- Iran arrests 2 over World Cup video—"Iran's official IRNA news agency says police have arrested two people who appeared in an online video of young people singing and dancing in support of the country's World Cup football team."
- Defying ban, Iranian women watch World Cup with men in public
- Neo-Nazi Banners, Blackface, and Homophobic Chants: World Cup Fans Behaving Badly
- Suarez World Cup bite sets off Twitter meme frenzy—"Harkening Mike Tyson's famous gnawing of Evander Holyfield's ear, the soccer star is pictured wearing a dog cone, with fangs, as Hannibal, and more."
- Miguel Herrera Is the Most GIF-Worthy Man at the World Cup, Perhaps on Earth
- Cristiano Ronaldo, James Milner, Mario Balotelli, Olivier Giroud: The hottest soccer players at the World Cup
- Bravery of young security officer prevents massacre in Beirut—"Hunch by security officer prevents potential massacre as scores of people were watching World Cup match, but it also costs his own life."
- Football match-fixing: Ghana deal casts cloud over World Cup finals in Brazil—Is this what the $3 million is for?
- Fifa Bosses 'Secretly Doubled Their Salaries'—"Football chiefs are accused of upping their pay to £118,000 to compensate for lucrative bonuses that have now been axed."
- U.S. Senator Calls On FIFA To Relocate 2022 World Cup Out Of Qatar
- Nobody Wants To Host The 2022 Olympics—"The next Olympics to be awarded, a little more than a year from now, will be the 2022 Winter Games. Rather than going to the strongest bid, the games may end up going to the last city standing--a long list of potential hosts have given up on their Olympic dreams because the whole thing is one huge, useless waste of money."
- Banks Wary of Construction Companies After Olympic Debacle
- Polish foreign minister says country's alliance with US worthless—"According to a transcript of recordings obtained by Wprost, Radislaw Sikorski said 'we gave the US a blow job.'"
- Polish MPs ridicule Cameron's 'stupid propaganda' aimed at Eurosceptics—"Secretly taped expletive-laden conversation reveals EU fallout from prime minister's plans to curb migrants' benefits access."
- Italy arrests 95 in mafia dragnet, solves century-old murder
- Roma boy left unconscious after being savagely beaten and tortured during vigilante attack in Paris suburb
- Tens of thousands march in London against coalition's austerity measures—"An estimated 50,000 people in London addressed by speakers, including Russell Brand, after People's Assembly march."
- China jails 'New Citizens' Movement' activists—"China has handed down lengthy jail terms to three anti-corruption activists who had called for officials to disclose their personal wealth."
- Chinese police shoot dead 13 attackers in restive Xinjiang
- In Hong Kong, an Unofficial Election Draws Beijing's Ire NYT
- Chinese warships to join US in drills off Hawaii for first time
- Japan failed to report 640 kg of nuclear fuel to IAEA
- North Korea blasts film featuring James Franco and Seth Rogen plotting assassination of Kim Jong Un—This means war.
- Google removes Singapore hate blog against Filipinos
- 'A bungled inquiry': 100 days after MH370 went missing it is clear Malaysia officials hiding information National Post
- Malaysian Jet Was in Controlled Flight After Contact Was Lost, Officials Suspect NYT
- Australia: Waiting for Malaysians before announcing new MH370 search area
- Festival of Dangerous Ideas: 'Honour killings are morally justified' talk cancelled
- Christian woman freed after death sentence ruled 'faulty' in Sudan—NISS says, not so fast.
- Malaysian court to Christians: You can't say 'Allah'
- The media's moral center: How John Oliver became the sheriff of cable news' wild west—"The 'Last Week Tonight' host digs deeper and pushes his audience harder than either Jon Stewart or Stephen Colbert." Salon
- Jon Stewart Is A More Trusted News Source Than MSNBC, Study Says
- Lawmakers unveil major changes to FOIA—"Reform legislation emerges from Senate committee that would overhaul Freedom of Information Act, increase transparency."
- Wal-Mart 'edits' a New York Times op-ed—The fact check fudges facts.
- Hacking trial: Coulson guilty, Brooks cleared of charges
- Americans Have Less Confidence In Congress Than Just About Anything, Ever
- Let's Stop Kidding Ourselves: 90 Percent of Congressional Incumbents Will Win Re-election—"All signs tell us that incumbents should be grabbed by their lapels and shoved to the curb—but most won't be."
- Americans have not become more politically polarized—Maybe, maybe not. WaPo
- Jindal: People Ready For 'Hostile Takeover' Of DC
- South Dakota Republican Party Passes Resolution Calling For Obama's Impeachment
- New report destroys Gov. Sam Brownback's bid to blame President Obama for Kansas budget crisis
- Want to Suppress the Vote? Stress People Out—"The latest science-of-politics study suggests that GOP voter intimidation tactics may be more effective than liberals have feared—for biological reasons."
- Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand plans to introduce legislation to allow voters to register online—"Under Gillibrand's proposal, states with existing online access would expand their system beyond those with state-issued IDs to let more young people, seniors, minorities and the poor to access and update their own voter records online."
- GOP's voter fraud humiliation: Turns out Wisconsin's worst case is a Republican—"Maybe the real reason Scott Walker and Reince Preibus think their state needs tougher laws is a guilty conscience." Hypocrites. Salon
- Racist tactic emerges in GOP primary fight—"Rachel Maddow reports on how Mississippi Republican candidate Thad Cochran's appeal for African-American votes is being met by conservative supporters of his tea party opponent, Chris McDaniel, with 'poll watchers,' to discourage black voters."
- Wilson precinct official removed—Woman who wasn't able to vote: "I am not rich — just a mom who wanted to vote. And I did ask for a provisional ballot. But I didn't get it."
- Fifty Years After Freedom Summer, the Voting Rights Act Is Needed More Than Ever
- Calif. lawmakers seek constitutional convention on Citizens United
- 4 Key Takeaways About Scott Walker's Alleged "Criminal Scheme"—"Here's what you need to know about the probe targeting the Wisconsin governor and two of his aides."
- Senate Democrats Re-up Their Dark-Money Disclosure Bill—and Dare GOPers to Block It
- Mayday PAC: The Super PAC Built to Destroy Super PACs
- Thad Cochran Defeats the Tea Party -- And So Does Everyone Else
- Losing Tea Party Candidate Refuses to Concede in Mississippi Runoff
- The staggering price of crushing the tea party Politico
- Tea Party's embarrassing irony: How its ideal nation rejects basic American beliefs Salon
- In a Do-Nothing Congress, Blake Farenthold is Enjoying the View—"Blake Farenthold, the tea party congressman from Corpus Christi, has settled into a routine where distraction is just part of the job."
- Tea party, police clash in western Wisconsin town—Also: Wisconsin Police Chief and Tea Party Battle Over Bridge Signs and Gay Dating Websites
- Darrell Issa's flailing search for his white whale
- GOP Rep's Chief Of Staff Resigns After Porn Star Tweets Photo Of His Penis
- Obama tells Mexico: Illegal-immigrant children won't get to stay
- Limbaugh Floats Theory That Obama Planned Influx Of Undocumented Minors At Border
- Honduras to ask U.S. not to deport Honduran kids
- Few immediate consequences for child immigrants
- Mass migrant graves unearthed in Texas—"Researchers discover mass graves near US-Mexico border containing bodies of unidentified migrants in body bags."
- Prominent Republican Lawyer Says Ted Cruz Sounds Like A Racist
- Texas Commissioners Unintentionally Vote In Favor Of Slavery Reparations
- Arizona GOPer: 'We All Need To Stomp Out' Spanish TV Stations, Newspapers—¡Ay caramba!
- If Affirmative Action Is Doomed, What's Next? NYT
- Redditor's discovery leads to white supremacist investigation at Army base
- Joe Dorsey's Big Fight: How An Unknown Boxer Knocked Out Segregation In Louisiana
- Stunning Portraits of Mixed-Race Families
- You paid a fee for 31 years that went nowhere
- Opponents Barred From Speaking As Cobb County Approves Braves Stadium
- Congress Is Weighing Some Bafflingly Bad Ideas for Fixing Our Crumbling Bridges and Roads
- How many people would be 'out of work' if USPS eliminates Saturday delivery? WaPo
- Why Can't We Simplify Our Tax System? It Turns Out, We Can.
