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5:40 PM ET, July 5, 2013

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Jerusalem Post:
‘Muslim Brotherhood claims interim Egyptian president is Jewish’  —  Wash Post: MB website said Israel conspiring to insert ElBaradei.  —  The Muslim Brotherhood claimed in a post on its official website that Egypt's new interim president Adli Mansour is Jewish, The Washington Post reported on Friday.
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David Brooks / New York Times:
Defending the Coup  —  The debate on Egypt has been between those who emphasize process and those who emphasize substance.  —  Those who emphasize process have said that the government of President Mohamed Morsi was freely elected and that its democratic support has been confirmed over and over.
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 Dish and 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 …
David P. Goldman / PJ Media:
Dismiss the Egyptian People and Elect a New One
David Sirota / Salon:   David Brooks' bigoted rant
Wall Street Journal:
After the Coup in Cairo  —  The U.S. shouldn't cut off aid to a new Egyptian government.
Discussion: The Huffington Post
Peter Baker / New York Times:
A Coup? Or Something Else? $1.5 Billion in U.S. Aid Is on the Line
Tyler Durden / Zero Hedge:
Obamacare Strikes: Part-Time Jobs Surge To All Time High; Full-Time Jobs Plunge By 240,000  —  As a reminder: jobs have quantity and quality components.  The quantity component was good enough to convince the 10 Year the taper is imminent (if not stocks, which continue to trade dislocated from any and all fundamentals).
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Alan B. Krueger / White House.gov Blog:
The Employment Situation in June
Discussion: Economix and Yahoo! News
Jeff Cox / CNBC:
Job Growth Posts Large Gain in June; Rate Holds
Discussion: NPR and Firedoglake
Jennifer Epstein / Politico:
Reversing denial, State says Kerry was briefly on boat  —  Secretary of State John Kerry was on his boat briefly on Wednesday, contrary to an earlier denial by the State Department, but was there only briefly and did not conduct official business while on board.
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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 …
Hadas Gold / Reuters:
George W. Bush to push immigration reform  —  Former President George W. Bush is expected to make a speech next week on how immigration reform is good for the country, the Dallas Morning News reports.  —  Bush will speak after a citizenship ceremony at the George W. Bush Presidential Center …
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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.
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New York Times:
Résumé Shows Snowden Honed Hacking Skills
Associated Press:
Top French minister denounces U.S.
Discussion: “The Lid”
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 …
Molly K. Hooper / The Hill:
McCain, House Republicans headed for clash on immigration reform  —  Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) is on a collision course with House conservatives over immigration reform.  —  Throughout his Senate career, McCain has clashed with House Republican lawmakers over high-profile issues …
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 …
Las Vegas Review-Journal:
How free are we on this July Fourth?  —  How are we doing, safeguarding those “unalienable Rights” with which we are “endowed by our Creator” — in support of which 56 patriots solemnly pledged their lives, their fortunes and their sacred honor, 237 years ago?  —  We remain free by many measures.
Discussion: Sense of Events
 
 
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Matthew Schofield / McClatchy Washington Bureau:
Denial of European airspace for Bolivian president's flight causes turbulence
Paul Wood / BBC:
Face-to-face with Abu Sakkar, Syria's ‘heart-eating cannibal’
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BBC:
Egypt unrest: Morsi marchers die as army fires
Discussion: Guardian, Weasel Zippers and Reuters
Daniel Strauss / The Hill:
Biden to attend Arizona firefighters memorial
Discussion: Politico and CNN
Emily Yoffe / Slate:
Deceptive Conception  —  When I got pregnant, my boyfriend thought it was an accident.
Discussion: Althouse
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Los Angeles Times:
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Discussion: The Week, The Raw Story and NPR
Kimberley A. Strassel / Wall Street Journal:
The Lord of U.S. Labor Policy
Discussion: Power Line
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
E Pluribus Unum  —  It's that time of year — the long weekend …
 

 
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Caitlin Huston / The Hollywood Reporter:
Internal memo: Hearst Magazines president announces layoffs as part of a decision to “reallocate resources” to “continue our focus on digital innovation”

Mark Sweney / The Guardian:
National World, one of the UK's biggest newspaper groups, gets a £56.2M buyout offer from shareholder Media Concierge, a 40% premium to its Nov. 21 stock price

Lachlan Cartwright / The Ankler:
Sources: MSNBC renewed Rachel Maddow's contract early this fall, but with a pay cut; MSNBC bosses' plan to shake up daytime and weekend programming

 
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