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8:20 AM ET, July 18, 2014

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Julia Ioffe / The New Republic:
The Crash of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 Is a Game Changer  —  This conflict is now officially out of control  —  Malaysian Airlines just can't catch a break.  Just four months after flight 370 disappeared somewhere over the Indian Ocean, Thursday brings news that Malaysian Airlines flight 17 …
Discussion: The Dish and New York Times
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Jonathan Topaz / Politico:
McCain: ‘Hell to pay’ if plane shot down  —  Sen. John McCain said Thursday that he is withholding judgment on the Malaysia Airlines crash, but vowed that there would be “hell to pay” if the plane was shot down by the Russian military or separatists.  —  “To leap to conclusions …
David Remnick / Comment:
AFTER THE CRASH  —  Geography, motive, communications intercepts, and all manner of circumstantial evidence suggest that the likeliest suspect in the horrific deaths of two hundred and ninety-eight people aboard Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 was the curiously well-armed and well-coördinated …
Justin Sink / The Hill:
Jet was ‘blown out of the sky’  —  A Malaysian passenger jet carrying 295 people “apparently has been shot down” over Ukraine, Vice President Biden said Thursday.  —  Biden stressed that the U.S. had not confirmed details yet, but said it did not appear to be the result of a mechanical or pilot error.
Discussion: Politico, CNN, Daily Kos and Mediaite
Kyiv Post:
SBU intercepts phone conversations of separatists admitting downing a civilian plane (FULL TRANSCRIPT; VIDEO)  —  Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777-200 flying from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur was allegedly shot down by a group of Russian-backed Cossack militants near the village of Chornukhine …
Anton Zverev / Reuters:
Malaysian airliner downed in Ukraine war zone, 295 dead reported
Ashley Fantz / CNN:
Report: Malaysia Airlines flight crashes in Ukraine
Jerusalem Post:
IDF starts Gaza ground offensive  —  Netanyahu's office says purpose of mission is to destroy terror tunnels and seriously harm the infrastructure of Hamas and other terrorist organizations in Gaza.  —  After days of waiting and deliberation, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu …
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Fox News:
Israel launches large-scale ground operation in Gaza Strip  —  The Israeli military launched a large-scale ground operation in the Gaza Strip Thursday reportedly involving thousands of troops backed by tanks and bulldozers.  —  The office of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced …
Charles Krauthammer / Washington Post:
Moral clarity in Gaza  —  Israel accepts an Egyptian-proposed Gaza cease-fire; Hamas keeps firing.  Hamas deliberately aims rockets at civilians; Israel painstakingly tries to avoid them, actually telephoning civilians in the area and dropping warning charges, so-called roof knocking.
Nathan Thrall / New York Times:
Gaza and Israel: The Road to War, Paved by the West  —  JERUSALEM — AS Hamas fires rockets at Israeli cities and Israel follows up its extensive airstrikes with a ground operation in the Gaza Strip, the most immediate cause of this latest war has been ignored: Israel and much of the international …
Discussion: Prairie Weather
New York Times:
Israeli Military Invades Gaza, With Sights Set on Hamas Operations  —  JERUSALEM — Israeli tanks rolled into the northern Gaza Strip on Thursday night and naval gunboats pounded targets in the south as Israel began a ground invasion after 10 days of aerial bombardment failed to stop Palestinian militants …
Washington Post:
Israel launches ground invasion of Gaza
Yahoo! News:
Gaza deaths soar to 264 on day 11 of Israel assault AFP 31 mins ago
Discussion: Jihad Watch
Terry Eastland / Weekly Standard:
Senate Mischief  —  On the topic of Burwell v. Hobby Lobby, the contraceptive mandate case decided on the last day of the recent Supreme Court term, the Democrats are fighting mad.  They don't like the decision.  No, they despise it.  Indeed, their rhetoric on Hobby Lobby has become so misleading …
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Sophie Novack / NationalJournal.com:
Democrats' Plan to Create the Next Todd Akin
Glenn Greenwald / The Intercept:
NBC News Pulls Veteran Reporter from Gaza After Witnessing Israeli Attack on Children  —  Ayman Mohyeldin reports from Gaza City on killing of four Palestinian boys by Israel (credit: NBC News)  —  Ayman Mohyeldin, the NBC News correspondent who personally witnessed yesterday's killing …
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David Zurawik / Baltimore Sun:
A few words of praise for some of the reporters covering Israeli-Palestinian violence
Thomas Beaumont / Associated Press:
Gov. Christie Would Help Immigrant Children  —  Gov. Chris Christie said Thursday during a visit to Iowa that he would consider requests to help unaccompanied immigrant children who come to New Jersey, but would not encourage families to send them to his home state.
Discussion: CNN
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Mark Murray / msnbc.com:
Poll: 33% of Iowa Republicans dislike Christie
Discussion: Washington Post and PoliticusUSA
Peter Beinart / The Atlantic Online:
Hillary Clinton's Bizarre Critique of U.S. Foreign Policy  —  Tuesday night on The Daily Show, Hillary Clinton showed why she gives a great interview.  When Stewart mocked the pretense that she's not yet decided to run for president, Hillary didn't stiffen or get flustered.
Dorsey Shaw / BuzzFeed:
Israeli Crowd Cheers As Missile Hits Gaza Live On CNN  —  “I think you can probably see there are lots of Israelis gathered around who are cheering when they see these kinds of Israeli strikes.”  —  View Video ›  —  A few minutes later, the reporter, CNN's Diana Magnay, tweeted this and then deleted it about 20 minutes later:
Discussion: The Dish and Mediaite
 
 
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Jason Millman / Washington Post:
The administration just took Obamacare away from the territories
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Daily Oklahoman:
Content, not quantity, is what makes Obama's unilateral initiatives unsettling
Tasneem Nashrulla / BuzzFeed:
Reports: At Least 100 Aboard Downed Malaysia Airlines Plane Were Headed To International AIDS Conference
Discussion: AMERICAblog News
Harold Meyerson / American Prospect:
Why Democrats Need to Take Sides in America's Class War
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Discussion: National Review
Joe Klein / TIME:
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Jack Dunn / Variety:
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