memeorandum: There's no race war in America (Marc A. Thiessen/Washington Post)

12:30 PM ET, July 7, 2015

Top Items:

Matt Adams / Fox 59:

Federal authorities raid home of Subway spokesman Jared Fogle in child pornography investigation — ZIONSVILLE, Ind. (July 7, 2015) - Federal authorities raided the home of Subway spokesman Jared Fogle Tuesday morning. FBI sources told FOX59 state and federal investigators were serving warrants …

Discussion: Talking Points Memo, Hot Air, NOLA River, TMZ.com, Guardian, CBS Minnesota, BizPac Review, KTLA, Radio.com, Fusion, CBS San Francisco and The Daily Caller

Steve Jefferson / WALV-TV:

Federal, state agents raid home of Subway spokesperson Jared Fogle — INDIANAPOLIS - — Federal and state agents raided the Zionsville home of Subway spokesperson Jared Fogle around 6:30 a.m. Tuesday as part of a child porn investigation. — Eyewitness News Crime Beat Reporter Steve Jefferson …

Discussion: Hollywood Life, John Hawkins' Right Wing News, WSLS-TV, Mashable, WCBD News 2, Slantpoint, NBC News, The Week, The Daily Caller, CBS Detroit and Rare

Indianapolis Star:

Police investigation underway at home of Subway pitchman Jared Fogle — ZIONSVILLE — Police investigators arrived at the home of Subway pitchman Jared Fogle early Tuesday. — A handful of officers gathered outside while an evidence truck was parked in his driveway.

Discussion: Mediaite and Chicago

Antonio Olivo / Washington Post:

At Trump hotel site, immigrant workers wary — For weeks, dozens of construction workers from Latin America have streamed onto the site of the Old Post Office Pavilion in downtown Washington and taken pride in their work building one of the city's newest luxury hotels.

Discussion: Liberaland, Talking Points Memo, Business Insider, The Last Refuge, Mediaite, John Hawkins' Right Wing News and Twitchy

Aliyah Frumin / msnbc.com:
Rudy Giuliani defends Donald Trump over immigration remarks

Discussion: Talking Points Memo and The Wrap

Katherine Krueger / Talking Points Memo:
Trump Lashes Out At Critics, Makes Incendiary New Claims About Mexico

Discussion: Washington Monthly, No More Mister Nice Blog and Taylor Marsh

Jesse Byrnes / The Hill:
Trump: ‘Infectious disease is pouring across the border’

Discussion: CNNMoney and RedState

Hunter Walker / Business Insider:
Donald Trump just released an epic statement raging against Mexican immigrants and ‘disease’

Discussion: USA Today, National Review, ImmigrationProf Blog, Washington Post, Mediaite, Hot Air, The Daily Caller, The Daily Beast, RedState and Politico

Josh Feldman / Mediaite:
‘Disease Is Pouring Across the Border’: Trump Releases New, Very Long Statement

Discussion: CNN, Guardian, Business Insider and ThinkProgress

Michael Falcone / ABC News:

The Note: Republicans Restless About Trump — NOTABLES —DONORS SOUND THE ALARM: From the Associated Press' Steve Peoples: “Worried about ‘Republican-on-Republican violence,’ top party donors are taking action, with one firing off a letter calling for more civility and another seeking …

Discussion: Politico, NBC News, Daily Kos and New York Times

Politico:

The socialist surge — The rise of Bernie Sanders is proving awkward for the Democratic Party. — No one asked Bernie Sanders what he thought about the Greek referendum on Sunday, but he shared his thoughts anyway. — “I applaud the people of Greece for saying ‘no’ to more austerity for the poor …

Discussion: Hot Air and Mondoweiss

Alex Griswold / Mediaite:
Bernie Sanders Once Blamed Cervical Cancer on a Lack of Orgasms

Discussion: American Spectator and The Daily Caller

Seth Mandel / New York Post:
It's time for Joe Biden to jump into the 2016 race

Discussion: Hit & Run

Claude Brodesser-Akner / New Jersey Online:

N.J. Dem lawmakers will try to force Christie's resignation — TRENTON — Democratic state lawmakers will soon introduce legislation that would force Gov. Chris Christie to resign from office because he is running for president, NJ Advance Media has learned.

Discussion: Politico, Talking Points Memo, Mediaite and Political Wire

TMZ.com:

Amanda Peterson Dies — 'Can't Buy Me Love' Star Dead at 43 — 'CAN'T BUY ME LOVE' STAR DIES AT 43 — EXCLUSIVE — Amanda Peterson — star of the flick “Can't Buy Me Love” — has died at her home in Greeley, Colorado ... TMZ has learned. — We spoke with Peterson's father who tells us …

Discussion: Guardian, Slantpoint, Daily Mail, American Spectator, Hollywood Life and The Daily Caller

Steven Shepard / Politico:

Upcoming polls to lock in GOP debate field — More than a few Republicans are hoping their numbers will tick up at just the right time this month, knowing that it could make the difference between being on the main debate stage and being relegated to the B-team.

Discussion: Washington Monthly, USA Today, Mock Paper Scissors and Althouse

Associated Press:

South Carolina Senate Gives Final Approval To Remove Confederate Flag — COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The South Carolina Senate has given final approval to a bill to remove the Confederate flag from the grounds of the Capitol. — The 36-3 vote Tuesday now sends the bill to the House, where it faces a less certain future.

Discussion: New York Times and Outside the Beltway

David Edwards / Raw Story:
‘The devil is taking control’: Watch SC senator derail Confederate flag debate with insane gay marriage rant

Discussion: Right Wing Watch, Towleroad, Advocate and Balloon Juice

Josh Hafner / Des Moines Register:

Three Confederate flags lead county GOP float in Iowa — As South Carolina's state Senate voted Monday to remove a Confederate flag on its Statehouse grounds, Iowa Republicans grappled with their own controversy around the flag and the debate it has fueled for its associations with slavery.

Discussion: Talking Points Memo, KCRG-TV, KCCI-TV and Raw Story

Bob Johnson / MLive.com:

Detroiter, SVSU student facing felony waited to pull over in brightly lit area — KOCHVILLE TOWNSHIP, MI — DaJuawn Wallace said he didn't stop immediately when prompted by police at 2 a.m. Feb. 19 because he was taught to pull into a well-lit and safe area before doing so.

Discussion: The Week, theGrio and Raw Story

Ben Kamisar / The Hill:

Eric Holder: Supreme Court justice? — Former Attorney General Eric Holder says he has no interest in returning to public life, even if offered a seat on the Supreme Court. — “I greatly enjoyed my career in public service, and I'll stay involved in political life in some form or fashion …

Discussion: Hot Air and The Daily Caller

Yahoo Politics:
Eric Holder: The Justice Department could strike deal with Edward Snowden

Discussion: The Hill, Fox News, Engadget, Weekly Standard, Business Insider, Mediaite, Washington Free Beacon and Guardian

Bernie Quigley / The Hill:

The Romney half-century? — Not a very good Fourth for The Donald. South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham (R), a candidate for president in 2016, stated it plainly: “He's running to be president of all of us. It takes a level of maturity and thoughtfulness and demeanor that's not being exhibited here.”

Marc A. Thiessen / Washington Post:

There's no race war in America — Did you know that this newspaper is named for a slaveholder? It's right there on our masthead, the name of a man who for 56 years held other human beings in bondage on his Virginia plantation — a man, according to the official Mount Vernon Web site, who …

Discussion: Booman Tribune and Balloon Juice

Tanya Eiserer / WFAA-TV:

Caught on camera: Dallas cop confronts teen — “I'll break your f***ing neck” — NEWS 8 EXCLUSIVE — DALLAS — As a member of the Dallas SWAT team, Terigi Rossi was a regular fixture on the TV show of the same name. — But in a confrontation last fall with a 14-year-old boy …

Discussion: Booman Tribune and Raw Story

Maryclaire Dale / Associated Press:

APNewsBreak: Cosby said he got drugs to give women for sex — 5 photos — PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Bill Cosby admitted in 2005 that he got quaaludes with the intent of giving them to young women he wanted to have sex with, and that he gave the sedative to at least one woman and “other people …

Discussion: Mediaite, theGrio, Talking Points Memo, Hot Air, The Week, Boing Boing, Associated Press, Liberaland, The Daily Caller, Gothamist, NPR, Just Jared, VICE and myfox8.com

Dana Ford / CNN:
Bill Cosby said in 2005 that he got sedative to give women for sex

Discussion: Rare, Salon, USA Today, CBS Philly and Billboard

Hillary Crosley Coker / Jezebel:

Winning Women's Soccer Team Paid 40 Times Less Than Men Who Lose — In the Women's World Cup, the USA soccer team took the championship against Japan on Sunday—just not with their pocketbooks. In fact, they are being paid 40 times less than their male counterparts.