator draws dressing-down  —  Back home they were often superstars, governors, or state attorneys general, but here in Washington they are now just freshman senators — a lesson Sen. Richard Blumenthal learned on Monday when he got dressed down by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid …
Discussion: Washington Post and The Fix
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Chris Moody / The Daily Caller:   Health care repeal measure will be offered as an amendment to first Senate bill
Wall Street Journal:
On Street, Pay Vaults to Record Altitude  —  When it comes to paychecks, Wall Street's law of gravity is back in full force: What goes down must come back up.  —  In 2010, total compensation and benefits at publicly traded Wall Street banks and securities firms hit a record of $135 billion …
Amit Singhal / The Official Google Blog:
Microsoft's Bing uses Google search results—and denies it  —  By now, you may have read Danny Sullivan's recent post: “Google: Bing is Cheating, Copying Our Search Results” and heard Microsoft's response, “We do not copy Google's results.”  However you define copying, the bottom line is, these Bing results came directly from Google.
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Jeffrey Goldberg / The Atlantic Online:
The Neocons Split with Israel Over Egypt  —  Well, this is interesting.  The neoconservative (or liberal interventionist) wing of American Jewish political thought (not that all neocons are Jewish, God forbid anyone should think that!) is cheering on the revolution in Egypt …
Discussion: New York Times and National Review
David Leonhardt / New York Times:
The Paradox of Corporate Taxes  —  The Carnival Corporation wouldn't have much of a business without help from various branches of the government.  The United States Coast Guard keeps the seas safe for Carnival's cruise ships.  Customs officers make it possible for Carnival cruises to travel to other countries.
Discussion: The New Republic and Economix
Lisa Carter / Austin American-Statesman:
Carl's Jr. parent eyeing Texas as possible new headquarters  —  CKE Restaurants Inc., the owner of the Carl's Jr. and Hardee's chains, is considering moving its headquarters from California to Texas.  It could be an easy sell for the Lone Star State.  —  CEO Andrew Puzder and President …
 
 
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New York Times:
Report Foresees Quick Gulf of Mexico Recovery
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