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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.
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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.
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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 …
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?
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New York Times:
For Islamists, Dire Lessons on Politics and Power
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David P. Goldman / PJ Media:
Dismiss the Egyptian People and Elect a New One
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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
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Matt Berman / NationalJournal.com:
The Really Great News From the June Jobs Report: the April and May Numbers — 195,000 new jobs in June is solid. But the new jobs report shows we also gained 70,000 more jobs in April and May than we thought. — Happy jobs day! First, the immediate good news: The June report showed …
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Nelson D. Schwartz / New York Times:
U.S. Adds 195,000 Jobs; Unemployment Remains 7.6%
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Alan B. Krueger / White House.gov Blog:
The Employment Situation in June
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Weasel Zippers, Economix and Yahoo! News
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
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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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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
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
Trayvon Martin:
State rests and defense begins its case in George Zimmerman trial — SANFORD — Trayvon Martin's mother sat at the witness stand Friday, head held high, and decisively insisted that the chilling cries captured on a 911 call belonged to only one person: her slain child, Trayvon Benjamin Martin.
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Power Line, NPR and Booman Tribune
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, Business Insider and Weekly Standard
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
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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