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7:40 PM ET, July 9, 2016

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Robert Costa / Washington Post:
A curveball in Trump's Veep search: He's seriously considering a retired general  —  After weeks of focusing on a group of current and former elected officials in his search for a running mate, Donald Trump is increasingly intrigued by the idea of tapping retired Lt. Gen. Michael T. Flynn …
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Rosie Gray / BuzzFeed:
Anti-Trump Delegates Are Making A Plan To Pick Their Own Vice Presidential Nominee  —  WASHINGTON — Anti-Trump delegates are preparing a rules change proposal that would chart a path for delegates to choose their own vice presidential nominee at the Republican National Convention, instead of voting for Donald Trump's choice.
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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Kelsey Sutton / Politico:
More women come forward with allegations of sexual harassment against Roger Ailes
Discussion: RedState and Deadline
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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Dallas Morning News:
Ousted from Army, Dallas shooter used military skills for murder
Discussion: Fox News
Shanelle Matthews / Black Lives Matter:
The Black Lives Matter Network advocates for dignity, justice, and respect.
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.
Discussion: Fox News and Booman Tribune
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hillaryclinton.com:
Hillary Clinton's Commitment: Universal, Quality, Affordable Health Care for Everyone in America
Nancy Cook / Politico:   Clinton outlines progressive health care agenda
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
Brian Fung / Washington Post:
The NRA's internal revolt over Philando Castile  —  After a fatal shooting involving gun violence in Minnesota, it wasn't just gun control advocates criticizing the National Rifle Association.  —  Some blowback, surprisingly, was coming from within the organization.
Delroy Meadows / Ministry of Foreign Affairs …:
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Immigration Issues Travel Advisory for Bahamians traveling to United States of America  —  The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Immigration has taken a note of the recent tensions in some American cities over shootings of young black males by police officers.
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Salvador Hernandez / BuzzFeed:
The Bahamas Just Issued A Travel Advisory For The U.S., Citing Police Violence
Discussion: The Root
Arizona Republic:
Police deploy pepper spray, fire bean bags at Phoenix rally … Police pressed farther down 7th Street, shooting bean bags at the rapidly shrinking crowd and telling people to leave.  —  Police appear to have detained a man on 7th Street and McKinley Street.
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Dylan Matthews / Vox:
No, really, George W. Bush lied about WMDs  —  The best estimates available suggest that more than 250,000 people have died as a result of George W. Bush and Tony Blair's decision to invade Iraq in 2003.  A newly released investigative report from the UK government suggests …
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: The Root, Gothamist and The Unz Review
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.
Bradley Klapper / Associated Press:
AP: Islamic State's Twitter traffic drops amid US efforts  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Islamic State group's Twitter traffic has plunged 45 percent in the past two years, the Obama administration says, as the U.S. and its allies have countered messages of jihadi glorification with a flood …
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: Clash Daily and Power Line
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Dana Milbank / Washington Post:   Republican attacks on Comey undermine the rule of law
Justin Sink / Bloomberg:
Obama Decries ‘Vicious, Calculated’ Attack on Police in Dallas  —  President says the federal government will assist city, police  —  Obama says ‘no justification’ for attack that left 5 dead  —  President Barack Obama said Thursday he was “horrified” by shootings in Dallas that left …
Discussion: Politico
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CBS Boston:
Police Departments Across Mass. Get Special Deliveries, Shows Of Support After Dallas Shootings
 
 
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John R. Lott Jr / New York Post:
Obama's false racism claims are putting cops' lives in danger
Discussion: Clash Daily
Robert D. McFadden / New York Times:
Sydney H. Schanberg Is Dead at 82; Former Times Correspondent Chronicled Terror of 1970s Cambodia
Discussion: NPR and Outside the Beltway
Asawin Suebsaeng / The Daily Beast:
Caitlyn Jenner is Headed to Cleveland During GOP Convention
Discussion: Washington Blade and Advocate
Tom Vanden Brook / USA Today:
Navy lowers medal count for SEAL Chris Kyle
Discussion: Washington Post and Raw Story
David Lohr / The Huffington Post:
Man Shows Up With Gun At Alton Sterling Memorial
Discussion: Addicting Info
 Earlier Items: 
New York Daily News:
Trump barred from speaking to NYPD officers; Bratton says Dallas tragedy not a photo op
Tunku Varadarajan / Politico:
A miserable Europe plays miserable football
Discussion: Guardian
Media Matters for America:
Roger Stone's Pro-Trump RNC Rally Drops White Nationalist Sponsor
Discussion: Plain Dealer and Hullabaloo
Media Matters for America:
Megyn Kelly And Mark Fuhrman Agree That African-Americans' Grievances With Police Are Overblown
Discussion: Hullabaloo and Politicus USA
Jesse Byrnes / The Hill:
Gingrich: White Americans 'don't understand being black in America'