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12:05 AM ET, July 31, 2015

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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
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Quinnipiac University:
Trump Tops Republican Pack By Wide Margin, Quinnipiac University National Poll Finds; But Dems Trump Trump In General Election  —  With 20 percent of Republican voters, Donald Trump is the clear leader in the crowded Republican presidential primary field, but he trails any of three leading …
David Daley / Salon:
“Ted Cruz gives me the willies”: Camille Paglia analyzes the GOP field — and takes on Hillary Clinton  —  She dismisses Rubio, Jeb and Rand in part three of our interview, but warns Dems not to overlook Scott Walker  —  In the first two parts of Salon's conversation with Camille Paglia …
Discussion: The Daily Caller
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.
Mark Hensch / The Hill:
Trump lowers expectations for debate
Discussion: ABC News and Raw Story
Jon WardSenior / Yahoo Politics:
Donald Trump offered access to the Republican National Committee's voter file
David Daleiden / The Center for Medical Progress:
Planned Parenthood VP Says Fetuses May Come Out Intact, Agrees Payments Specific to the Specimen  —  #PPSellsBabyParts PLANNED PARENTHOOD VP SAYS FETUSES MAY COME OUT INTACT, AGREES PAYMENTS SPECIFIC TO THE SPECIMEN  —  Planned Parenthood Rocky Mountains VP & Medical Director Savita Ginde …
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Burgess Everett / Politico:
How Planned Parenthood could shut down the government
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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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 …
Discussion: Bloomberg Business and Raw Story
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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
Gabriel Sherman / New York Magazine:
The Fox News GOP Debate Could Draw the Biggest Audience in Cable News History — and Roger Ailes Is Making All the Rules  —  “Crazy stuff!  You have a TV executive deciding who is in — and out — of a presidential debate!  ”  —  Shares
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Ken Goldstein / Bloomberg Business:
Many Republican Polls Are Measuring a Unicorn Electorate
McClatchy Washington Bureau:
Facts in Clinton's ‘secret’ emails came from five intelligence agencies  —  Revelations put Clinton in the cross-hairs of a broadening inquiry into whether she mishandled classified information  —  Officials reviewed five classified emails and determined that they included information from five intelligence agencies
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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 …
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.
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Associated Press:
AP Investigation: Filthy Rio water a threat at 2016 Olympics
Macdonald Dzirutwe / Reuters:
‘What lion?’  Zimbabweans ask, amid global Cecil circus  —  As social media exploded with outrage this week at the killing of Cecil the lion, the untimely passing of the celebrated predator at the hands of an American dentist went largely unnoticed in the animal's native Zimbabwe.
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 …
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
Zoë Schlanger / Newsweek:
Revised AP U.S. History Standards Will Emphasize American Exceptionalism  —  The company behind Advanced Placement courses for U.S. high school students will release a revision to the standards for AP U.S. history on Thursday morning, after significant pushback from conservatives who claimed …
Jane Hamsher / Firedoglake:
After Firedoglake  —  As many of you know, Firedoglake has been on hiatus for eight months while I recovered from hip replacement surgery.  During that time I've been contemplating what the next chapter should be for the website.  After some personal reflection, I have decided to pass …
Bloomberg BNA:
Jeb Bush Takes Positions on Climate Change, EPA Rules, Other Energy Issues  —  Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush (R) acknowledges human activity contributes to climate change but cautioned against actions that would harm the U.S. economy.  In written answers to Bloomberg BNA …
 
 
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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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Julian Hattem / The Hill:
Obama gives Dems hard sell on ‘odious’ Iran
Discussion: Weekly Standard
Alan Rappeport / New York Times:
Donald Trump Appeals for the Sarah Palin Vote
Jibran Ahmad / Reuters:
Afghan Taliban names a new leader, but peace talks delayed
Discussion: The Long War Journal, US News and NPR
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
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
Ken White / Popehat:
L.A. Court Prohibits Center for Medical Progress From Publishing Some Undercover Materials About Abortion
J.D. Gordon / The Hill:
What Obama doesn't want us to know on Gitmo closure
 

 
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Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
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Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch:
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Financial Times:
Sources: Palantir and Anduril are in talks with OpenAI, SpaceX, and more to form a consortium to bid for US defense contracts and plan to announce it in January
 
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