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Iran Nuclear Deal ‘Built on Verification,’ Obama Says — VIENNA — Iran and a group of six nations led by the United States said they had reached a historic accord on Tuesday to significantly limit Tehran's nuclear ability for more than a decade in return for lifting international oil and financial sanctions.

Jeffrey Goldberg / The Atlantic:

The Single Most Important Question to Ask About the Iran Deal — “Look, 20 years from now, I'm still going to be around, God willing. If Iran has a nuclear weapon, it's my name on this.” - President Barack Obama, May 21, 2015 — The theocratic regime that rules Iran …

Discussion: USA Today, The Daily Caller, New York Times, Reuters, Fox News, Hit & Run, Roll Call, JustOneMinute, The Week, Hot Air and Mediaite

Peter Beinart / The Atlantic:

Why the Iran Deal Makes Obama's Critics So Angry — “Mankind faces a crossroads,” declared Woody Allen. “One path leads to despair and utter hopelessness. The other, to total extinction. Let us pray we have the wisdom to choose correctly.” — The point is simple: In life …

Discussion: CNN, New York Times, Politico, VICE, OnPolitics, Guardian, Bloomberg Business, Business Insider, Washington Post and Hullabaloo

Josh Rogin / Bloomberg View:

Graham: Iran Deal ‘Akin to Declaring War’ on Israel — The newly announced deal between Iran and six world powers is “akin to declaring war on Israel and the Sunni Arabs,” and will be a huge problem for Hillary Clinton, according to GOP presidential candidate and Senator Lindsey Graham …

Discussion: The Hill, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, Talking Points Memo, NBC News, The Mahablog, Taylor Marsh, Politico, Guardian, PoliticusUSA, US News, Washington Monthly, Business Insider, Israel Matzav, Outside the Beltway, Washington Times and Balloon Juice

Politico:

GOP candidates vow to roll back Iran deal — Republican presidential candidates have made their feelings known about any potential nuclear deal with Iran in recent months, ranging from strong skepticism to complete repudiation. On Tuesday morning, negotiators from the United States …

Discussion: Yahoo Politics, Washington Monthly, New York Times, BuzzFeed, Washington Post and The Week

Ishaan Tharoor / Washington Post:
The historic nuclear deal with Iran: How it works

Discussion: Middle East Eye, Spectator, NBC News and Progress Pond

Jesse Byrnes / The Hill:
Trump: Why no US prisoners in Iran deal?

Discussion: Hot Air, The Daily Beast and Politico

Washington Post:
Israel blasts Iran deal as ‘one of the darkest days in history’

Discussion: Israel Matzav and Common Dreams

Michael B. Oren / TIME:
Michael Oren: Why Israel Won't Be Celebrating the Iran Deal

Discussion: Politico, Michael J. Totten's blog and Instapundit

Wall Street Journal:
Oil Prices Fall as Nuclear Deal Paves Way for Iran Exports

Discussion: Hot Air, Washington Monthly, Hit & Run, The Daily Caller and The Week

Scott Johnson / Power Line:
Munich for our time — The big news of the day is the announcement …

Discussion: Guardian, Washington Post, New York Times, National Review and Hot Air

Ambassador Ron Dermer / Facebook:
My speech tonight at the CUFI Summit on the negotiations with Iran:

Discussion: The Rosett Report, Washington Post, Commentary Magazine and Power Line

Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Morning Plum: Don't fear the Iran debate, Democrats

Discussion: Salon, Wall Street Journal, National Journal, Politico, New York Times, Washington Monthly, Guardian and No More Mister Nice Blog

David E. Sanger / New York Times:
Bet for Obama on Iran Nuclear Deal May Take Years to Pay Off

Discussion: NBC News, BBC, US News, J Street, Bloomberg Business, Reuters, Guardian, Vox, Washington Post, Associated Press, The Daily Caller, Just Security, FOX News Radio, The Week and Al Jazeera English

Jennifer Epstein / Bloomberg Business:
Hillary Clinton Calls Iran Nuclear Deal ‘Important Step’

Discussion: Politico, Business Insider and Washington Free Beacon

Steven Ertelt / LifeNews.com:

Shock Video Catches Planned Parenthood's Top Doctor Selling Body Parts of Aborted Babies — A shocking new expose' video has caught Planned Parenthood's top doctor describing how the abortion business sells the body parts of aborted babies. — New undercover footage shows Planned Parenthood Federation …

Discussion: Townhall.com, TheBlaze.com, National Review, The Federalist, RedState, The Gateway Pundit, protein wisdom, The Daily Signal, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, John Hawkins' Right Wing News and Patterico's Pontifications

David Daleiden / The Center for Medical Progress:

Planned Parenthood's Top Doctor, Praised by CEO, Uses Partial-Birth Abortions to Sell Baby Parts — #PPSellsBabyParts PLANNED PARENTHOOD'S TOP DOCTOR, PRAISED BY CEO, USES PARTIAL-BIRTH ABORTIONS TO SELL BABY PARTS — PPFA Senior Director of Medical Services Deborah Nucatola …

Discussion: NewsMax.com, Slantpoint, Mediaite, Townhall.com, Allen B. West, The Daily Caller, Daily Mail, The Daily Signal and Guardian

Jesse Byrnes / The Hill:

Republicans seize on Planned Parenthood video — Republicans are seizing on a video purportedly showing a top Planned Parenthood executive discussing the transfer of aborted fetal tissue. — “This latest news is tragic and outrageous,” GOP presidential candidate Carly Fiorina said in a Facebook post linking to the video.

Discussion: Washington Post

Newsroom / Live Action News:
BREAKING: Planned Parenthood director caught on tape selling aborted ‘baby parts’

Discussion: LifeNews.com, The Federalist, Hot Air, RedState, Washington Free Beacon and Weekly Standard

Kevin Litten / New Orleans Times-Picayune:
Bobby Jindal announces investigation into Planned Parenthood

Discussion: LifeNews.com, Twitchy, CBS Los Angeles and The PJ Tatler

Suffolk University:

Suffolk University/USA TODAY Poll Shows Trump on Top with GOP Voters Nationwide — Republican businessman Donald Trump is on a roll with likely GOP presidential primary voters, according to a Suffolk University/USA TODAY national poll. — Among voters who identify either as Republicans …

Discussion: Politico, New York Times, Weekly Standard, Trail Blazers Blog, naked capitalism, SaintPetersBlog and Political Wire

Donald J. Trump / Facebook:

Failing candidate Hillary Clinton, who is desperately trying to hold on to her lead in the democratic primary against Bernie Sanders, is knowingly putting out lies about my stance on illegal immigration. I said “Mexico is sending"-\-\- I'm not knocking immigration or immigrants …

Discussion: Mediaite, Daily Kos, The Daily Caller, The Gateway Pundit and ABC News

Tara Culp-Ressler / ThinkProgress:

The Oklahoma Republican Party's Deeply Offensive Facebook Post — The Oklahoma Republican Party is making the case against food stamps by comparing poor people to animals, reviving a stereotype that's often deployed against Americans who rely on government benefits to feed their families.

Discussion: Washington Monthly, Shakesville, Progress Pond, Lawyers, Guns & Money and Daily Kos

Solar System Exploration:

NASA's Three-Billion-Mile Journey to Pluto Reaches Historic Encounter — NASA's New Horizons spacecraft is at Pluto. — After a decade-long journey through our solar system, New Horizons made its closest approach to Pluto Tuesday, about 7,750 miles above the surface …

Discussion: The Moderate Voice, The Hill, Business Insider, The Verge, NPR, Towleroad and Shakesville

Kenneth Chang / New York Times:
NASA's New Horizons Spacecraft Completes Flyby of Pluto

Discussion: Politico, Xconomy, Outside the Beltway, Pew Research Center and NPR

Jonathan Amos / BBC:
New Horizons: Nasa spacecraft speeds past Pluto

Discussion: The Frisky

Kim Soffen / New York Times:

Can Anyone Draw Unbiased Districts in Florida? — Is it even possible to draw congressional districts in Florida that do not favor Republicans? — Last week, the Florida Supreme Court ruled by 5-2 that eight of Florida's 27 congressional districts were drawn with “partisan intent” favoring the Republican Party.

Discussion: Althouse and SaintPetersBlog

Juan Williams / The Hill: A first step against gerrymandering

Stephen Gutowski / Washington Free Beacon:

Blue Angel Trolls Beachgoers in Epic Fly-By — During an air show in Pensacola, Fla., on Saturday the Navy's Blue Angels performed a flyover of the beach that was close enough to blow beach umbrellas out of the sand and into the sky. — The maneuver was performed by Blue Angel No. 5, a F/A-18 Hornet flown by Lt. Cmdr.

Discussion: KTLA, FOX6Now.com and WTVR-TV

Scott Eric Kaufman / Salon:

The Economist: Ta-Nehisi Coates' “Between the World and Me” is “just good enough to get away with” justifying its existence — “He writes with the torrential outrage of a campaigning Victorian,” the brave anonymous reviewer argues — The reviews of Ta-Nehisi Coates' controversial new book …

Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money

Stephen Morris / Bloomberg.com:

Twitter Attracts Suitors — (Bloomberg) — Twitter is working closely with bankers after receiving an offer to be bought out for $31 billion, people with knowledge of the situation said. — Shares of Twitter have declined 35% since last reporting earnings and the company has recently become …

Discussion: Reuters, Bloomberg Business, Business Insider, Wall Street Journal, Guardian, VentureBeat, The Verge, Mashable and Poynter., more at Mediagazer »

Katie Pavlich / Townhall.com:

Disgrace: DHS Secretary Jeh Johnson Has No Idea Who Kate Steinle Is — Department of Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson testified on Capitol Hill today about a series of ongoing immigration, illegal immigration and security issues. When asked about whether the Obama administration …

Discussion: The Daily Caller

Marianne Seregi / Slate:

I Was Attacked on the Train. No One Helped Me. — And I'm not sure I would have helped me, either. — What happened to Kevin Joseph Sutherland was horrific beyond imagining. On July 4, in front of about 10 witnesses on the Washington, D.C., Metro, an assailant punched him, stomped on him …

Discussion: The Federalist, alicublog, RedState, JustOneMinute, BREITBART.COM and Instapundit

Ed Mullins / New York Post:

NYPD union head on the city's ‘obscene’ Eric Garner settlement — Ed Mullins, President of the Sergeants Benevolent Association, blasts the city's record-braking $5.9 million settlement with the family of police chokehold victim Eric Garner in this exclusive column.

Discussion: ThinkProgress, CityLab, Raw Story, Guardian and New York Times

WSB-TV:

NAACP wants removal of Confederate generals from Stone Mountain — STONE MOUNTAIN, Ga. — The Atlanta chapter of the NAACP officially called for the elimination of all symbols of the Confederacy from Stone Mountain. — This comes on the heels of the removal of the Confederate battle flag from the South Carolina State House.

Discussion: Washington Monthly, Political Insider blog, Raw Story, Talking Points Memo and The Week

Kellan Howell / Washington Times:

Murder rates drop as concealed carry permits soar: report — The number of concealed carry handgun permits has skyrocketed since President Obama was first elected, while murder rates have fallen, according to a new report set to be released Wednesday. — Since 2007, the number …

Discussion: John Hawkins' Right Wing News