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8:50 AM ET, July 10, 2014

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Katie Glueck / Politico:

Rick Perry greets Obama on Dallas tarmac — Texas Gov. Rick Perry greeted President Barack Obama on the tarmac in Dallas on Wednesday and joined him on the Marine One helicopter on their way to a roundtable gathering. — The pair were expected to discuss the troubled border one-on-one ahead …

Discussion: Washington Post, Power Line, ABC News, Mediaite and Talking Points Memo

New York Times:

Obama Presses Perry to Rally Support for Border Funds — DALLAS — President Obama on Wednesday directly challenged Gov. Rick Perry of Texas to rally Republicans in support of a $3.7 billion emergency measure aimed at solving the humanitarian crisis caused as thousands of Central American children have crossed the Mexican border.

Discussion: USA Today, The Week, Politico, Fox News, Power Line, NewsBusters and Weekly Standard

Dana Milbank / Washington Post:

Dana Milbank: In border crisis, Obama is accused of ‘lawlessness’ for following law — A querulous quartet of conservatives took to the Senate floor Wednesday to condemn President Obama for his latest atrocity against the American way of life. — The Republican foursome …

Discussion: Twitchy

Newt Gingrich / CNN:

Obama's absurd and expensive border strategy — Editor's note: Newt Gingrich is a co-host of CNN's “Crossfire,” which airs at 6:30 p.m. ET weekdays, and author of a new book, “Breakout: Pioneers of the Future, Prison Guards of the Past, and the Epic Battle That Will Decide America's Fate.”

CNN:
Obama, Perry meet in Texas amid ‘urgent humanitarian situation’

Discussion: Politico, Townhall.com, ImmigrationProf Blog, Red Alert Politics, Balloon Juice, The Raw Story, Taylor Marsh and Associated Press

Caroline May / BREITBART.COM:
TOP DEM: U.S. ‘CANNOT BE EXPECTED TO GIVE SANCTUARY TO EVERY SINGLE CHILD IN THE WORLD’

Discussion: Rush Limbaugh and Right Wing News

Fairleft / Firedoglake:

53 Palestinians, 0 Israelis Die in Air and Missile Strikes ... Is the US media biased in its reports on Israeli airstrikes? — And yet still we get obscene propaganda from the mainstream ‘news’ masquerading as a headline: — Gaza rockets land deep in Israel as it bombards Palestinian enclave

Discussion: Israel Matzav, Informed Comment and Guardian

Jerusalem Post:
Hamas: We attempted to hit the nuclear reactor in Dimona

Discussion: Power Line, Roger L. Simon, National Review, Israel Matzav, The Times of Israel, The Daily Caller and Arutz Sheva

Raphael Ahren / The Times of Israel:
Top Obama official blasts Israel for denying Palestinians sovereignty, security, dignity

Discussion: Jerusalem Post, CANNONFIRE, Israpundit, Commentary Magazine, Pamela Geller, Atlas Shrugs, The Lonely Conservative, Washington Free Beacon, Israel Matzav, Guardian, Power Line and The Right Scoop

Michelle Nichols / Reuters:

Exclusive: Iraq tells U.N. that ‘terrorist groups’ seized nuclear materials — (Reuters) - Insurgents in Iraq have seized nuclear materials used for scientific research at a university in the country's north, Iraq told the United Nations in a letter appealing for help to …

Discussion: The Daily Caller, RT, Israel Matzav, addictinginfo.org and The Gateway Pundit

Alexandra Jaffe / The Hill:

Democrats push race issues, revving up their voters — Democrats are injecting race into the 2014 midterm elections amid fears that a drop-off in minority voters could severely cost them at the polls this fall. — Democratic leaders in Congress and administration officials …

New York Times:

Chinese Hackers Pursue Key Data on U.S. Workers — WASHINGTON — Chinese hackers in March broke into the computer networks of the United States government agency that houses the personal information of all federal employees, according to senior American officials.

Discussion: Guardian, Reuters and The Hugh Hewitt Show

Lanny Davis / The Hill:

Hillary Clinton's ‘Hard Choices’ shows who she is — The reviews are in on Hard Choices, Hillary Clinton's history of her four-year tenure as U.S. secretary of State. They are almost all positive. Her book sales are strong — No. 1 on The New York Times best sellers list for three weeks in a row.

KHOU-TV:

4 children, 2 adults shot dead in Spring; prompts hours-long standoff — SPRING, Texas - Six people were shot dead, including four children, Wednesday afternoon in north Harris County, according to Harris County Pct. 4 deputies. — The incident happened at a home in the 700 block of Leaflet in the Enchanted Oaks subdivision.

Discussion: USA Today and Hinterland Gazette

The Hill:

Graham: GOP must pony up emergency border funds or take blame — Republicans will take the political fall if they don't provide emergency funds to address the immigrant crisis at the southern border, Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) warned Wednesday. — A number of conservatives on Capitol Hill …

Discussion: The Gateway Pundit

Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Morning Plum: Obama to set off bomb in middle of midterms

Discussion: Hullabaloo, The Hill, Politico, Hot Air, Washington Monthly, Prairie Weather and New York Times

Mollie Hemingway / The Federalist:

Media Ignorance Is Becoming A Serious Problem — Last week, conservative radio host Hugh Hewitt interviewed Zach Carter, who is The Huffington Post's senior political economy reporter. The interview's purpose was to discuss Carter's negative response to Hewitt's previous interview of former Vice President Dick Cheney.

Discussion: Ed Driscoll

Jordan Steffen / Denver Post:

ADAMS JUDGE TOSSES COLORADO GAY MARRIAGE BAN BUT STAYS RULING — An Adams County District Court judge on Wednesday declared Colorado's ban on same-sex marriages unconstitutional, but he immediately stayed his ruling. — Judge C. Scott Crabtree pulled no punches in his 49-page ruling …

Discussion: Talking Points Memo, Associated Press and Towleroad News #gay

Tom Jackman / Washington Post:

In ‘sexting’ case Manassas City police want to photograph teen in sexually explicit manner, lawyers say — A Manassas City teenager accused of “sexting” a video to his girlfriend is now facing a search warrant in which Manassas City police and Prince William County prosecutors want to take a photo …

Discussion: AMERICAblog News, Hot Air, JIMROMENESKO.COM, The Raw Story, The Daily Caller, Mediaite, CBS DC, Balloon Juice, Outside the Beltway, Hit & Run and Talking Points Memo

ThinkProgress:
Virginia Police Want To Force A 17 Year-Old Boy To Have An Erection, And Then Take Pictures Of It

Discussion: Liberaland

Rebecca Bratek / Los Angeles Times:

57,000 migrant children picked up at U.S. border since Oct. 1 … Reporting from Washington— Senior Obama administration officials told Congress on Wednesday that they were struggling to keep up with the growing influx of young migrants from Central America who are illegally crossing the Southwestern border.

Discussion: Hot Air, National Review and The PJ Tatler

Ezra Klein / Vox:

Moderate voters are a myth — TWEET SHARE +1 LINKEDIN EMAIL PRINT — There is no creature more revered in American politics than the moderate voter. Unlike the ideologues and partisans destroying politics, the moderate is free of cant and independent of party.

Cristina Marcos / The Hill:

Boehner says no to impeachment — Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) on Wednesday said he doesn't support calls from members of his party to impeach President Obama. — Asked about former GOP vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin's comments that Obama should be impeached over the influx …

Discussion: ABC News

Meredith Shiner / Yahoo! News:
Joni Ernst: Boehner should pursue Obama impeachment if he has evidence Yahoo News 22 mins ago

Discussion: The Daily Beast, RedState, Weekly Standard, Talking Points Memo, Real Clear Politics and Washington Post

Rachael Bade / Politico:

Lois Lerner cautioned against email chatter amid lawmaker probes — Former IRS official Lois Lerner said she warned her colleagues to be careful about what they write in emails amid congressional inquiries, according to new emails released by House Oversight Republicans.