Larwyn's Linx: Hillary’s email explanation is self-contradictory – here’s how

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Nation

Hillary’s email explanation is self-contradictory – here’s how: LI
Remember when John Kerry violated the Logan Act in 1985?: FAM
Pelosi: My trip to Syria was nothing like the GOP's Iran letter: Hill

Does Anyone Believe Hillary Clinton?: Debra Saunders
Mitch McConnell says he will fight really, really hard this time: RS
Republican Opposition to Lynch Might Make History: David Hawkings

‘We the People’ Logan Act online petition is unintentionally hysterical: Moe Lane
What Really Upsets Obama About the Letter to Iran from 47 Senators: Sara Noble
Tom Cotton To Joe Biden: You’ve Been Wrong For 40 Years: Jerome Hudson

A Chance at Redemption: Erick Erickson
A 2016 Advantage?: Joe Cunningham
Two Officers Shot Outside of Ferguson Police Department: Blaze

Economy

101 Years of the Federal Income Tax: Ryan Ellis
6.5 Million People With Active Social Security Numbers Are 112 or Older: CNS
US Declined To Prosecute Illegals Using Dead People SSNs: S&L

Scandal Central

Surprise: Eric Holder Also Used Secret Email Aliases to Violate Federal Records Act: RWN
Separation Statement: Instapundit
Gowdy: Benghazi Panel Will Ask Clinton to Appear — Twice: David Eldridge

Media

Friends of Hillary: It’s Just Right-Wing Talking Points, Cockamamie Goofy Stuff: Tammy Bruce
Even MSNBC Admits Clinton Emails ‘Vindicate’ Benghazi Committee: Surge
AP sues State Department, seeking access to Clinton records: MyWay

The Eight Biggest Lies Hillary Told At Her Email Press Conference: Jeff Dunetz
NY Post Cover: Hillary Clinton “Deleter Of The Free World”: WZ
Class Act: Axelrod Goes On Fox News To Sell His Book, Then Goes On ABC To Bash Fox: Hideout

World

Iran Declares Pre-emptive Victory in Nuke Talks: WFB
The ‘Logan Act’ is the Talking Point of Hacks and Morons: Erick Erickson
John Bolton Is Right! Obama's Iran Deal Is an Act of Surrender: EIB

SecDef: ISIS ‘metastasizing,’ U.S. intervention desperately needed: Tammy Bruce
Is Putin Well? Nixed Trip Stokes Rumors of Stroke: Tatler
Laura Ingraham Brings Up Impeachment… Over Iran: James Kirkpatrick

Sci-Tech (courtesy BadBlue Tech News)

Apple Watch starts at $349; battery lasts (almost) a day: Zack Whittaker, ZDNet
Virtual Reality Is Coming: But What Will Make It Worth Visiting?: SingularityHub
Retail Health Care Spurs Innovation In South Florida: KHN

Cornucopia

How the Smart Phone Outsmarted the Smartest Woman: MOTUS
Attention Men: It is now official. No matter what you say or how you behave...: Darleen Click
Take Down: C&S

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QOTD: "The text of the Logan Act makes it a crime for citizens to engage in “any correspondence or intercourse with any foreign government . . . with intent to influence the measures or conduct of any foreign government . . . in relation to any disputes or controversies with the United States.” As Peter explained yesterday, the Senators’ letter certainly seems to fall within this language. But, critically, the citizen must act “without authority of the United States.” Although most assume that means without authority of the Executive Branch, the Logan Act itself does not specify what this term means, and the State Department told Congress in 1975 that “Nothing in section 953 . . . would appear to restrict members of the Congress from engaging in discussions with foreign officials in pursuance of their legislative duties under the Constitution." --Steve Vladeck (via RedState's "The ‘Logan Act’ is the Talking Point of Hacks and Morons")