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DONALD J. TRUMP STATEMENT ON FALSE ACCUSATION FROM HILLARY CLINTON — These false attacks by Hillary Clinton trying to link the Star of David with a basic star, often used by sheriffs who deal with criminals and criminal behavior, (showing an inscription that says “Crooked Hillary …
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Guardian, Little Green Footballs, Mediaite and Washington Post
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Glenn Thrush / Politico:
Nate Silver is happy to be wrong — Nate Silver is giving Donald Trump a 19 percent chance of becoming president - and that makes him a little nervous, as well it should. — No, it's not because he failed to predict Trump's albino-swan victory in the Republican primaries …
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Political Wire
New York Daily News:
Father accidentally shot, killed 14-year-old son at Florida gun range after spent shell casing bounced into his shirt — A spent shell casing's errant bounce led a father to accidentally shoot and kill his teen son at a Florida gun range, authorities said. — The shooting occurred at 3:15 p.m. Sunday at High Noon Gun Range.
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Emanuella Grinberg / CNN:
'The gun didn't kill my boy. I did': Father grieves son he accidentally shot
'The gun didn't kill my boy. I did': Father grieves son he accidentally shot
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George Saunders / New Yorker:
Who Are All These Trump Supporters? — At the candidate's rallies, a new understanding of America emerges. — HE APPEARS — Trump is wearing the red baseball cap, or not. From this distance, he is strangely handsome, well proportioned, puts you in mind of a sea captain: Alan Hale from …
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Hullabaloo and Lawyers, Guns & Money
Bloomberg:
Clinton Looks to Reverse Voting Trends With Some Help From Trump — Long a Republican mainstay, white college graduates are trending Democratic in 2016. — margarettalev — jeneps — greggiroux — Hillary Clinton's path to the White House relies on reassembling the winning Obama coalition …
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Political Wire
Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
Decision time for Trump on VP — and for the potential vice presidential candidates considering whether to hitch their political futures to his renegade campaign. — The presumptive Republican presidential nominee has said he plans to announce his running mate at the GOP convention in Cleveland later this month.
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Hot Air and Washington Times
Tim Devaney / The Hill:
Wikileaks publishes Clinton war emails — WikiLeaks on Monday published more than 1,000 emails from Hillary Clinton — 's private server during her time as secretary of State about the Iraq War. — The website tweeted a link to 1,258 emails that Clinton, now the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee sent and received.
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Breitbart, New York Magazine and WayneDupree.com
CNN:
Sanders' campaign is over, yet Secret Service motorcade roars on — Bernie Sanders is still receiving protection from the Secret Service at a cost of about $40,000 a day — A Sanders spokesman declined to discuss why the senator has not relinquished his Secret Service protection
Haroon Moghul / CNN:
Medina bombing is an assault on Islam itself — Haroon Moghul is a senior fellow and director of development at the Center for Global Policy. His next book, “How to be a Muslim,” will be out in 2017. The opinions expressed in this commentary are his. — (CNN)Medina is a city eclipsed …
Joel Gehrke / Washington Examiner:
Press director: Trump's media blacklist won't be honored at RNC — Position: Director of the House Daily Press Gallery — Alma mater: American University, political science and communications — Stay abreast of the latest developments from nation's capital and beyond with curated News Alerts …
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Politico
Ashley Feinberg / Gawker:
Trump Campaign Blames Anti-Semitic Tweet on “Microsoft's Shapes” — Just when you think the saga of Donald Trump's not-so-subtle, likely accidental white supremacist dog whistle can't get any more exciting, Trump's Director of Social Media Dan Scavino proves us wrong. Dan—take it away.
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Althouse and ThinkProgress
Nick Gass / Politico:
Obama administration: Attacks show ISIL is on the run — Days after the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant claimed responsibility for the deadliest terrorist bombing to hit war-weary Iraq in nearly a decade and recent attacks have jolted Bangladesh and Saudi Arabia, Deputy Secretary …
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RedState
Petula Dvorak / Washington Post:
A home that looks perfect, until bigotry rears its ugly head — Over a long weekend of fireworks, face paint and flags, Fernando Herboso couldn't stop thinking about the new America he encountered last week. — Herboso, 58, and his brother Carlos have their own real estate agency …
Amanda Barnett / CNN:
‘Welcome to Jupiter!’ NASA's Juno space probe arrives at giant planet — NASA probe to enter Jupiter's orbit, explore planet — Jet Propulsion Lab (CNN)NASA says it has received tones confirming its Juno spacecraft has successfully started orbiting Jupiter, the largest planet in our solar system.
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Engadget, NBC News, CBS Boston, Instapundit and FOX6Now.com
JP Carroll / The Daily Caller:
EXCLUSIVE: This Is Trump's Foreign Policy, A Conversation With Top Trump Adviser Dr. Walid Phares — Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump “will not ask Japan or South Korea to invest in building nuclear weapons but he will speak with their leaders about how to create a safer …
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The Hill
Peter Wehner / New York Times:
The Theology of Donald Trump — SINCE Donald Trump assures us that the Bible is his favorite book, it's worth asking: Just what is his theology? — After Mr. Trump met with hundreds of evangelical Christians a couple of weeks ago, James Dobson, who is among the most influential leaders …
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Boing Boing, Politicus USA and Althouse
Emily Yahr / Washington Post:
PBS used some stock footage for its fireworks show, and people were not happy — If you were watching Washington's Fourth of July fireworks outside on Monday night and also happened to catch PBS's broadcast of “A Capitol Fourth,” you might have noticed something looked...a little off.
Burgess Everett / Politico:
Immigration reformers eye Gang of 8 revival — Lindsey Graham doesn't sugarcoat his prediction: Republicans are going to get thrashed in the November election, especially among Latinos. And it's going to trigger another run at immigration reform in Congress next year, the South Carolina senator says.