memeorandum: Class Struggle in the Sky (James Atlas/Opinionator)

11:45 AM ET, July 7, 2013

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Eric Lichtblau / New York Times:

In Secret, Court Vastly Broadens Powers of N.S.A. — WASHINGTON — In more than a dozen classified rulings, the nation's surveillance court has created a secret body of law giving the National Security Agency the power to amass vast collections of data on Americans while pursuing not only terrorism suspects …

Discussion: The Volokh Conspiracy, The PJ Tatler, Outside the Beltway, americanthinker.com, The Moderate Voice and emptywheel

Washington Post:

Health insurance marketplaces will not be required to verify consumer claims — The Obama administration announced Friday that it would significantly scale back the health law's requirements that new insurance marketplaces verify consumers' income and health insurance status.

Discussion: Hot Air, The PJ Tatler and Instapundit

Yuval Levin / National Review:

Obamacare's Invitation to Fraud — When the Obama administration announced last Tuesday that they would be delaying Obamacare's employer mandate and its associated reporting requirements by a year, many observers (myself included) noted that this could create problems for verifying eligibility for subsidies in the Obamacare exchanges.

Discussion: VA Viper and Doug Ross

Avik Roy / Forbes:

Not Qualified For Obamacare's Subsidies? Just Lie — Govt. To Use ‘Honor System’ Without Verifying Your Eligibility — If you thought the delay in the employer mandate was bad news for Obamacare, just wait. On Friday, Sarah Kliff and Sandhya Somashekhar of the Washington Post discovered …

Discussion: Power Line and americanthinker.com

Jonathan Martin / New York Times:

In Wyoming, a Cheney Run Worries G.O.P. — LUSK, Wyo. — A young Dick Cheney began his first campaign for the House in this tiny village — population 1,600 — after the state's sole Congressional seat finally opened up. But nowadays, his daughter Liz does not seem inclined to wait patiently for such an opening.

Discussion: Taegan Goddard's …, Phantom Public, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, Booman Tribune, The Reaction, Balloon Juice, Prairie Weather and American Power

Daniel Strauss / The Hill:

NTSB chief Hersman: San Francisco crash could have been worse — National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) Chairwoman Deborah Hersman on Sunday said investigators were in the initial stages of their probe into the deadly crash of a Boeing 777 at San Francisco International Airport …

Discussion: Politico

KTVU-TV:

Boeing 777 crashes while landing at SFO — Sponsored Links — SAN FRANCISCO — An Asiana Airlines Boeing 777 arriving from a flight South Korea crashed while landing at San Francisco International Airport Saturday morning, bursting into flames, authorities said.

Discussion: New York Times, The Raw Story, Twitchy, Towleroad News #gay, The Hinterland Gazette, Scared Monkeys, Ed Driscoll, The PJ Tatler, Politico, The Gateway Pundit, his vorpal sword, The Jawa Report, Daily Kos, The Hill and The Lonely Conservative

Jamapro / CBS San Francisco:
Korean Passenger Plane Crashes At SFO; 2 Dead, 182 Injured

Discussion: ThinkProgress, NEWS 9 and Weasel Zippers

CNN:
Boeing 777 crashes at San Francisco International Airport

Discussion: Guardian, Associated Press, Los Angeles Times, Outside the Beltway, Alan Colmes' Liberaland, ViralRead and Mashable

Fox News:

McCain: After thinking ‘long and hard,’ US should suspend aid to Egypt — Arizona Republican Sen. John McCain is calling on President Obama to suspend aid to Egypt after its military overthrew the country's government. — McCain, a member of the Senate's Foreign Relations Committee …

Discussion: New York Times, National Review, Booman Tribune, “The Lid” and Post Politics

James Atlas / Opinionator:

Class Struggle in the Sky — The choice of “snacks” on my New York to Miami flight includes blue potato chips, a Luna bar, a packet of trail mix and — a selection I haven't been offered before — popcorn. But it makes sense: the cabin already feels like a movie theater at the end of a showing …

Discussion: Daily Kos

Jordan Weissmann / The Atlantic Online:

Please Don't Be Satisfied With This Jobs Report — The labor market continues to be consistently, maddeningly mediocre. — Another month, another jobs report that's good, but not quite good enough. — Employers beat expectations in June by adding 195,000 new workers to their payrolls.

Hamza Hendawi / bigstory.ap.org:

EGYPT: ELBARADEI'S APPOINTMENT PUT ON HOLD — You are here — Home » Mohamed Morsi » Egypt: ElBaradei's appointment put on hold — CAIRO (AP) — Egypt's new president moved to assert his authority and regain control of the streets Saturday even as his Islamist opponents declared …

Discussion: americanthinker.com, Israel Matzav, Alan Colmes' Liberaland and The Raw Story

Mackenzie Weinger / Politico:

Thom Hartmann: View from the left — Thom Hartmann may be the most popular progressive you've never heard of. — His nationally syndicated radio show draws 2.75 million listeners a week, he's a New York Times bestselling author and he hosts a nightly television show.

Discussion: Alan Colmes' Liberaland