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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.
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 …
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
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Ty McCormick / FP Passport:
Meet Adly Mansour, the Judge Who Is Now (Sort of) Running Egypt
Julian Pecquet / The Hill:
Obama launches ‘review’ of aid to Egypt in wake of military coup
Zeina Karam / bigstory.ap.org:
ASSAD PRAISES EGYPT REVOLT AGAINST PRESIDENT
Reuters:
Egypt army topples president, announces transition
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.
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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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 …
Ryan Parker / Denver Post:
Body of Sen. Mark Udall's brother, Randy, recovered in Wyoming  —  The body of Randy Udall, brother of Sen. Mark Udall, was located Wednesday after six days of searching by authorities.  —  Randy Udall, 61, never returned from a solo backpack trip to Wind River Range of Wyoming.
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Daniel Strauss / The Hill:
Udall family: Body of senator's brother found
Discussion: Politico
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?
Carlos Lozada / Washington Post:
Review of Mark Leibovich's ‘This Town’  —  Carlos Lozada is Outlook editor of The Washington Post.  Follow him on Twitter: @carloslozadaWP  —  Mark Leibovich toyed with several titles for his new book on self-interest, self-importance and self-perpetuation in the nation's capital.  “Suck-Up City” was one.
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Washington Post:
Review of Mark Leibovich's ‘This Town’
Discussion: Politico, Weasel Zippers and Althouse
Egypt Independent:
Jihadists vow struggle against army if Morsy removed  —  The brother of Al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri, who lives in Egypt, has vowed to engage in armed struggle if President Mohamed Morsy is forced to step down in response to massive protests demanding early presidential elections.
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Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Military ousts Morsi in Egypt
Discussion: Power Line and Hullabaloo
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.
Discussion: Reuters and Daily Kos
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.
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 …
Rasmussen Reports:
More Americans View Blacks As Racist Than Whites, Hispanics  —  Americans consider blacks more likely to be racist than whites and Hispanics in this country.  —  Thirty-seven percent (37%) of American Adults think most black Americans are racist, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey.
 
 
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Eriq Gardner / Hollywood Reporter:
Former MSNBC and ‘Saturday Night Live’ Interns Target NBCUniversal in Lawsuit
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Max Fisher / WorldViews:
Law says the U.S. is required to cut aid after coups. Will it?
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