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10:40 AM ET, June 30, 2014

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James Risen / New York Times:
Before Shooting in Iraq, a Warning on Blackwater  —  WASHINGTON — Just weeks before Blackwater guards fatally shot 17 civilians at Baghdad's Nisour Square in 2007, the State Department began investigating the security contractor's operations in Iraq.  But the inquiry was abandoned …
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Charlatans, Cranks and Kansas  —  Two years ago Kansas embarked on a remarkable fiscal experiment: It sharply slashed income taxes without any clear idea of what would replace the lost revenue.  Sam Brownback, the governor, proposed the legislation — in percentage terms …
Discussion: Daily Kos
James Hamblin / The Atlantic Online:
Why We Can't Talk About Gun Control  —  When one writer suggested that guns can be regulated without anyone's rights being infringed, he lost his job.  Dick Metcalf told his story this morning to a skeptical crowd.  —  ASPEN, Colo. — “I pose this question, Mr. Metcalf, as a hunter of birds.
Noam Scheiber / The New Republic:
How Hillary Won Over the Skeptical Left  —  The surprising source of Clinton's invincibility  —  Jay Brown is a blunt-talking doctor from Ames, Iowa, the kind of guy who believes the biggest threats to the republic are the Koch brothers, Rupert Murdoch, and the corporatization of politics.
Discussion: Wall Street Journal and Althouse
Bernie Becker / The Hill:
IRS staredown not going away  —  A top GOP investigator and former IRS official Lois Lerner's lawyer squared off on Sunday, underscoring that the battle over the agency's improper scrutiny of Tea Party groups isn't going anywhere this election year.  —  House Oversight Chairman Darrell Issa …
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Josh Feldman / Mediaite:   CNN's Crowley to Lerner Attorney: Don't Missing Emails Seem ‘Suspicious’?
John Amato / Latest from Crooks and Liars:
Bush Campaign Advisor: Sending Troops Into Iraq Was A Huge Mistake The First Time  —  Matthew Dowd, the former chief strategist for the Bush-Cheney '04 presidential campaign, said that it was a mistake America got involved in fighting in Iraq the first time.
Jennifer Epstein / Politico:
Barack Obama taps ex-Procter and Gamble exec Robert McDonald to lead VA  —  President Barack Obama plans to nominate former Procter and Gamble executive Robert McDonald to lead the embattled Department of Veterans Affairs, which has been plagued by long waits for treatment, a White House official said Sunday.
Discussion: Daily Kos
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Washington Post:
Bob McDonald, former P&G chief, to be Obama's nominee to lead Veterans Affairs
Glenn Harlan Reynolds / USA Today:
A kinder, gentler turn to the gender wars?  Column  —  Men and women need to discuss gender issues.  One can't hear what the other doesn't say.  —  Are we coming to a truce in the gender wars?  Or just opening a second front?  Or, perhaps, actually starting to talk to each other?
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Justin McCarthy / Gallup:
Americans Losing Confidence in All Branches of U.S. Gov't  —  Confidence hits six-year low for presidency; record lows for Supreme Court, Congress  —  WASHINGTON, D.C. — Americans' confidence in all three branches of the U.S. government has fallen, reaching record lows for the Supreme Court …
McKay Coppins / BuzzFeed:
Bobby Jindal Courts Religious Right With His Eye On 2016  —  “The groups that are more and more picked on in society are evangelical Christians,” Louisiana's governor tells BuzzFeed.  Is the future of social conservatism in Baton Rouge?  —  John Gara  —  BATON ROUGE, La. …
Discussion: Washington Monthly
David M. Drucker / Washington Examiner:
The long road to John Boehner's lawsuit against Obama  —  CONGRESS BARACK OBAMA OBAMACARE SENATE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES REPUBLICAN PARTY JOHN BOEHNER NANCY PELOSI PENNAVE STENY HOYER TREY GOWDY PRESIDENTIAL NOMINEES PRESIDENTIAL APPOINTEES CONSTITUTION  —  House Speaker John Boehner …
Discussion: PoliticusUSA
Irin Carmon / msnbc.com:
Every way the Supreme Court could rule in Hobby Lobby  —  Monday's the day.  That's when the suspense of the most-watched Supreme Court case this term is expected to abate.  In the case, known as Hobby Lobby for short, the justices should finally settle whether a corporation can be religious and …
David E. Sanger / New York Times:
New N.S.A. Chief Calls Damage From Snowden Leaks Manageable  —  FORT MEADE, Md. — The newly installed director of the National Security Agency says that while he has seen some terrorist groups alter their communications to avoid surveillance techniques revealed by Edward J. Snowden …
Tim Devaney / The Hill:
Rove blasts Obama's executive actions: ‘This is imperial power’  —  Karl Rove, a former White House adviser to President George W. Bush, said Sunday that President Obama takes greater liberties with his executive power than his predecessor did.  —  Speaking to “Fox News Sunday,” …
 
 
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Margaret Sullivan / New York Times:
Covering New War, in Shadow of Old One
CBS News:
ISIS declares creation of Mideast caliphate across Iraq and Syria
Discussion: Hot Air and Washington Post
Bruce Alpert / NOLA River:
Rep. McAllister schedules Monday news conference — likely to reveal whether he'll run for re-election
Discussion: Washington Post
Anthony Watts / Watts Up With That?:
Canada pulls the plug on the U.S. Keystone Pipeline - will send oil to Asia
James Kirchick / NY Daily News:
Barack Carter  —  Obama is leaving America weaker on the world stage than Carter did
Discussion: Power Line and National Review
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Michael Goodwin / New York Post:
Obama's ‘woe is me’ attitude
Discussion: The Hill and Hot Air
David / Latest from Crooks and Liars:
Jeffrey Toobin Tells Americans To Be ‘Grateful’ That Dick Cheney Is Back On Their TVs
Discussion: Mediaite
Daily Mail:
‘Infidels must wear red collars and shave heads’: ‘Nazi’ …
Discussion: Weasel Zippers and Vox Popoli
 

 
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