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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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Politico, Constitution Daily, Guardian, The Reaction, Taylor Marsh, PostPartisan, BBC, The Daily Banter, Gin and Tacos, Informed Comment, Firedoglake, Corrente, The Verge, The Democratic Daily, The Huffington Post, Wall Street Journal, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, The Hinterland Gazette, Mashable and New York Times, more at Mediagazer »
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Rory Carroll / Guardian:
Rafael Correa not considering Snowden asylum: helping him was a ‘mistake’ — Ecuador's president reveals the whistleblower was granted a temporary travel card at 4am ‘without authorisation or validity’ — Ecuador is not considering Edward Snowden's asylum request and never intended …
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.
Brett LoGiurato / Business Insider:
REVEALED: Here Are The Countries Where Edward Snowden Has Requested Asylum — The anti-secrecy organization WikiLeaks has submitted 19 additional requests for asylum on behalf of National Security Agency leak source Edward Snowden, the organization announced Monday night.
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americanthinker.com, Reuters and RT
Meghashyam Mali / The Hill:
Snowden withdraws Russian asylum bid
Snowden withdraws Russian asylum bid
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RT and The Hinterland Gazette
New York Times:
Venezuela Defends Snowden but Hedges on Offering Sanctuary
Venezuela Defends Snowden but Hedges on Offering Sanctuary
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The Hinterland Gazette, The Monkey Cage, New Republic and Guardian
Glenn Harlan Reynolds / USA Today:
Don't fear the leaker: Column
Don't fear the leaker: Column
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Samizdata, TomDispatch, ParaPundit and Crooks and Liars
Committee to Protect Journalists:
Journalist dead, 1 raped, more attacked in Egypt — The Committee to Protect Journalists is gravely concerned about the security of journalists covering ongoing mass protests in Egypt. One journalist was killed and seven others were injured, including one raped, while covering demonstrations …
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Guardian, PolicyMic and Ricochet Conversations Feed
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Reuters:
Egypt on the edge after Mursi rebuffs army ultimatum — (Reuters) - President Mohamed Mursi rebuffed an army ultimatum to force a resolution to Egypt's political crisis, saying on Tuesday that he had not been consulted and would pursue his own plans for national reconciliation.
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New York Times, Weasel Zippers, The Week and Hot Air
New York Times:
Foreign Minister Quits as Egypt Braces for Further Protests
Foreign Minister Quits as Egypt Braces for Further Protests
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Los Angeles Times, The Hugh Hewitt Show, Reuters, The PJ Tatler and Via Meadia
Los Angeles Times:
Obama urges ‘restraint’ in Egypt
Obama urges ‘restraint’ in Egypt
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Israel Matzav, News Desk and The Daily Caller
Meghashyam Mali / The Hill:
Obama urges Morsi to be ‘responsive’ to protesters' demands
Obama urges Morsi to be ‘responsive’ to protesters' demands
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Firedoglake, Politico and ThinkProgress
Maggie Haberman / Politico:
What if Hillary Clinton passes on 2016? — For Democrats, there is no fallback: It's Hillary Clinton or probably a long bout of depression ahead of 2016. — With expectations hitting a fever pitch three-and-a-half years out that Clinton is running for president again, every move she makes …
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Booman Tribune, Hot Air, Taegan Goddard's …, msnbc.com, Weasel Zippers and Shakesville
Sam Stein / The Huffington Post:
Dan Balz Book: Mitt Romney Voted Against 2012 Run In Family Poll — WASHINGTON — Over the Christmas break of 2010, Mitt Romney and his family took an internal poll on whether he should run for president once more. Twelve family members cast ballots. Ten said no. One of the 10 was Mitt Romney himself.
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The Hill, Daily Kos, Mediaite, Gawker and Outside the Beltway
James Taranto / Wall Street Journal:
A racial turnabout in the George Zimmerman trial. — “It's not about racial profiling,” said lawyer Daryl Parks about the murder trial of George Zimmerman. “We never claimed this was about race.” — What makes these statements “head-scratching,” as New York's Daily News describes them …
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Instapundit and American Thinker
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Ben Shapiro / BREITBART.COM:
CNN BROADCASTS ZIMMERMAN SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER
CNN BROADCASTS ZIMMERMAN SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER
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Scared Monkeys, Twitchy and Mediaite, more at Mediagazer »
Christopher Helman / Forbes:
Obama's ‘Power Africa’ Plan Greases Billions In Deals For General Electric — In Cape Town, South Africa over the weekend, President Obama talked about a new energy plan called “Power Africa.” He described it as “a new initiative that will double access to power in sub-Saharan Africa.”
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Pundits Blog, Washington Times, Washington Free Beacon, TheBlaze.com, Weasel Zippers and Michelle Malkin
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Michael D. Shear / New York Times:
Obama Appears With Bush at Site of Tanzania Terror Blast — DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania — Two presidents who spent much of their time in office fighting terror stood solemnly next to each other Tuesday morning as a United States marine placed a wreath to mark the memory of those killed here by a terrorist bomb 15 years ago.
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Post Politics
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Benjy Sarlin / msnbc.com:
How the GOP stopped worrying about Latinos and learned to love the base — In a June 23, 2012 photo, Mauricia Horta Fuentes, 36, at the fence marking the US-Mexico border in Tijuana, Mexico. (Photo by Gregory Bull/AP) — If the 2012 election was a wakeup call for Republicans to address …
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American Prospect, Taegan Goddard's …, NBC Latino, Balloon Juice, The Raw Story, Daily Kos and Talking Points Memo
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Esther Yu-Hsi Lee / ThinkProgress:
As Of Today, California No Longer Has A White Majority
As Of Today, California No Longer Has A White Majority
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Washington Times and Sacramento Bee
Ashley Collman / Daily Mail:
‘All he did was love me’: Heartbreaking moment police shoot and kill dog that was defending owner when officers arrested him for FILMING them — Leon Rosby, 52, was walking his dog and video-tapping a police scene when he was arrested for obstruction of justice
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Daily Breeze, Alan Colmes' Liberaland, The Moderate Voice, Gawker and Vox Popoli
Lee Habeeb / National Review:
Guilty of Being Southern — Media and academic elites prefer to focus on the old South while a new one marches on. — Over the years, my African-American friends have shared with me stories of the senseless traffic stops they've endured for nothing more than driving while black.
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Washington Monthly and The Hugh Hewitt Show
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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Advocate, BuzzFeed and ImmigrationProf Blog
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Susan Page / USA Today:
Poll: Support for gay marriage hits high after ruling
Poll: Support for gay marriage hits high after ruling
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SCOTUSblog, Outside the Beltway, The Hill, Pew Research Center …, Slate, ThinkProgress, Washington Monthly, Hot Air, CNN, Good As You and Taegan Goddard's …
Eugene Robinson / Washington Post:
Boehner's immigration win-win — Of course it's amnesty. The whole point of comprehensive immigration reform is to bring 11 million undocumented men, women and children out of the shadows, which means giving them some kind of legal status, which amounts to amnesty. Otherwise, why bother?
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Power Line, The Hill and Hot Air
Gabrielle Giffords / USA Today:
Gun rights come with responsibilities — I'm a patriot who believes in 2nd Amendment. My 7-state tour will promote common-sense action. — July 4 gets the parades and the celebrations, as it should. But I'm going to start my celebration of American independence early.
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ABC News, Politico, NBC Politics and The PJ Tatler
Jeremy W. Peters / New York Times:
G.O.P. Groups Offering Cover for Lawmakers on Immigration — WASHINGTON — Fox News viewers in Florida will see a new commercial in the coming weeks urging them to call Senator Marco Rubio. “Thank him for keeping his promise, and fighting to secure the border,” a narrator says in the ad …
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The Plum Line, The Daily Caller, msnbc.com, Washington Free Beacon and Taegan Goddard's …