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Katherine Krueger / Talking Points Memo:
Trump Lashes Out At Critics, Makes Incendiary New Claims About Mexico  —  In a lengthy written statement Monday, Donald Trump doubled down on his recent remarks about Mexican immigrants being “rapists” and criminals, making the additional claim that “tremendous infectious disease is pouring across the border.”
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Aliyah Frumin / msnbc.com:
Rudy Giuliani defends Donald Trump over immigration remarks  —  Donald Trump still has a friend in Rudy Giuliani.  —  The former New York City mayor came to the Republican presidential candidate and billionaire real estate mogul's defense on Monday, even as Trump continues to catch major heat …
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
Hunter Walker / Business Insider:
Donald Trump just released an epic statement raging against Mexican immigrants and ‘disease’  —  Donald Trump is doubling down on his controversial comments about Mexican immigration.  —  The entrepreneur and Republican presidential candidate sent out an epic three page …
Antonio Olivo / Washington Post:
At Trump hotel site, immigrant workers wary  —  For weeks, dozens of construction workers from Latin America have streamed onto the site of the Old Post Office Pavilion in downtown Washington and taken pride in their work building one of the city's newest luxury hotels.
Jesse Byrnes / The Hill:
Trump: ‘Infectious disease is pouring across the border’  —  Donald Trump doubled down on his controversial comments about illegal immigration from Mexico on Monday, saying that “infectious disease is pouring across the border.”  —  Trump issued a lengthy — nearly 900 word …
Discussion: Guardian and Daily Mail
Josh Feldman / Mediaite:
‘Disease Is Pouring Across the Border’: Trump Releases New, Very Long Statement
TMZ.com:
Amanda Peterson Dies — 'Can't Buy Me Love' Star Dead at 43 … KIDD KIDD  —  BONDSMAN TO THE RESCUE WITH $105K  —  ... Plus a Hot Dog
Maryclaire Dale / Associated Press:
APNewsBreak: Cosby said he got drugs to give women for sex  —  5 photos  —  PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Bill Cosby admitted in 2005 that he got quaaludes with the intent of giving them to young women he wanted to have sex with, and that he gave the sedative to at least one woman and “other people …
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Dana Ford / CNN:
Bill Cosby said in 2005 that he got sedative to give women for sex
Discussion: Rare, Salon, USA Today and CBS Philly
David Edwards / Raw Story:
‘The devil is taking control’: Watch SC senator derail Confederate flag debate with insane gay marriage rant  —  DON'T MISS STORIES.  FOLLOW RAW STORY!  —  South Carolina state Sen. Lee Bright (R) began debate about removing the Confederate flag from the statehouse grounds on Monday …
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Jesse Byrnes / The Hill:
South Carolina Senate votes to remove Confederate flag
Discussion: Washington Post
Politico:
The socialist surge  —  The rise of Bernie Sanders is proving awkward for the Democratic Party.  —  No one asked Bernie Sanders what he thought about the Greek referendum on Sunday, but he shared his thoughts anyway.  —  “I applaud the people of Greece for saying ‘no’ to more austerity for the poor …
Discussion: Political Wire
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New York Times:
Hillary Clinton's Team Is Wary as Bernie Sanders Finds Footing in Iowa
Discussion: Business Insider
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
The Party of Andrew Jackson vs. the Party of Obama
Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money
Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
White House defends immigration policies after killing of San Francisco woman  —  The White House on Monday defended its immigration policies and blasted Republicans following the killing of a San Francisco woman — allegedly by an illegal immigrant.  —  When asked if the case was a failure …
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Bernie Quigley / The Hill:
The Romney half-century?  —  Not a very good Fourth for The Donald.  South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham (R), a candidate for president in 2016, stated it plainly: “He's running to be president of all of us.  It takes a level of maturity and thoughtfulness and demeanor that's not being exhibited here.”
Tallahassee Democrat:
Video shows punch that led to QB De'Andre Johnson's arrest  —  FSU quarterback De'Andre Johnson at the Tallahassee bar Yiannis, State Attorney's Office  —  The State Attorney's Office released surveillance video today of Florida State University quarterback De'Andre Johnson punching a woman at a bar last month.
Steven Shepard / Politico:
Upcoming polls to lock in GOP debate field  —  More than a few Republicans are hoping their numbers will tick up at just the right time this month, knowing that it could make the difference between being on the main debate stage and being relegated to the B-team.
Discussion: Althouse
Yahoo Politics:
Eric Holder: The Justice Department could strike deal with Edward Snowden  —  Former attorney general Eric Holder said today that a “possibility exists” for the Justice Department to cut a deal with former NSA contractor Edward Snowden that would allow him to return to the United States from Moscow.
Lucas Tomlinson / Fox News:
Officials: US jets scramble to intercept Russian bombers off California, Alaska coasts on July 4  —  This file photo shows a Russian Tupolev Tu-95 plane photographed by the Norwegian Air Force outside the coast of Norway in 2007.  (Reuters)  —  While the United States celebrated Independence Day …
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
The next big liberal cause: universal child care  —  Universal child care is becoming a central pillar of the liberal agenda — one that, if it is ever realized, could take its place alongside some of the great progressive reforms of the 20th Century, and possibly the Affordable Care Act …
Discussion: Hot Air and Washington Monthly
Patrick Marley / JSOnline:
Walker office already acts as if records exemption is law  —  Madison— Gov. Scott Walker announced over the weekend that Republicans were abandoning their plan to create new exceptions to the state's open records law, but for months the all-but-certain presidential candidate has been operating as if one exemption already was in place.
Discussion: Talking Points Memo and Daily Kos
Financial Times:
Unyielding eurozone gives Athens last chance  —  Peter Spiegel in Brussels, Claire Jones in Frankfurt and Kerin Hope in Athens  —  Athens will be given a final chance to present a new reform plan to eurozone leaders on Tuesday night despite a hardening attitude to Greece in many capitals …
Discussion: The Atlantic, Business Insider and ECB
RealClearPolitics Videos:
Obama on ISIS Threat: “Ideologies Are Not Defeated With Guns, They Are Defeated By Better Ideas”  —  After consulting with military leaders at the Pentagon this afternoon President Obama held a press conference on the growing threat of ISIS.  President Obama declared the United States “will never be at war with Islam.”
Discussion: Hot Air
 
 
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Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:
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Angela Merkel has a red and a yellow button. One ends the crisis. Which does she push?
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Eric M. Johnson / Reuters:
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John Parkinson / ABC News:
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Slow start for Carly Fiorina fundraising
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Annie Karni / Politico:
In letter, Hillary Clinton condemns Israel boycott movement
Discussion: The Week and Mondoweiss
Steven Hayward / Power Line:
Perry Sense  —  While Donald Trump continues to get disproportionate …
The Federalist:
Welcome To Culture War 4.0: The Coming Overreach
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