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3:35 PM ET, July 13, 2015

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Politico:
Bernie Sanders' Senate colleagues stunned by his ascent  —  The Senate backbencher is drawing huge crowds on the trail, but his Democratic colleagues warn voters not to buy the hype.  —  Bernie Sanders' Senate colleagues have come to know him as a bit player in the Democratic Caucus …
Discussion: The Week and USA Today
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Nick Gass / Politico:
Hillary Clinton, Jeb Bush renew sparring match over worker hours, pay  —  In economic policy speech, the Democratic frontrunner also takes on Rubio and Walker.  —  Hillary Clinton laid into Jeb Bush's remark that Americans need to work longer hours on Monday during her first economic policy speech at the New School in New York City.
Discussion: ABC News
Jim Tankersley / Washington Post:
The thing Bernie Sanders says about inequality that no other candidate will touch
Discussion: Washington Monthly
Politico:
Tales from Scott Walker's graveyard
Discussion: ABC News and Red Alert Politics
The White House:
President Obama Announces 46 Commutations in Video Address: “America Is a Nation of Second Chances”  —  As a former Assistant U.S. Attorney and criminal defense attorney, I'm well acquainted with how federal sentencing practices can, in too many instances, lead nonviolent drug offenders to spend decades, if not life, in prison.
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Carl Hiaasen / miamiherald:
There will never be a President Trump  —  Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump arrives to a fundraising event at a golf course in the Bronx borough of New York Monday.  Seth Wenig AP  —  Before one more straight-faced political story is written about the presidential candidacy of Donald Trump …
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Robert Costa / Washington Post:
Listening to Donald Trump swear and talk politics on his private plane
Jennifer Shutt / Politico:
Donald Trump on Mexican drug lord's escape: ‘I told you so’
Dylan Byers / Politico:
Amazon: ‘No evidence’ of bulk sales for Ted Cruz book  —  The New York Times' refusal to put Ted Cruz's memoir on its bestseller list is once again being called into question — this time by Amazon, the largest Internet retailer in the country.  —  On Sunday, an Amazon spokesperson told …
Tim Alberta / National Journal:
Can Scott Walker Have It Both Ways?  —  The biggest question hanging over Walker's presidential campaign is whether the political strategy that got him this far can work at the next level.  —  “I'm pro-life,” Scott Walker said, looking directly into the camera.
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Jordyn Phelps / ABC News:
Scott Walker Makes It Official: 'I'm Running for President'
Discussion: Politico and Scared Monkeys
Kurt Schlichter / Townhall.com:
It's Time For Conservatives To Play By The New Rules  —  We conservatives have spent far too long playing by the old rules when liberals have completely changed the game.  There was a time when laws meant what they said, when individual rights were important, when the government …
Discussion: Washington Monthly
Kathryn Schulz / New Yorker:
The Really Big One  —  An earthquake will destroy a sizable portion of the coastal Northwest.  The question is when. … “I'll do what everybody does—sell this startup just before we have to hire a female employee.”  —  BUY THE PRINT » … JULY 20, 2009  —  BUY THE PRINT »
Discussion: The Awl and The Week
Sahil Kapur / Bloomberg Business:
Santorum Jumps to Right of Cruz, Walker on Same-Sex Marriage Constitutional Amendment  —  Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum said Monday he wants a constitutional amendment that defines marriage as between a man and a woman in all 50 states, less than three weeks …
Discussion: ABC News and Political Wire
Katy Stech / Wall Street Journal:
Rapper 50 Cent Files for Bankruptcy … Curtis James Jackson III, the rapper better known as 50 Cent, filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy protection Monday.  —  In court papers filed in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Hartford, Conn., Mr. Jackson reported assets and debts each in the range of $10 million to $50 million.
Tonja B. Carter / Wall Street Journal:
How I Found the Harper Lee Manuscript  —  Much has been said lately about the discovery of ‘Go Set a Watchman’ and when it occurred.  Here's the full story.  —  Accidents of history sometimes place otherwise unknown people in historic spotlights.  Such was my fate when last August curiosity got …
Daily Mail:
Mexican drug lord Joaquin ‘El Chapo’ Guzman taunts the world after his escape from prison  —  Mexico's billion dollar drugs lord known as ‘El Chapo’ has gloated on Twitter about his escape from a maximum security jail by taunting authorities and sending death threats to his enemies.
Tara Culp-Ressler / ThinkProgress:
Study Finds Nearly 100 Percent Of Women Who Had An Abortion Say It Was The Right Choice  —  According to a new study that tracked hundreds of women who had abortions, more than 95 percent of participants reported that ending a pregnancy was the right decision for them.
Discussion: The Week
Howard Koplowitz / al.com:
Alabama ‘Feeling the Bern’ for Sanders  —  In the 22 years that she's been eligible to vote, Elizabeth Hewitt was never motivated to cast a ballot.  —  “I didn't like either candidate.  I didn't care who won because I felt it didn't matter,” Hewitt said.  —  But the 40-year-old Blount …
Discussion: The Daily Caller and Raw Story
Dan Hyde / Telegraph:
Earth heading for ‘mini ice age’ within 15 years  —  River Thames could freeze over in 2030s when Northern Hemisphere faces bitterly cold winters, scientists say  —  The earth is 15 years from a “mini ice-age” that will cause bitterly cold winters during which rivers such as the Thames freeze over, scientists have predicted.
Robert Samuels / Washington Post:
Walker's anti-union law has labor reeling in Wisconsin  —  KING, Wis. — At the old union hall here on a recent afternoon, Terry Magnant sat at the head of a table surrounded by 18 empty chairs.  A members meeting had been scheduled to start a half-hour earlier, but the small house …
New York Times:
Lost in the Immigration Frenzy  —  Kathryn Steinle was killed on a pier in San Francisco on July 1, allegedly by a troubled immigrant who had a stolen gun and a long criminal history and had been deported five times.  The shooting was inexplicable, yet Ms. Steinle's family and friends …
Idrees Kahloon / Sunlight Foundation Blog:
Conservative PACs raise millions, spend little on politics  —  Patriot PAC fundraises hundreds of thousands of dollars for conservative causes, but little money goes to actual campaign committees or issue ads.  —  Several staffers once affiliated with conservative activist and candidate Alan Keyes …
 
 
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Conor Dougherty / New York Times:
Sundar Pichai of Google Talks About Phone Intrusion
Discussion: The Verge and BuzzMachine
Mike Lillis / The Hill:
Sanders, Democrats urging Obama to expand Social Security
Theodoric Meyer / Politico:
Lincoln Chafee fundraising: Barely a blip
Carol Morello / Washington Post:
‘Sleepy, overworked’ negotiators may extend Iran talks again
Discussion: Progress Pond
Jess Bravin / Wall Street Journal:
Justice Ginsburg's Spin on a Supreme Opera, ‘Scalia/Ginsburg’
Discussion: Josh Blackman's Blog
Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:
Trump On Obama In 2009: “I Think He's Doing A Really Good Job...He's Totally A Champion”
Catherine Thompson / Talking Points Memo:
Trump Reportedly Tells Group US Should Have Invaded Mexico Instead Of Iraq
Discussion: Mediaite
 Earlier Items: 
New York Times:
Who Is Running for President (and Who's Not)?
Discussion: Daily Kos
Betsy McCaughey / New York Post:
‘End-of-life counselling’: Death panels are back
Discussion: National Review
John Meroney / The Atlantic:
'There's an Awakening in Our Country': A Q&A With Jimmy Carter
Discussion: The Week
Joel Kotkin / Orange County Register:
Institution of family being eroded
Discussion: The Hugh Hewitt Show
Mark Hensch / The Hill:
First DHS chief: Obama needs to put on ‘commander in chief hat’
Ron Fournier / National Journal:
Memo to Hillary: 'You're Still the Problem'
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Killing the European Project
 

 
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