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5:20 PM ET, July 21, 2016

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Breitbart:
Exclusive — Sarah Palin to Ted Cruz: Delete Your Career  —  In an exclusive statement to Breitbart News, former Alaska Governor and 2008 Vice Presidential nominee Sarah Palin weighed in on Senator Ted Cruz's refusal to honor his pledge and endorse the GOP nominee Donald Trump.
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Jonah Goldberg / National Review:
I Choose Ted  —  I find it nothing short of hilarious how so many seasoned political journalists (including many of my colleagues — and betters — at Fox) are visibly shocked and appalled by what Cruz did last night.  Ever since I was a kid, the political press — left, right and center …
Christopher Massie / BuzzFeed:
Cruz Campaign Manager: Christie “Turned Over His Political Testicles Long Ago”  —  Jeff Roe responded to the New Jersey governor's criticism of Cruz's convention speech.  —  Timothy A. Clary / AFP / Getty Images  —  Ted Cruz's campaign manager responded on Thursday to Chris Christie's criticism …
Tara Golshan / Vox:
Why Mark Cuban went from saying Trump is the “best thing” for America to #NeverTrump
Discussion: AOL
Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
Roger Stone, Alex Jones plot primary challenge to Cruz
Discussion: The Right Scoop
Seung Min Kim / Politico:
McConnell: Trump ‘wrong’ on NATO
CNN:
Cruz booed  —  Cleveland (CNN)Ted Cruz sensationally withheld …
Chris Cillizza / Washington Post:
Ted Cruz's massive political gamble, explained
Andrew Restuccia / Politico:
Trump taunts GOP in private donor meeting
Discussion: New York Times and The Hill
Jesse Byrnes / The Hill:
Kasich doesn't regret skipping convention
Discussion: Talking Points Memo and Mediaite
Katie Glueck / Politico:
Cruz: I won't be a ‘servile puppy dog’ for Trump
Discussion: Allen B. West and ABC News
Fox News:
Phil Robertson sends message to Ted Cruz: ‘You lost, he won’
Discussion: BizPac Review
The Right Scoop:   EPIC! Ted Cruz SCHOOLS delegate on why didn't honor his pledge and support Trump [WATCH!]
James Hohmann / Washington Post:
The Daily 202: Cruz's convention gambit backfiring badly—and now he's on the defensive
Discussion: Outside the Beltway, BuzzFeed and Yahoo
New York Times:
Donald Trump Sets Conditions for Defending NATO Allies Against Attack  —  CLEVELAND — Donald J. Trump, on the eve of accepting the Republican nomination for president, said Wednesday that if he were elected, he would not pressure Turkey or other authoritarian allies about conducting purges …
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New York Times:
Transcript: Donald Trump on NATO, Turkey's Coup Attempt and the World  —  Donald J. Trump, the Republican presidential nominee, discussed his views on foreign policy in Cleveland on Wednesday with David E. Sanger and Maggie Haberman of The New York Times.  Here is an edited transcript of their interview.
Ezra Klein / Vox:
Donald Trump's nomination is the first time American politics has left me truly afraid  —  Tonight, Donald J. Trump will accept the Republican Party's nomination for president of the United States.  And I am, for the first time since I began covering American politics, genuinely afraid.
Nahal Toosi / Politico:
Republicans rip Trump over NATO plan
21st Century Fox:
Roger Ailes Resigns as Chairman and CEO of Fox News Channel and Fox Business Network, and Chairman Fox Television Stations  —  Rupert Murdoch to Assume Role of Chairman and Acting CEO of Fox News Channel and Fox Business Network  —  21st Century Fox today announced that Roger Ailes …
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Drudge Report:
AILES STEPS ASIDE AT FOXNEWS; WILL REMAIN AT PARENT COMPANY AS ADVISER  —  Letter from Roger Ailes To Rupert Murdoch  —  With your support, I am proud that we have built Fox News and Fox Business Channels into powerful and lucrative news organizations that inform our audience and reward our shareholders.
Discussion: Politico and TVNewser
Johari Canty / WSVN-TV:
Video shows moments before North Miami Police shot unarmed black man  —  A therapist who works with people with disabilities is telling his story after he said North Miami police shot him while he was trying to help his patient with autism.  —  Cellphone video was released Wednesday afternoon …
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Charles Rabin / miamiherald:
Cop shoots caretaker of autistic man playing in the street with toy truck  —  Cellphone video shows the man on ground with hands in the air  —  As the worker lays there, the autistic man continues to play with his toy  —  There's no indication a weapon of any type was found at the scene
Michael E. Miller / Washington Post:
Fla. police shoot black man with his hands up as he tries to help autistic patient
Joe Concha / The Hill:
Michael Moore: Trump is going to win  —  Michael Moore is predicting a Donald Trump  —  victory in November.  —  The liberal filmmaker shared his prediction at the Republican National Convention in Cleveland during a special edition of the longtime HBO political panel program “Real Time with Bill Maher.”
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Eli Flesch / Hollywood Reporter:
Michael Moore Tells Bill Maher: “Trump Is Going to Win”
Discussion: Towleroad and Scared Monkeys
Adrian Wojnarowski / Yahoo Sports:
NBA pulls 2017 All-Star Game from Charlotte, focuses on New Orleans  —  Without any movement by state legislators in North Carolina to change newly enacted laws targeted at the LGBT community, the NBA is pulling the 2017 All-Star Game out of Charlotte, league sources told The Vertical.
Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
‘Private’ video of Virgin Islands Democratic delegate posted online  —  A “private” videotape of the Virgin Islands' delegate to Congress, Democratic Rep. Stacey Plaskett, which showed her husband naked and wearing makeup, was posted online Wednesday night but later removed, the freshman lawmaker said in a statement Thursday.
Discussion: Jezebel
Joe Klein / TIME:
An Unhinged Republican Convention and the Nation's Greatest Test  —  The Republican Convention opened with a distraught mother, tears in her eyes, saying something palpably outrageous: “I blame Hillary Clinton.  I blame Hillary Clinton personally for the death of my son-personally.”
Discussion: Washington Monthly
Rick Pearson / Chicago Tribune:
Illinois Republicans remove Trump delegate with ‘whitepride’ social media handle  —  The Illinois Republican Party on Wednesday revoked the credentials of Lori Gayne, a Donald Trump delegate from Chicago who has used a social media handle of “whitepride” for alleged racial slurs and threats of violence.
Discussion: Talking Points Memo and Vocativ
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Lynn Sweet / Chicago Sun Times:
Illinois GOP revokes delegate's credentials for ‘racist’ FB post
Discussion: Raw Story and Joe.My.God.
Elon Musk / Tesla Motors:
Mobile Menu  —  Master Plan, Part Deux  —  The first master plan that I wrote 10 years ago is now in the final stages of completion.  It wasn't all that complicated and basically consisted of:  —  And...  The reason we had to start off with step 1 was that it was all I could afford to do with what I made from PayPal.
Scott Whitlock / NewsBusters:
MSNBC Warns Sensitive Viewers Before Showing Anti-Hillary Buttons  —  Warning, sensitive MSNBC viewers may want to look away.  That's essentially what Rachel Maddow told liberal watchers on Wednesday night before showing a picture of anti-Hillary Clinton buttons at the Republican convention.
 
 
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Philip Bump / Washington Post:
It's mostly old people watching the convention, because mostly old people watch conventions
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Adam Kilgore / Washington Post:
GW basketball players report coach's ‘verbal and emotional abuse’; many fled school
Guardian:
A$AP Rocky criticises Black Lives Matter ‘bandwagon’
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Anne Gearan / Washington Post:
Liberals criticize Kaine for supporting regulations pushed by banks
Discussion: Politico and New York Magazine
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