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11:30 AM ET, June 30, 2013

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Spiegel Online:
NSA Spied on European Union Offices  —  America's NSA intelligence service allegedly targeted the European Union with its spying activities.  According to SPIEGEL information, the US placed bugs in the EU representation in Washington and infiltrated its computer network.
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Guardian:
Key US-EU trade pact under threat after more NSA spying allegations  —  Reports in Der Spiegel that US agencies bugged European council building ‘reminiscent of cold war’, says German minister  —  The prospects for a new trade pact between the US and the European Union worth hundreds …
Business Insider:
Russian Lawmaker: ‘Morally Impermissible’ To Hand Over Snowden  —  A top Russian lawmaker on Sunday declared it was “morally impermissible” to hand over to the United States fugitive intelligence leaker Edward Snowden, who remains in a political limbo at a Moscow airport.
Alexandra Jaffe / The Hill:
Schumer: Russia ‘should pay a price’ for harboring NSA leaker Snowden  —  Sens. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) and John McCain (R-Ariz.) both urged a strong response to Russia's refusal to extradite National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden.  —  “They should pay a price, either diplomatic, economic, geopolitical, for doing what they did.
Discussion: Politico
Kevin Gosztola / Firedoglake:
Glenn Greenwald's Speech to the Socialism Conference - with transcript
Discussion: American Power and RT
Linda Greenhouse / Opinionator:
The Real John Roberts Emerges  —  This time a year ago, the conservative chief justice whose vote saved President Obama's health care law was a figure of mystery.  In fact, “The Mystery of John Roberts” was the title I gave to one of my Opinionator columns for The New York Times last summer.
Discussion: Washington Monthly
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Tom Goldstein / SCOTUSblog:
Emergency stay of California same-sex marriages sought (updated 6:05pm)  —  Attorneys for the parties who sought to defend Proposition 8 in federal court have filed an emergency motion in the Supreme Court seeking to block same-sex marriages from proceeding in California.  The filing (via Jess Bravin) is available here.
Maura Dolan / Los Angeles Times:
Sponsors of Prop. 8 file petition to stop same-sex marriages
Igor Volsky / ThinkProgress:
Congressman Claims Immigration Bill Will ‘Force’ Immigrants To Become Citizens  —  A Republican Congressman argued that the immigration measures making their way through the House of Representatives won't include a pathway to citizenship for undocumented immigrants because many don't want to achieve legal status.
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Alexandra Jaffe / The Hill:
Sens. Schumer, McCain optimistic House will pass immigration bill  —  Two key architects of the Senate immigration bill expressed confidence that the bill will make it through the House, despite opposition from conservative lawmakers.  —  Sens. John McCain (R-Ariz.) and Chuck Schumer …
Discussion: Politico
CNN:
Obama unveils $7 billion power initiative for Africa  —  (CNN) — U.S. President Barack Obama pledged $7 billion Sunday to help combat frequent power blackouts in sub-Saharan Africa.  —  Funds from the initiative, dubbed Power Africa, will be distributed over the next five years.
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Associated Press:
Atheists unveil Fla monument near Ten Commandments  —  STARKE, Fla. (AP) — A group of atheists unveiled a monument to their nonbelief in God on Saturday to sit alongside a granite slab that lists the Ten Commandments in front of the Bradford County courthouse.
Gil Hamer / TheTower.org:
The Gezi Diaries: Can We Still Call Turkey Civilized?  —  Some see it as a modern democracy with an Islamic tint, an improving, reforming country.  But if you were in Istanbul during the last month and a half, you'd have seen something completely different: a violent, authoritarian, increasingly suppressive and brutal regime.
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Claire Berlinski / Globe and Mail:   Tear gas is a symptom of Turkey's weak democracy
Claire Berlinski / City Journal:
Notes on the Turkish Troubles
Discussion: Atlas Shrugs
Jeff Poor / The Daily Caller:
Sarah Palin floats idea of leaving the Republican Party [VIDEO] … Palin suggested she is open to the idea and said that if the GOP continues to abandon its conservative principles, other would follow suit.  —  “I love the name of that party — the ‘Freedom Party,’” Palin said.
Sarah Palin / Facebook:
Sarah Palin  · 3,552,984 like this  —  Please take a look at the article linked below to understand how the amnesty bill the Senate passed yesterday is a sad betrayal of working class Americans of every ethnicity who will see their wages lowered and their upward mobility lowered too.
 
 
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Carol D. Leonnig / Washington Post:
Secret-court judges upset at portrayal of ‘collaboration’ with government
Discussion: Prairie Weather and Althouse
Associated Press:
Kerry: Progress made in peace talks
Herb Keinon / Jerusalem Post:
PM tells cabinet after meeting Kerry that any accord with PA will be brought to referendum
Bob Lewis / ABC News:
Biden Rouses Va Dems, Gives GOP a Tea Party Label
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