MORE ON EGYPT: Big Pharaoh writes:

The Egyptian regime started to become a little bit more tolerant towards protests. I don’t know what is driving them crazy this time.The protests I attended were relatively large yet we were allowed to assemble and march on the streets. What changed that? Is the government so scared of the pro-reform judges?

Publius has much more. Meanwhile, on the Alaa front, don’t forget the automatic interactive petition.

Also, I seem to remember hearing that someone was planning a protest at the Egyptian embassy in Washington. Please let me know if that’s going to happen. And send photos!

Finally, Freeman Hunt notes that this is no Colbert moment: “Protesters in the US need to look at these protesters in Egypt. This is bravery. This is ‘patriotic dissent.'”