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11:05 AM ET, July 17, 2016

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Evelyn Rupert / The Hill:
Anti-Trump delegates plot convention havoc: report  —  delegates are hoping to stir up trouble for the RNC and wreak havoc on the Republican National Convention next week, The Washington Post reports.  —  A group of delegates opposed to their party's presumptive nominee is plotting a variety …
Discussion: RedState and Washington Post
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Naja Rayne / People.com:
Ivanka Trump's Rabbi Pulls Out of Speaking Engagement at Republican National Convention  —  Haskel Lookstein — rabbi to Ivanka Trump — has pulled out of his speaking commitment at the Republican National Convention, according to a report.  —  In an email obtained by Politico …
Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Never Trump plots last stand at Cleveland convention  —  CLEVELAND — Anti-Trump forces, preparing their final, desperate maneuver to deny Donald Trump the Republican presidential nomination, are struggling to settle on a strategy — and they're down to their final day.
Discussion: The Week
Ed O'Keefe / Washington Post:   Anti-Trump delegates consider several attempts to upend convention
Darren Boyle / Daily Mail:
Did Erdogan STAGE the coup?  US-based Turkish cleric facing extradition over botched rebellion claims president orchestrated plot to justify a clampdown on civil rights  —  A US-based Turkish cleric accused of plotting a coup to overthrow the Ankara government has claimed President Recep Erdogan staged …
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Associated Press:
Questions Now Swirl About Turkey, Key Western Ally
Discussion: ABC News and Politico
Bradley Klapper / Associated Press:
US would consider extradition request for exiled cleric
Discussion: The Daily Caller and CBS Miami
Dan Balz and / Washington Post:
Clinton holds narrow lead over Trump on eve of conventions  —  CLEVELAND — On the eve of two national political conventions that will shape the images of the major party presidential candidates, Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton are in a competitive contest nationally but with the presumptive …
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
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ABC News:
Clinton vs. Trump Leaves 6 in 10 Unhappy; Contest Tightens as Conventions Loom (POLL)  —  Most Americans express dismay at their choices in the 2016 presidential election, with a tighter contest between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump reflecting damage to Clinton from her email controversy …
CBS News:
What Pence thinks of Trump campaign's tone  —  Presumptive Republican VP nominee Mike Pence comments on the negativity and tone of the Trump presidential campaign  —  Indiana Gov. Mike Pence comments on the negativity and tone of the political team he joins today as presumptive Republican …
Discussion: Mediaite and ABC News
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Sara Jerde / Talking Points Memo:
Trump Rambles Through Introducing Pence As VP: He's A Solid Person
Discussion: Political Wire and Daily Kos
Jason Easley / Politicus USA:
Trump Had To Grab Tourists Off The Street To Fill The Room For VP Announcement
Associated Press:
The Latest: Pence Back Home in Indiana, Now a VP Candidate
Discussion: ABC News and Politico
New York Times:   A Grounded Plane and Anti-Clinton Passion: How Mike Pence Swayed the Trumps
Julia Hahn / Breitbart:
Reeling from Falling Polls, Paul Ryan Floods District with Mailers on Border Security After Funding Every Obama Open Borders Initiative  —  Following a new primary election poll showing that House Speaker Paul Ryan has plummeted to well below 50 percent in his home district …
Discussion: PoliPundit.com
Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:
Mike Pence Criticized Bush 41 In An Editorial For Signing Civil Rights Act Of 1991  —  As executive director of a conservative think tank in Indiana, Mike Pence wrote an editorial sharply criticizing then-President George H.W. Bush for signing the 1991 Civil Rights Act
Discussion: The Root
Harper Neidig / The Hill:
Former governor: Europeans ‘aghast’ at Trump  —  Former United Nations Ambassador and New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson (D) said that Europeans are “aghast” about the possibility of Donald Trump  —  being elected president.  —  Speaking with John Catsimatidis in a radio interview Sunday, Richardson, who supports Hillary Clinton
David Weigel / Washington Post:
Clinton will push constitutional amendment to ‘overturn Citizens United’  —  ST. LOUIS — Hillary Clinton will call for a constitutional amendment to “overturn Citizens United” in her first 30 days as president and plans to make that announcement today to progressive activists at the annual Netroots Nation conference.
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Jennifer Epstein / Bloomberg:
Clinton Vows Speedy Push to Overturn No-Limits Campaign Spending
Dan Merica / CNN:
Clinton: I will introduce campaign finance amendment in first 30 days
Discussion: Power Line and RedState
New York Times:
Philando Castile, Fatally Shot in His Car, Was a Magnet for Minor Traffic Stops  —  ST. PAUL — Turning into a parking lot without signaling.  Failing to repair a broken seatbelt.  Driving at night with an unlit license plate.  Driving with tinted windows.
Discussion: Washington Monthly
Peter Allen / Mirror.co.uk:
Bono rescued by armed police after being caught up in Nice terror attack following ISIS lorry slaughter  —  The 56-year-old U2 lead singer was on the terrace of La Petite Maison, next to the seafront in the French city when mass murderer Mohamed Lahouaiej Bouhlel struck
New York Times:
Donald Trump Forces G.O.P. to Choose Between Insularity and Outreach  —  As Republicans stream into Cleveland to nominate Donald J. Trump for president, they confront a party divided and deeply imperiled by his racially divisive campaign.  He has called for cracking down on Muslims …
 
 
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