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6:55 PM ET, July 15, 2013

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The Atlantic Online:
Trayvon Martin And The Irony Of American Justice  —  In trying to assess the the killing of Trayvon Martin by George Zimmerman, two seemingly conflicted truths emerge for me.  The first is that is that based on the case presented by the state, and based on Florida law, George Zimmerman …
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Ben H. Winters / GalleyCat:
George Zimmerman Trial Juror To Write Book  —  Juror B37 in the George Zimmerman trial has signed (along with her attorney husband) with literary agent and Martin Literary Management president Sharlene Martin.  —  Along with the other jurors, Juror B37 found Zimmerman not guilty in the controversial trial.
Edward Wyckoff Williams / Salon:
Our real problem is white rage  —  For all the warnings about supposed black riots, don't forget who exploded throughout the George Zimmerman affair  —  If there is no justice, there can be no peace.  But in the American South it seems white folks suddenly believe that decorum and charm …
Discussion: the daily howler and The PJ Tatler
USA Today:
Column: Media got Zimmerman story wrong from start … The role of the media cannot be ignored in the Zimmerman case.  —  CONNECT  —  It's complicated.  —  Life is packed with nuances and subtleties and shades of gray.  —  But the news media are often uncomfortable in such murky terrain.
Discussion: the daily howler and TheBlaze.com
Lizette Alvarez / New York Times:
In Zimmerman Case, Self-Defense Was Hard to Topple  —  SANFORD, Fla. — From the moment George Zimmerman held up his arms and told the police that he had shot Trayvon Martin, one fact was undisputed: an unarmed black teenager lay dead.  —  But as one top Florida defense lawyer, Michael Band …
Neetzan Zimmerman / Gawker:
Soul Singer Attacked on Stage for Dedicating Song to Trayvon Martin  —  Legendary musician and future R&B Hall of Fame inductee Lester Chambers suffered injuries Saturday after he was attacked on stage for dedicating a song to Trayvon Martin.  —  According to police, the Civil-Rights-era leader …
Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:
Newt Gingrich: Trayvon Protesters Were “Prepared To Be A Lynch Mob”
Daniel Strauss / The Hill:   Holder: Martin death ‘unnecessary’
CNN:
Obama won't get involved in federal charges against Zimmerman
Darlene Superville / Associated Press:
George HW Bush to Visit White House
Discussion: CNN, Associated Press and Politico
John Fund / National Review:
Injudicious Criminal Justice in Florida
Politico:
Reid digs in as Senate nears nuclear option showdown  —  Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid isn't backing down from the “nuclear option” as Democrats and Republicans clash ahead of a rare meeting in the Old Senate Chamber.  —  The nuclear option — which would allow Reid to end filibusters …
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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Reid gives GOP ultimatum: Relent on nominees or I will go ‘nuclear’  —  Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) on Monday said unless Republicans allow votes on seven of President Obama's pending nominees, he will trigger the “nuclear option” this week.  —  The Senate is scheduled to begin voting on Tuesday on the seven nominees.
Ian Millhiser / ThinkProgress:
Reid To Republicans: If You Want Me To Back Down On Filibuster Reform ‘Stop The Filibusters’
Discussion: PolicyMic and Daily Kos
Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
Senate Control in 2014 Increasingly Looks Like a Tossup  —  This weekend's announcement by the former governor of Montana, Brian Schweitzer, that he would not seek that state's Democratic nomination for Senate represents the latest in a series of favorable developments for Republicans as they seek control of the chamber.
Erik Wasson / The Hill:
Dems, GOP battle for leverage on farm bill  —  Senate Democrats and House Republicans are fighting for leverage on the $1 trillion dollar farm bill.  —  Democrats are accusing GOP leaders of blocking a conference committee, and on Monday urged them to act “right away” to begin the process of reconciling their competing proposals.
Discussion: Politico
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Greg Sargent / The Plum Line:
House GOP's endgame on immigration: Do nothing?
Discussion: National Review and Booman Tribune
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Hunger Games, U.S.A.
Micheala Periera / CNN:
Teens chase kidnapping suspect on bikes, save 5-year-old girl  —  (CNN) — Two teenage boys are being hailed as heroes after they chased a car carrying a kidnapped girl — on their bicycles.  —  Five-year-old Jocelyn Rojas was playing in her front yard in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, when she vanished Thursday afternoon.
Jay Root / The Texas Tribune:
Wendy Davis Raises Nearly $1 Million … State Sen. Wendy Davis, the new star of the Texas Democratic Party, raised nearly $1 million in the final two weeks of June, much of it from small donors who sent her money after she launched her famous filibuster of a restrictive abortion bill, her campaign will reveal Monday.
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Wendy R. Davis / Washington Post:
Wendy Davis: Why I stood up for Texas women
Discussion: Greg's Opinion and Daily Kos
Eliot Spitzer / CNN:
Polls: Spitzer, Weiner both in top spot in redemption bids  —  (CNN) - With less than two months to go until primary day in New York City, a new poll indicates that two candidates hoping to come back from scandals that sidetracked their political careers are both edging out their opponents.
Discussion: Politico and BuzzFeed
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Ross Barkan / Politicker:
State Senator Suggests Mayoral Longshot Say He's Gay for Attention
Dylan Byers / Politico:
MSNBC crushed in Zimmerman ratings race  —  MSNBC's ratings woes came into sharp relief on Monday with the release of the preliminary numbers for the Zimmerman verdict.  —  In the 10-11 p.m. hour on Saturday night, when the verdict in, Fox News had 3,682,000 total viewers …
Annie-Rose Strasser / ThinkProgress:
McDonalds Tells Workers To Budget By Getting A Second Job And Turning Off Their Heat  —  McDonalds has partnered with Visa to launch a website to help its low-wage workers making an average $8.25 an hour to budget.  But while the site is clearly meant to illustrate that McDonalds workers …
John Hudson / Foreign Policy:
U.S. Repeals Propaganda Ban, Spreads Government-Made News To Americans  —  For decades, a so-called anti-propaganda law prevented the U.S. government's mammoth broadcasting arm from delivering programming to American audiences.  But on July 2, that came silently to an end with the implementation of a new reform passed in January.
Wall Street Journal:
Restaurant Shift: Sorry, Just Part-Time  —  More Restaurants Replace Full-Timers, Concerned About Insurance  —  Ken Adams has been turning to more part-time workers at his 10 Subway sandwich shops in Michigan to avoid possibly incurring higher health-care costs under the new federal insurance law.
RT:
‘Heroic effort at great personal cost’: Edward Snowden nominated for Nobel Peace Prize  —  A Swedish sociology professor has nominated Edward Snowden for the Nobel Peace Prize.  He says the NSA whistleblower could help “save the prize from the disrepute incurred by the hasty and ill-conceived decision” …
Reuters:
Russia's Putin: signs Snowden is shifting on the U.S.  —  (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Monday he saw signs that Edward Snowden, the former U.S. spy agency contractor turned fugitive secrets leaker, was shifting towards stopping “political activity” directed against the United States.
Candice Choi / Associated Press:
TWINKIES MAY BE SMALLER THAN PEOPLE RECALL  —  You are here  —  Home » Business » Twinkies may be smaller than people recall  —  NEW YORK (AP) — Twinkies are back, but they may be a bit smaller than you remember.  —  The new boxes hitting shelves this week list …
Chris Geidner / BuzzFeed:
California Supreme Court Denies Request For Immediate Halt To Same-Sex Couples' Marriages  —  The justices' order comes three days after the supporters of Proposition 8 asked the court to stop the marriages, which resumed in the state on June 28.  —  The California Supreme Court has rejected …
Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
Virginians sour on McDonnell  —  PPP's newest Virginia poll finds that Bob McDonnell's net approval rating has dropped 12 points in the last month, and that for the first time since taking office he's under water.  Only 36% of voters approve of the job he's doing to 41% who disapprove.
 
 
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Gay marriage: Peers approve legislation
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Tal Kopan / Reuters:
Department of Justice slaps Gallup with $10.5M fine
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Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Double Secret Surveillance
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Andrew Cohen / The Atlantic Online:
The Warren Hill Execution: A Late Challenge Over Lethal-Injection Drug
Noah Rothman / Mediaite:
Thomas Roberts Goes Ballistic On Hate In America, Calls For ‘I Am Other’ Agenda For MSNBC
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Jenny McCarthy officially named ‘The View’ co-host
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Joseph E. Stiglitz / Opinionator:
How Intellectual Property Reinforces Inequality
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The Washington / Washington Times:
David Keene to lead opinion pages of Washington Times
Discussion: CNN, Post Politics and National Review
Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
Billionaire Koch brothers use Web to take on media reports they dispute
Bloomberg:
Transparency Suffers as State Department Fails to Report
Jeff E. Schapiro / Richmond Times-Dispatch:
Even McDonnell's friends bracing for the worst
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Alan Dershowitz vs. Angela Corey over misleading Affidavit of Probable Cause
 

 
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