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7:05 PM ET, July 5, 2015

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Suzanne Daley / New York Times:

Greeks Reject Bailout Terms in Rebuff to European Leaders — ATHENS — Greeks delivered a shocking rebuff to Europe's leaders on Sunday, decisively rejecting a deal offered by the country's creditors in a historic vote that could redefine the country's place in Europe and shake the Continent's financial stability.

Discussion: The American Interest, Outside the Beltway, Balloon Juice, interfluidity and The Atlantic

Michael D. Tanner / New York Post:

Think Greece can't happen here? You're wrong — A protester burns a euro note during a demonstration outside the European Union In Athens on June 28. — Most Americans look at the rerun of the Greek euro crisis with something between smug amusement and condescending disapproval.

Wall Street Journal:

Greeks Set to Reject Creditors' Bailout Terms, Projections Show — Outcome would set Athens up for further clash with eurozone — ATHENS—A official projection of Greece's referendum outcome, based on partial counting, said that at least 61% of Greeks voted “no” to creditors' demands on Sunday …

Discussion: Chicago Boyz, Daily Mail and The PJ Tatler

BBC:

Greece debt crisis: Greek voters reject bailout offer — Crowds gathered to celebrate in Athens as results began to come through — With almost all the ballots counted, results from the Greek referendum show voters decisively rejecting the terms of an international bailout.

Discussion: Spectator, Financial Times, NPR, neo-neocon and Patterico's Pontifications

Janet Daley / Telegraph: Greece has become a battleground for the worst ideas of the 20th century

Mehreen Khan / Telegraph:
Greek Referendum Day results live: Voting closes with polls showing ‘No’ …

Discussion: Business Insider, Guardian and Slantpoint

Ambrose Evans-Pritchard / Telegraph:
EU warns of Armageddon if Greek voters reject terms

Discussion: Guardian, Spectator, National Review and Agence France-Presse

CBS News:

Donald Trump: I didn't expect business backlash to be “quite this severe” — Shares - — On the heels of several major corporations distancing themselves from Donald Trump's various business interests, the Republican presidential candidate admitted Saturday that he didn't think the corporate backlash …

Discussion: Washington Post, LiberalAmerica.org, The Mahablog and TMZ.com

Ben Gittleson / ABC News:

Rick Perry on Donald Trump: ‘I Was Offended by His Remarks’ — Republican presidential candidate Rick Perry said he didn't believe that his fellow 2016 contender Donald Trump “understands the challenge” of strengthening the U.S.-Mexico border, adding he was “offended” when Trump labeled Mexicans “rapists” during a speech last month.

Discussion: Yahoo Politics, Politico, Associated Press and BizPac Review

ABC News:
???This Week??? Transcript: Gov. Rick Perry

Discussion: Bloomberg Business and Politico

Alison Elkin / Bloomberg Business:
Ted Cruz: ‘I Salute Donald Trump’

Discussion: New Jersey Online, BREITBART.COM, Guardian, New York Times, CNN, Raw Story and Taylor Marsh

Mark Hensch / The Hill:
Jeb: Trump's Mexico talk ‘extraordinarily ugly’

Discussion: Outside the Beltway, Liberaland and Mock Paper Scissors

WCSH-TV:

One dead after fireworks accident in Calais — CALAIS, Maine (NEWS CENTER) - One person is dead after a fireworks mishap Saturday night. — 22-year-old Devon Staples died instantly when he put a fireworks mortar on his head and set it off, said Maine Public Safety Spokesperson Steve McCausland.

Discussion: KFOR-TV, KTLA and myfox8.com

Nick Sambides Jr / Bangor Daily News:
Man killed in fireworks mishap in Calais

Discussion: The Portland Press Herald and Raw Story

Chad Terhune / Los Angeles Times:

California tax officials blast Blue Shield in audit — In a scathing audit, state tax officials slammed nonprofit health insurer Blue Shield of California for stockpiling “extraordinarily high surpluses” — more than $4 billion — and for failing to offer more affordable coverage or other public benefits.

Discussion: 89.3 KPCC

Louis Charbonneau / Reuters:

U.S. and Iran: the unbearable awkwardness of defending your enemy — It's always awkward to defend your enemies. But that's the position U.S. President Barack Obama's administration has found itself in with Iran as it pushes for an historic accord that would end a 12-year nuclear standoff.

Discussion: Hot Air and Power Line

Nahal Toosi / Politico:
John Kerry: Iran deal can go ‘either way’

Discussion: ABC News and New York Times

New York Post:

Four sex scandals rock one hanky-panky high school — It's not clear how much reading, writing and arithmetic is going on at James Madison High School in Brooklyn — but it definitely has sex ed covered. — A special-ed teacher at the school allegedly had carnal relations with a student every …

Discussion: Gothamist and Daily Mail

Mary Margaret / People.com:

Billy Joel Marries Alexis Roderick in Surprise Wedding at His Estate — Surprise! — Billy Joel and Alexis Roderick got married on Saturday evening. — The couple “surprised guests at their annual July 4th party by exchanging vows in front of their family and close friends,” the singer's spokeswoman said in a statement to PEOPLE.

Discussion: Gothamist, Associated Press, Daily Mail, Slantpoint and Just Jared

Liz Kreutz / ABC News:

Hillary Clinton Reporters Kept Behind Moving Rope Line At New Hampshire Parade — At the Fourth of July parade Hillary Clinton marched in today in Gorham, New Hampshire, reporters following the candidate were kept — and at moments, dragged — behind an actual moving rope line.

Discussion: Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, Mediaite, The PJ Tatler, Scared Monkeys and Washington Post, more at Mediagazer »

Dan Merica / CNN:
Clinton campaign corrals media

Discussion: Slantpoint

Joseph Weber / Fox News:
Clinton campaign ropes off reporters at New Hampshire parade

Discussion: Washington Free Beacon

Linda Greenhouse / New York Times:

The Supreme Court and the Politics of Fear — WHEN he ran for president the second time almost half a century ago, Richard M. Nixon made Earl Warren's Supreme Court a target of his campaign. It was a brilliant move. His accusation that the court had tilted “too far in weakening …

Discussion: Daily Kos

Shawna Thomas / NBC News:
Ted Cruz on Supreme Court: The Justices ‘Put on an Obama Jersey’

Discussion: OnPolitics and Towleroad

Mark Hensch / The Hill:

Graham: ‘Radical Islam is running wild’ in Mideast — Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) on Sunday said radical Islam is overrunning the Middle East under President Obama's watch. — Graham argued that Obama's foreign policy helps terrorist groups like the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) grow unchecked.

Discussion: Political Wire

Sherryl Connelly / New York Daily News:

John LeFevre pens ‘Straight to Hell,’ a tell-all about his cocaine and sex-fueled days as a Wall Street banker — Blue-chip banker John LeFevre, after spilling Wall Street's secrets 140 characters at a time, is back with a whole book about his cocaine-fueled days as a master of the universe.

Discussion: Liberaland and Daily Mail

Maureen Dowd / New York Times:

Paris When It Sizzles — PARIS — THE turquoise tranquillity of the Côtes d'Azur was rocked a couple of times during the Cannes Lions Festival, the advertising world's rosé-soaked answer to the Cannes Film Festival. — Al Gore snubbed Monica Lewinsky.

Discussion: No More Mister Nice Blog