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2:55 PM ET, July 22, 2015

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Nancy Dillon / New York Daily News:
‘No one remembers him’: Donald Trump's classmates from UPenn business school have ‘no memory of him whatsoever,’ doubt his claims of being top in class  —  Donald Trump styles himself a natural-born genius with the academic credentials and business savvy to save the nation.
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Donald Trump / The Onion:
Admit It: You People Want To See How Far This Goes, Don't You?  —  The latest polls are out, and just as I predicted, I'm leading the Republican presidential race by a wide margin.  You might be wondering how that could be.  After all, it's hardly been a month since I entered the field …
Gabriel Sherman / New York Magazine:
Rupert Murdoch Wants to Stop Donald Trump, But First He's Got to Rein In Roger Ailes  —  Has Fox News spun out of the media mogul's control?  —  Shares … The mounting problem Donald Trump poses to Republicans is also a mounting problem for the country's most powerful conservative media mogul: Rupert Murdoch.
Jeremy Diamond / CNN:
Donald Trump to tour U.S.-Mexico border
Dylan Byers / Politico:
Will GOP debate be the Trump show?
Ben Kamisar / The Hill:
Trump to visit Texas border
Ben Norton:
Dashcam Video of Violent Arrest of Sandra Bland Was Edited  —  The dashcam video released to the public of the violent arrest of Sandra Bland was edited.  —  Bland was a 28-year-old Black Lives Matter civil rights activist and vocal critic of police brutality who died in police custody …
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Richie Duchon / NBC News:
Sandra Bland Death: Texas to Look Into Alleged Edits of Dashcam Video  —  Texas Department of Public Safety authorities said late Tuesday they were looking into alleged edits to a 52-minute dashcam video of the traffic stop and arrest of Sandra Bland, who subsequently died in her jail cell three days after her arrest.
David Montgomery / New York Times:
Officer Threatened Sandra Bland With Taser, Police Video Shows
New York Times:
The Campaign of Deception Against Planned Parenthood  —  A hidden-camera video released last week purported to show that Planned Parenthood illegally sells tissue from aborted fetuses.  It shows nothing of the sort.  But it is the latest in a series of unrelenting attacks on Planned Parenthood …
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Kirsten Powers / USA Today:
Crush Planned Parenthood  —  Caught in stomach-turning video, all it can apologize for is the tone.  —  Planned Parenthood head Cecile Richards apologized last week for the uncompassionate tone her senior director of medical research, Deborah Nucatola, used to explain the process …
Fred Fleitz / National Review:
IAEA Tells Congressmen of Two Secret Side Deals to Iran Agreement That Won't Be Shared with Congress  —  Senator Tom Cotton (R., Ark.) and Congressmen Mike Pompeo (R., Kan.) issued a press release today on a startling discovery they made during a July 17 meeting with International Atomic …
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Michael R. Gordon / New York Times:
Provision in Iran Accord Is Challenged by Some Nuclear Experts  —  WASHINGTON — The Obama administration's claim that the Iran nuclear accord provides for airtight verification procedures is coming under challenge from nuclear experts with long experience in monitoring Tehran's program.
Discussion: JustOneMinute and Hot Air
Jordain Carney / The Hill:
Cruz threatens to tie Iran deal to highway bill
New York Times:
Service Members Risked Lives During Chattanooga Attack, Officials Say  —  CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — Marines and sailors risked their lives for one another in Chattanooga last week, trying to distract the gunman who assaulted a naval center here, helping people scale a fence to reach safety …
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Art Swift / Gallup:
Pope Francis' Favorable Rating Drops in U.S.  —  Story Highlights  —  WASHINGTON, D.C. — Pope Francis' favorability rating in the U.S. has returned to where it was when he was elected pope.  It is now at 59%, down from 76% in early 2014.  The pontiff's rating is similar to the 58% …
Bloomberg Business:
These Are the Top 20 Cities Americans Are Ditching  —  Soaring costs of living meant residents left New York City and its suburbs in droves  —  New York City, Los Angeles, Honolulu: They're all places you would think would be popular destinations for Americans.
Nick Gass / Politico:
Trump: I gave out Lindsey Graham's phone number ‘for fun’  —  Donald Trump has no regrets about giving out Lindsey Graham's cellphone number on Tuesday.  —  In fact, Trump said Wednesday, he “did it for fun.”  —  Story Continued Below  —  Asked on “Fox and Friends” …
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Tyler Cowen / Marginal REVOLUTION:
What makes the Very Serious People so very serious?  —  I mean that question quite um...seriously.  —  Paul Krugman, who I believe originated the concept, recently defined it as follows: “...someone distinguished by his faith in received orthodoxy no matter the evidence.”
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Henry Farrell / Washington Monthly:
A Brief Theory of Very Serious People
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Heather McManamy / ABC News:
Wisconsin Mom Dying of Cancer Writes Greeting Cards for Toddler's Future Milestones
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Joby Warrick / Washington Post:
Washington Post petitions U.N. to help free journalist held in Iran
Jake Sherman / Politico:
Kevin McCarthy says House won't take up Senate's highway bill
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Economy main factor in US emissions decline
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Rick Noack / Washington Post:
Europe to America: Your love of air-conditioning is stupid
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Rand Paul Says He Supports Using Military Force If Iran Is Building Nukes
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Charlie Savage / New York Times:
Obama's Plan for Guantánamo Is Seen Faltering
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My wedding was perfect - and I was fat as hell the whole time
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Lisa Kaylor / The Augusta Chronicle:
Entrance of pro-LGBT Metropolitan Community Church of Our Redeemer defaced with graffiti
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