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1:20 PM ET, July 2, 2015

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Claire Boston / Bloomberg Business:
Serta Will Stop Selling Donald Trump Mattress Line in Latest Defection  —  The move comes after the presidential candidate made disparaging comments about Mexican immigrants.  —  Serta, the largest U.S. mattress manufacturer, will end its business relationship with Donald Trump …
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Philip Rucker / Washington Post:
As Donald Trump surges in polls, Democrats cheer  —  For Democrats, Donald Trump amounts to a kind of divine intervention.  —  With the Republican Party on an urgent mission to woo Latino voters, one of its leading presidential candidates has been enmeshed for two weeks in a nasty feud …
NBC News:
First Read: Is the GOP the Party of Big Business No More?  —  People hold signs in front of Macy's Herald Square flagship store, Wednesday, July 1, 2015, in New York.  Macy's became the latest company to end its relationship with presidential candidate Donald Trump after his remarks about Mexican immigrants.
John DiStaso / WMUR:
New Hampshire Primary Source: Texas governor now sending ‘love’ letters to NH businesses
Discussion: Political Wire
Mike Allen / Politico:
HILLARY'S OMNIPRESENT HUMA emerges as own power center - DEMS WANT BILL to rai$e for HRC super PAC; fears she'll lag Jeb - PERRY speech courts African Americans - RAND banks on Nev.  —  By Mike Allen (@mikeallen; mallen@politico.com), and Daniel Lippman (@dlippman; dlippman@politico.com)
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Annie Karni / Politico:
Hillary's shadow  —  After years as the former secretary of state's loyal assistant, Huma Abedin is emerging as a campaign power center of her own.  —  Hillary Clinton had just wrapped a campaign event in the warehouse of the Smuttynose Brewery in New Hampshire in May, when the crowd began crushing in …
New York Times:
Scott Walker's Hard Right Turn in Iowa May Hurt Him Elsewhere
Discussion: Daily Kos and US News
Nick Gass / Politico:
Scott Walker to announce White House run on July 13
Discussion: Talking Points Memo and The Week
Loretta Chao / Wall Street Journal:
Revamped Bubble Wrap Loses Its Pop  —  Sealed Air, maker of the iconic packaging material, is rolling out a new flat version to cut down on the high costs of shipping air  —  Sealed Air Corp. has revamped its iconic Bubble Wrap.  The new product dubbed iBubble Wrap looks …
Elliot Smilowitz / The Hill:
Sanders draws massive crowd in Wisconsin  —  Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders drew 10,000 supporters, the largest crowd of his campaign thus far, according to reports.  —  “Tonight, we have more people at any meeting for a candidate of president of the United States …
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Ben Brody / Bloomberg Business:
Bernie Sanders Gains on Hillary Clinton in Iowa, Quinnipiac Poll Says
Discussion: Politico
Dan Merica / CNN:
Bernie Sanders draws nearly 10,000 supporters in Wisconsin
Discussion: Washington Monthly
NBC News:
Gunman Killed Trying to Rob Ex-Reporters Lynne Russell and Chuck de Caro in Albuquerque  —  Two journalists got their hands on a crime story up close and personal this week.  —  Former CNN and Headline News anchor Lynne Russell and her husband, former CNN reporter Chuck de Caro …
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Arelis R. Hernández / Washington Post:
Police swarm Washington Navy Yard after reports of active shooter
Discussion: ABC News, WIS-TV and Hot Air
Miranda Blue / Right Wing Watch:
Steve King: Impeach Ginsburg & Kagan Over Gay Marriage Decision  —  Rep. Steve King, R-Iowa, said yesterday that he would support impeaching Justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Elena Kagan over their participation in the Supreme Court's marriage equality case whenever “the public is ready” for such proceedings.
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Jeffrey M. Jones / Gallup:
Democrats Regain Edge in Party Affiliation  —  Story Highlights  —  PRINCETON, N.J. — In the second quarter of 2015, Democrats regained an advantage over Republicans in terms of Americans' party affiliation.  A total of 46% of Americans identified as Democrats (30%) or said they are independents …
Con Coughlin / Telegraph:
US blocks attempts by Arab allies to fly heavy weapons directly to Kurds to fight Islamic State  —  Middle East allies accuse Barack Obama and David Cameron of failing to show strategic leadership in fight against Isil, as MPs could be given vote on whether to bomb Syria
Bloomberg Business:
Jobs Report Disappoints, Participation Rate Falls to Lowest Since 1977 … An increase in June payrolls followed smaller gains in the prior two months and wages were little changed as U.S. job market reflected a more moderate pace of economic growth.  —  The addition of 223,000 jobs followed …
Monica Potts / Washington Monthly:
The Post-Ownership Society  —  Five and a half years ago, when I first moved to Washington, D.C., for a magazine job, I rented a basement apartment in a neighborhood called Bloomingdale.  The area was full of Victorian-era homes that had once been occupied by mostly middle-class black families …
Eugene Scott / CNN:
Trump defends inflammatory comments, asks ‘Who is doing the raping?’  —  Washington (CNN)Businessman Donald Trump continued his verbal attack against illegal immigrants on Wednesday, in an exclusive interview set to air at 10 p.m. on CNN Tonight with Don Lemon.
CNN:
Poll: Majority sees Confederate flag as Southern pride symbol, not racist  —  Story highlights  — About 57% of Americans see the Confederate flag more as a symbol of Southern pride than as a symbol of racism, the poll says  —  Washington (CNN)American public opinion on the Confederate flag remains …
Shane Simmons / WQAD-TV:
Monmouth College grad charged for allegedly stomping puppy to death  —  More than a dozen protesters convened outside of the Warren County Courthouse on Tuesday, June 30, with one objective: “Justice for Cash.”  —  Cash was a pit bull puppy who was allegedly kicked and stomped to death …
Discussion: KTLA and New York's PIX11
Paul Bond / Hollywood Reporter:
‘Dukes of Hazzard’ Star Rips TV Land for Dropping Show: “Can't We All Just Watch TV?”  —  “Are people who grew up watching the show now suddenly racists?”  John Schneider asks.  —  John Schneider is blasting TV Land for its decision to erase from its schedule — due its depiction of the Confederate flag …
Margaret Sullivan / New York Times:
Perfectly Reasonable Question: Publishing Religious Images That May Offend  —  The Times's decision last January not to print images of cartoons depicting the Prophet Muhammad brought more mail to this office than just about anything else in recent memory.  Many readers felt the images …
Alissa Greenberg / TIME:
Another Black Church Burns in the South, the 8th in 10 Days  —  #WhoIsBurningBlackChurches trended on Twitter throughout the week  —  Mount Zion African Methodist Episcopal Church, a prominent African-American church in Greeleyville, S.C., caught fire late Tuesday.
Yahoo Politics:
Christie can't win New Jersey.  Does that matter?  —  Here's the bad news for Chris Christie: He embarks on a presidential campaign with hardly any support among primary voters.  He might not even make it onstage for the first debate, because unlike four years ago, when conservative donors …
 
 
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Dan Lamothe / Washington Post:
Iwo Jima Marines, gay pride and a photo adaptation that spawns fury
Discussion: Advocate, WIVB-TV, Towleroad and Twitchy
Nelson D. Schwartz / New York Times:
U.S. Economy Adds 223,000 Jobs; Unemployment at 5.3%
Timothy Cama / The Hill:
Oklahoma sues to stop Obama's climate rule
Discussion: Washington Post and Instapundit
Kenneth P. Vogel / Politico:
Soros helps pro-Clinton Super PACs to $20 million haul
Discussion: Bloomberg Business
Stevepostrel / StrategyProfs.net:
Good Strategy/Bad Strategy: Obama Foreign Policy Division
Discussion: The Hugh Hewitt Show
Wall Street Journal:
Puerto Rico's Pain Is Tied to U.S. Wages
Discussion: Washington Post and Reuters
 Earlier Items: 
Sean Davis / The Federalist:
Sorry, Chuck Todd, But Reporters Are Not The Referees Of Politics
Rachel M. Cohen / American Prospect:
When Charters Go Union  —  Most charter school funders hate unions …
Peter Baker / New York Times:
Emails Show Hillary Clinton Trying to Find Her Place
Washington Post:
Justice Dept. investigating potential airline price collusion
Discussion: Fusion, Hot Air, The Week and New York Times
Los Angeles Times:
Column Privilege makes them do it — what a study of Internet trolls reveals
Discussion: The Social Memo
Dylan Redwine / Durango Herald:
Investigators say they have ‘person of interest’ in Redwine case
Discussion: CBS Denver and ABC News
 

 
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Max Tani / @maxwelltani:
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Jack Dunn / Variety:
Trump appoints Mark Burnett, the British TV executive who created and produced the reality show The Apprentice, as a special envoy to the UK

Liz Pelly / Harper's:
How Spotify used its Perfect Fit Content program to rig its system against musicians, filling popular playlists with “ghost artists” to cut its royalty payouts
 
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