23 links today. Enjoy.
Twitter Pummels ‘War Criminal’ Donald Rumsfeld (Feel good story of the day, Raw Story)
Microsoft Sues US Government for the Right to Tell You When the Feds Are Reading Your Email (BoingBoing)
Peter King: “I’ll Take Cyanide if He (Cruz) Ever Got the Nomination” (I’d vote for Cruz just to see that, Politico)
Paying Up for Being Poor (Bloomberg)
Ohio Woman Charged After Livestreaming Friend’s Rape on Twitter’s Periscope (Venture Beat)
Poll: Just 6 Percent of People Say They Trust the Media (This is circa 1990 USSR levels of distrust, AP)
Over 7,800 Prosecutions Questioned After NJ Lab Tech Caught Faking Drug Test Results (Total insanity, TechDirt)
Greece-Troika Train Wreck Shaping Up for July Despite IMF Leak (Naked Capitalism)
Buy a Condo, Get a Private Jet: Luxe Amenities Reach New Heights (More evidence of weakness in luxury real estate, Bloomberg)
Why Desperate Mothers are Turning to Crowdfunding to Pay for Maternity Leave (Washington Post)
Media Websites Battle Faltering Ad Revenue and Traffic (The New York Times)
Obama Administration Trying to Throw Massive Secrecy Veil Over Past and Future Pilfering of Fannie and Freddie (Naked Capitalism)
The `Iron Rooster’ Boom That’s Driving China’s Steel Rally (Bloomberg)
China’s Credit Engine Hasn’t Been So Powerful in a Decade (Bloomberg)
EU Will Not Water Down Criteria for Turkish Visa Waiver (Reuters)
Belgium Says Seen Signs that Islamic State has Sent More Fighters to Europe (Reuters)
Protesters Return to Egypt’s Streets (Al Monitor)
UN Rights Expert Sees Threats to Press Independence in Japan (AP)
Britain’s Scientists Must Not Be Gagged (The Guardian)
Apple Recovers Ton Of Gold From Old Devices (Sky News)
Co-founders of Ben & Jerry’s arrested at Capitol (CNN)
EU-Canada Trade Deal Still Struggling, As Romania And Belgium Say They Won’t/Can’t Ratify Treaty (TechDirt)
Ether Prices Plunge 50% as Bitcoin Stays in Holding Pattern (CoinDesk)
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