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8:45 PM ET, July 17, 2016

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CBS News:
Dead Baton Rouge shooter attacked police on his birthday  —  BATON ROUGE, La. — The deceased suspect in the deadly shooting of Baton Rouge law enforcement officers appeared to have attacked police on his 29th birthday, CBS News has learned.  —  The suspect has been identified …
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Gregory Krieg / CNN:
Cleveland police union asks for suspension of ‘open carry’ in wake of Baton Rouge, ahead of RNC  —  Witness describes Baton Rouge police shootout scene  —  Cleveland, Ohio (CNN)The head of one of Cleveland's largest police unions is calling on Ohio Gov. John Kasich to temporarily restrict …
CNN:
Source: 7 officers shot; 3 feared dead in Baton Rouge  —  (CNN)At least seven officers were injured and at least three of them are feared dead in a shooting in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, a source with knowledge of the investigation told CNN.  —  Police received a call of “suspicious person walking …
The White House:
Statement by the President  —  I condemn, in the strongest sense of the word, the attack on law enforcement in Baton Rouge.  For the second time in two weeks, police officers who put their lives on the line for ours every day were doing their job when they were killed in a cowardly and reprehensible assault.
New York Times:
Baton Rouge Shooting Leaves 3 Officers Dead and 3 Wounded  —  BATON ROUGE, La. — Three law enforcement officers were fatally shot and three others wounded on Sunday in Baton Rouge, La., the East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff's Office said, less than two weeks after a black man was killed by the police here, sparking nightly protests.
John Eligon / New York Times:
Black Lives Matter Leader Calls for End to Violence  —  DeRay Mckesson, one of the best known voices for the Black Lives Matter movement, and who was arrested at a demonstration in Baton Rouge, La., earlier this month, called for peace in a phone interview after news of the shooting broke on Sunday.
Discussion: Mediaite and The Week
NBC News:
Three Baton Rouge Officers Killed, Three Injured in Ambush  —  Baton Rouge mayor: Three officers killed 6:40  —  At least three Baton Rouge police officers were killed and three others injured in an apparent ambush shooting Sunday morning, the city's mayor and the East Baton Rouge Sheriff's Office said.
Chuck Ross / The Daily Caller:
Baton Rouge Shooter Gavin Eugene Long Was Nation Of Islam Member, Railed Against ‘Crackers’ On YouTube Channel [VIDEO]  —  A Youtube account operated by Gavin Eugene Long and discovered by The Daily Caller reveals key insight into what might have motivated the 29-year-old black man …
Discussion: Power Line and Pamela Geller
Associated Press:
Obama Urges Americans to Tamp Down Inflammatory Rhetoric  —  Confronting another killing of police officers, President Barack Obama on Sunday urged Americans to tamp down inflammatory words and actions as a violent summer collides with the nation's heated presidential campaign.
Donald J. Trump / Wall Street Journal:
Live Updates: Police Shootings in Baton Rouge
Kevin Litten / New Orleans Times-Picayune:
1 suspect dead, others sought in Baton Rouge police slaying
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
Bart Jansen / USA Today:
Report: 2 Baton Rouge police officers shot dead
Wall Street Journal:
Three Police Officers Killed in Baton Rouge Shooting; One Suspect Is Dead
Discussion: Talking Points Memo and Raw Story
Aaron Klein / Breitbart:
EXCLUSIVE - Roger Stone: Trump To Name Prospective Cabinet at RNC  —  CLEVELAND, Ohio - Donald Trump is planning to use the Republican National Convention to make the unusual move of announcing names of potential cabinet members, Trump's longtime confident Roger Stone has confirmed.
Discussion: The Huffington Post
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Rebecca Savransky / The Hill:
Trump to roll out potential Cabinet picks at convention: report  —  Presumptive GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump  —  reportedly plans to roll out the names of potential Cabinet members this week, after his vice presidential announcement failed to generate the enthusiasm he was hoping for, The Huffington Post reported.
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
Rob Tornoe / Philly.com:
Newest speaker to join Donald Trump at the RNC: Scott Baio?
Associated Press:
The Latest: Trump Blames Shootings on ‘Lack of Leadership’
Discussion: Washington Post, Politico and ABC News
Jon Ward / Yahoo:
In Cleveland, a dazed GOP marches toward a Trump nomination
Discussion: The Resurgent
Ed O'Keefe / Washington Post:
Anti-Trump delegates consider several attempts to upend convention
TIME:   Behind The Scenes Drama as Donald Trump Picks Mike Pence
Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Never Trump plots last stand at Cleveland convention
Discussion: The Week
John McCormack / Weekly Standard:
Manafort Confirms Christie Was ‘Livid’ He Wasn't Picked To Be Trump's VP  —  New Jersey governor Chris Christie was reportedly enraged he didn't earn the VP spot, according to a top Trump campaign official.  —  While minding my own business at the Starbucks inside the Westin hotel this morning …
Discussion: The Resurgent
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Susan Wright / RedState:
Months of Servitude With No Payoff Has Left Chris Christie “Livid”  —  Poor Chris Christie.  —  For months, he acted as Trump's loyal manservant.  He stood dutifully by during press conferences, often becoming the butt of Trump's fat jokes.  —  Some reports state he was fetching Trump's lunch for him.
Discussion: bradford-delong.com
Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:
Mike Pence Argued In An Op-Ed That Disney's “Mulan” Was Liberal Propaganda  —  When Donald Trump's running mate Mike Pence was a talk radio show host in Indiana, he wrote an op-ed declaring the film Mulan was an attempt by some “mischievous liberal” at Disney to influence the debate over women in the military.
Discussion: Hullabaloo and Raw Story
Edward Luttwak / Foreign Policy:
Why Turkey's Coup d'État Failed  —  And why Recep Tayyip Erdogan's craven excesses made it so inevitable.  —  Rule No. 2 in planning a successful military coup is that any mobile forces that are not part of the plot — and that certainly includes any fighter jet squadrons — must be immobilized or too remote to intervene.
Discussion: ParaPundit, Chicago Boyz and Guardian
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Darren Boyle / Daily Mail:   Did Erdogan STAGE the coup? …
Mark Murray / NBC News:
Poll: Clinton Keeps 5-Point Lead Over Trump Heading Into Conventions  —  On the eve of the GOP convention, Hillary Clinton maintains a five-point national lead over Donald Trump even after a period of negative news for the presumptive Democratic nominee, according to a new NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll.
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Dan Balz and / Washington Post:
Clinton holds narrow lead over Trump on eve of conventions
 
 
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