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The tea party's embrace of martyrdom — Hiroo Onoda, the last imperial Japanese soldier to surrender after World War II, hid out in a jungle in the Philippines for 29 years, refusing to believe that the war was over. He finally turned himself in, wearing his sword, cap and patched uniform, in 1974.
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Cameron Joseph / The Hill:
Untamed Cruz refuses to play nice with GOP campaign arm — GOP hopes of corralling Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) during the 2014 primary season are officially dead. — The defiant Republican's brutal criticism of Sen. Thad Cochran's (R-Miss.) reelection campaign on Tuesday …
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Instapundit and The PJ Tatler
Cameron Joseph / The Hill:
Cochran gets lost on way to Senate lunch — Sen. Thad Cochran (R-Miss.) is back with his colleagues in Washington, D.C., after winning his hard-fought primary runoff — but he had a bit of trouble finding Senate Republicans' weekly luncheon on Tuesday. — Cochran, while talking with The Hill …
Geoff Pender / The Clarion-Ledger:
Cochran camp says it ‘screwed up’ cash accounting
Cochran camp says it ‘screwed up’ cash accounting
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Talking Points Memo, RedState and The Gateway Pundit
USA Today:
Exclusive: Clooney responds to ‘Daily Mail’ report — I want to speak to the irresponsibility of Monday's Daily Mail report. I seldom respond to tabloids, unless it involves someone else and their safety or well being. The Daily Mail has printed a completely fabricated story …
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Daily Mail:
EXCLUSIVE - ‘She can do better’: Amal Alamuddin's mother ‘is unimpressed with George Clooney and wants daughter to marry within their strict Lebanese religious sect’ — Baria Alamuddin has been ‘telling half of Beirut’ that she wanted daughter to marry within the Druze sect
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Guardian, USA Today, Poynter and The Huffington Post
New York Times:
Faith Groups Seek Exclusion From Bias Rule — WASHINGTON — After a setback in the Supreme Court in the Hobby Lobby case, President Obama is facing mounting pressure from religious groups demanding to be excluded from his long-promised executive order that would bar discrimination against gay men …
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Ed O'Keefe / Washington Post:
Gay rights groups withdraw support of ENDA after Hobby Lobby decision — Several major gay rights groups withdrew support Tuesday for the Employment Non-Discrimination Act that would bolster gay and transgender rights in the workplace, saying they fear that broad religious exemptions included …
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Hot Air and Talking Points Memo
Paul Begala / CNN:
What's behind Boehner's nutty lawsuit threat
What's behind Boehner's nutty lawsuit threat
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Washington Post and The Dish
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Left frets on Ginsburg's next steps
Left frets on Ginsburg's next steps
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Hit & Run, Outside the Beltway and Red Alert Politics
Sahil Kapur / Talking Points Memo:
Senate Dems Ready To Unveil Bill Reversing Hobby Lobby Ruling
Senate Dems Ready To Unveil Bill Reversing Hobby Lobby Ruling
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National Review
Rea Carey / Advocate:
Op-ed: Why One of the Biggest LGBT Orgs Has Stopped Supporting ENDA
Op-ed: Why One of the Biggest LGBT Orgs Has Stopped Supporting ENDA
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Metro Weekly, ThinkProgress and Daily Kos
The Intercept:
Meet the Muslim-American Leaders the FBI and NSA Have Been Spying On — The National Security Agency and FBI have covertly monitored the emails of prominent Muslim-Americans—including a political candidate and several civil rights activists, academics, and lawyers—under secretive procedures intended …
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Byron Tau / Politico:
Why the GOP is holding its convention early — Republicans will hold their 2016 national convention more than a month earlier than their 2012 event for one simple reason: money. — Two years ago, Mitt Romney raised $1 billion but found himself out of cash that August due to campaign finance laws …
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Washington Times, American Thinker, Washington Post and Balloon Juice
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Robert Costa / Washington Post:
Cleveland's winning bid to host GOP convention highlights Portman's influence
Cleveland's winning bid to host GOP convention highlights Portman's influence
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Metro Weekly, Trail Blazers Blog, CNN, The Huffington Post and Spiegel Online
Patrick Howley / The Daily Caller:
Rick Perry Admirably Refuses To Shake Obama's Hand At Airport
Rick Perry Admirably Refuses To Shake Obama's Hand At Airport
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Politico and Power Line
Darlena Cunha / Washington Post:
This is what happened when I drove my Mercedes to pick up food stamps — Sara Bareilles played softly through the surround-sound speakers of my husband's 2003 Mercedes Kompressor as I sat idling at a light. I'd never been to this church before, but I could see it from where I was …
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The Moderate Voice, Unfogged and Poynter
Ravi Somaiya / New York Times:
The New Yorker Alters Its Online Strategy — The New Yorker is overhauling its website and making all the articles it has published since 2007 available free for three months before introducing a paywall for online subscribers. — Beginning July 21, the magazine's new and archived articles …
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Guardian, more at Mediagazer »
Amanda Terkel / The Huffington Post:
GOP Senate Candidate Joni Ernst Floated Obama Impeachment — WASHINGTON — Iowa GOP Senate candidate Joni Ernst floated the idea of impeaching President Barack Obama in January, calling him a “dictator” and arguing he was “overstepping his bounds” by using executive authority to enact parts of his agenda without Congress' cooperation.
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Katie Pavlich / Townhall.com:
Violent MS-13 Gang Members Leave Graffiti on Bathroom Walls of Nogales Border Patrol Processing Center — 4.6K — SHARES — An internal Border Patrol executive summary obtained by Townhall confirms that at least 16 unaccompanied illegal minors (those under the age of 18 …
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John Hinderaker / Power Line:
A Window Opens Onto the Left-Wing Conspiracy — The Democracy Alliance is not a famous organization, but it deserves to be. The Alliance consists of approximately 100 rich liberals who have taken upon themselves the task of coordinating America's many left-wing organizations to promote a single radical agenda.
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Washington Free Beacon
Melanie Eversley / USA Today:
Obama shakes hands with supporter wearing horse head — One task that world leaders must perform and perform well is that of handling situations without blinking an eye or missing a beat. — President Obama's ability to do this might have been tested Tuesday night as he greeted people …
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Fox News and National Review
Edward Snowden / RT:
Snowden applies to extend asylum in Russia - lawyer — NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden has filed an official petition to extend his asylum in Russia for another year. He has been living in the country since taking 1.7 million intelligence files from various US agencies.
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Associated Press, The Hill, The Verge and Mediaite