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4:10 PM ET, July 13, 2015

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Daily Mail:
Mexican drug lord Joaquin ‘El Chapo’ Guzman taunts the world after his escape from prison  —  Mexico's billion dollar drugs lord known as ‘El Chapo’ has gloated on Twitter about his escape from a maximum security jail by taunting authorities and sending death threats to his enemies.
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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 …
Jennifer Shutt / Politico:
Donald Trump on Mexican drug lord's escape: ‘I told you so’  —  “Unbelievable corruption and USA is paying the price.”  —  Taking to Twitter on Sunday, Donald Trump used the escape of notorious drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman this weekend to criticize Mexico, the Media and fellow candidates for president.
Robert Costa / Washington Post:
Listening to Donald Trump swear and talk politics on his private plane
New York Times:
Lost in the Immigration Frenzy
ABC News:
Son of Boston Police Captain Arrested as Possible Terrorist  —  The estranged son of a respected Boston police captain was arrested July 4 by FBI agents as part of a counter-terrorism operation against alleged ISIS-inspired domestic terrorists, federal officials told ABC News today.
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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Jim Tankersley / Washington Post:
The thing Bernie Sanders says about inequality that no other candidate will touch
Discussion: Washington Monthly
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
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.
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Julie Hirschfeld Davis / New York Times:
Obama Commutes Sentences for 46 Drug Offenders  —  WASHINGTON — President Obama announced on Monday that he was commuting the sentences of 46 federal drug offenders, more than doubling the number of nonviolent criminals to whom he has granted clemency since taking office.
Sarah Wheaton / Politico:
President Obama commutes sentences of 46 prisoners
Discussion: ABC News
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 …
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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Jordyn Phelps / ABC News:
Scott Walker Makes It Official: 'I'm Running for President'
Discussion: Politico and Scared Monkeys
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
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 … The rapper 50 Cent filed for bankruptcy protection on Monday, halting a dispute over a sex tape.  —  The 40-year-old rapper, Curtis James Jackson III, filed for chapter 11 protection in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Hartford, Conn., on Monday …
Sahil Kapur / Bloomberg Business:
Santorum Jumps to Right of Cruz, Walker on Same-Sex Marriage Constitutional Amendment  —  Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum said Monday he wants a constitutional amendment that defines marriage as between a man and a woman in all 50 states, less than three weeks …
Discussion: ABC News and Political Wire
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 …
Dawn McCarty / Bloomberg Business:
Trump International Golf Club Puerto Rico Seeks Bankruptcy  —  The filing comes as Donald Trump seeks the Republican presidential nomination.  —  Trump International Golf Club Puerto Rico filed for bankruptcy as Donald Trump, the billionaire real estate mogul who lent his name to the property, makes a bid for the White House.
Discussion: Business Insider
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
Robert Samuels / Washington Post:
Walker's anti-union law has labor reeling in Wisconsin  —  KING, Wis. — At the old union hall here on a recent afternoon, Terry Magnant sat at the head of a table surrounded by 18 empty chairs.  A members meeting had been scheduled to start a half-hour earlier, but the small house …
 
 
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Conor Dougherty / New York Times:
Sundar Pichai of Google Talks About Phone Intrusion
Discussion: The Verge and BuzzMachine
Mike Lillis / The Hill:
Sanders, Democrats urging Obama to expand Social Security
Theodoric Meyer / Politico:
Lincoln Chafee fundraising: Barely a blip
Carol Morello / Washington Post:
‘Sleepy, overworked’ negotiators may extend Iran talks again
Discussion: Liberaland and Progress Pond
Tara Culp-Ressler / ThinkProgress:
This Study Should End The Debate About Whether Women Regret Having Abortions
Discussion: The Week
Jess Bravin / Wall Street Journal:
Justice Ginsburg's Spin on a Supreme Opera, ‘Scalia/Ginsburg’
Discussion: Josh Blackman's Blog
Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:
Trump On Obama In 2009: “I Think He's Doing A Really Good Job...He's Totally A Champion”
 Earlier Items: 
Catherine Thompson / Talking Points Memo:
Trump Reportedly Tells Group US Should Have Invaded Mexico Instead Of Iraq
Discussion: Mediaite
New York Times:
Who Is Running for President (and Who's Not)?
Discussion: Daily Kos
Idrees Kahloon / Sunlight Foundation Blog:
Conservative PACs raise millions, spend little on politics
John Meroney / The Atlantic:
'There's an Awakening in Our Country': A Q&A With Jimmy Carter
Discussion: The Week
Joel Kotkin / Orange County Register:
Institution of family being eroded
Discussion: The Hugh Hewitt Show
Ron Fournier / National Journal:
Memo to Hillary: 'You're Still the Problem'
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