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8:30 AM ET, July 1, 2015

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CNN:
Poll: Bush, Trump rising nationally for GOP, but both trail Clinton  —  Story highlights  —  Washington (CNN)With nearly all of the expected 2016 presidential candidates formally in the race, a new CNN/ORC national poll finds two recent entrants to the GOP field on the rise …
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John McCormick / Bloomberg Business:
Scott Walker Sees Iowa Lead Shrink in Latest Quinnipiac Poll  —  Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker continues to lead prospective and declared 2016 Republican presidential candidates in Iowa, although his support is shrinking, a Quinnipiac University poll shows.
Discussion: Politico
New York Times:
Gov. Chris Christie's Phony Truth-Telling  —  On his new website, Gov. Chris Christie of New Jersey portrays himself as a guy who gets attacked for “telling it like it is,” but that's what his mom told him to do from her deathbed.  —  It is part of the legend Mr. Christie has carefully cultivated …
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Nick Gass / Politico:
Bon Jovi: I ‘absolutely’ gave Christie permission to use my songs
Brent Budowksy / The Hill:
Budowsky: Obama could sink 2016 Dems  —  Nothing better dramatizes the damage that President Obama has done to Democrats than the fact that Republicans now control the House of Representatives, the Senate and a majority of governorships across America.  —  Nothing better illustrates the reason …
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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Senate Republicans slam the door on scrapping the filibuster
Discussion: Washington Monthly
Melissa Boughton / Post and Courier:
Fire crews responding to blaze at African American church in Greeleyville  —  A prominent African-American church that was burned to the ground by the KKK in 1995 is currently on fire, according to the State Law Enforcement Division.  —  Fire crews are still battling an active blaze …
Charlie Cook / National Journal:
A Momentous Week, and a GOP That Needs to Change  —  The fight over the Confederate flag and the Supreme Court decisions on Obamacare and same-sex marriage all send the signal that Republicans need to adapt to keep pace with younger voters.  —  The momentous events of the last week can be interpreted in numerous ways.
Discussion: Booman Tribune and Daily Kos
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
New Hillary Clinton emails show expansive role of Sidney Blumenthal  —  The liberal writer and family confidant peppered the secretary of state with advice on everything from internal turf battles to climate change.  —  Getty  —  In her early months in office, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton …
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Josh Gerstein / Politico:
State Dept. hands over 3,600 pages of Benghazi-related docs
Discussion: Bloomberg Business
Sam Weiner / BuzzFeed:
We Got Presidential Hopeful Ted Cruz To Do An Audition For “The Simpsons”  —  These impressions are “Excellent...”  —  GOP presidential hopeful Ted Cruz isn't just a conservative firebrand.  He's also a huge fan of The Simpsons.  —  Cruz does a confident Mr. Burns.  —  And he absolutely nails Ned Flanders.
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Brendan James / Talking Points Memo:
BuzzFeed's Ben Smith Says Ted Cruz 'Approaches Going Viral Like It's His Job'
Discussion: BuzzFeed
Mollie Hemingway / The Federalist:
BuzzFeed's Journalistic Struggles On Same-Sex Marriage, In GIFs
Katie Pavlich / The Hill:
America is not racist  —  In wake of the Charleston massacre in South Carolina, many on the left want us to believe America is a racist nation dominated by white supremacy and hatred for blacks.  —  They're wrong.  —  “Racism, we are not cured of it.  And it's not just a matter of it not being polite to say n—
Charles J. Dean / al.com:
Roy Moore's lawyer to Gov. Bentley: ‘Public officials are ministers of God’  —  Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley and Supreme Court Chief Justice Roy Moore ( )  —  “The criminal laws against homosexual sodomy are for the protection of the righteous.”  —  In harsh words and a lecturing tone …
Brian Moylan / TIME:
Please Don't Make Me Get Gay Married  —  Brian Moylan is a writer and pop culture junkie.  —  We didn't need anyone's seal of approval before — and we don't need it now  —  The first time I heard the question was a year ago at my brother's wedding, an occasion where such coaxing is commonplace.
Steven Shepard / Politico:
Redistricting litigation persists in key states despite court ruling  —  The Supreme Court may have knocked out the best-known challenge to existing congressional districts in a number of states on Monday, but maps still remain in flux for 2016 in three important, large battleground states: Florida, North Carolina and Virginia.
Discussion: The Hill and 89.3 KPCC
Paul Coombs / Guardian:
I created the Isis dildo flag at London Pride to start a dialogue, not get a laugh  —  I flew the flag in London's gay pride parade because Isis is deserving of mockery and disrespect.  I never thought CNN would think it was real  —  I spent the morning of London's Pride parade hand-stitching dildos onto a flag.
Discussion: Mediaite and Poynter.
Bethania Palma Markus / Raw Story:
Rand Paul overlooks Cliven Bundy's racism to pander to the far right  —  DON'T MISS STORIES.  FOLLOW RAW STORY!  —  Rand Paul is openly courting Cliven Bundy's militia supporters by appealing to the scofflaw rancher at a campaign event Monday.  —  Paul spoke at a campaign stop in Mesquite …
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Yoni Appelbaum / The Atlantic:
The Cheerful Belligerence of Lindsey Graham  —  ASPEN, Colo.—Senator Lindsey Graham is irrepressibly cheerful, but he's not very happy about the world these days.  —  “I think I understand exactly the mess we're in,” the 2016 Republican presidential hopeful said on Monday.
Sabrina Siddiqui / Guardian:
Barack Obama basks in public approval after ‘best week of his presidency’  —  Barack Obama pledged on Tuesday to “squeeze every last ounce of progress” out of his remaining time in the White House, as his poll ratings reached a two-year high following what political commentators said was the best week of his presidency.
Discussion: CNN, Washington Post and Shakesville
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Nahal Toosi / Politico:
U.S. and Cuba to reopen embassies
Discussion: Yahoo Politics
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Rebecca Shabad / The Hill:
Treasury chief: Keep Greece in eurozone
Discussion: Weekly Standard and Slantpoint
Jonathan Rauch / Politico:
No, Polygamy Isn't the Next Gay Marriage  —  Group marriage is the past—not the future—of matrimony.  —  AP Photo.  —  I am a gay marriage advocate.  So why do I spend so much of my time arguing about polygamy?  Opposing the legalization of plural marriage should not be my burden …
Discussion: Althouse and Hit & Run
 
 
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Polyamory Is Next, And I'm One Reason Why
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Hilary Sargent / Boston Globe:
Black student says he hung Confederate flag on memorial for black soldiers
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Conor Friedersdorf / The Atlantic:
‘The Solution I Propose Is Massive Civil Disobedience’