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4:50 PM ET, July 8, 2015

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Hamilton Nolan / Gawker:
Ladies and Gentlemen, It's Time to Panic  —  Have you noticed anything odd going on this morning?  Oh yes.  Let us be the first to tell you that the time to panic is upon us.  —  ITEM: The New York City subway system suffered an atrocious commute today, with some trains being inexplicably stranded …
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CNNMoney:
New York Stock Exchange suspends trading  —  The New York Stock Exchange suspended trading at 11:32 a.m ET Wednesday.  It's been down for over an hour.  —  In a brief announcement, the exchange said it was experiencing a “internal technical issue.”  The NYSE said later in a tweet that it's “not the result of a cyber breach.”
Lloyd Grove / The Daily Beast:
Hillary Plays the Victim in CNN Interview  —  She may be the frontrunner in the presidential race, but Clinton still comes across as guarded, quibbling, and poker-faced under the TV lights.  —  Any Clinton supporters who hoped that a New Hillary would emerge from Tuesday's televised grilling …
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Daniel Strauss / Politico:
Donald Trump declines to rule out third-party bid  —  Donald Trump is almost completely shutting the door on the possibility of switching to a third-party presidential bid in the 2016 presidential cycle — almost.  —  “I've had many, many people ask me about running as an independent,” …
NBC News:
Donald Trump: ‘I Will Win the Latino Vote’  —  Donald Trump said Wednesday that he believes he will win the Latino vote, slamming Hillary Clinton for promoting what he called an immigration policy that would “let everybody come in... killers, criminals, drug dealers.”  —  “I have a great relationship with the Mexican people.
Byron Tau / Wall Street Journal:
A Fact-Check of Hillary Clinton's CNN Interview on Her Personal Email  —  In an interview with CNN on Tuesday, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton defended her use of a personal email server and her larger record on transparency while running the department between 2009 and 2013.
Discussion: Hit & Run
Daily Mail:
'It's time people listened to Donald Trump,' says Jamiel Shaw's mother
Matt Hamilton / Los Angeles Times:
Tom Selleck ‘drought shamed,’ accused of using hydrant water  —  Actor Tom Selleck had truckloads of water from a public hydrant delivered to his sprawling Hidden Valley ranch, according to court documents filed against the veteran actor by a Ventura County water district.
Judicial Watch:
Judicial Watch: New Documents Reveal DOJ, IRS, and FBI Plan to Seek Criminal Charges of Obama Opponents  —  (Washington, DC) - Judicial Watch today released new Department of Justice (DOJ) and Internal Revenue Service (IRS) documents that include an official “DOJ Recap” report detailing …
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Katie Pavlich / Townhall.com:   New Documents Show Extensive Collaboration Between IRS, DOJ to Criminally Prosecute Conservative Groups
New York Post:   The IRS scandal just got even worse
Ian Shapira / Washington Post:
Federal judge orders cancellation of Redskins' trademark registrations  —  The Washington Redskins lost their biggest legal and public relations battle yet in the war over its mascot after a federal judge in Northern Virginia on Wednesday ordered the cancellation of the NFL team's federal …
Cristina Marcos / The Hill:
House votes to ban Confederate flags at federal cemeteries  —  After just two minutes of floor debate late Tuesday evening, the House passed a measure to prohibit the display of Confederate flags on graves in federal cemeteries.  —  Despite the lack of fanfare, the vote marked the House's …
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Jeffrey M. Jones / Gallup:
Democrats' Views on Confederate Flag Increasingly Negative
Andrew Kirell / Mediaite:
Trump Steamrolls NBC Reporter, Takes Shots at Krauthammer and Jonah Goldberg  —  For those who didn't watch Donald Trump's lengthy interview with NBC's Katy Tur this afternoon, here's a one-sentence summation: The Republican candidate constantly chided and condescended to his interviewer …
Discussion: Business Insider
Emily Badger / Washington Post:
Obama administration to unveil major new rules targeting segregation across U.S.  —  Administration calls move “historic,” while conservatives decry it as “social engineering”  —  CHICAGO — When the Fair Housing Act was passed in 1968, it barred the outright racial discrimination that was then routine.
Reuters:
China stocks tumble as regulator warns of ‘panic’  —  Chinese stocks dived on Wednesday after the securities regulator said the tumbling stock market in the world's second-biggest economy was in the grip of “panic sentiment” as investors ignored a battery of support measures from Beijing.
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David Barboza / New York Times:
Stock Sell-Off Is Unabated in China
Jake Pearson / Associated Press:
APNewsBreak: NYC to offer non-bail option for some suspects  —  4 photos  —  NEW YORK (AP) — Thousands of New Yorkers accused of low-level or non-violent crimes won't face the prospect of raising cash for bail under a plan that seeks to keep such suspects out of the troubled Rikers Island jail complex.
Discussion: VICE, Fusion and The Week
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Carimah Townes / ThinkProgress:
New York City To Stop Jailing Some Nonviolent Offenders For Being Poor
Discussion: Hullabaloo
The Nation:
Austerity Has Failed: An Open Letter From Thomas Piketty to Angela Merkel  —  Five leading economists warn the German chancellor, “History will remember you for your actions this week.”  —  The never-ending austerity that Europe is force-feeding the Greek people is simply not working.
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Sarah Ferris / The Hill:
GOP blames ObamaCare for health insurance merger-mania  —  A frenzy of healthcare mergers has given Republicans' a new line of attack against ObamaCare, which they say is boosting profits for insurance giants at a cost to consumers.  —  The merger mania — evidenced most recently …
Discussion: Bloomberg View and Daily Kos
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Tierney Sneed / Talking Points Memo:
Chaos In Maine: Gov. LePage Botches Veto Of 19 Bills He Opposed  —  The office of Maine Gov. Paul LePage (R) and the clerk in the Maine House are in disagreement over the fate of 19 bills that the governor apparently did not veto in time to prevent them from becoming law.
Caitlin Winner / Medium:
How We Changed the Facebook  —  Friends Icon  —  Facebook headquarters is an amazing place.  The snacks are free, the sun always shines and everyone is full of the best intentions.  During my first week I encountered hundreds of people earnestly trying to to make the world a better place.
Javier Panzar / Los Angeles Times:
It's official: Latinos now outnumber whites in California  —  The demographers agreed: at some point in 2014, Latinos would pass whites as the largest ethnic group in California.  —  Determining when exactly that milestone would occur was more of a tricky question.  Counting people isn't like counting movie ticket receipts.
Discussion: Fusion, Washington Post and Liberaland
 
 
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Emily E. Smith / Oregonian:
Priest pretended to notify police after teen found camera in church bathroom, records say
Discussion: Friendly Atheist and Raw Story
Katherine Timpf / National Review:
Students Told to Take Photos With a ‘Consent Contract’ Before They Have Sex
Michael Kruse / Politico:
On talk circuit, George W. Bush makes millions but few waves
Discussion: ABC News
Flynn Murphy / Telegraph:
New Zealand makes internet ‘trolling’ illegal
Discussion: Washington Times
Isabel Kershner / New York Times:
Israeli Minister Says Reform Jews Are Not Really Jewish
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Kipp Jones / BREITBART.COM:
Civil Rights Group Demands Kid Rock Denounce Confederate Flag... or Else
Alison Elkin / Bloomberg Business:
Former Virginia Governor Jim Gilmore Says He's Running For President, Too
Chuck Ross / The Daily Caller:
Judge Says Federal Officials Must Personally Appear In Court For Violating Amnesty Injunction
Hadas Gold / Politico:
Dave Weigel returns to The Washington Post
Discussion: FishbowlDC
 

 
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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

Jessica Toonkel / Wall Street Journal:
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