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5:10 AM ET, July 2, 2013

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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 …
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.
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.
Discussion: RT
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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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 …
Alicia Caldwell / Associated Press:
Feds to Process Same-Sex Immigration Benefits
Discussion: 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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Andrew Kirell / Mediaite:
CNN Accidentally Airs George Zimmerman's Social Security Number
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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Politico:
Alison Lundergan Grimes challenges Mitch McConnell in Kentucky
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” …
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?
Discussion: Hot Air
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Fox News:
Student loan rates double after Congress fails on fix
Robby Soave / The Daily Caller:
Yep, student loan rates just doubled
Discussion: Speaker.gov
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 …
Discussion: Guardian
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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.
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 …
Discussion: Politico
Los Angeles Times:
Obama urges ‘restraint’ in Egypt  —  President Obama, left, addresses a news conference with Tanzanian President Jakaya Kikwete in Dar es Salaam.  (Saul Loeb / AFP / Getty Images / July 1, 2013)  —  DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania - President Obama said Monday that Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi …
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.
Discussion: Associated Press
BBC:
Catholic priest beheaded in Syria monastery attack  —  A Syrian Catholic priest has been beheaded by rebels at a monastery in the northern Syria, the Vatican says.  —  Father Francois Murad, 49, was beheaded on 23 June when militants attacked the convent where he was staying.
Discussion: Guardian
Slate:
What's Left?  —  Have progressives abandoned every cause save gay marriage?  —  A 1954 Oldsmobile 98 Holiday in 1972.  Is progressivism also a relic of the past?  —  Courtesy of John Lloyd/Flickr  —  For those of you on the progressive merry-go-round, at least one brass ring is firmly within reach.
 
 
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Esther Yu-Hsi Lee / ThinkProgress:
As Of Today, California No Longer Has A White Majority
David Freddoso / Washington Examiner:
If only Kermit Gosnell had worn pink sneakers like Wendy Davis
Rebecca Elliott / Politico:
Mark Kelly: Consequences for gun inaction
Andrew Kirell / Mediaite:
Rand Paul Takes On ‘Amnesty’ Opponents: ‘Do They Want Us To Put Illegals In Concentration Camps?’
Steven Aftergood / Secrecy News:
Pentagon Reverts to Nuclear Stockpile Secrecy
Discussion: Yahoo! News
Ben Geman / E2-Wire:
President: ‘Painful’ wildfire deaths in Arizona raise ‘broader questions’
Discussion: The Hill
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The Atlantic Online:
How North Carolina Became the Wisconsin of 2013
Discussion: @NCCapitol and National Review
J.K. Trotter / Gawker:
CUNY is Paying David Petraeus $200,000 to Work Three Hours a Week
Discussion: Los Angeles Times and msnbc.com
Greg Miller / Washington Post:
Misinformation on classified NSA programs includes statements by senior U.S. officials
 

 
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Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
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