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8:45 AM ET, February 4, 2011

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New York Times:
White House, Egypt Discuss Plan for Mubarak's Exit  —  WASHINGTON — The Obama administration is discussing with Egyptian officials a proposal for President Hosni Mubarak to resign immediately, turning over power to a transitional government headed by Vice President Omar Suleiman with the support …
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Christiane Amanpour / ABCNEWS:
Mubarak: ‘If I Resign Today There Will Be Chaos’  —  I've just left the presidential palace in Cairo where I sat down for an exclusive 30-minute interview with President Hosni Mubarak.  — He told me that he is troubled by the violence we have seen in Tahrir Square over the last few days …
Mark Mooney / ABCNEWS:
ABC News Reporter Brian Hartman Threatened With Beheading  —  Attacks on Foreign Press Growing During Egyptian Uprising  —  A group of angry Egyptian men carjacked an ABC News crew and threatened to behead them today in the latest and most menacing attack on foreign reporters trying to cover the anti-government uprising.
Nicholas D. Kristof / New York Times:
We Are All Egyptians  —  Inside Tahrir Square on Thursday, I met a carpenter named Mahmood whose left arm was in a sling, whose leg was in a cast and whose head was being bandaged in a small field hospital set up by the democracy movement.  This was the seventh time in 24 hours …
New York Times:
Egyptians Defy Crackdown With New Mass Protests  —  CAIRO — Defying a wider government crackdown, more than 100,000 Egyptians packed Cairo's central Tahrir Square on Friday, chanting slogans, bowing in prayer and waving Egyptian flags to press a largely peaceful campaign for the removal …
Discussion: Sky Dancing and FrumForum
CNN:
Troops stand guard in Cairo  —  Follow live blogging on “This Just In” and the latest tweets from CNN correspondents from the protests.  Send your video, images to CNN iReport.  —  Cairo, Egypt (CNN) — Demonstrators have built a barbed-wire barricade and stacked piles …
Discussion: The Monkey Cage and This Just In
Glenn Thrush / The Politico:   White House working on exit for Hosni Mubarak
World News:
We've compiled a list of all the journalist who have been in …
ZIP / Weasel Zippers:
Pics of the Day: Homemade Helmets in Egypt...  Pick your favorite. … My personal favorite.
Discussion: iOwnTheWorld.com
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Daily Mail:
UN evacuates staff as violence continues in Egypt for 10th …
Discussion: Michelle Malkin
Michael J. Totten / Pajamas Media:
Sandmonkey's Last Post  —  The blogger known as Egyptian Sandmonkey is a friend of mine.
John Bresnahan / The Politico:
House Democrat files for bankruptcy  —  Rep. Ruben Hinojosa, an eight-term Democrat from Texas, filed for personal bankruptcy in December after a major bank won a $2.6 million arbitration award against him over a loan he made to a family meat company, according to documents filed in federal bankruptcy court.
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Associated Press:
Congressman Hinojosa files for bankruptcy
Discussion: Weasel Zippers and UrbanGrounds
Gallup:
Gallup Finds U.S. Unemployment Up Slightly in January to 9.8%  —  Underemployment at 18.9%, compared with 19.0% at the end of December  —  PRINCETON, NJ — Unemployment, as measured by Gallup without seasonal adjustment, increased to 9.8% at the end of January — up from 9.6% at the end of December, but down from 10.9% a year ago.
Wall Street Journal:
ObamaCare's Repeal Has Begun  —  This week's Senate vote to scrap an IRS reporting requirement is the start of a piece by piece approach.  —  Mark this date: On Feb. 2, 2011, a Democratic Senate killed the first piece of the health-care law it passed less than a year ago.
Discussion: Betsy's Page
Rachel Weiner / The Fix:
Why Sarah Palin keeps skipping CPAC  —  Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin today turned down an invitation to speak at the annual Conservative Political Action Conference even after being offered the plum keynote speaking spot, the fourth year in a row she's turned down an offer to speak at the event.
Jonathan Allen / The Politico:
Gabrielle Giffords's husband Mark Kelly will command final shuttle flight  —  Mark Kelly, husband of wounded Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, will fly the space shuttle Endeavour's final mission in April, according to a source familiar with the decision.  —  Kelly and NASA are expected to make an announcement at a press conference Friday.
Discussion: NASA, FrumForum and The Page
Tim Fernholz / NationalJournal.com:
House GOP Calls for Cuts in Security Spending  —  Defense spending is on the budget chopping block, under spending limits set by House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan, R-Wisc.  —  House Republicans are proposing to slash $74 billion in discretionary spending this year …
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Erik Wasson / The Hill:
GOP offers $32B budget cut
Ayaan Hirsi Ali / New York Times:
Get Ready for the Muslim Brotherhood  —  WASHINGTON — In 1985, as a teenager in Kenya, I was an adamant member of the Muslim Brotherhood.  Seventeen years later, in 2002, I took part in a political campaign to win votes for the conservative party in the Netherlands.
Discussion: Yglesias
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Jeffrey M. Jones / Gallup:
Obama's Approval Ratings More Polarized in Year 2 Than Year 1  —  Ranks as fourth-most-polarized year for a president since 1953  —  PRINCETON, NJ — President Barack Obama's job approval ratings were even more polarized during his second year in office than during his first …
Discussion: The Politico and Hotline On Call
Steve Gutow / The Politico:
Abandoning allies and consciences  —  A popular budget cut is an oxymoron.  —  Every government program has its constituencies and supporters.  No reduction in spending, no matter how basic, goes without objection.  But in this time of necessary budgetary soul searching …
Discussion: ABCNEWS
CNN:
TRENDING: White House e-mail blackout  —  WASHINGTON (CNN) -The White House learned an important lesson Thursday: the most powerful place in the world is not immune to some of the technical glitches that drive most Americans crazy.  —  Shortly before 8 a.m. the unclassified e-mail system …
Discussion: The Politico
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Brobinson / Fox Nation:
Fox News Crew Attacked in Egypt
Discussion: PopWatch and AOL News
NBC Philadelphia:
Cops Charge 7-Year-Old for Bringing Toy Gun to Class  —  Kid charged with possession of a fake firearm after shooting Nerf-style gun  —  A 7-year-old child allegedly shot a Nerf-style toy gun in his Hammonton, N.J., school Jan. 18.  No one was hurt, but the pint-size softshooter now faces misdemeanor criminal charges.
The Politico:
Why we fight health reform rollback  —  We're looking out for business owners like Mark Hodesh, who runs a small home and garden shop in Ann Arbor, Mich. The new law gave a tax cut to help them provide insurance for employees.  So Hodesh was able to hire a new employee, expand his business and make 2010 his busiest year ever.
Discussion: Hot Air
The Huffington Post:
Learning To Walk: Fear, Shame And Your Underwater Mortgage … WASHINGTON — Nearly one in every four homeowners across the country owe more on their home than it's worth.  Once a month, those 10.8 million are faced with a question that cuts to the core of the American Dream and offers …
Discussion: Hullabaloo
Adam Entous / Wall Street Journal:
U.S. Pressure on Mubarak Opens a Rift With Arab Allies  —  WASHINGTON—President Barack Obama's attempt to abruptly push aside Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak in favor of a transition government has sparked a rift with key Arab allies Saudi Arabia and United Arab Emirates …
Discussion: Israel Matzav
George Bennett / Palm Beach Post:
Ex-U.S. Rep. Foley returns to GOP scene, four years after grounding in scandal  —  Former Republican U.S. Rep. Mark Foley, a pariah with many in the GOP after he abruptly resigned in a 2006 Internet sex scandal, is slowly regaining acceptance with some local Republicans.
Discussion: The Hill and TPMMuckraker
Graeme Wood / The Atlantic Online:
Why I Was Dragged Through the Street by an Egyptian Mob  —  As the regime plays up the supposed role of “foreign agendas” behind the protests, Mubarak supporters' attacks become more indiscriminate  —  CAIRO — Egypt's cryptic new vice president, Omar Suleiman, is a man who chooses his words cautiously …
Floyd Norris / New York Times:
From 1983, Hints of Strong Job Growth in 2011  —  The unemployment rate declined by four-tenths of a percentage point in one month.  There had not been a monthly decline that large in many years, but economists were unimpressed.  After all, the decline was due in no small part …
 
 
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Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
Bruning up in Nebraska  —  Jon Bruning is the clear front runner …
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Simon Johnson / Economix:
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Washington Post:
Housing finance changes likely to mean less government backing for some buyers
Discussion: The Page
Daniel Strauss / Ballot Box:
Perry to keynote Kentucky GOP dinner
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Daniel Strauss / The Hill:
McCain says a ‘much more centrist’ Obama ‘much’ easier to work with
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Frederick W. Smith / Fortune:
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