When news first broke of the protests in Egypt, the right-wing media didn’t quite know how to react. But true to form, they eventually settled on the same old talking point: it’s Obama fault.
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The view from inside Tahrir Square; increased attacks on foreign observers; and a look at the Muslim Brotherhood.

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Thomas Frank and Harper’s Magazine created a contest for an ad to sell government to Americans–and they found that certain parts of the government are quite popular with people in the U.S.

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John Boehner says “Smoking is legal, leave me alone.” Sady Doyle agrees, but wants him to leave her uterus alone as well. She explains the #dearjohn Twitter campaign around HR3, the “No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act”.
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Eesha Pandit and Sady Doyle explain the new “No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act,” and why it remains dangerous even when “forcible rape” language has been removed from the bill.

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Thomas Frank of Harper’s magazine discusses Ronald Reagan’s interaction with anti-choice activists–how he kept them close, but not too close.

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“I want my kids to be proud of their country,” says Raina Fahmy, of Egypt. “I don’t want them feeling that living here is at best a compromise and at worst a sacrifice.” Images of violence from today’s protests were all over the news, but Raina, on the phone from Cairo, tells us that she felt very safe at the protests, and explains to us why it matters for her to go out and join them, and to bring her family along.
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Eesha Pandit of MergerWatch and Raising Women’s Voices for the Healthcare We Need explains why the new “No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion” Act, HR3, is an attack on lower-income women–and why it’s expanding to more and more people.

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February 3, 2011 – Clinton condemned violent attacks on protestors calling for Egypt President Hosni Mubarak to step down, saying journalists should be able to report safely.
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Senate Democrats today urged Republicans to join in a responsible approach to deficit reduction, and drop threats to force a government shutdown that would have disastrous consequences for the economy.
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For years the US Chamber of Commerce has been releasing phony reports warning Americans that frivolous, junk lawsuits are clogging our court systems, causing prices of insurance, consumer goods, and everything else under the sun to rise. But while they were working to keep you out of the courts, they were filing dozens of lawsuits on behalf of their corporate cronies — in fact, in 2009 they averaged one lawsuit filing every 3 days.
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President Obama travels to Penn State University and speaks about encouraging and investing in innovation and clean energy technologies to create new jobs, grow the economy, and win the future. February 3, 2011.
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President Obama speaks about the role of faith in his life and in society during the National Prayer Breakfast in Washington, D.C. February 3, 2011.
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