memeorandum: Breitbart News Sunday: Sarah Palin, Dakota Meyer, Milo (Breitbart)

11:25 AM ET, July 11, 2016

Top Items:

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: RedState and The Last Refuge

Heather Mac Donald / Wall Street Journal:

The Myths of Black Lives Matter — The movement has won over Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders. But what if its claims are fiction? — A television ad for Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign now airing in South Carolina shows the candidate declaring that “too many encounters with law enforcement end tragically.”

Discussion: Washington Post, John Hawkins' Right Wing News and New York Daily News

Breitbart:

Breitbart News Sunday: Sarah Palin, Dakota Meyer, Milo — On Breitbart News Sunday this evening on SiriusXM 125 The Patriot Channel from 7 to 10 p.m. ET, Breitbart News Editor-in-Chief Alexander Marlow will recap the explosive news week that included the Hillary Clinton/James Comey hearing …

Discussion: Raw Story and Mediaite

Wesley Lowery / Washington Post:

Aren't more white people than black people killed by police? Yes, but no. — Dylan Noble died on the last Saturday of June. — Police in Fresno, Calif. received a report of a man walking a downtown street with a rifle, but when they arrived they instead found Noble speeding by in his pickup truck.

Discussion: Scared Monkeys, Daily Wire, The Week, The Root, Power Line and Instapundit

St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Intruder shot by off-duty St. Louis County officer after online argument about Black Lives Matter, family says

Discussion: Associated Press, The Root, The Gateway Pundit and twitchy.com

Jelani Cobb / New Yorker:
After Dallas, The Future of Black Lives Matter

Discussion: Althouse

Megan Twohey / New York Times:
Rudolph Giuliani Lashes Out at Black Lives Matter

Discussion: Politico, Hot Air, Media Matters for America, The Daily Caller and New York Magazine

Gregory Holyk / ABC News:

Majority Disapprove of Decision Not to Charge Clinton on Emails (POLL) — A majority of Americans disapprove of the FBI's recommendation not to charge Hillary Clinton with a crime over her handling of email while secretary of state, and a similar number in a new ABC News/Washington Post poll …

Discussion: RedState, Hot Air and Washington Times

Washington Post:
Both are unpopular. Only one is a threat.

Discussion: Balloon Juice

Scott Clement / Washington Post:
56 percent of Americans disapprove of FBI decision to exonerate Hillary Clinton

Discussion: Outside the Beltway and The Week

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: Washington Post, Washington Monthly, The Hill, Associated Press, Mediaite, Wall Street Journal, NBC News, BizPac Review, New York Magazine, Fox 59, Political Insider blog, Political Wire, USA Today, Politicus USA, WISH-TV, CNN and ABC News

Eliana Johnson / National Review:
Why Mike Pence Would Say Yes to Trump

Discussion: Power Line and The Daily Caller

Ezra Klein / Vox:

Understanding Hillary: Why the Clinton America sees isn't the Clinton colleagues know — This is not a profile of Hillary Clinton. It is not a review of her career or an assessment of her campaign. You won't find any shocking revelations on her emails, on Benghazi, on Whitewater, or even on her health care plan.

Discussion: Balloon Juice

Ezra Klein / Vox:
Hillary Clinton: The Vox Conversation

Discussion: Politico

Associated Press:

The Latest: Clinton Campaign Confirms Sanders to Endorse Her — The Latest on developments in the 2016 presidential campaign. (all times local): — Donald Trump is boosting his communications operation. — The Republican presidential candidate has hired Bryan Lanza to handle communications …

Discussion: Politico, Hot Air, ABC News and The Week

Amy Chozick / New York Times:

Bernie Sanders, Set for Rally With Hillary Clinton, Says Campaigns Are ‘Closer and Closer’ — The awkward dance between Hillary Clinton and Senator Bernie Sanders, her top Democratic primary opponent, is set to conclude on Tuesday, with Mr. Sanders appearing alongside her at a rally in Portsmouth, N.H.

Discussion: The Atlantic, Talking Points Memo, CNN, Politico, Washington Free Beacon, Political Wire and The Week

Evan Halper / Los Angeles Times:

Behind a Bill Clinton speaking engagement: A $1,400 hotel phone bill and $700 dinner for two — Hillary Clinton and former President Bill Clinton. — When former presidents and other dignitaries traveled to California to wax nostalgic on the speaking circuit, they may have been demanding …

Tom LoBianco / CNN:

First on CNN: Evan Bayh mounting Senate return — (CNN)Evan Bayh is mounting a return bid to the U.S. Senate, giving national Democrats a boost as they aim to retake the chamber in November. — An announcement about Bayh's candidacy for the Indiana Senate seat is expected later Monday morning, said a source familiar with the plans.

Discussion: Talking Points Memo, The Atlantic, Politicus USA, Guardian and Business Insider

BBC:

Theresa May set to be UK PM after Andrea Leadsom quits — Theresa May is set to become the UK's next prime minister after Andrea Leadsom pulled out of the contest to become Conservative Party leader. — The timing of the handover of power from David Cameron is currently being discussed, but could be within days.

Discussion: Outside the Beltway

Allison Pearson / Telegraph:
'I've been under attack, it's been shattering': Andrea Leadsom apologises to Theresa …

Discussion: Mother Jones, Guardian, Common Dreams, New York Magazine, Coffee House and Political Wire

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.

Discussion: Talking Points Memo, Washington Post, LifeNews.com, CNN, New York Magazine, The Week, The Hill, Raw Story and Patterico's Pontifications

The Daily Beast:

Dallas Cop-Killer Micah Johnson Was Blacklisted by Black-Power Groups as ‘Unstable’ — The Dallas cop-killer frequented black-power events despite no official membership and was so committed that he wrote one group's motto with his own blood. — DALLAS — Micah Johnson sought to join …

Discussion: CNN, Wall Street Journal, Raw Story and New York Magazine

Aaron Klein / Breitbart:
EXCLUSIVE-New Black Panther Leader: Blacks Need to Migrate to Five Southern States, Form ‘Country Within a Country’

Discussion: Vox Popoli and The Gateway Pundit

Rick Noack / Washington Post:

Leaked document says 2,000 men allegedly assaulted 1,200 German women on New Year's Eve — LONDON — At first, there was complete silence from officials. As rumors spread on social media, police had nothing to say about allegations of mass sexual assaults and other crimes carried out on New Year's Eve in the German city of Cologne.

Discussion: Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, The Daily Caller and Fox News

Yoni Appelbaum / The Atlantic:

A Single Photo From Baton Rouge That's Hard to Forget — It is a remarkable picture. A single woman stands in the roadway, feet firmly planted. She poses no obvious threat. She is there to protest the excessive force which Baton Rouge police allegedly deploy against the city's black citizens.

Discussion: The Hayride, www.wnyc.org, NBC News, Hullabaloo and Chicago Tribune

Katie Bo Williams / The Hill:

Pressure grows on Clinton aides to lose security clearances — Pressure is growing on the State Department to revoke the security clearances of several of Hillary Clinton — 's closest aides, potentially jeopardizing her ability to name her own national security team should she become president.