Kobe Bryant Unfollows Dwight Howard: Oh, snap!

Bail Set for Armed Man Caught Near UW: Justin Jasper, 22, was arrested with a cache of guns, body armor, and Molotov cocktails and wanted "to do something in the West to support protesters demanding reform in Brazil," authorities say.

Latin America Stands Up For Snowden: Venezuela, Nicaragua, and Bolivia are offering asylum to Edward Snowden, the dissident leaker being persecuted by the US empire. I deliberately use the word empire here, and not in scare quotes. Professor Stephen Walt comments:

Snowden may have broken the law, but so did the Founding Fathers when they issued that famous declaration [of independence] 237 years ago. They did so in defiance of a powerful empire, just as Snowden did. The world is better off that they chose to defy the laws of their time, and Snowden's idealistic act may leave us better off too.

Just Trust Our Secret Courts: The Obama administration "urged a secret U.S. court that oversees surveillance programs to reject a request" by the ACLU to release court opinions that authorized spying on Americans.

Clashes in Egypt Over Morsi's Ouster: What happened in Egypt, exactly? Sharif Abdel Kouddous breaks it down expertly here, or listen to this interview I did with two local Egyptians.

Seattle and Tacoma Ports Say They Want to Reduce Emissions: "But we want to do it in a way that also works for the companies that want to do business here," a spokesperson says. Good luck reining in the pathological ideology (growth and increasing trade, in perpetuity) that undergirds your industry!

What A Bunch of Dicks: David Brooks is a bigot. The Wall Street Journal Editorial Board is deranged.

"I listen to people a lot, I use my own brain." 12 year old Egyptian revolutionary: