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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.
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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Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
White House presses for deal keeping Greece in eurozone
White House presses for deal keeping Greece in eurozone
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ECB - European Central Bank:
ELA to Greek banks maintained
ELA to Greek banks maintained
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Zero Hedge, Foreign Policy, Business Insider, Spectator and BBC
Wolfgang Münchau / Financial Times:
Why the Yes campaign failed in Greece
Why the Yes campaign failed in Greece
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Jordan Chariton / The Wrap:
Donald Trump Deletes Tweet About Jeb Bush's Wife: You Like ‘Mexican Illegals’ Because of Your Wife — Real estate mogul quoted another user's tweet about Bush and his wife on July 4th; deleted a day later — Donald Trump appears to have deleted a tweet he quoted that made questionable comments about Jeb Bush and his wife.
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Paul Waldman / American Prospect:
How Donald Trump Changed the GOP Debate on Immigration
How Donald Trump Changed the GOP Debate on Immigration
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Alex Pappas / The Daily Caller:
Ben Carson On The Trump Uproar: 'It's The PC Police Out In Force'
Ben Carson On The Trump Uproar: 'It's The PC Police Out In Force'
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Mediaite, Hullabaloo and BizPac Review
Bryan Logan / Business Insider:
Donald Trump appears to have deleted an unfortunate retweet about Jeb Bush's wife
Donald Trump appears to have deleted an unfortunate retweet about Jeb Bush's wife
Mark Hensch / The Hill:
Trump bites back at Bush over border
Trump bites back at Bush over border
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Washington Post and Liberaland
Jonathan Allen / Vox:
Confessions of a Clinton reporter: The media's 5 unspoken rules for covering Hillary — The reporter's job is to “comfort the afflicted and afflict the comfortable” — a credo that, humorously, was originally written as a smear of the self-righteous nature of journalists.
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Eric Bradner / CNN:
Hillary Clinton's 1st national TV interview: CNN - CNNPolitics.com
Hillary Clinton's 1st national TV interview: CNN - CNNPolitics.com
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Jeb Bush / Medium:
Getting Out Of The Zombie Economy
Getting Out Of The Zombie Economy
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David Frum / The Atlantic:
Why Won't Hillary Clinton Talk to Reporters?
Why Won't Hillary Clinton Talk to Reporters?
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Josh Kraushaar / National Journal:
Here's the Real Reason Hillary Clinton Has a Lock on the Democratic Nomination — Support from African-Americans is key, and her would-be challengers aren't doing much to win it. — Hillary Clinton is a near-lock for the Democratic nomination for many reasons, but among the most significant …
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Steven Hayward / Power Line:
Perry Sense — While Donald Trump continues to get disproportionate attention for his correctly grounded—if not well formulated—attacks on out of control immigration, Texas Gov. Rick Perry is quietly emerging as a much more serious candidate. Worth catching the excerpts of his remarks …
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Wall Street Journal
New York Times:
Hillary Clinton's Team Is Wary as Bernie Sanders Finds Footing in Iowa
Hillary Clinton's Team Is Wary as Bernie Sanders Finds Footing in Iowa
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Rick Perry / Wall Street Journal:
Republicans, Race and Economic Opportunity for All
Republicans, Race and Economic Opportunity for All
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David French / National Review:
Wisconsin's Shame: ‘He Could Have Been Shot. Over Politics’ — It was still dark outside when “Jonah” (not his real name) heard the pounding on his front door. As luck would have it, he was awake — or mostly awake. He'd gotten up at 4:00 a.m. on October 3, 2013, to see his parents off to the airport.
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Jamie Self / The State:
S.C. Senate pushes forward with removing Confederate flag — The S.C. Senate moved forward with plans Monday to lower the Confederate battle flag from the State House grounds and retire it to the Confederate Relic Room and Military Museum. — The 37-3 vote gave a bill removing the flag the second of third readings.
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Cynthia Roldan / Post and Courier:
Senate suspends Confederate Flag debate for short break
Senate suspends Confederate Flag debate for short break
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ThinkProgress, Daily Kos and Washington Post
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.
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Sky News:
Alien Life On Philae Comet, Scientists Say — An image transmitted by the Rosetta space craft — Evidence of alien life is “unequivocal” on the comet carrying the Philae probe through space, two leading astronomers have said. — The experts say the most likely explanation for certain features …
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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 …
The Federalist:
Welcome To Culture War 4.0: The Coming Overreach — For those Americans who hoped the culture wars would finally end, the month of June reminded us they're just getting started. — Within hours of the Supreme Court's resolution of the battle over same-sex marriage—the triumph of a generation …
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Politico:
Judge not: GOP blocks dozens of Obama court picks — The standoff could diminish the stamp that Obama leaves on the judiciary. — The GOP-controlled Senate is on track this year to confirm the fewest judges since 1969, a dramatic escalation of the long-running partisan feud over the ideological makeup of federal courts.
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Tamerra Griffin / BuzzFeed:
Abby Wambach Running To Her Wife After The World Cup Will Destroy Your Tear Ducts — Despite the fact that Abby Wambach leads both men and women as the top international scorer (183 goals in 274 games, nbd), the Rochester, New York native had not won a FIFA Women's World Cup. Until today.
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