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2:05 PM ET, July 13, 2015

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Tim Alberta / National Journal:
Can Scott Walker Have It Both Ways?  —  The biggest question hanging over Walker's presidential campaign is whether the political strategy that got him this far can work at the next level.  —  “I'm pro-life,” Scott Walker said, looking directly into the camera.
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Nick Gass / Politico:
Hillary Clinton, Jeb Bush renew sparring match over worker hours, pay
Discussion: ABC News
Politico:
Tales from Scott Walker's graveyard
Discussion: ABC News and Red Alert Politics
Jordyn Phelps / ABC News:
Scott Walker Makes It Official: 'I'm Running for President'
Discussion: Politico and Scared Monkeys
Politico:
Bernie Sanders' Senate colleagues stunned by his ascent  —  The Senate backbencher is drawing huge crowds on the trail, but his Democratic colleagues warn voters not to buy the hype.  —  Bernie Sanders' Senate colleagues have come to know him as a bit player in the Democratic Caucus …
Discussion: The Week and USA Today
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Howard Koplowitz / al.com:
Alabama ‘Feeling the Bern’ for Sanders  —  In the 22 years that she's been eligible to vote, Elizabeth Hewitt was never motivated to cast a ballot.  —  “I didn't like either candidate.  I didn't care who won because I felt it didn't matter,” Hewitt said.  —  But the 40-year-old Blount …
Discussion: Raw Story and The Daily Caller
Jim Tankersley / Washington Post:
The thing Bernie Sanders says about inequality that no other candidate will touch
Discussion: Washington Monthly
Alistair Bell / Reuters:
In speech, Clinton to put wages at heart of economic policy
Carl Hiaasen / miamiherald:
There will never be a President Trump  —  Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump arrives to a fundraising event at a golf course in the Bronx borough of New York Monday.  Seth Wenig AP  —  Before one more straight-faced political story is written about the presidential candidacy of Donald Trump …
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Robert Costa / Washington Post:
Listening to Donald Trump swear and talk politics on his private plane  —  SOMEWHERE ABOVE THE AMERICAN SOUTHWEST — It was Saturday night aboard Donald Trump's gleaming Boeing 757.  An hour earlier, he had finished the most high-profile speech of his nearly month-old presidential campaign …
Dylan Byers / Politico:
Amazon: ‘No evidence’ of bulk sales for Ted Cruz book  —  The New York Times' refusal to put Ted Cruz's memoir on its bestseller list is once again being called into question — this time by Amazon, the largest Internet retailer in the country.  —  On Sunday, an Amazon spokesperson told …
Kurt Schlichter / Townhall.com:
It's Time For Conservatives To Play By The New Rules  —  We conservatives have spent far too long playing by the old rules when liberals have completely changed the game.  There was a time when laws meant what they said, when individual rights were important, when the government …
Discussion: Washington Monthly
Katy Stech / Wall Street Journal:
Rapper 50 Cent Files for Bankruptcy … Curtis James Jackson III, the rapper better known as 50 Cent, filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy protection Monday.  —  In court papers filed in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Hartford, Conn., Mr. Jackson reported assets and debts each in the range of $10 million to $50 million.
The White House:
President Obama Announces 46 Commutations in Video Address: “America Is a Nation of Second Chances”  —  As a former Assistant U.S. Attorney and criminal defense attorney, I'm well acquainted with how federal sentencing practices can, in too many instances, lead nonviolent drug offenders to spend decades, if not life, in prison.
Discussion: ThinkProgress, Slantpoint, NPR and The Week
Kathryn Schulz / New Yorker:
The Really Big One  —  An earthquake will destroy a sizable portion of the coastal Northwest.  The question is when. … “I'll do what everybody does—sell this startup just before we have to hire a female employee.”  —  BUY THE PRINT » … JULY 20, 2009  —  BUY THE PRINT »
Discussion: The Awl and The Week
Tonja B. Carter / Wall Street Journal:
How I Found the Harper Lee Manuscript  —  Much has been said lately about the discovery of ‘Go Set a Watchman’ and when it occurred.  Here's the full story.  —  Accidents of history sometimes place otherwise unknown people in historic spotlights.  Such was my fate when last August curiosity got …
Dan Hyde / Telegraph:
Earth heading for ‘mini ice age’ within 15 years  —  River Thames could freeze over in 2030s when Northern Hemisphere faces bitterly cold winters, scientists say  —  The earth is 15 years from a “mini ice-age” that will cause bitterly cold winters during which rivers such as the Thames freeze over, scientists have predicted.
New York Times:
Greek Debt Crisis Deal Is Reached, but Long Road Remains  —  BRUSSELS — Greece agreed to a deal with its European creditors on Monday after long and bitter negotiations, swallowing substantial new concessions in the face of imminent financial collapse and insistent demands from Germany …
Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:
Trump On Obama In 2009: “I Think He's Doing A Really Good Job...He's Totally A Champion”  —  “Well, I think he's sort of a guy that just has a wonderful personality, a good speaker, somebody that people trust.”  —  Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump praised President Obama in 2009 …
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Kevin D. Williamson / National Review:
WHINOS: On the Martyrdom of the Holy, Holy Base
Jess Bravin / Wall Street Journal:
Justice Ginsburg's Spin on a Supreme Opera, ‘Scalia/Ginsburg’  —  Saturday night's world premiere of “Scalia/Ginsburg,” a comic opera putting the jurists through the paces of a supernatural crucible, had a particularly knowledgeable patron in the audience: Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg …
Discussion: Josh Blackman's Blog
Tara Culp-Ressler / ThinkProgress:
Study Finds Nearly 100 Percent Of Women Who Had An Abortion Say It Was The Right Choice  —  According to a new study that tracked hundreds of women who had abortions, more than 95 percent of participants reported that ending a pregnancy was the right decision for them.
Discussion: The Week
New York Times:
Lost in the Immigration Frenzy  —  Kathryn Steinle was killed on a pier in San Francisco on July 1, allegedly by a troubled immigrant who had a stolen gun and a long criminal history and had been deported five times.  The shooting was inexplicable, yet Ms. Steinle's family and friends …
 
 
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Robert Samuels / Washington Post:
Walker's anti-union law has labor reeling in Wisconsin
Daily Mail:
Mexican drug lord Joaquin ‘El Chapo’ Guzman taunts the world after his escape from prison
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
Melody Kramer / Nieman Lab:
Putting the public into public media membership
Discussion: Scripting News and Poynter.
Catherine Thompson / Talking Points Memo:
Trump Reportedly Tells Group US Should Have Invaded Mexico Instead Of Iraq
Discussion: Political Wire
New York Times:
Who Is Running for President (and Who's Not)?
Betsy McCaughey / New York Post:
‘End-of-life counselling’: Death panels are back
Discussion: National Review
Idrees Kahloon / Sunlight Foundation Blog:
Conservative PACs raise millions, spend little on politics
Seth Robbins / Associated Press:
Whataburger takes stand against Texas' new open carry law
 Earlier Items: 
John Meroney / The Atlantic:
'There's an Awakening in Our Country': A Q&A With Jimmy Carter
Discussion: The Week
Pamela McClintock / Hollywood Reporter:
In North America, the prequel gobbled up the No. 2 weekend opening of all time for an animated film …
Joel Kotkin / Orange County Register:
Institution of family being eroded
Discussion: The Hugh Hewitt Show
Jonathan Beale / BBC:
Defence review: ‘Spend more’ on SAS and drones
Discussion: Guardian and Just Security
Mark Hensch / The Hill:
First DHS chief: Obama needs to put on ‘commander in chief hat’
Ron Fournier / National Journal:
Memo to Hillary: 'You're Still the Problem'
Bill Sanderson / New York Post:
New book reveals John Gotti's role in ‘Goodfellas’ murder
Discussion: Daily Mail and The Interrobang
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Killing the European Project
 

 
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Caitlin Huston / The Hollywood Reporter:
Internal memo: Hearst Magazines president announces layoffs as part of a decision to “reallocate resources” to “continue our focus on digital innovation”

Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica:
FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel announced she will leave the agency on January 20; she was the first woman to be confirmed to lead the agency

Lachlan Cartwright / The Ankler:
Sources: MSNBC renewed Rachel Maddow's contract early this fall, but with a pay cut; MSNBC bosses' plan to shake up daytime and weekend programming

 
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