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12:00 PM ET, July 11, 2016

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Michele Kirk / BizPac Review:
Riveting post by black police officer confronts BLM with raw honesty and EVERY American needs to see it  —  An African-American police officer from Florida has laid bare his heart in a powerful way.  —  Pundits have been talking non-stop since a new wave of sensationalized stories …
Discussion: RedState and The Last Refuge
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Wesley Lowery / Washington Post:
Aren't more white people than black people killed by police?  Yes, but no.  —  Dylan Noble died on the last Saturday of June.  —  Police in Fresno, Calif. received a report of a man walking a downtown street with a rifle, but when they arrived they instead found Noble speeding by in his pickup truck.
Heather Mac Donald / Wall Street Journal:
The Myths of Black Lives Matter  —  The movement has won over Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders.  But what if its claims are fiction?  —  A television ad for Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign now airing in South Carolina shows the candidate declaring that “too many encounters with law enforcement end tragically.”
Breitbart:
Breitbart News Sunday: Sarah Palin, Dakota Meyer, Milo
Discussion: Raw Story and Mediaite
Jelani Cobb / New Yorker:
After Dallas, The Future of Black Lives Matter
Discussion: Althouse
Ralph Z. Hallow / Washington Times:
Donald Trump likely to choose Indiana Gov. Mike Pence as vice presidential pick  —  CLEVELAND |  Indiana Gov. Mike Pence, little known nationally but highly admired in conservative circles, has a “95 percent probability” of being Donald Trump's choice for vice president, The Washington Times has learned.
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Eliana Johnson / National Review:
Why Mike Pence Would Say Yes to Trump  —  Pence on Capitol Hill in 2010 (Jonathan Ernst/Reuters)  —  While other Republicans run for the hills, Pence may have more to gain by joining the GOP ticket than by rejecting it.  —  What is Mike Pence thinking?  That's what many conservatives began …
Discussion: Power Line and The Daily Caller
Robert Costa / Washington Post:
Chris Christie met privately over weekend with Trump's veep vetting attorney  —  New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R) remains on the short list in Donald Trump's search for a running mate and privately met with the attorney leading the candidate's vetting effort on Saturday, according to two people familiar with the process.
Discussion: Political Wire
James Hohmann / Washington Post:
The Daily 202: Vetting a pro-choice general for V.P., Trump walks into another abortion mess
Discussion: New York Magazine and Townhall.com
Gregory Holyk / ABC News:
Majority Disapprove of Decision Not to Charge Clinton on Emails (POLL)  —  A majority of Americans disapprove of the FBI's recommendation not to charge Hillary Clinton with a crime over her handling of email while secretary of state, and a similar number in a new ABC News/Washington Post poll …
Discussion: RedState, Washington Times and Hot Air
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Washington Post:
Both are unpopular. Only one is a threat.
Discussion: Balloon Juice
Tom LoBianco / CNN:
First on CNN: Evan Bayh mounting Senate return  —  (CNN)Evan Bayh is mounting a return bid to the U.S. Senate, giving national Democrats a boost as they aim to retake the chamber in November.  —  An announcement about Bayh's candidacy for the Indiana Senate seat is expected later Monday morning, said a source familiar with the plans.
Stephen Castle / New York Times:
Theresa May Poised to Be Britain's Next Premier as Andrea Leadsom Quits Race  —  LONDON — Theresa May, a relative moderate who has served for the last six years as home secretary, suddenly emerged victorious on Monday in the race to succeed David Cameron as Britain's prime minister …
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BBC:
Theresa May set to be UK PM after Andrea Leadsom quits
Discussion: Outside the Beltway
Associated Press:
The Latest: Clinton Campaign Confirms Sanders to Endorse Her  —  The Latest on developments in the 2016 presidential campaign.  (all times local):  —  Donald Trump is boosting his communications operation.  —  The Republican presidential candidate has hired Bryan Lanza to handle communications …
Discussion: Politico, Hot Air, ABC News and The Week
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Ezra Klein / Vox:
Understanding Hillary: Why the Clinton America sees isn't the Clinton colleagues know  —  This is not a profile of Hillary Clinton.  It is not a review of her career or an assessment of her campaign.  You won't find any shocking revelations on her emails, on Benghazi, on Whitewater, or even on her health care plan.
Discussion: Balloon Juice and Politico
Roland G. Fryer, Jr / NBER:
An Empirical Analysis of Racial Differences in Police Use of Force  —  NBER Working Paper No. 22399  —  NBER Program(s): LE LS POL  —  This paper explores racial differences in police use of force.  On non-lethal uses of force, blacks and Hispanics are more than fifty percent …
Discussion: Mother Jones and Daily Wire
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New York Times:
Surprising New Evidence Shows Bias in Police Use of Force but Not in Shootings
Discussion: Daily Wire and Mediaite
Evan Halper / Los Angeles Times:
Behind a Bill Clinton speaking engagement: A $1,400 hotel phone bill and $700 dinner for two  —  Hillary Clinton and former President Bill Clinton.  —  When former presidents and other dignitaries traveled to California to wax nostalgic on the speaking circuit, they may have been demanding …
Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Ruth Bader Ginsburg, No Fan of Donald Trump, Critiques Latest Term  —  WASHINGTON — Unless they have a book to sell, Supreme Court justices rarely give interviews.  Even then, they diligently avoid political topics.  Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg takes a different approach.
Talking Points Memo:
Party Poopers!  GOP Senators Are Skipping Trump's Convention In Droves  —  Donald Trump has promised to make the Republican Convention in Cleveland a star-studded production only a casino mogul and reality television star could deliver.  But, more than a dozen GOP senators …
Discussion: Daily Kos
Nick Gass / Politico:
Rick Perry: Trump's Mexico wall will be a ‘digital wall’  —  Donald Trump's proposal to build a wall along the expanse of the United States' border with Mexico is not going to happen, as far as former Texas Gov. Rick Perry is concerned.  At least not in the physical sense.
Discussion: RedState, Business Insider and The Week
 
 
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Daniel Lippman / Politico:
EXCLUSIVE: Ryan to speak at GOP convention …
Discussion: Hot Air and Business Insider
New York Times:
Texas Open-Carry Laws Blurred Lines Between Suspects and Marchers
USA Today:
Westboro Baptist Church recruits Jigglypuff, a Pokémon, against LGBT community on Pokémon Go
Discussion: WSLS-TV
Katie Bo Williams / The Hill:
Pressure grows on Clinton aides to lose security clearances
 Earlier Items: 
Myron Magnet / City Journal:
America's Worst President?
Discussion: Power Line
Wall Street Journal:
Donald Trump's Comments Intensify Concerns Among Republican Donors
CBS Detroit:
Girl, 9, Uses Birthday Money To Buy Lunch For Detroit Police Officers After Seeing Dallas Shooting On TV
Discussion: Law Officer
Daily Wire:
EXCLUSIVE: ‘Dump Trump’ RNC Delegate Leader: We ‘Have The 28 Votes’ To Unbind Delegates
Discussion: The Hill and RedState
Michael J. de la Merced / New York Times:
U.F.C. Sells Itself for $4 Billion