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3:26 AM ET, July 14, 2015

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Simon Vozick-Levinson / Rolling Stone:
America's Top Union Leader Just Destroyed Scott Walker in Six Words  —  “Scott Walker is a national disgrace,” reads the entirety of AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka's statement  —  Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker is one of the most hardcore right-wing extremists in America.
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Brian Beutler / The New Republic:
Scott Walker Is the Most Boring Presidential Candidate Ever  —  Scott Walker's appeal to American conservatives is obvious.  He's as hard-nosed and unwilling to compromise as any conservative activist, but as deft as a seasoned party operative who knows how to pile up victories in hostile territory.
Ben Kamisar / The Hill:
Santorum points to gay marriage fissures in Walker household  —  Former Sen. Rick Santorum (R-Penn.) warned Monday that Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker's dissonance with his wife on same-sex marriage could cause him to be less “active” in his opposition.  —  “Spouses matter,” Santorum said in an editorial meeting with The Daily Caller.
Discussion: ABC News
Peter Montgomery / Right Wing Watch:
Scott Walker Says His Presidential Bid Is 'God's Plan'  —  Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, who announced his presidential bid on Twitter this morning and will have a launch event later today in Waukesha, has sent an email to activists declaring that his presidential run “is God's plan for me.”
CNN:
Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker launches bid with red meat speech  —  Story highlights  — Walker's claim to conservative fame came from surviving a recall effort following an extended labor fight in his state  —  (CNN)Scott Walker, the political phenomenon who rose to national fame by taking …
Aaron Goldstein / American Spectator:
Six Reasons Why Scott Walker Will Be Elected President
Discussion: Washington Times and Politico
Alex Pappas / The Daily Caller:
‘Masters Exemption’: Rick Santorum Wants To Be Grandfathered Into Debates
Discussion: Mediaite
Meredith ShinerPolitical / Yahoo Politics:
In Wisconsin, Scott Walker was a political survivor. Can he become a national winner?
Robert Samuels / Washington Post:
Walker's anti-union law has labor reeling in Wisconsin
Jeff Greenfield / Politico:
Primary amnesia  —  What the press forgets every election.  —  Getty.  —  SHARES  —  In his classic 1941 short story “Nightfall,” Isaac Asimov imagines a planet (Lagash) with six suns.  Only once every 2,049 years does total darkness fall—and with nightfall comes the appearance of the stars.
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Dylan Byers / Politico:
N.Y. Times stands by Ted Cruz decision  —  The New York Times is standing by its decision to omit Ted Cruz's new memoir from its best-seller list on the grounds that sales were driven by “strategic bulk purchases,” despite the fact that both HarperCollins and Amazon say there is no evidence for that argument.
John Hinderaker / Power Line:
NY Times Taking a Beating In Its Battle With Ted Cruz
Discussion: Instapundit
Dylan Byers / Politico:
Amazon: ‘No evidence’ of bulk sales for Ted Cruz book
Daily Mail:
Mexican drug lord Joaquin ‘El Chapo’ Guzman THREATENS Donald Trump on Twitter  —  By ALASDAIR BAVERSTOCK IN MEXICO CITY and OLLIE GILLMAN FOR MAILONLINE  —  Mexico's billion dollar drugs lord known as ‘El Chapo’ has gloated on Twitter about his escape from a maximum security jail …
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TMZ.com:
Donald Trump Calls in FBI Over Death Threats Involving El Chapo  —  CALLS IN FBI  —  Over Death Threat Involving El Chapo  —  EXCLUSIVE  —  Donald Trump tells TMZ he is contacting the FBI to investigate threats just made by a man claiming to be the son of escaped Mexican drug lord El Chapo.
Jennifer Shutt / Politico:
Donald Trump on Mexican drug lord's escape: ‘I told you so’
Ben White / Politico:
Clinton speech react: ‘Is that it?’  —  The Democratic front-runner manages to underwhelm both Wall Street and its reformers in her signature economic policy speech.  —  NEW YORK CITY — Hillary Clinton gave a big economics speech here on Monday and the snap reaction among Wall Street investors …
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Tim Hanrahan / Wall Street Journal:
Hillary Clinton Transcript: Building the ‘Growth and Fairness Economy’
Eric Bradner / CNN:
Hillary Clinton's economic pitch: Americans ‘need a raise’
ABC News:
Son of Boston Police Captain Arrested as Possible Terrorist  —  The estranged son of a respected Boston police captain was arrested July 4 by FBI agents as part of a counter-terrorism operation against alleged ISIS-inspired domestic terrorists, federal officials told ABC News today.
Politico:
Pentagon moves to allow transgender troops to serve openly  —  The Pentagon is opening the door for transgender troops to serve in the military, Defense Secretary Ash Carter announced Monday, continuing a wave of expansion in opportunity under President Barack Obama.
Discussion: ABC News
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Matthew Rosenberg / New York Times:
Pentagon Moves to Allow Transgender People to Serve Openly in the Military
Discussion: NPR and The Week
J. David Goodman / New York Times:
Eric Garner Case Is Settled by New York City for $5.9 Million  —  New York City reached a settlement on Monday with the family of Eric Garner, agreeing to pay $5.9 million to resolve the claim over his killing by the police last July on Staten Island, according to a lawyer representing the family.
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John Marzulli / New York Daily News:
Eric Garner's widow rejects NYC's $5M offer to settle wrongful death suit: source
Discussion: Slantpoint and The Week
Tom Boggioni / Raw Story:
Alabama's chief justice: Satan made Supreme Court ‘destroy the institution of God’ in marriage ruling  —  DON'T MISS STORIES.  FOLLOW RAW STORY!  —  Outspoken Alabama Supreme Court Chief Justice Roy Moore told a church gathering on Sunday that the U.S. Supreme Court “destroyed the institution of God …
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Casey Toner / al.com:   Alabama Supreme Court Chief Justice Roy Moore: Same-sex marriage ruling ‘destroyed the institution of God’
Page Six:
Hamptons partying keeps Pelosi awake until 4 a.m.  —  Nancy Pelosi didn't get much sleep in the Hamptons on Saturday night.  —  The 75-year-old House minority leader stayed at the hip hotel The Capri, where parties often go well into the early hours.  Sources told us Pelosi …
Hillel Fendel / Reuters:
ISIS Breaks Own Cruelty Record: Blows Up Baby for Demonstration  —  Arabic media reports say ISIS trainer taught recruits booby-trap methods by blowing up infant child.  —  ISIS jihadi (file)  —  In arguably one of its cruelest acts yet, the Islamic State (ISIS) has reportedly blown …
Discussion: TPNN, The Jawa Report and Jihad Watch
Paul Richardson / Bloomberg Business:
Obama's Half-Brother Misses Home-Brew Days Ahead of Kenya Visit  —  Malik Abon'go Obama yearns for the days when he and his half-brother were closer.  —  Two decades before Barack Obama became U.S. president, Malik fulfilled a pledge to their father to bring his sibling home to their village in western Kenya.
Discussion: Daily Mail and The Week
Sophie McNeill / ABC:
Jodi Magi: WA woman arrested and jailed in Abu Dhabi for ‘writing bad words’ on Facebook  —  An Australian woman has been arrested and jailed in Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates after she was found guilty of “writing bad words on social media”.  —  In February, Jodi Magi, 39 …
Discussion: Al Jazeera English and Guardian
 
 
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Erik Eckholm / New York Times:
Sides Dispute Basis of North Carolina Voting Laws as Trial Contesting Them Opens
Katherine Krueger / Talking Points Memo:
Missouri County Will Lower Flags To Mourn Gay Marriage Ruling For A Year
S.A. Miller / Washington Times:
Jim Webb confronts leftists: ‘Not my Democratic Party’
Discussion: Fox News and Hot Air
Mike Weston / Wall Street Journal:
‘Smart Cities’ Will Know Everything About You
Discussion: The Interrobang
Reuters:
Euro zone strikes Greek deal with tough conditions
Marc A. Thiessen / Washington Post:
Obama's silence on Kathryn Steinle killing is deafening
Discussion: Instapundit
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Boy Scouts Executive Committee Unanimously Votes To End Gay Leadership Ban
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Discussion: The Week
The White House:
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