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4:45 PM ET, July 7, 2013

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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.
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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: Doug Ross and VA Viper
Ross Douthat / New York Times:
A Hidden Consensus on Health Care
Discussion: National Review and Brad DeLong
Avik Roy / Forbes:
Not Qualified For Obamacare's Subsidies?  Just Lie — Govt. To Use ‘Honor System’ Without Verifying Your Eligibility
Discussion: americanthinker.com
Daniel Strauss / The Hill:
McCain calls Morsi ouster a coup d'etat, urges blocking aid  —  Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) called the ouster of Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi a coup d'etat and pressed the Obama administration to suspend aid to the country on Sunday.  —  “It was a coup and it was the second …
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New York Times:
Morsi Spurned Deals, Seeing Military as Tamed
Cameron Joseph / The Hill:
Perry vows Texas will pass abortion bill  —  Texas Gov. Rick Perry (R) on Sunday promised his state will push through a law restricting abortion rights, which has gained national attention, within the next 10 days.  —  “We have a special session with some important issues in front of us.
Discussion: CNN and LifeNews.com
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Kevin Cirilli / Politico:
Perry: 2016 an option  —  Texas Gov. Rick Perry isn't ruling out another Republican presidential run in 2016.  But he didn't announce on Sunday whether he'll seek a fourth term as governor.  —  Asked about 2016 on “Fox News Sunday,” Perry said: “Well, certainly, that's an option out there …
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 …
Tim Alberta / mobile.nationaljournal.com:
House Republicans Draft Their Debt-Ceiling Playbook  —  With an anxious eye toward the coming debt-ceiling negotiations, House Republicans are drafting what members call a “menu” of mandatory spending cuts to offer the White House in exchange for raising the country's borrowing limit.
Adam Peck / ThinkProgress:
Louisiana Republican Introduces Bill To Ban LGBT Rainbow Flag From Public Buildings  —  A city councilman in Louisiana is drafting a new set of ordinances that would ban the flying of rainbow flags on any public property after a constituent took umbrage with one such flag that was raised by a local LGBT organization.
Corey G. Johnson / Sacramento Bee:
Female inmates sterilized in California prisons without approval  —  The Center for Investigative Reporting  —  Doctors under contract with the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation sterilized nearly 150 female inmates from 2006 to 2010 without required state approvals …
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.
Bobby Cervantes / Politico:
Menendez: Snowden asylum anti-U.S.  —  Sen. Robert Menendez, the chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, said any country that accepts Edward Snowden — the former national security contractor who leaked NSA program details — “is taking a step against the United States.”
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 …
 
 
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Matt Ridley / Wall Street Journal:
Science Is About Evidence, Not Consensus
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Daniel Strauss / The Hill:
Rep. McCaul: Senate immigration reform bill threw ‘candy’ at border
Discussion: CNN
ABC News:
Bush Sees Congress Making Progress on Immigration
Discussion: CNN and Politico
Associated Press:
30 KILLED IN SCHOOL ATTACK IN NORTHEAST NIGERIA
Discussion: The Dish and Vox Popoli
Jordan Weissmann / The Atlantic Online:
Please Don't Be Satisfied With This Jobs Report
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Class Struggle in the Sky
Discussion: Daily Kos
Julie Satow / New York Times:
New York's Beau Monde Finds Downtown
Chris Irvine / Telegraph:
Egypt: Coptic Christian priest shot dead
David T. Z. Mindich / New York Times:
Lincoln's Surveillance State
Discussion: The Verge
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