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10:00 AM 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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Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
Trump leads GOP field in North Carolina  —  PPP's newest North Carolina poll finds that Donald Trump's momentum just keeps on building.  He's the top choice of Republican primary voters in the state, getting 16% to 12% for Jeb Bush and Scott Walker, 11% for Mike Huckabee …
Dylan Byers / Politico:
Donald Trump, clickbait  —  Reporters insist he has no shot, but news outlets, led by CNN, can't get enough of him.  —  Back in the spring, when Donald Trump first started making noise about a presidential bid, CNN President Jeff Zucker sent a message to his producers: Don't cover him.
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 …
Discussion: Political Wire
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 …
Brent Budowksy / The Hill:
Brent Budowsky: A Bernie Sanders summer  —  The surge in support for Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) in 2016 is the latest evidence of a progressive populist wave growing across America that has the potential to create a new political majority in the tradition of Presidents Theodore Roosevelt, Franklin Roosevelt and John Kennedy.
NBC News:
Donald Trump: ‘I Will Win the Latino Vote’
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 …
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Elliot Smilowitz / The Hill:
Jeb Bush: ‘People need to work longer hours’  —  Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush said in an interview Wednesday that “people need to work longer hours” to help grow the economy.  —  According to ABC News, Bush was asked a question about tax reform during an interview live streamed on Periscope …
Discussion: ABC News and Politico
Ed O'Keefe / Washington Post:
Jeb Bush: ‘People need to work longer hours’ means they need full-time, not part-time work
Discussion: CNN, The Week and Business Insider
Washington Post:
South Carolina House votes to remove Confederate flag from statehouse grounds  —  The Confederate flag flying on South Carolina's statehouse grounds is set to come down after the House voted 94-20 to remove it.  The bill, passed early Thursday morning, now heads to Republican Gov. Nikki Haley's desk and she is expected to sign it.
Discussion: The Week
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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.
Nikki Haley / Facebook:
Today, as the Senate did before them, the House of Representatives has served the State of South Carolina and her people with great dignity.  I'm grateful for their service and their compassion.  It is a new day in South Carolina, a day we can all be proud of, a day that truly brings us …
New York Times:
South Carolina House Approves Bill to Remove Confederate Flag
Steven Shepard / Politico:
GOP long-shots plan early-state ad blitz  —  The 2016 ad wars have begun.  —  Allies of at least four long-shot Republican presidential hopefuls are planning to blitz Iowa and New Hampshire with paid advertisements in the coming week with the hope of cutting through the clutter of a 17-candidate field.
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Julie Bykowicz / Associated Press:
Overflowing GOP Presidential Field Has Fox News in Demand
Discussion: Bloomberg Business and ABC News
The Huffington Post:
How A Teenage Girl Who Gave An ‘Intimidating Look’ Was Sentenced To Up To 5 Years In Prison  —  WASHINGTON — In suburban neighborhoods around the country, teenagers sass their parents and yell at their peers.  Usually, they grow out of it.  In Detroit, a 17-year-old girl who misbehaved …
Discussion: Daily Kos
The Hill:
Day of ‘technical’ glitches puts lawmakers on edge  —  Lawmakers are having a hard time swallowing the idea that a major stock exchange, a global airline and a prominent media outlet coincidentally suffered major outages on the same day.  —  The New York Stock Exchange halted trading …
Marisa Guthrie / Hollywood Reporter:
Keith Olbermann, ESPN to Part Ways Once Again  —  The departure follows a point of contention over delivering “commentary” on his ESPN2 program.  —  Keith Olbermann is exiting ESPN once again.  —  The television personality, who rejoined the sports network in August 2013, won't be renewing his deal to anchor his ESPN2 program.
Charles Lane / Washington Post:
Puerto Rico's crisis illustrates the risks of mininum wage hikes  —  Greece's impending bankruptcy is dominating the headlines right now, but between that financial catastrophe and the one facing Puerto Rico, the latter probably deserves more attention in the United States — or at least more attention than it's getting.
Discussion: Cafe Hayek
New York Times:
Why We Shut Down Reddit's ‘Ask Me Anything’ Forum  —  We are moderators for the website reddit.com, a place where, on a typical day, millions of users read and share content in self-contained communities called “subreddits.”  We volunteer our time to help manage the subsection called IamA …
Discussion: Engadget and The Verge
ABC News:
To Help US Veterans Charity, George W. Bush Charged $100,000  —  Former President George W. Bush charged $100,000 to speak at a charity fundraiser for U.S. military veterans severely wounded in Iraq and Afghanistan, and former First Lady Laura Bush collected $50,000 to appear a year earlier …
Paul Waldman / Washington Post:
The new Willie Horton?  —  Juan Francisco Lopez Sanchez pleaded not guilty July 6 to first degree murder in the case of a woman who was fatally shot on a San Francisco pier.  The case has spurred debate about San Francisco's immigration policies.  (Reuters)  —  Is Juan Francisco Lopez-Sanchez the new Willie Horton?
Julian Hattem / The Hill:
Dems lunge into confirmation fight  —  Democrats and the White House are hammering Senate Republicans for failing to act on a nominee who is charged with snipping the purse strings of Islamic extremists.  —  Adam Szubin was nominated to be the Treasury Department's undersecretary for terrorism …
Discussion: Daily Kos
Eamonn Forde / Music Ally:
Exclusive: Facebook in early talks to launch audio music-streaming service  —  Facebook's digital music ambitions have been making headlines this month, with reports of early talks with labels linked to its trial of ad-supported native videos.  —  But Music Ally can reveal that while Facebook …
Patrick Hipes / Deadline:
Cos And Effect: Dropped Months Ago By CAA, Bill Cosby Is Un-Repped In Hollywood  —  Bill Cosby was quietly dumped by CAA, which represented him since 2012, and he is now without talent representation in Hollywood.  Cosby, accused of drugging and raping more than two dozen women …
Discussion: Mashable and Daily Mail
 
 
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Vanity Fair:
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