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Edward Joseph Snowden / WikiLeaks:
Statement from Edward Snowden in Moscow — One week ago I left Hong Kong after it became clear that my freedom and safety were under threat for revealing the truth. My continued liberty has been owed to the efforts of friends new and old, family, and others who I have never met and probably never will.
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Rory Carroll / Guardian:
Rafael Correa not considering Snowden asylum: helping him was a ‘mistake’ — Ecuador's president reveals travel pass was granted ‘without authorisation’ and says whistleblower is now Russia's problem — Ecuador is not considering Edward Snowden's asylum request and never intended to facilitate …
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Firedoglake, The Hinterland Gazette, Alan Colmes' Liberaland, Yahoo! News and Pat Dollard
Andrew Osborn / Reuters:
Edward Snowden breaks silence to threaten new U.S. disclosures — (Reuters) - Former U.S. spy agency contractor Edward Snowden has broken his silence for the first time since he fled to Moscow eight days ago to say he remains free to make new disclosures about U.S. spying activity.
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Hot Air, Mediaite, Business Insider and Alan Colmes' Liberaland
WikiLeaks:
Edward Snowden submits asylum applications — On 30th June 2013 WikiLeaks' legal advisor in the Edward Snowden matter, Sarah Harrison, submitted by hand a number of requests for asylum and asylum assistance on behalf of Edward J. Snowden, the NSA whistleblower.
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New York Times, Alan Colmes' Liberaland, The Hinterland Gazette, The Daily Banter, Business Insider and RT
New York Times:
Putin Says Snowden Must Stop Hurting U.S. to Stay in Russia — MOSCOW — President Vladimir V. Putin said on Monday that Edward J. Snowden, the former national security staffer accused of espionage, would not receive political asylum in Russia unless he stops publishing classified documents that hurt the interests of the United States.
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Politico, New Republic, BBC, Hot Air, The Daily Caller, Outside the Beltway, Mashable, ABC News, Boing Boing and Reuters, more at Mediagazer »
Brett LoGiurato / Business Insider:
REVEALED: Here Are The Countries Where Edward Snowden Has Requested Asylum
REVEALED: Here Are The Countries Where Edward Snowden Has Requested Asylum
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The Agonist
Sergei L. Loiko / Los Angeles Times:
Edward Snowden asking 15 countries for asylum, Russian official says
Edward Snowden asking 15 countries for asylum, Russian official says
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Guardian, Alan Colmes' Liberaland, Yahoo! News, The Hill, The Verge, The Hinterland Gazette and Mashable, more at Mediagazer »
Susan Page / USA Today:
Poll: Support for gay marriage hits high after ruling — WASHINGTON — A record majority of Americans approve of same-sex marriage in the wake of two landmark Supreme Court decisions, a USA TODAY poll finds. But the high court's rulings that struck down provisions of the Voting Rights Act …
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Hot Air, CNN, ThinkProgress and Washington Monthly
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Department of Homeland Security:
Implementation of the Supreme Court Ruling on the Defense of Marriage Act — Statement from Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano: — “After last week's decision by the Supreme Court holding that Section 3 of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) is unconstitutional …
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BuzzFeed, Advocate and ImmigrationProf Blog
Brian Brown / NOM Blog:
Meet Kamala Harris (and the Future We Must Avoid)
Meet Kamala Harris (and the Future We Must Avoid)
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Good As You and American Power
Alicia Caldwell / Associated Press:
Feds to Process Same-Sex Immigration Benefits
Feds to Process Same-Sex Immigration Benefits
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CNN and LGBTQ Nation
Tamara Audi / Wall Street Journal:
Worries Swirl Over California's Initiatives
Sarah Desprat / Twitchy:
‘Future lawsuit’: CNN broadcasts George Zimmerman's Social Security number — CNN viewers were shocked to see George Zimmerman's personal information, including his Social Security number, broadcast live on TV. … A screenshot of the information shown on CNN, with the confidential information redacted by Twitchy:
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TVNewser, Ed Driscoll, Hot Air, The Gateway Pundit, Weasel Zippers and The Hinterland Gazette
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Alexandra Jaffe / Ballot Box:
Democrats land top recruit to challenge McConnell in Kentucky — Kentucky Secretary of State Alison Lundergan Grimes announced Monday she will challenge Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), giving Democrats their favored candidate and turning the race one of the 2014 cycle's marquee contests.
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The Caucus, Connecting.the.Dots, Booman Tribune, The Hinterland Gazette, E2-Wire and The Impolitic
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Neal McCluskey / Cato Institute:
6.8 Day Is Here! — Washington hasn't passed a new law to avert it, so today's the day that all of higher education has, it seems, been dreading: The day that interest rates on subsidized federal student loans double, going from 3.4 percent to 6.8 percent. — Hooray?
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Hot Air
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Ryan Kierman / CNSNews:
Obama: ‘Planet Will Boil Over’ If Young Africans Are Allowed Cars, Air-Conditioning, Big Houses — (CNSNews.com) - President Barack Obama said at a town hall event in Johannesburg, South Africa, on Saturday that unless we find new way of producing energy “the planet will boil over” …
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Weasel Zippers, The Gateway Pundit, TheBlaze.com and Pat Dollard
Bryan Koenig / CNN:
A t-shirt for Texans — (CNN) - No movement is complete without memorabilia. Now, supporters of Planned Parenthood and state Sen. Wendy Davis' fight against new abortion restrictions in Texas have their own. — Planned Parenthood on Monday released a t-shirt available online that links …
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Politico
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Tara Culp-Ressler / ThinkProgress:
Surrounded By Men, Ohio Governor Signs Stringent Abortion Restrictions Into Law
Surrounded By Men, Ohio Governor Signs Stringent Abortion Restrictions Into Law
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WLWT-TV, Innovation Ohio, msnbc.com, his vorpal sword, Plain Dealer, The Huffington Post, Post Politics, Lawyers, Guns & Money and Taylor Marsh
John Aravosis / AMERICAblog:
Russia's Putin signs draconian anti-gay law banning speech, rainbows, holding hands — Russian President Vladimir Putin signed into law yesterday one of the most draconian anti-gay laws on the planet. — The new law, coming only seven months before Russia is to host the Winter Olympics in Sochi …
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Guardian and Washington Blade
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Ian Swanson / The Hill:
Snowden seeks asylum in Russia
Snowden seeks asylum in Russia
Discussion:
Alan Colmes' Liberaland and Vox Popoli
Realwendydavis / The Real Wendy Davis:
Wendy Davis: Surgically Constructed “Human Barbie Doll”? — [Update: Welcome Althouse readers. And Instapundit readers. And Wonkette readers. And Mediaite readers.] — Most people — at least those without a plastic surgeon on retainer — do not become more good looking as they age from their late 20s to their early 50s.
Breanna Edwards / Politico:
Mark Udall brother missing after hike — Sen. Mark Udall's brother, James Udall, is missing after going on a solo hike in Wyoming, the senator's office confirmed to POLITICO. — The 61-year-old, who goes by Randy, was trekking in the Wind River Range and was supposed to come out of the mountains last Wednesday but never did.
Philip Messing / New York Post:
JFK Airport security supervisor axed after accidentally sending XXX photo of his genitals in mass email blast — A JFK Airport security supervisor has been fired for mistakenly sending out a mass e-mail blast — of his genitals — to nearly two dozen shocked underlings, supervisors and Port Authority executives.
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Rush Limbaugh, Mediaite, Gawker, The Raw Story and The Daily Caller
Greg Miller / Washington Post:
Misinformation on classified NSA programs includes statements by senior U.S. officials — Amid the cascading disclosures about National Security Agency surveillance programs, the top lawyer in the U.S. intelligence community opened his remarks at a rare public appearance last week with a lament …
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Firedoglake, The Raw Story, Guardian, Daily Kos, Yahoo! News, Hullabaloo, Hot Air, emptywheel, susiemadrak.com and National Review
Justin Sink / The Hill:
Former Rep. Bill Gray, first black Majority Whip, dead at 71 — Former Rep. William H. Gray (D-Pa.), the first African-American to chair the House Budget Committee and the first to serve as Majority Whip, passed away Monday in London. He was 71 years old.
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Associated Press