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Yanisv / Yanis Varoufakis:
Minister No More! — The referendum of 5th July will stay in history as a unique moment when a small European nation rose up against debt-bondage. — Like all struggles for democratic rights, so too this historic rejection of the Eurogroup's 25th June ultimatum comes with a large price tag attached.
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Gavin Schalliol / Medium:
Thomas Piketty: “Germany has never repaid.” — In a forceful interview with German newspaper Die Zeit, the star economist Thomas Piketty calls for a major conference on debt. Germany, in particular, should not withhold help from Greece. — This interview has been translated from the original German.
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Guardian, Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg Business, Taylor Marsh, BillMoyers.com, CANNONFIRE and interfluidity
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Ending Greece's Bleeding — Europe dodged a bullet on Sunday. Confounding many predictions, Greek voters strongly supported their government's rejection of creditor demands. And even the most ardent supporters of European union should be breathing a sigh of relief.
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Portside, naked capitalism, Telegraph, Guardian, Hullabaloo, Washington Post and Reuters
Neil Irwin / New York Times:
Now Europe Must Decide Whether to Make an Example of Greece
Now Europe Must Decide Whether to Make an Example of Greece
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BBC:
Greece debt crisis: Greek voters reject bailout offer
Greece debt crisis: Greek voters reject bailout offer
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Foreign Policy, Reuters, Rare, Hot Air, ThinkProgress, CANNONFIRE, Financial Times, NPR, neo-neocon and Patterico's Pontifications
Michael D. Tanner / New York Post:
Think Greece can't happen here? You're wrong
Ambrose Evans-Pritchard / Telegraph:
Defiant Greeks reject EU demands as Syriza readies IOU currency
Defiant Greeks reject EU demands as Syriza readies IOU currency
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New York Times, LewRockwell, Bloomberg View and Marginal REVOLUTION
Suzanne Daley / New York Times:
Greeks Reject Bailout Terms in Rebuff to European Leaders
Greeks Reject Bailout Terms in Rebuff to European Leaders
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Washington Monthly, Joe. My. God., The American Interest, Slantpoint, Outside the Beltway and Balloon Juice
Niall Stanage / The Hill:
The 10 Republicans most likely to win the GOP's 2016 nod — With just one month to go before the first GOP presidential debate, former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush has surfed a bounce from his official campaign launch to claim the top spot in The Hill's rankings. — Bush placed second in our most recent rankings, in May.
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Mark Hensch / The Hill:
Trump bites back at Bush over border — GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump said this weekend that former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush's (R) immigration stance is not in sync with everyday Americans. — “Today, Jeb Bush once again proves that he is out of touch with the American people, Trump said in a statement Saturday evening.
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Political Wire and Liberaland
Alison Elkin / Bloomberg Business:
Ted Cruz: ‘I Salute Donald Trump’
Ted Cruz: ‘I Salute Donald Trump’
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CNN, Guardian, New Jersey Online, BREITBART.COM and BizPac Review
Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
Jindal says US ‘on the path towards socialism’ — Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal (R) on Sunday accused President Obama and former secretary of State Hillary Clinton of dragging the nation to socialism. — “I'm running [for president] because I want to stop President Obama and Secretary Clinton …
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Talking Points Memo, Hinterland Gazette and BizPac Review
Juan Williams / The Hill:
A rising tide for Dems on green issues — If you think the most politically powerful decision out of the Supreme Court in recent weeks was on gay marriage or ObamaCare, think again. — It was the 5-4 win for conservatives when the court rejected Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) rules limiting pollution from power plants.
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David Frum / The Atlantic:
Why Won't Hillary Clinton Talk to Reporters? — Howard Kurtz reported on Sunday night that the Hillary Clinton campaign has decided to open itself to more press interviews. Kurtz quoted the campaign's communications director, Jennifer Palmieri: “By not doing national interviews until now …
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Fox News, The Huffington Post, National Journal, Poynter. and FishbowlDC
Alan Blinder / New York Times:
South Carolina Legislators Gird for Confederate Flag Debate — COLUMBIA, S.C. — The South Carolina legislature is expected on Monday to take up the fate of the Confederate battle flag that flies on the State House grounds, responding to demands that it be removed after the June 17 massacre …
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NBC News, Fusion and Progress Pond
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Moises Velasquez-Manoff / New York Times:
The Myth of Big, Bad Gluten — AS many as one in three Americans tries to avoid gluten, a protein found in wheat, barley and rye. Gluten-free menus, gluten-free labels and gluten-free guests at summer dinners have proliferated. — Some of the anti-glutenists argue that we haven't eaten wheat …
Peter Schroeder / The Hill:
Puerto Rican debt crisis hits Congress — A looming debt crisis in Puerto Rico is setting off a fresh fight in Congress, where lawmakers are debating a statutory fix that could allow the island territory to declare bankruptcy. — Advocates of the change say it would resolve a technical oversight …
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John McCormick / Bloomberg Business:
Scott Walker Heads Into 2016 Race With Wins on Gun Sales, Union Dues — The Republicans who control Wisconsin's legislature are handing Governor Scott Walker a going-away bag full of goodies to sell along the campaign trail ahead of his expected formal entry into the presidential race next week.
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Cornell Barnard / abc7news.com:
ONLY ON ABC7NEWS.COM: MAN ACCUSED IN SAN FRANCISCO PIER 14 SHOOTING ADMITS TO CRIME — In an interview you'll see only on ABC7 News, the man accused of shooting and killing a young woman at San Francisco's Pier 14 admitted to the crime and talked about where he got the gun.
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Power Line, Front Page Magazine, ABC News, Daily Mail and Twitchy
Mary Jordan / Washington Post:
Scott Walker's wife, toughened by life, is ready for fires of a campaign — WAUWATOSA, Wis. — Tonette Tarantino's year of sorrow came when she was only 30. First she lost the grandmother who helped raise her, like a second mother. Weeks later her brother, her only sibling, died of bone cancer.