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6:45 AM ET, July 30, 2015

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Associated Press:
Court bars anti-abortion group from releasing new videos of Calif. company officials  —  LOS ANGELES - A temporary restraining order has been issued preventing an anti-abortion group from releasing any video of leaders of a California company that provides fetal tissue to researchers.
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Katie Yoder / NewsBusters:
Nets Covered Cecil the Lion More in 1 Day Than Abortion Videos in 2 Weeks
Emma Ockerman / The Columbus Dispatch:
Rep. Bill Patmon introduces bill to strip state funding from Planned Parenthood
Discussion: Moe Lane
NBC News:
U.S. Dentist Who Killed Famous Lion Illegally Hunted Bear  —  The American dentist who killed a well-known lion in Zimbabwe also has a felony record over the hunting of black bear in in Wisconsin, court documents show.  —  Walter James Palmer sparked outrage when it emerged he killed Cecil the lion …
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CNN:
American dentist says he regrets role in death of Cecil the lion
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Ravi Somaiya / New York Times:
Will Dana, Rolling Stone's Managing Editor, to Depart  —  Will Dana, the managing editor of Rolling Stone, will leave the magazine, just months after a controversial article about a supposed gang rape at the University of Virginia was retracted.  —  Mr. Dana, whose planned last day is Aug. 7 …
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T. Rees Shapiro / Washington Post:
Phi Kappa Psi fraternity members sue Rolling Stone over retracted U-Va. rape story  —  Three Phi Kappa Psi fraternity brothers are suing Rolling Stone magazine in New York federal court for defamation, alleging that a now-retracted December 2014 article on rape at the University of Virginia identified …
Discussion: The Week and Twitchy
Judicial Watch:
Federal Judge Threatens To Hold IRS Commissioner, DOJ Lawyers in Contempt of Court over Lerner  —  (Washington, DC) - Judicial Watch announced that U.S District Court Judge Emmet Sullivan today threatened to hold the Commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service and Justice Department attorneys …
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Stephen Dinan / Washington Times:
Newly recovered Lois Lerner email shows IRS tried to cover up tea party targeting
Discussion: Fox News and Rush Limbaugh
Chris Stigall / CBS Philly:
Author Ronald Kessler On Bill Clinton: ‘He Has A Blonde, Busty Mistress’  —  PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — Author Ronald Kessler defends secret service agents and makes some sensational claims about former Presidents in his new book, The First Family Detail: Secret Service Agents Reveal the Hidden Lives of the Presidents.
New York Post:
‘Law & Order’ director busted on child porn charges  —  TV director Jason “Jace” Alexander was busted on child-porn charges for allegedly promoting a video showing a girl stripping and masturbating, according to the Westchester County DA's office.  —  Alexander, 50, of Dobbs Ferry …
Discussion: EW.com and Daily Mail
Rachael Bade / Politico:
Hillary Clinton's former spokesman turns over 20 boxes of emails  —  Long-time Hillary Clinton spokesman Philippe Reines handed the State Department 20 boxes of work-related emails taken in part from a personal email account, State officials said Wednesday, calling into question the extent …
Matt Dinger / Daily Oklahoman:
Former Valley Brook police officer arrested on sex crimes complaints  —  Former Valley Brook police officer Courtney Breanne Schlinke, 21, was arrested on 33 complaints, including 16 counts of rape by instrumentation, nine counts of lewd acts with a child under 16 and eight counts of oral sodomy, records show.
Discussion: Raw Story and Daily Mail
Robert Schmidt / Bloomberg Business:
Wall Street Money Dries Up for Lawmaker After Anti-Gay Remarks  —  Representative Scott Garrett, who heads an influential House subcommittee overseeing the U.S. capital markets, is facing a revolt by corporate and Wall Street donors after he reportedly made anti-gay remarks at a private meeting of Republican lawmakers.
Discussion: New Jersey News …
Carrie Dann / NBC News:
Former Va. Gov. Jim Gilmore Files Paperwork for Presidential Run  —  Former Virginia Gov. Jim Gilmore has filed paperwork with the Federal Election Commission to run for president of the United States.  —  His entry into the 2016 race makes him the 17th major Republican candidate for president.
U.S. Department of Justice:
Congressman Chaka Fattah and Associates Charged with Participating in Racketeering Conspiracy  —  A member of Congress and four of his associates were indicted today for their roles in a racketeering conspiracy involving several schemes that were intended to further the political …
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Politico:
Longtime congressman Chaka Fattah indicted
Discussion: The PJ Tatler
France 24:
France deploys riot police to stem flow of migrants from Calais  —  France deployed 120 riot police to Calais on Wednesday to bolster security after thousands of migrants tried to enter Britain through the Channel Tunnel in recent days, with the resulting chaos leading to at least one death.
Discussion: Moe Lane and NPR
Billings Gazette:
Couple shot to death near Pryor; daughter survives shooting  —  A Pryor couple was shot to death and their daughter wounded at about 10:30 a.m. Wednesday when they stopped to help a man who had run out of gas on the Crow Reservation.  —  A suspect, identified by a Wyoming Highway Patrol dispatcher …
Discussion: Slantpoint
Olivia / Right Wing Watch:
Louie Gohmert: Gay Islanders Would Die Out, Proving Gay Marriage Is Wrong  —  In a speech to a group of young conservatives last week, Rep. Louie Gohmert, R-Texas, called for the impeachment of Supreme Court Justices Elena Kagan and Ruth Bader Ginsburg in retribution for their ruling in favor …
Jeet Heer / The New Republic:
National Review's Bad Conscience  —  Why the magazine is quick to accuse liberals of fascism and Nazism  —  National Review has a fraught relationship with National Socialism.  In recent years, the magazine has taken to likening liberals and socialists to fascists and Nazis.
Eliza Collins / Politico:
Ted Cruz stands by calling President Obama a sponsor of terrorism  —  According to Texas Sen. Ted Cruz, President Barack Obama's nuclear deal with Iran is essentially financing terrorism.  And he's not backing down after the president called his comments “outrageous.”
 
 
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Frank Bruni / New York Times:
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Greg Hinz / Chicago Business:
Top GOP fundraiser calls on Sen. Mark Kirk to step down. Then takes it back.
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Richard Fry / Pew Research Center's Social …:
More Millennials Living With Family Despite Improved Job Market
Darcie Loreno / fox8.com:
Pregnant woman shot to death in murder-suicide, unborn baby survives
Discussion: KTLA and FOX5 San Diego
Tom Vanden Brook / USA Today:
Dismantling military's transgender ban to begin Monday
Discussion: Washington Blade and Towleroad
 Earlier Items: 
Aviva Shen / ThinkProgress:
Jail Guards Tortured Inmate With A Burmese Python, Lawsuit Says
Discussion: al.com and Daily Mail
Washington Post:
State Department official charged with spying on D.C. women in their homes
Discussion: abc13.com
Jim Rutenberg / New York Times:
A Dream Undone
Discussion: National Review and US News
David Daley / Salon:
Camille Paglia takes on Jon Stewart, Trump, Sanders: “Liberals think of themselves as very open-minded …
 

 
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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

Devin Gordon / New York Times:
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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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