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2:55 PM ET, July 21, 2015

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Donald Trump gives out Lindsey Graham's cell phone number  —  If Lindsey Graham has to change cellphone numbers, he has Donald Trump to thank.  —  On Tuesday, Trump ramped up his attacks on the South Carolina senator — who made headlines Monday for calling the Donald a “jackass” — and even gave out Graham's private phone number.
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Lindsey Graham to Trump: “Stop being a jackass”  —  Shares -  —  Presidential candidate and South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham has “had it” with Donald Trump.  —  After Trump undermined the military service of Graham's longtime colleague Sen. John McCain, Graham had a clear message for his GOP rival.
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.
Hadas Gold / Politico:
Trump calls The Des Moines Register ‘sophomoric’  —  First the Wall Street Journal editorial board called on conservative media to buck up and ditch Donald Trump.  —  Then late Monday, Iowa's largest newspaper, The Des Moines Register called on Trump to just drop out of the race.
Dylan StablefordSenior / Yahoo Politics:
Trump opens double-digit lead on GOP rivals as paper calls for end to ‘his bloviating side show’
Discussion: Washington Post, CNN and TalkLeft
Washington Post:
Poll: Trump surges to big lead in GOP presidential race
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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Peter Sullivan / The Hill:
Second secretly recorded Planned Parenthood video fuels storm  —  A second secretly recorded video released by an anti-abortion rights group appears to show an official from Planned Parenthood negotiating prices for selling fetal tissue.  —  The new video from the Center for Medical Progress highlights …
Discussion: The Daily Signal
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 …
Harry Enten / FiveThirtyEight:
John Kasich: A Jeb Bush In Jon Huntsman Clothing  —  It reads like a dream résumé for a Republican presidential candidate: nine-term congressman, six-year Fox News host and now twice-elected governor of a crucial swing state.  His record puts him snugly in the mainstream of the Republican Party.
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Mark Z. Barabak / Los Angeles Times:
Ohio's John Kasich brings heat, intrigue to 2016 GOP race
Discussion: Washington Post and The PJ Tatler
Jim Acosta / CNN:
Obama orders flags to half staff at White House for Chattanooga victims  —  (CNN)The White House and U.S. Capitol both lowered flags to half staff by Tuesday afternoon, after they were out of sync Tuesday in their tributes to the five U.S. service members who were slain by a gunman in Chattanooga last week.
Discussion: WHNT-TV, The Daily Caller and WREG-TV
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Julian Hattem / The Hill:   White House on defense after Security Council vote on Iran
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.
David Montgomery / New York Times:
New Details Released in Sandra Bland's Death in Texas Jail  —  HEMPSTEAD, Tex. — The authorities on Monday offered new details of the final hours of a Chicago-area woman who was found hanged in a jail cell in Texas three days after she was arrested during a traffic stop.
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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 …
Victor Davis Hanson / National Review:
Obama and Trump: Two of a Kind  —  Outwardly they couldn't be more different.  But take a closer look.  —  President Obama is said to feel liberated, in the sense that he can finally say what, and do as, he pleases — without much worry any more over political ramifications, including presidential and congressional elections.
Discussion: alicublog
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
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
Tierney Sneed / Talking Points Memo:
Alito: Gay Marriage Ruling Could Allow Judges To End Minimum Wage Laws  —  According to Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito, the court's recent decision legalizing same-sex marriage laid the legal groundwork for a libertarian justice to eliminate minimum wage laws, or a socialist justice to say that there is a right to an annual income.
 
 
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