memeorandum: A Coup? Or Something Else? $1.5 Billion in U.S. Aid Is on the Line (Peter Baker/New York Times)

4:55 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 Dish and The Volokh Conspiracy

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.

Discussion: Salon, Gawker, Committee to Protect …, Mediaite, The Week, FAIR Blog, Hot Air and The Lede

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, The Week, Booman Tribune, NPR, The Daily Caller and BBC

David P. Goldman / PJ Media:

Dismiss the Egyptian People and Elect a New One — Update: Why can't we get 14 million people into the streets to proclaim that Obama is an idiot like the Egyptians did? Over at ZeroHedge, Jim Quinn posts pictures of the banners in the mass demonstrations. They are inspiring.

Discussion: Power Line, National Review, americanthinker.com, New York Times and Daniel Pipes

New York Times:
Morsi Loyalists Clash With Soldiers in Cairo Protests

Discussion: Washington Monthly, The Lede, Mediaite, Via Meadia, The Week and Weasel Zippers

Washington Post:
U.S. must suspend aid after Egypt's coup

Discussion: New York Times, Hot Air, New Republic, Texas on the Potomac, War Is A Crime .org, Atlas Shrugs and Guardian

Wall Street Journal: After the Coup in Cairo — The U.S. shouldn't cut off aid to a new Egyptian government.

Peter Baker / New York Times:
A Coup? Or Something Else? $1.5 Billion in U.S. Aid Is on the Line

Discussion: Guardian, FAIR Blog, New Republic, The Week and Washington Post

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).

Discussion: NewsBusters, The Lonely Conservative and The PJ Tatler

Matt Berman / NationalJournal.com:
The Really Great News From the June Jobs Report: the April and May Numbers

Discussion: Pew Research Center, Calculated Risk, Daily Kos, americanthinker.com and Yahoo! News

Nelson D. Schwartz / New York Times:
U.S. Adds 195,000 Jobs; Unemployment Remains 7.6%

Discussion: Crooks and Liars, Washington Monthly, Campaign for America's Future, Economix, Hot Air, American Prospect, Gawker, The Week and Outside the Beltway

Alan B. Krueger / White House.gov Blog:
The Employment Situation in June

Discussion: Yahoo! News and Economix

Jeff Cox / CNBC:
Job Growth Posts Large Gain in June; Rate Holds

Discussion: BBC, 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.

Discussion: The Greenroom, CBS Boston and Weasel Zippers

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, CBS Boston, “The Lid”, Betsy's Page, Althouse and Twitchy

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 …

Dianne Solis / The Scoop Blog:

George W. Bush expected to talk about immigration reform Wednesday at Bush Institute — Ex-President George W. Bush and President Barack Obama converse during this week's trip to Tanzania. ((Doug Mills/The New York Times)) — A president named Obama may be most linked to overhauling immigration policy.

Discussion: The Hill, Alan Colmes' Liberaland and Los Angeles Times

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, bigstory.ap.org, No More Mister Nice Blog and The Hinterland Gazette

New York Times:
Résumé Shows Snowden Honed Hacking Skills

Discussion: Mashable, The Monkey Cage and Business Insider

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 …

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

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 …

Discussion: The PJ Tatler, Washington Post and Booman Tribune

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: Washington Wire, The Fix, Weasel Zippers, Outside the Beltway, Politico, CNN and ABC News

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