memeorandum: In U.S., 64% Want Their Child to Avoid Career in Politics (Jeffrey M. Jones/Gallup)

12:10 PM ET, July 5, 2013

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Jeffrey Goldberg / Bloomberg:

Good Riddance to Brotherhood's Fake Democrats — A few months ago, King Abdullah II of Jordan told me about his meetings with Mohamed Mursi, the now-deposed president of Egypt. The king wasn't fond of Mursi, both because the Egyptian was a leader of the Muslim Brotherhood, and because Abdullah found Mursi exceedingly stupid.

Discussion: The Volokh Conspiracy

New York Times:

For Islamists, Dire Lessons on Politics and Power — CAIRO — Sheik Mohamed Abu Sidra had watched in exasperation for months as President Mohamed Morsi and the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood bounced from one debilitating political battle to another. — “The Brotherhood went too fast …

Discussion: Washington Post, BBC, The Week, The Daily Caller and Booman Tribune

Wall Street Journal:

After the Coup in Cairo — The U.S. shouldn't cut off aid to a new Egyptian government. — The latest military coup in Egypt stops a slide into one abyss but is hardly a guarantee that it will avoid a future one. A better future will depend on the wisdom of the kind of generals who have not proven to be very wise in the past.

BBC:

Protests in Egypt over Morsi ousting — Supporters of Egypt's ousted president are gathering for protests in the capital to demand his reinstatement. — The army, which removed Mr Morsi and detained him in response to widespread unrest, has said it will allowed peaceful protests.

Discussion: Guardian, Business Insider and NPR

New York Times:
Morsi Aides Arrested in Widening Sweep

Discussion: Daniel Pipes, Right Turn, FP Passport, Quartz, The Lede, The Week, National Review, Gawker and Taegan Goddard's …

Fox News:
Egyptian military arrest top Muslim Brotherhood figures amid crackdown

Discussion: Weasel Zippers, Algemeiner.com and Fox News Insider

Abigail Hauslohner / Washington Post:
Egypt orders arrests of Muslim Brotherhood leaders as interim president takes office

Discussion: Hot Air, The Week, New York Times and Guardian

Boston Herald:

Republicans: Put John Kerry on a plane — By: — U.S. Secretary of State John F. Kerry — who spent the Fourth of July on sun-splashed Nantucket even as the chaos from a military takeover rocked Egypt — drew fire from Republican critics who said it's a bad time for the nation's top diplomat …

Discussion: Israel Matzav, Twitchy, Althouse and Betsy's Page

Boston Herald:
Kerry vacationing on Nantucket amid Egypt turmoil

Discussion: Michelle Malkin, Scared Monkeys, Twitchy, Mediaite and American Power

Jeffrey M. Jones / Gallup:

In U.S., 64% Want Their Child to Avoid Career in Politics — Little change over time in percentage favoring political career — PRINCETON, NJ — By a 2-to-1 margin, 64% to 31%, Americans would not like their child to go into politics as a career. The results are the same whether …

Discussion: Politico, Outside the Beltway, CNN, Weasel Zippers, ABC News and Washington Post

Jeff Cox / CNBC:

Job Growth Posts Large Gain in June; Rate Holds — U.S. job growth accelerated in June thanks to a big jump in hospitality and service workers, according to a report that is likely to trigger more debate about how aggressively the Federal Reserve will begin pulling back on monetary easing.

Discussion: Firedoglake, Calculated Risk, Daily Kos, NewsBusters, BBC and NPR

Nelson D. Schwartz / New York Times:

U.S. Adds 195,000 Jobs; Unemployment Remains 7.6% — The economy added 195,000 jobs in June, the Labor Department reported Friday morning, slightly more than analysts had been expecting and suggesting healthier growth. — Wall Street has been feverishly awaiting the June employment report.

Discussion: American Prospect, Yahoo! News, NationalJournal.com, Outside the Beltway, Economix and Gawker

Jonathan Weisman / New York Times:

I.R.S. Scrutiny Went Beyond the Political — WASHINGTON — In 2010, a tiny Palestinian-rights group called Minnesota Break the Bonds applied to the Internal Revenue Service for tax-exempt status. Two years and a lot of prodding later, the I.R.S. sent the group's leaders a series of questions …

Discussion: Yahoo! News, Ballot Box and Alan Colmes' Liberaland

Paul Krugman / New York Times:

E Pluribus Unum — It's that time of year — the long weekend when we gather with friends and family to celebrate hot dogs, potato salad and, yes, the founding of our nation. And it's also a time for some of us to wax a bit philosophical, to wonder what, exactly, we're celebrating.

Reuters:

Russia increasingly impatient over Snowden's airport stay — (Reuters) - Edward Snowden should find another country to seek refuge in, a Russian official said on Thursday, signaling Moscow's growing impatience over the former U.S. spy agency contractor's stay at a Moscow airport.

Discussion: BBC, emptywheel, The Hinterland Gazette and bigstory.ap.org

Steve Pond / The Wrap:
Oliver Stone Blasts Obama's ‘Bush-Style Eavesdropping Techniques’; Says Edward Snowden Is a Hero

Discussion: Right Wing News, The Hinterland Gazette, The Huffington Post and NewsBusters

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 …

Discussion: Hot Air, Outside the Beltway, Hit & Run, The Volokh Conspiracy, Instapundit and No More Mister Nice Blog

Kimberley A. Strassel / Wall Street Journal:

The Lord of U.S. Labor Policy — Lafe Solomon, acting general counsel of the National Labor Relations Board, defies Congress and the courts on behalf of Big Labor. — For a true expression of the imperious and extralegal tendencies of the Obama administration, there is little that compares with the Wisdom of Solomon.

Discussion: Power Line