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11:55 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 …
Ginger Adams Otis / New York Daily News:
Photos show Donald Trump in military uniform, with athletic teams before dodging the Vietnam draft with ‘bull—t’ injury  —  Donald Trump — once a smiling teenage cadet at a military academy — dodged the Vietnam War with student deferments and a boo-boo on his foot, records show.
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 …
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.
Conor Friedersdorf / The Atlantic:
Why It's Hard for the GOP to Discredit Donald Trump
Discussion: New York Times, Mediaite and RedState
Jake Tapper / CNN:
First on CNN: Palin calls both McCain and Trump heroes
Ashley Killough / CNN:
Lindsey Graham: Donald Trump is a ‘jackass’
Discussion: Shakesville, The Week and Mediaite
Adam Howard / msnbc.com:
Trump offers no apologizes for McCain war record attack
Maggie Haberman / New York Times:
Donald Trump Unfiltered, From His New York Times Interviews
Discussion: Politico and Washington Post
Mark Z. Barabak / Los Angeles Times:
Ohio's John Kasich brings heat, intrigue to 2016 GOP race  —  In a large and varied Republican field, there may be no more confounding presidential candidate than John Kasich.  —  In the 1990s, he was part of the conservative revolution on Capitol Hill.  As Ohio governor …
Discussion: Washington Post and The PJ Tatler
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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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Ryan Anderson / Townhall.com:
How Redefining Marriage Puts Unborn Children at Risk
Discussion: Mock Paper Scissors
Mollie Hemingway / The Federalist:
Ideas For Reporters Struggling To Cover Planned Parenthood
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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Megan R. Wilson / The Hill:
K Street bouncing back in 2015  —  Nearly all of Washington's …
Discussion: RedState
Andy Greenberg / Wired:
Hackers Remotely Kill a Jeep on the Highway—With Me in It  —  I was driving 70 mph on the edge of downtown St. Louis when the exploit began to take hold.  —  Though I hadn't touched the dashboard, the vents in the Jeep Cherokee started blasting cold air at the maximum setting …
Discussion: Guardian, The Verge and Unfogged
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
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 …
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.
Discussion: Business Insider and Gothamist
Paul Bowers / Charleston City Paper:
Sousaphonist serenades Confederate flag supporters in Columbia  —  'I didn't really know how to show my opposition, so that was my way of doing it,' says musician  —  Saturday afternoon, as defenders of the Confederate flag assembled in Columbia to protest the flag's removal from Statehouse grounds …
Discussion: Raw Story and Mediaite
ABC News:
Chattanooga Shooter Mohammod Abdulazeez Followed Al Qaeda Cleric Online in 2013  —  FBI agents have found evidence that Chattanooga shooter Mohammod Abdulazeez was following a radical American member of al Qaeda online in 2013, as well as pages of writing that showed the young man was suicidal …
Discussion: KXAN-TV and 7online.com
 
 
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Fox News:
North Korea says it won't do Iran-style nuclear deal with US
Discussion: The Daily Caller
New York Times:
Formal Restoration of Diplomatic Ties With Cuba Is Just a Beginning
Discussion: The Week and Outside the Beltway
Josh Rogin / Bloomberg View:
Homeland Security Leaders Bent Rules on Private E-Mail
Timothy Cama / The Hill:
June sets new temperature record
Discussion: The Moderate Voice
William K. Rashbaum / New York Times:
Patience, Timing and Some Luck in New York Prisoner's Account of Escape
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Hugh Hewitt / Washington Examiner:
A nuclear Iran is now guaranteed
Discussion: National Review and CNN
Dara Lind / Vox:
All lives matter, but not all lives are equally under threat
Mark Hertsgaard / The Daily Beast:
Climate Seer James Hansen Issues His Direst Forecast Yet
Discussion: Common Dreams and Slate
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Scott Walker: We might have to take military action on Day One
Hillary Clinton / Facebook:
Hillary's hosting her first Facebook Q&A of the campaign this afternoon.
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