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5:10 PM ET, July 6, 2015

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Yanisv / Yanis Varoufakis:
Minister No More!  —  The referendum of 5th July will stay in history as a unique moment when a small European nation rose up against debt-bondage.  —  Like all struggles for democratic rights, so too this historic rejection of the Eurogroup's 25th June ultimatum comes with a large price tag attached.
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Gavin Schalliol / Medium:
Thomas Piketty: “Germany has never repaid.”  —  In a forceful interview with German newspaper Die Zeit, the star economist Thomas Piketty calls for a major conference on debt.  Germany, in particular, should not withhold help from Greece.  —  This interview has been translated from the original German.
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Ending Greece's Bleeding  —  Europe dodged a bullet on Sunday.  Confounding many predictions, Greek voters strongly supported their government's rejection of creditor demands.  And even the most ardent supporters of European union should be breathing a sigh of relief.
Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
White House presses for deal keeping Greece in eurozone
John Fund / National Review:
Beware of Greeks Casting Blame
Discussion: Instapundit
Jordan Chariton / The Wrap:
Donald Trump Deletes Tweet About Jeb Bush's Wife: You Like ‘Mexican Illegals’ Because of Your Wife  —  Real estate mogul quoted another user's tweet about Bush and his wife on July 4th; deleted a day later  —  Donald Trump appears to have deleted a tweet he quoted that made questionable comments about Jeb Bush and his wife.
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Alex Pappas / The Daily Caller:
Ben Carson On The Trump Uproar: 'It's The PC Police Out In Force'
Discussion: Mediaite, Hullabaloo and BizPac Review
Mark Hensch / The Hill:
Trump bites back at Bush over border
Discussion: Washington Post and Liberaland
Jonathan Allen / Vox:
Confessions of a Clinton reporter: The media's 5 unspoken rules for covering Hillary  —  The reporter's job is to “comfort the afflicted and afflict the comfortable” — a credo that, humorously, was originally written as a smear of the self-righteous nature of journalists.
Discussion: Poynter. and Hullabaloo
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Jeb Bush / Medium:
Getting Out Of The Zombie Economy
Josh Kraushaar / National Journal:
Here's the Real Reason Hillary Clinton Has a Lock on the Democratic Nomination  —  Support from African-Americans is key, and her would-be challengers aren't doing much to win it.  —  Hillary Clinton is a near-lock for the Democratic nomination for many reasons, but among the most significant …
Discussion: RedState
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Steven Hayward / Power Line:
Perry Sense  —  While Donald Trump continues to get disproportionate attention for his correctly grounded—if not well formulated—attacks on out of control immigration, Texas Gov. Rick Perry is quietly emerging as a much more serious candidate.  Worth catching the excerpts of his remarks …
Discussion: Wall Street Journal
New York Times:
Hillary Clinton's Team Is Wary as Bernie Sanders Finds Footing in Iowa
Discussion: Business Insider
Rick Perry / Wall Street Journal:
Republicans, Race and Economic Opportunity for All
Discussion: Instapundit
David French / National Review:
Wisconsin's Shame: ‘He Could Have Been Shot.  Over Politics’  —  It was still dark outside when “Jonah” (not his real name) heard the pounding on his front door.  As luck would have it, he was awake — or mostly awake.  He'd gotten up at 4:00 a.m. on October 3, 2013, to see his parents off to the airport.
Discussion: The Daily Caller and Watchdog.org
Jamie Self / The State:
S.C. Senate pushes forward with removing Confederate flag  —  The S.C. Senate moved forward with plans Monday to lower the Confederate battle flag from the State House grounds and retire it to the Confederate Relic Room and Military Museum.  —  The 37-3 vote gave a bill removing the flag the second of third readings.
Discussion: The Moderate Voice and NPR
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Mary Jordan / Washington Post:
Scott Walker's wife, toughened by life, is ready for fires of a campaign  —  WAUWATOSA, Wis. — Tonette Tarantino's year of sorrow came when she was only 30.  First she lost the grandmother who helped raise her, like a second mother.  Weeks later her brother, her only sibling, died of bone cancer.
Sky News:
Alien Life On Philae Comet, Scientists Say  —  An image transmitted by the Rosetta space craft  —  Evidence of alien life is “unequivocal” on the comet carrying the Philae probe through space, two leading astronomers have said.  —  The experts say the most likely explanation for certain features …
Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
Jindal says US ‘on the path towards socialism’  —  Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal (R) on Sunday accused President Obama and former secretary of State Hillary Clinton of dragging the nation to socialism.  —  “I'm running [for president] because I want to stop President Obama and Secretary Clinton …
The Federalist:
Welcome To Culture War 4.0: The Coming Overreach  —  For those Americans who hoped the culture wars would finally end, the month of June reminded us they're just getting started.  —  Within hours of the Supreme Court's resolution of the battle over same-sex marriage—the triumph of a generation …
Discussion: Hot Air
Politico:
Judge not: GOP blocks dozens of Obama court picks  —  The standoff could diminish the stamp that Obama leaves on the judiciary.  —  The GOP-controlled Senate is on track this year to confirm the fewest judges since 1969, a dramatic escalation of the long-running partisan feud over the ideological makeup of federal courts.
Discussion: Daily Kos, US News and PoliticusUSA
Tamerra Griffin / BuzzFeed:
Abby Wambach Running To Her Wife After The World Cup Will Destroy Your Tear Ducts  —  Despite the fact that Abby Wambach leads both men and women as the top international scorer (183 goals in 274 games, nbd), the Rochester, New York native had not won a FIFA Women's World Cup.  Until today.
Discussion: Towleroad
 
 
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