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Washington Post:
In NSA-intercepted data, those not targeted far outnumber the foreigners who are — Files provided by Snowden show extent to which ordinary Web users are caught in the net — Ordinary Internet users, American and non-American alike, far outnumber legally targeted foreigners …
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Doug Ross, Telegraph, Mashable, Hullabaloo, The Verge, Hit & Run, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, Prairie Weather, Business Insider, ThinkProgress, Boing Boing, Liberaland and Eschaton
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Little Green Footballs:
Civil Liberties Hero Edward Snowden Commits Massive Civil Liberties Violation — Hands over 160,000 private emails to journalists and Glenn Greenwald — Charles Johnson — I can't help noticing that the most important and troubling aspect of Barton Gellman's new NSA story for the Washington Post …
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Business Insider and Balloon Juice
Edward Klein / New York Post:
This means Warren: Obama backs challenger to Hillary — President Obama has bypassed Hillary Clinton, offering his support to Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren if she runs for president. — President Obama has quietly promised Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren complete support if she runs …
John Boehner / CNN:
Why we must now sue the President — Editor's note: Rep. John Boehner, R-Ohio, is speaker of the House of Representatives. The opinions expressed in this commentary are solely those of the author. — (CNN) — Every member of Congress swore an oath to preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States.
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Talking Points Memo, JONATHAN TURLEY, ImmigrationProf Blog and Washington Monthly
Brian Bennett / Los Angeles Times:
Deportation data won't dispel rumors drawing migrant minors to U.S. — President Obama and his aides have repeatedly sought to dispel the rumors driving thousands of children and teens from Central America to cross the U.S. border each month with the expectation they will be given a permiso and allowed to stay.
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protein wisdom, American Power, Hot Air and Doug Ross
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Greg Clary / CNN:
Homeland Security chief: 'We're going to stem this tide' of illegal immigration
Homeland Security chief: 'We're going to stem this tide' of illegal immigration
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Politico
Mara Klecker / Lincoln Journal Star:
Obama float at Norfolk parade sparks controversy — It was the parade float that elicited the loudest cheers Friday at Norfolk's Fourth of July parade. The crowd lining the streets clapped and laughed as the flatbed truck went by. — But one loud voice rose above the rest: “This is not OK,” Glory Kathurima said.
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CBS News, Gazette, The Gateway Pundit, Omaha World-Herald, Talking Points Memo, ABC News and Independent Journal Review
Jacob Heilbrunn / New York Times:
Are Neocons Getting Ready to Ally With Hillary Clinton? — WASHINGTON — AFTER nearly a decade in the political wilderness, the neoconservative movement is back, using the turmoil in Iraq and Ukraine to claim that it is President Obama, not the movement's interventionist foreign policy …
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Power Line
Politico:
Why liberals are abandoning the Obamacare employer mandate — Robert Gibbs' prediction that Obamacare's employer mandate would — and perhaps should — be jettisoned shocked Democrats back in April. — By July, the former aide and longtime confidant of President Barack Obama had a lot more company.
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The Other McCain and protein wisdom
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George F. Will / Washington Post:
The Supreme Court reins in government bullies
The Supreme Court reins in government bullies
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his vorpal sword
Kristin Tate / BREITBART.COM:
SOURCE: FEDS TO BRING IN RIOT SQUAD AGAINST ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION PROTESTERS — HOUSTON, Texas—As illegal immigrants continue to spill across the U.S.-Mexico border, federal authorities are attempting to relocate the migrants from South Texas to housing facilities in states across the nation.
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The Daily Caller, The Gateway Pundit, American Power and Weasel Zippers
CNN:
Israel arrests several suspects in killing of Palestinian teen — Jerusalem (CNN) — Several Israeli Jewish suspects were arrested Sunday in connection with the killing of a Palestinian teen, Israeli police said. — “Investigation continuing, strong indication a nationalistic incident …
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New York Times, PoliticusUSA and Guardian
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New York Times:
The Real Internal Revenue Scandal — There is a scandal going on at the Internal Revenue Service, but it has nothing to do with Lois Lerner or her missing emails. House Republicans have not given up on their noisy crusade to tie Ms. Lerner to what they imagine to be widespread political corruption within …
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Liberaland
Mike Blasky / Las Vegas Review-Journal:
Rancher Cliven Bundy must be held accountable, Clark County Sheriff Doug Gillespie said Thursday. — But, the sheriff added, the federal agency trying to do it must reconsider its methods in order to prevent the bloodshed that was so narrowly avoided in April.
Discussion:
Liberaland and The Raw Story
tsa.gov:
Enhanced security measures at certain airports overseas — Last week, Secretary of Homeland Security Jeh Johnson directed TSA to implement enhanced security measures at certain overseas airports with direct flights to the United States. — As the traveling public knows, all electronic devices are screened by security officers.