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6:10 PM ET, July 12, 2016

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Maggie Haberman / New York Times:
Donald Trump Rebukes Ruth Bader Ginsburg for Deriding His Candidacy  —  Donald J. Trump on Tuesday assailed Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg of the Supreme Court for speaking out on the presidential race, calling her disdainful remarks about his candidacy “highly inappropriate” and suggesting that she owed other justices an apology.
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Daniel W. Drezner / Washington Post:
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has crossed way, way over the line  —  The Supreme Court is becoming more politicized.  The Notorious RBG just made things way worse. … If Spoiler Alerts has had a theme for 2016, it's been that Donald Trump is massively unfit to be president …
New York Times:
Ginsburg Knows, If Trump Wins, the Rule of Law Is at Risk  —  Paul Butler is a former federal prosecutor and a law professor at Georgetown University Law Center.  He is the author of “Let's Get Free: A Hip-Hop Theory of Justice.”  —  Normally Supreme Court justices should refrain from commenting on partisan politics.
Bernie Sanders:
Portsmouth Organizing Event with Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton  —  Let me begin by thanking the 13 million Americans who voted for me during the Democratic primaries.  Let me also thank the people here in New Hampshire who gave us our first big win and a special thanks to the people …
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Mark Hensch / The Hill:
Trump aide: Sanders endorsement ‘exhibit A in our rigged system’
Discussion: Daily Kos and Joe.My.God.
MaryAlice Parks / ABC News:
Bernie Sanders Endorses Hillary Clinton for President
Neil Munro / Breitbart:
Joe Biden: Obama Tells Cops in White House Meeting Their Police Forces Are Racist  —  President Barack Obama is trying to muffle politically dangerous opposition from police groups to his support for the radical and violent Black Lives Movement — but he's also insisting to cops that their careers …
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Harper Neidig / The Hill:
Obama uses Dallas memorial to confront nation on race
Discussion: Politicus USA and France 24
Kristin Salaky / Talking Points Memo:   Obama Pays Tribute To Dallas Officers Slain In ‘Act Of Racial Hatred’
Nick Gass / Politico:   Obama: ‘We are not as divided as we seem’
Randy Furst / Star Tribune:
Minneapolis cops working Lynx game walk out over player comments, warm-up jerseys  —  Police union leader says walkout is justified.  —  Four off-duty Minneapolis police officers working the Minnesota Lynx game at Target Center on Saturday night walked off the job after the players held …
Jonah Goldberg / Los Angeles Times:
Op-Ed The conservative principle behind Black Lives Matter  —  Protesters talk voice their concerns to LAPD officers after the recent deaths of Alton Sterling and Philando Castile, at the hands of the police in other states, in Los Angeles on July 7.  (Los Angeles Times)
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Associated Press:
Cops walk off WNBA game over Black Lives Matter jerseys
Andrea Peterson / Washington Post:
Holocaust Museum to visitors: Please stop catching Pokemon here  —  Almost everywhere you turn, it seems like people have their eyes glued to smartphone screens playing Pokemon Go.  Since its launch last week, the app has quickly become a cultural phenomenon that has fans of all ages hunting around …
Mona Chalabi / Guardian:
Fox News cuts ties with Newt Gingrich amid VP speculation - campaign live  —  With former House speaker Newt Gingrich being floated as a potential running mate for presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump, Fox News has issued a statement declaring that its contributor agreement with Gingrich is officially over.
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New York Times:
James Stavridis, Retired Admiral, Is Being Vetted as Hillary Clinton's Running Mate  —  Hillary Clinton's campaign is vetting James G. Stavridis, a retired four-star Navy admiral who served as the 16th supreme allied commander at NATO, as a possible running mate, according to a person with knowledge of the vetting process.
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Gideon Resnick / The Daily Beast:
David Duke Plans to Run for Congress Against the Republican Who Spoke to His Group  —  The former KKK grand wizard said he wants to defeat Steve Scalise, who reportedly once called himself “David Duke without the baggage.”  —  David Duke says he is getting ready to run for Congress.
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
NBC News:
Hillary Clinton's Lead Over Trump Shrinks After Controversial Week: Poll  —  Hillary Clinton's lead over Donald Trump narrowed to 3 points this week after several days of controversy following FBI Director James Comey's recommendation that no criminal charges be brought against the former secretary …
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Tierney Sneed / Talking Points Memo:   Charles Koch: Choosing Clinton Or Trump Is A Vote ‘For Cancer Or Heart Attack’
Sophia Rosenbaum / New York Post:
I got caught cheating through Pokémon Go  —  Pokémon Go ruined my love life!  —  Evan Scribner claims he's now single after his girlfriend discovered he was “cheating” on her thanks to the addicting scavenger hunt-style cellphone game — which revealed his two-timing ways.
Frank Main / Chicago Sun Times:
Cop in ‘antlers photo’ shouldn't get job back, appeals court says  —  A former Chicago Police detective shown in a photo posing as a hunter who bagged a black teenager as a trophy should not get his job back, an Illinois appellate court has ruled.  —  Timothy McDermott had appealed the decision …
Discussion: Associated Press
New Haven Independent:
Worker Smashes “Racist” Panel, Loses Job  —  (Note: We have temporarily suspended commenting and True Vote-ing on this story because our server couldn't handle the demand; we wanted to avoid having the site crash.  We hope to renew those functions eventually.)
Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
GOP operatives dread Trump convention  —  Each presidential election year, Republicans eagerly await their national convention — a four-day celebration that draws thousands of GOP operatives, donors and lobbyists who are ready to party.  —  This year — the year of Trump — it's anything but a party.
Jamie Dimon / New York Times:
Why We're Giving Our Employees a Raise  —  WAGE stagnation.  Income inequality.  A lack of quality education.  Insufficient training and skills development.  —  Issues like these have led approximately two-thirds of Americans to believe that the next generation will be worse off than the last.
Washington Post:
Joe Paterno knew of Jerry Sandusky abuse in 1976 per testimony in newly unsealed records  —  A man testified in court in 2014 that Penn State football coach Joe Paterno ignored his complaints of a sexual assault committed by assistant coach Jerry Sandusky in 1976 when the man was a 14-year-old boy …
field negro:
Blaming Obama for racism.  —  * “Speaking in the wake of the Dallas horrors, President Obama correctly assured us that race relations are not as bad in this country today as they were during the Watts riots of the sixties.  —  But that was over fifty years ago and is only part of the story.
 
 
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