memeorandum: Trump offers no apologizes for McCain war record attack (Adam Howard/msnbc.com)

10:35 AM ET, July 21, 2015

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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 …

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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.

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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 …

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Jake Tapper / CNN:

First on CNN: Palin calls both McCain and Trump heroes — Trump insults McCain, draws scrutiny 02:35 — Washington (CNN)Asked about the dispute between Donald Trump and Sen. John McCain, R-Arizona — the candidate at the top of the ticket when she was 2008 Republican vice presidential nominee …

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Adam Howard / msnbc.com:

Trump offers no apologizes for McCain war record attack — In his first interview since making remarks critical of Sen. John McCain's Vietnam war record, Donald Trump on Sunday did not back down, saying he doesn't owe the Arizona Republican an apology and that the former GOP presidential nominee …

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Gary Langer / ABC News:
Donald Trump Gains Yet Shows Vulnerability in a Crowded, Contentious GOP Race (POLL)

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Jesse Byrnes / The Hill:
Rick Perry compares Trump to cancer

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Ashley Killough / CNN:
Lindsey Graham: Donald Trump is a ‘jackass’

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Maggie Haberman / New York Times:
Donald Trump Unfiltered, From His New York Times Interviews

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Conor Friedersdorf / The Atlantic:
Why It's Hard for the GOP to Discredit Donald Trump

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Paul Rieckhoff / New York Daily News:
GUEST COLUMN: Trump's vile comments on McCain an insult to all veterans

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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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Hugh Hewitt / Washington Examiner: A nuclear Iran is now guaranteed

Aaron David Miller / The Daily Beast:
Iran's Win-Win...Win Win Win Nuke Deal

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Avi Lewis / The Times of Israel:
US mulling ‘unprecedented’ arms package to Israel after Iran deal

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Somini Sengupta / New York Times:
U.N. Moves to Lift Iran Sanctions After Nuclear Deal, Setting Up a Clash in Congress

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CNN:
Iran's Supreme Leader vows no change in relations with ‘arrogant’ United States

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Steven Ertelt / LifeNews.com:

Shock Video Catches Another Top Planned Parenthood Doctor Selling Body Parts of Aborted Babies — A second shocking video in as many weeks has been released showing a top Planned Parenthood official discussing and arranging the sale of body parts of aborted babies.

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Ryan Anderson / Townhall.com:
How Redefining Marriage Puts Unborn Children at Risk

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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 …

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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.

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Tom Boggioni / Raw Story:

Breitbart editor Ben Shapiro files assault charges against trans woman who called him ‘little man’ — Zoey Tur and Ben Shapiro on HLN (Screenshot)

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BREITBART.COM:
Ben Shapiro Files Police Report Against Transgender Reporter Zoey Tur

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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 …

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Sheryl Gay Stolberg / New York Times:

John Kasich to Enter Crowded 2016 Race Facing Job of Catch-Up — COLUMBUS, Ohio — Gov. John R. Kasich, a blunt-spoken and unorthodox Republican who bucked his party by expanding Medicaid under President Obama's health care law and says politicians must “reach out and help those who live in the shadows …

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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 …

Dara Lind / Vox:

All lives matter, but not all lives are equally under threat — #BlackLivesMatter is a specific cause. And it's pretty well accepted that if someone supports one cause, it doesn't mean they don't care about other ones. … And because “black lives matter” does refer to the specific threats …

David Dayen / The New Republic:
Bernie Sanders and Martin O'Malley Failed Their #BlackLivesMatter Test

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Kenneth Garger / New York Post:

Woman leaps to death off rooftop bar, patrons keep drinking — Police are the scene where a woman jumped 20 stories to her death from swanky rooftop bar 230 Fifth. — A woman jumped 20 stories to her death from a swanky rooftop bar in the Flatiron District Monday night.

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