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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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The Moderate Voice, Weasel Zippers, The Gateway Pundit and Jihad Watch
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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.
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Washington Monthly, Gawker, The Huffington Post, New Republic, Committee to Protect …, FAIR Blog, Lawyers, Guns & Money, The Week, Mediaite, Hot Air and The Lede
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.
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The Dish and The Volokh Conspiracy
David Sirota / Salon:
David Brooks' bigoted rant — In today's New York Times, the self-satisfied columnist isn't too sure about the Egyptian people's mental capacity — Since when did the New York Times get into the business of publishing old-school bigoted rants deriding whole populations and cultures as cognitively incapacitated?
Washington Post:
U.S. must suspend aid after Egypt's coup — THERE IS no ambiguity about what happened in Egypt on Wednesday: a military coup against a democratically elected government and the wrong response to the country's problems. The armed forces forcibly removed and arrested President Mohamad Morsi …
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New York Times, Hot Air, New Republic, Texas on the Potomac, Atlas Shrugs, War Is A Crime .org, The Week, Guardian and msnbc.com
New York Times:
For Islamists, Dire Lessons on Politics and Power
For Islamists, Dire Lessons on Politics and Power
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Al Jazeera English, Washington Post, The Week, Booman Tribune and The Daily Caller
David P. Goldman / PJ Media:
Dismiss the Egyptian People and Elect a New One
Dismiss the Egyptian People and Elect a New One
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Power Line, Daniel Pipes, National Review, americanthinker.com and New York Times
Wall Street Journal:
After the Coup in Cairo — The U.S. shouldn't cut off aid to a new Egyptian government.
After the Coup in Cairo — The U.S. shouldn't cut off aid to a new Egyptian government.
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The Huffington 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).
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NewsBusters, The Lonely Conservative and The PJ Tatler
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Matt Berman / NationalJournal.com:
The Really Great News From the June Jobs Report: the April and May Numbers
The Really Great News From the June Jobs Report: the April and May Numbers
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Calculated Risk, Pew Research Center, Daily Kos, americanthinker.com, Hot Air and Yahoo! News
Nelson D. Schwartz / New York Times:
U.S. Adds 195,000 Jobs; Unemployment Remains 7.6%
U.S. Adds 195,000 Jobs; Unemployment Remains 7.6%
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Crooks and Liars, Economix, Washington Monthly, Campaign for America's Future, American Prospect, BBC, Gawker, The Week and Outside the Beltway
Alan B. Krueger / White House.gov Blog:
The Employment Situation in June
The Employment Situation in June
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Weasel Zippers, Economix and Yahoo! News
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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The Greenroom, CBS Boston and Weasel Zippers
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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 …
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“The Lid”, Betsy's Page, Althouse, Twitchy, Israel Matzav and CBS Boston
Robert Robertsson / Reuters:
Iceland parliament declines Snowden's citizenship bid — (Reuters) - A bid by Edward Snowden for Icelandic citizenship failed when the country's parliament voted not to debate it before the summer recess, lawmakers said on Friday, with options for the U.S. fugitive narrowing by the day.
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Hot Air, Weekly Standard and Business Insider
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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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Dianne Solis / The Scoop Blog:
George W. Bush expected to talk about immigration reform Wednesday at Bush Institute
George W. Bush expected to talk about immigration reform Wednesday at Bush Institute
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Los Angeles Times, Alan Colmes' Liberaland, The Hill and The Fix
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 …
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Yahoo! News, Gawker, Alan Colmes' Liberaland, Daily Kos 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 …
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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 …
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The Huffington Post, Washington Wire, The Fix, Weasel Zippers, Outside the Beltway, Politico, CNN and ABC News
Paul Wood / BBC:
Face-to-face with Abu Sakkar, Syria's ‘heart-eating cannibal’ — It sounded like the most far-fetched propaganda claim - a Syrian rebel commander who cut out the heart of a fallen enemy soldier, and ate it before a cheering crowd of his men. — The story turned out to be true in its important aspects …
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Jihad Watch