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1:15 PM ET, July 27, 2015

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New York Magazine:
'I'm No Longer Afraid': 35 Women Tell Their Stories About Being Assaulted by Bill Cosby, and the Culture That Wouldn't Listen … More has changed in the past few years for women who allege rape than in all the decades since the women's movement began.  Consider the evidence of October 2014 …
Nick Gass / Politico:
Reince Priebus: GOP candidates should pledge not to make third-party bids  —  Republican candidates for president should pledge not to run as a third-party candidate, Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus said Monday.  —  The remarks come days after current GOP frontrunner Donald Trump hinted …
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Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
Two weeks to go: Republicans scramble to make debate stage  —  The race is on for the final spots on stage for the first Republican debate.  —  With the highly-anticipated showdown less than two weeks away, candidates with low polling numbers are in a high-stakes scramble to qualify …
Discussion: The Moderate Voice and ABC News
William Turton / The Daily Dot:
Anti-abortion hackers attack Planned Parenthood, release databases, employee data … One of the hackers, who goes by the pseudonym “E,” told the Daily Dot that the cyberattack was politically motivated.
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Cory Bennett / The Hill:
Anti-abortion hackers claim to have breached Planned Parenthood  —  Anti-abortion hackers have apparently hit Planned Parenthood, potenially leaking the reproductive healthcare organization's internal data and employee information.  —  The hackers are also threatening to release …
William Turton / The Daily Dot:
Anti-NYC hacker takes New York Magazine offline  —  On Sunday night, New York Magazine released a groundbreaking new cover featuring 35 victims of alleged assault from Bill Cosby.  —  But you can't see it. … A self-described hacker called ThreatKing, who says he hates New York City …
Manu Raju / Politico:
Marco Rubio, absentee senator  —  The Florida senator leads the 2016 pack — in playing hooky from his day job to campaign.  —  At last week's Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing, Marco Rubio attacked the Obama administration for failing to secure the release of American hostages in Iran.
Discussion: BuzzFeed and Taylor Marsh
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Jonathan Weisman / New York Times:
Senate Resurrection of Export-Import Bank Goes to Divided House
Discussion: The Week
Arlette Saenz / ABC News:
President Obama: Mike Huckabee's Iran Comments an Attempt to ‘Push Mr. Trump Out of the Headlines’  —  On his first day in Ethiopia, President Obama waded into the 2016 presidential campaign, criticizing Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee for suggesting the president is trying …
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Afi Scruggs / Guardian:
White officer pepper-sprays crowd at Black Lives Matter summit in Cleveland  —  An encounter with an ‘intoxicated’ 14-year-old outside the conference to discuss police brutality ends with a transit officer spraying the crowd  —  A transit police officer has pepper-sprayed a crowd …
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Kurt Schlichter / Townhall.com:
The Coming (And Hilarious) Democrat Implosion  —  Republicans fear a repeat of 1992, with a squishy Bush at the head of the ticket watching helplessly as some populist businessman/novelty act hands the election to a Clinton.  But Democrats should fear the far more likely repeat of 1968.
WATE-TV:
Florida dad killed in front of family after road rage fight  —  FLORIDA (CNN) — A Florida man is in jail, charged with second degree murder after a road rage altercation ended in gunfire.  It was captured on two separate 911 calls.  —  Citrus County deputies say Robert Doyle shot …
Discussion: WTVR-TV and KTLA
Nate Cohn / New York Times:
Don't Be Misled by the New Poll Results for Donald Trump  —  It has been more than a week since Donald Trump's remarks about whether Senator John McCain should be considered a war hero, and many journalists and commentators have reached a conclusion: Mr. Trump has emerged unscathed.
Discussion: Washington Post and ThinkProgress
Margaret Sullivan / New York Times:
A Clinton Story Fraught With Inaccuracies: How It Happened and What Next?  —  The story certainly seemed like a blockbuster: A criminal investigation of Hillary Rodham Clinton by the Justice Department was being sought by two federal inspectors general over her email practices while secretary of state.
Lindsey Bever / Washington Post:
A kiss is not a kiss.  In some cultures it's just gross, researchers find.  —  Science has taught us a lot about a smooch.  —  Researchers have discovered kissing helps you choose the right mate and helps you live longer.  They have found you use 146 muscles when you pucker up and swap 80 million new bacteria when you lock lips.
Discussion: NEWS.com.au and The Week
Daily Mail:
'I'm only here because of the smoke': Florida council official caught on camera telling resident the smoke from his barbecue ‘cannot leave the property’  —  A bizarre video has emerged out of Florida showing a man who says he is a council official telling a resident that the smoke from their barbecue …
Politico:
House Democrats whip for Iran deal  —  The nuclear agreement faces a make-or-break vote this September.  —  Peter Welch, left, is one of the deal backers.  He is pictured here with Elijah Cummings.  AP Photo  —  Three days before world leaders formally unveiled an interim deal in early 2014 …
Discussion: Washington Post
whitehouse.gov:
FACT SHEET: White House Launches American Business Act on Climate Pledge  —  Today at the White House, Secretary of State John Kerry and senior White House officials will host 13 of the largest companies from across the American economy who are standing with the Obama Administration to launch …
Discussion: Tech Times and Slantpoint
Samantha Marcus / New Jersey Online:
Pension fund trustees seek billions in damages from state  —  TRENTON — In the latest salvo in the battle between New Jersey and its public workers, the heads of the state's largest pension funds are accusing the state of breaching its contract by underfunding government workers' pensions.
Discussion: Eduwonk and ABC News
Julia Hahn / BREITBART.COM:
New California: Mass Immigration Turning Virginia Blue  —  A remarkable transformation is underway in the Commonwealth of Virginia.  —  The birthplace and final resting place of George Washington, James Madison, Thomas Jefferson—and once one of the most reliably-red of red states …
 
 
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Yanan Wang / Washington Post:
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Joseph E. Stiglitz / New York Times:
Greece, the Sacrificial Lamb
Discussion: The Moderate Voice
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Steven Shepard / Politico:
The television election  —  Despite all the hype about tools …
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Timothy Noah / Politico:
Will the real Donald Trump please stand up?
CBS Baltimore:
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We Need Optimists  —  MY wife, Ester, and I had just endured …
 

 
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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

Dominick Mastrangelo / The Hill:
Conservative radio host Hugh Hewitt quits as a contributing columnist at WaPo, after abruptly leaving a Post live video event hosted by Jonathan Capehart

CNBC:
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