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11:45 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 …
Conor Friedersdorf / The Atlantic:
Why It's Hard for the GOP to Discredit Donald Trump
Jake Tapper / CNN:
First on CNN: Palin calls both McCain and Trump heroes
Ashley Killough / CNN:
Lindsey Graham: Donald Trump is a ‘jackass’
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
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.
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
Discussion: Mock Paper Scissors
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 top lobby shops saw gains in revenue in the first half of 2015 as an uptick in activity within both Congress and the Obama administration translated to a boon for K Street.  —  Following a period of relative stagnation …
Discussion: RedState
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 …
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
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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New York Times:
Formal Restoration of Diplomatic Ties With Cuba Is Just a Beginning
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Josh Rogin / Bloomberg View:
Homeland Security Leaders Bent Rules on Private E-Mail
Timothy Cama / The Hill:
June sets new temperature record
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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
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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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Reboot the Suit: Bring Back Neil Armstrong's Spacesuit
 

 
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