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6:45 PM ET, July 27, 2015

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Margaret Sullivan / New York Times:
A Clinton Story Fraught With Inaccuracies: How It Happened and What Next?  —  The story certainly seemed like a blockbuster: A criminal investigation of Hillary Rodham Clinton by the Justice Department was being sought by two federal inspectors general over her email practices while secretary of state.
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Ed Morrissey / Hot Air:
Scarborough: IG report on emails “just the tip of the iceberg” for Hillary
Ron Fournier / National Journal:
Parsing Clinton: What Is She Hiding?
Discussion: Hot Air and abc13.com
Scott Wong / The Hill:
House GOP to Senate: We're not taking up your highway bill  —  The House will not vote on a Senate bill that funds highway construction for six years and revives the now-expired Export-Import Bank, House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) said Monday.
Discussion: Hot Air
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Keith Laing / The Hill:
McConnell on roads bill: ‘We can get there’  —  Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) said Monday that he is confident his chamber can pass a multi-year transportation bill before a Friday deadline for extending the funding.  —  “We've had to navigate especially difficult political terrain …
Discussion: Daily Kos
Jake Sherman / Politico:
Rep. Kevin McCarthy rules out passing Senate's highway bill
Sarah Ferris / The Hill:
Senate blocks Lee's vote to defund Planned Parenthood
Discussion: Politico, PoliticusUSA and Taylor Marsh
William Turton / The Daily Dot:
Anti-abortion hackers attack Planned Parenthood, release databases, employee data … One of the hackers, who goes by the pseudonym “E,” told the Daily Dot that the cyberattack was politically motivated.
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Mollie Hemingway / The Federalist:
The 4 Most Embarrassing Things Cecile Richards Said In Defense Of Planned Parenthood  —  We're two weeks into the release of videos showing Planned Parenthood officials discussing the sale of organs harvested from the unborn children they abort.  The first video, featuring Dr. Deborah Nucatola …
Cory Bennett / The Hill:
Anti-abortion hackers claim to have breached Planned Parenthood
Discussion: LifeNews.com
Mark Halperin / Bloomberg Business:
Hillary Clinton's Bernie Sanders Problem Is Bigger Than Anyone Realizes  —  Let's all please stop asserting that Bernie Sanders can't beat Hillary Clinton in the Democratic nomination race.  Pundits and journalists galore have been declaring (alleged margin of error: zero) that the Vermont senator will lose to his party's front-runner.
Discussion: Political Wire
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Kathleen Willey / WND:
‘Have you been sexually harassed by Bill Clinton?’  —  Kathleen Willey launches anti-Hillary website  —  Bill Clinton sexual-harassment accuser Kathleen Willey has launched an anti-Hillary Clinton website titled “A Scandal A Day.”  —  The site is partially aimed at recruiting other women …
William Turton / The Daily Dot:
Anti-NYC hacker takes New York Magazine offline  —  On Sunday night, New York Magazine released a groundbreaking new cover featuring 35 victims of alleged assault from Bill Cosby.  —  But you can't see it. … A self-described hacker called ThreatKing, who says he hates New York City …
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New York Magazine:
'I'm No Longer Afraid': 35 Women Tell Their Stories About Being Assaulted by Bill Cosby …
WATE-TV:
Florida dad killed in front of family after road rage fight  —  FLORIDA (CNN) — A Florida man is in jail, charged with second degree murder after a road rage altercation ended in gunfire.  It was captured on two separate 911 calls.  —  Citrus County deputies say Robert Doyle shot …
Discussion: KFOR-TV and KTLA
Katharine Q. Seelye / New York Times:
Boston's Bid for Summer Olympics Is Terminated  —  BOSTON — After a tortuous seven-month public process, the United States Olympic Committee on Monday acknowledged that it had failed to win over the people of Boston to host the 2024 Summer Games and it officially pulled the plug on its bid to put forth Boston as America's host city.
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BostonGlobe.com:
Walsh pushes back against USOC pressure
Discussion: Mediaite, The Week and Mashable
Mark Arsenault / BostonGlobe.com:
Boston 2024 Olympic bid is ‘over’
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Zombies Against Medicare  —  Medicare turns 50 this week, and it has been a very good half-century.  Before the program went into effect, Ronald Reagan warned that it would destroy American freedom; it didn't, as far as anyone can tell.  What it did do was provide a huge improvement …
Discussion: Firedoglake and Hullabaloo
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Nate Cohn / New York Times:
Don't Be Misled by the New Poll Results for Donald Trump  —  It has been more than a week since Donald Trump's remarks about whether Senator John McCain should be considered a war hero, and many journalists and commentators have reached a conclusion: Mr. Trump has emerged unscathed.
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Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:
Chris Christie Says He Won't Comment On Donald Trump Anymore
Discussion: Talking Points Memo and Mediaite
Facebook:
It is time for Mitch McConnell and John Boehner to resign  —  It is time for Mitch McConnell and John Boehner to resign for the good of the nation and the Republican Party.  The nation and GOP are both suffering as a result of the unwillingness or inability of McConnell and Boehner to effectively defend either.
Stefanos Chen / Wall Street Journal:
Donald Trump Sells Trump Park Avenue Penthouse for $21 Million  —  Located on the 24th floor of the 32-story building, the 6,200-square-foot condo has five bedrooms and seven bathrooms  —  Presidential-hopeful Donald Trump has sold his penthouse unit in New York's Trump Park Avenue building for $21 million …
Discussion: Political Wire
Deirdra Funcheon / New Times Broward-Palm Beach:
Migrants Jump Off Boat, Run Ashore, During Miami Beach Fashion Shoot (VIDEO)  —  About 6 a.m. on July 10, Ekaterina Juskowski was shooting a video of her friend, a model, near 36th Street in the heart of Miami Beach.  —  She noticed that a blue-green boat in the background …
Kurt Schlichter / Townhall.com:
The Coming (And Hilarious) Democrat Implosion  —  Republicans fear a repeat of 1992, with a squishy Bush at the head of the ticket watching helplessly as some populist businessman/novelty act hands the election to a Clinton.  But Democrats should fear the far more likely repeat of 1968.
New York Post:
Dad controls daughters' $20M inheritance from grave  —  Victoria (from left) and Marlena Laboz, with mom Ewa.  —  A wealthy Manhattan landlord left $20 million to his two daughters — but they can collect only on his strict terms.  —  Daddy Dearest real estate millionaire Maurice Laboz …
Discussion: Telegraph and Daily Mail
Reem Nasr / CNBC:
NY Gov details $4B overhaul for LaGuardia Airport  —  This is breaking news.  Please check back for updates.  —  New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced on Monday a plan to completely overhaul LaGuardia Airport that comes with a $4 billion price tag for the first part.
Discussion: Forbes, Curbed NY and The Verge
Erin Blasko / South Bend Tribune:
Man shot over Confederate flag is not racist, friend says  —  SOUTH BEND — A man who was shot Thursday while driving through a black neighborhood with the Confederate battle flag is not racist, a friend says.  —  “I've never known him to use any racial slurs,” Cally Baker said Saturday.
Cryptome:
Gawker Fires Bill Arkin  —  Gawker Geithner article retrieved before removal by Archive.org:  —  https://cryptome.org/2015/07/gawker- geithner.pdf  —  From: “William M. Arkin” <warkin@igc.org>  —  To: “William M. Arkin” <warkin@igc.org>  —  Dear Friends,
 
 
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Natasha Geiling / ThinkProgress:
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The real Lord Sewel scandal is financial, not sexual
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Tragedy of ‘golden’ daughter's fall resonates with Asian immigrant children
Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
Two weeks to go: Republicans scramble to make debate stage