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10:55 AM ET, July 21, 2015

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Des Moines Register:
Trump should pull the plug on his bloviating side show  —  It's time for Donald Trump to drop out of the race for president of the United States.  —  People who run for public office typically perform a great public service, regardless of whether they win on Election Day.
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Washington Post:
Poll: Trump surges to big lead in GOP presidential race  —  Businessman Donald Trump surged into the lead for the 2016 Republican presidential nomination, with almost twice the support of his closest rival, just as he ignited a new controversy after making disparaging remarks …
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
The Republican poll nightmare that is Donald Trump, in four charts  —  Ten days ago, we raised an important point.  People referring to Donald Trump as the Republican front-runner ignored that his leads, where they existed, were within the margin of error.  Meaning that he was among the leaders, but he wasn't the clear leader.
NBC News:
Can John Kasich Get Traction in the Summer of Donald?  —  First Read is a morning briefing from Meet the Press and the NBC Political Unit on the day's most important political stories and why they matter.  —  If the two-term governor of all-important Ohio — with a 60% approval rating in his state …
Jesse Byrnes / The Hill:
Rick Perry compares Trump to cancer  —  Former Texas Gov. Rick Perry is keeping up a public feud with GOP presidential rival Donald Trump, saying Monday that the businessman is becoming a “cancer” to conservatism.  —  “Defending conservatism against the cancer of Trump-ism …
Jake Tapper / CNN:
First on CNN: Palin calls both McCain and Trump heroes
Adam Howard / msnbc.com:
Trump offers no apologizes for McCain war record attack
Ginger Adams Otis / New York Daily News:
Photos show Donald Trump in military uniform, with athletic teams before dodging the Vietnam draft …
Ashley Killough / CNN:
Lindsey Graham: Donald Trump is a ‘jackass’
Discussion: Political Wire, The Week and Mediaite
Conor Friedersdorf / The Atlantic:
Why It's Hard for the GOP to Discredit Donald Trump
Maggie Haberman / New York Times:
Donald Trump Unfiltered, From His New York Times Interviews
Gary Langer / ABC News:
Donald Trump Gains Yet Shows Vulnerability in a Crowded, Contentious GOP Race (POLL)
Julian Hattem / The Hill:
White House on defense after Security Council vote on Iran  —  The Obama administration was forced to play defense on Monday after lawmakers in both parties criticized its decision to let the United Nations — not Congress — have the first say on the Iran nuclear deal.
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New York Times:   Formal Restoration of Diplomatic Ties With Cuba Is Just a Beginning
Azam Ahmed / New York Times:
U.S. Embassy in Cuba Reopens After More Than 50 Years
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Ryan Anderson / Townhall.com:
How Redefining Marriage Puts Unborn Children at Risk
Discussion: Mock Paper Scissors
Kate Mather / Los Angeles Times:
LAPD finds 1,200 guns, two tons of ammo in dead man's Pacific Palisades home  —  It wasn't what police expected to find when they searched a man's Pacific Palisades home last week.  —  More than 1,200 guns were strewn about the Palisades Drive house and garage, police said.
Discussion: Guardian and Slantpoint
Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
John Kasich throws a Hail Mary  —  The Ohio governor needs to get his name out there, and fast.  —  Getty  —  John Kasich is poised to launch a Hail Mary bid for the presidency on Tuesday, making him the last entrant in the Republican Party's most crowded field in decades.
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Jason Howerton / TheBlaze.com:
Legendary SEAL Marcus Luttrell Seemingly Sends Clear, Four-Word Message to Obama Over Chattanooga Shooting  —  Retired Navy SEAL Marcus Luttrell, author and subject of “Lone Survivor,” responded tersely Monday to reports indicating officials have told U.S. Marine recruiters not to wear …
Dominic Holden / BuzzFeed:
Democrats Plan To Introduce Sweeping LGBT Rights Bill In Congress This Week  —  The measure, which lawmakers plan to file in the House and Senate, would ban discrimination in seven categories — including housing, education, and public accommodations.  —  Getty Images / Afp
The Texas Tribune:
Bland's Death Being Treated Like Murder Investigation … Editor's note: This story has been updated to include additional details.  —  HEMPSTEAD — The probe into Sandra Bland's hanging death inside a Texas jail — which a medical examiner ruled a suicide last week — now includes the possibility of murder.
Ryan Holiday / The New York Observer:
Is Gawker Destroying Itself From The Inside?  Let's Hope So.  —  A few years ago I made a joke in a column about how a certain Gawker writer should quit before the place ruined her life.  —  Within moments of it going live, I got an email from Gawker's founder and publisher Nick Denton asking what I meant.
William K. Rashbaum / New York Times:
Patience, Timing and Some Luck in New York Prisoner's Account of Escape  —  Night after night for months, David Sweat slipped through a hole he had sawed at the back of his cell in the Clinton Correctional Facility in northern New York.  He would plumb the catacomb-like tunnels beneath the prison …
Discussion: KFOR-TV, Daily Mail, The Week and NPR
Timothy Cama / The Hill:
June sets new temperature record  —  Last month was the hottest June on record globally, setting yet another in a string of temperature records, federal scientists said.  —  A Monday report from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) also concluded that land …
 
 
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