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9:55 PM ET, July 8, 2016

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John Woodrow Cox / Washington Post:
Officer Patrick Zamarripa survived tours in Iraq before being killed in Dallas  —  It had been 12 hours since he'd lost his son to one of the country's worst mass police shootings, and he still couldn't understand why.  —  Dallas police officer Patrick Zamarripa, 32, had survived three tours in Iraq …
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Molly Hennessy-Fiske / Los Angeles Times:
Dallas gunman killed by bomb robot, ‘wanted to kill officers,’ officials say  —  A Dallas police officer covers his face as he stands with others outside the emergency room at Baylor University Medical Center on July 8.  (Tony Gutierrez / Associated Press)  —  Police used a “bomb robot” …
David A. Graham / The Atlantic:
The Dallas Shooting and the Advent of Killer Police Robots  —  In the mourning over the murders of five police officers in Dallas, and relief that the standoff had ended, one unusual detail stuck out: the manner in which police killed one suspect after negotiations failed.
Dpdpio / DPD Beat:
Investigative Update Regarding the Deadly Attack on Police Officers  —  The following is an update on the progress of the investigation:  —  At this time, detectives have interviewed over 200 officers and it appears at least 12 officers discharged their duty weapons.
New York Daily News:
Dallas shooter Micah Xavier Johnson was decorated Army reservist in Afghanistan, equipped for war during police slayings  —  The decorated former Army reservist who shot 12 Dallas police officers at a Black Lives Matter protest — killing five — was equipped for war, sources said Friday.
Gregg Zoroya / USA Today:
26 police killed so far in 2016, up 44% from 2015  —  Dallas police chief David Brown says a gunman that was holed up downtown expressed anger for Black Lives Matter and only wanted to shoot white police officers.  He was killed after police sent in a bomb robot.
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Associated Press:
The Latest: NYPD Declines Trump Request to Attend Roll Call
Discussion: Politico and ABC News
Associated Press:
Latest: Dallas chief calls shooting of police ‘well-planned’
New York Times:
Five Dallas Officers Were Killed as Payback, Police Chief Says
CNN:
Dallas sniper attack: 5 officers shot dead during protests against police
Sam Thielman / Guardian:
Use of police robot to kill Dallas shooting suspect believed to be first in US history
Discussion: National Review and Power Line
Jennifer Brett / Atlanta Buzz with Jennifer Brett:
Crowds line up to hug police officers in Dallas
Discussion: WTVR-TV
Washington Post:
Five Dallas police officers were killed by a lone attacker, authorities say
Jesse Byrnes / The Hill:
New York Post ‘civil war’ cover prompts pushback
Josh DeVine / TBI Newsroom:
UPDATED STATEMENT: Bristol Shootings  —  At the request of 2nd District Attorney General Barry Staubus, the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation continues to investigate the circumstances surrounding a series of shootings in Bristol Thursday that claimed the life of a woman and left four …
Discussion: Complex and Hot Air
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CBS News:
Cops: Tennessee shooter targeted white victims, similar to Dallas ambush
Discussion: Power Line, The Root and WKBN-TV
Associated Press:
Authorities: Highway gunman motivated by police shootings
Discussion: Daily Wire and CBS Sacramento
Brandi Grissom / Dallas Morning News:
Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick calls Dallas protesters ‘hypocrites’ for running from sniper's bullets  —  Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick called protesters who ran away from the hail of bullets that rained down on Downtown Dallas on Thursday night “hypocrites” during an interview Friday on Fox News.
Discussion: Salon, Vox, Texas Monthly and The Mahablog
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Caitlin MacNeal / Talking Points Memo:
Texas Lt. Gov.: Dallas BLM Protesters ‘Hypocrites’ For Running From Gunfire
Discussion: alan.com
Jen Lawrence / Breitbart:
Meet the Leftist Reverend Behind the Dallas Black Lives Matter Protest
Discussion: The Point
Aaron Gould Sheinin / Political Insider blog:
Newt Gingrich: White Americans 'don't understand being black in America'  —  Never let it be said that Newt Gingrich is predictable.  —  As the political world waits to see if the former Georgia congressman and U.S. House speaker gets tapped to be Donald Trump's running mate …
Discussion: Washington Post and Jezebel
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Victoria M. Massie / Vox:
Read: Newt Gingrich's on-point statement about police violence and racism
Discussion: ThinkProgress and Hullabaloo
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Danielle Scruggs / FOX2now.com:
Police officer shot during traffic stop in Ballwin; suspect apprehended
Discussion: fox4kc.com
New York Daily News:
Trump barred from speaking to NYPD officers; Bratton says Dallas tragedy not a photo op  —  The Donald got nixed.  —  On Friday morning Donald Trump begged the city's top cop to let him speak to a 3 p.m. roll call at the NYPD Midtown North Precinct in the wake of the murders …
Tegna / WFAA-TV:
Inmates break free from cell to help ill jailer  —  Parker County inmates save jailer's life … A Parker County jailer who had an apparent heart attack may very well be alive thanks to inmates who put themselves at risk to help him.  —  It happened on June 23 in a holding cell in the basement …
Discussion: RedState, WNEP-TV and KTLA
Mark Sherman / Associated Press:
AP interview: Ginsburg doesn't want to envision a Trump win  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg says she doesn't want to think about the possibility of Donald Trump winning the White House, and she predicts the next president — “whoever she will be” — will have a few appointments to make to the Supreme Court.
Brian Beutler / New Republic:
The Return of Clinton Derangement Syndrome  —  Her email scandal has predictably transformed from a legal inquiry into a partisan witch hunt.  —  If the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over expecting different results, then Republicans lost their minds chasing the Clintons down rabbit holes years ago.
Discussion: The Moderate Voice and Hullabaloo
Leon H. Wolf / RedState:
The Uncomfortable Reason Why it Came to This in Dallas Yesterday  —  Let me say this right off the bat: I don't at all condone any shooting of police officers or attacking them in any way.  I hope that the people responsible are caught and punished to the fullest extent of the law - which …
Discussion: National Review and Vox
 
 
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Andrew Roth / Washington Post:
Trump's Russia adviser criticizes U.S. for ‘hypocritical focus on democratization’
Harper Neidig / The Hill:
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U.S. Department of Justice:
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Matt Lee-Ashley / ThinkProgress:
Congressional Proposal Would Create A Texas-Sized ‘Republic Of Cliven Bundy’
Discussion: alan.com
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Mike Huckabee / Politico:
If You Can't Support Trump, You Don't Deserve a Microphone
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Nancy Zdunkewicz / Democracy Corps:
Clinton and Congressional Democrats Widen Lead Over Opponents
Howard Kurtz / Fox News:
Trump slashes TV appearances as advisers clash over controlling his message
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Michael Eric Dyson / New York Times:
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