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1:20 PM ET, July 23, 2015

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The Hill:
Exclusive: Trump threatens third-party run  —  NEW YORK — Donald Trump says the chances that he will launch a third-party White House run will “absolutely” increase if the Republican National Committee is unfair to him during the 2016 primary season.  —  “The RNC has not been supportive.
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Ed Kilgore / Washington Monthly:
Trump Card  —  When I opened my favorite news aggregator this morning, nine of the top ten items were about Donald Trump.  That's right: 90% of the top stories involved the bloviating real estate tycoon and reality TV star.  —  No, I'm not going to write 90% of my 12 posts today on The Donald …
Kevin Cirilli / The Hill:
Trump: Stewart is ‘begging’ me to appear on his final show  —  Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump said that Jon Stewart is “begging” him to appear on the final episode of Comedy Central's “The Daily Show.”  —  “They have invited me,” Trump told The Hill in an interview.
Discussion: Mediaite
Jesse Byrnes / The Hill:
Poll shows Trump with slim lead, Walker in second  —  Businessman Donald Trump holds a slim two-point lead over Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker in a 2016 Republican presidential primary poll released Wednesday by the left-leaning Public Policy Polling (PPP).  —  Trump takes 19 percent support in the poll, with Walker at 17 percent.
Edward Luce / Financial Times:   Donald Trump leaves indelible mark on Republicans
ABC News:
Immigration Critics Drive Trump Surge; Yet Most Americans Favor Legal Status
Discussion: Yahoo Politics
Joe Concha / Mediaite:
Exclusive: More MSNBC Changes Coming with Three Shows Out, Hard News and Chuck Todd Back  —  A well-placed source tells me MSNBC will announce today major changes to its afternoon lineup...arguably the most significant revamp the network has made at one time in its 19-year history.
Michael Barone / Washington Examiner:
Increasingly divided Democrats causing problems for their party  —  Share Tweet Reddit Digg Mail Print SMS More  —  America's two major political parties have a difficult task: amassing a 51 percent coalition in a nation that has always been — not just now, but from the beginning …
Discussion: Moe Lane
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Joe Dinkin / The Nation:
Bernie Sanders Blew a Huge Opportunity at Netroots Nation
Discussion: Eclectablog
Washington Post:
Why Hillary Clinton and her rivals are struggling to grasp Black Lives Matter
Discussion: The Week, Balloon Juice and Corrente
Hector Garza / PO Box 2363 Laredo, TX 78044:
National Border Patrol Council Local 2455 statement  —  After careful consideration of all the factors involved in this event and communicating with members of the National Border Patrol Council (NBPC) at the National level, it has been decided by Local 2455 to pull out of all events involving Donald Trump.
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Brandon Darby / BREITBART.COM:
AFL-CIO Controlled Union Intervenes, Cancels Trump's Border Tour Planned by Local Agents  —  Donald Trump's planned tour of the Laredo Sector of the Texas -Mexico border has been canceled by the national AFL-CIO-controlled union that represents U.S. Border Patrol agents, the National Border Patrol Council (NBPC).
Carl Campanile / New York Post:
Anthony Weiner got a job fixing PR messes — seriously  —  If you find yourself in a p.r. nightmare, there's a swashbuckling new hero you can turn to — Carlos Danger.  —  A top “crisis” public-relations firm with ties to Hillary Rodham Clinton has hired the last person in the world …
Victor Davis Hanson / National Review:
Appeasing Iran Ignores the Lessons of History  —  The now-concluded Iran nuclear negotiations predictably reflect ancient truths of appeasement.  —  While members of the Obama administration are high-fiving each other over a deal with the Iranian theocracy, they should remember unchanging laws …
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Chelsea Rarrick / WTVR-TV:
‘Just stay behind me’ Construction worker helps teen escape I-95 abduction  —  HENRICO COUNTY, Va — Kevin Huntington knows things can get hectic along Interstate 95, especially in Northern Virginia.  The construction worker said what he saw last week, was like nothing he's ever experienced.
Discussion: WNEP-TV
David / Crooks and Liars:
Ex-cop Tells CNN: Sandra Bland Would Be Alive If She Wasn't ‘Arrogant From The Very Beginning’  —  CNN contributor and former NYPD detective Harry Houck argued on Tuesday that a Texas woman would not have died in police custody if she had not been “arrogant from the very beginning.”
Steve Benen / msnbc.com:
Jeb Bush pushes to ‘phase out’ Medicare  —  Republican presidential hopeful Jeb Bush appeared at a New Hampshire event last night sponsored by the Koch brothers' Americans for Prosperity, and the former governor raised a few eyebrows with his comments on the future of Medicare.
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Heath Brown / The Hill:
Jeb Bush should reform the lobbying of his campaign first
Caitlin MacNeal / Talking Points Memo:
NASA May Have Discovered An Earth-Like Planet  —  NASA announced this week that it will shares news on Thursday from the Kepler Space Telescope project hinting that NASA may have found an earth-like planet.  —  “The first exoplanet orbiting another star like our sun was discovered in 1995.
Discussion: The Week and WREG-TV
The Hill:
Fears on the left growing for Planned Parenthood  —  Critics of Planned Parenthood on Tuesday released a second secretly recorded video related to fetal parts, putting the group on the defensive and spurring fears on the left of a new ACORN scandal.  —  The new video shows Dr. Mary Gatter …
Discussion: The Federalist
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Jason Howerton / TheBlaze.com:
Donald Trump Weighs in on Planned Parenthood Controversy — Here's What He Thinks Should Happen to the Abortion Provider
Discussion: The Federalist and The Right Scoop
Nick Gass / Politico:
Tom Cotton compares John Kerry to Pontius Pilate  —  Arkansas Sen. Tom Cotton blasted the White House on Thursday for its failure to immediately disclose so-called side deals between Iran and the International Atomic Energy Agency as part of the negotiations of the nuclear deal reached last week …
Discussion: Daily Kos
Sulaiman Abdur-Rahman / The Trentonian:
Hamilton Councilman Ed Gore explains his ‘Muslim scum’ comment  —  HAMILTON >> When gunman Muhammad Youssef Abdulazeez shot and killed five U.S. military service members July 16 in Chattanooga, Tenn., a Hamilton councilman went to Facebook to voice his sentiments.  —  “Murdering bastard.
Discussion: Raw Story
NBC News:
Two Teens Detained After 5 Relatives Stabbed to Death  —  Two teens were taken into custody after five relatives were found stabbed to death at the Oklahoma home where they all lived, police told NBC News early Thursday.  —  The suspects, aged 18 and 16, allegedly ran out the back door …
Zack Ford / ThinkProgress:
The Equality Act Could End Legal LGBT Discrimination For Good  —  Despite widespread belief to the contrary, no federal law explicitly protects LGBT people from discrimination.  Thursday marks the introduction of The Equality Act, a comprehensive bill that would, if passed, add “sexual orientation” …
Tarini Parti / Politico:
Biggest Q2 lobbying spenders — Record label group grows D.C. presence — 38 North partners with PR firm — Barré to Nareit  —  BIGGEST Q2 LOBBYING SPENDERS: Revenues are up on K Street with 60 percent of the top 15 spenders shelling out more in the second quarter than they did in the first three months of the year.
Discussion: The Daily Signal
Michael Falcone / ABC News:
NOTABLES  —TRUMP TAKES TEXAS: Unlike Des Moines, Iowa and Manchester, New Hampshire, Laredo, Texas isn't a typical stop on the presidential campaign trail.  Unless you are Donald Trump.  The town on the U.S.-Mexico border will become the center of attention today when the Republican presidential candidate stops by for a visit.
 
 
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Seth Robbins / Bradenton Herald:
Texas fights immigrants' lawsuit over birth certificates
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U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission:
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Heath Druzin / Stars & Stripes:
Obama to VFW on VA crisis: ‘Our work is not done’
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Guy Benson / Townhall.com:
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