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Claire Boston / Bloomberg Business:
Serta Will Stop Selling Donald Trump Mattress Line in Latest Defection  —  The move comes after the presidential candidate made disparaging comments about Mexican immigrants.  —  Serta, the largest U.S. mattress manufacturer, will end its business relationship with Donald Trump …
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Philip Rucker / Washington Post:
As Donald Trump surges in polls, Democrats cheer  —  For Democrats, Donald Trump amounts to a kind of divine intervention.  —  With the Republican Party on an urgent mission to woo Latino voters, one of its leading presidential candidates has been enmeshed for two weeks in a nasty feud …
NBC News:
First Read: Is the GOP the Party of Big Business No More?  —  People hold signs in front of Macy's Herald Square flagship store, Wednesday, July 1, 2015, in New York.  Macy's became the latest company to end its relationship with presidential candidate Donald Trump after his remarks about Mexican immigrants.
John DiStaso / WMUR:
New Hampshire Primary Source: Texas governor now sending ‘love’ letters to NH businesses
Discussion: Political Wire
Mike Allen / Politico:
HILLARY'S OMNIPRESENT HUMA emerges as own power center - DEMS WANT BILL to rai$e for HRC super PAC; fears she'll lag Jeb - PERRY speech courts African Americans - RAND banks on Nev.  —  By Mike Allen (@mikeallen; mallen@politico.com), and Daniel Lippman (@dlippman; dlippman@politico.com)
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Annie Karni / Politico:
Hillary's shadow  —  After years as the former secretary of state's loyal assistant, Huma Abedin is emerging as a campaign power center of her own.  —  Hillary Clinton had just wrapped a campaign event in the warehouse of the Smuttynose Brewery in New Hampshire in May, when the crowd began crushing in …
New York Times:
Scott Walker's Hard Right Turn in Iowa May Hurt Him Elsewhere  —  Gov. Scott Walker of Wisconsin spent months persuading influential Republicans that he alone had the impressive conservative achievements and mainstream American appeal needed to not only win the party's nomination but also to recapture the White House.
Discussion: Daily Kos and US News
Nick Gass / Politico:
Scott Walker to announce White House run on July 13
Discussion: Talking Points Memo and The Week
Elliot Smilowitz / The Hill:
Sanders draws massive crowd in Wisconsin  —  Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders drew 10,000 supporters, the largest crowd of his campaign thus far, according to reports.  —  “Tonight, we have more people at any meeting for a candidate of president of the United States …
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Ben Brody / Bloomberg Business:
Bernie Sanders Gains on Hillary Clinton in Iowa, Quinnipiac Poll Says
Discussion: Politico
Dan Merica / CNN:
Bernie Sanders draws nearly 10,000 supporters in Wisconsin
Discussion: Washington Monthly
Loretta Chao / Wall Street Journal:
Revamped Bubble Wrap Loses Its Pop  —  Sealed Air, maker of the iconic packaging material, is rolling out a new flat version to cut down on the high costs of shipping air  —  Sealed Air Corp. has revamped its iconic Bubble Wrap.  The new product dubbed iBubble Wrap looks …
WUSA9:
Navy Yard lockdown: Police look for 2 men, say sources  —  8:37 a.m.: Homeland Security vehicle rolls in  —  8:30 a.m.: People evacuated from buildings near Navy Yard building are on the street waiting to see what to do next.  One man told Mike Hydeck that he saw a note on the door of the Dept …
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Arelis R. Hernández / Washington Post:
Police swarm Washington Navy Yard after reports of active shooter
Discussion: WIS-TV
NBC News:
Gunman Killed Trying to Rob Ex-Reporters Lynne Russell and Chuck de Caro in Albuquerque  —  Two journalists got their hands on a crime story up close and personal this week.  —  Former CNN and Headline News anchor Lynne Russell and her husband, former CNN reporter Chuck de Caro …
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Bloomberg Business:
Jobs Report Disappoints, Participation Rate Falls to Lowest Since 1977 … An increase in June payrolls followed smaller gains in the prior two months and wages were little changed as U.S. job market reflected a more moderate pace of economic growth.  —  The addition of 223,000 jobs followed …
Monica Potts / Washington Monthly:
The Post-Ownership Society  —  Five and a half years ago, when I first moved to Washington, D.C., for a magazine job, I rented a basement apartment in a neighborhood called Bloomingdale.  The area was full of Victorian-era homes that had once been occupied by mostly middle-class black families …
Eugene Scott / CNN:
Trump defends inflammatory comments, asks ‘Who is doing the raping?’  —  Washington (CNN)Businessman Donald Trump continued his verbal attack against illegal immigrants on Wednesday, in an exclusive interview set to air at 10 p.m. on CNN Tonight with Don Lemon.
Jeffrey M. Jones / Gallup:
Democrats Regain Edge in Party Affiliation  —  Story Highlights  —  PRINCETON, N.J. — In the second quarter of 2015, Democrats regained an advantage over Republicans in terms of Americans' party affiliation.  A total of 46% of Americans identified as Democrats (30%) or said they are independents …
Paul Bond / Hollywood Reporter:
‘Dukes of Hazzard’ Star Rips TV Land for Dropping Show: “Can't We All Just Watch TV?”  —  “Are people who grew up watching the show now suddenly racists?”  John Schneider asks.  —  John Schneider is blasting TV Land for its decision to erase from its schedule — due its depiction of the Confederate flag …
CNN:
Poll: Majority sees Confederate flag as Southern pride symbol, not racist  —  Story highlights  — About 57% of Americans see the Confederate flag more as a symbol of Southern pride than as a symbol of racism, the poll says  —  Washington (CNN)American public opinion on the Confederate flag remains …
Shane Simmons / WQAD-TV:
Monmouth College grad charged for allegedly stomping puppy to death  —  More than a dozen protesters convened outside of the Warren County Courthouse on Tuesday, June 30, with one objective: “Justice for Cash.”  —  Cash was a pit bull puppy who was allegedly kicked and stomped to death …
Discussion: KTLA and New York's PIX11
Miranda Blue / Right Wing Watch:
Steve King: Impeach Ginsburg & Kagan Over Gay Marriage Decision  —  Rep. Steve King, R-Iowa, said yesterday that he would support impeaching Justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Elena Kagan over their participation in the Supreme Court's marriage equality case whenever “the public is ready” for such proceedings.
Timothy Cama / The Hill:
Oklahoma sues to stop Obama's climate rule  —  Oklahoma's attorney general filed a lawsuit Wednesday to stop the Obama administration's signature proposed climate change regulation.  —  The federal lawsuit from Attorney General Scott Pruitt is comes less than a month after the Court of Appeals …
Discussion: Washington Post and Instapundit
Vincent Broughton / CBS Denver:
Black Suspect Arrested After Racist Message Discovered Outside Predominately Black Church  —  COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (CBS4)- A Colorado Springs man was arrested after police believe he left racist messages outside a church.  —  Vincent Broughton, 44, who is black, is facing charges …
Alissa Greenberg / TIME:
Another Black Church Burns in the South, the 8th in 10 Days  —  #WhoIsBurningBlackChurches trended on Twitter throughout the week  —  Mount Zion African Methodist Episcopal Church, a prominent African-American church in Greeleyville, S.C., caught fire late Tuesday.
Con Coughlin / Telegraph:
US blocks attempts by Arab allies to fly heavy weapons directly to Kurds to fight Islamic State  —  Middle East allies accuse Barack Obama and David Cameron of failing to show strategic leadership in fight against Isil, as MPs could be given vote on whether to bomb Syria
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
Bloomberg Business:
AT&T Said to Win Antitrust Approval for DirecTV With FCC Pending  —  AT&T Inc.'s $48.5 billion deal to buy DirecTV is set to be cleared by U.S. antitrust officials without any conditions, said a person familiar with deliberations by the Justice Department.  —  The merger still needs approval …
 
 
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Dan Lamothe / Washington Post:
Iwo Jima Marines, gay pride and a photo adaptation that spawns fury
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Nelson D. Schwartz / New York Times:
U.S. Economy Adds 223,000 Jobs; Unemployment at 5.3%
Kenneth P. Vogel / Politico:
Soros helps pro-Clinton Super PACs to $20 million haul
Discussion: Bloomberg Business
Stevepostrel / StrategyProfs.net:
Good Strategy/Bad Strategy: Obama Foreign Policy Division
Discussion: The Hugh Hewitt Show
Wall Street Journal:
Puerto Rico's Pain Is Tied to U.S. Wages
Discussion: Reuters and Washington Post
Sean Davis / The Federalist:
Sorry, Chuck Todd, But Reporters Are Not The Referees Of Politics
Rachel M. Cohen / American Prospect:
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Los Angeles Times:
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