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Joan Biskupic / Reuters:
Exclusive: Supreme Court's Ginsburg vows to resist pressure to retire — (Reuters) - At age 80, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, leader of the Supreme Court's liberal wing, says she is in excellent health, even lifting weights despite having cracked a pair of ribs again, and plans to stay several more years on the bench.
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Frank Newport / Gallup:
Most in U.S. Still Proud to Be an American — But 71% say the signers of the declaration would be disappointed — PRINCETON, NJ — As the United States celebrates Independence Day, most of its adult residents continue to say they are proud to be an American, including 57% who are extremely proud and 28% who are very proud.
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Washington Monthly, CNN, Scared Monkeys, his vorpal sword and Politico
Megan Gallegos / Courthouse News Service:
Police Commandeer Homes, Get Sued — LAS VEGAS (CN) - Henderson police arrested a family for refusing to let officers use their homes as lookouts for a domestic violence investigation of their neighbors, the family claims in court. — Anthony Mitchell and his parents Michael and Linda Mitchell sued …
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The Volokh Conspiracy and No More Mister Nice Blog
Channel 4:
Revealed: the Rupert Murdoch tape — “Incompetent” cops, regrets over his own investigation, promises to protect Sun journalists: a secret recording reveals Rupert Murdoch's real attitudes to the scandal that has engulfed his empire. — Please wait while this video loads.
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Mediaite, Deadline.com, The Huffington Post, BBC, New York Times and Telegraph, more at Mediagazer »
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Nitasha Tiku / Gawker:
Rupert Murdoch Caught on Tape: “We Will Hit Back” — ExaroNews a British investigative web site, has just published the full transcript of a secretly recorded meeting between media mogul Rupert Murdoch and the staff of The Sun, a U.K. tabloid owned by News Corp., in which Murdoch admitted …
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exaronews.com/feed/latest, Guardian, NewsHounds blog, Firedoglake and Deadline.com, more at Mediagazer »
Thisistwitchy / Twitchy:
Lib ‘journalist’ blasts Twitchy for ‘fake’ pro-abortion photo, ends up eating crow — In The Atlantic Wire, senior writer Elspeth Reeve has produced an execrable article entitled “The Conservative Meme of Satan-Loving Texas Pro-Choice Protesters Is a Bit Off.” Why is the conservative meme off?
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Ed Driscoll, The Atlantic Wire, BREITBART.COM and Washington Times
Hadas Gold / Politico:
Moms ‘moo-ving’ on gun control push — Using the successful formula established by groups like Mothers Against Drunk Driving, mothers groups are revving up messaging, lobbying and events to keep the issue of gun control in the national spotlight. — And they've got a secret weapon …
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The Independent:
Profiles: Adly Mansour and Mohamed ElBaradei - Egypt's incoming leaders — Adly Mansour only took up his job as chief justice of the country's Supreme Constitutional Court on 1 June, and now finds himself Egypt's interim President. — Born in 1945, Mansour was appointed to the court in 1992 …
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Zeina Karam / bigstory.ap.org:
ASSAD PRAISES EGYPT REVOLT AGAINST PRESIDENT
ASSAD PRAISES EGYPT REVOLT AGAINST PRESIDENT
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Weasel Zippers, Mediaite and The PJ Tatler
Ty McCormick / FP Passport:
Meet Adly Mansour, the Judge Who Is Now (Sort of) Running Egypt
Meet Adly Mansour, the Judge Who Is Now (Sort of) Running Egypt
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New York Times, The Lede and The Monkey Cage
Julian Pecquet / The Hill:
Obama launches ‘review’ of aid to Egypt in wake of military coup
Obama launches ‘review’ of aid to Egypt in wake of military coup
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Jihad Watch, Politico, The Hill and Weasel Zippers
Associated Press:
Body Of Sen. Mark Udall's Brother Found In Wyoming — CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — Teams looking for the brother of Colorado Sen. Mark Udall in western Wyoming's Wind River Range have found his body, the family said Wednesday night. — James “Randy” Udall, 61, had left June 20 …
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Talking Points Memo and ThinkProgress
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Ryan Parker / Denver Post:
Body of Sen. Mark Udall's brother, Randy, recovered in Wyoming
Body of Sen. Mark Udall's brother, Randy, recovered in Wyoming
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Los Angeles Times and The Hinterland Gazette
Sarah Desprat / Twitchy:
Brilliant: James O'Keefe breaks through in interview with Rush Limbaugh [video] — Superstar guerilla journalist James O'Keefe spends a lot of time in the trenches, shining much-needed sunlight on leftist hypocrisy and fraud. But this afternoon, he shifted gears and took time out for an interview …
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Washington Post:
Review of Mark Leibovich's ‘This Town’ — “The degree to which so many elite D.C. players stream to a single superlawyer cash redemption center is striking,” Leibovich notes, “even by the parochial standards of the ant colony.” — Yet, for all his wealth, connections and antique cuff links …
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Jezebel, Weasel Zippers and Althouse
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Carlos Lozada / Washington Post:
Review of Mark Leibovich's ‘This Town’
Review of Mark Leibovich's ‘This Town’
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Yahoo! News, NewsBusters, Politico, Gretawire, Balloon Juice, New York Magazine, Post Politics, Washington Monthly and The Gateway Pundit
Elise Viebeck / The Hill:
GOP questions legality of mandate order — Republicans on Wednesday questioned whether the administration has the legal authority to delay the employer mandate under ObamaCare. — Two top GOP lawmakers expressed doubts that federal officials have the authority to defer major parts of ObamaCare without approval from Congress.
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Geoffrey Ingersoll / Business Insider:
4th Of July Sign In Public Park Sums Up The State Of ‘Independence’ In America — Check out this sign. — It's a set of rules put into effect by the Lakewood Ohio parks division of the municipal government for the day that local Lakewood residents celebrate America's independence.
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No More Mister Nice Blog
Kyle Balluck / The Hill:
McCain: Keep US troops in your prayers — Senator John McCain (R-Ariz.) is asking Americans to keep U.S. troops serving in Afghanistan in their prayers this Fourth of July. — The Arizona Republican made an unannounced trip to Afghanistan on Wednesday, where he and Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) met with Afghan President Hamid Karzai.
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