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3:15 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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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 …
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 …
Paul Mirengoff / Power Line:
When politics imitates pro wrestling
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
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
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 … Adultery website AshleyMadison.com has been hacked, potentially exposing names, addresses, and sexual preferences of millions of would-be cheaters just as the site's owner was preparing to go public.
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 …
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
Mark Hensch / The Hill:
Walker: I'd toss Iran deal on Day 1
Discussion: Politico and Prairie Weather
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 …
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, The Week and Hullabaloo
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
Discussion: Daily Mail
Therese Apel / The Clarion Ledger:
Anthony Hervey, killed in wreck, was piece of Oxford history
Discussion: The Jawa Report and Raw Story
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
Katherine Krueger / Talking Points Memo:
Gen. Wesley Clark: Let's Throw Radical Muslims Into Internment Camps  —  U.S. General Wesley Clark floated a plan Friday for dealing with so-called “lone wolf” terrorists on American soil: imprison them in internment camps before they get the chance to attack the U.S.
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Adrian Sanchez-Gonzalez / The Intercept:
Wesley Clark Calls for Internment Camps for “Radicalized” Americans
Discussion: Mediaite and Moe Lane
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, Mediaite and Towleroad
David Dayen / The New Republic:
Bernie Sanders and Martin O'Malley Failed Their #BlackLivesMatter Test  —  Neither Democratic candidate measured up after being interrupted at Netroots Nation  —  At the Presidential Town Hall this weekend at Netroots Nation 2015, the largest annual gathering of liberal activists in America …
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Sam Frizell / TIME:
Sanders and O'Malley Stumble During Black Lives Matter Protest
 
 
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Mollie Hemingway / The Federalist:
Ideas For Reporters Struggling To Cover Planned Parenthood
Bethany McLean / New York Times:
Fannie and Freddie are Back, Bigger and Badder Than Ever
Discussion: National Review
Dennis Overbye / New York Times:
Yuri Milner, Russian Entrepreneur, Promises $100 Million for Alien Search
Discussion: NPR, Mashable, Guardian, Phenomena and The Verge
Paul Bedard / Washington Examiner:
Report: 2.5 million illegal immigrants under Obama, 400,000 yearly
Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:
Trump Earlier This Year: A Strong America Would Execute Bergdahl
ABC News:
Chattanooga Shooting: FBI Recovers Gunman's Disturbing Diary
 Earlier Items: 
Wall Street Journal:
Clinton to Push Revamp of Capital-Gains Tax Rates
Discussion: Forbes
FOX2now.com:
Patrick's Westport Grill apologizes for receipt
Discussion: WHNT-TV
Jordan Schachtel / Reuters:
Iran Dictator Calls for Muslim World to Unite and Destroy Israel, Says USA Created ISIS
Mike Lillis / The Hill:
Iran deal tests Dems' loyalty to Obama
Discussion: ABC News and Politico
Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
John Kasich's anger management