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Kevin D. Williamson / National Review:
Witless Ape Rides Escalator  —  Donald Trump is in the race.  —  Donald Trump may be the man America needs.  Having been through four bankruptcies, the ridiculous buffoon with the worst taste since Caligula is uniquely positioned to lead the most indebted organization in the history of the human race.
Sarah Palin / Facebook:
@realDonaldTrump - Mr. Trump should know he's doing something right when the malcontents go ballistic in the press!  There is no denying Donald J. Trump's accomplishments and drive to create opportunity for every willing American to succeed.  His own success is testament to the job-creating achievements …
Sahil Kapur / Bloomberg Business:
Donald Trump: Club For Growth is Attacking Me After Seeking $1 Million Donation
Glenn Kessler / Washington Post:
Fact checking Donald Trump's presidential announcement speech
Dan Balz / Washington Post:
The Trump circus comes to Iowa
Daniel W. Drezner / Washington Post:
Why Donald Trump will be good for the Republicans in 2016
Adam B. Lerner / Politico:
Donald Trump names his favorite prez: Bill Clinton
Discussion: BuzzFeed, Hot Air and People.com
Politico:
Senate GOP floats two-year Obamacare fix  —  Senate Republicans are coalescing around a plan to extend Obamacare subsidies for up to two years if the Supreme Court strikes them this month.  —  The court is due to rule within days on whether the president's health care law allows …
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Robert Pear / New York Times:   Top Plaintiff in Health Subsidies Case Awaits Edict Unperturbed
Brian Beutler / The New Republic:
A Victory for Obamacare's Challengers Will Be a Disaster for Republican Candidates
Robert Pear / New York Times:
G.O.P. Is Wary About Winning on Health Law
Discussion: The Moderate Voice and Daily Kos
Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:
Brian Williams expected to stay at NBC  —  Brian Williams is down, but not out.  —  NBC and Williams have come to a tentative agreement that will keep Williams at the network after his six-month suspension ends in August.  —  The decision, described by people with knowledge of the plan …
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New York Times:
Brian Williams to Stay at NBC, but Not as News Anchor  —  NBC is planning to announce on Thursday that Brian Williams will not return to his position as the anchor of its “Nightly News” show, four months after the network suspended him for exaggerating his role in a helicopter incident in Iraq …
Discussion: The Week and TVNewser
Gabriel Sherman / New York Magazine:
Roger Ailes's Demotion Signals Power Shift Within Murdoch Empire  —  Rupert Murdoch issues a stinging rebuke.  —  Shares  —  For much of the past 15 years, Roger Ailes has operated with virtual impunity inside Rupert Murdoch's media empire.  Nothing, it seemed, could induce Murdoch …
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Sophia Tesfaye / Salon:
Fox News as we know it may be screwed: Roger Ailes' stunning rebuke could spell the end  —  With Rupert Murdoch stepping aside, Roger Ailes will now report to Murdoch's Fox-hating sons  —  After reports surfaced that Rupert Murdoch planned to step down as head of media giant 21st Century Fox …
Discussion: Slantpoint
Jeb Bush / Guardian:
Jeb Bush joins Republican backlash against pope on climate change  —  Republican presidential contender Jeb Bush joined forces with the coal industry and climate deniers in a gathering conservative backlash against the pope, lashing out against a leaked draft of the spiritual leader's letter on climate change.
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Lydia Saad / Gallup:
Confidence in Religion at New Low, but Not Among Catholics
German Lopez / Vox:
Police seized his life savings without charging him for a crime.  Now he's fighting back.  —  Charles Clarke entered the Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport last February eager to go back to his mother after a months-long visit with relatives.
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Brian Fung / Washington Post:
AT&T just got hit with a $100 million fine after slowing down its ‘unlimited’ data  —  The Federal Communications Commission slapped AT&T with a $100 million fine Wednesday, accusing the country's second largest cellular carrier of improperly slowing down Internet speeds for customers who had signed up for “unlimited” data plans.
Discussion: WATE-TV
Lanny Davis / The Hill:
Hillary Clinton: Then and now  —  As I watched Hillary Clinton deliver her formal announcement speech Saturday at Roosevelt Island in New York City, I went through kind of a time warp.  What year is this?  —  I remembered the first time I met her: It was in September of 1969 …
Discussion: Progress Pond
Alison Griswold / Slate:
A California Labor Ruling Just Said Uber Drivers Are Employees.  That's Uber's Worst Nightmare.  —  In what could be an explosive decision, the California Labor Commission has found that a driver for Uber in San Francisco is an employee of the company.  That's from a ruling filed in state court …
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Ben Kamisar / The Hill:
Hillary eyeing two terms in Oval Office?  —  Hillary Clinton isn't just ready for 2016—she's ready for 2020, as well.  —  Clinton referenced her plans for “two terms as president” during a campaign stop Wednesday in South Carolina, where she outlined her economic goals.
Discussion: Wall Street Journal
New York Times:
Trade Deal Comments Put Hillary Clinton at Odds With Her Former Boss  —  WASHINGTON — If there was one moment recently in which President Obama could have used Hillary Rodham Clinton's help, it was on Sunday as the president scrambled to salvage his trade deal, which had been halted by congressional Democrats.
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Jeet Heer / The New Republic:
The Last Time Conservatives Dismissed a Major Encyclical, It Ended Terribly for Them  —  Despair is ranked as one of the unforgivable sins, yet right-wing Catholics deserve some mercy in their despondency.  The bulwark of their political creed is being subverted by both the new direction Pope Francis …
Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:
We Crashed Jeb Bush's Super PAC's Donor Call, And Here's What They Said  —  Right to Rise PAC says its raised $17 million in the New York-area so far, and its July fundraising report will give Jeb Bush's opponents a “heart attacks.”  —  ANDREW PATRON / Getty Images
Discussion: Guardian
Jose Martinez / Americans for Tax Fairness:
The Walmart Web: How the World's Biggest Corporation Secretly Uses Tax Havens to Dodge Taxes  —  A groundbreaking report reveals that Walmart has built a vast, undisclosed network of 78 subsidiaries and branches in 15 overseas tax havens, which may be used to minimize foreign taxes …
Discussion: Guardian, Common Dreams and Daily Kos
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Mark Zuckerberg / Facebook:
Today Priscilla and I made a $5 million donation to thedream.us, a scholarship fund that helps undocumented young immigrants in the US attend college.  —  Hundreds of thousands of young immigrants are part of our communities and attend school legally in the United States.
Discussion: Politico, Twitchy and Fusion
Sean Gallagher / Ars Technica:
Encryption “would not have helped” at OPM, says DHS official  —  Attackers had valid user credentials and run of network, bypassing security.  —  During testimony today in a grueling two-hour hearing before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, Office of Personnel Management …
Discussion: RedState
Scott Eric Kaufman / Salon:
A brief history of liberal musicians who were horrified when conservatives appropriated their songs  —  Neil Young suing the Donald is just the latest reason why right-wingers should just stop using music at rallies  —  When Donald Trump announced his presidential bid yesterday …
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Anniston Police Department Has Two Hate Group Members on the Force
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Jeremy W. Peters / New York Times:
Rand Paul to Detail Flat Tax Plan
Jenna Johnson / Washington Post:
As budget fight rages at home, Wisconsin's Scott Walker goes abroad
Discussion: JSOnline and Talking Points Memo
Agence France-Presse:
Stop eating Nutella and save the forests, urges French ecology minister
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Rebecca Shabad / The Hill:
CBO: Debt to hit 101 percent of GDP by 2039
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Theresa Amato / New York Times:
Put Lawyers Where They're Needed
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Ta-Nehisi Coates / The Atlantic:
Taken  —  I took some time this weekend to re-read Jennifer …
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