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2:55 PM ET, July 8, 2014

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Jonathan Topaz / Politico:
Rick Perry to Barack Obama: No shake, but yes to meeting  —  Texas Gov. Rick Perry and President Barack Obama will meet in Texas on Wednesday to discuss the crisis along the U.S.-Mexico border, a governor's spokeswoman said Tuesday.  —  “Gov. Perry is pleased that President Obama has accepted …
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Jonathan Tilove / Austin American-Statesman:
Rick Perry declines Obama offer for ‘quick handshake’ at Austin airport  —  Gov. Rick Perry Monday turned down what he characterized as President Barack Obama's offer for a “quick handshake on the tarmac” at Austin-Bergstrom International Airport on Wednesday, but said he would juggle …
Jonathan Tilove / Austin American-Statesman:
Obama ‘would welcome’ visit with Perry to talk about the border
Discussion: Guardian and Daily Kos
Washington Post:
White House requests $3.7 billion in emergency border control funds
Todd J. Gillman / Trail Blazers Blog:
Obama's ‘Katrina moment’? White House shrugs off drumbeat for border visit
Sarah Palin / BREITBART.COM:
EXCLUSIVE—SARAH PALIN: 'IT'S TIME TO IMPEACH' PRESIDENT OBAMA  —  Enough is enough of the years of abuse from this president.  His unsecured border crisis is the last straw that makes the battered wife say, “no mas.”  —  Without borders, there is no nation.  Obama knows this.
Elise Viebeck / The Hill:
Dems plot legislative offensive on high court's birth control decision  —  Democrats want to lure Republicans into a fight over birth control with legislation to reverse the Supreme Court's decision that ObamaCare may not require certain businesses to include contraception in their employee health coverage.
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Joan Walsh / Salon:
Supreme Court's civil war: Scary aftershocks of the Hobby Lobby earthquake  —  The female justices' dissent in another case shows the deep distrust the conservative SCOTUS majority has earned  —  A few days after the Supreme Court's disturbing Hobby Lobby decision, the court's three female justices joined …
Dylan Scott / Talking Points Memo:
Conservatives Ready ‘Religious Freedom’ Bills In Hobby Lobby's Wake
Discussion: seattlepi.com and Daily Kos
David Leonhardt / New York Times:
Why Teenagers Today May Grow Up Conservative  —  There was a time not so long ago when the young seemed destined to be liberal forever.  Americans in their teens and 20s were to the left of their elders on social issues.  They worried more about poverty.  They voted strongly Democratic.
Trip Gabriel / New York Times:
Republicans Choose Cleveland for 2016 National Convention  —  WASHINGTON — Seeking to capture the quintessential swing state of Ohio in the next presidential election, Republicans will hold their 2016 national convention in Cleveland, the party announced on Tuesday.
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Paul Steinhauser / CNN:
Cleveland to hold 2016 Republican convention  —  Washington (CNN) - The Republican National Committee announced Tuesday that their Site Selection Committee has picked Cleveland to host the 2016 Republican National Convention.  —  The full membership of the RNC is expected to ratify …
Discussion: ABC News and Hot Air
Jonathan Topaz / Politico:
Cruz: Investigate Cochran primary  —  Sen. Ted Cruz is calling for an official investigation into the Republican Senate primary runoff in Mississippi between Sen. Thad Cochran and the challenger, state Sen. Chris McDaniel.  —  The Texas Republican on Monday evening called the runoff contest …
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Reid J. Epstein / Wall Street Journal:
Ted Cruz: Mississippi Runoff Must Be ‘Vigorously Investigated’
Washington Post:
Israel launches major operation against Hamas in Gaza Strip  —  GAZA CITY — The Israeli army, air force and navy launched a major operation Tuesday against the Islamist militant group Hamas in the Gaza Strip, striking dozens of sites in the coastal enclave and mobilizing infantry troops along …
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Agence France-Presse:   Israel ‘readies Gaza options, including ground assault’ AFP 1 hr ago
Jerusalem Post:
Netanyahu decides to expand Gaza operation, orders preparations for ground offensive
Quinnipiac News + Events:
Release Detail  —  July 8, 2014 - Clinton Owns Dem 2016 Nod; Tops Top Republicans, Quinnipiac University National Poll Finds; 2014 Generic House Race Tied, But Voters Hate Dems Less  —  Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton sweeps the Democratic primary field for the 2016 presidential race …
Tom K. Wong / Center for American Progress:
Statistical Analysis Shows that Violence, Not Deferred Action, Is Behind the Surge of Unaccompanied Children Crossing the Border  —  A humanitarian refugee situation at the U.S. southern border has been unfolding over the past few years and dramatically intensifying over the past several months …
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Bfearnowcbs / CBS DC:
UN Urges US To Designate Immigrants As Refugees
Discussion: Hot Air, The Gateway Pundit and Twitchy
Rosalie Murphy / The Atlantic Online:
Why Your Yoga Class Is So White  —  Ironically, the practice is full of racial tension—but some studios are trying to change that.  —  Thick, glossy copies of LA Yoga, Yoga Journal, and Yoga Magazine cover the rickety folding table in the lobby of Green Tree Yoga and Meditation.
Barack Obama / Haaretz:
Peace is the only path to true security for Israel and the Palestinians  —  In an exclusive article for Haaretz's Israel Conference on Peace, Barack Obama says that the only solution is a democratic, Jewish state living side-by-side in peace and security with a viable, independent Palestinian state.
Glenn Harlan Reynolds / USA Today:
Bled dry by the New Class: Column  —  Bureaucrats push pencils at the expense of real workers  —  Life is hard.  It's harder still when an entire class of people with their hands out stands between you and success.  —  Unfortunately, that's increasingly the problem, all around the world.
Discussion: Hit & Run
Jordan Michael Smith / New York Times:
The Letters That Warren G. Harding's Family Didn't Want You to See  —  Warren G. Harding, right, perhaps the worst chief executive in U.S. history, and Carrie Fulton Phillips, his longtime mistress and sexy pen pal.  —  Left: the Calvin H. Topliff family.  Right: the Ohio History Connection.
Spiegel Online:
'Surveillance on Merkel's Phone Was Absolutely Wrong'  —  Interview Conducted By Marc Hujer and Holger Stark  —  In an interview, Hillary Clinton discusses the growing gap between the rich and poor that threatens democracy, Americans' discontent with politics, her regrets over NSA spying …
 
 
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Kevin Poulsen / Wired:
How Google Map Hackers Can Destroy a Business at Will
Discussion: Guardian and Business Insider
Jonathan Topaz / Politico:
Joe Scarborough slams Chris Christie on guns
Discussion: National Review
Rand Paul:
Sens. Paul and Booker Introduce Criminal Justice Reform Legislation
Discussion: Firedoglake and Hit & Run
David Folkenflik / NPR:
CBS Lost Appetite For Government Watchdog Stories, Attkisson Says
David Axe / The Week:
China thinks it can defeat America in battle
Discussion: Outside the Beltway
Miranda Blue / Right Wing Watch:
Louis Gohmert's Budget Plan: Defund Anything That Obama ‘Cares Deeply About’
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Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
Obama's ‘imperial presidency’ doesn't rule much of anything
Richard Fausset / New York Times:
Mistrust in North Carolina Over Plan to Reduce Precincts
Kenneth P. Vogel / Politico:
Behind Harry Reid's war against the Koch brothers
Discussion: BuzzFeed and Power Line
 

 
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