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New York Times:
At Least 43 Die as Soldiers Said to Open Fire on Morsi Backers — By DAVID D. KIRKPATRICK and KAREEM FAHIM — CAIRO — Egyptian soldiers opened fire on hundreds of unarmed supporters of ousted President Mohamed Morsi early Monday as they were praying before dawn outside the facility …
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Breanna Edwards / Politico:
Rand Paul slams ‘military junta’ support — Sen. Rand Paul lashed out Monday against neoconservatives on Twitter for supporting the “military junta” in Egypt and arguing for continued monetary aid to the country, whose armed forces recently ousted the sitting president, Mohamed Morsi.
Discussion:
Washington Monthly, Right Turn, TheBlaze.com and Alan Colmes' Liberaland
Peter Baker / The Caucus:
Obama Administration Rules Out Suspension of Aid to Egypt in Near Term
Obama Administration Rules Out Suspension of Aid to Egypt in Near Term
Discussion:
msnbc.com and Outside the Beltway
Justin Sink / The Hill:
White House presses Congress to ‘quickly’ act on loan rates
White House presses Congress to ‘quickly’ act on loan rates
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Politico
Jennifer Epstein / Politico:
White House won't say whether Egypt was a coup
White House won't say whether Egypt was a coup
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Hit & Run, Hot Air and Weasel Zippers
Daniel Ellsberg / Washington Post:
Snowden made the right call when he fled the U.S. — Daniel Ellsberg is the author of “Secrets: A Memoir of Vietnam and the Pentagon Papers.” He was charged in 1971 under the Espionage Act for theft and conspiracy for copying the Pentagon Papers. The trial was dismissed in 1973 after evidence …
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Taegan Goddard's …, Guardian, Business Insider, War Is A Crime .org, Gawker and msnbc.com, more at Mediagazer »
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Jeff Cohen / The Huffington Post:
How Do You Know When President Obama Is Lying? MSNBC Won't Tell You — I was a young person when I first heard the quip: “How do you know when the President is lying? His lips are moving.” At the time, President Nixon was expanding the war in Vietnam to other countries and deploying the White House …
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Mediaite, The Daily Caller and National Review
Guardian:
Edward Snowden: ‘The US government will say I aided our enemies’ - video interview
Edward Snowden: ‘The US government will say I aided our enemies’ - video interview
Discussion:
Mediaite, Esquire, Business Insider and Alan Colmes' Liberaland
Tal Kopan / Reuters:
Edward Snowden: I believed in U.S. ‘nobility’
Edward Snowden: I believed in U.S. ‘nobility’
Discussion:
Alan Colmes' Liberaland and Business Insider
Catalina Camia / Associated Press:
Texas Gov. Rick Perry to declare political plans — Texas Gov. Rick Perry is scheduled to announce Monday plans for his political future, leaving open the question of whether he'll seek an unprecedented fourth term next year or try again to seek the White House.
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Washington Monthly, Alan Colmes' Liberaland, Jezebel, Austin American-Statesman and Daily Kos
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Jay Root / The Texas Tribune:
Rick Perry Won't Run for Re-election
Rick Perry Won't Run for Re-election
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Politico, Trail Blazers Blog, Texas on the Potomac, Grits for Breakfast and American Spectator
Beth Matusoff Merfish / New York Times:
My Mother's Abortion — BOULDER, Colo. — ON June 25 …
My Mother's Abortion — BOULDER, Colo. — ON June 25 …
Discussion:
American Spectator and Pirate's Cove
Steven Yaccino / New York Times:
Schools Seeking to Arm Employees Hit Hurdle on Insurance — As more schools consider arming their employees, some districts are encountering a daunting economic hurdle: insurance carriers threatening to raise their premiums or revoke coverage entirely. — During legislative sessions this year …
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msnbc.com, Mediaite, Yahoo! News and The Raw Story
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Victor Epstein / USA Today:
Kansas law thrusts Iowa insurer into gun debate — The Kansas law allows teachers and staff to carry weapons in schools to protect children and prevent mass shootings. — DES MOINES, Iowa — A new Kansas law allowing gun owners to carry weapons in public buildings, including schools …
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Balloon Juice, ThinkProgress, No More Mister Nice Blog and Taegan Goddard's …
Reuters:
At least 42 killed in Egypt, Islamists call for uprising — (Reuters) - At least 42 people were killed on Monday when Islamist demonstrators enraged by the military overthrow of Egypt's elected President Mohamed Mursi said the army opened fire during morning prayers at the Cairo barracks where he is being held.
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Associated Press, The Jawa Report, Via Meadia, neo-neocon, Informed Comment, The Dish, Weasel Zippers and AEIdeas
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Wall Street Journal:
The White House says you can sign up ‘without further verification.’ — The White House seems to regard laws as mere suggestions, including the laws it helped to write. On the heels of last week's one-year suspension of the Affordable Care Act's employer mandate to offer insurance to workers …
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CNNMoney.com, Wonkblog, Right Turn, Hot Air, Power Line, American Power and Washington Examiner
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John Fund / National Review:
Why Obamacare Threatens Immigration Reform
Why Obamacare Threatens Immigration Reform
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Washington Examiner, Washington Post, Washington Monthly, The Plum Line and RealClearPolitics Video Log
Lydia Saad / Gallup:
TV Is Americans' Main Source of News — Preferred news source varies by age, education, and politics, among other factors — PRINCETON, NJ — Television is the main place Americans say they turn to for news about current events (55%), leading the Internet, at 21%.
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Talking Points Memo, Hot Air, Politico, Mediaite, The Verge, Weasel Zippers, NewsBusters, Poynter and TheBlaze.com, more at Mediagazer »
Dan Abrams / ABC News:
Analysis: George Zimmerman Probably Won't Be Convicted of Murder or Manslaughter — Here's Why — I drew a legal conclusion on “Good Morning America” Saturday that would have surprised the Dan Abrams who covered the George Zimmerman case leading up to, and shortly after, his arrest.
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Lizette Alvarez / New York Times:
Zimmerman Case Has Race as a Backdrop, but You Won't Hear It in Court
Zimmerman Case Has Race as a Backdrop, but You Won't Hear It in Court
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JustOneMinute and Althouse
Ben Smith / BuzzFeed:
Eliot Spitzer Is Nothing Like Anthony Weiner — He's a f**king steamroller. — Spitzer poses for a selfie after watching Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner testify on Capitol Hill last July. — Via: Jonathan Ernst / Reuters — Eliot Spitzer's attempt to return to public life …
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Radley Balko / Salon:
“Why did you shoot me? I was reading a book”: The new warrior cop is out of control — Overwhelming paramilitary force is on the rise — Sal Culosi is dead because he bet on a football game — but it wasn't a bookie or a loan shark who killed him. His local government killed him …
Discussion:
protein wisdom and Business Insider
John Hudson / Foreign Policy:
Cameras Catch Mystery Break-In at Whistleblower's Law Firm — The offices of a Dallas law firm representing a high-profile State Department whistleblower were broken into last weekend. Burglars stole three computers and broke into the firm's file cabinets.
Alexandra Jaffe / Ballot Box:
Lautenberg's son blasts ‘show horse’ Booker as family endorses Pallone — The family of the late Sen. Frank Lautenberg (D-N.J.) on Monday endorsed Rep. Frank Pallone Jr. (D) in the New Jersey Senate race and criticized frontrunner Cory Booker (D) as a glory-seeking “show horse” who lacks their father's work ethic.
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Defining Prosperity Down — Friday's employment report wasn't bad. But given how depressed our economy remains, we really should be adding more than 300,000 jobs a month, not fewer than 200,000. As the Economic Policy Institute points out, we would need more than five years of job growth …
Discussion:
MoneyBeat, Marginal Revolution, Daily Kos, Paul Krugman and Campaign for America's Future
Elizabeth Harrington / CNSNews:
101M Americans Get Food Aid from Federal Gov't; More Than the Number of Private Sector Workers — (CNSNews.com) - The number of Americans receiving subsidized food assistance from the federal government has risen to 101 million, representing roughly a third of the U.S. population.
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Moonbattery, Questions and Observations, Weasel Zippers, The PJ Tatler and The Lonely Conservative
Maggie Haberman / Politico:
Hillary Clinton's answer to the has-been charge — Republicans in search of an attack line against Hillary Clinton have begun to cast her as a tired relic of the past — an implicit contrast to their own bench of up-and-comers like hip hop-listening Marco Rubio and libertarian-leaning Rand Paul.
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Taegan Goddard's …, Yahoo! News, Althouse, Shakesville and msnbc.com