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12:20 AM ET, July 14, 2015

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Simon Vozick-Levinson / Rolling Stone:
America's Top Union Leader Just Destroyed Scott Walker in Six Words  —  “Scott Walker is a national disgrace,” reads the entirety of AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka's statement  —  Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker is one of the most hardcore right-wing extremists in America.
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Peter Montgomery / Right Wing Watch:
Scott Walker Says His Presidential Bid Is 'God's Plan'  —  Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, who announced his presidential bid on Twitter this morning and will have a launch event later today in Waukesha, has sent an email to activists declaring that his presidential run “is God's plan for me.”
Brian Beutler / The New Republic:
Scott Walker Is the Most Boring Presidential Candidate Ever  —  Scott Walker's appeal to American conservatives is obvious.  He's as hard-nosed and unwilling to compromise as any conservative activist, but as deft as a seasoned party operative who knows how to pile up victories in hostile territory.
Aaron Goldstein / American Spectator:
Six Reasons Why Scott Walker Will Be Elected President  —  Shortly before Scott Walker was re-elected Wisconsin's Governor for the third time in four years, I made the case that if Walker prevailed Republicans should nominate him as their presidential candidate right then and there.
Discussion: Washington Times, NPR and Politico
Robert Samuels / Washington Post:
Walker's anti-union law has labor reeling in Wisconsin
Meredith ShinerPolitical / Yahoo Politics:
In Wisconsin, Scott Walker was a political survivor. Can he become a national winner?
Discussion: Politico, Washington Post and Daily Kos
Kimberly Hefling / Politico:
Scott Walker erodes college professor tenure
Discussion: Red Alert Politics and ABC News
Jeff Greenfield / Politico:
Primary amnesia  —  What the press forgets every election.  —  Getty.  —  SHARES  —  In his classic 1941 short story “Nightfall,” Isaac Asimov imagines a planet (Lagash) with six suns.  Only once every 2,049 years does total darkness fall—and with nightfall comes the appearance of the stars.
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Dylan Byers / Politico:
N.Y. Times stands by Ted Cruz decision  —  The New York Times is standing by its decision to omit Ted Cruz's new memoir from its best-seller list on the grounds that sales were driven by “strategic bulk purchases,” despite the fact that both HarperCollins and Amazon say there is no evidence for that argument.
Dylan Byers / Politico:
Amazon: ‘No evidence’ of bulk sales for Ted Cruz book
John Hinderaker / Power Line:
NY Times Taking a Beating In Its Battle With Ted Cruz
Discussion: Instapundit
Daily Mail:
Mexican drug lord Joaquin ‘El Chapo’ Guzman THREATENS Donald Trump on Twitter  —  By ALASDAIR BAVERSTOCK IN MEXICO CITY and OLLIE GILLMAN FOR MAILONLINE  —  Mexico's billion dollar drugs lord known as ‘El Chapo’ has gloated on Twitter about his escape from a maximum security jail …
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TMZ.com:
Donald Trump Calls in FBI Over Death Threats Involving El Chapo  —  CALLS IN FBI  —  Over Death Threat Involving El Chapo  —  EXCLUSIVE  —  Donald Trump tells TMZ he is contacting the FBI to investigate threats just made by a man claiming to be the son of escaped Mexican drug lord El Chapo.
Ben Kamisar / The Hill:
Santorum points to gay marriage fissures in Walker household  —  Former Sen. Rick Santorum (R-Penn.) warned Monday that Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker's dissonance with his wife on same-sex marriage could cause him to be less “active” in his opposition.  —  “Spouses matter,” Santorum said in an editorial meeting with The Daily Caller.
Discussion: ABC News
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Alex Pappas / The Daily Caller:
‘Masters Exemption’: Rick Santorum Wants To Be Grandfathered Into Debates
Discussion: Mediaite
Sahil Kapur / Bloomberg Business:
Santorum Jumps to Right of Cruz, Walker on Same-Sex Marriage Constitutional Amendment
Discussion: ABC News and Outside the Beltway
Ben White / Politico:
Clinton speech react: ‘Is that it?’  —  The Democratic front-runner manages to underwhelm both Wall Street and its reformers in her signature economic policy speech.  —  NEW YORK CITY — Hillary Clinton gave a big economics speech here on Monday and the snap reaction among Wall Street investors …
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Tim Hanrahan / Wall Street Journal:
Hillary Clinton Transcript: Building the ‘Growth and Fairness Economy’
Eric Bradner / CNN:
Hillary Clinton's economic pitch: Americans ‘need a raise’
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:
Pentagon moves to allow transgender troops to serve openly  —  The Pentagon is opening the door for transgender troops to serve in the military, Defense Secretary Ash Carter announced Monday, continuing a wave of expansion in opportunity under President Barack Obama.
Discussion: ABC News
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Matthew Rosenberg / New York Times:
Pentagon Moves to Allow Transgender People to Serve Openly in the Military
Discussion: Political Wire, NPR and The Week
J. David Goodman / New York Times:
Eric Garner Case Is Settled by New York City for $5.9 Million  —  New York City reached a settlement on Monday with the family of Eric Garner, agreeing to pay $5.9 million to resolve the claim over his killing by the police last July on Staten Island, according to a lawyer representing the family.
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Tom Boggioni / Raw Story:
Alabama's chief justice: Satan made Supreme Court ‘destroy the institution of God’ in marriage ruling  —  DON'T MISS STORIES.  FOLLOW RAW STORY!  —  Outspoken Alabama Supreme Court Chief Justice Roy Moore told a church gathering on Sunday that the U.S. Supreme Court “destroyed the institution of God …
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Casey Toner / al.com:
Alabama Supreme Court Chief Justice Roy Moore: Same-sex marriage ruling ‘destroyed the institution of God’
Discussion: Salon
Page Six:
Hamptons partying keeps Pelosi awake until 4 a.m.  —  Nancy Pelosi didn't get much sleep in the Hamptons on Saturday night.  —  The 75-year-old House minority leader stayed at the hip hotel The Capri, where parties often go well into the early hours.  Sources told us Pelosi …
Hillel Fendel / Reuters:
ISIS Breaks Own Cruelty Record: Blows Up Baby for Demonstration  —  Arabic media reports say ISIS trainer taught recruits booby-trap methods by blowing up infant child.  —  ISIS jihadi (file)  —  In arguably one of its cruelest acts yet, the Islamic State (ISIS) has reportedly blown …
Discussion: TPNN, The Jawa Report and Jihad Watch
Marc A. Thiessen / Washington Post:
Obama's silence on Kathryn Steinle killing is deafening  —  After Trayvon Martin was killed, President Obama spoke emotionally about his death, declaring “this could have been my son.”  —  After Michael Brown was killed, Obama promised to ensure that “justice is done” and declared …
Discussion: Instapundit
 
 
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Erik Eckholm / New York Times:
Sides Dispute Basis of North Carolina Voting Laws as Trial Contesting Them Opens
Sophie McNeill / ABC:
Jodi Magi: WA woman arrested and jailed in Abu Dhabi for ‘writing bad words’ on Facebook
Discussion: Al Jazeera English and Guardian
Katherine Krueger / Talking Points Memo:
Missouri County Will Lower Flags To Mourn Gay Marriage Ruling For A Year
S.A. Miller / Washington Times:
Jim Webb confronts leftists: ‘Not my Democratic Party’
Discussion: Fox News and Hot Air
Mike Weston / Wall Street Journal:
‘Smart Cities’ Will Know Everything About You
Discussion: The Interrobang
Reuters:
Euro zone strikes Greek deal with tough conditions
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Chris Geidner / BuzzFeed:
Boy Scouts Executive Committee Unanimously Votes To End Gay Leadership Ban
Carol Morello / Washington Post:
Iran talks continue into Tuesday
Tara Culp-Ressler / ThinkProgress:
This Study Should End The Debate About Whether Women Regret Having Abortions
Discussion: The Week
The White House:
President Obama Announces 46 Commutations in Video Address: “America Is a Nation of Second Chances”
Jim Tankersley / Washington Post:
The thing Bernie Sanders says about inequality that no other candidate will touch
 

 
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