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3:35 PM ET, July 30, 2015

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Quinnipiac University:
Release Detail  —  July 30, 2015 - 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 …
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Niall Stanage / The Hill:
Clinton's habit of dodging key issues draws Democrats' fire  —  Could an excess of caution hurt Hillary Clinton?  —  This query is coming to the fore again after she dodged a question on Tuesday over whether she supports or opposes building the Keystone XL Pipeline.
ABC News:
Canary in Coal Mine: Trouble Ahead for Poll Leaders Trump and Clinton  —  The two presidential candidates rated as least favorable, most untrustworthy, and least likely to care about the needs and problems of regular folks are Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump, and they are leading their respective party primaries.
A.B. Stoddard / The Hill:   Clinton must be joking
Burgess Everett / Politico:
How Planned Parenthood could shut down the government  —  Calling next week's Senate roll call to defund Planned Parenthood a “legislative show vote,” GOP firebrand Ted Cruz said Republicans should do everything they can to eliminate federal money for the group — even if it means a government shutdown fight this fall.
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The Daily Beast:
Why Dems Don't Want to Talk About Planned Parenthood
Associated Press:
Court bars anti-abortion group from releasing new videos of Calif. company officials
Ken Goldstein / Bloomberg Business:
Many Republican Polls Are Measuring a Unicorn Electorate  —  Recent elections around the world have not been kind to pollsters.  In contests in Israel and Britain, and in a referendum in Scotland, pre-election polls all showed tight races that ended up being, well, not so tight.
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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
Discussion: Raw Story and Political Wire
New York Times:
Stakes for Donald Trump in First G.O.P. Debate (in a Word): Huge
Discussion: Eschaton
Brent Budowsky / The Hill:
A tale of two Hillarys  —  Charles Dickens could have been writing about the American economy, national politics or the Hillary Clinton presidential campaign when he began A Tale of Two Cities with this:  —  “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom …
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Wall Street Journal:
UBS Deal Shows Clinton's Complicated Ties  —  Donations to family foundation increased after secretary of state's involvement in tax case  —  A few weeks after Hillary Clinton was sworn in as secretary of state in early 2009, she was summoned to Geneva by her Swiss counterpart to discuss an urgent matter.
Discussion: The Daily Caller, The Week and Hot Air
Fox News:
Swiss bank's donations to Clinton Foundation increased after Hillary intervention in IRS dispute
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Rachael Bade / Politico:
Judge explodes over Hillary email delays  —  An irritated federal judge Thursday put the Hillary Clinton email scandal into stark terms, grilling the State Department on a pattern of delayed document releases that has turned a possible bureaucratic logjam into a major problem for the leading Democratic presidential contender.
David Knowles / Bloomberg Business:
New Hampshire Voters Explain the Appeal of Donald Trump  —  A Bloomberg Politics focus group of Donald Trump supporters in the Granite State helps illuminate the billionaire's rise in the polls.  —  t writerknowles  —  Donald Trump is a brand, and his New Hampshire supporters are itching to buy it.
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Catherine Thompson / Talking Points Memo:   New Hampshire Focus Group Fawns Over Trump: 'He's Like One Of Us' (VIDEO)
Neetzan Zimmerman / The Hill:
Jon Stewart opens up on ‘secret’ White House visits  —  “The Daily Show” host Jon Stewart is opening up about his “secret” White House meetings with President Obama, revealing that they were far more sinister than initially reported.  —  “It was a roundtable meeting with the president …
Discussion: Daily Mail and Sun-Times National
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Ray Rahman / EW.com:
THE DAILY SHOW PRODUCERS ON JON STEWART'S LAST SHOW: 'DONALD TRUMP IS NOT COMING ON THE SHOW
Discussion: FishbowlDC and Sun-Times National
Jeremy Diamond / CNN:
Trump's immigration plan: Deport the undocumented, ‘legal status’ for some  —  Story highlights  —  (CNN)Donald Trump, the Republican presidential hopeful who shot up to the head of the pack over his controversial comments about illegal immigrants, is finally starting to lay out an immigration policy.
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Ed Kilgore / Washington Monthly:
Bring on the Cattle Cars, the Police State!
Discussion: CNN and America's Voice
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 …
Yahoo Politics:
Donald Trump amuses us to death  —  All right then, let's do this.  If we have to talk about Donald Trump, because apparently the subject will not just go away on its own, then let's talk about him, even if it means going back on a vow I made 16 years ago.  —  This was back in 1999 …
Associated Press:
AP Investigation: Olympic teams to swim, boat in Rio's filth  —  24 photos  —  RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Athletes in next year's Summer Olympics here will be swimming and boating in waters so contaminated with human feces that they risk becoming violently ill and unable to compete in the games …
Sara Jerde / Talking Points Memo:
Trump: 'I'd Get Along Very Well With Vladimir Putin' (VIDEO)  —  Donald Trump thinks he'd have a friend in Russia — its leader, Vladimir Putin.  —  “I think I'd get along very well with Vladimir Putin.  I just think so.  People say, ‘What do you mean?’  I think I would get along well with him …
Kaily Cunningham / fox8.com:
1-year-old girl found dead in Medina apartment; father charged with abuse of a corpse  —  MEDINA, Ohio- A one-year-old girl was found dead inside an apartment in Medina on Wednesday.  The father, Eric Warfel, was arrested and charged with abuse of a corpse.  Police said additional charges are expected.
Discussion: KFOR-TV, WREG-TV, FOX31 Denver and KTLA
Eleanor Clift / The Daily Beast:
Can Florida Dems Squash Alan Grayson?  —  Orlando's outspoken progressive congressman is running for Marco Rubio's U.S. Senate seat, and might win the primary—a thought that has Florida Democrats terrified.  —  A messy fight between traditional Democrats and the party's emboldened progressive wing …
Discussion: Balloon Juice
 
 
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J.D. Gordon / The Hill:
What Obama doesn't want us to know on Gitmo closure
David Daley / Salon:
“Ted Cruz gives me the willies”: Camille Paglia analyzes the GOP field — and takes on Hillary Clinton
Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:
North Carolina Congressman: Iran Deal Makes Hitler Look Like “A Minor Player” In Challenge To World
Macdonald Dzirutwe / Reuters:
‘What lion?’ Zimbabweans ask, amid global Cecil circus
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Zoë Schlanger / Newsweek:
Revised AP U.S. History Standards Will Emphasize American Exceptionalism
Eric Morath / Wall Street Journal:
The Worst Expansion Since World War II Was Even Weaker
Discussion: Daily Mail and The Gateway Pundit
Robert Samuels / Washington Post:
The story behind Marco Rubio's frustrating first job as a politician
Discussion: Hot Air and The Hugh Hewitt Show
Valerie Strauss / Washington Post:
Alabama's governor makes surprising — and scary — education appointment
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Jerusalem Post:
Man stabs six people at Jerusalem gay pride parade; suspect carried out similar attack in 2005
Discussion: Joe. My. God. and Raw Story
Katie McHugh / BREITBART.COM:
WATCH: Judge Unloads on Illegal Alien Arrested for Murder, Attempted Rape
Alana Semuels / The Atlantic:
White Flight Never Ended
Cincinnati.com:
John Kasich vs. pop culture
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Michael C. Bender / Bloomberg Business:
Former Marco Rubio Donors Turning to Others in Presidential Race
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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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