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2:00 PM ET, July 9, 2015

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Washington Post:
GOP leaders fear damage to party's image as Donald Trump doubles down  —  Since Donald Trump announced his presidential bid, he's drawn plenty of controversy and outrage for his comments on the campaign trail.  Here are some of the key moments.  (The Washington Post)
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Mark Halperin / Bloomberg Business:
Taking On Donald Trump May Be a Key Step in Getting to the Oval Office  —  No matter how glittering the political resume, getting elected U.S. president remains one of the great challenges on the planet.  As Bill Clinton explains it, presidential candidates must not only make voters …
Karey Van Hall / Politico:
Donald Trump: Reince Priebus didn't tell me to ‘tone it down’  —  Donald Trump remembers that phone call with Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus a bit differently.  —  The Donald took to Twitter on Thursday morning to slam a Washington Post report that Priebus spent nearly …
Jamelle Bouie / Slate:
The GOP's Two Latino Problems  —  Republicans aren't just alienating Latinos.  They are turning off some white voters along the way.  —  With his angry rants against undocumented immigrants, Donald Trump is a stark reminder of the GOP's terrible problem with Latino voters.
Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
Trump leads GOP field in North Carolina
Dylan Byers / Politico:
Donald Trump, clickbait
Matthew Yglesias / Vox:
Jeb Bush and longer working hours: gaffesplainer 2016  —  Jeb Bush's stated goal of 4 percent annual GDP growth, though unrealistic, in general sounds nice.  But during a New Hampshire Union Leader interview live-streamed on Periscope, Bush got granular about his plan, revealing that part …
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Candace Smith / ABC News:
Jeb Bush: People Need to Work Longer Hours  —  Today, Republican presidential candidate Jeb Bush, who as of-late has gone relatively gaffe-free, uttered a phrase that may not go over too well with the constituency he seeks to reach.  During an interview that was live-streamed on the app Periscope …
Eli Stokols / Politico:
Jeb Bush's summer surge  —  Bush is enjoying an unmistakable spike in the polls.  The question is whether it will last.  —  Just two months after a flubbed question about the Iraq War seemed to imperil his presidential candidacy and a campaign shakeup hinted at disarray behind the scenes …
Elliot Smilowitz / The Hill:
Jeb Bush: ‘People need to work longer hours’
Discussion: ABC News and Politico
Dan Tuohy / UnionLeader.com:
Jeb Bush: 'We've got to start solving problems'
Angela Rowlings / Boston Herald:
Jeb Bush walks back ‘hours’ gaffe
Discussion: Fox News
Ed O'Keefe / Washington Post:
Jeb Bush: ‘People need to work longer hours’ means they need full-time, not part-time work
Cynthia Roldan / Post and Courier:
‘New day in South Carolina’: House votes to take down Confederate flag  —  Rep. Wendell Gilliard and other representatives of the Lowcountry gather to remember the victims of the Emanuel AME Church shootings before the House voted early Thursday morning to bring down the Confederate flag from the Statehouse grounds.
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Michael E. Miller / Washington Post:
Jenny Horne: How a descendant of the president of the Confederacy helped vanquish his flag
The State:
Gov. Haley to hold bill signing ceremony Thursday afternoon
Washington Post:
South Carolina House votes to remove Confederate flag from statehouse grounds
Discussion: The Week
Caitlin MacNeal / Talking Points Memo:
In Late-Night Move, House GOP Rallies To Defend Confederate Flag  —  In a sudden late-night reversal Wednesday, House Republicans unexpectedly rallied to the defense of the Confederate flag.  The surprise move came just one day after the House passed Democratic amendments to restrict the display …
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Cristina Marcos / The Hill:
House cancels vote amid fight over Confederate flag  —  House GOP leaders abruptly canceled a vote Thursday on a spending bill for the Interior Department amid an intraparty split over the display of the Confederate flag.  —  The bill was pulled after the House moved to vote on an amendment …
Larry J. Sabato / Sabato's Crystal Ball:
Democrats 2016: Not Feeling the Bern  —  Despite big crowds, Sanders remains a huge underdog to Clinton  —  The Buzz about Bernie has taken hold on the Democratic side of the 2016 campaign, and it's easy to see why.  Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) is drawing huge crowds and great poll numbers …
Discussion: Progress Pond
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Brent Budowksy / The Hill:   Brent Budowsky: A Bernie Sanders summer
New York Times:
Hillary Clinton's Economic Agenda Aims at a Party Moving Left
Discussion: Washington Monthly
Noam N. Levey / Los Angeles Times:
Obama administration revives plan once criticized as ‘death panels’  —  Six years after end-of-life planning nearly derailed development of the Affordable Care Act amid charges of “death panels,” the Obama administration has revived a proposal to reimburse physicians for talking …
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Jacob Frantz / Facebook:
Updated Controls for News Feed  —  News Feed is a personalized stream of stories that you build from the people and Pages you've connected to on Facebook.  The goal of News Feed is to show you the stories that matter most to you.  To do this, we use ranking to order stories based …
Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:
Donald Trump In 1999: “I Believe In Universal Health Care...It's An Entitlement” From Birth  —  “I'm very liberal when it comes to health care.”  —  Andrew H. Walker / Getty Images  —  Donald Trump, the reality TV host and real estate mogul running for the Republican presidential nomination …
Victor Davis Hanson / Townhall.com:
Disregard For the Law is America's Greatest Threat  —  Barbarians at the gate usually don't bring down once-successful civilizations.  Nor does climate change.  Even mass epidemics like the plague that decimated sixth-century Byzantium do not necessarily destroy a culture.
Discussion: Hot Air
Jason Cherkis / The Huffington Post:
Lost Girls … In 1974, when she was only 14, Jackie Fuchs would wake up way before her parents and catch a ride with friends from her house in the San Fernando Valley across the Santa Monica Mountains and into Malibu.  She'd hit the beach and paddle out in the quiet, pre-dawn dark.
Discussion: Mashable and Radio.com
 
 
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Washington Post:
Finally, a vindication of Bill Cosby's accusers
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Politico:
Senate downplays Obamacare repeal
Discussion: RedState
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The Hill:
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The Huffington Post:
How A Teenage Girl Who Gave An ‘Intimidating Look’ Was Sentenced To Up To 5 Years In Prison
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