memeorandum: The Morning After the Iran Deal (New York Times)

9:30 AM ET, July 19, 2015

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Stephen F. Hayes / Weekly Standard:

Trump GOP Candidacy Blows Up — Donald Trump confirmed two things during a stop in this central Iowa town Saturday: He has no class and he may well run as an independent when he does not win the Republican nomination. — There had been considerable public evidence of both long …

Discussion: No More Mister Nice Blog, Liberal Values, National Review and Mediaite

Ben Schreckinger / Politico:

Trump attacks McCain: 'I like people who weren't captured' — Donald Trump might finally have crossed the line. — Appearing on Saturday at the Family Leadership Summit in Ames, Iowa, the real estate mogul took his running feud with Arizona Sen. John McCain to a new level. — Story Continued Below

Discussion: The Hill, Addicting Info, ABC News, The Week, PoliticusUSA, JSOnline, CANNONFIRE, Outside the Beltway, Yahoo Politics and Mashable

Philip Rucker / Washington Post:

Trump slams McCain for being ‘captured’ in Vietnam; other Republicans quickly condemn him — AMES, Iowa — Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump slammed Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.), a decorated Vietnam War veteran, on Saturday by saying McCain was not a war hero because he was captured by the North Vietnamese.

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Daniel Halper / Weekly Standard:

Trump Attacks McCain for Being Prisoner of War: 'I Like People That Weren't Captured' — Speaking today in Iowa, Donald Trump attacked John McCain for being a former prisoner of war. Watch here: — “He's not a war hero,” Trump, a Republican running for president, said of McCain.

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New York Times:

Donald Trump Says John McCain Is No War Hero, Setting Off Another Storm — AMES, Iowa — Donald J. Trump upended a Republican presidential forum here Saturday with incendiary comments about Senator John McCain's war record, drawing widespread condemnation. — Mr. Trump and Mr. McCain …

Discussion: Liberaland

Nate Cohn / New York Times:

The Trump Campaign's Turning Point — Donald Trump's surge in the polls has followed the classic pattern of a media-driven surge. Now it will follow the classic pattern of a party-backed collapse. — Mr. Trump's candidacy probably reached an inflection point on Saturday …

Discussion: Phantom Public and The Atlantic

Andrew Husband / Mediaite:
Donald Trump Ignores Draft Deferment Questions After Criticizing McCain, Vietnam

Discussion: The Daily Beast and Liberaland

Sahil Kapur / Bloomberg Business:
Trump on John McCain: 'I Like People That Weren't Captured, Okay?'

Discussion: Washington Post, Gothamist, The Week, The Daily Caller, Raw Story and Des Moines Register

New York Times:

Bill Cosby Deposition Reveals Calculated Pursuit of Young Women, Using Fame, Drugs and Deceit — He was not above seducing a young model by showing interest in her father's cancer. He promised other women his mentorship and career advice before pushing them for sex acts.

Discussion: Liberaland, Gawker, Guardian, Daily Mail, The Week, NBC News, Associated Press, Mashable, Deadline and Mediaite

Chris Moody / CNN:

O'Malley apologizes for saying ‘all lives matter’ at liberal conference — Democratic presidential candidates under pressure at liberal event 03:11 — Phoenix (CNN)Democratic presidential candidate Martin O'Malley apologized on Saturday for saying “All lives matter” while discussing police violence …

Discussion: John Hawkins' Right Wing News

Martin Pengelly / Guardian:

O'Malley and Sanders interrupted by Black Lives Matter protesters in Phoenix — The Democratic presidential candidates Martin O'Malley and Bernie Sanders were heckled and constantly interrupted during an appearance at the Netroots Nation conference on Saturday, as protesters …

Discussion: Hot Air, Hit & Run, Instapundit, The Daily Caller, Patterico's Pontifications and The Gateway Pundit

Daily Mail:
Hillary is outdone in first major Iowa test as Bernie Sanders calls for a 'revolution …

Discussion: Althouse, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion and Weekly Standard

Paul Sperry / New York Post:

Obama collecting personal data for a secret race database — A key part of President Obama's legacy will be the fed's unprecedented collection of sensitive data on Americans by race. The government is prying into our most personal information at the most local levels, all for the purpose of “racial and economic justice.”

Discussion: The PJ Tatler and The Gateway Pundit

New York Times:

The Morning After the Iran Deal — If the historic nuclear accord with Iran gets through Congress and is not derailed by hard-liners in Iran, then what? — Apart from preventing Iran from building a nuclear bomb, the agreement is already altering the region's political dynamics …

Discussion: Reuters and John Hawkins' Right Wing News

Ashe Schow / Washington Examiner:

With Buzzfeed video, Carly Fiorina continues her millennial outreach — Share Tweet Reddit Digg Mail Print SMS More — In a video for Buzzfeed, Republican presidential hopeful Carly Fiorina took on the differences between how men and women are treated in the workplace.

Discussion: JustOneMinute and Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion