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Boston Herald:
Experts: John Kerry's credibility could sink with boat flap — By: — John F. Kerry's credibility took on more water on the second day of his Nantucket vacation flap, as the State Department backed off its initial denial the embattled secretary of state was yachting during the Egyptian military coup …
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Bloomberg:
Obama Call for Muslim Brotherhood Role Overtaken in Egypt — The Obama administration's call for an “inclusive” political process in Egypt with a role for the Muslim Brotherhood has been overshadowed by deadly clashes between security forces and supporters of the Islamist group.
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Reuters, americanthinker.com, Hot Air, Weasel Zippers and The Gateway Pundit
Jake Miller / CBS News:
John Kerry on his boat during Egypt upheaval, State Dept. concedes
John Kerry on his boat during Egypt upheaval, State Dept. concedes
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Ed Driscoll, Outside the Beltway, Twitchy, Hot Air, JustOneMinute, CNN, The Gateway Pundit, Patterico's Pontifications and Power Line
BBC:
‘Dozens dead’ in school attack in Nigeria's Yobe state — At least 29 pupils and a teacher have been killed in a pre-dawn attack by suspected Islamists on a school in northeastern Nigeria, reports say. — Eyewitnesses said some of the victims were burned alive in the attack, in Mamudo town, Yobe state.
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The Hinterland Gazette, Weasel Zippers and NPR
Michael Birnbaum / Washington Post:
ElBaradei named Egyptian prime minister — CAIRO — Former U.N. nuclear agency chief Mohamed ElBaradei has been appointed Egypt's interim prime minister, one of his top aides said Saturday, giving a liberal and secular direction to a country that until three days ago was led by Islamists.
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Alan Colmes' Liberaland and Crooks and Liars
George F. Will / Washington Post:
Obama's never-mind presidency — At this intermission in the immigration debate, with House Republicans preparing to look askance at the Senate's handiwork, the argument is becoming ever stranger. It has reached a boil, especially concerning border security, at a moment when illegal entries …
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Power Line
Brad Plumer / Wonkblog:
Can libertarian populism save the Republican Party? — The dream of the '90s is alive in the conservative movement. There's a new name being floated around as the solution to the current electoral woes of the GOP: Ross Perot. — Reform party presidential candidate Ross Perot gives a thumbs up to supporters in 1996 in Dallas.
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Hullabaloo and Prairie Weather
Reuters:
President of Venezuela Offers Asylum to Snowden — CARACAS — Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro said on Friday he had decided to offer asylum to former U.S. intelligence contractor Edward Snowden, who has petitioned several countries to avoid capture by Washington.
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Richard A. Serrano / Los Angeles Times:
Police chief killed with rifle lost in ATF gun-tracking program — WASHINGTON—A high-powered rifle lost in the ATF's Fast and Furious controversy was used to kill a Mexican police chief in the state of Jalisco earlier this year, according to internal Department of Justice records …
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“The Lid”, Hot Air, Weasel Zippers, Scared Monkeys, Michelle Malkin, The Gateway Pundit, Twitchy and Riehl World News
MariAn Gail Brown / CTPost.com:
Political rival claims assault by handshake — EASTON — Most of the time, a handshake shows good manners, serves as a greeting or demonstrates gratitude at the end of a sports match for a well-played game. — Robert “Bert” Webbe, an Easton Republican, says a handshake from First Selectman Tom Herrmann …
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James Taranto / Wall Street Journal:
What a new poll does and doesn't tell us. — When Rasmussen Reports asked some of its polling subjects to conduct an odd exercise in racial stereotyping, the results were counterintuitive, or at least counterstereotypical: — Before we dig deeper into the poll's findings …
Daniel Strauss / The Hill:
McCain: Suspend aid to Egyptian military — Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) called on the United States to suspend aid to the Egyptian military as the country grapples with clashes between supporters and opponents of ousted President Mohammed Morsi. — “We have to suspend aid to Egyptian military …
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Al Jazeera English, Alan Colmes' Liberaland and Associated Press
Javier C. Hernández / New York Times:
Weiner's Surprising Rebound From Scandal — Angela Curtis, 47, a former prison officer, was angry when she heard that Anthony D. Weiner would be speaking at her daughter's high school graduation in Queens. As a congressman, he had lied to the public and embarrassed his family, she thought.
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Phantom Public, Taegan Goddard's … and The Daily Beast
Keith Laing / The Hill:
Foxx settles in for bumpy ride at DOT — New Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx is taking the wheel of transportation policy for the Obama administration at a precarious time for road and transit funding. — The transportation funding bill that was passed under Foxx's predecessor …
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