memeorandum: Ahmed Mansour reveals: A Jew in Egypt's seat of power (mbinenglish)

9:20 PM ET, July 5, 2013

Top Items:

‘Muslim Brotherhood claims interim Egyptian president is Jewish’ — Wash Post: MB website said Israel conspiring to insert ElBaradei. — The Muslim Brotherhood claimed in a post on its official website that Egypt's new interim president Adli Mansour is Jewish, The Washington Post reported on Friday.

Discussion: “The Lid”, Weasel Zippers, The Moderate Voice, The Gateway Pundit and Jihad Watch

David Brooks / New York Times:

Defending the Coup — The debate on Egypt has been between those who emphasize process and those who emphasize substance. — Those who emphasize process have said that the government of President Mohamed Morsi was freely elected and that its democratic support has been confirmed over and over.

Discussion: Washington Monthly, New Republic, Gawker, The Huffington Post, Committee to Protect …, FAIR Blog, Lawyers, Guns & Money, The Week, Mediaite, Hot Air and The Lede

Washington Post:

U.S. must suspend aid after Egypt's coup — THERE IS no ambiguity about what happened in Egypt on Wednesday: a military coup against a democratically elected government and the wrong response to the country's problems. The armed forces forcibly removed and arrested President Mohamad Morsi …

Discussion: Little Green Footballs, New York Times, Hot Air, New Republic, Texas on the Potomac, War Is A Crime .org, Atlas Shrugs, The Week, Guardian and Taegan Goddard's …

Jeffrey Goldberg / Bloomberg:

Good Riddance to Brotherhood's Fake Democrats — A few months ago, King Abdullah II of Jordan told me about his meetings with Mohamed Mursi, the now-deposed president of Egypt. The king wasn't fond of Mursi, both because the Egyptian was a leader of the Muslim Brotherhood, and because Abdullah found Mursi exceedingly stupid.

Discussion: Weasel Zippers, The Dish and The Volokh Conspiracy

David Sirota / Salon:
David Brooks' bigoted rant

Discussion: The Huffington Post and New Republic

David P. Goldman / PJ Media:
Dismiss the Egyptian People and Elect a New One

Discussion: Power Line, americanthinker.com, Daniel Pipes, National Review and New York Times

New York Times:
For Islamists, Dire Lessons on Politics and Power

Discussion: Al Jazeera English, Washington Post, Guardian, The Week, The Daily Caller, Booman Tribune, NPR and BBC

New York Times:
Morsi Loyalists Clash With Soldiers in Cairo Protests

Discussion: CNN, The Lede, Mediaite, Washington Monthly, Via Meadia, The Week and Weasel Zippers

Wall Street Journal: After the Coup in Cairo — The U.S. shouldn't cut off aid to a new Egyptian government.

Jennifer Epstein / Politico:

Reversing denial, State says Kerry was briefly on boat — Secretary of State John Kerry was on his boat briefly on Wednesday, contrary to an earlier denial by the State Department, but was there only briefly and did not conduct official business while on board.

Discussion: The Greenroom and Weasel Zippers

Jake Miller / CBS News:

John Kerry on his boat during Egypt upheaval, State Dept. concedes — As regime change was unfolding in Egypt, Secretary of State John Kerry spent time on his boat Wednesday afternoon in Nantucket Sound, the State Department acknowledged to CBS News on Friday, after repeatedly denying that Kerry was aboard any boat.

Discussion: Hot Air and Patterico's Pontifications

Boston Herald:
Republicans: Put John Kerry on a plane

Discussion: “The Lid”, Twitchy, CBS Boston, Betsy's Page, Althouse and Israel Matzav

CBS Boston:
State Dept. Denies Kerry Was On Yacht During Egyptian President's Ouster

Discussion: Power Line, NY Daily News, Doug Ross, CNN, The Daily Caller, Michelle Malkin, Post Politics, Scared Monkeys and Twitchy

Reuters:

Venezuela's Maduro offers asylum to U.S. fugitive Snowden — (Reuters) - Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro said on Friday he had decided to offer asylum to former U.S. intelligence contractor Edward Snowden, who has petitioned several countries to avoid capture by Washington.

Discussion: The Hill, Firedoglake, Little Green Footballs and The Hinterland Gazette

Matt Berman / NationalJournal.com:

The Really Great News From the June Jobs Report: the April and May Numbers — 195,000 new jobs in June is solid. But the new jobs report shows we also gained 70,000 more jobs in April and May than we thought. — Happy jobs day! First, the immediate good news: The June report showed …

Discussion: Calculated Risk, Pew Research Center, Daily Kos, Hot Air, americanthinker.com and Yahoo! News

Nelson D. Schwartz / New York Times:
U.S. Adds 195,000 Jobs; Unemployment Remains 7.6%

Discussion: Economix, Campaign for America's Future, Wall Street Journal, American Prospect, The Week, Tea Party Patriots, The Daily Caller, Gawker and Outside the Beltway

Alan B. Krueger / White House.gov Blog:
The Employment Situation in June

Discussion: Economix, Weasel Zippers and Yahoo! News

Hadas Gold / Reuters:

George W. Bush to push immigration reform — Former President George W. Bush is expected to make a speech next week on how immigration reform is good for the country, the Dallas Morning News reports. — Bush will speak after a citizenship ceremony at the George W. Bush Presidential Center …

Dianne Solis / The Scoop Blog:
George W. Bush expected to talk about immigration reform Wednesday at Bush Institute

Discussion: Los Angeles Times, The Hill, The Fix and Alan Colmes' Liberaland

Trayvon Martin:

State rests and defense begins its case in George Zimmerman trial — SANFORD — Trayvon Martin's mother sat at the witness stand Friday, head held high, and decisively insisted that the chilling cries captured on a 911 call belonged to only one person: her slain child, Trayvon Benjamin Martin.

Discussion: Power Line, NPR and Booman Tribune

Robert Robertsson / Reuters:

Iceland parliament declines Snowden's citizenship bid — (Reuters) - A bid by Edward Snowden for Icelandic citizenship failed when the country's parliament voted not to debate it before the summer recess, lawmakers said on Friday, with options for the U.S. fugitive narrowing by the day.

Discussion: Business Insider, Hot Air and Weekly Standard

Tyler Durden / Zero Hedge:

Obamacare Strikes: Part-Time Jobs Surge To All Time High; Full-Time Jobs Plunge By 240,000 — As a reminder: jobs have quantity and quality components. The quantity component was good enough to convince the 10 Year the taper is imminent (if not stocks, which continue to trade dislocated from any and all fundamentals).

Discussion: The Lonely Conservative, The PJ Tatler and NewsBusters

Richard Pérez-Peña / New York Times:

Oregon Looks at Way to Attend College Now and Repay State Later — Going to college can seem like a choice between impossibly high payments while in school or a crushing debt load for years afterward, but one state is experimenting with a third way. — This week, the Oregon Legislature approved …

Discussion: Oregon Working Families Party, Campaign for America's Future and Marginal Revolution

Jonathan Weisman / New York Times:

I.R.S. Scrutiny Went Beyond the Political — WASHINGTON — In 2010, a tiny Palestinian-rights group called Minnesota Break the Bonds applied to the Internal Revenue Service for tax-exempt status. Two years and a lot of prodding later, the I.R.S. sent the group's leaders a series of questions …

Discussion: Gawker, Yahoo! News, Daily Kos, Ballot Box and Alan Colmes' Liberaland

Paul Wood / BBC:

Face-to-face with Abu Sakkar, Syria's ‘heart-eating cannibal’ — It sounded like the most far-fetched propaganda claim - a Syrian rebel commander who cut out the heart of a fallen enemy soldier, and ate it before a cheering crowd of his men. — The story turned out to be true in its important aspects …

Discussion: Jihad Watch

Molly K. Hooper / The Hill:

McCain, House Republicans headed for clash on immigration reform — Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) is on a collision course with House conservatives over immigration reform. — Throughout his Senate career, McCain has clashed with House Republican lawmakers over high-profile issues …

Discussion: The PJ Tatler, Washington Post and Booman Tribune