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4:45 PM ET, July 22, 2015

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Nancy Dillon / New York Daily News:
‘No one remembers him’: Donald Trump's classmates from UPenn business school have ‘no memory of him whatsoever,’ doubt his claims of being top in class  —  Donald Trump styles himself a natural-born genius with the academic credentials and business savvy to save the nation.
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Gabriel Sherman / New York Magazine:
Rupert Murdoch Wants to Stop Donald Trump, But First He's Got to Rein In Roger Ailes  —  Has Fox News spun out of the media mogul's control?  —  Shares … The mounting problem Donald Trump poses to Republicans is also a mounting problem for the country's most powerful conservative media mogul: Rupert Murdoch.
Alex Griswold / Mediaite:
Marco Rubio to Trump: We Already Have a President with No Class  —  Republican presidential candidate Marco Rubio took a shot at Donald Trump during an appearance on Fox and Friends, saying the presidency didn't need another man with no class.  —  When asked about Trump …
Jeremy Diamond / CNN:
Donald Trump to tour U.S.-Mexico border
Fred Fleitz / National Review:
IAEA Tells Congressmen of Two Secret Side Deals to Iran Agreement That Won't Be Shared with Congress  —  Senator Tom Cotton (R., Ark.) and Congressmen Mike Pompeo (R., Kan.) issued a press release today on a startling discovery they made during a July 17 meeting with International Atomic …
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Michael R. Gordon / New York Times:
Provision in Iran Accord Is Challenged by Some Nuclear Experts
Discussion: JustOneMinute and Hot Air
Jordain Carney / The Hill:
Cruz threatens to tie Iran deal to highway bill
Michael B. Oren / Politico:
What a Good Iran Deal Would Look Like
New York Times:
The Campaign of Deception Against Planned Parenthood  —  A hidden-camera video released last week purported to show that Planned Parenthood illegally sells tissue from aborted fetuses.  It shows nothing of the sort.  But it is the latest in a series of unrelenting attacks on Planned Parenthood …
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FactCheck.org:
Unspinning the Planned Parenthood Video
Ben Norton:
Dashcam Video of Violent Arrest of Sandra Bland Was Edited  —  The dashcam video released to the public of the violent arrest of Sandra Bland was edited.  —  Bland was a 28-year-old Black Lives Matter civil rights activist and vocal critic of police brutality who died in police custody …
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David Montgomery / New York Times:
Sandra Bland Was Threatened With Taser, Police Video Shows
Henry Farrell / Washington Monthly:
A Brief Theory of Very Serious People  —  Tyler Cowen argues that the concept of “Very Serious People” refers to people who “realize that common sense morality must, to a considerable extent, rule politics.”  I'm not either the originator nor the popularizer of the term, but I think that's wrong.
Discussion: The Mahablog and Booman Tribune
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Tyler Cowen / Marginal REVOLUTION:
What makes the Very Serious People so very serious?  —  I mean that question quite um...seriously.  —  Paul Krugman, who I believe originated the concept, recently defined it as follows: “...someone distinguished by his faith in received orthodoxy no matter the evidence.”
New York Times:
Service Members Risked Lives During Chattanooga Attack, Officials Say  —  CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — Marines and sailors risked their lives for one another in Chattanooga last week, trying to distract the gunman who assaulted a naval center here, helping people scale a fence to reach safety …
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Richard Rubin / Bloomberg Business:
Donald Trump's Financial Disclosure Form Has Landed—And It's Huge  —  Donald Trump's personal financial disclosure form is public now, and it's as big as promised.  —  The 92-page report starts with the 515 entities where the Republican presidential candidate has a title (usually president, chairman or both).
Discussion: Slantpoint
Art Swift / Gallup:
Pope Francis' Favorable Rating Drops in U.S.  —  Story Highlights  —  WASHINGTON, D.C. — Pope Francis' favorability rating in the U.S. has returned to where it was when he was elected pope.  It is now at 59%, down from 76% in early 2014.  The pontiff's rating is similar to the 58% …
Nick Gass / Politico:
Trump: I gave out Lindsey Graham's phone number ‘for fun’  —  Donald Trump has no regrets about giving out Lindsey Graham's cellphone number on Tuesday.  —  In fact, Trump said Wednesday, he “did it for fun.”  —  Story Continued Below  —  Asked on “Fox and Friends” …
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Bloomberg Business:
These Are the Top 20 Cities Americans Are Ditching  —  Soaring costs of living meant residents left New York City and its suburbs in droves  —  New York City, Los Angeles, Honolulu: They're all places you would think would be popular destinations for Americans.
Matt Flegenheimer / New York Times:
De Blasio Administration Dropping Plan for Uber Cap, for Now  —  The de Blasio administration has backed away from its fight with the app company Uber, agreeing on Wednesday to drop for now its plan to place a cap on the number of vehicles operated by Uber in New York City.
Rick Noack / Washington Post:
Europe to America: Your love of air-conditioning is stupid  —  The weather in Washington, D.C., and Berlin, Germany, has been pretty similar recently.  There is one striking difference between the two capitals, though: Whereas many Americans would probably never consider living or working …
Discussion: Bloomberg View and National Review
Julia Hahn / BREITBART.COM:
Obama's ICE Director: No Immigration Enforcement Until Amnesty Is Passed  —  President Obama's Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) director tells lawmakers that no consequences are planned for sanctuary cities until Congress first passes “comprehensive immigration reform.”
 
 
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John Marzulli / New York Daily News:
EXCLUSIVE: Video shows cops beating alleged pizza thief as he raises arms to surrender inside Brooklyn grocery store
Discussion: Gothamist and Raw Story
Steven Perlberg / Wall Street Journal:
Bill Simmons Lands at HBO
Heather McManamy / ABC News:
Wisconsin Mom Dying of Cancer Writes Greeting Cards for Toddler's Future Milestones
Discussion: WCTX-TV, abc7chicago.com and Daily Mail
Jake Sherman / Politico:
Kevin McCarthy says House won't take up Senate's highway bill
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Economy main factor in US emissions decline
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Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:
Rand Paul Says He Supports Using Military Force If Iran Is Building Nukes
Discussion: Mediaite
Charlie Savage / New York Times:
Obama's Plan for Guantánamo Is Seen Faltering
Lindy West / Guardian:
My wedding was perfect - and I was fat as hell the whole time
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Ben Kamisar / The Hill:
Trump to visit Texas border
Al Whitaker / WHNT-TV:
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Athena Stavrou / The Independent:
More than 230 media industry professionals, including anonymous BBC staff, sign a letter accusing the BBC of bias favoring Israel in coverage of Gaza

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Ben Jacobs / Slate:
A profile of John Avlon, former CNN anchor, former Daily Beast EIC, former speechwriter for Rudy Giuliani, and now a congressional candidate running in New York

 
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