memeorandum: Ruth Bader Ginsburg: If Trump wins, time to move to New Zealand (Cyra Master/The Hill)

9:40 PM ET, July 10, 2016

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Michele Kirk / BizPac Review:

Riveting post by black police officer confronts BLM with raw honesty and EVERY American needs to see it — An African-American police officer from Florida has laid bare his heart in a powerful way. — Pundits have been talking non-stop since a new wave of sensationalized stories …

Discussion: The Last Refuge

John Hinderaker / Power Line:
Are Blacks Disproportionately Involved In Police Shootings?

Discussion: Washington Post, Real Clear Politics, Instapundit and The Sean Hannity Show

Daily Mail:
Pictured: The female soldier who ‘pervert’ …

Discussion: The Other McCain and Breitbart

Washington Post:

Arrest of activist DeRay McKesson fuels online outrage at end of difficult week — Police in Baton Rouge late Saturday arrested DeRay McKesson, one of the most visible faces of the Black Lives Matter movement, as protests over the fatal shootings of black men started to calm following days …

Discussion: Around the Nation, Star Tribune, The Advocate, New York Magazine, ThinkProgress, New York Times and NPR, more at Mediagazer »

Euan McKirdy / CNN:
Clashes break out in Minnesota amid nationwide protests of police violence

Discussion: NBC News, The Atlantic, The Daily Caller, Allen B. West, John Hawkins' Right Wing News, The Week, WCCO | CBS Minnesota, The Burning Platform, KARE-TV and New York Times

Wesley Lowery / Washington Post:
Black Lives Matter activist DeRay McKesson taken into custody by Baton Rouge police

Discussion: NBC News, The Gateway Pundit, alan.com, Fox News, Lawyers, Guns & Money, Balloon Juice, RedState and The Hayride

The Advocate:
Prominent Black Lives Matter activist DeRay Mckesson arrested at Alton Sterling protest in Baton Rouge

Discussion: Reuters, WFLA-TV, Vox, Washington Post, ABC News and AOL

New York Times:
DeRay Mckesson, Arrested While Protesting in Baton Rouge, Is Released

Discussion: Politico, Chicago Tribune, The Daily Caller, The Verge and The Gateway Pundit

Cyra Master / The Hill:

Ruth Bader Ginsburg: If Trump wins, time to move to New Zealand — Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg jokes that if Donald Trump — wins the presidential election, she'll consider moving. — In an interview with The New York Times published Sunday, the Supreme Court justice said her husband …

Adam Liptak / New York Times:

Ruth Bader Ginsburg, No Fan of Donald Trump, Critiques Latest Term — WASHINGTON — Unless they have a book to sell, Supreme Court justices rarely give interviews. Even then, they diligently avoid political topics. Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg takes a different approach.

Julia Hahn / Breitbart:

Paul Ryan Plummets to 43 Percent in New Primary Poll — JANESVILLE, WI- A poll of likely Republican voters shows House Speaker Paul Ryan well below 50 percent in his race to maintain his seat in Wisconsin's first Congressional district. — The poll was conducted by P.M.I. …

Discussion: The Gateway Pundit

Julia Hahn / Breitbart:

Paul Nehlen at Paul Ryan's Mansion: ‘Tear Down Your Wall’ If You Won't Build One for the Country — JANESVILLE, WI— Wisconsin businessman Paul Nehlen held a press conference on Saturday in front of Paul Ryan's border wall surrounding his Janesville mansion.

Ralph Z. Hallow / Washington Times:

Donald Trump likely to choose Indiana Gov. Mike Pence as vice presidential pick — CLEVELAND | Indiana Gov. Mike Pence, little known nationally but highly admired in conservative circles, has a “95 percent probability” of being Donald Trump's choice for vice president, The Washington Times has learned.

Discussion: The Hill, Associated Press, Politicus USA and WISH-TV

Jim Acosta / CNN:
Gingrich ‘actively lobbying’ to be Trump's VP, source says

Discussion: USA Today, Hot Air and The Hill

Aaron Klein / Breitbart:

EXCLUSIVE-New Black Panther Leader: Blacks Need to Migrate to Five Southern States, Form ‘Country Within a Country’ — Babu Omowale, the so-called national minister of defense for the People's New Black Panther Party, says his group and allied organizations have their sights set on establishing …

Discussion: The Gateway Pundit, Reuters and The Daily Caller

David Edwards / Raw Story:

‘What you did appalls me’: Reporter blisters Tomi Lahren for calling black activists ‘the new KKK’ — DON'T MISS STORIES. FOLLOW RAW STORY! — Baltimore Sun media critic David Zurawik shamed controversial conservative host Tomi Lahren on Sunday after she accused Black Lives Matter of being the “new KKK.”

Discussion: alan.com

Matt Friedman / Politico:

Christie builds his case for Trump's VP — Chris Christie has said it over and over: He can't “imagine” being vice president. His personality just isn't cut out for the role. — But the way Christie has been governing New Jersey over the past couple of months has many Trenton insiders …

Discussion: RedState

Michael Flynn / New York Post:

The military fired me for calling our enemies radical jihadis — Retired Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn, who is reportedly being vetted by Donald Trump as a potential running mate, was fired as head of the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) in the winter of 2014 after three decades in the military.

Discussion: NBC News, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, alan.com and Pamela Geller

Adam Kelsey / ABC News:
Possible Trump VP Pick Flynn Supports Abortion Rights: ‘Women Have to Be Able to Choose’

Discussion: Politico

Aviva Shen / ThinkProgress:

Police Said They Shot A Man Because He Pointed A Gun At Them. Video Shows He Had His Hands Up. — Another black man was shot and killed by police in Texas early Saturday morning. — Houston Police said Alva Braziel was waving a gun around and pointed it at them when they opened fire.

Discussion: Click2Houston.com and RT

Associated Press:

2 Hospitalized After Shooting Near Denver Nightclub — DENVER (AP) — Two people have been hospitalized after someone fired into a crowd near a Denver nightclub early Sunday and Denver police and a security guard returned fire. — Authorities say the dispute began outside an apartment complex.