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1:50 PM ET, July 9, 2016

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Khaleda Rahman For / Associated Press:
Dallas sniper was sent home from Afghanistan for sexually harassing a female soldier who said he bought her Victoria's Secret underwear - then ‘got in touch with bad folks and went all Black Panther’  —  The Dallas sniper who targeted police officers during a Black Lives Matter protest …
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Shanelle Matthews / Black Lives Matter:
The Black Lives Matter Network advocates for dignity, justice, and respect.  —  In the last few days, this country witnessed the recorded murders of Alton Sterling and Philando Castile at the hands of police, the latest victims in this country's failed policing system.
Theresa Vargas / Washington Post:
Dallas Police Chief David Brown lost his son, former partner and brother to violence  —  Few people understand loss better than David Brown, the Dallas police chief who stood before television cameras Friday morning and said, “We are heartbroken.”  —  Even before five police officers …
Timothy Egan / New York Times:
The Political Orphans  —  In barely two weeks, Republicans will converge in Cleveland for the Trumpocalypse, a fact-free and hate-filled gathering likely to be as scary as it will be entertaining.  A week later the Democrats will assemble in Philadelphia in a focus-group-tested pander fest …
Discussion: Vox Popoli
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Charles M. Blow / New York Times:   A Week From Hell  —  This was yet another week that tore at the very fiber of our nation.
DCWhispers.com:
Guess Which Presidential Candidate Was Scheduled For A Black Lives Matter Event Today?
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
Gabriel Sherman / New York Magazine:
Six More Women Allege That Roger Ailes Sexually Harassed Them  —  Fox News host Gretchen Carlson may be the highest-profile woman to accuse Roger Ailes of sexual harassment, but she is not the first.  In my 2014 biography of the Fox News chief, I included interviews with four women who told …
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Nancy Cook / Politico:
Clinton outlines progressive health care agenda  —  Hillary Clinton is pledging to follow through on progressive health care policies in a new campaign document as Democratic delegates meet in Orlando on the party's platform and she woos Bernie Sanders' supporters.
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Andrew Prokop / Vox:
Hillary Clinton strongly backs public option, wins praise from Bernie Sanders  —  On Saturday morning, Hillary Clinton released a new health care policy proposal that emphasized several major progressive priorities, including a public option and increased funding for community health centers.
Associated Press:
Sanders scores platform victory, calls for $15 minimum wage
Discussion: Associated Press
Arriana McLymore / CNBC:
Rep Trey Gowdy rips into FBI Director James Comey on Hillary Clinton's ‘intent’  —  Comey: There was classified material emailed  —  Rep. Trey Gowdy asks questions to FBI Director James Comey at the hearing on the investigation into Hillary Clinton's use of her personal email server while she was Secretary of State.
Discussion: Power Line and Clash Daily
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Dana Milbank / Washington Post:   Republican attacks on Comey undermine the rule of law
Julian Hattem / The Hill:   Clinton rebuts FBI charge of recklessness
Neil Munro / Breitbart:
Hillary Clinton Blames Whites, Cops for Deaths of Young Black Men  —  Hillary Clinton used a CNN interview on Friday to completely embrace the Democrats' claim that white people and cops must change to help reduce the number of African-Americans killed in tense exchanges with cops.
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Jessie Hellmann / The Hill:   Clinton: White people need to walk in the shoes of African-Americans
Arizona Republic:
Next Slide  —  “No one who is coming to the protest who is a part of our group or invited group has any intention of getting into any actual violence,” Maupin said.  “We cannot let domestic acts of terrorism — which is what occurred in Dallas — prevent us from being civil rights activists.”
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Arizona Republic:
Police deploy pepper spray, fire bean bags at Phoenix rally
Jesse Byrnes / The Hill:
Gingrich: White Americans 'don't understand being black in America'  —  Former Speaker Newt Gingrich on Friday said white Americans “don't understand being black in America” as he reflected on a series of shootings across the nation this week.  —  “It took me a long time and a number …
CBS News:
Cops: Tennessee shooter targeted white victims, similar to Dallas ambush  —  BRISTOL, Tenn. - The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation has released the name of the suspect behind Thursday morning's random shooting in Bristol, TN that claimed the life of an area newspaper carrier and injured three others, including a local police officer.
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Associated Press:
Authorities: Highway gunman motivated by police shootings
Discussion: CBS Sacramento and Daily Wire
CBS Boston:
Police Departments Across Mass. Get Special Deliveries, Shows Of Support After Dallas Shootings  —  FRAMINGHAM (CBS) — Individuals across the state are doing their part to show support for law enforcement amid the recent deadly attack on police officers in Dallas.
Discussion: WNCT-TV
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Natasha Geiling / ThinkProgress:
Wharton Students Write Open Letter To Donald Trump: ‘You Do Not Represent Us’  —  Donald Trump, businessman and presumptive Republican nominee for president, likes to remind people that he graduated from the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School of Finance, one of the top-twenty undergraduate business programs in the country.
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whartonopenletter:
You do not represent us: An Open Letter to Donald Trump
Discussion: CNBC, BizPac Review and NBC News
Tunku Varadarajan / Politico:
A miserable Europe plays miserable football  —  Politics, like football, is now largely about dogged and grudging accommodation, backlash and self-protection.  —  By any honest reckoning, this European Championship has been a prolonged exercise in mediocrity.
Discussion: Guardian
New York Post:
Video surfaces of NYPD cop's road-rage shooting  —  An off-duty NYPD cop waited just one second before ­fatally gunning down another driver in a Brooklyn road-rage incident early Monday.  —  Exclusive video obtained by The Post shows the moment that Officer Wayne Isaacs fired two shots through …
Discussion: Gothamist, The Root and The Unz Review
Media Matters for America:
Megyn Kelly And Mark Fuhrman Agree That African-Americans' Grievances With Police Are Overblown  —  MEGYN KELLY (HOST): There's been, you know, a big brush.  A lot of these folks paint with a very big brush, Mark, and they find a couple of shootings that are deeply problematic.
Discussion: Politicus USA
Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Reed arrives, tells protesters to be safe, don't block highways  —  Updated 9:20 p.m.: Reed has arrived at the protest, and tells protesters they can continue, but making sure they did not enter the Connector.  —  Right now I want to make sure all you of you are safe," Reed said.
Discussion: New York Times and Raw Story
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Media Matters for America:
Roger Stone's Pro-Trump RNC Rally Drops White Nationalist Sponsor
Discussion: Plain Dealer
Jon Austin / Daily Express:
DEADLY FORCE: ‘Snipers caught lurking’ by gates of mystery Area 51 to keep out intruders
Bre Payton / The Federalist:
Congressional Black Caucus Blames Republicans For Dallas Massacre
Discussion: Daily Wire and Bearing Arms
 Earlier Items: 
Brandi Grissom / Dallas Morning News:
Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick calls Dallas protesters ‘hypocrites’ for running from sniper's bullets
Mark Sherman / Associated Press:
AP interview: Ginsburg doesn't want to envision a Trump win
New York Daily News:
Trump barred from speaking to NYPD officers; Bratton says Dallas tragedy not a photo op
 

 
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