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9:50 AM ET, July 13, 2016

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New York Times:
Donald Trump Is Right About Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg  —  Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg needs to drop the political punditry and the name-calling.  —  Three times in the past week, Justice Ginsburg has publicly discussed her view of the presidential race, in the sharpest terms.
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Mark Hensch / The Hill:
GOP rep: Ginsburg's Trump attacks ‘inexcusable’  —  Rep. Lamar Smith (R-Texas) says Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg crossed a line attacking Donald Trump  —  “It was totally inexcusable and unprofessional for Justice Ginsburg to insult a presidential candidate,” …
Brian McBride / ABC News:
Donald Trump Calls for Justice Ginsburg to Resign
Discussion: Politico, Associated Press and 6abc.com
Steven Shepard / Politico:
Swing-state stunner: Trump has edge in key states  —  Did Donald Trump really just surge past Hillary Clinton in two of the election's most important battlegrounds?  —  New swing-state polls released Wednesday by Quinnipiac University show Trump leading Clinton in Florida and Pennsylvania …
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Lissette Rodriguez / ABC News:
Donald Trump Up to Dead Heat With Hillary Clinton in 3 Swing State Polls  —  Donald Trump's poll numbers have crept up on Democratic rival Hillary Clinton, with Trump now within the margin of error in the three swing states of Florida, Pennsylvania and Ohio.
Discussion: Politico, 6abc.com and Associated Press
Mark Murray / NBC News:
Ad Spending Update: Clinton Outspends Trump $57M to $4M
Discussion: Washington Post
Wall Street Journal:
Donald Trump Wants an Attack Dog as His Running Mate  —  The candidate calls Mike Pence, Newt Gingrich and Chris Christie his top picks  —  Donald Trump is looking for a running mate who can be a “fighter skilled in hand-to-hand combat” to help him parry criticism on the campaign trail …
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Indianapolis Star:
Gov. Mike Pence turns fiery in support of Donald Trump
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Trump University case: A battle over video
Discussion: The Week
CNN:
Pence, Gingrich make the final cut in Trump's VP search, sources say
Candace Smith / ABC News:
Trump Says Fatal Police Shooting Videos Were ‘Tough to Watch’
Discussion: Politico
Andrew Rosenthal / New York Times:
Bernie's Uninspiring Endorsement  —  Bernie Sanders went off for a month to contemplate life after the revolution, and this was the best he could come up with?  “Secretary Clinton has won the Democratic nominating process, and I congratulate her for that.”  —  So said Sanders at a rally …
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Gabriel Debenedetti / Politico:   What's next for Bernie?
Mark Hensch / The Hill:
Trump aide: Sanders endorsement ‘exhibit A in our rigged system’
New York Times:
James Stavridis, Retired Admiral, Is Being Vetted as Hillary Clinton's Running Mate
Jennifer Aniston / The Huffington Post:
For The Record  —  Let me start by saying that addressing gossip is something I have never done.  I don't like to give energy to the business of lies, but I wanted to participate in a larger conversation that has already begun and needs to continue.  Since I'm not on social media, I decided to put my thoughts here in writing.
WTKR-TV:
Three hospitalized after Norfolk shooting caught on Facebook Live  —  NORFOLK, Va. - According to police, three men were shot in the 900 block of Bainbridge Blvd. Tuesday evening.  —  Neighbors said they heard anywhere from 10-20 gunshots and it appears that one of the passengers inside …
Discussion: CBS Baltimore, WPMT FOX43 and RT
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Emily Satchell / WAVY-TV:
Police investigating possible Facebook video of Norfolk triple shooting
Discussion: KRON4.com and NBC News
Jim Dwyer / New York Times:
Scholars Steeped in Dead Politicians Take On a Live One: Donald Trump  —  No one could mistake the voice of David McCullough, either in the books that have made him one of the most influential United States historians of his era, or in the documentaries he has narrated for the “American Experience” television series.
Paul Demko / Politico:
Obamacare's sinking safety net  —  If you're looking to find a smashing Obamacare success story—a place where the nation's biggest and most controversial new law in a generation has truly lived up to its promise—you might stick a pin directly in North Carolina.
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Steve Sinovic / Albuquerque Journal:
Presbyterian to drop out of Obamacare exchange
Discussion: Hot Air
The White House:
Remarks by the President at Memorial Service for Fallen Dallas Police Officers  —  THE PRESIDENT: Mr. President and Mrs. Bush; my friend, the Vice President, and Dr. Biden; Mayor Rawlings; Chief Spiller; clergy; members of Congress; Chief Brown — I'm so glad I met Michelle first …
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Jim Hoft / The Gateway Pundit:   OBAMA TURNS OFF COPS=> Officers REFUSE TO APPLAUD During Obama's Race Lecture at Dallas Police Memorial (VIDEO)
Elahe Izadi / Washington Post:
Black doctor to police: I defend you, I will care for you — but I still fear you
Media Matters for America:
CNN's Corey Lewandowski Is Still Being Paid By Donald Trump  —  Former Donald Trump campaign manager Corey Lewandowski is still being paid by the presumptive GOP presidential nominee's campaign while simultaneously drawing a salary as a CNN contributor to discuss the candidate on-air, according to the network.
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David A. Fahrenthold / Washington Post:
I thought I had found proof that Donald Trump gives to charity. But it wasn't that Donald Trump.
Discussion: Mediaite, RedState and Raw Story
John Koblin / New York Times:
Gretchen Carlson, Former Fox Anchor, Speaks Publicly About Sexual Harassment Lawsuit  —  MONTCLAIR, N.J. — When Gretchen Carlson was asked how her last week had been, she looked down at her wrist.  —  “These are the bracelets I wear on my arm,” Ms. Carlson, the former Fox News anchor, said in an interview on Tuesday.
Jeremy W. Peters / New York Times:
Emerging Republican Platform Goes Far to the Right  —  CLEVELAND — Republicans moved on Tuesday toward adopting a staunchly conservative platform that takes a strict, traditionalist view of the family and child rearing, bars military women from combat, describes coal as a “clean” …
Rebecca Ballhaus / Wall Street Journal:
Many Voters Think They've Seen Trump Ads On TV — But He Hasn't Run Any  —  Nearly half of voters in a recent survey said they had seen TV ads supporting Donald Trump in the last week.  —  There's just one problem: His campaign hasn't aired any, and his friendly super PACs have run very few.
Discussion: Political Wire
We Are The Left:
An Open Letter on Identity Politics, to and from the Left  —  We, the undersigned, are in the uncomfortable position of reporting on a problem that we are told does not exist.  —  We ask you to consider a few incidents.  —  In 1968, the leftist Shulamith Firestone gives a speech at a conference.
Charles C. W. Cooke / National Review:
Who Thought That Politicizing Obama's Speech Was a Good Idea?  —  President Obama was giving a pretty good speech this afternoon.  And then, suddenly, he wasn't: … For now, I shall ignore this flatly preposterous claim, and ask a question instead: Why did the president say this?
Andrea Peterson / Washington Post:
Holocaust Museum to visitors: Please stop catching Pokémon here  —  Almost everywhere you turn, it seems, people have their eyes glued to smartphone screens playing Pokémon Go.  Since its launch last week, the app has quickly become a cultural phenomenon that has fans …
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Patrick Caldwell / Mother Jones:
Al Franken Is Worried About Pokemon Go
Discussion: The Verge, Ars Technica and Mediaite
 
 
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Nicholas Confessore / New York Times:
For Whites Sensing Decline, Donald Trump Unleashes Words of Resistance
Christine Hauser / New York Times:
Minuteman Co-Founder Sentenced to 19½ Years for Molesting 5-Year-Old
Discussion: Boing Boing and Arizona Republic
Will Coldwell / Guardian:
Faroe Islands fit cameras to sheep to create Google Street View
Discussion: Engadget and The Week
Oliver Milman / Guardian:
Drones to unleash vaccine-laced M&Ms in bid to save endangered ferrets
Discussion: Engadget, RT and The Verge
WEWS-TV:
Shreve police sergeant suspended after ‘monkey’ Facebook post
Discussion: Raw Story, Mediaite and The Root
 Earlier Items: 
Shane Goldmacher / Politico:
Ted Cruz to meet with secretive conservative group in Cleveland
Discussion: RedState
Stephen Dinan / Washington Times:
Obama admin. sent taxpayer money to campaign to oust Netanyahu
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
Gideon Resnick / The Daily Beast:
David Duke Plans to Run for Congress Against the Republican Who Spoke to His Group
Frank Main / Chicago Sun Times:
Cop in ‘antlers photo’ shouldn't get job back, appeals court says
Discussion: Associated Press
 

 
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Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Sources: Apple is working on a smart doorbell system with advanced facial recognition that can wirelessly connect and unlock third-party smart locks

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch:
Donald Trump announces that Sriram Krishnan, until recently a general partner at a16z, will serve as senior policy advisor for AI at the White House OSTP

Financial Times:
Sources: Palantir and Anduril are in talks with OpenAI, SpaceX, and more to form a consortium to bid for US defense contracts and plan to announce it in January

 
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