memeorandum: Sherrod Brown passes on VP question (Kevin Robillard/Politico)

12:25 PM ET, July 3, 2016

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Mic:

Donald Trump's “Star of David” Hillary Clinton Meme Was Created by White Supremacists — LIKE MIC ON FACEBOOK: — Donald Trump tweeted a meme Saturday that used dog-whistle anti-Semitism to announce that his political rival, “Crooked Hillary,” had “made history.”

Discussion: ThinkProgress, Raw Story, Politicus USA, Mediaite, ABC News, Balloon Juice and Talking Points Memo

J.D. Durkin / Mediaite:

Sources: Hillary Clinton Not Expected to Face Charges in Federal Email Probe — According to sources that are familiar with the FBI's investigation into Hillary Clinton's use of a private email server, the former Secretary of State is not expected to face charges in the probe.

Discussion: Breitbart and Vox Popoli

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MY D**K IS ABOUT TO BE DIAMONDS — Clinton Foundation Hacked, juicy secrets about to come. and so am I — “The Bill, Hillary and Chelsea Clinton Foundation was among the organizations breached by suspected Russian hackers in a dragnet of the U.S. political apparatus ahead of the November election …

Rachel Cain / ThinkProgress:

The Most Important White Supremacist Of 2016 — Last weekend, havoc reigned in Sacramento as 30 white nationalists clashed with hundreds of anti-fascists during a protest. At least ten people were injured in the brawl, two of them critically. The white nationalist Traditionalist Worker Party …

Kevin Robillard / Politico:

Sherrod Brown passes on VP question — Sen. Sherrod Brown wouldn't answer whether he's been contacted by Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign about the vice presidential slot, while his New Jersey counterpart Cory Booker wouldn't deny he was being vetted.

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Eugene Scott / CNN:

Booker stokes speculation about Clinton VP job — Washington (CNN)New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker is now referring questions about whether he is being vetted as a potential running mate for Hillary Clinton to her campaign — a shift from as recently as two weeks ago, when he flatly denied he was in the running for the job.

Discussion: Washington Post, Political Wire, National Review and whorunsGov

Kristen East / Politico:
Trump tweets image depicting Clinton, cash and the Star of David

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Fox News:
Trump calls for charges against Clinton after FBI interview in email investigation

Discussion: The Gateway Pundit and BizPac Review

Matt Zapotosky / Washington Post:
FBI interviews Hillary Clinton for more than 3 hours in email probe

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Ross Douthat / New York Times:

The Myth of Cosmopolitanism — NOW that populist rebellions are taking Britain out of the European Union and the Republican Party out of contention for the presidency, perhaps we should speak no more of left and right, liberals and conservatives. From now on the great political battles …

Discussion: Overcoming Bias and Althouse

Patrick Healy / New York Times:

‘President Hillary Clinton?’ She Wants Progress on Immigration and to Drink With G.O.P. — Should she win the presidency, Hillary Clinton would quickly try to find common ground with Republicans on an immigration overhaul and infrastructure spending, risking the wrath of liberals …

Frank Bruni / New York Times:

The Utter Inconsequence of Hillary's Veep — I DOUBT that Hillary Clinton really wants to run with Elizabeth Warren — I doubt that she fully trusts her — but if that's her calculated decision: mazel tov. They sure were fiery together last week, two blue devils raring to bedevil Donald Trump.

Discussion: Daily Kos

BBC:

Iraq violence: IS bombing kills 79 Ramadan shoppers in Baghdad — At least 79 people have been killed and 131 injured in an explosion claimed by the Islamic State group in Baghdad, Iraqi police say. — A car bomb exploded near a restaurant and shopping area in the central district of Karrada late on Saturday.

Discussion: MichelleMalkin.com and RedState

Murtada Faraj / Associated Press:
Iraqi officials: 91 people killed in 2 bombings in Baghdad

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RT:
Over 20 killed, scores injured as two blasts rock Baghdad (PHOTOS, VIDEO)

Discussion: John Hawkins' Right Wing News, Jihad Watch and WayneDupree.com

The Independent:

A Muslim man on his way to morning prayer has been shot and stabbed outside a mosque in Houston, Texas. — Mohammed Imaduddin, a spokesperson for the Madrasah Islamiah Masjid Noor mosque near Bellaire, told news local news agencies the victim was a doctor, who had parked along the street …

Discussion: The Week

Ians / The New Indian Express:

Dhaka terrorists were highly educated: Police — DHAKA: The terrorists who massacred 20 foreigners and Bangladeshi at a popular cafe here were highly educated and most came from wealthy families, a minister said on Sunday. — “They are all highly educated young men and went to university.

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Kyle Cheney / Politico:

Why Trump won't get dumped in Cleveland — Anti-Trump zealots fantasizing about dumping Donald Trump at the national convention in Cleveland couldn't have asked for riper conditions: Trump is historically unpopular. He's ripping apart traditional Republican alliances.

Discussion: CNN

Dave Itzkoff / New York Times:

Michael Cimino, Director of ‘The Deer Hunter’ and 'Heaven's Gate,' Dies at 77 — Michael Cimino, the Academy Award-winning filmmaker who earned a reputation as one of Hollywood's boldest directors with the haunting 1978 Vietnam War drama “The Deer Hunter,” and then all but squandered it two years later with …

Discussion: Power Line and NBC News

Tim Gray / Variety:
Michael Cimino, ‘Deer Hunter’ and 'Heaven's Gate' Director, Dies at 77

Discussion: Guardian, Lawyers, Guns & Money, Mashable, Althouse and The Week

Michael Goodwin / New York Post:

Loretta Lynch falls under the Clintons' corrupting influence — MORE FROM: — She can't help herself. Even yesterday, with the political world fixated on her meeting with FBI agents, Hillary Clinton had her flack mislead the public. — A spokesman said she gave a “voluntary” interview …

Joseph Berger / New York Times:

Elie Wiesel, Auschwitz Survivor and Nobel Peace Prize Winner, Dies at 87 — Elie Wiesel, the Auschwitz survivor who became an eloquent witness for the six million Jews slaughtered in World War II and who, more than anyone, seared the memory of the Holocaust on the world's conscience, died on Saturday at his home in Manhattan.