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12:50 PM ET, July 22, 2013

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Los Angeles Times:
Rhetoric, race and reality in America  —  The biggest threat to black youths is other young blacks, not white bigots.  —  Rev. Al Sharpton speaks during a news conference outside the Department of Justice while discussing Trayvon Martin case.  Sharpton called for the federal government …
Discussion: Connecting.the.Dots
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Shelby Steele / Wall Street Journal:
The Decline of the Civil-Rights Establishment  —  Black leaders weren't so much outraged at injustice as they were by the disregard of their own authority.  —  The verdict that declared George Zimmerman not guilty of murdering Trayvon Martin was a traumatic event for America's civil-rights establishment …
Buckeye Firearms Foundation:
READ THIS ...  Whatever you might think about the Zimmerman verdict, the fact remains that we are a nation of laws, not mob justice.  —  George Zimmerman was tried in a court of law and found NOT GUILTY.  And that entitles him to continue exercising all his rights, including his Second Amendment right to own a firearm.
Ian Millhiser / ThinkProgress:
Ohio Gun Group: 'We're Buying Zimmerman A New Gun'
Discussion: WHIO-TV
Mark Landler / New York Times:
Obama Plans to Unveil His Agenda for Economy  —  WASHINGTON — With major battles looming in the fall over the federal budget and the debt ceiling, President Obama is trying to regain the initiative, embarking on a campaign-style tour of the Midwest this week to lay out his agenda for reinvigorating …
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Mark Tapscott / Washington Examiner:   Is the Obama White House on a race-baiting campaign to save Obamacare?
Illinois Review:
OBAMA CO-SPONSORED LEGISLATION STRENGTHENING ILLINOIS' “STAND YOUR GROUND” LAW  —  CHICAGO - This past week President Obama publicly urged the reexamination of state self-defense laws (see remarks below).  However, nine years ago then-State Sen. Barack Obama actually co-sponsored a bill …
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John Fund / National Review:
Obama Voted to Strengthen Illinois's Stand Your Ground Law in 2004
Discussion: Power Line and The PJ Tatler
Niall Stanage / The Hill:
For blacks, empathy with Obama trumps his economic record
Discussion: Booman Tribune
Tyler Durden / Zero Hedge:
25 Facts About The Fall Of Detroit That Will Leave You Shaking Your Head  —  Submitted by Michael Snyder of The Economic Collapse blog,  —  It is so sad to watch one of America's greatest cities die a horrible death.  Once upon a time, the city of Detroit was a teeming metropolis …
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New York Times:
Cries of Betrayal as Detroit Plans to Cut Pensions
Discussion: The Week, msnbc.com, Hot Air, Gawker and CBS News
Julie Hirschfeld Davis / Bloomberg:
Virginia Republican Suffers Abortion Backlash From Donors  —  Virginia Republican gubernatorial candidate Ken Cuccinelli has less than half as much cash as Democratic opponent Terry McAuliffe, with a prominent list of Republican donors sitting out this year's most competitive U.S. political contest — and in some cases switching sides.
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Steve Kornacki / Salon:
Christie may be forced to quit as governor  —  If the polls are right and Chris Christie wins a lopsided reelection victory this fall, it will put the New Jersey governor in position to seek the presidency in 2016.  That's the conventional wisdom, at least, and there's plenty to be said for it.
W. James Antle III / The Daily Caller:
Southern Avenger no more: Rand Paul aide Jack Hunter leaves staff, returns to punditry  —  The man who for years called himself the “Southern Avenger” says he now seeks to avenge his own honor.  —  Jack Hunter, the aide to Kentucky Republican Sen. Rand Paul who has been under fire …
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Detroit, the New Greece  —  When Detroit declared bankruptcy, or at least tried to — the legal situation has gotten complicated — I know that I wasn't the only economist to have a sinking feeling about the likely impact on our policy discourse.  Was it going to be Greece all over again?
Discussion: Hit & Run, Daily Kos and VodkaPundit
Alexandra Jaffe / Ballot Box:
McConnell to get Tea Party challenger  —  Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) will have a challenger from the right in Matt Bevin, a local businessman and Tea Party candidate who plans to announce his run for Senate this week.  —  Bevin, who has been exploring the race since February …
Discussion: CNN, The Week and americanthinker.com
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Courier-Journal:
Louisville businessman Matt Bevin to announce plans for U.S. Senate primary race against Mitch McConnell
Peter Hamby / CNN:
‘Stop Hillary’ group ramps up anti-Clinton efforts  —  Washington (CNN) - Hillary Clinton may or may not run for president in 2016, but the conservative effort to derail her potential candidacy is already underway.  —  Iowa poll: Who wins a Clinton-Christie 2016 showdown?
BBC:
Cameron unveils online porn curbs  —  Every household in the UK is to have pornography blocked by their internet provider unless they choose to receive it, David Cameron has announced.  —  In addition, the prime minister said possessing online pornography depicting rape would become illegal …
Discussion: Via Meadia and Samizdata
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Laurie Goodstein / New York Times:
Some Mormons Search the Web and Find Doubt  —  A Mormon Doubts: Hans Mattsson was once a high-ranking leader for the Mormon church in Europe.  He joins others who are experiencing a crisis of faith and finding few answers from their church.  —  In the small but cohesive Mormon community where he grew up …
Discussion: New Republic
Alan Cowell / New York Times:
Duchess of Cambridge Is Hospitalized in ‘Early Stages of Labor’  —  LONDON — After months of ever more frenetic anticipation, the British royal family said Monday that the Duchess of Cambridge, the former Kate Middleton, had gone to St. Mary's Hospital in the Paddington district of London …
David Leonhardt / New York Times:
In Climbing Income Ladder, Location Matters  —  The odds of rising to another income level are notably low in certain cities, like Atlanta and Charlotte, and much higher in New York and Boston.
Quinnipiac News + Events:
Release Detail  —  July 22, 2013 - Obama Approval Plunges In Iowa, Quinnipiac University Poll Finds; Clinton, Christie Tied In 2016 Race  —  Iowa voters disapprove 55 - 41 percent of the job President Barack Obama is doing, plunging the president to one of his lowest scores ever …
 
 
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Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
Poll: Obama's approval rating drops for second straight quarter
Discussion: Hot Air and americanthinker.com
Jacob Fischler / BuzzFeed:
Mayors Abandon Bloomberg's Gun Control Group
Discussion: The PJ Tatler
Ashley Killough / CNN:
Cuomo on 2016: 'I'm focused' on being governor
Discussion: Politico
CNN:
At 90, Dole looks back at why Congress worked
Discussion: Politico
Shane Goldmacher / NationalJournal.com:
Why Nearly Everyone in Congress Has a Leadership PAC These Days
Discussion: ABC News and Yahoo! News
Chiderah Monde / NY Daily News:
Geraldo Rivera posts nude selfie to Twitter: ‘70 is the new 50’
 Earlier Items: 
Noam Scheiber / New Republic:
The Last Days of Big Law
Rick Pearson / Chicago Tribune:
Personality likely to trump issues in Democratic governor race between Pat Quinn, Bill Daley
Discussion: Taegan Goddard's …
Politico:
The incredibly shrunken 2014 battlefield
Daniel Hannan / blogs.telegraph.co.uk:
Statism is turning America into Detroit - Ayn Rand's Starnesville come to life
Discussion: Betsy's Page and protein wisdom
H. R. McMaster / New York Times:
The Pipe Dream of Easy War
Matthew Boyle / BREITBART.COM:
CONSERVATIVES FEAR ‘CONFERENCE’ MAY TRANSFORM HOUSE IMMIGRATION BILLS TO SENATE'S AMNESTY
Discussion: Vox Popoli
 

 
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Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Sources: Apple is working on a smart doorbell system with advanced facial recognition that can wirelessly connect and unlock third-party smart locks

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Financial Times:
Sources: Palantir and Anduril are in talks with OpenAI, SpaceX, and more to form a consortium to bid for US defense contracts and plan to announce it in January

 
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