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5:30 PM ET, July 20, 2015

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Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
Nope.  Trump's Latest Outrage Will Not Sink Him One Bit  —  Has Donald Trump finally done it?  Finally gone too far?  —  Coming from Trump, the comments seem more ridiculous than outrageous.  And let's not forget that only a decade ago Republicans ran an entire presidential campaign around …
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Paul Mirengoff / Power Line:
When politics imitates pro wrestling
Brian Krebs / Krebs on Security:
Online Cheating Site AshleyMadison Hacked  —  Large caches of data stolen from online cheating site AshleyMadison.com have been posted online by an individual or group that claims to have completely compromised the company's user databases, financial records and other proprietary information.
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Associated Press:
Cheating website Ashley Madison hacked, personal info posted  —  1 photo  —  NEW YORK (AP) — The parent company of Ashley Madison, a matchmaking website for cheating spouses, says it was hacked and that the personal information of some of its users was posted online.
Kristen Schweizer / Bloomberg Business:
AshleyMadison.com Hack Threatens Millions of Would-Be Adulterers
TMZ.com:
Blake Shelton & Miranda Lambert — Divorcing  —  BLAKE SHELTON & MIRANDA LAMBERT  —  DIVORCING  —  EXCLUSIVE  —  Blake Shelton and Miranda Lambert are getting divorced ... TMZ has learned.  —  The couple filed divorce docs a while ago, and a judge is expected to officially end their 4 year marriage today.
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Associated Press:
BLAKE SHELTON, MIRANDA LAMBERT DIVORCE AFTER 4 YEARS  —  NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — After years of tabloid gossip, country music's top couple Blake Shelton and Miranda Lambert announced their divorce after four years of marriage.  —  The news was confirmed in a statement Monday to The Associated Press, issued by their representatives.
Discussion: Guardian, The Week, USA Today and TMZ.com
Allison Samuels / Vanity Fair:
Rachel Dolezal's True Lies  —  For a time this summer, it seemed all anyone could talk about was the N.A.A.C.P. chapter president whose parents had “outed” her as white.  The tornado of public attention has since moved on, but Rachel Dolezal still has to live with her choices—and still refuses to back down.
J.K. Trotter / Gawker:
Tommy Craggs and Max Read are Resigning from Gawker  —  Tommy Craggs, the executive editor of Gawker Media, and Max Read, the editor-in-chief of Gawker.com, are resigning from the company.  In letters sent today, Craggs and Read informed staff members that the managing partnership's vote …
MJ Brickey / News-Capital & Democrat:
Stuart woman involved in a fatality accident after flag rally  —  A Stuart woman who attended a pro confederate flag rally in Birmingham, Alabama, said on her Facebook page she was subsequently involved in a car accident that resulted in a fatality in Mississippi.
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Julian Hattem / The Hill:
US should hang Edward Snowden, says former spy panel senator  —  The U.S. should publicly hang leaker Edward Snowden if and when he falls into the government's hands, according to the former top Republican on the Senate Intelligence Committee.  —  “We need to hang him on the courthouse square …
Discussion: Political Wire and The Week
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Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:
Retired Senator And Intelligence Vice Chair: Hang Snowden Publicly When We Get Him  —  “I hope none of you have sympathy for him because we need to hang him on the courthouse square as soon as we get our hands on him,” said former Sen. Saxby Chambliss.  —  View Video ›
Discussion: Salon and Hullabaloo
Smithsonian Institution / Kickstarter:
Reboot the Suit: Bring Back Neil Armstrong's Spacesuit  —  You'll need an HTML5 capable browser to see this content.  —  Play  —  Unmute  —  Play with  —  sound  —  A chance for citizens of Earth to conserve, digitize, and display Neil Armstrong's Apollo 11 spacesuit for explorers everywhere.
Mollie Hemingway / The Federalist:
Ideas For Reporters Struggling To Cover Planned Parenthood  —  Many years ago I interviewed for a reporting job covering government waste, fraud and mismanagement.  The interview went well and my future employers mentioned that they'd had trouble keeping the position filled as many reporters had trouble coming up with story ideas.
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Michael Brown / Townhall.com:
Buy a Baby's Liver For Just $24K!
Discussion: Walid Shoebat
Stephen F. Hayes / Weekly Standard:
Bush-Walker Dispute Catches Fire Over Iran Nuclear Deal  —  A smoldering policy dispute over the Iran deal between two frontrunners for the Republican nomination caught fire over the weekend, as the campaigns of Wisconsin governor Scott Walker and former Florida governor Jeb Bush traded accusations …
Katherine Krueger / Talking Points Memo:
Gen. Wesley Clark: Let's Throw Radical Muslims Into Internment Camps  —  U.S. General Wesley Clark floated a plan Friday for dealing with so-called “lone wolf” terrorists on American soil: imprison them in internment camps before they get the chance to attack the U.S.
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Adrian Sanchez-Gonzalez / The Intercept:
Wesley Clark Calls for Internment Camps for “Radicalized” Americans
Discussion: Mediaite and Moe Lane
Timothy Cama / The Hill:
Industry rails against Obama's dishwasher rules  —  Companies that make dishwashers are warning that the Obama administration's latest efficiency standards for their industry would backfire.  —  The Association of Home Appliance Manufacturers is accusing the Department of Energy (DOE) …
Discussion: Fox News
Marc Caputo / Politico:
Crist: ‘I intend on running’ for Congress  —  “If the new congressional map includes my home, I intend on running to serve the people again,” Crist said in a post on Twitter.  —  Former Florida Gov. Charlie Crist all but announced his intentions to run for Congress in a Tampa Bay-area House seat …
Discussion: Moe Lane and Political Wire
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Adam C. Smith / Tampa Bay Times:
U.S. Rep. David Jolly enters race for U.S. Senate
Discussion: Roll Call and OnPolitics
David Dayen / The New Republic:
Bernie Sanders and Martin O'Malley Failed Their #BlackLivesMatter Test  —  Neither Democratic candidate measured up after being interrupted at Netroots Nation  —  At the Presidential Town Hall this weekend at Netroots Nation 2015, the largest annual gathering of liberal activists in America …
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Sam Frizell / TIME:
Sanders and O'Malley Stumble During Black Lives Matter Protest
ABC News:
Chattanooga Shooting: FBI Recovers Gunman's Disturbing Diary  —  With more than 30 FBI agents due to arrive today in Chattanooga, a diary belonging to the gunman and FBI interviews with his parents paint a picture of a disturbed, suicidal young man using drugs, preparing for bankruptcy …
Fox News:
UN Security Council endorses Iran deal, Tehran diplomat lashes out at US  —  The U.N. Security Council on Monday unanimously endorsed the Iran nuclear deal, though the show of support was interrupted shortly afterward by a war of words between the American and Iranian ambassadors.
 
 
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Jeb Hensarling / Wall Street Journal:
After Five Years, Dodd-Frank Is a Failure
Peter Sullivan / The Hill:
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FOX2now.com:
Patrick's Westport Grill apologizes for receipt
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Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
John Kasich's anger management