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8:35 AM ET, July 31, 2015

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Politico:
Jeb crams, Donald scrams  —  Bush plans ‘intense’ debate prep, others study up, while Trump visits Scotland.  —  After a week mostly away from the campaign trail, Jeb Bush will hunker down with top advisers for what aides described as “intense debate preparation” starting this weekend in Miami.
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Jesse Byrnes / The Hill:
Rand Paul attributes Trump's rise to a ‘loss of sanity’  —  Sen. Rand Paul (Ky.) is attributing GOP rival Donald Trump's rise in the polls to a momentary “loss of sanity.”  —  “I think this is a temporary sort of loss of sanity, but we're going to come back to our senses and look …
Discussion: Liberaland and ABC News
David Daley / Salon:
“Ted Cruz gives me the willies”: Camille Paglia analyzes the GOP field — and takes on Hillary Clinton
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Mark Hensch / The Hill:
Trump lowers expectations for debate
Discussion: ABC News and Raw Story
Dylan Byers / Politico:
MSNBC cancels three shows amid transition  —  MSNBC has formally decided to cancel three programs — “The Cycle,” “Now with Alex Wagner” and “The Ed Show” — as part of a larger effort to shift its daytime lineup away from opinion programming, network sources told the On Media blog on Thursday.
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Josh Feldman / Mediaite:
MSNBC Cancels The Cycle, Now with Alex Wagner, and The Ed Show (UPDATED)  —  Multiple reports today seem to confirm what Mediaite first reported last week: MSNBC is officially pulling the plug on The Cycle.  (UPDATE BELOW)  —  Last week, Mediaite columnist Joe Concha was the very first to break …
John McCormack / Weekly Standard:
A Pro-Life Opportunity  —  In the wake of the undercover videos showing Planned Parenthood's involvement in the trafficking of aborted baby tissue and body parts, the U.S. Senate has scheduled a vote to defund Planned Parenthood.  It's a fine first step by Congress in response to the horror revealed …
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Daily Mail:
Donald Trump: Number one with Hispanics and expecting to win  —  POLITICKING WITH COTTON CANDY: The early caucus state of Iowa's famed annual state fair turns into a political showcase every fourth year as candidates in party primaries vie for the kind of attention a helicopter can easily deliver
Billy House / Bloomberg Business:
State Department to Release Next Load of Hillary Clinton E-Mails  —  The State Department is set Friday to post online its next batch of e-mails that Hillary Clinton sent and received on a personal account while she was secretary of state.  —  Communications with former department officials …
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Kyle Smith / New York Post:
The movie Hillary Clinton should be very, very worried about
Discussion: Bloomberg View
Catherine Thompson / Talking Points Memo:
Star Of Bloomberg's Trump Supporter Vid: Wait, I'm No Trump Supporter!  —  Bloomberg Politics' “With All Due Respect” won the morning Thursday with a boffo focus group of New Hampshire Trump supporters singing The Donald's praises as a “classy” commander-in-chief in waiting who is definitely …
Stuart Stevens / New York Times:
The G.O.P.'s Crowded Stage  —  ANYBODY not running for president?  —  It seems as if every Republican politician and some who aren't really politicians or even Republicans — that's Donald J. Trump, for one — are gleefully jumping into the most expensive, demanding and demeaning process available without an indictment.
Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
Sanders vows no third-party run in 2016  —  Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) says he will not run for president as an Independent if he falls short in his bid to secure the Democratic 2016 nomination.  —  Speaking at the Newseum in Washington on Thursday, Sanders said that if he ran a third-party campaign …
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Douglas Ernst / Washington Times:
Ky. man arrested after shooting down $1800 drone hovering over sunbathing daughter  —  A Kentucky man shot down an $1800 drone hovering over his sunbathing daughter and was then arrested and charged with first degree criminal mischief and first degree wanton endangerment.
Trip Gabriel / New York Times:
With Debate and Convention, G.O.P. Looks to Reclaim Ohio in 2016  —  CLEVELAND — When 17 presidential contenders converge on Cleveland to debate on Thursday, not a few party leaders will be shuddering at the prospect of a scene out of “The Hunger Games.”  Or perhaps a duel of insults dominated by Donald J. Trump.
Dean Baquet / hillaryclinton.com:
Letter to the New York Times' Dean Baquet  —  Dear Mr. Baquet:  —  I am writing to officially register our campaign's grave concern with the Times' publication of an inaccurate report related to Hillary Clinton and her email use.  —  I appreciate the fact that both you and the Public Editor …
WSPA-TV:
Child Found Unresponsive in Feces Covered Home in Gray Court  —  The Laurens County Sheriff's Office has arrested 25-year-old Savanah Morgan of Gray Court after they found her child unresponsive in a feces filled home with dead animals.  —  Deputies responded to a residence on Martins Lake Road …
Discussion: Raw Story and The Daily Caller
Mercury News:
Santa Cruz: Disturbing details emerge about suspect, how Maddy Middleton died  —  SANTA CRUZ — When they first got word that he was a murder suspect, those who watched 15-year-old Adrian Jerry “A.J."Gonzalez grow up before their eyes at the Tannery Arts Center held out hope.
Eriq Gardner / Hollywood Reporter:
James Woods Sues Twitter User for $10 Million Over “Cocaine Addict” Accusation  —  The actor files a defamation lawsuit against an individual who replied to his tweets about Barack Obama and Caitlyn Jenner.  —  Incivility on social media seems to be a regular occurrence …
U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis:
Brent Moulton: (202) 606-9606  —  National Income and Product Accounts  —  Gross Domestic Product: Second Quarter 2015 (Advance Estimate); Includes Historical Revisions  —  Real gross domestic product — the value of the production of goods and services in the United States …
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Ken Goldstein / Bloomberg Business:
Many Republican Polls Are Measuring a Unicorn Electorate
Ashe Schow / Washington Examiner:
Fraternity brothers sue Rolling Stone as top editor resigns  —  Share Tweet Reddit Digg Mail Print SMS More  —  Three members of the fraternity accused in a now-retracted Rolling Stone article of facilitating a brutal gang rape are suing the magazine, its publisher and the author.
Emily Flitter / Reuters:
Harley an awkward ride for ‘union-busting’ Republican Walker  —  For Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker, there's something awkward about the Harley-Davidson motorcycles that he has been posing on at presidential campaign stops: each one bears a sticker on its frame that reads “Union made in the USA.”
Discussion: The Daily Caller and Daily Kos
New York Times:
U.S.-Trained Anti-ISIS Commander Kidnapped in Syria  —  BAGHDAD — The commander of a group of Syrian fighters trained by the United States has been kidnapped by Al Qaeda's affiliate in Syria, his group said in a statement Thursday.  —  The commander, Nadeem Hassan, and seven of his fighters …
 
 
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Associated Press:
AP Investigation: Filthy Rio water a threat at 2016 Olympics
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Keith Laing / The Hill:
Senate sends three-month highway bill to Obama
Discussion: Daily Kos and The PJ Tatler
Associated Press:
Audit finds 22 of 23 taxpayer-backed ObamaCare co-ops lost money in 2014
Discussion: The Daily Signal
Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:
Trump's Campaign Manager: We'll Release Specific Policies When We Want To
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Obama gives Dems hard sell on ‘odious’ Iran
Discussion: Weekly Standard
Alan Rappeport / New York Times:
Donald Trump Appeals for the Sarah Palin Vote
The New / New York Times:
Today in Politics: Polls Keep Bolstering a Trump Seemingly Impervious to Scrubbing
Steve Mistler / The Portland Press Herald:
Maine House Speaker to file suit against LePage
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