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2:05 PM ET, July 20, 2015

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Donald Trump / USA Today:
I don't need to be lectured  —  McCain has abandoned our veterans.  I will fight for them.  —  John McCain has called his own constituents who want a secure border “crazies.”  No one in the news media or the establishment, including the Republican National Committee, criticized the senator for those comments.
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Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
Nope.  Trump's Latest Outrage Will Not Sink Him One Bit  —  Has Donald Trump finally done it?  Finally gone too far?  —  Coming from Trump, the comments seem more ridiculous than outrageous.  And let's not forget that only a decade ago Republicans ran an entire presidential campaign around …
Discussion: The Week
Wall Street Journal:
Trump and His Apologists  —  The conservative media who applaud him are hurting the cause.  —  It came slightly ahead of schedule, but Donald Trump's inevitable self-immolation arrived on the weekend when he assailed John McCain's war record.  The question now is how long his political …
Ed Kilgore / Washington Monthly:
Wild Weekend  —  Well, I expected the Family Leadership Summit in Ames, Iowa, and the Netroots Nation gathering in Phoenix, to be potentially significant presidential campaign events over the weekend (see Nancy LeTourneau's succinct summary).  But I didn't figure (a) Donald Trump might hand …
New York Times:
Who Advises Candidate Trump? (Hint: His Name Is Donald)
Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:   Rudy On The Donald: He's Helping Republicans By Getting Bigger Audience For Debate
Mark Halperin / Bloomberg Business:
Cruz: Not Going ‘Into the Gutter’ to Attack Trump
Stephen F. Hayes / Weekly Standard:
Bush-Walker Dispute Catches Fire Over Iran Nuclear Deal  —  A smoldering policy dispute over the Iran deal between two frontrunners for the Republican nomination caught fire over the weekend, as the campaigns of Wisconsin governor Scott Walker and former Florida governor Jeb Bush traded accusations …
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Fox News:
UN Security Council endorses Iran deal, Tehran diplomat lashes out at US
Mike Lillis / The Hill:
Iran deal tests Dems' loyalty to Obama
Discussion: ABC News and Politico
Michelle Nichols / Reuters:
U.N. Security Council endorses Iran nuclear deal
Discussion: Politico and The Week
Mark Hensch / The Hill:
Walker: I'd toss Iran deal on Day 1
Discussion: Politico and Prairie Weather
J.K. Trotter / Gawker:
Tommy Craggs and Max Read are Resigning from Gawker  —  Tommy Craggs, the executive editor of Gawker Media, and Max Read, the editor-in-chief of Gawker.com, are resigning from the company.  In letters sent today, Craggs and Read informed staff members that the managing partnership's vote …
Allison Samuels / Vanity Fair:
Rachel Dolezal's True Lies  —  For a time this summer, it seemed all anyone could talk about was the N.A.A.C.P. chapter president whose parents had “outed” her as white.  The tornado of public attention has since moved on, but Rachel Dolezal still has to live with her choices—and still refuses to back down.
Brian Krebs / Krebs on Security:
Online Cheating Site AshleyMadison Hacked  —  Large caches of data stolen from online cheating site AshleyMadison.com have been posted online by an individual or group that claims to have completely compromised the company's user databases, financial records and other proprietary information.
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Kristen Schweizer / Bloomberg Business:
AshleyMadison.com Hack Threatens Millions of Would-Be Adulterers
TMZ.com:
Blake Shelton & Miranda Lambert — Divorcing  —  BLAKE SHELTON & MIRANDA LAMBERT  —  DIVORCING  —  EXCLUSIVE  —  Blake Shelton and Miranda Lambert are getting divorced ... TMZ has learned.  —  The couple filed divorce docs a while ago, and a judge is expected to officially end their 4 year marriage today.
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Associated Press:
BLAKE SHELTON, MIRANDA LAMBERT DIVORCE AFTER 4 YEARS  —  NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — After years of tabloid gossip, country music's top couple Blake Shelton and Miranda Lambert announced their divorce after four years of marriage.  —  The news was confirmed in a statement Monday to The Associated Press, issued by their representatives.
Discussion: USA Today
Julian Hattem / The Hill:
US should hang Edward Snowden, says former spy panel senator  —  The U.S. should publicly hang leaker Edward Snowden if and when he falls into the government's hands, according to the former top Republican on the Senate Intelligence Committee.  —  “We need to hang him on the courthouse square …
Discussion: Political Wire and The Week
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Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:
Retired Senator And Intelligence Vice Chair: Hang Snowden Publicly When We Get Him
Discussion: Salon and Hullabaloo
Marc Caputo / Politico:
Crist: ‘I intend on running’ for Congress  —  “If the new congressional map includes my home, I intend on running to serve the people again,” Crist said in a post on Twitter.  —  Former Florida Gov. Charlie Crist all but announced his intentions to run for Congress in a Tampa Bay-area House seat …
Discussion: Political Wire
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Adam C. Smith / Tampa Bay Times:
U.S. Rep. David Jolly enters race for U.S. Senate
Discussion: OnPolitics and Roll Call
Examiner:
Woman burns NAACP card at rally, injured in crash after allegedly being chased  —  Arlene Barnum, a Vietnam-era veteran of the U.S. Army and Republican activist who supports the Confederate battle flag, burned her lifetime membership card to the NAACP at a multi-racial unity rally to save …
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MJ Brickey / News-Capital & Democrat:
Stuart woman involved in a fatality accident after flag rally
FOX2now.com:
Patrick's Westport Grill apologizes for receipt  —  MARYLAND HEIGHTS, MO (KTVI)- On Sunday, FOX 2 received a photo from viewers angry about a receipt from Patrick's Westport Grill where the customers are referred to as “Black Couple” and there appears to be an mysterious upcharge.
Discussion: WHNT-TV
BREITBART.COM:
Ben Shapiro Files Police Report Against Transgender Reporter Zoey Tur  —  Breitbart News Senior Editor-at-Large Ben Shapiro has filed a report with the Los Angeles Police Department alleging battery against transgender Inside Edition reporter Zoey Tur, née Robert Albert Tur.
Discussion: Raw Story, PinkNews and Mediaite
 
 
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Paul Bedard / Washington Examiner:
Report: 2.5 million illegal immigrants under Obama, 400,000 yearly
Gregory Katz / Associated Press:
Stephen Hawking Teams With Russian Billionaire To Search For Alien Life
Discussion: Washington Post and The Week
Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:
Trump Earlier This Year: A Strong America Would Execute Bergdahl
ABC News:
Chattanooga Shooting: FBI Recovers Gunman's Disturbing Diary
Wall Street Journal:
Clinton to Push Revamp of Capital-Gains Tax Rates
Discussion: Forbes
New York Daily News:
A fair ride for New Yorkers: How the city should respond to the rapid rise of Uber
Discussion: Gothamist and The Federalist
 Earlier Items: 
Jordan Schachtel / Reuters:
Iran Dictator Calls for Muslim World to Unite and Destroy Israel, Says USA Created ISIS
Reuters:
Exclusive: Lockheed to buy United Tech's Sikorsky for over $8 billion
Discussion: New York Times and The Verge
Sandra Jones / WTVR-TV:
Man who complained about cold chicken finds $4,500 cash Bojangles' bag
Discussion: WREG-TV, Fox 59 and myfox8.com
Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
John Kasich's anger management
 

 
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Katie Robertson / New York Times:
The NYT reports adding 260K digital subscribers in Q3, for 11.9M in total, with digital ad revenue up 8.8% YoY to $81.6M, and The Athletic had its first profit

Joshua Benton / Nieman Lab:
Around 75% of the largest US newspapers aren't endorsing anyone for president this year, as publishers try not to annoy any sliver of their remaining customers

Sean Burch / The Wrap:
Report: Garrett Ventry, who will join NBC News' Election Night coverage as a Republican pundit on election day, registered as an agent of Qatar in September

 
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