memeorandum: Ready for Warren? Backers launch site (Katie Glueck/Politico)

8:50 AM ET, July 16, 2014

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Edward-Isaac Dovere / Politico:

Martin O'Malley: Don't send border children to Maryland facility — Martin O'Malley says that deporting the children detained at the border would be sending them to “certain death” — but he also urged the White House not to send them to a facility in his own state.

Discussion: Hot Air, Twitchy and CANNONFIRE

Maggie Haberman / Politico:

Hillary Clinton talks Gaza, media scrutiny on Daily Show — Hillary Clinton joked about an office with “fewer corners” and said she's surprised at the “cottage industry” of interest in her but got serious talking about the violence in the Mideast on Tuesday in an interview with “The Daily Show” host Jon Stewart.

Discussion: Israel Matzav, NewsBusters and Washington Post

Ruby Cramer / BuzzFeed:

Martin O'Malley Gets Aggressive — The odds aren't great against Hillary Clinton, but the Democratic governor from Maryland is doing the actual things people do before running for president: donors, new policies, campaign travel, distance from Obama. “I think people are going to be surprised at the amount of time he does this.”

Discussion: VodkaPundit and Althouse

Catherine Thompson / Talking Points Memo:

Stewart To Clinton: ‘No One Cares’ About Your Book, Are You Running For President? (VIDEO) — Jon Stewart went straight to the burning question Tuesday night when Hillary Clinton stopped by “The Daily Show.” — “I think I speak for everyone when I say no one cares …

Discussion: New York Times

ThinkProgress:

The Iraq That Dick Cheney Actually Left Behind — Former Vice President Dick Cheney is interviewed for Fox News in 2013 — Former Vice President Dick Cheney appeared on CNN on Tuesday, once more claiming that the Iraq his administration left behind was a “very stable” one.

CNN:

Cheney: Any attempt to impeach Obama would be distraction — (CNN) — Although a fierce critic of Barack Obama, former Vice President Dick Cheney does not support calls from some on the far right of his party to impeach him, saying it would simply create a distraction.

Discussion: Talking Points Memo, New York Times, Politico and Washington Post

CNN:
CNN's GUT CHECK for July 15, 2014

Discussion: Politico and Rothenblog

Arizona Republic:

Arizona politician mistakes ‘Y’ campers for migrant children — Republican congressional candidate and state legislator Adam Kwasman had just raced up to Phoenix Tuesday morning from the protest in Oracle over the expected arrival of dozens of migrant children at a shelter.

Discussion: ThinkProgress, Taegan Goddard's …, Little Green Footballs, emptywheel and Outside the Beltway

New York Times:

Rupert Murdoch Said to Have Made Offer for Time Warner — Twenty-First Century Fox, the media empire run by Rupert Murdoch, made an $80 billion takeover bid in recent weeks for Time Warner but was rebuffed, people briefed on the matter said on Wednesday. — The bold approach could put …

Discussion: Deadline.com, Guardian, The Huffington Post, The Verge and Mediaite, more at Mediagazer »

Katie Glueck / Politico:

Ready for Warren? Backers launch site — A group encouraging Democratic Sen. Elizabeth Warren to run for president is ramping up, launching a website this week just ahead of the liberal Netroots Nation conference. — According to The Boston Globe and other news organizations …

Discussion: Capitol Report, The Boston Globe, CANNONFIRE and Taylor Marsh

Amanda Terkel / The Huffington Post:
Ready For Warren Campaign Launches To Convince Elizabeth Warren To Run For President

Discussion: Sky Dancing, Washington Post, ABC News, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, Hullabaloo and Althouse

Emily Schultheis / The Atlantic Online:
Why Is Elizabeth Warren Campaigning in Red States?

Discussion: Daily Kos, VodkaPundit and Washington Post

Carrie Dann / NBC News:

Poll: Dead Heat in Hotly-Contested Iowa Senate Race — The Senate race in New Hampshire isn't as fluid, with only 6 percent of registered voters saying that they're undecided between incumbent Shaheen and Brown. It also isn't as close: Shaheen is beating her GOP rival 50 percent to 42 percent.

Discussion: Washington Post

Guy Benson / Townhall.com:

Lerner Associate: “I Don't Understand How Anyone But Straight White Men Can Vote Republican” — SHARES — Federal employees, like all Americans, are entitled to hold passionate political beliefs. Most executive branch federal employees, however, may not engage in certain political activities …

Discussion: protein wisdom, Scared Monkeys, Committee on Oversight … and TheBlaze.com

Benjamin Goad / The Hill:

House Republicans take aim at EPA climate rules — House appropriators on Tuesday approved a $30 billion spending bill designed to block a host of looming Environmental Protection Agency regulations viewed by the GOP as exceeding the agency's authority. — Republicans on the Appropriations …

Michael Wines / New York Times:

Though Scorned by Colleagues, a Climate-Change Skeptic Is Unbowed — HUNTSVILLE, Ala. — John Christy, a professor of atmospheric science at the University of Alabama here, says he remembers the morning he spotted a well-known colleague at a gathering of climate experts.

Discussion: The PJ Tatler

Amanda Terkel / The Huffington Post:
Liz Cheney's Bold Climate Change Plan: Do ‘Nothing’

Discussion: Hullabaloo

Alexander Bolton / The Hill:

Reid: Southern border is secure — Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) on Tuesday asserted the southern border is secure despite the massive surge of illegal minors from Central America that has overwhelmed federal agencies. — “The border is secure,” he told reporters after the Senate Democrats' weekly policy lunch.

Discussion: CNN and Twitchy

Eleanor Clift / The Daily Beast:

The Looming Political Game Changers — Iran! Oil prices! Rick Perry! Even if you think you know who'll control Congress next year, the road to the November midterms will be full of big surprises. — From a deal with Iran to an uptick in the employment rolls, a lot can happen to shift …

Quinnipiac News + Events:

Release Detail — July 16, 2014 - Colorado Gov Race Tied, Quinnipiac University Poll Finds; Economy Is Good And Getting Better, Voters Say — Despite stronger voter optimism about Colorado's economy than found in many states, the race for governor is tied, with 43 percent …

Discussion: National Review

Carol Rosenberg / MiamiHerald.com:

Navy nurse refuses to force-feed Guantánamo captive — Detainee's lawyer says her client described the Navy medical officer's refusal as an act of conscientious objection. — In the first known rebellion against Guantánamo's force-feeding policy, a Navy medical officer recently refused …

Discussion: CNN, Business Insider and Fox News

Herb Keinon / Jerusalem Post:

Analysis: Netanyahu talks of demilitarization as rocket barrage continues — Israel expects many Hamas facilities will be destroyed by Operation Protective Edge, but then wants the international community to become involved in taking measures - as yet undefined - to prevent them from being rebuilt.

Discussion: Power Line and Washington Post

Jose Antonio Vargas / New York Times:

My Life as an Undocumented Immigrant — One August morning nearly two decades ago, my mother woke me and put me in a cab. She handed me a jacket. “Baka malamig doon” were among the few words she said. ("It might be cold there.") When I arrived at the Philippines' Ninoy Aquino International Airport …

Discussion: National Review, Business Insider, Talking Points Memo, United We Dream, Los Angeles Times, The Huffington Post, CNN, The Dish, ThinkProgress, The Daily Caller, The Daily Banter, Wall Street Journal, Poynter, Guardian, FishbowlDC and Outside the Beltway

Julia Preston / New York Times:
Jose Antonio Vargas, Immigrant Activist, Is Released by Border Patrol in Texas

Discussion: Gothamist, Daily Signal, Politico, Define American, RedState, Washington Post, ABC News, dallasmorningviewsblog …, Hot Air, Mediaite, Ed Driscoll and The Huffington Post, more at Mediagazer »

ThinkProgress:

Congresswoman Urges GOP To Bring Policy Discussion 'Down To A Woman's Level' (Updated) — CREDIT: Rep. Renee Ellmers Flickr photostream — Rep. Renee Ellmers (R-NC), a second-term Congresswoman and chair of the Republican Women's Policy Committee, participated in a Friday panel on women and the Republican Party.

Discussion: Taylor Marsh, Washington Examiner, Liberaland, Mediaite and Talking Points Memo

David Weigel / Slate:
New GOP Idea That Can Close the Gender Gap: Bring Policy “Down to a Woman's Level”

Discussion: msnbc.com, Booman Tribune, Feministing, Washington Post, Washington Monthly and The Raw Story

The United States Department of Justice:

Attorney General Holder Delivers Remarks at Howard University for the 50th Anniversary Celebration of the Civil Rights Act — Thank you, President [Wayne] Frederick, for those kind words - and thank you all for such a warm welcome. It is a pleasure to be here on the beautiful and historic campus …

Discussion: Weekly Standard and Politico

Matthew Yglesias / Vox:

How long can the GOP last as the cranky oldster party? — TWEET SHARE +1 LINKEDIN EMAIL PRINT — You can tell it's the dog days of summer because some of Washington's finest minds are spending their time debating the inherently unknowable question of whether today's teenagers will grow up to be Republicans.

Discussion: Bloomberg View, Washington Monthly and Liberal Values

Paul Waldman / American Prospect:

Getting the Government Out of Your Wedding — Some years ago, I officiated at a wedding. It was a Quaker wedding, and since there are no Quaker ministers, the happy couple needed a kind of master of ceremonies to keep the program moving along. They handled most everything themselves …

Discussion: Christian Science Monitor, Outside the Beltway, Slate and Eschaton

Dan Friedman / NY Daily News:

Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney used drone at his wedding — violating Federal Aviation Administration rules — The drone was used to shoot a video during his wedding in June. But the FAA prohibits the commercial use of drones. Maloney, a Hudson Valley Democrat, sits on the House Transportation …

Discussion: RedState, National Republican … and Talking Points Memo