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11:55 PM ET, July 8, 2016

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John Woodrow Cox / Washington Post:
Officer Patrick Zamarripa survived tours in Iraq before being killed in Dallas  —  It had been 12 hours since he'd lost his son to one of the country's worst mass police shootings, and he still couldn't understand why.  —  Dallas police officer Patrick Zamarripa, 32, had survived three tours in Iraq …
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New York Daily News:
Dallas shooter Micah Xavier Johnson was decorated Army reservist in Afghanistan, equipped for war during police slayings  —  The decorated former Army reservist who shot 12 Dallas police officers at a Black Lives Matter protest — killing five — was equipped for war, sources said Friday.
David A. Graham / The Atlantic:
The Dallas Shooting and the Advent of Killer Police Robots  —  In the mourning over the murders of five police officers in Dallas, and relief that the standoff had ended, one unusual detail stuck out: the manner in which police killed one suspect after negotiations failed.
Gregg Zoroya / USA Today:
26 police killed so far in 2016, up 44% from 2015  —  Dallas police chief David Brown says a gunman that was holed up downtown expressed anger for Black Lives Matter and only wanted to shoot white police officers.  He was killed after police sent in a bomb robot.
Dpdpio / DPD Beat:
Investigative Update Regarding the Deadly Attack on Police Officers  —  The following is an update on the progress of the investigation:  —  At this time, detectives have interviewed over 200 officers and it appears at least 12 officers discharged their duty weapons.
Brandi Grissom / Dallas Morning News:
Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick calls Dallas protesters ‘hypocrites’ for running from sniper's bullets  —  Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick called protesters who ran away from the hail of bullets that rained down on Downtown Dallas on Thursday night “hypocrites” during an interview Friday on Fox News.
Molly Hennessy-Fiske / Los Angeles Times:
Dallas gunman killed by bomb robot, ‘wanted to kill officers,’ officials say
Theresa Vargas / Washington Post:
Dallas Police Chief David Brown lost his son, former partner and brother to violence
Caitlin MacNeal / Talking Points Memo:   Texas Lt. Gov.: Dallas BLM Protesters ‘Hypocrites’ For Running From Gunfire
Associated Press:
Latest: Dallas chief calls shooting of police ‘well-planned’
Sam Thielman / Guardian:
Use of police robot to kill Dallas shooting suspect believed to be first in US history
Discussion: archive.is and Power Line
Jennifer Brett / Atlanta Buzz with Jennifer Brett:
Crowds line up to hug police officers in Dallas
Discussion: WTVR-TV and Fox News Insider
Jen Lawrence / Breitbart:
Meet the Leftist Reverend Behind the Dallas Black Lives Matter Protest
Discussion: The Point
New York Times:
Five Dallas Officers Were Killed as Payback, Police Chief Says
CNN:
Dallas sniper attack: 5 officers shot dead during protests against police
CBS News:
Cops: Tennessee shooter targeted white victims, similar to Dallas ambush  —  BRISTOL, Tenn. - The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation has released the name of the suspect behind Thursday morning's random shooting in Bristol, TN that claimed the life of an area newspaper carrier and injured three others, including a local police officer.
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Associated Press:
Authorities: Highway gunman motivated by police shootings
Discussion: Daily Wire and CBS Sacramento
Julian Hattem / The Hill:
Clinton rebuts FBI charge of recklessness  —  on Friday strongly disputed the FBI's finding that she and her aides were “extremely careless” in their handling of classified information.  —  Clinton, giving her first public interviews since the Justice Department's decision not to press charges against her …
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Brian Beutler / New Republic:
The Return of Clinton Derangement Syndrome
Discussion: Hullabaloo and The Moderate Voice
Victoria M. Massie / Vox:
Read: Newt Gingrich's on-point statement about police violence and racism  —  While people mourn the black lives killed by police and police killed at the Dallas shooting Thursday night, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich (R-GA) acknowledged that he, like other white Americans …
Discussion: ThinkProgress, Hullabaloo and The Week
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Aaron Gould Sheinin / Political Insider blog:
Newt Gingrich: White Americans 'don't understand being black in America'
Discussion: Washington Post and Jezebel
People.com:
Fox Host Greta Van Susteren Defends Fox News CEO Roger Ailes, Says Gretchen Carlson's Sexual Harassment Allegations Don't ‘Have Any Ring of Truth’  —  Fox News host Greta Van Susteren is surprised by her former colleague Gretchen Carlson's sexual harassment allegations against Fox News CEO Roger Ailes.
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Howard Kurtz / Fox News:
Trump slashes TV appearances as advisers clash over controlling his message
Discussion: Hot Air, RedState, Mediaite and Daily Wire
New York Daily News:
Trump barred from speaking to NYPD officers; Bratton says Dallas tragedy not a photo op  —  The Donald got nixed.  —  On Friday morning Donald Trump begged the city's top cop to let him speak to a 3 p.m. roll call at the NYPD Midtown North Precinct in the wake of the murders …
Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Reed arrives, tells protesters to be safe, don't block highways  —  Updated 9:20 p.m.: Reed has arrived at the protest, and tells protesters they can continue, but making sure they did not enter the Connector.  —  Right now I want to make sure all you of you are safe," Reed said.
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Tegna / WFAA-TV:
Inmates break free from cell to help ill jailer  —  Parker County inmates save jailer's life … A Parker County jailer who had an apparent heart attack may very well be alive thanks to inmates who put themselves at risk to help him.  —  It happened on June 23 in a holding cell in the basement …
Discussion: RedState, KTLA, WNEP-TV, AOL and KFOR-TV
St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Ballwin officer shot during traffic stop is in hospital ‘fighting for his life’  —  Police investigate the scene on New Ballwin Road where a Ballwin police officer was shot on Friday, July 8, 2016.  Photo by Cristina Fletes, cfletes@post-dispatch.com
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Danielle Scruggs / FOX2now.com:
Police officer shot during traffic stop in Ballwin; suspect apprehended
Discussion: fox4kc.com and National Review
Mark Sherman / Associated Press:
AP interview: Ginsburg doesn't want to envision a Trump win  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg says she doesn't want to think about the possibility of Donald Trump winning the White House, and she predicts the next president — “whoever she will be” — will have a few appointments to make to the Supreme Court.
Oliver Milman / Guardian:
Green party's Jill Stein invites Bernie Sanders to take over ticket  —  Stein, expected to become the party's nominee at its August convention, says she has invited Sanders to collaborate: ‘Everything is on the table’  —  Bernie Sanders has been invited to continue his underdog bid …
 
 
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Bre Payton / The Federalist:
Congressional Black Caucus Blames Republicans For Dallas Massacre
Discussion: Daily Wire and Bearing Arms
Associated Press:
The Latest: NYPD Declines Trump Request to Attend Roll Call
Discussion: Politico and ABC News
Andrew Roth / Washington Post:
Trump's Russia adviser criticizes U.S. for ‘hypocritical focus on democratization’
Harper Neidig / The Hill:
NRA: ‘The reports from Minnesota are troubling’
Matt Lee-Ashley / ThinkProgress:
Congressional Proposal Would Create A Texas-Sized ‘Republic Of Cliven Bundy’
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 Earlier Items: 
Mike Huckabee / Politico:
If You Can't Support Trump, You Don't Deserve a Microphone
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Leon H. Wolf / RedState:
The Uncomfortable Reason Why it Came to This in Dallas Yesterday
Discussion: National Review and Vox
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