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David Faber / CNBC:
Rupert Murdoch preparing to step down as CEO from 21st Century Fox  —  Rupert Murdoch expected to hand Fox CEO title to son James, reports CNBC's David Faber.  —  Rupert Murdoch, the 84-year-old chief executive officer and controlling shareholder of 21st Century Fox, is preparing to step …
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Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:   Rupert Murdoch stepping down from 21st Century Fox
Washington Post:
How Jeb Bush's campaign ran off course before it even began  —  When asked to pinpoint where Jeb Bush's presidential effort began running into trouble, many confidants utter a single word: Dallas.  —  Mike Murphy, Bush's political alter ego, decided early on to hold regular senior staff meetings …
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Leonid Bershidsky / Bloomberg View:
Jeb Bush Flunked His Berlin Test  —  When Barack Obama spoke in Berlin in 2008, one could see how and why he would get to be U.S. president.  When Jeb Bush made his appearance here Tuesday, he showed how and why he probably won't.  —  In 2008, a crowd of 200,000 gathered to hear Obama at the Victory Column in Tiergarten.
Catherine Rampell / Washington Post:
Jeb Bush's recipe for a better society: Shame
Telegraph:
Sir Christopher Lee dies at 93 - latest reaction and tributes  —  Screen legend famous for roles in Count Dracula, Lord of the Rings and Star Wars dies in hospital after suffering respiratory problems … 13.05  —  Boris Johnson, the Mayor of London, has paid tribute to …
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Benjamin Lee / Guardian:
Christopher Lee dies at the age of 93  —  The veteran actor was best known for roles including Dracula and Saruman in the Lord of the Rings franchise  —  Sir Christopher Lee has died at the age of 93 after being hospitalised for respiratory problems and heart failure.
UnionLeader.com:
Union Leader to host Presidential candidates' forum Aug. 6  —  Staff Report  —  On the same August night that Fox News hosts a much-criticized and limited Republican presidential debate in Cleveland, the Union Leader will host a New Hampshire Presidential Forum in the first primary state.
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Ben Brody / Bloomberg Business:
Fox News, Union Leader Announce Forums for Candidates Who Don't Make First GOP Debate
Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:
Co-Author Of Mike Huckabee Books Was Accused Of Child Molestation In Two Legal Cases  —  Prominent Christian author John Perry, who has also co-authored a book with Alabama Supreme Court Justice Roy Moore, has been accused of child molestation in two separate lawsuits.
Ezra Klein / Vox:
The man who helped kill Clintoncare explains why Obamacare can't be killed  —  In 1993, Republican strategist (and Weekly Standard editor) William Kristol was running the Project for the Republican Future, where he thought about how to assure a — you guessed it — Republican future.
Bloomberg Business:
Obama Fast-Track Trade Plan Heading to Narrow House Vote  —  The House will vote Friday on a bill that would give fast-track trade authority to President Barack Obama, a measure likely headed for a close vote after months of lobbying by the White House and business groups.
Discussion: Chicago Boyz
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William Mauldin / Wall Street Journal:
Paul Ryan Seeks to Bar Obama From Tweaking Immigration, Climate-Change Law
Jonathan Weisman / New York Times:
Republicans Tie Their Favorite Causes to the Trade Agreement
Discussion: Reuters, Politico, Washington Post and Vox
Jack Shafer / Politico:
How not to become Brian Williams  —  How did a man so fastidious screw up so magnificently?  —  We give thanks for Brian Williams' fall—not because we have anything against the broadcaster, but because from his disgrace can be distilled a medicine that, when taken as directed, will prevent others from a place in perdition.
Discussion: Vanity Fair and FishbowlDC
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USA Today:
Rieder: The Brian Williams endgame
Discussion: FTVLive
ucl.ac.uk:
Sir Tim Hunt FRS and UCL  —  UCL can confirm that Sir Tim Hunt FRS has today resigned from his position as Honorary Professor with the UCL Faculty of Life Sciences, following comments he made about women in science at the World Conference of Science Journalists on 9 June.
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Allum Bokhari / BREITBART.COM:
Will Reddit Revolt Against Ellen Pao?  —  When failed discrimination plaintiff Ellen Pao was appointed CEO of Reddit last January, many predicted that it would herald a new age of censorship on the link-sharing and discussion site.  Those predictions appear to have come true …
Discussion: VentureBeat and Vox Popoli
Tom Cary / Telegraph:
Lance Armstrong: I've admitted to it all and I have suffered enough - it's now time to draw line in the sand  —  Lance Armstrong believes he has been punished enough, insists cycling is still in a bad place and admits $100m court case could ruin him  —  The words coming out of his mouth …
Kim Chipman / Bloomberg Business:
Jamie Dimon Says He's Unsure If Elizabeth Warren Understands Global Banking System  —  Jamie Dimon, CEO of JP Morgan Chase & Co.  —  JPMorgan Chase & Co. Chief Executive Officer Jamie Dimon took aim at U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren, a critic of large banks, as he expressed broad concerns about leadership in Washington.
Zach Schonfeld / Newsweek:
Joyce Carol Oates Says She Was Joking About Those Poor Dinos  —  National Book Award winner Joyce Carol Oates would like to set the record straight: She does not fear for the fate of the mechanical Triceratops being plundered by Steven Spielberg.  —  The very earnest-seeming tweet that lit …
Discussion: EW.com, NPR, The Huffington Post and Salon
Scott Eric Kaufman / Salon:
Megyn Kelly and Howard Kurtz attacked me for quoting her accurately and in context: “They take something and distort it”  —  Though it is refreshing to see Fox News acknowledging there's a problem with ideological echo chambers  —  On Wednesday's “The Kelly File,” host Megyn Kelly …
Joshua Benton / Nieman Lab:
A blow for mobile advertising: The next version of Safari will let users block ads on iPhones and iPads  —  Think making money on mobile advertising is hard now?  Think how much more difficult it will be with a significant share of your audience is blocking all your ads — all with a simple download from the App Store.
Nicholas Stephanopoulos / The Atlantic:
The False Promise of Black Political Representation  —  Youth leader Rasheen Aldridge of the Ferguson Commission listens to Barack Obama speak during a meeting at the White House.  ( Kevin Lamarque / Reuters )  —  The recent unrest in Baltimore, Ferguson, and other cities is puzzling in one important respect.
Drew Altman / Wall Street Journal:
Seniors and Income Inequality: How Things Get Worse With Age  —  Income inequality has been rising on the political agenda, yet one group has been left out of the discussion: seniors.  —  Older adults are somewhat less likely than working-age adults to be poor by the government's traditional poverty measure, developed in the 1960s.
Discussion: kff.org
Jon WardSenior / Yahoo Politics:
The Koch brothers and the Republican Party go to war — with each other  —  The Republican National Committee's data arm last year called it a “historic” occasion when it struck a deal to share voter information with the Koch brothers' rapidly expanding political empire.
Discussion: The Week and OpenSecrets.org
Rebecca Shabad / The Hill:
Top Senate Dem warns GOP: Deal now on spending limits or face shutdown  —  Sen. Patty Murray (D-Wash.) on Wednesday warned Republicans that if they don't reach another bipartisan deal to lift spending ceilings, they risk causing another government shutdown this fall.
 
 
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Rowena Mason / Guardian:
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Yahoo:
Why Republican candidates should want to be shut out of debates
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A.B. Stoddard / The Hill:
Silence isn't golden  —  On Saturday, Hillary Clinton …
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